McCarthy Clears Mrs Truman in Freezer Case
Senator McCarthy charged an employee of Werley Perfume of Chicago with links to an attempted smuggling plot tied to seven deep freezers given to Maj.Gen. Harry Vaughan and friends including Mrs. Truman. He defended Mrs. Truman while naming no sure exoneration of Vaughan amid senate subcommittees.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Chicago
Harey S. Vaughan
McCarthy
Bess Truman
Vaughan
Lan
Werley Perfume E
Vallenan
Trumenter
Fred M. Vingon
Treasury
John D. Sayneat
MrCarthy
Senate
Truman
Military Aire
Carthy
Tomploye
John Maragon
Werley Company
New York Herald.Tribune
Maragon
United States
White House
Milwaukee
Hares Koffman
Fred Wright
Barker
Karl €. Mundt
South Dakota
Mundh
Polio Cases Rise to 12 in County Over Weekend
Two more polio cases reported in the county over the weekend bring the total to 12. A one year old girl from Muskego township fell ill Friday night and a 16 year old Vernon boy on Saturday. Both cases are spinal type and moderately severe. treated at home. No new Waukesha cases were reported. Wisconsin polio fatalities rose to 19 with 278 total cases. Grace Hoffman 72 of Sparta died in a LaCrosse hospital, the oldest polio victim in the state.
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Tatamore
Muskego Township
Vernon
Ng Toe
R. B. Boldt
Big Bend
F. M. Scheele
Ery
Wisconsin
Grace Hoffman
Sparta
LaCrosse
City Comptroller Receives 22 Budget Requests
City Comptroller Charles Hughes announced that 22 city departments including the comptroller’s office submitted budget requests. Departments were asked to return their figures by September 15 to aid the preparation of next year’s budget.
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Charles Hughes
Hughes
Hugher
Wisconsin Weather Forecast With Temperature Details
Wisconsin forecast shows mixed conditions with warmer tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures range from a high near 68 to a low around 62, with references to yesterday and a year ago. Moonrise at 8 01 pm and last quarter at 4 59 pm. visible planets include Jupiter and Mars faintly noted.
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Wisconsin
Rockly
Wauresha
Local Boy Freddy Derks Wins Soap Box Derby Title
Akron youth Freddy Derks, 13, captured the 1218 All-American soap box derby crown in Akron finishing 975 feet in 27.16 seconds winning a $5,000 college scholarship. Finalists included Donald Klepsch of Detroit and Charles Muhl Jr of Cleveland. Olson of Waukesha, 13, finished close behind in the final heat. Wisconsin entrants performed poorly overall. Derks becomes the third Akron winner in four years as a 50,000-strong crowd watched the race.
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Dan Freeman
AKRON
Freddy Derks
United States
Canada
Wisconsin
Earle L. Olson
Waukesha
Badger
Olson
Carl E. Jones
Scranton
Donald Nelson
Columbia
Derks
Donald Klepsch
Detroit
Charles Muhl, Jr
Cleveland
Jones
Eurgene Buoendorf
Grand Parks
Wod
Derrey Wiliamson
Charleston
W. Va
Milo Busker
Lead
Gut i
Jack Frohbicter
Evansville
Ind
Rapid City
George Schlottman
Frank Hounse
Manchester
Capital Airlines
Olgon
America
Freddy
Earle Olson
Carl EB. Jones
Inina
Charles Muh
Fred Derks
Akyon
Darby Pheres
Speakeasy operator pleads guilty in Pewaukee court
James Groner, 32, of Pewaukee Route 2, waived preliminary hearing on selling liquor without a license. He was fined 230 dollars by Judge Scott Lowry after pleading guilty in municipal court. Groner ran a basement bar after two state agents visited his store on August 29. He invited them for a drink and was arrested following the sale.
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Pewaukee
Scott Lowry
James Groner
Gruner
State
Haver Lox Division
Coranauils
Groner
Waukesha
Lawry
Daniel C. Bauer
Madison St
GAO
Bauer
Muskego
Matt Wingers
EugeneMortis
Buss Bay
Arnold Base
Waukesha Guard Faces First Inspection This Week
The Waukesha National Guard unit will undergo its first inspection by army officers at the Sales Pavilion. About 60 men transferring from Clintonville and nearby areas join the regimental headquarters company, 127th Infantry, to report for equipment checks and enrollment. Lt. Peters will handle enlistments for those aged 17 to 35, with emphasis on communications and radio work.
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Wauk
National Guard
Oconamowar
127Th Infantry
Oronomawoe
Waukesha
Verne. Peters
Fommit At & P.m
Geanamawoe Armory
Chastery Geroetsky
Paters
Acteps
Peters
Co. Om
Fiz
More Pleasant Weather Forecasts Across State
The weatherman predicted more pleasant weather with temperatures rising to near 87 degrees in the day and dipping to 61 before dawn. Tonight’s low will be 66 in the south and 60 in the north with easterly winds at 10 to 15 mph. Yesterday brought fair conditions statewide with Hillsboro reporting a high around 87 and Park Falls and Wausau noting lows near 58.
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Mercury
Waukesha
Noor
Span
Hillsporo
Park Falls
Wausan
Committee approves full arms aid for Western Europe
The House foreign affairs committee approved the administration's request for 52.16 billion in aid to Western Europe. It agreed on 6.3584 billion dollars in cash through June and 0.50515 billion in contract authority. The bill requires later appropriation for cash, but contract authority lets spending proceed with a presidential certification of unity under the North Atlantic pact before use.
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Wastiington
UIP
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Western
Europe
John Kee
W. Way
Congress
Senate Leader Sees No Rush to Finish by Labor Day
Senate Democratic Leader Scott Lucas said at the White House after the Democratic Big Four meeting with President Truman that there is absolutely no chance Congress will adjourn by Labor Day. He cited appropriations minimum wage and reciprocal trade legislation as delaying the Senate for more than three weeks.
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Washington
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Congress
Lucas
White House
Truman
Luveas
Torch Sparks Cause Fire at Wisconsin Boys School Plant
Smouldering acetylene torch sparks were named the probable cause of a Saturday fire at the Wisconsin School for Boys. The blaze destroyed the slate roof of the old power house being turned into a chapel, with damage estimated at 10 000 to 20 000 dollars. Firefighters fought the flames for half an hour as about 1 000 spectators watched.
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Wisconsin School For Boys
Clyde Reed
Woich
Reed
Freeman
Emery Downie
Ade Justor
Downie
Catholic Bishops Defy Czech Rulers
A Czech Catholic hierarchy met in Tra nva to plan continued church resistance to the Communist government after the Vatican ex communicated all Communists and allied followers from the church.
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Trnava
Czechoslovakia
Czech Board of Bishops
Hare
Vatican
Driver Lights Cigaret Takes Puff in Hospital
Two Waukesha men were injured when their car veered off Highway 8 near Bairds Corners and struck an electric pole after the driver tried to light a cigarette. Lyle Alexander, 22, suffered cuts and damaged teeth. Lee Corma, 140 West St. Paul Ave, had a compound fracture of the right knee. They were treated at Waukesha Memorial Hospital.
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Waukesha
Highway 8
Baird's Corners
Lyle Alexander
Prospector
Lee Corma
W. St. Paul Ave
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Como
Alexander
Mukwonago
Highway X
Ronald Rundle
Mukwon Ago Role Ll
Ruth Nichols Among Rescued Eight Are Lost
Ruth Nichols, noted American aviator, was saved along with 40 others after a four engined liner crashed off West Ireland. Seven dead and one missing among the 58 aboard. two more Americans were aboard including Grace Derr, while the rest were Italian emigrants bound for South America.
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Galway
Ireland
Rut Nichols
Avianix
Athantle Toésay
West Ireland
Stalberg
Miss Nichols
Galeway
Transocean Airlines
Oakland
Calif
Atlantic
Rome
Caracas
Venezuela
Shannon
Grace Derr
R. H. Derr
South Am
U. S. Civil Aeronnautics Authority
London
New York
Han
Bessey
Shannon Airfield
Allen Reedy
Ridgefield
Conn
Pan American Airways
Shennon
Firemen Overcome by Fumes in Milwaukee Market Basement
Eleven firefighters were overcome by a mixture of gasoline and ammonia while battling a basement fire at a Milwaukee food market. They collapsed during extinguishing efforts and were treated at the scene.
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Milwaukee
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Mrs. Truman
Fone
Waukesha Guard
Wihich
Clintonville
Committee UK
Full Arms Aid
Rundle
Bishop Farm
Chester Piochocki
Piochocki
Robert Blum
John Heise
Blum
Hesse
Marjorie
Aul
Waukeshale
Mortal Hospital
Ruth Nichols
Bunyan
Clyde Yeadon
Paul Bunyan
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