Nation's Dealers Urge End to Meat Price Controls
A coalition of retail meat dealers urged Congress to remove price controls on meat as beef cattle sales at 12 major markets hit a three year low. Slaughtering operations slowed, farmers held back, and industry spokesmen warned shops would feel shortages next week while briefs were filed with key committees seeking no extension beyond June 30.
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Chicago
Congress
George Nepil
National Association of Retail Meat and Food Dealers
Senate
House Banking and Currency Committees
Senate Small Business Committee
American Meat Institute
Park Opening Activities Highlight Week Of Events
The park opens with a 1:30 p m ceremony at Recreation Park and a 8 p m concert by a 90 member senior band at the ball diamond. Other events include sandlot baseball girls softball municipal league softball and a Monroe Cardinals game. Admission details list adult season tickets at four dollars children two fifty and family ten with swim options.
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Recreation Park
Ball Diamond
Monroe Cardinals
Allan F. Barnard
Patricia Thorp
Joe E. Miller
Barnard
Taft Assertion Denied By Secretary Of State
Secretary of State Acheson disputed Taft assertions about his stance on Korea and Formosa. Acheson testified at Senate MacArthur hearings that any settlement must be real with guarantees against renewed aggression, while Taft argued readiness for a cease fire at the 38th parallel.
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Taft
Secretary of State
Washington
Acheson
Formosa
38Th Parallel
Korea
Truman Plans Nation Address On Inflation Fight
President Truman will report to the nation Thursday night at 8 30 p m CST from the White House. The speech will be carried by all networks and seek support for extending and strengthening the Defense Production Act which expires June 30. He warned of a new wave of inflation if controls lapse.
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Gro
White House
Joseph Short
Kraft Sues Borden Over Pasteurized Cheese Slices Patent
Kraft charges Borden with infringing Kraft patents for making pasteurized process cheese in slices. G C Pound says Kraft will seek early hearing and press for other infringers. No local details on the cheese type, but a Platteville firm is also involved and Wisconsin contests Kraft patents.
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Rar Rocas Co
Borden Co
U. S
Milwaukee
Borden
Chicago
G. C. Pound
Kraft
Platteville
Wisconsin
Kraft Jon
Patent Office
Swiss Dairy Market Review Notes Mixed Cheese Prices
The weekly dairy market report shows Swiss demand fair to good with prices fractionally higher. Wisconsin Swiss cheese prices rose up to half a cent while state brand receipts remained steady and other grades declined. American cheese markets held steady to firm with cheddar state brand sales at 38 to 40 cents. Butter opened weak then closed steady to firm as midwestern and eastern markets posted slight gains. Polio season note reports 762 cases from late March through June.
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State Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Greece
Chicago
Governor Signs Flambeau Setup For Forest Reserve Purchase
Governor Kohler signs a bill authorizing the purchase of a 1600 acre virgin tract in Rusk and Sawyer counties for the Flambeau river forest. The deal includes 14 million feet of timber from the land commission after years of negotiation.
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Madison
Conservation Commission
Flambeau River Forest
Kohler
Rusk
Sawyer
The
Land Commission
State Department of Agriculture
Vilas Judge Orders Kelly Safe Opening
Vilas County Judge Frank Carter Jr ordered the opening of a cast iron safe found in the Catfish Lake summer home of the late Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly. Townspeople gathered in a garage as workmen used an acetylene torch, amid much speculation over the box’s contents.
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Catfish Lake
Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Vilas County
Frank Carter Jr
Governor Signs Law Allowing 12 Year Old Newsboy Carriers
A new law signed by the governor lowers the newspaper carrier age to 12, replacing the former minimum of 13. The measure specifies eligibility for boys to deliver papers during the current period of military manpower adjustments and related conditions.
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Pwsboys
Kohler
Truce Hints Continue After Marshall Visit to War Zone
Air Force and FBI teams scour a 25 mile eastern Indiana circle investigating eight F-84 Thunderjets crash in a major disaster near Richmond. Three pilots died, two injured, while sab otage rumors meet skepticism from local observers. Wright Patterson reports an air force inquiry with no collision found. Six more airmen died in other crashes in Texas New Mexico and elsewhere.
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Richmond
Ind
Air Force
FBI
Indiana
Histor
Washington
Indianapolis
Earl Smith
Smith
Robert Croft
Richmond Telephone Company
Air Air Force
Wright
Patterson Field
Bergstrom Air Force ‘Base
Austin
Tex
Selfridge Field
Mich
Gorder Picked For LaCrosse City Engineer Post
Gorder, director of public works and water department head, was named by LaCrosse common council to be city engineer. Mayor Buehler said no resignation letter yet and details on salary tenure remain unsettled. If he accepts, he would replace John Barth whose resignation takes effect August 1. Gorder has led major projects and holds regional engineering roles, with ties to Waterloo and UW Madison background. Thieves burglarize highway 26 outdoor theater, stealing a small safe containing 218 dollars.
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Zenno A. Gorder
Water Department
LaCrosse
Myor Henry J. Ahrens
Gorder
Chicago
Frank A. Buehler
John Barth
Monroe
WPA
Janesville
Woro
O. Henry Recla
P. H. Hintze
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Southwest
Wisconsin Society of Professional Eaneers
Smith Masonic Lodge
Zor Shrine
Gorders
20Th Avenue
Shirley
Natalie
Steven
Guardsmen Converge at Fairgrounds for Bivouac Event
About 250 members of the Third battalion 128th infantry including units from Platteville Elk Horn Stoughton Beloit and Monroe gather at the Green County Fairgrounds for a weekend bivouac led by Lt Col Donald P Radde Spar ta. The exercise includes field tactics tent setups and a simulated attack on Mont Tee area with meals provided by Co K and the Monroe medics. Gen Hugh Fanning will visit to observe the maneuvers hosted by Louis R Wollesen and Col Oscar Moldenhauer.
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128Th Infantry
Donald P. Radde
Sparta
Platteville
Elkhorn
Stoughton
Beloit
Monroe
Co. K
Mont
Green County Fair Association
Louis R. Wolleson
Ernest Dettwiler
National
State Guards
Co. M. Platteville
Hugh Fanning
LaCrosse
Oscar A
Moldenhauer
Allied Lobbies Inquiry Proposed In Policy Dispute
Washington senator Bridges urged an inquiry into pressures and lobbies of allied nations, not just the China lobby, as Gen. MacArthur and Sec. Acheson clashed over Far East policy. Acheson said Truman ordered agencies to cooperate. Knowland and MacArthur disputed claims in New York cables amid testimony before the joint committees.
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Washington
Bridges
MacArthur
Acheson
China
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Colombia
Finland
Denmark
Greece
Sweden
Iran
Far East
Truman
Knowland
R-Calif
New York
Joint Arm Services and Foreign Relations Committee
MacArthur Tp
U. S
Korea
Cain
R-Wash
State Department
Morse
R-Ore. Cs
U.S
Msgr Condon LaCrosse Priest Dies Weeks
Native Chicago priest Msgr Condon longtime LaCrosse church leader dies after years of service. Widely known in the diocese for pastoral work and community outreach, his passing marks the end of an era for local Catholics.
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Msgr.Condon
Chicago
Condon
Policy Drifting Taft Leader Urges Ripon Commencement
Taft, dubbed Mr. Republican, spoke at Ripon eighth annual commencement assailing secrecy in foreign policy and urging graduates to build fact knowledge to guide the country to liberty and a strong, safe world position. He criticized executive secrecy and warned Congress approval is often bypassed.
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Ripon
Tainty
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
College
Taft
State Department
Congres
Republican Policy Committee
Truman
State Acheson
Congress
Republican Party
Secretary Holds Secret Talks With Ridgway in Tokyo
Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall and Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway held extended talks in Tokyo amid Korean War rumors of a possible ceasefire near the 38th parallel. Marshall called the visit purely military, while South Korea's Syngman Rhee warned of action if UN decisions hurt national security as Chinese forces retreated from Chorwon Kumhwa Pyonggang toward Kumsong.
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Tokyo
George C. Marshall
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
U. S
Marshall
South Korea
Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
United Nations
38Th Parallel
Red North
Pyun Yung Tai
Red
Seven County Men to Report for Induction This Week
Green county men are ordered to report to the armory for induction Tuesday. They will assemble at 11 a.m. with ceremonies and gifts from the Green county Armed Forces Service committee and the Woman's Relief corps. The list includes Gerald E. Thompson Harvey A. Ott Ratha L. Campbell Kenneth A. Johnson Robert G. Bagley Melvin Ehlert and Richard L. Horan. A preinduction physical exam group will travel to Milwaukee next month. The board office hours are 8 to 12 and 1 to 5, Monday through Friday.
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Green County
Charles A. Booth
Green County Armed Forces Service Committee
Woman's Relief Corps
Gerald E. Thompson
9Th Street
Harvey A. Ott
Madison
Ratha’ L. Campbell
Stoughton
Kenneth A. Johnson
Monticello
Robert ‘G. Bagley
Albany
Melvin Ehlert
Minneapolis
Richard L. Horan
Brooklyn
Ott
Blanchardville
Campbell
Ehlert
Monroe
Milwaukee
Booth
Mrs Rosina Ryhner Dies in Switzerland
Mrs Rosina Ryhner of Clarno died at her home in Switzerland after illness. She was aunt to John and Mark Hoesly and had relatives near Clarno and in the New Glarus area. A telegram from the family confirms the loss.
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Rosina Ryhner
Switzerland
John
Mark Hoesly
Clarno
Noti
Rhyner
Glarus Ares
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