Amerasia Papers Data Ties Service to War Messages
Senate investigators produced a document seized in the 1945 Amerasia raids that referenced top secret Roosevelt to Chiang Kai-shek messages supplied by Career Diplomat John S. Service. Service denied aiding communists while testifying publicly at a Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing.
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Washington
Senate
Amerasia
John S. Service
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Rwis
Service
FBI
New York
Justice Department
State Department
China
Swiss Cheese Holiday Rumor Sways Dealers Doubtful
The Madison papers report a supposed Swiss cheese buying holiday being discussed by dealers. Major buyers say storage is full for March and April cheese but expect normal activity to resume. Some note prices cut in April and May Swiss, with state brand under 49 cents a pound.
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Madison
Times
New York Lawyer Named American Deputy on NATO Council
President Truman announced Charles Spofford of New York will serve as the American deputy on the North Atlantic treaty council. Spofford, 47, served in the army’s civil affairs section in the Mediterranean during the last war and rose to brigadier general.
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Washington
Truman
Charles Spofford
New York
West
Europe
Snofferd
Mediterranean
Jane Cowl Dies at 65 Stage Star and Juliet
Jane Cowl a prominent stage star and once the nations foremost Juliet died at 65 from abdominal cancer in Santa Monica after a hospital stay for surgery. Born in Boston she debuted in 1903 in New York and later moved to Hollywood appearing in films. She was widow of Adolph Klauber and motherless of a long screen and stage career including Smilin Through and Lilac Time.
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Santa Monica
Jane Cowl
Juliet
Miss Cowl
Boston
New York City
Hollywood
Adolph Klauber
New York Times
Shakespeare
Broadway
New York
Erasmus Hall High School
Brooklyn
Columbia University
Farmers Should Share Financing Of Price Support
A Madison symposium on farm programs heard five agricultural economists divide on who should bear costs. John Brandt of Minneapolis urged farmer financing while Dorsey Kirk and Rep. Harold Touvre supported the idea. Dr H C M Case argued farmers should not bear the plan, but all agreed government must prevent farmer bankruptcies.
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Madison
National Creameries Association
John Brandt
Minneapolis
National Milk Producers Federation
Harold Touvre
R-Sd
Dorsey Kirk
Oblong
Ill
Illinois State Grange
H. C. M. Case
University of Illinois
Census shows Lafayette decline and Monroe county gain
Monroe county adds 1 295 residents bringing its total to 31 375. Lafayette county falls by 580 residents since 1940, now at 18 115. Tomah and Sparta in Monroe county post gains. Tomah up 968 to 4 785 and Sparta to 5 873. Darlington in Lafayette rises to 2 168 and Shullsburg to 1 305.
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Monroe County
Lafayette County
Lafayette
Tomah
Sparta
Darlington
Shullsburg
Cloudbursts Miss City by Four Miles
Heavy thundershowers swept near Monroe delaying a park lights and baseball diamond dedication. Hail fell in several towns with crop damage reported. the Pecatonica river rose about a foot at Argyle while Sugar rivers rise was expected later. Lightning struck a home on route 4 smashing a chimney as winds knocked branches and knocked out phone lines.
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Monroe
Reccreation Park
Highway 81
Argyle
Monticello
Madison
New Glarus
Albany
Brodhead
Pecatonica
Albert J. Burn Home
Route 4
Hillsboro
Wisconsin Cheese Market Report Shows Nervous Undertone
Wisconsin American cheese prices stay steady to firm as trade slows and demand remains good. The market notes nervous undertone with selling prices at assembly points, listing items like single daisies and longhorns and square prints with values around 34 to 36 cents.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Railroads Face National Strike Over Hour Issues
A nationwide rail tieup looms as the AFL switchmen's union plans to strike July 15 along with two other unions after rejecting a presidential board wage and hour proposal. Rock Island and Western Pacific warn of halted service. Trainmen and conductors also reject the board’s recommendations and will meet in Chicago July 10 to map future action.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Western Pacific
AFL Switchmen’s Union of North America
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Denver
Rio Grande Western
Railway Labor Act
Brotherhood of
F. H. Nemitz
W. P. Kennedy
Presidential Board
Truman
White House Gets Rent Control Bill
Congress speedily approved a federal rent control extension through December 31. The House vote was 176 to 145 and the Senate 40 to 24. President Truman was expected to sign promptly, though the bill fell short of his one year, no restriction proposal.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Senate-House
Truman backs straight Democratic ticket in Ohio
President Truman said he would vote the straight democratic ticket if he lived in Ohio and predicted a Democratic senator would be elected there. He spoke at a governors conference where Ohio Governor Lausche had just said he had not decided how he would vote.
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Washington
Truman
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Lausche
Robert Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
White Sulphur Springs
Indiana
Missouri
Emory Allison
Donnell
Beggs Eyes Senate Race Schmitt Merrill Oppose Kohler in Primary
Madison attorney Lyall Beggs, 50, said he will consider running as a Republican for the U S senate. Merrill attorney and gubernatorial candidate candidate Schmitt, 48, attacked political machines backed by Milwaukee interests and urged anti corporate funding laws. Myrton P. Peavy of Darlington filed for the state senate from the 17th district.
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Madison
Leonard F. Schmitt
Merrill
Tom Coleman
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Association of Manufacturers
Schmitt
Lyall T. Beggs
U. S. Senate
Beggs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Beggs and Schmitt
Myrton P. Peavy
Darlington
Secretary of State
State Senate
Peavy
Republican Journal Weekly
Convicted Slayer Plans Court Battle Over Crime Broadcast
Julia Kulinich, a Marlette, Michigan convict, seeks federal action after NBC re enacts the family killings case on coast to coast airwaves. Flint Judge Bishop denied and then vacated an injunction citing New York origin and fictitious names. The 1941 case involved the murder of Peter Kulinich and two children Helen and Nicholas.
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Flint
Mich
Michigan
Julia Kulinich
Marlette
NBC
Clifford A. Bishop
Kulinich
Bishop
New York
Joseph Charanoske
Mock elections at Badger state nominate Huber for lieutenant governor
Mary Ann Huber daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph B Huber 1511 17th avenue has been nominated for lieutenant governor of Badger girls state on the federalist ticket in mock elections at Madison Several area high school juniors have received offices or nominations as part of annual governmental practice sessions sponsored by Ripon and Madison by the American Legion and auxiliary Girls have elected city officers Delores Hoesly from New Glarus was named alderwoman of the fake city of Ashby Ellen Hefty of Verona and Marilyn Johnson of Lancaster also earned mock city roles In Ripon Guy Pierce Brodhead campaigns for circuit court judgeship in the boys session Pierce is on the nationalist ticket
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Mary Ann Huber
Joseph B. Huber
17Th Avenue
Badger Girls State
Madison
Badger Boys and Girls State
Ripon
American Legion and Auxiliary
Delores Hoesly
Badger
New Glarus
Ashby
Ellen Hefty
Verona
Marilyn Johnson
Lancaster
Guy Pierce
Brodhead
Pierce
Mrs Gempeler Named To State Group Office
Mrs Helen L Gempeler city treasurer was named an assistant secretary of the clerks and finance officers section of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities at Fond du Lac. She was elected treasurer here and attended the convention with officers C E Hughes Ben Grota and Mrs Ruth Wolf. The group will meet at Two Rivers next year.
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Helen L. Gempeler
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Fond du Lac
Gempeler
C. E. Hughes
Waukesha
Ben Grota
Berlin
Ruth Wolf
Kaukauna
Two Rivers
Gillette Pledges Primary Checkup on Spending
Senator Gillett of Iowa as chair of the senate privileges and elections subcommittee says investigators will review alleged huge expenditures in at least four senatorial primaries. Complaints pertain to North Carolina Florida Pennsylvania and Illinois with other states possible. He cites reports of 1.5 to 2 million dollars in Pennsylvania races and notes ongoing party primary outcomes in several states.
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Washington
Gillett
D-Ia
Senate
North Carolina
Florida
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Gillette
Subcommittee On
Committee
James Duff
GOP
Rep
Kunkel
Ilinois
Lucas
Everett Dirksen
Pepper
Smathers
Hoey
Graham
Willis Smith
Two Cows Killed In Farm Crossing Accident
A car driven by Dean D. Dahms struck cattle crossing highway 81 at the James Hyland farm 15 miles northwest of Monroe at 5 30 am. One cow was killed and another shot. Dahms blamed sun glare for not seeing a herd attendant. A separate crash near Monroe involved Richard Iverson whose car skidded and rolled at Round Grove school corner on highway 69 yesterday evening. no injuries reported and the vehicle was heavily damaged.
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Dean D. Dahms
16Th Avenue
Highway 81
Monroe
James Hyland
Dahms
Green County Highway
Richard Iverson
Horeb
Round Grove School Corner
Highway 69
Iverson
Drowning at Albany Dam Claims 33-Year-Old Fisherman
Burnell Schultz, 33, son of Clyde and Elvena Schultz of near Albany, drowned after falling from a catwalk into the Wisconsin Power and Light dam race while fishing. His nine-year-old nephew Leonard alerted locals. rescue attempts with adrenalin, pulmotor, and oxygen lasted about two and a half hours without revival. Funeral plans set for Saturday. coroner undecided on an inquest.
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Albany
Sugar River
Burnell Schultz
Clyde Schultz
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Schultz
Leonard Schultz
Leon Marty
Marty
Wayne Peckham
John Christopher
Don Cleveland
Phillip Zanoni Jr
James Sharer
F. J. Bongiorno
Brodhead
George W Armstrong
Green County Highway Police
Maurice Parker
Herman A Stuessy
Monroe
Share Funeral Home
Mr. Schultz
Decatur Township
Clyde
Elvena_ Ladei Schultz
Albany High School
Albany Farm Bureau
Orville
Lenora Treutharat
Sharer Funeral Home
Hillcrest Cemetery
William
Garfield
Jess Schultz
Oren Burt
Robert Burdick
Kenneth Kittleson
Frederick John Guertner
Fred Guertner
Guertners
Senate approves 15 day draft act extension
The senate approved a stop gap 15 day extension of the draft law before midnight tomorrow. The measure, passed by voice vote at the request of Senate Democratic Leader Lucas of Illinois, now goes to the house for action to avoid a lapse.
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Washington
Senate
House
Lucas
Illinois
Congress
Juda Scouts Visit Nation’s Jamboree and Landmarks
Two Juda boys Arthur Carter and John Larson will attend the national Boy Scout jamboree at Valley Forge this summer. They left Juda for Apple River Canyon Camp training and embark on a 27 day trip visiting Washington DC Niagara Falls and London Ontario with other area scouts.
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Arthur Carter
John Larson
Valley Forge
Apple River Canyon
Washington D. C
Niagara Falls
London
Ontario
Canada
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Dean Acheson
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Arkansas
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Walter Althaus
Juda Boy Scouts
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