Supervisors Review Leaks in Green County Court House Roof
Green County supervisors opened the August session with data on roof leaks damaging offices and records at the courthouse. They considered repairs under a 10 year roof guarantee and heard from a roof contractor representative.
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Court House
Green County Court House
County Board of Supervisors
Louis R. Wolleson
Third’ Ward
Monroe
Soils Conservation Service
Otto H. Schneider
Court House Building
Harold J. Lamboley
Welfare Department
Wolleson
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Decatur Township
Joseph Riedweg
Clarence W. Loveland
Lamboley
Loveland
Fanny Loveland
Monticello
Wilma Lengacher
Pomona
Calif
Herman L. Gloege
E. H. Gloege
Ralph J. Keen Dies Educator at 48 in Beloit
Ralph John Keen 48 longtime Beloit vocational school director and Juda native died at Beloit Municipal Hospital. A UW graduate with a master’s, he taught in Janesville and Rhinelander before Beloit six years. Survived by widow Adelheid Fox and two Juda brothers Arthur and George. Funeral at Second Congregational Beloit with graveside service at Mt. Vernon Juda.
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Ralph John Keen
Beloit
Juda
Beloit Municipal Hospital
Keen
Janesville
Footville
Rhinelander
John Samuel
Mary Seldt Keen
Mr. Keen
Chicago
Adelheid Marie Fox
University of Wisconsin
Beloit Masonic
Second Congregational Church
Wisconsin Vocational Directors Association
Rock County
Arthur
George
Robert Y. Johnson
Peter Retzlaff
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Kesmar- Uehling-Kinzer Mortuary
Farm Shed Burns Near Browntown
A machine shed on Walter Teuscher’s farm three miles north of South Wayne burned at about 8 p m yesterday. The Browntown fire chief planned an investigation into the blaze believed to have started from gasoline barrels. Several items including a plow cultivator bobsled broader stove were destroyed, but the barn was saved with help from nearby South Wayne firefighters. No loss estimate is available.
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Browntown
Times
Clayton Hauser
South Wayne
Ward Merrit
Browntown Fire Department
South Wayne Department
Walter Teuscher
Chairman Loveland Explains Farm Road Blacktop
At a county board session Chairman Clarence W. Loveland explained the 1942 blacktop work in front of his Washington township farm. He paid for the balance after the state law required paving near the Loveland cheese factory, with a canceled check and county itemized bill shown. Eight years later a new mat was laid over the stretch.
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Clarence W. Loveland
Loveland
Washington Township
Herman W. Kohn
Blacktop
Bell's Rate Plea Raises Bills for Area Customers
Wisconsin Telephone Co seeks rate increases impacting five communities outside Monroe with an average 22.6 percent rise, and up to 32.8 percent for others if a $13 million revenue boost is approved. Hearings resume September 5, and the plan includes long distance changes within the state. Affected exchanges include Darlington Evansville Gratiot Shullsburg and Wiota with specified additional amounts.
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Monroe
Wisconsin Telephone Co
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Darlington
Evansville
Gratiot
Shullsburg
Wiota
Broker Heronymous Files for Bankruptcy
Milwaukee reports John Heronymous, former president of Heronymous and Co., filed a federal bankruptcy petition listing assets of 305 dollars and known liabilities. His firm dissolved in 1949 after a tenure marked by multiple civil actions over mortgage foreclosures contracts and due notes. He is involved as a co-defendant in a federal case with William Meyer Co. and others for breach of contract.
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Milwaukee
John Heronymous
Sheboygan
Heronymous
Heronymous and Co
William Meyer Co
Chicago
Sheboygan X-ray Co
Senators Push Full West Point Report on Cadet Scandal
Senators Sparkman and Fulbright urge Congress to study converting West Point and Annapolis to military graduate schools while Byrd opposes abolition. They call for examining the academy exam system and football program amid a cheating scandal involving 90 cadets who exchanged test information. The West Point superintendent says cadets who admit cheating may resign with a clean record. parents appeal to President Truman for reinstatement.
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Army
Harold J. Loehlein
West Point
U.S. Military Academy
Loehlein
Ronald Clough
Waukesha
Harrison G. Travis
Atlantic Highlands
J. Loehlein
Kimball
Minn
Washington
Sparkman
D-Ala
Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
Annapolis
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sharkman
Earl Blaik
Murray
R-Wis
Frederick A. Irving
Truman
White House
Lightning Killed Total of 44 Cattle
A Green County electrical storm resulted in 44 cattle deaths with additional losses of 355 bales of hay on the Winifred Lewis farm in Brooklyn township and two barns burned north of Browntown. Other large losses included 13 cattle on Ervin Coplien’s Monroe route and multiple cows and heifers reported to Mt Pleasant Mutual Insurance Co. across several farms.
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Green County
Winifred Lewis
Brooklyn Township
Browntown
R. B. Purintens
Albany
Ervin Coplien
Monroe
Donald Sellow
Searles
Highway 59
Mt. Pleasant Mutual Insurance Co
Willis Marty
Leon Duerst
Loveland Farm
Percy Stephens
Will Meier
Werner Krattiger
L. A. Rodger
Ray T. Silver
Will Bidlingmaier
Nathan Krause
Albany Township
Councilmen Indicted In Buffalo Bribe Case Sparks Bombshell
In Buffalo New York a grand jury indicted 13 people including four city councilmen and nine others over alleged payoffs of ten thousand dollars a month by pinball machine owners. Charges include conspiracy bribery extortion and unlawful fees. Two councilmen seek party nominations for council president.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Erie County
Soldier returns from Korea describes harsh living conditions
Staff Sgt. Daniel Gerber, 21, back from Korea after 291 days on the peninsula, criticizes Korean living conditions as filthy and barren. He notes the soil’s poverty and the scarcity of trees, blaming communism for hindered prosperity. He arrived Inchon Sept 7, 1950 and left July 6.
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Daniel Gerber
Peter Gerber
22Nd Avenue
Gerber
Inchon
Korean Peninsula
Wisconsin Doubles Driver Permit Fees Under 1951 Law
Wisconsin now charges double for driver licenses after a 1951 legislative act. Original licenses and reinstatements rise from one to two dollars, renewals from 25 to 50 cents, student permits from 50 cents to one dollar, and duplicate licenses from 25 to 50 cents. About 75 percent of certain fees returning to local enforcement to fund services.
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Madison
Wisconsin
B. L. Marcus
Search Widens For Missing Girl
The 15 year old Monroe girl vanished after leaving with a carnival concessionaire from the local fair. A taxi driver said he took the pair to Dubuque where the girl was waiting. District Attorney Rod ney O. Kittelsen reported no charges yet.
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Monroe
Dubuque
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Mrs. Inez Fairbert 1906 Belle Beloit Dies in St. Clare
Mrs Inez Huebl Fairbert 44 Beloit route 3 died at 7 50 a m in St Clare hospital after a lingering heart illness she was born October 4 1906 in Prentice daughter of Herman and Julia Huebl married to Jacob J Fairbert May 8 1937 survived by her husband her father and a brother Wilmer of Waukesha funeral arrangements are at Rosman Uehling Kinzer funeral home
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Jacob J. Fairbert
Route 3
Beloit
St. Clare Hospital
St. Clare
Inez Huebl
Prentice
Herman
Julia Huebl
Wilmer
Waukesha
Rosman-Uehling- Kinzer
Stock List Stalled Despite Busy Trade
Wall Street activity lingered with rails and steels leading a cautious session as prices hovered around the center. Most moves were a few cents with an estimated 1.8 million shares traded, up from yesterday's 1.6 million.
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New York
Rails and Steels
Pecatonica River Flood Swells Across Darlington Streets
The Pecatonica River rose rapidly after a pre-dawn downpour, flooding main streets and prompting merchants to shift merchandise to safety in Darlington and nearby towns. The river crest reached 16.5 feet, one foot above flood stage, with light damage anticipated and no casualties reported. In Crawford County, the Kickapoo river’s flash flood affected Steuben, Wauzeka and Eastman, but casualties were avoided.
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Pecatonica
Darlington
Monroe
Calamine
Main Street
Mineral Point
Crawford County
Kickapoo
Steuben
Wauzeka
Eastman
Benton Pushes McCarthy Ouster Probe Showdown
Senator Benton of Connecticut called for a Senate investigation to decide if Senator McCarthy should be expelled. He urged McCarthy to resign in a speech, while McCarthy dismissed Benton as a mental midget and accused him of colluding with a crimson clique.
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Washington
Benton
D-Conn
Senate
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Stassen to Speak at Baldwin Farmers Picnic Aug 28
Harold Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania and former Minnesota governor is set to deliver the main address at the Baldwin boosters association farmers picnic on August 28 in Baldwin Wisconsin.
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Stassen
Baldwin
Wis
Harold Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Baldwin Boosters Association
Red President Revived Appeal For Ban on Arms
The United States rejected Russia's five power peace pact proposal as propaganda. Shvernik urged disarmament and an end to atomic weapon production with inspection. Truman urged Russia to show peace aims to the Soviet people. Ridgway demanded new assurances before resuming Kaesong armistice talks.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Kremlin
Nikolai Shvernik
Truman
U. S
Britain
France
China
Shvernik
Moscow
Congress
Presidium
The
Supreme Soviet
United Nations Assembly
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
United Nations
America
Korea
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Ridgway
Rep. Gillette Dies in Towanda Home at 71
U.S. Rep. Wil son D. Gillette of Pennsylvania died at his Towanda home at age 71. He had served in Congress since November 1941 and suffered bronchial pneumonia after several months of illness.
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U.S
Gillette
Towanda,Pa
Towanda
Wilson D. Gillette
R-Pa
Congress
Calls Off Wedding of Hutton and Krasna in Hollywood
Betty Hutton ends five day engagement with movie producer Norman Krasna in Hollywood. Hutton confirms the wedding is canceled and declines further comment.
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Hollywood
Betty Hutton
Norman Krasna
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Blaik
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Ohio
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