Greece Warns of Invasion Risk Over Albania Crisis
The piece notes Greece threatens invasion of Albania if guerrilla attacks continue, aiming to deter further fighting. It highlights Cold War tensions with major powers wary of a broader conflict, and outlines Albania’s small size, rugged terrain, and long history as a Balkan gateway.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
Greece
Albania
Washington
London
Moscow
Anglo- American Brotherhood
Russia
Balkans
Turkey
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Tito
Athens
Balkan Peninsula
Mussolini
Mother 31 Arraigned In Sleeping Pill Case
Ruth Vandenbush of Duck Creek pleaded not guilty to two counts of attempted murder after authorities said she gave a sleeping pill solution to herself and her two children, a 10 year old boy and a 9 year old girl, following a Friday argument with her husband Louis. She is jailed on a 7500 bond awaiting municipal court. The neighbors found all three unconscious the next morning and the children were reported out of danger at St Marys hospital.
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Green Bay
Ruth Vandenbush
Duck Creek
Louis
St. Mary’s Hospital
Drowning Confessor Released After Childhood Secret
Milwaukee authorities released Wallace E. Skiba who admitted drowning two boys 14 years ago when he was 11. District Attorney William J. McCauley said no murder element existed and the manslaughter charge was time barred. Skiba confessed to police that conscience compelled his disclosure.
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Milwaukee
Wallace E. Skiba
Dist. Atty
William J. McCauley
McShibe
Dane Reports Kneller Left $50,000 Estate
Samuel Kneller, former Madison merchant, died September 30 in Madison. His $50,000 estate, per Dane County probate records, includes $2,500 to Agudas Achim, $500 to Madison Jewish Welfare Fund, and $300 to St Marys, Methodist and Madison General hospitals. Principal beneficiaries are Mrs. Sarah Englehardt Fleischman of Chicago and her two children, Benjamin Englehardt and Laura Praga.
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Samuel Kneller
Monroe
Madison
Dane County
Agudas Achim Congregation
Madison Jewish Welfare Fund
St. Mary’s
Methodist
Madison General Hospitals
Sarah Englehardt Fleischman
Chicago
Benjamin L. Englehardt
Laura Praga
Livestock Prices Reflect Mixed Demand Across Markets
USDA market update shows hogs 25 cents lower on slower trade with some lulls in the market. Sows mostly steady as top loads fetch around 18.50 for 240–270 pounds. Cattle and calves: slaughter steers slow but steady to 50 cents higher, heifers up to 50 cents, cows up 25 cents, bulls steady.
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Chicago
USDA
Hog Crossbreeding Discussion Planned
A crossbreeding hog demonstration will be held at the Fred and Kendall Digman farm four miles west of Monroe off highway 11 at 7 30 p m Tuesday October 18. D H Williams animal husbandman of the college of agriculture will explain results of indexing brood sows with this cross. Green county has over 50 herds testing sows. The Digmans will exhibit crossing stock and weights. Kendall uses Landrace from Denmark in his hog program yielding longer carcasses leaner meat and less fat for lard.
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Fred and Kendall Digman
Monroe
Highway 11
Kendall
Chesters
D. H. Williams
College of Agriculture
Green County
Denmark
Conferees Adopt Salary Boost Bill for Government Executives
Senate and house conferees approved a measure raising pay for 253 government executives by 1 087 000 dollars annually. Cabinet officers rise to 22 500 dollars, lowest chiefs to 14 000, armed forces secretaries to 18 000, Under Early to 20 000, and undersecretaries to 17 500. President Truman may set salaries for 11 assistants and secretaries under specified bands.
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Washington
Senate
House
Armed Forces
Early
Army
Navy
Air Force
Truman
Communists Urge Gifts for Stalin’s 70th Birthday
The West German communist party urged its members to prepare handmade presents for Premier Stalin on his 70th birthday, December 21, with a call to send them to Frankfurt.
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Stalin
Frankfurt
West German
Communist Party
Octopuses Use Jet Propulsion Long Before Humans
Historical note states octopuses employed jet propulsion to swim long before humans conceived the concept, highlighting an ancient natural mechanism that predates human invention.
Archbishop Mihail Heads Greek Orthodox Americas
The archbishop of Corinth Mihail Constantinides was chosen by the holy synod to lead the Greek Orthodox Church in North and South America. His headquarters will be in New York City after succeeding Patriarch Athenagoras who was elevated last spring to head the entire church.
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Istanbul
Corinth
Mihail Constantinides
North
South America
Holy Synod of the Church
Mihail
Athenagoras
New York City
Five-car collision at Derendinger crossing injures none
Cars driven by Jacob O. Buel of route 1 Belleville and Lawrence J. Keehn of route 3 Evansville were involved in a sideswipe at 7 38 p m yesterday near Monticello. Both vehicles were towed from the scene and no injuries were reported. One car had just left a farm fire scene while the other headed to the blaze.
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Jacob O. Buel
Belleville
Lawrence J. Keehn
Evansville
Derendinger Crossing
Monticello
Soviet Elevates German Red Chief
Wilhelm Pieck, 73, chosen as the first president of the Soviet zone republic in Germany with Russian backing. The move ends military rule in Eastern Germany as a civilian commission and Russian high commissioner take over, mirroring Western Germany’s recent transfer of functions to its new government.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Pieck
Germany
Soviet Zone
Pieck
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Vasili I. Chuikov
Justice Minton Takes New Oath to Supreme Court
Justice Sherman Minton was sworn in as an associate justice of the U S Supreme Court in a White House ceremony attended by Chief Justice Vinson President Truman and Mrs Truman plus 400 guests. He succeeds the late Wiley Rutledge after serving on the Seventh Circuit since 1941.
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Washington
Sherman Minton
U. S. Supreme Court
White House
Minton
Indiana
Vinson
Truman
Mr. Truman
Senate
Surable
Justice Minton
Iruman
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Wiley Rutledge
Warrick Named Senior Sanitary Engineer in Public Health Service
Washington appoints Louis F. Warrick former Wisconsin state sanitary engineer to lead the public health service water pollution control research program Garrett Warrick will head a major study on pollution control and water quality in national health projects.
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Warrick
Washington
Louis F. Warrick
Wisconsin
The
Public Health Service
Decline of Scarlet Ibis Flocks Across South America
The scarlet ibis once abundant in the western hemisphere now exists only as scattered individuals in South America, signaling a dramatic reduction in its former flocks.
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Western Hemisphere
South America
Monroe Sailor Returns From Newport For Arctic Operations
SOSN Karl Bregenzer arrived from Newport Rhode Island for an 18 day furlough with his parents at 814 19th avenue. On reporting back to his naval base he is scheduled for maneuvers in the Arctic known as Operations Frigid starting January 4. He will be assigned to six months in European waters after sonar school in Florida this June and service at sea in the Gulf of Mexico and as far north as Nova Scotia.
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SOSN
Karl Bregenzer
Newport
R. I
Edward Bregenzer
19Th Avenue
Naval
Arctic
European
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Novia Scotia
Thiri Mrs Lola Ziemer Killed by Train
A passenger train struck and killed Mrs Lola Ziemer, 53, yesterday in Milwaukee. She was married to Harry Ziemer, president of the Harry Ziemer Co., sausage manufacturers.
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Milwaukee
Lola Ziemer
Harry Ziemer
Harry Ziemer Co
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