Wisconsin Council Advances State Civil Defense Plan
The Wisconsin legislative council unanimously approves creating a study committee to draft state civil defense legislation before the 1951 session. It also seeks a state guard, family allowances for activated servicemen, and an earlier primary election date. Senators Warren Knowles and Melvin Laird sponsor.
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Madison
Wisconsin Legislative Council
Warren Knowles
New Richmond
Melvin Laird
Marshfield
Knowles
Laird
Wisconsin
Armed Services
Car loses wheel in fatal crash near Fond du Lac
A 1938 car traveling north on highway 41 lost a wheel and struck two Milwaukee bound Greyhound buses, killing Earl Simon 34 his wife Betty his mother Nellie Simon 56 and three children James 11 Robert 9 and David 3. Six bus passengers were treated for injuries. The father died later at St Agnes hospital.
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Fond du Lac
Here
Earl Simon
Betty
Nellie Simon
James
Robert
David
St. Agnes Hospital
Simon
Highway 41
Greyhound
Northern Lights Give Dazzling Sky Displays
A brilliant display of northern lights arched across the heavens Saturday night for several hours, with bright green and blue streamers. The aurora borealis caused radio and telegraph disturbances for several hours and disrupted teletype circuits during the day.
Auto Pioneer Ransom E Olds Critically Ill at Home
Lansing report states 86 year old automobile pioneer Ransom E Olds remains critically ill and weakening at his home due to complications of age.
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Auto Pioneer
Lansing
Ransom E. Olds
Burma surgeon Dr Seagrave held amid rebel aid inquiry
Dr Gordon S Seagrave famed Burma surgeon is held on suspicion of aiding Karen rebels in Rangoon He will face a Burmese court and is in undisclosed jail The U S embassy says the arrest is a serious matter and he is in good health and receiving good treatment Read at Namkham near the China Burma border with Naw Seng implicated in fleeing across the border
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Rangoon
Gordon S. Seagrave
Burma
Seagrave
U. S
Namkham
Chinaurma
Joseph Stilwell
India
Naw Seng
Kachin
Lucas Promises Anti Red Action In Senate Agenda
Democratic leaders in Washington tag anti red measures for action this week or next to defeat Republican efforts to add provisions to the economic controls bill. Senate plan includes home front controls, a federal highway aid bill, family allowance for enlisted men, and a debate on internal security if tax approval slips. McCarran's security bill to be debated, administration bill possible replacement. House pending anti communist bill also urged for vote this week.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
McCarran
D-Nev
Judiciary Committee
Mundt
R-Sd
Ferguson
R-Mich
House
un-American Activities Committee
Representative Davis proposes deportation for draft dodgers
Washington lawmaker Rep. Dav is R Wisconsin proposed today the arrest and deportation of aliens who claim exemption from military service. He said under present law an alien may escape the draft by claiming he never intends to become a citizen.
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Washington
Davis
Wis
Senate Approves War Plant Powers in Mobilization Bill
The Senate voted to grant President Truman broad authority to improve government owned war plants and to restrict credit, allocate scarce materials, and impose wage and price ceilings if needed. Administration leaders expected swift approval, while the CIO warned such amendments would cost consumers billions and shift the anti inflation bill toward guaranteed profits.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Edwin Co. Johnson
D-Cole
House
CIO
Mrs Minnie Carr Succumbs in West
E N Churchill of 807 13th Avenue relays word of the death of his sister Mrs Minnie Beatrice Cole Carr 81 in Cloverdale California on Saturday night. Born April 8 1869 in Monroe she was educated at Monroe High School and Hannaman College Chicago. She married Dr George William Cole in 1891 in Monroe later moving to Guerneville California after his death she married a Mr Carr now deceased. She leaves a daughter Mrs Fred Drake of Geyserville Calif two grandchildren and five great grandchildren. One brother Charles and another Will died in 1905 and 1900. Funeral arrangements are expected in Guerneville.
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E. N. Churchill
13Th Avenue
Minnie Beatrice Cole Carr
Cloverdale
Calif
Carr
Norman
Anna Sherman Churchill
Monroe
Monroe High School
Hannaman College
Chicago
George William Cole
Guerneville
Fred Drake
Geyserville
Churchill
Charles
Will
Arthur P. Benkett
Rising Stock List Hit by Late Trading
New York markets swung late in the day as early gains around two dollars a share were trimmed to small losses. Motors led the day with better performance while overall volume remained lively during the rise and cooled as prices fell.
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New York
Motors
Russians Supplied NKorea Gun Captured by U N Front Line
Infantrymen of the 35th regiment seized a brand new 1950 model Russian machine gun. The weapon was turned over to United Nations forces and will be flown to Lake Success, New York, as evidence of Soviet military aid to North Korea.
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U. S
Korea
United Nations
Lake Success
New York
Soviet Union
North Korea
New Monroe Water System Boosts Pressure With New Well and Tank
Monroe officials activated a new 531 ft deep well and a 563000 gallon elevated tank east of St Clare hospital boosting city water pressure by about eight psi at 8 25 p m. The project adds a third above ground reservoir and total storage of 850000 gallons ensuring fire protection and reliable supplies as city engineers and contractors completed pump house, reservoirs, and new mains. State hygiene tests confirmed the water from the new well and tank is 100 percent pure.
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Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Rosa
Highway 59
Joseph Eggerer
5Th Avenue
Dick Oudenhofen Construction Co
Kaukauna
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co
City Hall
State Hygiene Department
Losses of 11 000 Renored During Three Day Battle
North Korean forces suffered a minimum of 11 000 casualties with estimates reaching 15 000 over three days as they pressed UN lines in South Korea. MacArthur HQ noted no change in the situation while Pyongyang radio warned of counterattacks on all sectors. Allied reports tallied hundreds of enemy dead and highlighted tank losses and naval engagements off the south coast amid renewed southward ambushes.
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Tokyo
United Nations
South Korea
Taegu
MacArthur
Pyongyang
Pohang
U.S
Kumhwa
Changnyong
Chinju-Masan
Four Green County crashes injure one person
One man remained hospitalized after four Green County traffic accidents investigated yesterday by highway police. Otto Widmer of route 4 suffered a broken right collarbone when his car left highway 81 east of the Junction house at 3 30 p m He veered to avoid a slow moving vehicle then struck a bank and a pole after rolling along a ditch. Other crashes involved Arthur Wilde of Chicago and James A Rodrick of Juda on highway 11 81 two and a half miles east of Juda at 11 15 a m, A J Vollbrecht of Newton Kansas and John Schoesser of Milwaukee near a railroad crossing east of Jutla on highway 1181, and a hit and run on highway 69 north of Monroe at 1 50 a m Sunday when Elmer Cory’s car was struck as Mrs Cory moved to the shoulder to avoid the oncoming vehicle.
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Green County
Otto Widmer
Route 4
Highway 81
Widmer
Arthur Wilde
Chicago
James A. Roderick
Juda
A. J. Vollbrecht
Newton
Kas
John Schoesser
Milwaukee
Jutla
Monroe
Elmer Cory
7207Th Avenue
Iowa Pair Dead in Durand Head-On Collision
Two men from Clinton Iowa Claude D Hart 74 and Paul Hart 70 and Erving L Guth 58 from Stoughton Wisconsin were killed in a head on crash two miles east of Durand. The Hart brothers were en route to the Wisconsin state fair in Milwaukee.
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Rockford
Iowa
Wisconsin
Durand
Claude D. Hart
Paul
Clinton
Erving L. Guth
Stoughton
Harts
Milwaukee
Atrocity Hill Battle Ends Threat To Taegu In Korean War
Hal Boyle recalls the four day fight on hill 303 near Waegwan that halted a push toward Taegu by 1st Cavalry Division. American prisoners were executed in a ravine, the hill earning its brutal nickname. The battle stopped a feared breach near the Naktong River and preserved the South Korean capital.
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Hal Boyle Taegu
Korea
Tunisia
Tronia
Sicily
Monte Cassino
Italy
Mount Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Sugar Loaf Hill
Okinawa
Naktong River
Taegu
South Korea
United States First Cavalry Division
Waegwan
Runaway Grain Wagon Kills Farm Hand in Oostburg
Cornelius Van Sluis, 66, of Oostburg was killed when a runaway grain wagon threw him off and the iron wheels passed over his body in Fond du Lac area. The accident occurred today on a farm, with no immediate witnesses reported.
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Fond du Lac
Cornelius van Sluis
Oostburg
Jacob Voegeli Cow Represents Swiss In State Fair Exhibit
One of the Brown Swiss cows from the Jacob Voegeli herd at Monticello is showcased as a leading Wisconsin lifetime milk producer at the 1950 state fair in West Allis. The exhibit by the Wisconsin Dairymen's association highlights six top dairy breeds with owners listed for Ayrshire Holstein-Friesian Guernsey Brown Swiss Milking Shorthorn and Jersey. The cows average 14 years old with lifetime production of about 5,378 pounds of butterfat.
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Jacob Voegeli
Monticello
Wisconsin
West Allis
Wisconsin Dairymen’s Association
Ayrshire
Hacker’ Brothers
Brillion
Holstein-Friesian
J. H. Lichtenwalner
Barron Guernsey
William H. Basse
Waukesha
Brown Swiss
Voegels
Marquart Brothers
Milton Junction
Jersey
University of Wisconsin
Twining Named Deputy Staff Chief in Washington
Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, a Monroe native, becomes deputy chief of staff in charge of personnel for the Air Force with headquarters at the Pentagon. He transferred from command of defense forces in the Alaska theater July 12 and will reside at Fort Myer after Sept. 1. Mrs. Twining is hospitalized for knee injury treatment following a fall in Anchorage last May.
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Nathan F. Twining
Monroe
Air Force
Pentagon
Washington
Twining
Alaskan
Alaska
Mediterranean
Pacific
Twinings
Ft. Myer
Red China Demands U N Seat Amid Korean Talks
The Chinese government formally seeks UN representation in the Korean talks. Foreign Minister Chou En-lai sent a telegram to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie and to Jakob Malik of the Security Council as delegates convene in another closed session to resolve the stalemate over Korea.
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Lake Success
Red China
United Nations
Chou En-lai
U. N
Trygve Lie
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Security Council
Truman Seeks New Push to Avert National Rail Strike
President Truman orders labor mediation with John R. Steelman to reunite railroad management and unions. Talks aim to end a 17 month dispute over pay and hours affecting terminals in Louisville Cleveland and St Paul with walkouts planned on Elgin Joliet and Eastern and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie lines.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Louisville
Cleveland
St. Paul
Alse
Union
Elgin
Waukegan
Carnegie-Illinois
Gary
South Chicago
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Dr. Seagrave
Minnie Carr
West
New City
City Water Board
John A. Becker
Robert L. Rote
George Mauerman
F. A. Buehler
H. L. Schindler
Gorder
Morton Sobell
Laredo
Tex
Sobell
Mexico
FBI
Klaus Fuchs
Russell Brines
Chinju
Pusan
Mountain Point
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
Haman
U. S 25Th Infantry Division
Masan
China
Yongchung Island
Inchon
Seoul
Kim Il Sung
U.N. Seat
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