Truman Assails GOP Price Bill But Will Sign
President Truman attacked the Republican price bill as feeble and insufficient to curb high living costs but announced he would sign it as a basis for action. Democrats defended him. the dispute underscored inflation as a top issue ahead of next year’s campaigns. The GOP measure limits voluntary controls and authorizes wage and price actions, with Truman urging more powerful measures and standby authorities.
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Washington
Llp
Truman
Trutman
Congress
White House
House
Charles A. Halleck
Jesse P. Wolcott
Mich
Horse Banking Committee
Wolcott
Ruman
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyn
Brent Spence
Continued Price Rise Cited by President
President Truman says prices have continued to rise since his Nov 17 request for a 10 point anti inflation bill. He cites shoe, hops, gasoline, butter, and steers price increases as examples of the ongoing rise and explains his reluctant decision to back a Republican substitute.
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Wash Lygamn
Truman
Congress
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Los Angeles
Washington, D. C
Omaha
Neb
Thieves admit stealing $1960 from furniture dealer
Three men Jessi E Haistip 25 Norman D Shaner 23 and Stam doy Rygalski 35 confessed to robbing John T. Davis furniture dealer of 1960 including a grand $1000 bill before another thief intervened and took it. The trio were arrested yesterday while the man with the $1000 bill remained at large.
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St, Louis
U.P
John T. Davis
Jess’e E. Haistip
Norman D. Shaner
Youth Shoots Himself After Terrorizing Tavern Patrons
Arthur Bruneau, 25, opened fire on patrons at the Clover tavern in Herbster Wisconsin, trapping about 30 in the basement. After a night of gunfire totaling around 40 shots, Bruneau killed himself near the tavern at dawn. sheriff reports say he had been drinking and acted angrily toward someone inside.
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Holman
Bruneau
Bayfield County
P J McGinnis 64 Dies in East
P J McGinnis a longtime Chicago and North Western railroad agent died in Philadelphia aged 64. He had lived in Wynnewood with daughter Mrs Charles Hawks Jr and earlier served 30 years as Waukesha station agent. Funeral services in Waukesha St Josephs church Wednesday at 9 am with burial in the church cemetery. He is survived by son Bari of Milwaukee, daughter Mrs Hawks, and four grandchildren. Mrs Eva McGinnis, his wife, died three years ago.
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Patrick J. McGinnis
Waukesha
Philadelphia
Charles Hawks, Jr
Wynnewood
Hovicon
McGinnis
Chicago and North Western Railway
H. B. Schuppener
St. Lawrence County
McGinnia
Madison
Waukeesha
Tany
Bari
Milwaukee
Hawks
Eva McGinnis
Bethesda Ct
Probation Given to Ms Humphrey for Petty Thefts in Taverns
Miss Bernice Humphrey 30 of Pewaukee route 1 pleaded guilty to stealing from three companions in taverns around Waukesha. Judge Scott Lowry placed her on six months probation and ordered restitution to each victim. District Attorney Homer J. Williams said thefts totaled about 85 dollars, with 50 unrecovered after a pursuit through a parking lot.
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Waukesha
Bernice Humphrey
Pewaukee
Martha Phipps
Scott Lowry
Alty
Homer J. Williams
Humphrey
Wit-Run Dever
Lester H. Hall
Hall
Robert Duckert
Madison St
Ming
Lee
Mundschau
Park Ave
Truman's Physician Utah Governor Listed as Speculators in Grain
Truman's physician and Utah governor named as grain speculators. Barrel of charge set off in crowd at market causes Damascus gate blast and fierce gun battle leaving 15 dead. Arab and British casualties reported as violence spikes after UN Palestine partition decision.
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Truman
Utah
Jerusalem
Damascus
Ireu
Leumi
Royal Air Force
United Nations
Palestine
Damascus Gate
Mikhail Maalul
Bethlehem
Bet Salapa
Nine Local Farm Girls to Be Feted Tomorrow for Dairy Herd Work
Nine 4-H dairy project girls from Waukesha County will tour milk production sites in the area tomorrow. Guided by James Masterson, they will visit Universal Milking Machine in Waukesha, Pet Milk at North Prairie, Carnation at Oconomowoc, dine in Oconomowoc, then tour Pabst andArthur Davidson farms to observe handling, grooming and milking. The event is annual, sponsored by the Junior Dairymen Association and county vocational teachers. a separate- boys' trip occurs January 2-3.
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Waukesha County
James Masterson
Eleanor Gramling
Barbara Hasselkus
Dousman
Nancy Piper Hagle
Joy Swan
Wauwatosa
Joan Woneski
Ayrshires
Janet Christianson
North Prairie
Hileen Cramer
Florence Maeierrow
Pewaukee
Dorothy Zimdars
Waukesha
Guernsey
Universal Milking Machine Plant
Pet
Carnation
Oconomewoc
Oconomowoc
Pabst Farms
Arthur Davidson
Junior Dairymen's Association
Ice Breakthrough Traps Five In Car On Bass Bay
A cold Bass Bay break through left two young couples plunging into six feet of icy water when an ice section cracked. Jack Callahan 17 and Jay Dreyfus 23 escaped through windows. Joyce Peterson 17 from Bay View required hospital treatment for leg cuts. One unidentified girl unharmed. Rescue teams recovered the submerged Ford Model A as efforts to retrieve the car continued.
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Bass Bay
Muskego Lake
Jack Callahan
Jay Dreyfus
Joyce
Peterson
Bay View
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Muskégo Lake
Death by Own Action In Frat Phone Booth
William P. Kuechenmeister 26 was found dead in a fraternity telephone booth in Madison Wisconsin after shooting himself with a borrowed automatic pistol. Coroner says suicide linked to illness and heart ailment. He had been caring for the house during Christmas vacation and left a note about borrowing the pistol under false pretenses.
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Madison, Wis
William P. Kuechenmeister
Kuechenmeister
Dane County
David Atwood
Huechenmeister
PSC Approves Bus Line Drop in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Public Services Commission authorized discontinuing the Weukesha Transit Lines service from Haviland to the west end of Pewaukee Lake effective Jan. 10. The trial route failed to earn enough revenue, with a 6.63 cent per mile return. A requested fare hike to 40 cents in Waubke sha was not decided.
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Haviland
Pewaukee Lake
Weukesha
Wisiconsin Public Services Commission
Waukesha
Wautkesha
Three Deputies Ready for Duty in Waukesha County
County civil service selects Lehman Duckert Rolland Merz and James Garrity as new deputies announced by Sheriff Leslie Rockteach er. All veterans with family ties and prior work in local posts. Deputies will augment road patrol to cut traffic violations and serious accidents.
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County Civil Service Commission
Waukesha
Lan
Leslie P. Rockteacher
Lehman Duckert
Motor Hill Terrace
Rolland Merz
Hartland
James Garrity
Mukwonago
Kotat
Lehman
Merz
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Stamping Co
Garrity
Waukesha County
Dr Doyle Appointed Cancer Society Member
Dr Doyle of 818 South Street was named a representative of the dental profession on the Wisconsin division board of the American Cancer Society. He will serve one year and is the first dentist named director at large. By laws were amended to include a dentist for education service and research in oral cancer control. The Wisconsin State Dental Society executive council announced Doyle will attend April and October meetings.
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Watt Doyle
South St
Wisconsin
American Cancer’ Society
R.O. McLean
Madison
Doyle
Waukesha
Canter
Ativan
State Dental Society
vApril
Lenin
Blizzard Blocks Rescue of B-29 Crew on Mt Serpentine
Arctic blizzard with 40 mile winds and temperatures near 30 below zero halted rescue efforts for four to possibly five survivors of a B-29 crash on Mt Serpentine, 100 miles north of Nome. Air force teams planned a base camp at the mountain foot as efforts to reach the wreckage continued amid dangerous weather.
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Nome
Alaska
Zero
Mt. Serpentine
Here
Air Force
Odd Accidents Cause Injuries in Waukesha County Weekend
Facial cuts and injuries were reported for three children and one teen in freak accidents around Waukesha County during the weekend. Judith Cox, 4, fell from a moving car. Leonard Hobart, 9, hit a tree. David Camp lin, 16, bumped his face after stepping into a car. Robert Beeson, 24, escaped serious injury when his truck rolled over on Highway 83 near Mukwonago. Also, Myron W. Horton reported July 21 as the new deadline to reinstate veterans insurance without a physical exam, replacing December 31.
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Waukesha
Hach
Memorial Hospital
Judith Cox
Leonard Cox
Leonard Hobart
Waukee
David Campilin
Pewaukee
Waukesha County
Robert B. Beeson
South Elgin
Besson
Mukwonago
Froma
Washington
BD. C
Myron W. Horton
Wisconsin Weather: Snow in North Tonight With Snows
Snow begins in northern and western areas this afternoon or tonight with a mixture of light freezing drizzle. Southeast portions see snow tonight. Tuesday brings snow in some areas. Warmer south and east, colder west. Temperatures range from the mid teens to mid thirties with a high near 34 and a low around 12.
Miss Buchner's Smile and Flowers Are Gone Forever
Miss Buchner a longtime Waukesha flower dealer died Sunday night at 89. Her Linden street home and life in Waukesha are recalled with family ties, Buchner park namesake history, and funeral details. Also notes Racine county traffic toll rising to 38 and a coal bin fire at 232 Union street.
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Miss Buchner
Waukeshe
Christine Buchner
Linden St
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Michael Buchner
Buffalo
Bavaria
Germany
New Berlin
Cornfalla Farms
Catherine Kern
Angeline Benzer
H. L. Past
Washington, D. C
Louise Buchner
John Esch
St. Paul
Kenneth Weston
Union St
Waukesha
Fake FBI Agent Offered Girl 75 Cents for a Date
Les ter Seibert a 25 year old man from Oconomowoc posed as a Federal officer to approach women in several taverns near Okauchee and was held on $1,000 bail after a complaint from the Old Mill tavern patron. He had recently been released from state prison for crimes involving four teenage girls and claimed to be investigating a missing wife named Agnes. A bartender ejected him for lack of credentials and deputies noted his “on the prowl for anything in skirts” behavior.
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Lester Seibert
Oconomowoc
Waukesha
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Waupun
Seibert
Old Mill
Okauches
Milwaukee
Agnes
Ther
FBI
Selbert
Selkert
Oconemowor
Western District
Wheat Speculation Ties to White House Doctor Graham
President Truman's physician Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, listed among 100 government workers who traded wheat on the Chicago market last September, held 30 000 bushels long and 20 000 bushels short, selling 10 000 on Sept. 19, with others including Gov. Maw of Utah and Atty. Edwin Pauley named. The disclosure follows Stassen’s challenge to deny insider grain trading by officials. Several state figures appear in the list with bushel holdings, margins and spreads explained.
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Washington
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Army
H. B. Maw
Utah
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Clinton P. Anderson
New Graham
Graham
Harold E. Stassen
White House
Kansas City
Gov. Man
Jong
Anderson
Pauley
Edwin W.pauley
Kenneth Royall
David Keyser
Milwaukkee
Waukestia
Mernil
Milwaukee
Mitchell Mushing
J. 8 Stahl
Edgar ©. Hitzig
Eau Claire
Bank Examiner
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