Congress Drives Toward Adjournment at Nightfall
Washington reports Congress aims to adjourn by nightfall as Senate Democrats press for an up or down vote on President Truman's inflation and price control plan. GOP leaders predict passage of their restrained credit bill with minor changes while House backs a Republican housing measure. Also notes veteran dependency allowances and 60 percent disabled veterans urged to file marriage and birth records.
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U.P
Congress
Senate
Truman
House
White House
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Tm Barkley
Barkley
Wintorb
GOP
Bel
GOF
Myron Horton
Tate
Horton Bald
Weather Forecast Wisconsin Mostly Cloudy With Showers
Wisconsin forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight and Sunday. Little temperature change expected with overnight low around 7. Daytime highs near 80 yesterday, 46 overnight, with moonset and planetary notes. Almanac adds mentions of meteors after midnight and planetary positions for Jupiter Mars Venus nearby.
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Wisconsin
Wauresha
Jupiter
Venus
Confusion Silence Mark 1st School Merger Meet
A county school committee meeting on consolidating Dousman Henrietta and Scuppernong districts opened with silence and confusion. Speakers debated consolidation, funding, and facility needs while some residents warned against forcing change.
UN Chief Pleads for Berlin Pact at Four Power Talks
Trygve Lie urges settlement of the German issue at a Big Four conference and sobre UN role as peacemaker. He argues the UN should not be used as propaganda and notes potential focus on bacteriological controls amid atomic talks. He also backs a small UN guard force and stresses the Marshall plan requires unity and economic cooperation across Europe.
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Trygve Lie
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Lie
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UMN
Big Four
United States
Europe
Jefferson County GOP Endorses Rep Davis for Congress
Jefferson County Republican organization endorsed Rep Glenn Davis for Congress in the re election bid. At Fort Atkinson the group also backed Gov candidate Rennebohm and declared no participation in other primary campaigns. James LaChance of Palmyra heads a fund drive to aid Rennebohm while Edward King of Watertown leads a similar effort for Davis.
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Glenn Davis
Waukesha
Jefferson County
Fort Atkinson
Oscar Rentebohm
James LaChance
Palmyra
Rennebohm
Edward J. King
Watertown
Davin
County Woman Struck by Car in Waukesha County
A Pewaukee woman is in fair condition at Waukesha Memorial hospital with shock and a broken left leg after being struck by a car yesterday around 4 p m. Sheriff officials did not report full accident details. Three other people were injured in separate crashes yesterday and Thursday including Walter O Chates 32 of Oconomowoc with possible brain concussion and several broken ribs after a tire blowout near Highway 18. Donald Gorski 23 of Milwaukee was driving the car. Ira Thompson 48 of Rockford Illinois had a lip injury on Highway 30 near North Prairie. Ray H Larson 44 of Milwaukee was struck near the Drive-In theater on Bluemound Road and was being X-rayed for possible fractures.
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Waukesha Memorial Hospital
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Sheriff's Department
Odenomonoc
Walter O Chates
Summit Town
Highway 18
Donald Gorski
Milwaukee
Ira Thompson
Rockford
North Prairis
Ray H. Larson
Bluemound Road
New Comic Book Stand Opens On White Rock Ave
A new comic book stand operated by Keith and Carol Kruch and Robert Bergman opens on White Rock avenue across from Frame park in Waukesha. The trio offers Batman Sandman Plastic Man Superman Bullet Man Doll Man and Crime Stories at a nickel each. They report strong sales with a large inventory and plan to operate from front steps with a lunch break shift to the backyard.
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White Rock Avenue
Frame Park
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Carol Kruch
White Rock
Robert Bergman
Kruch
Batman
Sandman
Plastic Man
Superman
Bullet Man
Doll Man
Don Winslow
Bob
Keith
Carol
White Rock Ave
Secret hearings probe Browder and alleged spy rings
New York subcommittee questioned Earl Browder former U S Communist party head and Victor Perlo amid claims of Soviet espionage ties. Whittaker Chambers and a mystery witness named Koral were discussed as part of a wider probe into leakage and atomic material shipments to Russia.
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Communist Party
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
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Time Magazine
Nixon
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Koral
Robert Stripling
Browder Browder
John McDowell
R. Pa
Browder
U.S
Communist National Convention
New York World-Telegram
The
World-Telegram
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Documenta
Washington Street
Nathan Gregory Siivermaster
Miss Bentley
New York City
McDowell
Russia
Plans Form Draft Registration Committee And Board Setup
Mayor Edwin H Honeyager led plans for a registration launch with a 10 member draft registration committee drawn from veterans and auxiliary groups. Flora Weber to lead outreach while Richard I r Sylvester says the draft board will use the courthouse annex cell block, remodeled for offices, with city hall council chambers hosting registration starting August 30 for ages 25 down to 19.
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Veterans’ Organization
Flora. Weber
Weber
Veterans
Thomas Larson
American Legion Auxiliary
Ferdinand A. Gottfried
V. F. W. Auxiliary
Louis Rane
Military Order of the Purple Heart Auxiliary
Playford Reed
Marine Corps
Lea~gue
Edward Gottscehalk
Women’s Relief Corps
Leelon Stuart
Disabled American Veterans
Joseph Gauthier
Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
Loleta Bileseth
Daughters of Union Veterans
Frank Kipp
North Prairie
Draft Board
Richard I.r Sylvester
Register of Deeds Office
Sylvester
WPA
Women of Moose Plan Solicitations for Youth Center
Women of the Moose lodge in Waukesha will solicit for the Silurian park youth center building a Youth Center Inc official said. Authorization is granted and the drive will begin soon by personal contact and telephone. Funds may be sent to P. O. Box 206, Waukesha.
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Waukesha
Silurian Park
Youth Center, Inc
Velladona
P. O. Box
Big Crowd Attends Wisconsin Centennial Exposition Opening
Milwaukee crowds surged to the state fairgrounds for the centennial show’s debut with 12,000 on opening night and an estimated 15,000 expected today. Officials noted the event marks Wisconsin’s 100 years of statehood and features exhibits valued at about five million dollars as acting Governor Oscar Rennebohm and Assemblyman Ora Rice prepared formal dedication.
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Gev
Oscar Rennebohm
Rennebohm
Ora Rice
Delavan
Cen
Apear
Charles Winninger
Marquette University
Carria Jacobs Bond
Ben Rexford
Tedsy
Allis - Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers
Vialtors
Delinquent Taxes Rise in County
Waukesha county taxpayers fall further behind on real estate taxes with almost 100 more delinquent parcels than last year. Treasurer Daniel Plerner said the rise stems from tighter funds and lower collections, with 3,086 delinquent parcels this year and October 19 set for sale to cover unpaid taxes.
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Waukesha County
Daniel J. Plerner
Pierner
Plerner
Wisconsin School for Boys superintendent post draws wide candidate field
The Wisconsin welfare department will appoint a new superintendent for the Wisconsin School for Boys from about 60 applicants, triple the number two weeks prior. Former superintendent T B R Uthus was discharged after an attorney general investigation. Applications were due today though late mail may count. finalists will face written and oral tests before A W Bayley selects the winner, likely by late September.
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Wisconsin School For Boyshare
Madison
State Board of Personnel
Imany Ga Hed
T. Br.uthus
Board of Public Welfare
Attorney General's Office
Welfare Board
Opstedal
A. W. Bayley
State Welfare Department
Opatedal
Mrs. Ella Diedrich Dies Active in Legion in Waukesha
Private funeral services will be held Monday at 1 30 pm at Erling Larsen funeral home for Mrs Ella Diedrich who died at her home 352 West St Paul avenue last night. She was a charter member of the American Legion and active in the DAR and the Women s Relief Corps. She came to Waukesha from Eagle 50 years ago. Surviving are her husband Mr Earl Diedrich and two granddaughters. Interment will be at Prairie Home cemetery.
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Erling Larsen
Ella Diedrich
W. St. Paul Ave
Judy Stewart Returns From Hollywood Adventure
Mukwonago youngster Judy Stewart returns home after a West Coast trip to audition for Green Promises. She rode in limousines, met stars, swam in the Pacific, and endured a brief bout of laryngitis before reuniting with family. The 11-year-old kept a travel diary and will learn if she won a screen test within a week. Laurie Dee, Judy’s little sister, starts walking.
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Mukwohago
Hollywood
Judy
Chicago
Tom Stewart
Daisy Butties
Kansas City
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
Lke
Shirley Temple
Dorothy Lamour
Vernon Center
Pacific
Glenn McCarthy
Prin
Richard Lyons
Ban Lyons
Bebe Daniels
Richard
Producer McCarthy
Fudy
Mukwonago
Laurie Dee
Jirly
Tragedy as British Bride Dies After Arrival Drama
In Sioux City Iowa a British war bride Joyce, 22, has died in a sanatorium after her husband Staff Sgt. Leo F Jeske left Sioux City to meet her mother Mrs George Hewitt in Catsworth England. The tragedy follows the death of Joyce from tuberculosis while her mother traveled to visit.
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Sioux City
Leo F. Jeske
Aniwa
Wis
Army
Sir
George Hewitt
Catsworth
Britain
Jesse
Chicago
Joyce
Boy 15 Buried Alive in Sand Pit Collapse
Marquette Michigan report says a UPR UM year old boy was killed yesterday when sand pit walls collapsed burying him under tons of sand. Authorities investigate cause of the cave in and whether safety measures were followed at the site.
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Marquette
Mich
Upr
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