Taft Denounces Special Interest Election Charges
Senator Taft denounces President Truman’s charge that special interests funded his 1950 Ohio senate race. He claims opponents spent far more, calling the campaign a sinister conspiracy with a communist undertone. He testifies at a Senate Elections subcommittee hearing noting outside money and false front organizations. Ferguson awaits his turn to speak.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Senate
White House
Senate Elections
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Gillette
D-lIa
Subcommittee
Democratic National Committee
United States
National Democratic Women’s Club
Alabama Wreck Kills 16 on Two Trains Near Woodstock
A head on collision between the New York to New Orleans Southerner and the Crescent near Woodstock Alabama killed 16 people. All deceased were aboard the Southerner with 15 bodies recovered and one sighted. Engineer P J Powers of Birmingham died in the crash. No faulty signals were found, and the wreck occurred on a rail line trestle 29 miles southwest of Birmingham.
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Woodstock
Ala
Southern Railway
Birmingham
Crescent
Louisville
Nashville
New New Orleans
Southern
Atlanta
West Point
Montgomery
New Orleans
K. C. Shults
Alabama Great Southern Railway
Southerner
Donna Signer wins national 4-H clothing title in Chicago
Donna Signer daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Signer Route 5 wins the national 4-H clothing project title at the 4-H Club congress in Chicago receiving a 300 dollar scholarship She made 125 garments last year and earned savings of 316 11 with 408 quarts canned and helped prepare 384 meals She is a Monroe high school student homecoming queen and a Clarno 4-H member
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Donna Signer
Joe Signer
Route 5
Chicago
Wisconsin
United States
Donna
Mamie Tillema
Monroe High School
Clarno 4-H
Kubly Plans New Motel Along Highway 81 North
Ben E. Kubly announces a new motel on highway 81 north of its intersection with highway 11 near the city edge. The project will include 25 units with three adding inner doors for apartment style living, architect John W. Steinmann of Monticello, and options for redwood exteriors with plywood interiors.
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Highway 81
Ben E. Kubly
John W. Steinmann
Monticello
Kubly
Mrs. Bertha Homan 73 Dies Near McConnell
Mrs. Bertha Homan 73 of near McConnell died at 12 30 p m yesterday in a Freeport hospital. Born April 7 1878 in Wisconsin to Charles and Sophia Kletz she married William Homan in 1905. Survivors include son Kenneth a daughter Mrs Gladys Rackow six sisters and four brothers. Funeral services Wednesday at 130 p m at the farm home and 2 pm at Richland Salem Lutheran Church with Rev R F Bittorf officiating.
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Orangeville
Bertha Homan
McConnell
Freeport
Wisconsin
Charles and
Sophia Borchardt Kletz
William Homan
Homan
Kenneth
Gladys Rackow
Dora Seitz
Marie Ottenhausen
Lottie Rinehart
Clara Stiffler
Emma Rubenhagen
Nashua
Sophia Haase
Rockford
William Klentz
Charles
Lowell
Wis
Edward
Frank
California
Lester Klentz
Reeseville
Ruth Permack
Richland-Salem Lutheran Church
R. F. Bittorf
Burington Funeral Home
Renk Dish Boys Uphold Traditions At Junior Show
In Chicago a Wisconsin youth team upheld family livestock winning traditions at the International Livestock Exposition. Richard Renk, 11, Sun Prairie, showed the reserve junior champion steer with Spike the Hereford yearling. Larry Disch, 11, Evansville, claimed the reserve junior sheep championship with a Southdown lamb. Spike eyes the grand champion steer title tomorrow. Ben Disch’s son won a junior carrot lamb judging runnerup. Howard Brown of Chikasha Oklahoma showed Bell Boy the Aberdeen Angus, first in senior Angus calves as open judging began.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Richard Renk
Sun Prairie Farm
Larry Disch
Evansville
Spike
Madison
Young Disch
Larry
Ben
Howard Brown
Chikasha
Okla
Council Scouting Leaders Renamed
Nat G. Preston Harry J. Bellahan Forrest L. Kubly and Louis A. Koenig were re elected to the executive board of the U S Grant council of Boy Scouts at a Freeport meeting. Pres ton and others were named again to board posts. Sea Scout Ship 501 awarded Silver Beavers to Thomas A. Kimes and Phil Fawver.
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Nat G. Preston
Harry J. Bellahan
Forrest L. Kubly
Louis A. Koenig
U. S. Grant Council of Boy Scouts
Freeport
Preston
W. E. Rideout
Jake Jones
Juda
Emil Kaeser
New Glarus
Everett J. Hill
South Wayne
William F. Fetridge
Chicago
Elton S. Karrmann
Platteville
Thomas R. Pfisterer
Messrs
Mmes
Roy F. Peter
W. C. Bender
Lowell W. Markwardt
N. G. Preston
Seaway backer Pittenger dies at 65 in Duluth
Former congressman William A. Pittenger, 65, a longtime advocate of the St. Lawrence Seaway, died after a four year illness in a Duluth hospital. He served 14 years in the U S House between 1929 and 1947.
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Duluth
William A. Pittenger
St. Lawrence Waterway
House of Representatives
Cease-fire Line For Korean Truce Settled at Parley
Allied and communist staff officers set the exact 145 mile ceasefire line across Korea to halt shooting if an armistice is signed within 30 days. Subcommittees meet at Panmunjom to approve the proposal with plenary session to follow.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
U. N
U S Air Force Halts Search For Missing C 47
Rome reports the U S Air Force has halted the general search for the C 47 transport missing since November 19 en route from Munich to Belgrade with four crew. A small helicopter crew and two planes stay on duty to field reports on the missing craft.
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Rome
U. S
Munich
Belgrade
Price Fixing Suit Targets Manitowoc Dairies and Union
The attorney general filed a civil anti trust action charging Local 619 AFL Teamsters and several Manitowoc dairy firms with conspiring to fix milk prices. Named defendants include Fischl and Sarge ice cream and dairy firms, Sorge and Fisch firms, Cornely dairy, Rhode dairy, Sunrise dairy, Clover dairy, and union officials. The suit seeks fines of 5000 each and cancellation of Fischl and Sorge charters. It alleges a shift from 17 cent home delivered to 18 cent home delivered milk and higher wholesale prices beginning before December 1950.
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Madison
Attorney General's Office
Manitowoc County
Anti-Trust
Local 619
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chaufffeurs
Manitowoc
Alois Fischl Jr
Fisch
Raleigh C. Sorge
Sorge
Charles Gass
A. W. Kolodzik
Copartners
Manitowoc Dairy Co
Earl Kornely
Kornely Dairy
Ralph Rhode
Rhode’s Dairy
Newton
August H. Daveneck
Sunrise Dairy
Dairies
Assured McHale Innocent Democratic Chief Probes Influence Peddling
Frank Mac Kinney new Democratic National Chairman said he has assurances that Frank M McHale a supporter has not been involved in influence peddling. Jack Steele in the New York Herald Tribune notes McHales long alleged ties to Empire Ordnance Corp and a 1940s case.
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New York
Frank MacKinney
Democratic
Frank M. McHale
Jack Steele
New York Herald Tribune
Washington
McHale
Indiana
McKinney
Indianapolis
William M. Boyle Jr
United States
Steele
Tdeas
Empire Ordnance Corp
Empire
Marines to Draft Second Week in December
The Fifth Army announced that draftees inducted during the second week of December will enter the Marine Corps. Nationwide Marine inductions are planned for Dec. 10, with 30 percent sworn in during the first week starting Dec. 3. The December draft pauses after Dec. 14 for the Christmas holiday.
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Chicago
Fifth Army
Marine Corps
Army
Mishaps injure four in county yesterday
Four persons were injured in three traffic accidents in the county yesterday. Mrs. Robert Haberman was hospitalized with head and face injuries after losing control on icy KS road near Juda. Minor injuries included Donovan A. Malkow, Mrs Merlin John Lewis and her infant son at a collision west of Searles school on FF. A wreck on by highway 11 near OK saw Ray Emmer Jacobson rear end Fred Gobeli who was stopped on the roadway near Juda.
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Robert Haberman
St. Clare Hospital
Juda
Donovan A. Malkow
Merlin John Lewis
Robert
Searles School
Malkow
Lewis
Juta
Ray Emmer Jacobson
Watertown
Fred Gobeli
Gobeli
Ambulance Driver Finds Three in Family Dead
An ambulance driver, Robert Twining, discovers his father Ned Twining 45 his sister Barbara 18 and grandfather Vern McLaughlin dead in a two car crash near Petersburg Mich Also killed were Howard Schumacher 43 of Dearborn and his son Paul 10 The driver and family had been en route to assist another sister move into a new home.
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Toledo
Robert Twining
Michigan
Ned Twining
Maumiee
Barbara
Vern McLaughlin
Howard Schumacher
Dearborn
Paul
Twining
Petersburg
Mich
Twinings Involved in Local Dispute Sparks Public Interest
Local report centers on Twinings facing a civil matter that drew notice from residents and officials. Officials provide statements while neighbors watch developments as the case proceeds.
Ousted Official Details Threats in Racketeering Probe
Washington D C. Ousted assistant attorney general T Lamar Caudle testified he feared for his life due to efforts to stamp out rackets in Charlotte North Carolina where he was U S attorney He accused Charlotte Police Chief Frank Littlejohn and two federal agents of malice and hatred as the Ways and Means subcommittee opened files on tax fraud prosecutions. The panel planned to review justice department files amid questions about cases dropped at higher levels and an internal revenue inquiry in San Francisco involving six aides. A New York attorney was linked to a $900 payment toward a $2400 mink coat bought by Mrs Caudle about two years ago.
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Washington
T. Lamar Caudle
Charlotte
N. C
U. S
House Ways and Means
Caudle
Frank Littlejohn
McGrath
Justice Department
Rep. King
D-Calif
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue
King
John B. Dunlap
Internal Revenue Bureau
San Francisco
James G. Smyth
Dunlap
Washington Star
Caudie
New York
General Eisenhower Urges Speedier NATO Unity Strategy
Eisenhower told NATO chiefs in Rome to stop haggling over commands and pool sovereignty to build Western security east of the Rhine. Britain weighs delaying a North Atlantic naval command and favors its own rifle standard amid talks on alliance command and arms standardization.
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Rome —i
Eisenhower
Europe
Rhine
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Chiefs of Staff
NATO Council
Britain
North Atlantic
Middle East
Atlantic Pact
Greece
Turkey
Churchill
Atlantic
Mideast
NATO
Chiefs of Staff
Atlantic Organization
Christmas Decoration Assembly Starts Here
Workmen began assembling Christmas decorations for downtown display. Trees and greens arrived Saturday night and will surround the courthouse and light posts with colored bulbs. New four sided box signs will hold cards and be lit at night. Louis H. Kohli oversees decorations again this year.
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Court House
Louis H. Kohli
Gerald Riese and Bride Injured in Wisconsin Dells Collision
A former Albany resident, Gerald Riese, 21, is in serious condition at Portage hospital after a two car head on crash east of Wisconsin Dells on highway 16 during a snow storm. His wife Ruth, 21, is also injured. Four Eau Claire family members are hospitalized. The Riese family relations and a critical mother in Baraboo hospital are noted.
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Albany
Portage Hospital
Wisconsin Dells
Gerald Riese
Archie Riese
Ruth
Eau Claire
Robert Riese
Brodhead
Portage
Young Riese
Baraboo Hospital
Wisconsin Arrives at Yokosuka Navy Base in Japan
The 45,000 ton battleship Wisconsin arrived at Yokosuka naval base on November 21, as disclosed by the navy. The ship, which had been at Pearl Harbor, was visited by Japanese Premier Shigeru Yoshida during the visit.
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Japan
Tokyo
Wisconsin
Yokosuka Naval Base
Navy
Shigeru Yoshida
Pearl Harbor
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Renk
Dish
Council Scouting Leaders
Seaway Backer
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Parley
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Eighth Army
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C. Ray Carterof
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