Truman Leads Omaha Parade With Veterans Honor
President Truman marched through downtown Omaha joining Battery D veterans in the 35th division parade. He rode a convertible briefly, then walked as thousands cheered on South 20th Street. Radio networks plan to air his 9 p.m. address at the 35th division reunion.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Omaha
Truman
Vel Peterson
Nebraska
Ma ‘Em Cunningham
South 20Th Street
Frank Spina
Kansas City
Sea Battery
129Th Field Artillery
France
Division Association
Mutual
NBC
ABC Networks
Mary Jane Truman
Grandview
Ralph E. Trum
Edward McKim
Los Angeles
Chicago
Social Security Boosts Await Truman Signature
A multi million dollar increase in social security payments for the aged blind and dependent children would become law upon President Truman's signature. The bill, approved by the Senate 74 to 6 and the House, adds 184 million dollars annually to benefits for about 3.5 million people and raises federal contributions by five dollars monthly for the aged and blind and three dollars for dependent children. The maximums would be fifty dollars monthly for the aged and blind and twenty seven dollars for a dependent child.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Dairy Queen Contest Entries Stream In for Green County
Twelve entries for the Green County Centennial Dairy Queen contest were received with more expected before the Wednesday decision at the courthouse square. Margaret McGuire will crown the winner, ballots are used for county 4 H club members, and local plans include contestant entertainment before the announcement.
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Green County
Margaret McGuire
Highland
Wisconsin
Alice In Dairyland
Court House Square
Court House
Carol Clark
Clarno
Ruth Foulker
Browntown
Ruth Johnson
Jefferson Jiffy Workers
Dorene Buesser
New Glarus
Dorothy Dahnke
Little Sugar River
Mary Timm
Frances Mae Ruff
Monroe Agricultural
Marianne Elmer
Mt. Pleasant
Kathryn Chambers
Juda
Mildred Asmus
Brooklyn Busy Bee
Mildred Cotterman
Green County Center
Helen Gruenewald
Monroe Home Economics
Williams Offered County Weed Post in Green County
Williams of 1734 15th Street was named by the Green County Agricultural Committee last night for the county weed commissioner post vacated by Maryice Joy who resigned to join an Milwaukee livestock sales group. The appointment awaits his formal acceptance and followed a note that no Green County farmer attended a weed control demonstration in Jordan township. The committee also discussed the junior dairy show on Green County Centennial Dairy Day in Monroe next week, alongside county fair, state fair, and 4-H training camp events.
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Frea Af
Williams
15Th Street
Green County Agricultural Committee
Maryice Joy
20Th Avenue
Joy
Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association of Milwaukee
Green County
Jordan Township
Monroe
Prairie du Chien
Plane Sprays Freeport To End Mosquito Plague
Freeport was sprayed by airplane with DDT Thursday night and again yesterday in an effort to curb a mosquito outbreak. City officials hope for benefits though results were not yet known. Mayor Earl Miller says backwaters from spring floods fed the swarm and plans to seek funds to oil those areas to prevent new breeding.
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Freeport
Earl Miller
Miller
City Council
Flying Wing Bomber Crashes Near Desert Field Kill Five
Five crew members died when a YB-49 Northrop flying wing bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Muroc Desert Field during routine testing between Muroc and Mojave. Eyewitness Dale Wilson said the plane exploded in the air and plowed through sagebrush as it burned. The 44 ton empty and 100 ton loaded aircraft had been undergoing jet wing tests since last October.
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Muroc
Northrop
Mojave
Dale C. Wilson
Asten
Kern County Sheriff's Office
Dewey Declines Vice Presidency At GOP Convention
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York stated in Boston that he will seek the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention and would not accept the vice presidency. Taft campaigned in North Carolina amid multiple ballots and pressed the Taft Hartley act while Stassen eyed national prospects in California. Ohio faces a ruling trying to bar Henry A. Wallace’s third party from the November ballot.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Boston
Robert A. Taft
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
Lenoir
Taft
Dewey
Congress
Harold E. Stassen
Bay State
California
Earl Warren
Ohio
Henry A. Wallace
Monroe Boy Scout Drive Nets $1 290
In Monroe the annual Boy Scout fund drive totals are incomplete at 1 290 with final results expected late next week. The drive supports Monroe's four Boy Scout troops one cub pack and one senior unit. Last year's drive totaled 1 593 93.
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Monroe
Cardinal Stritch’s Brother Dies in Chicago
Robert Emmett Stritch Jr., 58, brother of Cardinal Stritch of Chicago, died today at Mercy hospital. He was district director of the federal housing administration's Chicago office and had been ill for several months.
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Cardinal
Chicago
Robert Emmett Stritch Jr
Cardinal Stritch
Mercy Hospital
Federal Housing Administration
Stritch
Lewis to Meet Operators Monday in Coal Contract Talks
Alan Goldsborough orders John L. Lewis to reopen talks with soft coal operators Monday. The union seeks wage hikes while pensions loom as a sticking point. With four weeks left before June 30 expiry, a strike threat could be delayed. Lewis says the union will demand equal representation at conferences. Goldsborough’s proposal for a year round single nego rator has drawn cool operator response.
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Thington
Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Goldsborough
Lewis
UMW
Welly K. Hopkins
Discussion Group Set for June 11 Meeting
John A. Becker chairs the new seven member chamber of commerce round table committee to discuss community projects and municipal needs. The first session Friday evening June 11 will set group function and draft an agenda. Rodney O. Kittelsen, president, appointed the panel with P. J. Weirich Roy F. Burmeister Edward A. Ninneman Dwight A. Crandall Roscoe Smith and Ailie Holtshopple.
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Chamber of Commerce Round Table Committee
John A. Becker
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Chamber
Sevenman Group
P. J. Weirich
Roy F. Burmeister
Edward A. Ninne *Man
Dwight A. Crandall
Roscoe €. Smith
Ailie Holtshopple
Four Hurt Slightly in Wiota Road Crash
Four youths from South Wayne and Browntown were treated for minor cuts after a car left the Wiota South Wayne road and hit a power pole. Harris Eveland Joyce Berger Chester Bergum and Herbert West were treated and released at St. Clare hospital. Duane Chapin of South Wayne reported the accident to Lafayette County highway police who are investigating. Six people rode in the car.
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South Wayne
Browntown
St. Clare
Wiota
Harris Eveland
Joyce Berger
Chester Bergum
Herbert West
Duane Chap
Lafayette County
Madison Men Start Suit Against LaSalle Fire Victims
Two Madison businessmen who registered at the La Salle hotel on the night of its fire June 5 1946 filed damage suits yesterday. George T. Burrill and E J Thornton asked 25000 dollars each in superior court for injuries to lungs caused by smoke.
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Madison
LaSalle Chicago
la Salle
George T. Burrill
E. J
Thornton
Superior
Israel Reclaims Yibna as Egyptian Drive Resumes in Palestine
Israeli forces recaptured Yibna amid renewed Egyptian pressure on the Palestine front. Reports said an Egyptian naval sortie near Tel Aviv was a possible attempt to break the coastline, while Jewish headquarters claimed four Egyptian vessels were routed in the first naval clash of the war. Rival accounts on Jenin persisted as Arab reinforcements moved toward the Nablus Jenin Tulkarm triangle. The UN mediator met Egypt's Nekraski Pasha amid talks on a potential four week truce, denying a fixed start date.
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Yibna
Tel Aviv
Jenin
Palestine
Baghdad
Nablus-Jenin- Tulkarm
State of Israel
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Isdud
Ramle
Akhbar el Yom
United Nations
Holy Land
Nekrasky Pasha
Egypt
Beirut
Lebanon
Haifa
Amman
Trans-Jordan
New Partners Join Regez Cheese Firm
A new partnership formed for Regez Cheese Co. includes Rudi O Regez Donald W Janke and Walter H Regez. The firm at 1315 18th street wholesale cheese supplies and natural cheese. Rudi Regez and Herman G Regez have run the company 33 years with Herman retiring in June. Walter Regez, son of the retiring partner, has been office manager at Ninneman Coal and Ice Co. Janke is son of the late Everett Janke and was a buyer for Mastercraft Cheese Products Co Monroe.
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Rudi O. Regez
Donald W. Janke
Walter H. Regez
Regez Cheese Co
18Th Street
Rudi Regez
Herman G. Regez
Walter Regez
Ninneman Coal and Ice Co
Janke
Stauffacher Infant Dies At Six Weeks In Monroe
Jonn Stauffacher six weeks old son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Stauffacher Route 1 Monroe died at 415 this morning in St Clare hospital after illness since birth April 22 Surviving are parents a sister and grandparents Mr and Mrs John Koehner and Mrs John Stauffacher Funeral services 130 Monday at Shriner Neushwander funeral home Rev P C Keble officiating Burial Greenwood Cemetery
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Weger Jonn Stauffacher
Kenneth Stauffacher
Route 1
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Kenneth
Gertrude Koehner Ffacher
John | Koehner
John Stauffacher
Portage Woman Dies in House Explosion After Birth
Mrs. Robert P. Budde, 27, died from burns suffered Tuesday in an explosion at her Portage home. She gave birth to a baby girl yesterday who was born dead.
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Burns
Portage
Robert P. Budde
Showers Save Crops as Wisconsin Reels from Heat
Rain arrived in Green county and Wisconsin last night easing a drought threatening crops. Heaviest rainfall fell in La Crosse Milwaukee and Green Bay with totals up to .54 inches. Janesville and Monroe saw traces but groundwork remained hard. Farmers hailed the relief as ex tremely valuable though a soaking rain was still needed within a week. A cold front cooled temperatures from 93 to 58 and near freezing 34 at Land O Lakes. The state forecast calls for fair weather this weekend and rain early next week.
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Green County
Wisconsin
Associated Press
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Monroe
Janesville
North Woods
Land O'Lakes
John Gygli Dies Former Farmer Hero at 91
John Gygli 91 a former Monroe vicinity farmer died yesterday at Rice Lake where he had lived the last 40 years Funeral services will be held at Rice Lake tomorrow Attending from this vicinity will be Mr and Mrs Harold Wild Winslow Mrs Anna Kundert and John Brugger Monroe Mrs Wild and Mr Brugger are niece and nephew of the deceased Mr Gugli s wife the former Margaret Kundert died in February 1938 at Rice Lake
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John Gygli
Monroe Vicinity
Rice Lake
Harold Wild
Winslow
Anna Kundert
John Brugger
Monroe
Basements Excavated For Four New Houses
Excavations for basements of four new houses have been completed. Names listed: Roy Schiffman at corner of 7th Street and 26th Avenue, A. L. Van Matre on 22nd Avenue east of the hospital, Alfred Deininger on 15th Street, and Robert Rutsch on 7th Street between 25th and 26th Avenues.
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Roy Schiff
Man
7Th Street
26Th Avenue
A. L. van Matre
22Nd Avenue
Alfred Deininger
15Th Street
Robert Rutsch
British Claim U S Counterintelligence Agent Beaten by Reds
British sources report that a U S counterintelligence agent was abducted in the British sector of Vienna after intervening in a man trying to force a girl into a car. The girl fled, police were alerted, and a Russian officer with armed men reportedly took the two men away, with witnesses saying the American was beaten during removal.
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Vienna
United States
Red Press Reacts to ERP Aid Slashes Across Europe
Western European communist press mocked the House of Representatives vote to cut European recovery funds. Anita asked who can trust Washington, Avanti called ERP a game of international politics, and Oesterreichische Zeitung warned of a budget for rearmament ten times 1941. The Daily Telegraph mocked Taber while Manchester Evening News denounced his use of the Marshall Plan as a weapon.
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London
Europe
House of Representatives
Rome
Anita
Washington
Avanti
London Daily Worker
I Street
Vienna
Oesterreichische Zeitung
Volkstimme
John Taber
R-Ny
House Appropriations Committee
Daily Telegraph
Taber
Britain
Manchester Evening News
Former Janesville Financier Charles H. Thornton Dies
Charles H. Thornton 83, financier and promoter of dairy farming across Wisconsin, died yesterday after months of illness. A native of Janesville and former Duuth resident, he established offices here and moved to Fond du Lac in 1925.
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Fond du Lac
Charles H. Thornton
Thornton
Janesville
Duuth
Senator Vandenberg seeks personal testim ony on foreign aid funds
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan requested permission to testify before the Senate appropriations committee. He aims to personally lead efforts to restore a $1.0 billion reduction in Europe-Asia aid funds cut by the House. The move signals a direct push by the Senate Foreign Relations chair to reverse the House action amid a broader fight over aid provisions and allocations.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Denberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Michigan
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Connally
D-Tex
Bandenberg
Foreign Relations
Bridges
Europe
Asia
Trieste
Greece
Turkey
China
International Refugee Organization
International Children’s Emergency Fund
Great Brion
Economic Cooperation Administration
Rep
Murray
R-Wis
City's Parking Lot Seeks Oil Arrival For Resurfacing
The city's public parking lot on 16th Avenue will be resurfaced as soon as a carload of oil arrives from a shipment on Thursday. Public works director Zenna A. Gorder said crews aim to have the lot ready for Dairy Day next Wednesday. Weather could delay the oiling plan. About 500 to 1,000 gallons of oil will be used.
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16Th Avenue
Zenna A. Gorder
Public ‘Works
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