Monroe Youthful Musicians Busy Weekend Across Three Cities
Four Monroe girls join the all state band program at the Wisconsin centennial exposition in West Allis this afternoon. Local students perform in university clinics in Madison and participate in the Chicago Music Festival. The Krauss sisters Virginia Kathryn Janet and Mildred headline a woodwind trio at State Fair park while Jean Babler and Patricia Green pair on bassoon and piano. Charlotte Etter and Lyndon Viel Jr. join state chorus and orchestra, with 125 performers in Madison. Don Wayne Fritz and Mary Ann Huber head to Chicago for festival piano events with the Burkhalter Accordion band premiering at Soldiers Field.
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Monroe
West Allis
University of Wisconsin School of Music
Chicago
State Fair Park
Krauss
Virginia
Kathryn Janet
Mildred
Gottlob Krauss
15Th Avenue
Jean Babler
Monroe High School
Patricia Green
Jean
Lee C. Babler
18Th Street
Patricia
James Green
25Th Avenue
Green
Charlotte Etter
Rolland R. Etter
17Th Avenue
State Music Clinic
Madison
Lyndon Viel Jr
Lyndon C. Viel
16Th Avenue
New Glarus
Soldiers Field
Wisconsin
Don Wayne Fritz
Clifford M. Fritz
Lith Street
Mary Ann Huber
Highway 11 Bridge Contract Approved Near Browntown
Governor Rennebohm approves four bridge contracts over the Pecatonica river and nearby creeks as part of Highway 11 relocation from Browntown to Dill. L. G. Arnold Co. of Eau Claire bids $294,162 for the work. Dixon Construction Co. of Albany wins two highway contracts in Iowa County and Crawford County grants grading and bituminous surfacing on highway 131 between Steuben and Gays Mills.
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Pecatonica River
Skinner and Jordan Creeks
Browntown
Rennebohm
L. G. Arnold Company
Eau Claire
Dill
Dixon Construction Co
Albany
Iowa County
Turner and Son
Boscobel
Crawford County
Steuben
Gays Mills
Truman Orders Study Of Air Lines Industry
President Truman ordered a government financial study of the entire air transport industry after a White House briefing with top officials of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Budget Bureau. He said he is extremely interested in how the industry can finance its immediate needs and long term development.
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Washington
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Civil Aeronautics Board
Budget Bureau
White House
Centennial Fetes Three States At Wisconsin Exposition
Milwaukee today marks Minnesota Iowa and Indiana day at the Wisconsin centennial exposition. If delegations match yesterday’s Illinois contingent, about 75 000 out of state visitors may attend State Fair park. Exposition director Ralph E Ammon reported around 25 000 Illinois residents in the crowd, bringing total to 60 000 by evening. Wisconsin pioneers mingled with youth, some on their 50th fair visit. Rural schools supplied 58 one roomers rewarded for Wisconsin’s 100 famous people contest. Bid winners in rural youth poultry include Billie Maher Basco Don Halbach Waterford James Elphick Whitewater Harry Papcke Elkhorn Joseph Welch Jr Slinger and Joan Tesch Waukesha. Eleanor Gramling Dousman won blue for grand champion two year old Holstein. Other junior livestock winners include Richard Graber Mineral Point Lydia Lu Miller Lodi Donald Peterson Scandinavia David Brunner Leopolis Dean Krull Lake Mills George Weidman Cedarburg and Russell Skogan Mr Horeb. Val Bast and Son Rothfield Wis and Frank C Rathje Palatine Ill swept the Percheron horse show. The Bast A was judged best horse Rathje's Koncarann the past mare.
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Milwaukee
Minnesota
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Chicago
State Fair Park
Ralph E. Ammon
Wisconsin
Billie Maher
Basco
J. Don Halbach
Waterford
James Elphick
Whitewater
Harry Papcke
Elkhorn
Joseph Welch Jr
Slinger
Joan Tesch
Waukesha
Eleanor Gramling
Dousman
Horeb
Val Bast and Son Farms
Rothfield
Wis
Frank C. Rathje
Palatine
Rathje
Chile and Russia Arrange Diplomat Exchange Date
A diplomatic source says Chile and Russia will exchange diplomats on August 27. Chilean envoys have been blocked in Moscow while Russian diplomats remain in Santiago since Chile severed relations last October.
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Santiago
Chile
Moscow
Russia
Berlin Clash and Civil Unrest Amid Berlin Blockade
British and American military police repelled two Soviet forays into their zones in Berlin. Across the city 20 000 German workers protested rising living costs, and a Russian backed city labor head resisted anti communist union powers. Western powers prepare a Berlin settlement response in Moscow.
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Kreuzberg
Potsdamer Platz
Frankfurt
Trade Union Federation
U.S
Christian Democratic Union
CDU
Jacob Kaiser
Red Sea
Russia
Kaiser
London
Kremlin
Moscow
Two New Polio Cases Reported in Milwaukee Area
Two new polio cases were reported yesterday in Milwaukee. One case, a Shorewood boy, led to the voluntary two week closure of Joy Farm day camp on the north side after it was learned the child had attended Monday.
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Milwaukee
Shorewood
Joy Farm
Inflation Fades in Farm Prices with Livestock Peak
Experts say farm prices may not rise soon as crops show plentiful yields and overall index trends diverge across groups. Livestock remains the exception with meat prices staying high for months. Analysts, business leaders, and farmers monitor indicators to gauge broader economic direction.
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New York
Wall Street
Associated Press
Tobin Joins Truman Cabinet As Labor Secretary
Maurice J Tobin, former Massachusetts governor, accepted the post of secretary of labor amid White House hopes he will mobilize the labor vote in November. The 47 year old Democrat, known for defeating James M Curley in Boston and surpassing Roosevelt's Massachusetts tally, will push the party stance on Taft Hartley repeal. He will be sworn in tomorrow.
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Washington
Truman
Maurice J. Tobin
Tobin
Massachusetts
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
New
Bay State
Roosevelt
Senate
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Air Waves Jammed By Reds in Europe
State department officials report evidence that Soviet jamming of Voice of America broadcasts to Russia originated inside the USSR. European monitors say interference affects broadcasts to the far east, prompting quiet diplomatic handling and hopes to avoid a mutual escalation.
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Washington
Voice of America
Russia
State Department
Europe
United States
Moscow
Far East
European
Soviet Union
Ruling On Nomination Papers Clarifies Circulation Rules
Madison attorney general Grover Broadfoot announced that signers of nomination papers need not circulate the papers personally. In a Milwaukee County opinion to District Attorney William McCauley, he said minors may circulate but may not sign papers.
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Madison
Grover Broadfoot
William McCauley
Milwaukee County
Two Fighters Reach Semis of Olympic Ring Warfare
London reports America wins two championships in yachting and advances two boxers to ring semi finals. U S sailors dominate with top placements in five yachting classes while Wallace Smith and Horace Herring reach semis, and Edward Johnson and Jay Lambert exit. Substantial U S efforts in equestrian canoeing and gymnastics accompany the day’s events.
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London
America
Uncle Sam
Torquay
Hilarius
United States
Wallace Smith
Cincinnati
Horace Herring
St. Petersburg
Fla
U. S
Edward Johnson
Kansas City
Longtime Monroe Grocer John Duebendorfer Dies at 80
John Duebendorfer 80 of 1203 9th Street died this morning at Green County Home from age related illness after two years of failing health. He partnered with Fred Zinser in Zinser and Duebendorfer for 27 years, retiring in 1925 but often returning as a clerk until two years ago. He began in 1890 with Schindler brothers grocery, witnessed multiple ownership changes, and later his store moved to 1516 11th Street, now Purcell's grocery. He served in Co H rifle teams and helped at the 1902 armory dedication. Born March 29 1868 in Jordan Township, he married Louisa on July 30 1896 in Monroe.
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John Duebendorfer
9Th Street
Monroe
Green County
Duebendorfer
Fred Zinser
Zinser and Duebendorfer
Monroe Clinic
16Th Avenue
L1th Street
Purcell’s Grocery
Old Co. H
Jordan Township
Rudolph
Dorothy Hagermann Duebendorfer
New Glarus
Louisa
Brodhead Boy Injured In Bicycle Auto Crash
William Schuster a 14 year old Brodhead resident is hospitalized at St. Clare after his bicycle collided with a backing car in Brodhead. He was thrown under the vehicle and his right leg was severely lacerated though the car did not run over him. His condition is stated as good. He is the son of Sgt and Mrs Harold Schuster whose father recently joined the army in Chicago.
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William Schuster
Brodhead
St. Clare Hospital
William
Harold Schuster
Chicago
Army Rules: No Volunteers after Draft Notice
The Army states volunteers who have received a draft notice cannot enlist. Four peacetime draft rules include a pre induction physical, a three week minimum from exam to call, and a 120 day window to reexamine if not called. Examinations determine fitness, and a general classification sets mental capacity with a minimum score of 70. Where possible inductees may choose their service branch.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
John E. Binger Dies at 80 in Monroe Area
John E. Binger, 80, died at 6 30 this morning at his daughter’s home on Highway 69 north of Monroe after five years of heart illness. Born June 25 1868 in Cadiz Township, he lived in Cadiz, Shullsburg, Browntown, Monroe, St Paul, then back to Monroe Chesebro home. Survived by widow Grace, daughter Chesebro three grandchildren two great grandchildren and siblings Lottie Zanders and Mrs Arnot Charles and Stanley Binger. Funeral at 2 pm Saturday at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev Earl Remaly officiating burial Cadiz cemetery.
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John E. Binger
Kay Chesebro
Washington Township
Highway 69
Monroe
Cadiz Township
Jeremiah
Sarah Buchanan Binger
Monroe Methodist
Grace Montgomery
Shullsburg
Browntown
Binger
Oat Yield Reported At Spring Grove Farm 107 Bushels
Record oat yields continue to be reported in Green county. George L Haman farm in Spring Grove township yielded 107 bushels per acre. Haman resident at Juda reported the result. Tenant Jay Nenneman had 10 acres planted to Clinton oats.
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Green County
George L Haman
Spring Grove Township
Mr. Haman
Juda
Jay Nenneman
Russian schoolteacher case delays New York habeas ruling
State Supreme Court Justice Samuel Dickstein reserved decision on a writ of habeas corpus to free a Russian schoolteacher held at the Soviet consulate. The court seeks guidance from the state department amid international questions over diplomatic immunity and status.
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State Supreme Court
Christopher Emmet
Counsul
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Samuel Dickstein
Washington
Russia
New York Court
State Department
Thomas E. Dewey
Dickstein
Alexandra Tolstoy
The
Tolstoy Foundation
House
UN American Activities Committee
Thomas
R-Nj
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
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