Lenz Named Parking Meter Collector by Common Council
Aldermen approved Norman Lenz of 100 Frankfort Street as parking meter collector after committee recommendation. The council debated procedure, requiring interviews of all 20 applicants. the job carries a 44 hour week under police jurisdiction with a base salary of 2153 dollars plus cost of living adjustment, funded by meter revenues. Tum to CITX on Page 2.
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Public Safety and General Welfare Committee
Common Council
Norman Lenz
Frankfort St
Lenz
Ald
Otto Stoegbauer
Carl Steiger
Stoegbauer
Arno Nonweiler
David Gray
Nonweiler
Wisconsin faces crisp fall weather across the Midwest
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin and neighboring states enjoyed cool autumn air with daytime temperatures in the 50s and 60s and nights near 30s. Lake Geneva posted 66, while Park Falls reached 33 and Milwaukee and Janesville hit 48. Texas drought blamed for farm losses. 2,000 farmers affected with $100 million in losses and 7,000 others at risk. A second Atlantic hurricane remains active near the Bahamas.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Geneva
Park Falls
Minnesota
Iowa
Ilinois
Mississippi Valley
Grantsburg
Blair
Mulwaukee
Janesville
Texas
John White
California
Oregon
Bahamas Islands
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Summary
Weather forecast shows fair skies tonight with cloudiness near Lake Superior and warmer conditions Thursday across Wisconsin and Minnesota. Wisconsin expects a low tonight 40 to 50 and Thursday high around 74, with northwest cooling. Minnesota forecast mostly fair south with cloudiness north, some scattered showers near the northern border Thursday, high 60 to 77 across the state. Northeastern observations note Fox River stage 11.5 inches above crest at Menasha Dam and a trace of rain for the period with temperatures daily maxima near 61 and minima near 47.
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Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Minnesota
West
Gaure
Fox River
Menasha Dam
Buckstaff Observatory
Hurricane winds reach 140 mph in Atlantic storm
A hurricane near 800 miles east of Miami produced 140 mph gusts and 115 mph sustained winds near its center. The storm moved northwest at 12 to 14 mph with possible intensification and could threaten North Carolina in about 3.5 days. shipping was warned to avoid its path.
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Miami
Fla
Savage
North Carolina
Nassau
Bahamas
Acheson Urges Iran's Mossadegh to Reconsider Plan
Secretary Acheson publicly urged Iranian Premier Mossadegh to reconsider the Truman Churchill three point settlement plan. He described the proposal as fair and reasonable and focused on compensation after nationalization of the British owned Iran industry. Mossadegh after rejecting the plan called a parliamentary session for September 10.
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Washington
iState Acheson
Mossadegh
Britain
United States
Acheson
Iran
Truman
Churchill
Teheran
Two Men Die In Fire On Freighter Hopeville
A fire swept the Norwegian freighter Hopeville early today in Norfolk. Coast Guard says two men were killed and four burned. The vessel 440 feet long, 5,300 tons, carried manganese ore and mahogany logs. A night watchman found the blaze. origin undetermined. Firefighting units from Norfolk, the Coast Guard and the Navy fought the two hour blaze.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Navy
Hopeville
Eighty Drowned as Boat Sinks in Ganges Near Lucknow
Reports from New Delhi say eighty people died when an overloaded boat sank in the Ganges near Lucknow. Most victims were women and children. details remain scarce as the incident unfolds.
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Ganges
New Delhi
India
Lucknow
List 161 Casualties in Korean War Identified
The Defense Department released list No. 642 naming 161 casualties from the Korean War. It records 2 killed, 109 wounded, 20 injured in accidents, and 4 missing.
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Washington
Defense Department
Ex Solon Refuses to Confirm Communist Ties Before U S Committee
Former Rep John T Bernard of Minnesota defers to the Fifth Amendment as he testifies before the House Un American Activities Committee. He denies aiding the inquiry while evidence links him to Communist fronts and union organizing. He details his move from Eveleth to Chicago in 1952 and his UE involvement.
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Chicago
U. S
John T. Bernard
Minnesota
House
Un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Bernard
Congress
United Electrical Workers Union
David B. Rothstein
Donald N. Jackson
R-Calif
United Electrical Workers-Farm Equipment Workers Union
Farmer-Labor
Eveleth
Minn
France
Frank S. Tavenner
America
Toussaint
Tavenner
Joseph and
Marie Toussaint
John S. Wood
D-Ga
Europe
Adjutant General of the Army
Army Specialists’ Corps
Pearl Harbor
Army Inteligence
United Electrical Workers
UE Junion
CIO
Ousted Caudle Delivers Information at Hearing
Washington observers say Caudle provided new details during a five hour closed session with the House investigative committee. Rep. Chelf forecasts a busy September as the panel may not finish before Oct 1. Caudle, once Truman’s pick as assistant attorney general, agreed to another private session and possible public testimony.
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Washington
T. Lamar Caudle
House Investigating Committee
Ths
Rep. Chelf
D-Ky
Caudle
Judiciary
Justice Department
Truman
Chelf
Keating
Atty
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
Clark
J. Howard McGrath
Slayer Seeks Speedy Trial in Fond du Lac Case
William Gardner, 24, who confessed causing the death of Agnes Jaeger, asks for a speedy trial. His attorney says Gardner will waive a preliminary hearing set for Friday. Gardner admits killing the operator but denies first degree murder. The district attorney notes charges may not change without new circumstances. A Fond du Lac boy, Jack McEssey, 7, receives $100 for finding a burned purse and items linked to the case in a cemetery.
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Fond DU Lac
William Gardner
Agnes Jaeger
Kenneth Worthing
Eugene McEssey
Worthing
Gardner
Jack McEssy
Reds Shoot Parachuting Airmen Near Korea Front
Dispatch from USS Boxer reports Communist troops shot and killed American airmen who were bailing out over enemy territory. Navy warns pilots to ditch at sea if possible. Lt Comdr Ward Miller recounted a parachutist found dead with bullets. Miller said several similar incidents occurred, with uncertainty over whether Chinese or North Koreans carried out the shootings.
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Korea
Navy
Comdr
Ward
Miller
Santa Rosa
Calif
Suiho
Jraid
Yalu
Man‘Churia
Farouk's holdings put at 25 million abroad says paper
Al Misri newspaper citations custodians claiming ex king Farouk owns about nine billion Egyptian pounds in property abroad worth around 25 390 000 dollars and possibly large overseas deposits. Farouk arrived to exile last July claiming he is comparatively poor and has not moved a fortune out of Egypt.
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Egypt
al Misn
Farouk
Isle of
Capr
UMW Chief May Signal New Demands Today
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers may outline new work or pay benefits sought for about 75,000 hard coal miners. Talks resume this afternoon with the anthracite industry on a contract replacing the expiring September 30 agreement. If no agreement by month end, a walkout could be called by hard and soft coal miners.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Federal Mediation and Concilation Service
Cannon Reaches Korea For Tactical War Talks
General John Cannon head of the U S Air Force Tactical Command arrived in Seoul to discuss tactical aspects of the Korean War with United Nations air officers. The command focuses on close support of front line troops and fighter and fighter bomber sweeps behind enemy lines.
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Seoul
Korea
John Cannon
U. S. Air Force Tactical Command
T Oday
U. N
Tactical Command
Red Hines
Engineer Doubts Soviet Russia Possesses Single Atomic Bomb
Chicago reports prominent engineer Carlton S. Proctor doubts Russia holds a single atomic bomb. He argues Russia’s A bomb program relies on premature explosions, dismisses totalitarian trust as impossible, and notes USSR strength in theory without practical propulsion or morale. He cites past work in Russia and comments on Soviet leadership and cooperation.
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Soviet
Russia
Chicago
Carlton S. Proctor
New York
Proctor
American Society of Civil Engineers
U.S
White House
Ruggan
Svirstray
Leningrad
Indian Ocean
Hey
Eisenhower Draws Massive Southern Crowds in Campaign Swing
Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower drew about 150000 people across Atlanta Jacksonville and Miami as he denounced the Truman administration. He urged “common woodshed honesty” and attacked government corruption including the Bureau of Internal Revenue while signaling strong hopes for South support in November. He ended the day with a Miami Bayfront crowd of over 12000, the largest ever at a candidate speech in the city.
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Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Dwight Eisenhower
South
Atlanta
Talmadge
Hunt Park
Miami
Fra
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dixie
Eisenhower
Jacksonville
Fla
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Washington
Mason- Dixon Line
Bay Front Park
City
Mami Beach
Mao and Stalin Stress Unity Amid Far East Threats
Mao Tze Tung and Joseph Stalin sent front page telegrams to mark the seventh anniversary of Japan's World War I victory noting an uncrushable Soviet Chinese friendship. They called for unity to prevent aggression and hailed the invincible bond between China and the Soviet Union as a bulwark of peace in the East and world.
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China
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Japan
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Korea
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Korean
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International Soundphoto
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Tex
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GOP
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