New Light Poles Erected at Park
Park workers and officials watched as 80 to 85 foot light poles were hoisted into place by a Reynolds Transfer crane in Madison. The project hinges on a 15,000 volt cable expected from the east, with Illinois Central officials estimating 10 days to two weeks for delivery. Ten poles will bear lights with three along each infield line and four across the outfield, while a General Electric representative will finalize focusing once operation begins.
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Recreation Park
Park Board
Robert Richardson
Eee Sonne
En Jogram — Recei
Illinois Central Railway
Hewae
Reynolds Transfer Co
Madison
Helmer Spilde
O. T. Havey Co
Havey
R. J. Manke
Richardson
Manke
Henry Tschudy
General Electric Supply Corp
Havey |i
Barn Fire Destroys Farm Hay at Gordon Farm Near Darlington
A large barn on the Gilman Gordon farm six miles south of Darlington burned yesterday morning. The blaze’ cause is undetermined. The last hay stored Saturday was destroyed. Neighbors helped rescue calves. The Darlington rural fire crew and neighbors supplied water to the 300 gallon pumper.
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Darlington
Gilman Gordon
Darlington Rural Community Fire Truck
Wisconsin Cheese Prices Edge Up Amid Weak Demand
Madison market news reports Wisconsin American cheese demand light with prices barely steady to firm. Prices shown include 1. c. 1: daisies 35 4-36 percent, longhorns 35 42-37, square prints 36-37, midgets 87 4-38 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
1. C
White House Plans Aid Spending in Hardest Hit Districts
The White House announced targeted spending in areas with unemployment at 12 percent or higher. Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman released a letter detailing planned aid for New Bedford Massachusetts Worcester Massachusetts Providence Rhode Island Waterbury Connecticut Bridgeport Connecticut Utica Rome New York Scranton Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Muskegon Michigan Knoxville Tennessee and noted plans to add more markets with high jobless rates.
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White House
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Bureau of Employment Security
New Bedford
Mass
Worcester
Providence
Waterbury
Emil Elmer Dies At Hospital Here
Emil Elmer 65 of Monticello died at 4 this morning in St. Clare hospital after a long illness from diabetes. He was born July 17 1884 in Washington township, married Anna Bidlingmaier in 1908, farmed there until 1938, then retired to Monticello. Survived by widow and a niece Sylvia Young. funeral Thursday at Voegeli and Zwingli churches with interment in Highland Cemetery.
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Washington Township
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Loveland
Anna M. Bidlingmaier
Washington
Town of
Voegeli
Rome
Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed Church
A. R. Achtemeier
Highland Cemetery
Highway 11 Opens Part Way on Gravel Section
Highway 11 at Browntown Hill opens to traffic with the Pecatonica River bridge completed by P W Ryan Sons of Janesville. Surfacing near the east end finished. west side likely resumed Thursday as gravel tracks cross the structure. Two bridges over Skinner creek use chloride to curb dust. black topping planned next year after winter fills settle.
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P. W. Ryan Sons
Janesville
Pecatonica River
Skinner Creek
Turnbull resigns from Packers board after long service
Andrew B. Turnbull the first president of the Green Bay Packers resigned from the club's board of directors and executive committee. He has been linked with the team since its 1923 incorporation.
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QUITS
Packers
Green Bay
Andrew B.turnbull
Green Bay Packers
National Football League
Turnbull
Foreign Aid Bill Reaches Final Approval Stage
The multimillion dollar foreign recovery bill speeds toward congressional action after stormy Senate passage. Differences between Senate and House versions narrow, with key disputes on money totals, German plant review, watchdog funding, and Chinese student aid set to be reconciled.
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Senate
Tydings
D-Md
Kem
House
Germany
Congressional Committee
Vandenberg Seeks Halved Arms Fund Proposal
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan urged a 50 percent cash cut in the first year cost of the western European arms program. He asked for about 580 million in cash from Congress with the rest in contract authorizations to be funded later, arguing Truman’s budget already covers most first year needs. Secretary Johnson contended that 1.45 billion is required to safeguard U S security, voicing firm support for the full amount before the joint committee.
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Vandenberg
R-Mich
Michigan
Defense
Louis Johnson
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Truman
Johnson
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Armed Services Committee
United States
Churchill Plans Move to Enlarge European Union Council
Winston Churchill arrives to press for admitting western Germany to the Council of Europe. Founding members discuss an assembly that may evolve into a European union with supranational powers. Greece and Turkey join, Iceland awaits ratification. aims include a United States of Europe.
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No Early Relief From Heat Likely
Central and southern Wisconsin face continued heat and humidity with temperatures near 90 degrees. After a 92 degree high yesterday, the coolest hour only dropped 20 degrees before warming again. A brief cool spell may arrive late tomorrow as a narrow air mass moves east from the Rockies, but the sweltering belt from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic coast remains.
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Monroe
Great Lakes
Rockies
Dakotas
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Joint Staff Chiefs Back in Washington to Testify
The Joint Chiefs of Staff return to Washington aboard the Independence and will meet with Defense Secretary Johnson before testifying tomorrow before the Senate Armed Forces Committee. Generals Bradley and Vandenberg and Admiral Denfeld describe their 10 day European conferences with Atlantic pact nations as a grand start toward unified collective security.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Europe
Omar N. Bradley
Army
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Denfeld
Naval Tians
Truman
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Independence
Defense
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Senate Armed Forces Committee
Kim Koo assassination yields life sentence for killer
Seoul reports Lt. Ahn Doo Hi, 33, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the June 26 assassination of nationalist leader Kim Koo. He testified he killed the exiled Korean government president after learning Kim aimed to overthrow the present regime.
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Ahn Doo Hi
Kim Koo
Ahn
Korean Fingernment
Kim
Lovett Denies Outside Sponsors for B-36 Flight
Lovett A Lovett former assistant secretary of war for air testified before the house armed services committee that no outside influence influenced the B-36 bomber program in 1941. He said the B 36 originated with air corps planners in August 1941 to achieve a 10000 pound bomb load for 10000 miles a contract for designing the plane went to Consolidated Vultee after initial plans from three manufacturers.
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Wry— Lovett A. Lovett
Air
Rouse Armed Services Committee
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Air Corps
U. S
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Co
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Committee Votes Security Tax Hike in Social Security Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee approved raising the social security payroll tax from 1.8 billion to 2.7 billion next year and to about 3.6 billion in 1951, with further increases planned for 1960 1965 and 1970. It also proposed a cost of living rise of about 0 percent for current beneficiaries as part of the expansion to cover 11 million more workers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Smiley Burnette Brings Cowboy Show To Monroe Crowd
Smiley Burnette visited Monroe with his troupe drawing families to Legion grounds amid heat wave. He recalled starting in cinema with Gene Autry in 1934 and noted his 160 western films completed with more to come. Burnette said he won’t team with Autry again, signing with Columbia for the Durango Kid series with Charles Starrett.
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Legion
Monroe
Smiley
Gene Autry
Autry
Columbia Studios
Charles Starret
Miner Lost 13 Days Rescued on Mt Hood Slopes
John Harrison Tracy, 76, an elderly miner from Portland, Ore, was found after 13 days missing in the wilderness on Mt Hood. Rescuers Ray Godleske and Franklin located him in a small hut as others had given up hope. He reportedly kissed the hands of the rescuers.
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Ore
John Harrison Tracy
Mt. Hood
Ray Godleske
Franklin
Welles Rites Set For Sumner Welles Wife in Lausanne
Funeral services for Mrs Sumner Welles wife of the former U S under secretary of state will be held here tomorrow morning Mrs Welles died early yesterday in Lausanne reflecting the loss in a prominent diplomatic family with ties to U S government circles
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Lausanne
Sumner Welle
U.S
Polio Cases Rise Sharply Across Wisconsin
A polio surge reports 32 new cases statewide, totaling 203 for 1949. Marshfield leads with five cases. others in 18 counties report scattered infections. Green Bay sees a fatality of 19 year old Robert La Forge, while Shawano and a Lake Burlington summer camper also face infections and quarantines.
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State Board of Health
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Wood County
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Racine
Waupaca
Marathon
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Winnebago
Chippewa
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la Crosse
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Monroe
St. Croix
Trempealeau
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Waukesha
Rock
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Green Bay
Robert la Forge
St. Norbert College
la Forge
St. Norbert
Madison
Chicago
Bohner's Lake
Burlington
Montana Battles Fire to Standstil
A fierce Montana forest fire near Helena has killed 13 people and burned about 6,000 woodland acres. About 500 firefighters, exhausted after four days, push to complete a final three miles of line and mop up as A D Moir expects full control by tomorrow.
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Moir
Montana
Gates of the Mountains Forest
Louise Suggs Wins All American Women's Open Title
Louise Suggs of Zarrellton Georgia wins the Tom D Shanter All American women's Open at Chicago with a 303 one under par, earning 1200 dollars. Defending champion Babe Zaharias of Denver finishes runner-up with 307 after a final 75.
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Chicago
Louise Suggs
Zarrellton
Tom D'Shanter
Babe Zaharias
Denver
President Aide Privately Recalled in Tanforan Track Case
A 1948 White House meeting involved Maj Gen Harry H Vaughan and housing expediter Francis D Flanagan. Vaughan urged handling the Tanforan California race track permit on its merits and legality, amid cites of scarce building materials and government clearance pressures.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Vaughan
California
Woods
Tanforan
San Francisco
Senate
Truman
Francis D. Flanagan
Frank L. Creedon
Federal
Creedon
Hunt Office
Ringling remains in Chicago in serious condition
Ringling, 1-year-old circus executive Robert Ringling, was reported in serious condition today after a critical seizure Friday. He has received several blood transfusions since being admitted to St. Luke's hospital with a severe internal hemorrhage.
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Chicago
Robert Ringing
St. Luke’s Hospital
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