Army seeks social reform with officers and enlisted, Pattison plan
Secretary of War Patterson unveils a postwar reform package from the Doolittle board aimed at narrowing class lines within the Army. Proposals include abolishing saluting at most posts, mixing enlisted men with officers in garrison, granting leave time, revising pay and allowances, training leaders, and rewriting regulations to curb privileges and social segregation. Patterson stresses no weakening of discipline while pushing a more integrated force to win battles. Also pictured is James Ragen Sr, wounded in a gunfight with a publisher during a related violence incident.
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Washington
Jess
Patt
Army Life
Erine
Green
Doolittle Boards
Patterson
James Hi
Army
Phillipson Milestone reunion and area visits at Blanchardville park
The 2nd annual Phillipson Milestone reunion gathered families at McKellar park Blanchardville with members from Milestone Darlington Elijah Milestone Melvin Phillipson and others. Weekend visitors included Thomas Curran Manston and Marian J Olson among names from Arlington Seattle Stoughton Chicago Madison and New Glarus. Several couples hosted relatives, with university students and local residents attending dinners, showers, and casual gatherings across nearby towns.
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Phillipson- Milestone
McKellar Park
Blanchardville
Messrs
Ea Milestone
Milton Milestone
Darlington
Herbert Milestone
Melvin Phillipson
Andrew Waage
Argyle
Curtis Milestone
Blanchardvil Jacob Dehraepfer
Carl Olson
Orville Rundhaug
Ray Landmark
Everett Knudtson
Mr Horeb
Olaf Olson
Black Earth
Ray Grundahl
New Glarus
Marvel Rundhaug
Mineral Point
Thomas Curran
J. W. Young
George Dobson
Chicago
Ed Reger
Barbara
Diane
Plymouth
Milton Skaife
Otto Hegland
Wisconsin
James Ula
Lois
Harold Bowers
Hollandale
Joann Bowers
Sally Mae Jansson
Milwaukee
Harold Ostrum
Ingwell-Watrud Mothers Club
August Larson
Mmes
Isaac Retrum
B. Bredeson
Henry Watrud
Robert Larson
Edwin Olson
William Watrud
George Ingwell
Henry Nelson
Norman
Ole Nelson
Jimmy
Ruth
Oscar A. Larson
Melba Nelson
Larry Swiggum
Madison
John Steiner
Roxanne Swiggum
John Thompson
Ed Thompson
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Robert
Leonard Pederson
Alvin Anderson
Milo Melland
William Baumgartner
Gary
Perry
Melvin Jenson
Primrose
Ada
Morris Anderson
Horeb
Orville Anderson
Millard Tschudy
Donald Doherty
George Clare
Weekend visits and weddings across families in Wisconsin
Dixon spent Sunday at the H K Burgdorff home while Mrs Warren assisted her father. Harold Burgdorff’s wife stayed a few days. Several couples, including Mr. and Mrs. Barber and Mr. and Mrs. Gould, traveled from Wisconsin to Rhinelander to visit Cora Streibel. Corinne Gilbertson attended a wedding in Manawa as maid of honor for Erna Piotter and Gilbert Anderson.
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Arthur J. Koppen
Belvidere
John Gilbertson
Schraepfer
Gloria Hanson
Jimmie Hendrickson
Corinne
Manawa
Erna, Piotter
Gilbert Anderson
Gloria
Jimmie
Merlin Lee
Margo Elizabeth
Lorraine Lee
Madison
Millard Loe
Marjorie Loe
Mabel Wendell
Phyllis
Gerald Loe
Chicago
Gerald
Postwar road plans signed for state trunk highway work
Governor Goodland signed contracts totaling 812,883 for concrete surfacing on state trunk highway 30 between Madison and Lake Mills, 76,524 for grading and drainage on U S 151 in Dane county, and 511,432 for grading and temporary surfacing along 16 miles of U S highways in Barron and Rusk counties. A zoological note clarifies the peacock species naming.
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Goodland
Madison
Lake Mills
U. S. Highway 151
Dane County
U. S
Barron
Rusk
Capone Back in Chicago Haunts
Al Capone the former Chicago gangster is again in headlines as a rumored still-active boss of gambling and vice, according to States Attorney William J. Tuohy. Tuohy cited a 98-page statement from Ragen alleging Capone and his family control remnants of the old syndicate and that Capone is active in Chicago operations between homes in Florida and Mercer.
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Chicago
al Capone
Scarface
Alcatraz
William J. Tuohy
Ragen
Tuohy
Capone
Carones
Racing News
Mercer
Wis
T's
Miami Beach
Fla
Ralph
John
Matt
Ohio Farmer Strike Claims Progress
A strike call by the Ohio Marketing Quota Protest association drew 150 Lorain county farmers to Willington as they voted to withhold produce. Milk deliveries today will test support. H H Fackler Plymouth C president said the group has over 17 000 members in 40 Ohio counties and aims to abolish OPA and farm marketing rules.
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Ausunia
Ohio Marketing Quota Protest Association
Loraine County
Willington
Lorain County
H. H. Fackler
Plymouth
Ohio
Fackler
Congress
Marines Aid Damsel as Plumbers Free Cuffed Youth
In Philadelphia a young man clamped a pair of handcuffs marked U S marine corps on Miss Lee Rapattoni. Police failed to unlock them. Marines were summoned from a nearby post. Two plumbers with a hacksaw freed her wrists.
Bargaining over German assets in Switzerland ends in half stake
Washington reports three months of hard bargaining yield a compromise on German assets in Switzerland. Allies gain half the assets excluding gold while Swiss keep all gold money about 58 million Swiss francs. France, Britain, and the United States weigh legality versus policy in a delicate postwar settlement amid wartime neutrality tensions.
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Washington
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
United States
Britain
France
Switzerland
Germany
Europe
Belgium
Bank of France
Dakar
French West Africa
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Monroe
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