Spying Probe Turns to Old Farm West Westminster Link Claimed
The House un-American Activities Committee investigates whether Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers shared ties to a Maryland farm near Westminster. A handwriting expert examined a 1936 Rosen signature on Hisss old Ford title as Chambers reiterates Hiss involvement in a prewar underground.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Westminster
Hiss
Maryland
Chambers
Nixon
R-Calif
Hiss-Chambers
Louis Budenz
State Department
the Underground
William Rosen
Rosen
U. S. Backs France on United Europe
The United States expressed strong support for France's push to create an all western European parliament with advisory powers. The Brussels pact members Britain Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg are urged to meet by November to discuss membership recommendations. Also, publisher Frank Gannett entered Highland Hospital in Rochester for rest and checkup.
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Washington
United States
France
State Department
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Gannett IN Hospital
Rochester
Frank Gannett
Highland Hospital
Noisy Welcome for U S Olympic Team Arrival in New York
Five thousand spectators greeted 168 U S Olympic athletes as the Washington arrived ending the harbor celebration for the homecoming of 31 gold medalists including 11 basketball players and Decathlon champion Bob Mathias. Police boats escorted the group while two fire boats displayed. The planned 4 pm parade and reception were canceled due to the docked schedule.
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Vey
G. I
Bob Mathias
Tulare
Calif
Washington
Broker in Slaying Probe Found Dead
The body of Henry M. Brooks, 61, of Greenwich Conn was found in a hotel room in Asbury Park N J with a bullet in his head. Brooks was wanted on a murder charge in the shooting of his business partner Joseph R Watkins in Princeton. Mercer County Prosecutor Mario H Volpe said Watkins a 54 year old lawyer and investment broker had obtained a 72000 judgment against Brooks for losses in joint ventures. Brooks had tried to have the judgment set aside and was bankrupt and under investigation.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Henry M. Brooks
Greenwich
Conn
Brooks
Joseph R. Watkins
Princeton
Mercer County
Mario H. Volpe
Watkins
Volpe Saihe
Yesterda Brooks
Cheese Values Fall on Wisconsin Exchange
Cheese prices slipped on the Wisconsin exchange with state brand cheddars six through forty percent grades down and bids unfilled for junior grade cheddars. Sales covered cars and lots of cheddars from Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin with prices ranging from 39 to 42 percent in various lots.
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Wisconsin Exchange
Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Michigan U. S
Minnesota
U. S
Michigan
Gen Coulter Named Korea Commander Succeeding Hodge
General Coulter a Texas major general with a noted battle record succeeds Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge as U S commander in the southern half of divided Korea. Hodge bids farewell at Kimpo airport and departs for Tokyo en route to reassignment in the United States.
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Texas
John R. Hodge
U. S
Tense
Kore
John Breitling Coulter
Hodge
Kimpo
Tokyo
United States
Rain Breaks Heat Wave Grip In Monroe Area
Heavy rain totaling 0.51 inch in Monroe offered brief relief from a widespread heat wave. Temperatures eased five degrees at noon, but humidity kept conditions hot. scattered showers and a Canadian cold air mass gave only limited relief across Wisconsin.
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Monroe
U. S
Howard J. Thompson
Milwaukee
Canada
Wisconsin
Thompson
Associated Press
Dalton
Hillsboro
la Crosse
Madison
Green County
Brodhead
Juda
Legion Elects Bruni County Commander
Jacob Bruni now Glarus was elected county commander of the American Legion for a two year term by the county council at Moose hall. Theo dor J. Burgy Monroe was named adjutant and finance officer as the council, with posts Albany New Glarus and Monroe, approved. The council authorized buying an electric visual aid for the county nurse and discussed the Zilmer Riley post home project and occupancy by Oct 1.
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Jacob Bruni
Glarus
American Legion
Legion
Moose Hall
Bruni
E. O. Osborne
Albany
Theodor J. Burgy
Monroe
Green County
New Glarus
Zilmer-Riley
Willis Ludlow
Argyle Road
Wesley L. Dodge
Arthur Peterson
Harold Baltzer
Howard Schulz
Milwaukee
Monroe Post
Tropical Hurricane Heads Toward Florida Coast
A growing tropical hurricane, first of the season, churned through the south Atlantic and headed toward Florida's east coast. The storm was about 40 miles northeast of Turks Island, last of the Bahamas chain, described as a real whizzer and several days from the mainland, with strength and path subject to tropical-storm whims.
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Auamie
South Atlantic
Florida
Turks Island
Bahamas
Weather Bureau
Dawes Celebrates 83rd Birthday at Work in Chicago
Vice President Dawes, serving under Calvin Coolidge, marks his 83rd birthday while at work in Chicago. A family party is planned. Dawes remains chairman of City National Bank and Trust Co.
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Dawes
Chicago
Charles Gate
Calvin Coolidge
City National Bank and Trust Co
Green County appoints three to draft board. mass registration planned
Mrs. Clara Ritter announces a three member selective service board for Green County to administer the 1948 draft. New members are Conrad Stauffacher Russell Carter and Paul Neubauer with Stauffacher the sole former wartime member remaining. mass registration begins Monday at 8 a m and runs through Sept 18 with schedules by birth year and weekdays office hours 8 to 5. Volunteers are still needed.
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Green County
Clara Ritter
Selective Service Board
Madison
Conrad Stauffacher
Monticello
Paul W. Neubauer
Monroe
Russell Carter
Juda
Stauffacher
New Glarus
Selective Service Office
Argyle Youth 14 Is Killed Falling From Moving Truck
Arthur Putnam fourteen son of Mr and Mrs Charles Putnam route 2 Argyle was killed when he fell from a moving truck on highway 78 near the junction with highway 26. Sheriff Gaylord Thomas and Lafayette county officials investigated at the scene. Arthur was riding with five other boys and the body was taken to Erickson funeral home Argyle.
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Argyle
Arthur Putnam
Charles Putnam
Wiota
Putnam
East Viota
Gaylord Thomas
Lafayette County
Arthur
Erickson Funeral Home
Hughes Taken Ill at Osterville Resort
Charles Evans Hughes 86 retired chief justice of the United States is seriously ill at a Massachusetts resort. His son said a weak heart became aggravated.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Osterville
Mass
The
United States
Charles Evans Hughes Jr
Communist Throng Again Raids Berlin Assembly Building
Demonstrators in Berlin forced entry into the city hall disrupting the anti communist city council meeting. They pressed for a special committee from communist dominated unions in the Soviet zone to replace the council and threatened to return after cancellation. Western allies planned to request police protection from Maj. Gen. Kotikov to ensure orderly sessions. Soviet charges against U S commandant Howley were dismissed as nonsense.
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Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Kotikov
Frank Howley
U.S
Howley
Jelisarov
Dulles Sees Calm Europe Amid Disputes
Secretary of State nominee Dulles arrives from Amsterdam and says Europe’s political atmosphere is calmer than America. He notes he did not sense war was imminent after attending the World Council of Churches assembly.
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New York
Uty
Yonn Ruster Dulles
Europe
America
Amsterdam
Dulles
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Grain Storage Crisis Threatens Farmers With Losses
Washington reports a severe shortage of grain storage space could cost farmers hundreds of millions in income. Officials estimate up to 1 billion bushels of storage are needed as output soars, with corn belt crops swelling. Without storage, farmers may dump grain below support prices, shifting risk to the government next year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Department
Lightning Sets Barn Ablaze on Weckerly Farm Near Monroe
A lightning strike at 5:15 a m destroyed a 28 by 60 foot machinery and feed barn on Guy Weckerly’s farm, three miles NW of Monroe near Juda. Loss estimated at 12000 dollars, with flames spreading to a dairy area and minor damage to nearby buildings. Fire crews arrived at 5:31 and 8:26, wind and rain limiting spread. farm equipment and hay were lost.
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Guy Weckerly
Monroe
Ted Miller
Juda
Weckerly
Arsonist Who Fire Cheeses Factory in 1936 Arrested
Jake Lapsendberg, 34, pleaded guilty to setting fire Jan 22 1936 at a Lincoln county cheese factory run by the Swiss Cheese association. He was found after 12 years on probation for two arson years. Deputy Fire Marshal McLean had a warrant for his arrest. The fire damaged the Schley plant housing eight residents. Lapsendberg, son of a disgruntled stockholder, poured kerosene and lit a woodpile in the engine room, but a minor explosion woke occupants and the flames were controlled.
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Merrit —Ory
Jake Lapsendberg
Lincoln County
Max van Hecke
Lapsendberg
Gleason
Scott McLean
Ashland
Schley
Swiss Cheese Association
McLean
Cheese Association
71 Year Old Herman Ruetsch Dies After Illness
Herman Ruetsch 71 of Green County died at 4 15 a m after a six year illness at Masshardt nursing home 2223 19th street born August 21 1877 in Canton Solothurn Switzerland son of John and Marie Schwab Ruetsch came to America March 29 1904 lived around Dodgeville Darlington later moved to Green County employed at Grand Central Hotel Monticello funeral 1 30 p m tomorrow at St Nessy funeral home Rev P C Kehle officiating interment Greenwood cemetery may records ascertain survivors
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Herman Ruetsch
Masshardt
19Th Street
Canton Solothurn
Switzerland
Mr. Ruetsch
John
Marie Schwab Ruetsch
America
Dodgeville
Darlington
Green Coury
Grand Central
Monticello
Stnessy
P. C. Kehle
St. John’s
Johnson Appointed Lebanon City Manager
Bertille W. Johnson, known in Monroe, becomes city manager of Lebanon Missouri effective Oct 1. Lebanon, with 11 000 residents in Laclede County, is a dairying center. Mrs Dorothy Stauffacher Johnson is his wife. they wed June 22, 1940. He has served seven years in Winnebago city government as finance director. He is a Marinette native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Johnson
Lebanon
Bertille W. Johnson
Monroe
Laclede
Johnson
Dorothy Stauffacher
Ralph Stauffacher
Winnetka, Ill
Marinette
Western Envoys Confer With Molotov Over German Crisis
Three Western envoys met with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov for about three hours in Moscow. The Kremlin session followed by a stop at the British Embassy, with no communique expected. The talks occurred as tensions with Tito rose and Pravda denounced Titoism. Ehrenburg warned of a barbaric war in Poland.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
U. S
W. Bedell Smith
Smith
Russia
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Pravda
Pero Popivod
Tito
Ilya‘ Ehrenburg
Poland
Soviet Union
Monroe Hosts Engineers Group Meeting September 10
The Southwest chapter of the Wisconsin Professional Engineering Society will meet at Monroe Country Club for a quarterly session on Friday September 10. Zenna A. Gorder outlines a tours program of the Wysseimburger and Monroe Center Swiss cheese factories and a handicap golf tournament followed by banquet and program. Speakers include Mayor Frank A. Buehler Rodney O. Kittelsen James R. Law and Bruce M. Blum.
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Southwest Chapter
Wisconsin Professional Engineering Society
Monroe Country Club
Zenna A. Gorder
Wysseimburger
Monroe Center
Frank A. Buehler
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Chamber ,of Commerce
James R. Law
State Highway Commission
Bruce M. Blum
Monroe
Truman to Launch Record Yacht Tour Across States
Close associates say President Truman will mount an unprecedented stamping campaign traveling by yacht Wanderer and by road to more states than any candidate. The tour will span the deep south and every region as part of a broad nationwide effort.
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Truman
Deep South
Monroe and Green County Guests at Wisconsin Centennial Expo
Monroe county and Green county officials attended Monroe and Green county day at the Wisconsin centennial exposition in West Allis. Vernon Gasper hosted the Monroe delegation, with Mayor Frank A. Buehler introduced to the grandstand crowd. The Monroe party included Aldermen Jester Forcade Henry Tschudy and William Beckman plus Zenno A. Gorder. C W Loveland Monticello chairman and Ray H. Silver Pleasant town chairman represented the counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Green County
Fair Association
West Allis
Vernon Gasper
Waukesha
Cash Corn Returns To $2 Level On Board
Cash corn reached $2.00 on the board of trade today but futures prices fell. Grain for future delivery slumped as only 65 cars of cash corn arrived. Demand for wheat from cash houses was less aggressive while new crop corn deliveries slumped on rains in Iowa. Oats also declined with corn.
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Cag —Ory
Board of Trade
Iowa
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Curtis
Buzzie) Boettiger
Roosevelt
General Hospital
Los Angeles
Gen. Coulter
Prairie du Chien
Weckerlys
Fitzgibbons
H. L. Sickinger
Veteran's Housing
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