Voters At Polls Near 1,500 In City Spring Election
By 1 p m nearly 800 ballots were cast with estimations suggesting 1,500 by closing time. Ward breakdown showed First Ward leading with 310 votes as referendums and contests drew interest. Incumbents faced limited opposition while a high court race pitted Steinle against Dieterich for a full 10 year term.
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Mercury
Freda Bray
Turner Hall
Fred Galli
Emmett J. Norton
O. R. Evans
Paul W. Neubauer
Edward Bregenzer
19Th Avenue
Floyd W. Matzke
22Nd Aveneur
Ward Stackpole
14Th Avenue
Frederic Blanc
8Th Avenue
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Herman L. Schindler
Sebastian Leeser Jr
Roger L. Elmer
Helen L. Gempeler
Dieterich
Steinte
Roland J. Steinle
Wauwatosa
William Dieterich
Hertford
Steinle
Oscar M. Fritz
Perry J. Stearns
Milwaukee
James P. Cullen
Prairie du Chien
Richard W. Orton
Lancaster
Fifth
Roger Cunningham Rock Attorney Dies in Janesville
Roger C Cunningham 63 prominent Janesville attorney for 39 years died Monday night in Rochester Minnesota after surgery Friday. He served as city attorney 1938 to 1951 and was a former Janesville High School and University of Wisconsin athlete. Surviving wife and daughter Mrs Louis Gage Jr of Janesville. Also Gov Kohler named Dr John Hollingsworth to state Board of Health to fill remainder of term ending February 1958.
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Janesville
Roger_C. Cunningham
Rochester
Cunningham
University of Wisconsin
Law School Alumni Association
Louis Gage, Jr
Realth
Madison
Kohler
John 5. Hollingsworth
Sheboygan
State Board of Health
Woodruff Smith
Ladysmith
Pierre du Pont Dies at 84 Greatest Industrial Leader Passes
Pierre Samuel du Pont dean of the Du Pont family and a key figure in two giant industries died after an abdominal pain at his Ken nett Square estate. He was 84 and had remained active in the Du Pont empire after his 1949 retirement. He served as president and board chairman of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co and as president of General Motors Corp for three years. His father Lammot du Pont founded a major explosives plant. Pierre led the family after the explosion that killed his father when he was 14.
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Wilmington
Dell
Pierre Samuel du Pont
Famef Chemical
du Pont
Kennett Square
Wilmington Memorial Hospital
E. J. du Pont de Nuours and Co
General Motors Corp
Pierre
America
France
Lammot du Pont
Repsuna Chemical Co
Gibbstown
N. J
Mrs Elmer 60 Dies Milwaukee Native
Mrs Sarah Elmer 60 a native of Jordan Township died yesterday in her Milwaukee home. The body was found last night. She was born March 15 1854 daughter of Frederick and Frederika Blum Schindler and attended Blackford school. She married Raymond Eimer Sept 3 1914 in Monroe. She lived in West Bend 1941 and Milwaukee since 1945 leaving three sons Weston Eugene Alden a daughter Marian seven brothers and sisters and 14 grandchildren. Services are pending at Shriner Neushwander funeral home.
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Sarah Elmer
Milwaukee
Jordan Township
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home
Seven Tornadoes Rip Iowa Missouri Areas
Seven tornadoes ripped through farms in Iowa and Missouri Monday night marking the start of tornado season. Four twisters hit southwest Iowa at supper time while another struck west of Marshalltown. Two more damaged seven farms in the Westboro area of Atchison County Missouri.
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Drs Muines
Iowa
Missouri
Marshalltown
Westboro
Atchison County
Milk Price Trimmed On Milwaukee Market
Milwaukee federal milk marketing administrator announced a cut of 3.6 per hundredweight for this month. Class 1 bottling milk fell to 3.77 dollars per hundredweight, about 38.7 cents below April’s price.
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Milwaukee
Nee
Board Faces Jail Problem in April Session
The Green County Board plans to tackle jail site issues at the April 20 session. Chairman Louis R. Welleson says definite site recommendations are needed, with city zoning complications possible. A petition to expand behind the jail by vacating an alley is with the city clerk.
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Green County
Louis R. Welleson
Wolleson
Wilma Lengacher
Edward Killingstad
Albany
Ray T. Silver
Pleasant
Loveland
Local FFA Wins Madison Honors at State Event
Monroe high school FFA judging teams won top honors at the Madison state FFA event. The beef judging team placed first with John Burgy Monticello earning third in individual beef judging. The fat stock team also placed first and included Kenneth Rothenbuehler Walter Schroeder and Burgy.
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Monroe
John Burgy
Monticello
Madison
Kenneth Rothenbuehler
Walter Schroeder
Burgy
Roger Stauffacher
Kenneth Krebs
Wesley Falk
Cheddar Market Weak Amid Short Supplies In Wisconsin
Wisconsin cheddar market shows barely steady to weak prices on cheddars while small styles hold steady. Supplies of small styles are tight against strong demand. commercial interest remains light for cheddars with moisture basis 3114 3244 and percentage ranges 244-36 and 3455-37.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Eisenhower Boosts Nation Ready for Nuclear Era
President Eisenhower told Americans and the world that the United States is prepared to respond swiftly with atomic force if needed, while urging calm to prevent hysteria over communism and the hydrogen bomb era. He called the FBI the main bulwark against Communist infiltration and said unemployment is improving.
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Eisenhower
Russia
Kremlin
America
White House
FBI
Churchill Won't Invite Eisenhower For H Bomb Talks
In London Prime Minister Churchill says he would welcome President Eisenhower for talks on the hydrogen bomb and world issues but doubts Ike can leave the United States soon. He explains Labor questions spark today’s political storm and criticizes past atomic cooperation. In Tokyo both nations agree to cut Japan’s share of maintaining American troops by seven million dollars annually.
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Eisenhower
United States
House of Commons
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Malenkoy
Commons
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Tokyo
Japan
Truman Says Bomb Treaty With Britain Still In Effect
Former President Harry S. Truman stated that the Anglo-American wartime atomic pact remains in force. The agreement had been publicly disclosed by Prime Minister Churchill in Parliament, though White House spokesmen said it was not in effect. Truman noted the pact did not cover the hydrogen bomb and that the McMahon Act did not terminate it.
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Britain
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
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House of Commons
James Hagerty
White House
U. S
Freeport Firm To Purchase Reo Motor Company
Freeport Ill based Henry Motors Co Inc agreed to buy Reo Motors for 16.5 million dollars pending stockholder approval. Reo’s assets and liabilities would transfer. Feldmann said operation would continue with cooperation from Reo management and staff. Kohler strike continues with divergent views on first day picketing.
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Mich
Reo Motors
Freeport
Ill
Joseph Sherer Jr
Rec
C. Russell Feldmann
Henny
Rec. Feldman
Reo
Kohler
Kohler Co
Sears Quits Post as Counsel in McCarthy Army Probe
Boston lawyer Samuel P. Sears resigned as special counsel to a Senate investigation into the McCarthy Army affair amid questions about his impartiality. The Senate investigations subcommittee accepted the resignation by unanimous vote. McCarthy announced a temporary step down from the chair.
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Samuel P. Sears
Boston
Senate
Sears
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Massachusetts Bar Association
Lanly
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Army
McCarthy
Wisconsin High Court To Hear Tschudy Adoption Appeal
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear the Tschudy adoption case arguments May 6 after Judge Elton Morrison ruled the welfare department overstepped by enforcing a two parent rule. If upheld Jeffrey returns to Mrs. Tschudy. if reversed he will be placed in another home on probation.
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Tschudy
State Welfare Department
Supreme Court
Elton J. Morrison
Portage
Jeffrey
Dorothy Tschudy
Monroe
Morrison
Welfare Department
Oscar Toebaas
Madison
Joseph D. Viney
William Platz
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Green County
Judge Morrison
High Court
Mrs. Tschudy
Mercury Tops Season With Thunderstorm Burst
Monroe records a first season cloudburst with .81 inch of rain and heavy lightning. Weather officials forecast more showers tonight with a low near 50 and high around 65. Temperatures reached 66 this afternoon as sun returned. Lightning struck two homes on Clay Street in Darling ton near Lafayette County Memorial Hospital. fires at Harold Crist and Charles Johnson residences were extinguished by volunteers around 10 p.m.
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Monroe
J Platt
Clay Street
Darlington
Lafayette County Memorial Hospital
Harold Crist
Charles Johnson
Wisconsin Proclaims April 30 as Arbor Day
Governor Kohler designated April 30 as Arbor Day and praised Wisconsin citizens for early leaders in conserving and beautifying natural resources.
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Madison
Kohler
Wisconsin
NATO Rebukes Juin Over EDC Criticism and Possible Resignation
The North Atlantic Council reprimanded France's Marshal Alphonse Juin for condemning the European Defense Community. France may request Juin’s removal as commander in chief of Allied forces in Central Europe or he may resign. Juin had argued the EDC and a six nation army were unworkable for France and he later refused to meet with Premier Laniel, leading to dismissal from two military advisory posts.
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Juin
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Paris 1
North Atlantic Council
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Alphonse Juin
European Defense Community
Europe
Laniel
Indochina Reds Slow Attacks On Dien Bien Phu
French high command reports Vietminh attacks on Dien Bien Phu during the last 24 hours eased with Monday night described as relatively calm. French forces under barbed wire and bunkers brace for renewed assaults while planes bomb feeder lines and American‑supplied transport planes drop supplies. French claim over 1,000 rebels killed in Monday’s assaults.
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Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Caolle
Red China
Menominee Elects New Mayor Ending Family-Taced Term Pact
In Menominee Michigan voters ended a 10 year practice of alternating mayors Otto Eickmeyer and James M Kehoe. James A Spies won defeating Eichmeyer 1928 to 176 while incumbent Kehoe lost in the primary. Spies brings a political lineage with his father and grandfather both having served as mayor.
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Menominee
Mich
Otto Eickmeyer
James M. Kehoe
James A. Spies
Spies
Eichmeyer
Kehoe
Montgomery backs front line defense in atomic war scenario
Montgomery argues the safest race to fight is the front line if war erupts, as combatants would likely deploy atomic weapons from the start. He believes proximity to the frontline offers clearer outcomes despite nuclear threats.
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County
Montgomery
Hearing Stirs Conjecture on Southeast Asia Intervention
The State Department said Secretary Dulles consulted with six friendly nations about Indochina and a regional group to counter Communism. Congress debated possible U S aid and intervention options as Dulles warned China near aggression while officials weighed a united Southeast Asia action.
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R-Conn
Asia
China
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Forign
Harold E. Stassen
Lawrence H. Smith
Rwis
U.S
Rep
Judd
R-Minn
House
Bulles
Unconscious After Crash Injures Argyle Woman
Helen Peterson, 21, of Argyle, remains unconscious from head injuries after a Sunday crash on Highway 81 near Jordan Center. Driver Roger Haman, 20, of Juda Route 1, suffered bruises and fractured ribs and was released from the hospital.
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Argyle
Miss Peterson
Roger Haman
Juda
Highway 81
Jordan Center
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