Monroe Fair Entry List Promises Record Attendance
Monroe Wisconsin reports a near record Monroe county fair with 27 4H demonstrations and a dress revue drawing large crowds. cattle space tightness prompts extra contracts while a new starting device from Ringling Illinois aims for clean starts. racing features run Saturday Sunday with cash prizes and a final horse show Monday led by Alice Dairyland as guest.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County
Cc. C. Hill
Ringld
Ill
Alice Dairyland
Shre
Mill Workers Walk Out At Carnegie Steel Mill
The CIO United Steelworkers began a second day of walkout at the Carnegie sheet and tin mills after a protest described as a memorial by workers. The company, ere Steel, denied the charge.
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Ind
Carnegie-illi Sheet and Tin Mills
CIO United Steelworkers’ Union
Ere Steel
Hospital Reportedly In Critical Condition After Brief News
Waukegan Illinois. Wiggins 20 of North Chicago suffered a heart attack upon hearing that a physical examination report was favorable. She was reported in critical condition at St. georgem hospital.
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Waukegan
Ill
Wiggins
North Chil
Senate Threatens Penalty on France for Mistreatments
The Senate signaled a multi million dollar penalty against France for mistreatment of 37 Americans in French Morocco amid our dispute over business rights. The foreign aid bill includes an amendment to deny counterpart funds to any Marshall plantation violating an American treaty.
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Washington
Senate
France
Morocco
Lucas
Illinois
Committee Votes Pay Raise For U S Postal Employes
The House Post Office Committee voted a $150 yearly raise for all postal employees. Masters receive 5 percent. Uniform wearers get a $100 annual allowance. The plan covers all but fourth class postmasters and costs about $150 million per year.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Blair Feed Store Improvements Made
Blair Wisconsin special report notes Olson Feed store enlarging basement installing corn shelter and elevating cobs to the roof for a big bin. Plans include a modern office and rest rooms in the northwest corner for employees and patrons.
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Blair
Wis
Olson Feed
Caledonia Seal Chief Returned To Office
Mrs. N. T. Norris will again serve as Christmas seal chairman for Caledonia, confirmed by Mrs. Jessie Conrad, field representative for the state organization. Conrad visited Caledonia to discuss county plans for the 1949 campaign as the drive begins in November with seals mailed to town and rural families statewide.
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Caledo Minn
N. T. Norris
Caledonia
Jessie Conrad
Conrad
Racine Delegation Tours Madison For Airport Visit
Mayor John Gothner and city officials lead Racine contingent to Madison with a group of chamber and firm representatives including Thomas Corbett Henry Nelson and others. State aeronautics officials J S Zimmerman and G L Crosby accompany the party as most planes are owned by Racine industries.
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Pagetonville
Green Bay
Oshkosh
Gothner
Racine
John Gothner
Thomas Corbett
Henry A. Nelson
David Richter
McGuire
Charles Zalesak
Mathew Hinderholtz
Albert Reid
Lee Wolf
Joseph Venturini
George Vikes
Ray Flansburg
Henry Andersen
LeRoy Wood
Earle E. Christensen
Chamber of Commerce
al Bowman
H. F. C. Brown
Ollie Hansche
H. J. Bowman
W. D. Stansil
Oscar Jacobsen
Alfred LaFrance
Cole Morrow
J. D. McMurray
Madison
T. K. Jordan
State Aeronautics Commission
CAA
J. S. Zimmerman
G. L. Crosby
Changsha Fort Falls To Reds Amid Frontline Revolt
Changsha surrendered to the Reds on Friday as reports of a nationalist army revolt surfaced. Gen Chen Ming Jen, newly appointed governor of Hunan, is said to have defected with part of his 90,000-strong force, while Cheng Chien fled Changsha and was ordered arrest on accusations of seeking local peace with Communists. The fall could push the front toward Canton, about 215 miles from the refugee capital.
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Canton
Changsha
Chen
Ming-Jen
Hunan
Rero
Cheng Chien
Cheng
Reds
Gen. Chen
Municipal water plan and chlorine query discussed
Council debates water pumping costs at twelve cents per million gallons and a rental plan at fifteen cents per unit monthly. Bell explains chlorine impact on hatchery trout and dechlorination option. Aldermen press on distribution issues with Mur phy about rust and dirt in downtown mains and wells.
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la Crosse
Bell
Roellig
En Roellig
John P. Murphy
Murphy
Mur
Walter Roth
Kramer
Harry Canfield
City Mulls Chlorination After Fish Deaths in Water
Tired superintendent of the bureau of fisheries cites health concerns while Alderman Newburg pushes to bid for chlorinating equipment. Roellig jokes about goldfish dying, Canfield notes chlorine may harm ulcers, and a referendum is debated as the council votes. Only Newburg and Roth support chlorination. Roellig plans a committee recommendation next week.
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Bureau of Fisheries
Canfield
Roellig
Newburg
U. S
Roth
Henry J. Ahrens
Donald J. Lyden
Devine Family Ends Three-Week Western Tour
Western Tour by Mr and Mrs Jim Devine and their sons Dennis and Richard ended Thursday. They visited Yellowstone and Grand Teton parks and Cheyenne Wyoming’s rodeo. Devine, a snake hobbyist, found reptiles scarce but brought back a bushwanger rattler from the Badlands and lizards from Wy ee OPee oe 18 bes and demonstrations on The first steel nails were made in this country in 1879.
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Jim Devine
Dennis
Richard
Loomis Street
West
Yellowstone Park
Grand Teton National Park
Cheyenne
Wyo
Devine
Badlands
Acheson Says Nationalists Faltering in China
The White Paper and Acheson’s testimony reveal U.S. policy critiques of Chiang Kai-shek’s regime, noting aid totals around 3.0 billion and war losses. They argue American arms often reached Communists via defections and Japanese stockpiles, while the Nationalists failed to hold south China against a Communist advance.
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United States
Truman
Congress
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Acheson
Japan
Roosevelt
Chiang
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kuomintang
U. S
Manchuria
Yangtze River
Ous
Yangtze
South China
Man and Wife Agree To Give Up Red Wine After 3 Calls
CHICAGO police noted three disturbances at the home of Fattori and his wife Bridget. The couple admitted making the calls claiming a man trapped in a sewer and five armed men in the house. In court they blamed homemade red wine and signed two $1,000 peace bonds while agreeing to stop drinking red wine.
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Chicago
Fattori
Toner
Bridget
Fattoris
Union studies offer to end Northland Geryhound strike
Union officials in Minneapolis studied Northland Geryhound Bus Co offer to settle a 100 day strike that involved 1,300 workers on an 8000 mile system across eight states and Manitoba Canada. The plan proposes 0.45 dollars a mile for drivers, 25 cents daily for report duties, and 1.24 cents hourly raise for other workers, with ballots to follow by Monday.
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Minneapolis
Northland Geryhound Bus Company
Idling
James Fillane
Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Montana
Manitoba
Canada
Waukon Photo Studio Gets New Operator
Waukon, Ia special report states Mr and Mrs Robert Perdew who ran the National Photo studio in Waukon have bought the former Jerry Shaw studio at Janesville, Wisconsin. They are succeeded in the Waukon studio by Neil Dawes of Waterloo, Ia.
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Waukon
Robert Perdew
National Photo Studio
Jerry Shaw
Janesville
Wis
Neil Dawes
Waterloo
Minneapolis Man Leases Madel Shop
Melvin Landin of Minneapolis has leased the AC Paint shop in Mabel Minnesota and will assume active management on August 1. A. C. Christensen has accepted a position as coach and science teacher at Spring Grove High School.
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Mabel
Minn
Melvin Landin
Minneapolis
A. C. Christensen
Christensen
Spring Grove
Vacation Bookkeeper Hired In Trempealeau County
WHITEHALL Wis Special M P Johnson Whitehall has been engaged to do temporary and vacation bookkeeping in Trempealeau county highway department at the courthouse to give present clerks Mabel Larson and Marvin Olson a vacation break.
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Whitehall
Wis
M. P. Johnson
Trempealeau County
Court House
Mabel Larson
Marvin Olson
Blair theater renamed to State theater after Sept. 1
Frank Lismeister owner and operator announces the Blair cinema will be renamed the State theater after September 1. The change aligns with improvements made over the past two years since he assumed ownership.
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Blair
Wis
Frank Lismeister
State Theater
Lismeister
Ex Convict Killed in Chicago Police Shootout
Ed ward Shumak, 22, was killed after a 20 minute battle that wounded three policemen and involved more than 50 officers at the North Western railroad station. Shumak fired on officers from a washroom near Clinton and Lake streets, using two guns before being killed by a police volley.
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Chicago
Edward Shumak
North Western Railroad
Shumak
Clinton Street
Lake Street
Michael O’connell
George Lundt
Rot Ns
Emil Smicklas
Joliet
Jack Muller
Shurak
William Quinn
State Street
Wacker Drive
Quinn
Guard Duty with Eighth U S Army in Tokyo Japan
Recruit John G. Miles son of Mr and Mrs John Miles of 424 Charles Street La Crosse Wisconsin is on guard duty at Camp Drake Japan headquarters for the First Cavalry Division. Enlisted December 1948 Miles serves in Company F Eighth Cavalry Regiment as a rifleman in a rifle platoon during his overseas tour beginning 1949.
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Eighth U. S.S. Army
Tokyo
Japan
John G. Miles
John Miles
Charles Street
la Crosse
Wis
Camp Drake
First Cavalry Division
To- 0
Army
Miles
Co. F
Eighth Cavalry Regiment
Utility Worker Seeks Life Crisis Ends in Death at Hotel
Frederick C Schneider 32 of Owens Wis died in a local hotel Friday ruled death by own action by County Coroner Dr George Reay. Police say he started work Aug 1 as a Northern States Power Co linesman and left a 7 am call. The hotel manager found him after entering via a window. No note was left. Italy eyes 400000 pilgrims including 70000 Americans for Holy Year in 1950.
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Frederick Conrad Schneider
Owens
Wis
George Reay
Schneider
Northern States Power Co
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Sor
Osa Atay
Erickson’s Bakery
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Cvaury
Hurley
Stilwell
Patrick J. Hurley
Molotov
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Wedemeyer
Waukon Photo Studio
Madel
Tremp‘leau
Italy
Federal
Mein Street
Pearl ST
Milwaukee
Chuck
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