GOP Chief Predicts Light Vote Tuesday
Marinette state republican chairman Harvey Higley predicts a primary turnout under 300000 next Tuesday citing voter apathy and few local contests. He notes more than 1400000 votes were cast in the 1944 general election. Henry J. Berquist, progressive candidate for governor, spoke at Cudahy last night.
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Associated Press
Harvey Higley
Marinette
Higley
Cudahy
Henry J. Berquist
Peoples Progressive (Wallace) Party
Immell to Speak Tonight in Gubernatorial Campaign
Ralph M. Immell republican candidate for governor will appear on the courthouse square at 8 30 pm for one of his final campaign events in the present race. A local Republican will introduce him. a 7 pm luncheon at the Ludlow hotel precedes the talk. Carl Thompson urged a liberal middle of the road Democratic party as salvation for the people. Governor Rennebohm touted a state cash surplus claiming a 45 million plus total with 22 million for construction and 55 9 million for highways after 18 months in office. E G Wipperman Columbus schools chief urged teachers and parents to back Immell in the campaign.
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Ralph M. Immell
Court House Square
Immell
Ludlow
Carl Thompson
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Manitowoc
E. G. Wipperman
Columbus
Trucker Starts Rubble Cleanup After Fitzgibbons Fire
The destruction of the Fitzgib bons building at 18th avenue and 10th street by fire on Saturday Aug. 28 prompted Lester M. and Milton K. Johnson and Leland Lamboley to purchase the site this week. Monroe trucker Herbert D. Goecks leads the cleanup begun this morning with plans to remove all rubble. no rebuilding plans are set.
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Fitzgibbons
18Th Avenue
10Th Street
Lester M
Milton K. Johnson
Leland Lamboley
Lamboley
Herbert D. Goecks
Monroe Trucker
British American Air Lift Sets Record With 895 Flights
British American air lift smashed records with 895 flights into Berlin, blocked by Russians for three months. On Air Force Day US airmen carried 5 572 tons of coal in 651 flights in 24 hours ending at noon. Royal air force cargo planes flew 244 times. The effort exceeded the wartime record by 245 tons set August 1 1945 from India to China over the hump.
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Berlin
U.S
Royal Air Force
India
China
William P Kubly Dies at 57 After Lingering Illness
William P Kubly 57 died at home after an 18 month illness at 8 30 this morning 2110 8th street Born April 12 1891 in Jordan township son of Roderick and Marie Hefty Kubly Married Aug 1 1912 in Jordan township to Columbine ReblyFarmed Monroe township until 1941 then moved to Monroe Employed by Alice Holtshopple two years and by Huber Brewing Co four years Surviving widow two sons Ray Monroe and Walter H Sylvester township two daughters Mrs Ernest Kern Winslow and Mrs Ralph Sacker Clarno township four sisters Mrs Barbara Kundert Monroe Mrs Isadore Lauber Jordan township Mrs Otto Blum and Mrs Louis Ellis Monroe one brother Henry Kubly Monroe seven grandchildren A daughter Ruth died in 1917 Burial at Greenwood cemetery with funeral 2 oclock Monday at Shriner Neushwander funeral home Rev Paul C Keble will officiate
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Wunam Runviy
8Th Street
Jordan Township
Roderick and
Marie Hefty Kubly
Columbing Rebly
Monroe Township
Monroe
Kubly
Alice Holtshopple
Huber Brewing Co
Ray
Walter H
Sylvester Township
Ernest’ Kern
Winslow
Ralph Sacker
Clarno Township
Barbara Kundert
Isadore Lauber
Jordan ‘Township
Otto Blum
Louis Ellis
Henry Kubly
Ruthied
John
Minnie
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral
Paul C. Keble
St. John’s — Evangelical
Swiss Cheese Holdings In Post War Years Far Below Pre War
Figures from the U S department of agriculture show cold storage holdings for August 1 this year at 3 459 000 pounds versus a wartime peak of 5 719 000 pounds in 1942 and a 1944 low of 577 000 pounds In the post war years 1937 41 July holdings stay under 3 700 000 pounds and August holdings range from three to five million pounds The tabulated July and August holdings in pounds cover 1937 through 1948.
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U. S
Department of Agriculture
Israel Cracks Down After Bernadotte Killing
Israeli authorities arrest more than 40 suspects as a citywide curfew confines 90,000 Jerusalem residents. A UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte and aide Col. Serret were slain by gunmen likely from the Stern gang. The government vows full force against the killers as UN staff blame the provisional Israeli government for the assassination. A body transport and international reactions follow as Haifa hosts the victims before burial in Sweden and France.
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Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Fatherland Front
Bernadotte
Stern Gang
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Count Bernadotte
United Nations
Palestine
Israel
United States
U.N
Moshe Shertok
Paris
Holy Land
Bernadette
Arab Legion
Sweden
France
Andre Pierre Serret
Haifa
Rhodes
Serret
Government House
U. S
John J. MacDonald
Stevedores Load Army Ships as Strike Rages Coastward
CIO stevedores began loading army cargo in Seattle under a Griffiths and Sprague contract while a west coast maritime strike halted civilian shipments. San Francisco loading progressed with independent contractors. The army seeks non strike bidders for more Portland and San Francisco ports. Oil refinery workers strike continues but West Coast supplies reportedly rise.
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Associated Press
CIO
Seattle
Army
Griffiths and Sprague
CIO Longshoremen’s Union
San Francisco
Wyss Hired by City To Operate Plant
City board hires Walter E. Wyss to operate the new city incinerator set for use around Oct 10. Final supervision by Pittsburg-Des Moines Co. official on Sept 28 with brick work drying and tests to follow over about 10 days.
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Board of Public Works
Walter E. Wyss
21St Avenue
New City
Wyss
Zenno A. Gorder
Public Works
Pittsburg- Des Moines Co
Gorder
John Erb
Dispute Flares Up Between Ferguson and Justice Department
Washington scene as Senator Ferguson and Attorney General Clark trade sharp accusations over how to curb communist influence. Ferguson pushes indictments and headlines while Clark warns against politicizing prosecutions. The House American Activities Committee presses for hearings on communist espionage in the atomic field, asking for records on Dr. Edward Condon amid tensions with Truman and scientists.
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Washington
Ferguson
Rmich
Clark
FBI
Department of Justice
Senate
House An American Activities Committee
Truman
Edward A. Condon
Federal Bureau of Standards
Condon
Mr.Truman
David Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
American Association For the Advancement of Science
House
Prairie du Chien Woman Killed in Car Crash
Virgin ia Bouzek, age 18, of Prairie du Chien, was killed yesterday when the automobile she rode in went off Highway 18 35 at a curve three miles south of town and struck a culvert.
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Prairie du Chien
Virginia Bouzek
Here
Draft Registration Ends At Special Centers Today
Washington reports the wartime draft signups cap at 18 year olds as registration closes at 20 000 special centers nationwide. Officials expect full counts next week and warn of up to five years in prison or a $10000 fine for failure to register. President Truman lists 147 disqualifying ailments including flat feet with deformity alcoholism stuttering and other conditions for the new medical checkup guidance.
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Washington
Selective Service
National
Truman
White House
Truman Charges GOP Would Kill Prosperity
President Truman accuses the Republican Party of plans that would harm farmers and threaten prosperity. He warns of a “man-made disaster” from “gluttons of privilege” and blames Wall Street financiers for funding a GOP victory. He cites proposed cuts to soil conservation, wheat, and farm programs as part of a broader attack on farm prices.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Dexter, Inc
Truman
Wall Street
United States
Congress
Mr. Truman
Saraime
80Th Congress
Dewey Pledges Cooperation With Congress On Campaign Swing
Governor Dewey promised a policy of cooperation with Congress if elected as he headed to Pawling for a luncheon with farm editors. He backed a farm price support plan while stressing teamwork with lawmakers, then planned a milk ing time visit to his Pawling farm before heading west.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Congress
Pawling
Dewey
Pawling Farm
Rochester
N. Y
Henry Wallace
Munitions Board
Washington
Wallace
Harry Truman
Arthur Vandenburg
James Forrestal
Earl Warren
California
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Pueblo
Colo
Monroe Woman Loses Car Then Two Held in Auto Theft
A 1929 vehicle owned by Mrs. Glen Jeffron of 2509 10th street was stolen yesterday afternoon in Freeport and recovered later. Two men Dale Bardell 21 Cedarville and Arnold Nelson 25 Clifton were jailed in Stephenson County on auto theft charges after being found in a cemetery off West State road when the car was abandoned on the highway. A Rockford motorist spotted the swerving car and tracked it with a spotlight before authorities were alerted.
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Glen Jeffron
10Th Street
SEEK OFFICE BANDIT Milwaukee Robbery Overnight
Police continued the noon hour holdup investigation of a shabbily dressed man who stole more than $1,000 from a Household Finance Corp office yesterday. The thief took $180 in cash and $862 in checks from a cash drawer before fleeing.
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Milwaukee
Household Finance Corp
Armed F-86 sets world speed record at 671 mph
Maj. Richard L. Johnson piloted a production North American F-86 armed jet to a new world speed record of 671.981 miles per hour at Muroc Lake California. The mark surpasses the previous 1947 D-558 record by 20 mph, marking the first world speed record for a production model aircraft ready to fight.
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U.S
New York
Air Force
Navy
Richard L. Johnson
Air Materiel Command
Wright- Patterson Airbase
Dayton
Muroc Lake
Calif
Motorcycle Crash Injures Gratiot Pair in City Collision
Oscar C. Larson twenty two of Gratiot was hospitalized after a collision at 19th avenue and 11th street with John H. Chambers of 2203 11th street driving a 1949 Ford. Larson suffered knee injuries and arm lacerations while passenger Mrs Walter Weber 30 of Gratiot was unconscious but released with head bruises. Damages to Chambers car exceeded fifty dollars.
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Oscar C. Larson
Gratiot
Shullsburg Hospital
19Th Avenue
11Th Street
John H. Chambers
Larson
Shullsburg
Walter Weber
St. Clare Hospital
Chamber
Chambers
Bus Breaks Down On Football Trip
Monroe high school opened its season at Darlington yesterday but was delayed when a chartered bus developed a faulty fuel pump. The bus spluttered miles out of Browntown and required pushes from a second bus. It reached Darlington an hour and 45 minutes after departure, leaving Coach Fred Simpson’s team only 10 minutes to warm up before the game.
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Darlington
Fred Simpson
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