North American Life reports July 1955 sales up 70 percent
North American Life Insurance Co. of Chicago announces July 1955 sales exceeded July 1954 by over 70 percent, setting a company record with sales above 4.5 million dollars. New life insurance applications rose 55 percent from July 1954. The Knee land Loomis Agency promotes the local office in Bata vian Bank Building with Frank Kneeland and Ace Loomis as managers. Other items note Standard Cafe at 118 N 3rd St now open 24 hours under Miss Janet Endres, and State Farm Mutual reduces auto rates with two new plans based on driver age and vehicle use. Special reports from WAUKON and BLACK RIVER FALLS add shop openings and air conditioning upgrades.
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North American Life Insurance Co
Chicago
North American Life
Kneeland-Loomis Agency
Batavian Bank Bidg
Frank Kneeland Fof Tomah
Ace Loomis
N. 3Rd St
Janet Endres
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
W. D. Stegner
Wisconsin
Iin
Stegner
Nazi Spies Sentenced and Deported From United States
Erich Gimpel, 46, deported to Germany after entering the U S as an immigrant without valid papers. He and William Colepaugh, born in the United States, were captured in New York in 1944 for espionage after landing on the Maine coast. They built a radio transmitter and used funds from a $60 000 stash. both received life terms after White House commutations, Colepaugh later had sentence reduced to 30 years.
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Washington
Erich Gimpel
Germany
Justice Department
Gimpel
Atlanta
New York City
S.S. Italia
William Colepaugh
United States
Leavenworth
Kaw
Colepaugh
FBI
New York
Maine
White House
Fire destroys one of Wisconsin's largest barns
Lake Geneva Wisconsin fire destroyed a 64 by 140 foot barn two miles east of Lake Geneva along with 200 tons of hay and 25 young cattle valued at 150000. Fire departments from Lake Geneva Burlington Lyons and Bloomfield fought the blaze with some men remaining overnight to guard the ruins. Officials noted spontaneous combustion in the hay mow as the probable cause. The barn was appraised at 120000 last week and destroyed cattle and hay were valued at 3000.
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Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
Charles Moulter
Here
Burlington
Lyons
Bloomfield
Moulter
Nixon's Golf Swing Nearly Hits Singer on Course
Vice President Nixon played golf in Los Angeles with a party including Jack Benny and Milton Berle. While Nixon followed through, his club swished past singer Eddie Fisher as he ducked to avoid the golfer’s swing. Fisher was Nixon's caddy for the round.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
Eddie Fisher
Jack Renny
Danny Thomas
Milton Berle
Fisher
La Crosse Tribune Publication Details and Rates
The La Crosse Tribune records its post entry date and staff, listing editors in chief and department heads. It outlines home delivery and mail subscription rates within 75 miles, 150 miles, and beyond, with prices for one month to one year and notes prepaid requirements.
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R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
Alfred W. Rice
Leeward Lee
Howard Colvin
A. E. Teachout
Luther Wilkins
Ed Keefe
E. L. Burgess
la Crosse Tribune
4Th
Cass Streets
la Crosse
Wis
the Tribune
Lee Newspaper Group
Associated Press
AP News
Tribune
Sunday Tribune
Diane Grows Moves North In Atlantic
The fourth tropical storm of the season, Diane, was 1,200 miles east of Palm Beach at 11 p.m. EST moving north northeast at 6 to 7 mph with winds near 115 mph. The Fujiwhara effect with sister storm Connie caused Diane to veer and curtail a westward approach, likely remaining east of Bermuda and New England.
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Diane
Atlantic
Miami
Fla
Bermuda
Palm Beach
Puerto Rico
Connie
Carolina
New England
Wisconsin Chamber decries Detroit union bosses influence
The Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce denounces Detroit based union bosses seeking to control Wisconsin labor negotiations. It claims Detroit headquartered standards would override local firms and threaten small Wisconsin businesses amid American Motors contract talks in Detroit and Kenosha.
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Madison
Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin
Detroit
Chamber
American Motors Corp
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Walter Reuther
American Motors
Dream Of Sea Journey Ends In Tragedy
In Port Angles Washington Ladislav A Dvorak 61 was found dead aboard his 27 foot boat Dehelusay shot in the cabin after being wedged on rocks near the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A last will and a $100 note were found in a book titled This Great Wide Sea by Robert Coker.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Ladislav A. Dvorak
Strait of Juan! T de Fuca
Pacific
Seattle
Dvorak
Philadelphia
Julia Dvorak
Edgar
Marathon County
Wis
Coast Guard
Robert Coker
State To Receive 610 000 Under Vaccine Aid Law
Washington Wisconsin will receive 610 000 dollars from the federal government under the polio vaccine aid law signed by President Eisenhower. The Public Health Service says 25 million will buy vaccine and 5 million funds planning and administration. The law allocates funds by the number of unvaccinated children under 20 and pregnant women. state administration is to be determined with governors asked to decide.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
U.S. Public Health Service
Madison
Carl Neupert
Wisconsin Health Department
Public Health Service
Civil Service
Congress
Declines Presidency of State Elks Group
WAUSAU Marshall Hughes of Eau Claire who was slated for selection as president of the Wisconsin Elks Association Friday told the organization he could not accept the post. Elections were postponed to Saturday morning. No reason was given for withdrawal. Also announced were the most valuable student award winners with cash prizes.
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Wausau
Marshall Hughes
Eau Claire
Wisconsin Elks Assnhere
Hughes
Elks
Rose Marie Pribl
Thomas Damm
Racine
Woman New Secretary of Judicial Council
Madison based attorney Mrs. Joseph Melli has been named secretary to the State Judicial Council. A University of Wisconsin law school graduate she will begin Sept 15 succeeding resigning Jack DeWitt. Melli has served on the Legislative Council staff since 1950 and helped revise the new children code enacted in 1955. Starting salary is 7000 dollars a year.
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Madison
State Judicial Council
Joseph Melli
University of Wisconsin Law School
Jack DeWitt
Melli
State Legislative Council
Judicial Council
This Girl Named After Hurricanes
In Knoxville Tennessee the Rev and Mrs Swan Bush named their daughter Connie Diane Bush after hurricanes. The baby weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces at Baptist Hospital.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Swan Bush
Connie Diane Bush
Baptist Hospital
Eisenhower Signs Minimum Wage and Free Polio Vaccine
President Eisenhower signed laws setting a new one dollar per hour minimum wage for 24 million workers and funding 30 million dollars for free polio vaccine under state programs. The bills included memorial funding for Roosevelt, militia provisions, and railroad widow pensions, while he vetoed a Civil Service retirement expansion.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Colorado
White House
Gettysburg
Four New Polio Cases Reported In Madison
Four new polio cases were reported to the Madison health department on Friday. The city’s season total reaches 47 cases and three polio deaths have occurred this year in Madison.
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Madison
Madison Health Department
Aunt Het’s Simple Rules for Old Arguments
Life was simpler in the old days and a Bible quotation sufficed to win an argument, reflecting a nostalgic view of persuasion through scripture.
Roundup honors for Conservatory accordion entrants
Berdean Jergenson and John Lillethan won superior ratings in the accordion solo contests at the Kenosha Roundup on August 6. Four others Evelyn Froegel Ronald Melby Mary Jane Meyer and Carla Wrobel also earned superior ratings. The Conservatory entered three bands the Accordionaires the Royals and the Troubadours all rated superior. About 90 La Crosse participants expected for Chicagoland Festival finals in Chicago August 20.
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Berdean Jergenson
John Lillethan
Kenosha
Evelyn Froegel
Ronald Melby
Mary Jane Meyer
Carla Wrobel
Conservatory
Chicago Tribune Charities
United States
Eau Claire Soldier Among 66 Killed in Germany Crash
Pfc. Ronald L. Dreke 20 former Eau Claire high school athlete was among 66 American servicemen killed when two troop carriers collided over Germany. Survived by parents Henry and unknown mother and two sisters. Dreke joined the Army last November and served with combat engineers in Karlsruhe Germany.
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EAU Claire W
Army
Ronald L. Dreke
Eau Claire
Germany
Henry Dreke
Ronald
Drekes
Dreke
Karlsruhe
Barn and Silo Destroyed by Fire Near Waupun
Fire razed a barn, silo, and chicken coop on Ed Kindschuh’s Route 2 farm at Waupun. Hay grain and straw burned. 36 livestock were saved. Loss estimated at $18,000. firemen could not determine the cause Friday evening.
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Waupun
Ed Kindschuh
Kindschuh
Wisconsin Adventists elect Rev. C. M. Bunker president
The Rev. C. M. Bunker of Madison was re elected president of the Wisconsin Seventh Day Adventists at the annual convention held Friday.
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Portage
C. M. Bunker
Madison
Wisconsin Seventh Day Adventists
Schmidt Sees Son Talks With Wife in Nevada City
Airman Daniel C. Schmidt met his son for the first time and held a lengthy private conference with his remarried wife Una in Nevada City California. After a three hour meeting he said nothing concrete, plans more discussions, and asked for privacy as reporters followed.
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Nevada City
Calif
Daniel C. Schmidt
Una
Logger Alford Fine
Schmidt
Oper
North Korea
Danny Jr
Harold Berliner
High Sierra
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Berliner
Fine
Union Head Warns Of Worst Shortage Of Classrooms And Teachers
Carl J. Megel of the American Federation of Teachers warned at the AFL convention in Fort Wayne that the coming fall could see the worst shortage of classrooms and teachers in history. He cited low salaries, lack of tenure protections for about 75 percent of teachers, rising teacher dismissals, and a need for 350,000 to 500,000 more classrooms along with financial and physical aid from states and communities.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Carl J. Megel
Chicago
AFL American Federation of Teachers
Megel
AFT
America
Meger
Adoption home checks by state licensed agencies
Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon Thomson ruled that in foreign child adoptions a home study must be conducted by a state licensed adoption agency. The Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare sought guidance and noted church agencies may perform the check if licensed. County welfare departments may not conduct such home investigations unless requested by the State Welfare Department.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
Vernon Thomson
Thomson
State Welfare Department
Three-Car Crash Claims Two Lives In Sheboygan Area
A three car collision near Howard's Grove on Friday killed Mani Towoc woman Mrs Rome Olm and her 19 year old daughter Patricia. Three others including a six year old Olm child were injured.
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Sheboygan
Howard's Grove
Manitowoc
Rome Olm
Patricia
Olm
Thomas Mann Dies at 80. Nobel Laureate Remembered
Thomas Mann, renowned German born author and 1929 Nobel Prize winner, died Friday night in Zurich at age 80 after a heart attack. He fled Nazi Germany, lived in the United States, became an American citizen in 1944, and remained active until last month when phlebitis and general weakness led to his death.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Thomas Mann
Reich
Mann
Germany
Hitler
United States
Holland
Galbraith Murder Trial Nears Close in Oklahoma
In McAlester Oklahoma testimony neared completion in the murder trial of Dr Ben T Galbraith accused of killing his wife Mary Katherine and three children. He admitted setting fire to their home as the seven day trial closes with defense claiming insanity and state rebuttals from former colleagues.
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Mcalester
Okla
Ben T. Galbraith
Mary Katherine
Galbraith
McAlester Clinic
M. L. Henry
Galbrait
Henry
Hayden Donahue
Donahue
Frank
Jere
Sarah Ann
Birthday Tribute to Golf Great Ben Hogan
Ben Hogan born August 13 1912 in Stephensville Texas one of golf dons greatest performers He won the US Open four times He tied for the title in 1955 but lost to Jack Fleck after a playoff A 1949 auto crash nearly halted his career but he rebuilt to championship form A movie was made about his life.
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Ben Hogan
Stephensville
Tex
Jack Fleck
Bantam Ben
Workers walk off at Allis Chalmers over contract talks
About 200 to 300 Allis Chalmers workers left their jobs to learn news on contract negotiations with Local 248 of the UAW CIO. The five year pact expired Aug 1 and talks have continued with limited progress. Negotiations resume Monday as Springfield Illinois plant already struck.
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Milwaukee
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Farm Implement Company
Uaw-Cio
UAW
Springfield
Resigns As Director Of Wales Sanatorium
Dr. Ellison White resigns as medical director of the state tuberculosis sanatorium near Wales after five years. He will take a similar post in Texas as the State Board of Health names a successor. The board also reappoints members to the nursing home advisory board and cosmetology advisory committee.
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Madison W
Ellison White
Wales
State Board of Health
White
Texas
Mollie Rohr
Manitowoc
Robert Murphy
Madison
Margaret Healy
Milwaukee
Nursing Home Advisory Board
Edna Jennings
la Crosse
Ralph Hatfield
Aid Sought For Family After Cottage Fire
The County Relief Department appeals for help for a La Crosse couple and their three young sons after a fire destroyed their three room cottage at 917 South 25th Street. An apartment has been found but household items are needed including beds, tables, chairs, dishes, dressers, and a gas stove. Call 2-2635 on Monday to donate.
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la Crosse
County Relief Department
S. 25Th St
Mae Bellevue
Relief Department
Eisenhower Prepares Vacation Trip to Colorado
President Eisenhower rested at his country home and planned a Sunday flight from Washington to Denver for a long Colorado vacation. He arrived Friday after a 85 mile drive through heavy rain as hurricane Connie approached. He will likely stay in Denver into October while Mrs. Eisenhower may join him later for a Philadelphia address.
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Una
Fine
Berliner
Sierra
Sacramento Bee
Alvin Trivelpiece
Schmidt
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Colorado
Washington
Atlantic
National
Denver
Philadelphia
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State Chamber
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State Elks Group
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