Light Vote Expected in Wisconsin Spring Ballot
Wisconsin voters face a light turnout for the spring election with less than a quarter of the 1.8 million registered voters likely to cast ballots. The statewide race features Justice John E. Martin against Marshall L. Peterson for a one year Supreme Court term. winners must run again in 1951 for a full ten year term. Martin, 58, appointed by Governor Martin in 1948, was attorney general for a decade and is a Green Bay native and Notre Dame Law School alumnus. Peterson, 43, Pierce County native, is finishing his education background in the narrative.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
John E. Martin
Marshall L. Peterson
Monroe
Ellsworth
River Falls State Teachers College
University of Wisconsin Law School
Green County
Navy
Southwest Pacific
Peterson
Martin
Monroe Ward Elections Open at Turner Hall
Polls open at 9 a m in all four Monroe wards tomorrow in Turner hall and close at 5 30 p m. Voters choose a mayor city treasurer city assessor four aldermen and four supervisors with contests for mayor treasurer fourth ward alderman and third ward supervisor.
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Monroe
Turner Hall
Wisconsin Supreme Court races shape state election slate
The report lists candidates for three circuit judge posts in Milwaukee second circuit and in seventh and thirteenth circuits, with Gehrz, Dealy, Bunde, Bablitch, Meister, OConnell, Arps, White, and Reis among contenders. It notes referendums on liquor laws across various counties and mentions a Navy veteran candidate, Peterson, promoting juror verdicts as a campaign issue.
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Milwaukee
Gustave G. Gehrz
Leon J. Dealy
Gehrz
Dealy
Portage
Waupaca
Waushara
Wood Counties
Herbert Bunde
Wisconsin Rapids
Robert Bablitch
Stevens Point
Dodge
Washington
Ozaukee
Waukesha
Milton L. Meister
West Bend
William O’connell
Juneau
Meister
Rennebohm
Edward J Gehl
Supreme Court
Chilton
Helmuth F. Arps
Kenneth S. White
River Falls
Olvin C. Reis
Madison
Two Decisions Face Voters at New Glarus
In New Glarus two trustees face elections. Alden Burgdorf and Robert Strickler oppose Chester Stuessy and John Erb for two year terms. Polls run 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. in the village hall with listed election clerks.
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New Glarus
Alden R. Burgdorf
Robert W. Strickler
Chester Stuessy
John C. Erb
John Kundert
Vola Bruni
Mildred Frick
Henry Schmid
Harvey Ott
Eugene Stuessy
Millard Tschudy
Glaziers Strike Grounds Milwaukee Union Workers
About 170 members of Local 1204 AFL glaziers' union failed to show up for work in Milwaukee. Building trades leaders urged them to remain on the job to avoid disruption.
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Glaziers
Milwaukee
AFL
Glaziers’ Union
Building Trades Union
Swiss Cheese Tells Green County Story On WHA Broadcast
A 55 minute WHA radio documentary aired Saturday night and rebroadcast Sunday morning, detailing Green County leadership in the Swiss cheese industry and Monroe as a growing medical center. Twenty five local figures share remembrances from history to modern plant modernization, cheese making, cultural lore, and a forecast for Cheese Day 1950.
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Monroe
Green County
Dwight A. Crandall
Crandall
Alps
Paul Grossenbacher
Glarus Yodelers Club
Oswald Buesser
Gilbert Ott
Grossenbacher
Tell
George Washington
Lena Augsburger
Fatal car crash claims Robert Gavigan near Cedarville
Robert W. Gavigan age 32 of Freeport was killed when his car left highway 26 three miles north of Cedarville and rolled over. Harold Spangler, 35, also of Freeport, escaped with minor injuries. Gavigan was thrown 41 feet. coroner says death was instantaneous. An inquest was scheduled. Gavigan, born in Argyle, had worked for Kraft Foods and lived in Freeport for 28 years. Services set in Freeport with burial at Calvary.
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Monroe
Robert W. Gavigan
Freeport
Argyle
Cedarville
Harold Spangler
Gavigan
E. A. Diestlemeier
Stephenson County
Spangler
Skyline Tavern
William
Esther Gavigan
Kraft Foods
Tax Paid On Clark Estate Tops County Records
Oshkosh reports a $380,000 state inheritance tax payment to the County Treasurer Earl E. Fuller. the sum, described as the largest in Winnebago county in a generation, comes from the estate of the late Charles B. Clark of Neenah who died April 6 1949 in Palm Beach Florida. Clark directed Kimberly Clark Corp and led Riverside Paper Corp of Appleton. preliminary inventory valued the estate at about $4 5 million.
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Oshkosh
Earl E. Fuller
Fuller
Winnebago County
Charles B. Clark
Neenah
Palm Beach
Fla
Clark
Kimberly-Clark Corp
Riverside Paper Corp
Appleton
Crew Leader Bitten by Dog During Local Census Check
Charles A. Booth, crew leader for Green county census enumerators, was bitten by a dog while supervising 16 workers who began Saturday. No completion date is set. national estimates place urban completion in two weeks and rural in four. Booth recalls Vallejo incident where a census taker was injured by a dog.
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Green County
Charles A. Booth
Booth
Vallejo
Calif
Mrs. F D Fritz Former Monroe Resident Dies in Oshkosh
Mrs. Esther M Brunkow Fritz 51 died at her Oshkosh home after long illness. Born Woodford November 26 1898 she graduated Monroe High School and UW and belonged to Delta Delta Delta. She is survived by husband Fred D Fritz a daughter and two sons. Private services planned in Oshkosh with cremation and Milwaukee burial of ashes.
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Fred D. Fritz
Monroe
Oshkosh
Esther M. Brunkow
Woodford
W. F
Martha Anderson Brunkow
Monroe High School
University of Wisconsin
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
N. E. McLaughlin
Merrill
John Glass Jr
Milwaukee
William F
Boston
Richard David
UW Medical School
Martin Olson
Gustav C
Edward W. Brunkow
Bernard
Boulder selects R. E. Baum Berger as Superior city manager
R E Baumberger of Boulder Colorado was named today as Superior’s new city manager. The appointment names Baumberger to lead city administration and oversee local government operations.
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Superior
R. E. Baumberger
Boulder, Colo
Opposition to US aid and Korean entanglements cited
Lattimore says the United States should avoid premature strategic deployment in the Far East and withdraw from entanglements in Korea while pressing to ease tensions with Russia. Lodge proposes a nonpartisan panel to study disloyalty claims and McCarthy demands public disclosure of Lattimore memos.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
State Department
United States
Far East
South Korea
Russia
Lodge
McCarthy
Acheson
Lattimore
Bethesda
MD) Naval Hospital
Johns Hopkins University
Marshall Attacks Foreign Aid Cuts
Gen. George C. Marshall criticized proposals to weaken the European Recovery Program and urged the four year plan end date of June 30, 1952 to spur European leaders. He warned ECA workers face a deadly foe, likening it to a battle for peace and prosperity. President Truman credited the Marshall Plan with averting communist aggression and said recovery progress will continue toward completion.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Ple
Marshall
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Truman
Three Trustees and Justice Face Albany Ballots Tomorrow
Election contests in Albany focus on three trustee seats and the justice of the peace. Incumbents Colonel Dixon Jack Graves and Robert Smiley contend with Everett Peckham and Frank Steindorf for three vacancies, while Fred Loeffel opposes incumbent E E Atherton for the justice of the peace post.
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Albany
Justice of the Peace
Colonel Dixon
Jack Graves
Robert Smiley
Everett Peckham
Frank Steindorf
Fred Loeffel
E. E. Atherton
Weather Raises Curtain Contractors Ready To Begin Final Work
Two contractors prepared to start final work on city projects started earlier. E M Scheflow Construction of Elgin Illinois is advancing the sewage disposal plant digest er and related structures with summer completion targeted. Dick Oudenhoven Co Kaukauna will begin pump house reservoir work for No five well and storage tank. Little Benny Mining and Construction Shullsburg will build connecting lines and trenches to complete the water and sewer network before land work resumes.
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E. M. Scheflow Construction Co
Elgin
Ill
Scheflow
Dick Oudenhoven Co
Kaukauna
Rosa
Niffenegger Drilling Co
Little Benny Mining and Construction Co
Shullsburg
House
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Rep. Taber
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Tennessee College Students Head Home In Clash with Prexy
Henderson Tennessee students at Freed Hardeman College vote to quit after a mass meeting. Most of the 385 students head home in protest over President N B Harman Hardeman and officials denying comment. Faculty resignations follow, effective June 1, linked to the firing of Assistant Dietician Lottie M Petty who backed a February strike.
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Tennessee College
Prexy
Hardeman
Lottie M. Petty
Bob Atkinson
Canton
Drowns in Rock River While Fishing Near Edgerton
Marvin O. Anderson 35 of Rockford fell from a Milwaukee Road trestle while fishing with three companions and was drowned after currents and high water hindered draggin operations. He was born March 15 1915 in New Glarus and previously worked at National Lock Co and Swedish American Hospital in Rockford. He is survived by his mother in Rockford and a sister, Mrs Isaac Grunder.
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Edgerton
Rock River
Indian Ford
Marvin O. Anderson
Rockford
Glarus
Anderson
Milwaukee Road
Arthur Houston
Houston
New Glarus
Ole and
Mollie Anderson
Isaac Grunder
National Lock Co
Six Apply for New Glarus Village Marshal Job
At least six applications for village marshal have been received by the village board and will be acted upon at the regular meeting Wednesday evening. A successor to Randolph A. Amundsen, who resigned, is to be named.
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Glarus
Randolph A. Amundsen
Fight over 29 Billion Dollar Omnibus Bill Begins
The 29 045 030 164 omnibus measure funds 40 federal agencies for the 1951 fiscal year starting July 1. Debates pit pro defense funding against calls for cuts with Easter recess looming. Plans include possible foreign aid and disputed presidential budget requests, risking a large deficit.
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Washington
House
United States
Truman urges Congress to pass Brannan plan for farm aid
President Truman pressed Congress to adopt fundamental reforms in the agricultural program aiming for cheaper perishable crop prices and direct payments to farmers. He outlined two proposals: revise cotton acreage allotments and marketing quotas with local farmer control, and implement production payments for potatoes and other perishables to reduce surpluses and boost consumer access.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Aide
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Monroe Speech Students Earn A Ratings at District Contest
Six Monroe entrants and one Brodhead student received A ratings at the district forensics contest in Ft Atkinson. Winners advance to the state contest in Madison on April 15. Monroe honorees include Robert Marty, Carol Schindler, Ben Blaser, Mildred Cotherman, Mildred Krauss, Lois Burgy, Colleen Ross of Brodhead, with coaches and fellow competitors named.
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Monroe
Brodhead
Ft. Atkinson
Madison
Robert Marty
Carol Schindler
AMA
Public
Ben Blaser
Mildred Cotherman
Mildred Krauss
Lois Burgy
Colleen Ross
White Cliffs of Dover
Lillian Gernets
LaVon Jones
R. W. Witt
Donna Wenger
JoAnn Schroeder
Jack Marvin
One Home Contest Set at Browntown
Browntown voters schedule a light ballot with two local races. Incumbent trustee Ernest Wilke faces challenger Raymond Montgomery. John Rothlisberger seeks reelection as justice of the peace.
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Browntown
Ernest Wilke
Raymond Montgomery
John Rothlisberger
Justice of the Peace
Wisconsin Governor Declares Good Friday Observance
Gov Renne bohm issues a proclamation asking Wisconsin citizens to observe Good Friday April 7 by suspending public and private business from 12 noon to 3 p m to encourage spiritual meditation and participation.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
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Peterson-Martin
WHA
Karl Schmidt
John J. Burkhard
Independence
Dubuque
Carl Marty Jr
Canton Glarus
John A. Schindler
Raymond R. Kubly
Lakeshire-Marty
Karl J. Mueller
Monroe Co-op
L. L. Kitchen
Jannette Crane
Sybil Blumer
Henry Kundert
Willard Bender
Kiwanis
Herbert T. Johnson
Alvin H. Babler
Robert Gavigan
F.D. Fritz
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Tydings
Wiley
Wis
Brannan Price Plan
Eileen M. Nolte
Key West
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