Record Crowd at Green County Fair Closes Weekend
A near record attendance marked the Green County Fair final day in 1948 with Sunday crowds estimated around 15 000 amid heavy traffic control by Monroe’s National Guard. Officials praised the Gem City Shows and thanked residents for patronage as amphitheater shows and the Horse Show sold out.
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Monroe
Co. K
National Guard
Louis R. Wolleson
Fair Association
Wolleson
Green
Gem City
E. J. Slavin
Slavin
Plymouth Rock
Hugh Rex McRose
Chicago
Credition
McRose
Grin Lou
W. A. Eddy
Edward C. Johnson
Elmhurst
Hackney Pony
Miss Sandra
Dave Sadoff
Manitowoc
Bill Morris
Rockford
Mighty Melody
Lindy Lou
Stanley Johnston
Pine Tree Stables
McHenry
Ill
Memorial
Arthur Ledbetter
Takodah Stables
Fond du Lac
Joan Killian
Killian Stables
Sterling
Henry Donner
Milwaukee
Marion Brown
Miles Loberg
Waupaca
Argyll
Mary K. Holt
Argyll Stables
Mr Carroll
Monarch’s Delight
Frank Bedell
H. A. Kilkelly and Sons
Platteville
Rocket
Frank Tr
Arthur Filiatrault
Sir Highland
David Williams
Janesville Ketter
Takoda Stables
Lex Peavine
Eddie Oxie
E. H. Ro
Hollywood Supplies Communist Funds
Former Communist Daily Worker editor Budenz testified to a Senate committee that the Communist Party in the United States draws a substantial money stream from Hollywood. He described a secret control commission and a finance committee, named figures such as Golos and Foster, and noted the party’s threefold structure from underground roots to open officials and nominal non communists.
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Washington
Louis Budenz
Communist Party
Hollywood
Communist Daily Worker
Fordham University
Senate
Communist Party of the
Jacob Golos
Communist Party Control Commission
Golos
Elizabeth Bentley
Moscow
Budenz
Ferguson
R-Mich
William Weiner
Lemuel Harris
Wall Street
Charles Crumbine
Gerhart Eisler
Eisler
House
America
William Z. Foster
Warships and Planes Seek Missing Airliner
French flying boat carrying 52 passengers and crew vanished on a trans Atlantic flight from Martinique to West Africa. It was last heard 1,200 miles off Dakar after midnight with no indication of distress. no Americans aboard.
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Paris
South Atlantic
Martinique
West Africa
Dakar
16 Japs Charged With Murder of Americans
In Yokohama 16 Japanese defendants go on trial before the U S eighth army group for murdering 138 Americans in the Palawan massacre on December 14 1944 in the southern Philippines. The case includes two former lieutenant generals and prosecutors call the act among the most dastardly in wartime history.
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Yokohama
Palawan
Philippines
Eight Officers Aid Crowd At Ballweg Aid Jar
A tornado destroyed the Ballweg farm home 17 miles northwest, injuring Mr and Mrs Ballweg and nine of their 13 children while killing 10-year-old Lucille. Neighbors placed a jar at the gate to collect more than 5000 dollars as crowds line up to help the family and plans for a new home begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Frank Ballweg
Ballweg
County Fair Sidelights Highlight Monroe Figures and Feats
Tribute to Arlie Frost, veteran Monroe horseman, and a presentation of a trophy to Argyll Stables for Killean Beauty marked the fair amid race program praise. News notes include a Holstein birth, a hospitalized driver, geese missing and found, and Zacchini’s cannon act with a dog helper retrieves his gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May L. Luchsinger
Monroe
Argyll Stables
Mt. Carroll
Ill
Mary Holt
Zacchini
Nct
Polio Case Reported in Milwaukee Child
The 32nd polio case of the year is diagnosed at South View hospital. The patient is a six year old boy. Twenty four victims live in Milwaukee and there have been three deaths.
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Milwaukee
South View Hospital
Detasseling Nears Finish in Green County County
About 120 youths have worked two weeks on more than 1000 acres in Green County detasseling hybrid seed corn. De Kalb contractors supervise two county areas with crews in Albany Brodhead Juda and Monroe. Fields will be detasseled once this week then a skeleton crew will finish suckering before fall harvest.
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Green County
Henry Dettwiler
Warren
Monroe
Donald Gates
Spring Grove
Albany
Brodhead
Juda
de Kalb
Wisconsin
Chicago
DeKalb
Milk Prices Rise Again In Rockford dairies
A quart of home delivered milk sold for 23 cents after the third price rise in a month. Prices increased a total of two and a half cents during the period. Eight dairies implemented the new price.
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Rockford
Ambassadors Move to Discuss Berlin Problems and Senate Filibuster End
Washington reports diplomats urged by the Kremlin to address Berlin issues while U S Senate leaders debate ending the southern filibuster over the anti poll tax bill. Wherry filed a motion to end the stall but needs a two thirds vote as Taft appeals and Robertson continues southern opposition.
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Bulletin
Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Sen. Robertson
D-Va
Wherry
Neb
House
Senate Banking Committee
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
House Group
U. S. Steel
Wolcott
Thomas B. McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
Truman
Paul Porter
Congress
McCarthy
Wis
GOP
Martin
Mass
John T Etter at 88 Keeps Busy In Monroe Store
John T Etter marked his 88th birthday while still running the dry goods firm he founded in 1902. He recalled turning down a partner offer in Chicago to stay in Monroe with his wife and children. The interview noted his long influence in local business and public life, with a brief family visit from Mrs John Truax and news of his son Arthur’s tung oil plantation in Bogalusa, Louisiana.
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Monroe
John T. Etter
Mr. Etter
Chicago
Mrs. Etter
British Purchases Upset Cheese Market Calm Returns Sought
Abnormal pressures on the American cheese market from British lend-lease purchases have subsided. Swiss grinders and cheddar prices vary with futures and May Swiss price, while Plymouth exchange activity trends above normal. Dealers expect balance to improve as June Swiss prices and cheddar developments approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Lawrence Smith
Plymouth Exchange
Washington
New York
Associated Press
Ex-Convict Trapped By Rockford Officers
Stanley Lipka 41 a former Rockford factory worker escaped to a brush patch after being stalked by off duty policeman Edwin Moon who was headed to Chicago for a baseball game Lipka surrendered after reinforcement arrived He was wanted for a $1000 daylight robbery at the Rockford Moose Lodge on May 24 Lipka said he had gone to Madison then Las Vegas before returning to see his wife
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Rockford
Stanley Lipka
Edwin Moon
Chicago
Moon
Lipka
Rockford Moose Lodge
Madison
Las Vegas
Nev
40 Million Germans Get Best Food Rations Since War
The American military government said 40,000,000 Germans in the British American zones are now receiving the highest food rations since occupation began. Improved crops currency reform and aid from the European recovery program are named as the main factors. The improved food situation helped raise Ruhr coal production to a postwar July record and boosted Bizonia industrial output back to the April high.
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Berlin
AMG
Ruhr
Bizonia
W N Preston Dies From Heart Attack At 58
William Newman Preston 58 of Jefferson township died of a heart attack at 8 a m on the Chester Riese farm while assisting in threshing. He was active in Masonic orders and served 25 years on rural school and Juda high school boards. He leaves a wife two sons a daughter a brother three sisters and five grandchildren. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 p m in Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Masonic rites at Mt Vernon Juda cemetery.
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William Newman Preston
7Th Street
Chester Riese
Jefferson Township
Preston
Smith Lodge
Palestine
Monroe Commandery
St. Omar
Order of Eastern Star
Juda
Arthur T
Susan Newman Preston
Preston Homestead
Monroe High School
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Elsie Finn
Evansville
Monroe
Robert L
Duane Helland
Shriner-Neushwander
Rev. L. C. Viel
Mt. Vernon
Automobile Fire Damages 1937 Car at Argyle Lot
A 1937 automobile on the Argyle Road Used Car lot on Highway 81 north of Monroe was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. The blaze caused an estimated $200 in damage and invoked a general alarm before the Monroe volunteer fire department extinguished it. Police believe a wiring short sparked the fire.
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Argyle Road
Highway 81
Monroe
Western diplomats plan meeting with Stalin in Moscow
United States Britain and France prepared to visit the Kremlin to present their views on the Berlin blockade and German questions. Walter Bedell Smith Frank Roberts and Yves Cha taigneau expected to seek a basis for four power talks while Moscow studies and replies.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Stalin
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Berlin
London Star
Germany
Europe
Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Dewey Builds Effective Grapevine for Congress
GOP presidential hopeful Thomas E. Dewey relies on a campaign grapevine run by Herbert Brownell Jr. to influence congressional action. Brownell operates campaign headquarters in Washington and is in frequent contact with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
Herbert Brownell Jr
New York
Herb
Brownell
Dewey
Capitol Bill
Ohio Guard to March If Univis Plant Reopens
Dayton officials say the Ohio national guard will march in to maintain order if Univis ions Co. tries to reopen its strikebound plant. Mayor Louis Lohrey reported Gov. Herbert promised guard deployment if violence resumes tomorrow.
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Ohio Guard
Dayton
Ohio National Guard
Univisions Co
Louis Lohrey
Thomas J. Herbert
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Lauchlin Currie
Harry Dexter White
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Currie
Roosevelt
White
the Treasury
Ballwegs
Arlie Frost
Arlie
VFW
Fairgrounds
W.G. Timm
Guy Crippen
Satuday
Dodgeville
Guy
Earl Coplien
Oakley
Surn
Harry S. T
Ruman
William O’dwyer
Howard Cullman
Port Authority
W.N. Preston
Red
British Press Association
Attlee
Andre Marie
the Star
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
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