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Tocal News
Lu Cy
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson County
Stephenson ‘County
Ill
Green county marks 20th anniversary pheasant stocking
Sportsmen Builders Sportsmen of Green county celebrated a 20th anniversary of the first pheasant stocking project with 1,200 birds distributed along streams. The program began in 1929 when 350 pheasants were bought from Iowa pens by Izaak Walton League members and later run by the Rod and Gun club with state conservation aid.
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Green County
Iowa
Izaak Walton League
Rod and Gun Club
State Conservation Department
Rod and Gun Group
Cedarville Marks Century With Community Celebration
Cedarville, a village near Monroe in Illinois, celebrated 100 years of community life with a program recounting its history since founder George Sigen laid out the town in 1849. The event praised Cedarville’s enduring enterprise and mellow progress, noting notable figures like Jane Addams and continued district goodwill.
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Cedarville
Monroe
Illinois
Wee
George Sigen
Cedar Creek
Janet Addams
Vandenberg warns Legion on peacetime military readiness
Gen Hoyt Vandenberg, Milwaukee native and head of the air force, told American Legion delegates that military security cannot be bought as a luxury. He warned that the nation must maintain a ready peacetime military, lest allies falter and victory hinge on rapid self reliance rather than wartime aid. He urged Congress to reflect on foreign aid and the Truman era arms budget as insufficient substitutes for a self-reliant defense.
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Hoyt Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Europe
Congress
Wisconsin men elected to national Eagles posts at convention
Two Wisconsin men were elected Saturday to national offices in the Fraternal Order of Eagles at the closing sessions of the annual convention. Phil Bunker of Fond du Lac was chosen a grand trustee and Judge Albert Schmidt of Majonee was named a grand aerie justice.
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Etroit —Ury
Order of Eagles
Phil Bunker
Fond du Lac
Albert Schmidt
Majonee
Green County News Highlights August 15 1939
Ten years ago on August 15 1939 a Nevada streamliner wreck left twenty dead and 114 injured while a suspect questioned after rail trouble. The Green County Fair reported a solid financial showing, Ina Merle Yost wed Fay Teuscher, Glen Hoff earned the Eagle palm, the first girl born at St. Clare named Tate Ann, and the Marty family marked a golden wedding at New Glarus.
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Nevada
Green County
Ina Merle Yost
Fay E. Teuscher
Glen Hoff
Martin Gristensen
St. Clare Hospital
Tate Ann
John C. Martys
New Glarus
Will Rogers Legend Grows 14 Years After Crash Death
Will Rogers, fourteen years after dying in an Alaska crash, grows as a U S legend in Hollywood memory. The piece recalls his humor, wit, and traits, noting earnings of 3.5 million from films, a common touch, and anecdotes from colleagues like Joel McCrea. It contrasts his era with radio’s rise and preserves his famous quips.
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Will Rogers
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Point Barrow
Alaska
U. S
Kidder
Santa Monica Mountains
Joel McCrea
Rogers
Son i
Lake Tahoe
McCrea
Levery
Winfield Sheehan
Sheehan
Rogers Ranch
Will
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
FDR
Brain Trust
Bang
Rodie
Mark Twain
West Point
U N Secretary General warns against third world war talk
U N chief Dag Hammarskjold urged an end to talk of a third World War at a Saturday rally in New York. He said he does not foresee such a war, though future political storms are possible, and warned big powers to avoid dangerous displays of force. He noted leaders understand the danger of "playing with fire" and emphasized sobriety in postwar politics. He spoke before returning to New York.
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Upennagen—Vry—Arygve Lie
United Nations
Lie
Berlin
New York
Rail Freight Boost Takes Effect September First
Washington reports that railroads will implement a four percent general freight rate increase on September 1. The Association of American Railroads filed notices with the Interstate Commerce Commission and at freight stations nationwide to satisfy the 15 day publication rule. The rise is expected to add about 293 million dollars annually to railroad freight bills, coinciding with a 10 hour work week extension for non operating employees.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Commission
Larson Elected By State Legion
Charles L. Larson former Port Washington mayor was chosen Wisconsin state Legion commander for a second year receiving 500 votes to 238 for Evans Barnett and 172 for Fred Wurl. Larson heads the state Americanism committee and succeeds John O Melia Rhinelander. Delegates elected Duxbury South Milwaukee Boen Fond du Lac Schroeder Eau Claire Hopkins, with Urban Baer Cashton as chaplain. A Milwaukee backed anti communist resolution failed.
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Muwauxee
Wisconsin
Department of the American Legion
Legion
Charles L. Larson
Port Washington
Larson
Ffor Evans Barnett
Boscobel
Fred T. Wurl
Wauwatosa
John O’melia
Rhinelander
Fred Duxbury
Sheboygan Falls
James Boen
Milwaukee
George Schroeder
Fond du Lac
A. J
Jack) Hopkins
Eau Claire
Urban Baer
Cashton
Congress
Gerhart Eisler
Allen Martin
Auxiliary
Martin Wiemer
Independence
E. J. Shellman
Oconto Falls
Fred Schimmel
William Berry
Green Bay
Edgar Paulsen
Kiel
Major Nelson Attending Air School at Maxwell Field
Major N O Nelson is among eight Wisconsin officers in the fifth regular course of the Air University Air Command and Staff School at Maxwell Air Field Base Alabama. He previously served two years in Alaska as wing director of materiel and is the son of Mr and Mrs Louis A Nelson of Argyle. His wife Margeret Haesler resides at 703 16th Avenue Monroe, while he remains assigned at Maxwell.
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Swenan A. Iverson
Argyle
Wisconsin
Air University
Air Command and Staff School
Maxwell Air Field Base
Alabama
Margeret Haesler
John Hacplers Jr
16Th Avenue
Monroe
Maxwell
Nelson
Louis A. Nelson
Margaret Mitchell Fares Better in Critical Condition
Atlanta reports novelist Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, remains in critical condition but shows improvement. A family member says she is somewhat better, receiving a blood transfusion and nourishment via tube feeding as she recovers.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Peekskill girl dies after softball game injury
A 13 year old Peekskill girl named Carol Valentino died following a brain injury from a foul ball during a girls softball game. More than 100 people had answered a radio appeal for blood donors as she struggled in and out of hospitals after the injury. An operation at Grasslands hospital revealed a deep brain vein rupture.
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Peekskill
Carol Valentino
Grasslands
Here
Policeman Slain Public Enemy Held
Louisville reports Earl D. Bircham 45, named as public enemy No. 1 by the FBI, held after a fatal shooting of Patrolman John H. Tennyson and wounding of Patrolman Joan A. Ross. Bircham faces murder and malicious shooting charges. sought for robberies in Kansas and Tennessee totaling over $59,000. FBI notes multiple prison escapes.
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Louisville
FBI
Carl Heustis
Earl D. Bircham
Bircham
Kansas
Tennessee
John H. Tennyson
General Hospital
Joan A. Ross
Fred Hathorn
Kansas State Penitentiary
Nashville
Insurance Dividend Forms Ready Aug. 29
Veterans Administration announces that life insurance special dividends forms will be available at all post offices and veteran service organizations on Monday August 29. Veterans with a service serial number can complete the simple application in minutes. Dividend payments begin after January 1.
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Wwe Vaional Service Life Insurance
Veterans Administration
V.A
A. A. Chilson Dies in Janesville at 58
A. A. Chilson, former Monroe High School football star and Janesville businessman, died Saturday at Mercy Hospital after months of illness. Survived by wife, son Alfred, two daughters, four grandchildren, sister Mae Buckholz, and brother Harry Chilson. Funeral set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at St. Peter's Lutheran with Rev. Rex. calling tonight at Overton Funeral Home.
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Monroe Mgn
A. A. Chilson
Janesville
Mercy
Alfred
John Barry
Robert Tullar
Mae Buckholz
Monroe
Dayton
Harry Chilson
Beloit
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Harrison C. Rex
Overton Funeral
Hawaii May Unload Ship with Non-Unionists
The Hawaiian strike contends with a government unloading rumor as the freighter Hawaiian Merchant may be unloaded today by non union labor. 2000 CIO International longshoremen's and warehousemen's union members seek a 32 cent hourly raise from a $1.40 base while seven stevedoring firms offer increases up to 14 cents, rejected by the union.
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CIO International
Robbers Hold Up Salem Crossroads Store for 41500
Two gunmen robbed a country general store at Salem Crossroads South Carolina Sunday night. They bound storekeeper Wash Ladd and escaped with 41500 taken from his pockets, the cash register, and a tin box in his upstairs bedroom, with pursuit spreading to Charlotte North Carolina.
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Salem Crossroads
S. C
Charlotte
N. C
Wash Ladd
Prank by Policeman Costs Him His Life
In Cuarnsourg ve a Clarks burg, Patrolman Chester Shack was fatally shot after a prank by Patrolman Robert Lee Fawley, 35, who was jailed on an open charge. Chief E. G. Amsler said Shack threw a blackjack at Fawley to scare him, leading Fawley to draw his 38 revolver and shoot. Shack died later in hospital.
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Cuarnsourg
Clarksburg
E.G. Amsler
Chester Shack
Robert Lee Fawley
Amsler
Shack
Fawley
Water power at record low in Wisconsin utility report
Wisconsin Public Service Corp reports total water power generation for the 12 months ending March 1934 falls below normal and even below the poorest year on record. President C. E. Kohlhepp cites 10 inches of accumulated rainfall deficiency, low groundwater, and reservoirs at 75 percent capacity, delaying any average hydroelectric output.
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Millwaukee
Wisconsin Public Service Corp
C. E. Kohlhepp
Wisconsin River
Australian coal miners end seven week strike
Sydney reports 24,000 Australian coal miners returned to work after a seven week stoppage that began June 27, with demands for shorter hours and higher pay referred to arbitration. They sought a five hour weekly cut to 35 hours and a 15 percent pay raise, but gained nothing from the strike.
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Sydney
Australia
Idle Hour Farm Daniel 94688 Sold in County Milk Outlook Rises
Oliver Flint of Argyle purchased the bull Idle Hour Farm Daniel 94688 from John Schlappi of Winslow. The transfer is recorded with the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders association in Beloit. 1949 farm milk output may rise one to two percent over 115.5 billion pounds despite fewer cows. Average milk per cow in dairy herds continues to reach new highs due to heavier concentrates and more cows being milked.
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Oliver Flint
Argyle
BAE
Tom Thumb First American Steam Locomotive Debuts in 1830
The Tom Thumb, the first American built steam locomotive for passengers, achieved its initial run in Baltimore during August 1830 marking a milestone in U.S. rail transport history.
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Baltimore
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