Reasonable plea for clear cheese labeling from Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture asks the FDA to require the word process to appear with cheese on packaging to prevent consumer confusion between process and natural cheese. Director McDowell argues clearer labels will support natural cheese, justify promotional efforts, and strengthen the state's dairy campaign.
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State Department of Agriculture
Federal Food and Drug Administration
McDowell
Wisconsin
State Department
Attlee’s Labor Plans for Steel Nationalization Face Delayed Vote
The piece discusses Attlee and allies delaying a parliamentary showdown over nationalizing the steel industry. It notes a board of governors would be created, needs MPs approval, and warns of a possible censure vote by Churchill conservatives amid a world crisis. It comments on imperial past and England’s democracy in the global struggle.
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Attlee
Dream World
England
Churchill
Attlee and Company
Laski
Highway Hazards From Slow Moving Farm Machinery
Road hazards rise as farm equipment moves on highways. Most operators drive cautiously, but some lack warning lights or proper rigging. The piece notes risks from improvised trailers and vehicles, especially at twilight, stressing traffic safety and young operators’ skill gaps.
Freeport man fined for faulty brakes in collision
Myr to Gilbertson, 37, Argyle, was fined 102 dollars by Police Magistrate William Kintzel for failure to yield right of way and driving with faulty brakes and windshield. Unable to pay, he was jailed after a Saturday crash at 6 p.m. that injured a passenger in the other car.
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Freeport Freeport
Myrto Gilbertson
Argyle
William Kintzel
81 year old great grandfather volunteers for Rome defense
Stephen Beckwith 81, a retiree deputy police chief and former auxiliary policeman, volunteered yesterday to join Rome New York's civilian defense program and his application was accepted.
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Rome
N. Y
Stephen Beckwith
Glancing Backward 10 Years Ago in County Clerk Race
SEPT 19 1940 recount possible in close county clerk election as Charles A Schindler leads Claude A Roderick by 18 points while Ray H Schoonover wins Republican sheriff nomination. Lee Mitchell undergoes knee operation and Inez Kotz dies after car strike. Dr John A Schindler addresses a medical society on portal cirrhosis.
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Charles A. Schindler
Claude A. Roderick
Ray H. Schoonover
Lee Mitchell
Inez Kotz
South Wayne
John A. Schindler
State Medical Society
Red China Seeks Industrial Tools via Alaska Mail
Postcards from Tientsin bearing Mao Zedong imagery request catalogs and tools for industrial use and urge adding the North China Import Corporation to mailing lists. Cards, likely smuggled via Hong Kong to Wu Yang, raise concerns about aiding communist reconstruction efforts.
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Anchorage
China
Red China
Tientsin
North China Import Corporation
Communist China
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Hong Kong
Wu Yang Trading Company
Warren Man Home From Malta Duties
Warren man Richard Andrews 29 vice consul and disbursing officer on Malta visits Warren with his wife and daughter. After leave he heads to Washington for a foreign service institute starting Oct. 2. In Malta he approves citizen ship papers passports and visas and handles government disbursements. He served in Tunis Tangiers and three years in the Army.
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Warren
Richard Andrews
United States
Malta
Cecil Andrews
Washington, D. C
Foreit
Andrews
Tunis
Tunisia
Tangiers
Open Economic Talks Begin Among Nine Commonwealth Nations
London ministers from nine commonwealth countries opened pull-together economic discussions aimed at bolstering the western stance against communism. Officials said the pound sterling to dollar exchange relationship would feature in a general review of the commonwealths economic policies.
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London
Kefauver Warns Old Gangs Active Across U S
Senator Kefauver told the American Bar Association that a 15 billion dollar illegal gambling network is run by the same former Roaring Twenties gangs led by Costello, Capone, and the Purple gang. He urged federal help as organized crime threatens law enforcement and government. Attorney General McGrath promised federal aid would not usurp state police. Governor Stevenson urged depoliticized police to curb crime.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
American Bar Association
ABA
United States
Costello
New York
Capone
Chicago
Purple
Detroit
McGrath
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
37 Big Cities Set Record in Spending
The census bureau reports 37 largest cities spent a combined $3,048,931,000 in 1949 while general revenue totaled $2,713,651,000. A deficit of $335,280,000 occurred as expenditures rose 10 percent from 1948 and revenue by 6 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Rome Prepares Records on Padre Serra Canonization Effort
A shipment of nearly a half ton of records arrived in Rome to support a possible canonization of Padre Junipero Serra founder of California missions. Serra, born 1713 on Mallorca Spain, traveled to California in 1769 to establish missions.
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Rome
Padre Junipero Serra
California Catholic Missions
Padre Serra
Island
Mallorca
Spain
California Territory
Phillips Oil Heir Leaves $8 Million to Employees
In Bartlesville Oklahoma an $8 million will by oilman Frank Phillips awards about half the estate to an education foundation and the rest to employees of Phillips Petroleum Co and to his son John Phillips of Dallas and his son's family.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Frank Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Co
John Phillips
Dallas
State Civil Defense Action Hinges On Legislation
Madison Wisconsin moves toward a fuller civil defense program awaiting 1951 legislative action. A committee drafts bills including civil defense action and a state guard while emergency needs could trigger a special session. The administration notes extensive machinery exists with districts air spotting and Red Cross first aid links.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Washington
Red Cross
Minnesota
War Claim Group Seeks POW Data for Unfiled Payments
The War Claims Commission plans a nationwide search for former prisoners of war who have not applied for their $2 per day payments. A prepared letter will invite state veterans agencies and national veterans groups to help gather unfiled POW claims before the six month deadline.
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Washington
War Claims Commission
Commission
Veterans Organizations
Veterans Administration
Sabotage Suspected In Bethany Voice of America Blast
James D. Shouse chairman of Crosley Broadcasting Corp says a blast damaged Bethany Ohio VOA transmitters causing an estimated $5000 in damage. He cites signs of tampering on a high electric fence and calls the incident professional sabotage, noting the Bethany shortwave array is the world s most powerful.
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Cincinnati
Voice of America
Bethany
Ohio
James D. Shouse
Shouse
Crosley Broadcasting Corp
State Department
Wisconsin Senator Wiley Backs O'Dwyer Mexico Ambassador
Four Republicans joined to approve former New York City mayor William O'Dwyer as ambassador to Mexico. The confirmation advances to the Senate for final action.
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Washington
Wiley
Wisconsin
William O’dwyer
New York City
Mexico
Blanchardville Bean Vines Reach Giant Height
Mr and Mrs Paul Hoag and family of York Prairie Valley cheese factory grow pole beans among other crops The vines now reach 17 feet tall From 18 vines Mrs Hoag canned 70 quarts of beans harvested by her husband using a tall stepladder This peculiar tale echoes Jack and the Beanstalk style garden success stories from Blanchardville.
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Blanchardville
Paul Hoag
York Prairie Valley Cheese Factory
Jack
Fever To Travel Remains at Peak
Travel agents report stable to rising international travel in September with steamship passages up slightly from last year and plane traffic 10 to 15 percent higher. Passport issuances from March to July ran 2 000 to 4 000 above 1949, August fell to 18 036, and holy year pilgrims to Rome boost trans Atlantic travel. The cruise market remains active though round the world trips are scarce. None include Japan or nearby troubled waters.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
U. S. State Department
Rome
Japan
Rhinelander man elected president of gas association
Charles Grau was elected yesterday as president of the National Butane-Propane Association, a group of fuel dealers. The body urged government investigation into recent very substantial price increases in bulk butane and propane.
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Cleveland
Charles Grau
Rhinelander
National
Butane-Propane Association
Optical trial adds 89 defendants across 22 states
Ninety more defendants named in the four year old anti trust suit against American Optical Co. The new list includes dispensing opticians and outlets in Wisconsin and other states who received preferred discounts prior to government objections. The supplemental complaint was filed in federal court by Harry R. Talan.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
American Optical Co
Walter J. Labuy
Harry R. Talan
U. S
Labuy
George A. Ranney Jr
American Optical
Anti-Trust Optical
J. G. Zeifle
Dispensing Optician
Joseph G. Ziegle
Green Bay
Rudolph E. Ohm
Janes Ville
William J. Garlock
Milwaukee
David W. Schuster
Stroud Optical Dispensary, Inc
Durward M. Stroud
Oshkosh
Talan
Department of Justice
Lead output hits 150 tons from Wisconsin Illinois mines
During July lead mines in Wisconsin and northern Illinois produced 150 tons, according to a report by the Bureau of Mines.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Illinois
Bureau of Mines
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Inchon
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Mineral Point
Roy P. Wilcox
U. S. Senate
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Browntown Creamery
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Universalist Church
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R. B. Gifford
James Lumber Firm
Brodhead
E. T. Mitchell
New Enterprise
Monroe Military Band
Alaska
Warren Man
Cathmaa Hale
Wainwright
Seoul
South Korea
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Han River
Inchan
War Claim Group
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Thing On Wheels
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