Huge cuts urged for four federal agencies in 1948 budget
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a 23 percent cut in the combined 1948 budget of the State Commerce Justice and Federal judiciary, plus the courts. The omnibus supply bill, worth 5.235 billion, trims the agencies and warns against a spending mentality, with detailed reductions for each department and a push to curb personnel before July 1.
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Washington— (P
House Appropriations Committee
House
State Department
Commerce Department
Justice Department
Otto Lund Named Principal at Green County Normal School
Otto Lund of Viroqua will succeed Howard Teasdale as principal of the Vernon County Normal School at Green County for the 1947-48 year. Teasdale has resigned.
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Otto Lund
Viroqua
Vernon County Normal School
Green County Normal School
Howard Teasdale
Hoover Warns Communists Penetrate All Fields
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a House appropriations subcommittee that communists have penetrated every field of activity in the United States. He cited 74,000 party members with 10 supporters each and warned about infiltration in movie radio and newspapers, labor groups, and other sectors. He cautioned against expecting a revolution soon while presenting a bill for Justice Department funds.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
House
Communist Party
Hoover
Anti-Trust Suits To Hit Monopolies
Washington news says the justice department will target major monopolies with anti trust suits and investigations involving 79 of the 100 largest U S companies. Berge testified the country faces the greatest concentration of economic power in history and that 44 of the 100 largest corporations are defendants in suits while 35 are under active investigation. He noted large manufacturing firms control many smaller firms. The inquiry into investment bankers seeks to curb refinancings and project financing. A press monopoly inquiry is reportedly under way but not involving news gathering.
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Washington—i
Department of Justice
America
Clark
Wendell Berge
House Appropriations
Berge
Justice Department
House
United States
Stafan
R-Neb
Stafen
Mrs Clifford Anderson Dies After Yearlong Illness
Gladys Pearl Blackford Anderson, 42, of Brodhead, died at 6 05 p m Saturday after a year of illness Born October 18 1904 in Monroe she was the daughter of Myra Dunaway and M J Blackford She married Clifford Anderson July 1 1925 and lived in Milwaukee before moving to Brodhead three years ago Surviving are her husband two children her parents and numerous siblings Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Everson funeral home with Rev J C Robertson of the Congregational church presiding burial in Greenwood Cemetery
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Brodhead
Clifford Anderson
Monroe
Gladys Pearl Blackford
Myra Dunaway
M. J. Blackford
Milwaukee
Anderson
Detroit
Marjorie Blackford
Janesville
Everson Funeral Home
J. C. Robertson
Congregational Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Motorcyclist Breaks Leg in Accident Near Green County Home
Harold Leutzinger age 23 failed to control his motorcycle after passing a car on highway 81 near the Green County Home entrance. He jumped from the bike as it veered onto the right shoulder and sustained a broken left leg below the knee. He was taken to a hospital for surgery after the Sunday 4:30 p.m. crash.
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Harold Leutzinger
Green County
Indian Missionary Talks to W S C S
Miss Maxine Coleman of Angola Ind a missionary to India on furlough spoke to the southern district of the West Wisconsin conference of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist church about the growing place of womanhood in India. She cited literacy contrasts among Muslim Hindu and Christian women and praised missions for educating India’s women.
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India
Maxine Coleman
Angola
Ind
West Wisconsin
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Harry C. Culver
Platteville
Fred M. Smith
Madison
Fred W. Harris
Louis Smith
A. H. Truitt
William Plate
Monroe
Culver
Frontenac
D. M. Howery
South Wayne
Strike in Two Chicago Dairies Halts 73 Plants
A spokesman for the Associated Milk Dealers said a strike by about 900 inside workers at Bowman and Dean dairies closed 73 other member dairies in the Chicago area. AFL Dairy Workers union official says the action targets two companies, while an AMD attorney calls it an industry strike.
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Chicago
Associated Milk Dealers
Frank J. Gillespie
AFL Dairy Workers Union
Bowman and Dean
Thomas B. Gilmore
Gilmore
Kidnap Theories Grow In Fort Atkinson Case
In Fort Atkinson authorities press on for an eight year old girl Georgia Jean Weckler missing since Thursday. Sheriff George Perry says a hot lead keeps the search active as a rubbish dump near Highway 12 is scanned. FBI liaison in Chicago notes potential federal involvement only if statutes are violated. Rewards totaling 2500 dollars are offered for tips. Local sightings include a man driving a car matching descriptions and a girl crying to be let out. County officers cordon off the Weckler residence as the hunt widens.
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Georgia Jean Weckler
Ft. Atkinson
Wis
George Perry
Highway 12
FBI
Johnson
George C. Weckler
Oscar Menzel
Milwaukee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
Sam Kliment
Kliment
Jefferson County
S. L. Feaster
Wisconsin Rapids
Camp McCoy
Georgia
Weckler
Marvin Thom
James Barazo
Weckler Farm
Ellis Island May Close to Save Government Funds
Immigration commissioner Ugo Carusi told a House appropriations subcommittee that Ellis Island may be closed to save about 300000 dollars a year. He proposed transferring its functions to floors of the Immigration Service building in New York and testified during hearings on a justice department funding bill sent to the House for action.
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FBI
Justice Department
House
Hoover
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Washington
Ellis Island
America
Ugo Carusi
New York Harbor
Immigration Service Office
New York
Carusi
Defer Debate on Foreign Relief in House
The House postponed the start of debate on a 400 million dollar aid bill for Greece and Turkey to combat communism. The delay honors Rep. Charles L. Gerlach who died of a heart attack in Allentown Pennsylvania. The Senate previously approved the measure 67 to 23, urging action now to halt Soviet expansion.
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Washington
Greece
Turkey
House
Charles L. Gerlach
Pennsylvania
Gerlach
Foreign Affairs Committee
Allentown
Russia
United States
Senate
Routine Resumed as Army Probes Ft Leavenworth Riot
The army continued its inquiry into the Ft Leavenworth disciplinary barracks race riot that left one dead and 11 injured while normal routine returned. The mess hall seating arrangement with separate tables remained in effect as the investigation proceeds.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Kas
Christian Endeavor Groups Disband County Societies
The Green and Rock County Christian Endeavor societies voted to disband individual county groups and focus on district work at a southern district spring workshop held in Juda and Beloit. Keith Davison resigned as district vice president. Lyle Wood was elected in his place. Rev. Theodore Jordan spoke on youth leadership and thriving societies. Davison led a discussion on youth evangelism. Juda participants and a Beloit college gospel team performed at the opening program. A district meeting, supper, and state convention were set, with Evelyn Eller announcing the June 13-15 convention in Janesville.
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Green and
Rock County Christian Endeavor Societies
Keith Davison
Beloit
Lyle Wood
Janesville
Theodore Jordan
Ripon
Davison
Juda
Joan Schmid
Joan Andrews
Lois Jean Miller
Donald Albright
LaVern
Marian Dieckhoff
Monroe
Beloit College
Evelyn Eller
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Stassen Reveals Talk With Stalin
Washington senators urged that Soviet cooperation must be backed by deeds not words. Harold Stassen released Stalin remarks from their Kremlin interview stressing international control of atomic energy and its prohibition in war use, with leaders speaking of future inspections and trust.
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Washington
Russia
Stalin
U.S.S.R
Harold E. Stassen
Hatch
United Nations
Stassen
Kremlin
Minnesota
Minor Damage Weekend Traffic Mishaps In Monroe
Three weekend auto and motorcycle accidents were reported by Monroe police. Edward Kuster’s motorcycle hit a Freeport car driven by Guy H. Harnish at 19th Street and 13th Avenue injuring Kuster with a skinned leg. William Leopold backed from a parking stall when his bumper was struck by Arlie Kundert’s car. John Webner’s car in the 800 block of 17th Avenue was hit by Albert Loeffel’s vehicle as it drove away from a parking space.
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Monroe
Edward Kuster
Winslow
Freeport
Guy H. Harnish
19Th Street
13Th Avenue
Kuster
William Leopold
Arlie Kundert
Judge Blocks Move To Summon Marshall In War Fraud Trial
Justice Henry A Schweinhaut blocked temporarily a defense bid to summon Secretary of State Marshall as a witness in the Garsson May war fraud trial. He noted Marshall had protested by phone against the subpoena and could not be relied on as a defense witness while the government may have weeks of testimony yet to present.
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Washington
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Secretary of State
Marshall
Garsson
Hope for Settling Phone Strike Rises
A mixed scene at Stanley Becker’s Oneco store shows Brownie the cat nursing four kittens and three baby rats, with the mother rat possibly returning to claim her offspring. In Washington, Southwestern Bell offers a cash wage increase if talks return to St. Louis, while NFTW officials hint at a nationwide settlement by nightfall amid government mediation. Wisconsin’s phone strike stalls over whether picket lines will be honored, as negotiations hinge on assurances from the Telephone Guild of Wisconsin.
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Stanley Becker
Oneco
Brownie
Mr. Becker
Washington
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
St. Louis
Henry Mayer
National Federation of Telephone Workers
New York
Mayer
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Long Lines
American Telephone and Telegraph Workers
NETW
NFTW
Bell
A. T
T. Long Lines
Southwestern Company
Bell System
John W. Gibson
Union
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John O'Day
Wisconsin Telephone Co. Y
Telephone Guild of
Western Electric
O'Day
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Western Electric Co
Long Lines Department
A. T. and T
Mass prison break in Palestine as 251 inmates escape
British troops and police launched a wide manhunt across northern Palestine after a mass escape from Acre prison engineered by the Jewish underground. 251 of 555 inmates fled, 16 killed or injured, untold numbers detained or captured, as troops cordoned settlements and searched vehicles in a dawn to noon hunt reaching Acre to Tiberias.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Acre
Haifa
6Th Airborne Division
Tiberius
Sea of Galilee
Jordan River
Argun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Galilee
Six Year Old Monroe Girl Jumps from Boat Unharmed
Nancy Ann Sawdey aged six, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald Sawdey of 1203 16th Avenue, jumped from a boat during a middle stream panic at Hyde pond. She clung to the boat end as it drifted ashore eight feet deep water, not a swimmer, and suffered no injuries.
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Hyde’s Pond
Nancy Ann Sawdey
Gerald E. Sawdey
16Th Avenue
Nancy Ann
Lakeside Heights
Lincoln School
French cabinet member cites Truman doctrine in Ramadier purge
A Paris cabinet member, speaking on background, says the Truman doctrine shaped Premier Paul Ramadier’s decision to expel communists from the government. He believes U S aid to Ramadier could help calm French workers and contain unrest.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
United States
Ramadier
Tennis Stars Betz Palfrey Cooke Turn Pro
Pauline Betz and Sarah Palfrey Cooke, both former U S singles champions, now under suspension by the U S Lawn Tennis Association, announced today they have turned professional in New York and Los Angeles.
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New York
Pauline Betz
Los Angeles
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
U. S
Supreme Court ruling allows searches at home after arrest warrant
Washington The supreme court held today that officers arresting a man at his home on a warrant may search the premises and use against him any evidence they find of law breaking. The decision turned on one vote of the nine justices. The four who disagreed said the court was striking down the constitution's protection against unreasonable search and seizure.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Madison-Holdover senators challenge $100 housing allowances
Madison Holdover state senators filed demurrers in circuit court as Secretary Fred R. Zimmerman delayed monthly room and board payments. Zimmerman said funds would be paid once a court action by William T. Evjue, editor of the Capital Times, Madison, is resolved, arguing the checks violate the constitution.
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Madison
Fred R. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
William T. Evjue
The
Capital Times
Evjue
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