Teacher Training Program To Start At School Monday
Supt. E O Evans announced teacher orientation sessions for Monday and Tuesday with schedules for elementary through high school staff. Monday's events include a 9 15 a m start for teachers in the high school library, Ongoing sessions cover nurse, music, art, PE, library, and visual education with specific rooms assigned and Miss Hannah Bindschaedler leading the 4th grade room meeting. The senior high calendar will be set in Room 207, while the athletic board meets at 1 p m. A separate music session led by Miss Jane Haslanger begins at 1 30 p m and rural seventh through ninth graders meet at 1 30 p m in the high school auditorium for orientation and registration with Lueb Chow. A second general session Tuesday at 9 15 a m features a mental health discussion by John W Melcher.
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Supt. E. 0 Evans
Monroe
Evans
Monroe Education Association
Hannah Bindschaedler
Franklin B. Luebchow
Lincoln School
T. R. Holyoke
Jane Haslanger
Baraboo High School
Luebchow
John W. Melcher
State Department of Public Instruction
Louise Gersbacher
Scott- Foresman Co
Chicago
Gersbacher
Holyoke
Evai
Highway 11 Relocation Work Begins in County
A Westeen County Highway Department spokesman said work on relocating Highway 11 between Monroe and Browntown started on a limited scale today. A Ryan Ros Construction Co. bulldozer filled a ditch near the Ralph Kundert farm west of Monroe. The project will widen grade relocate and blacktop 5 047 miles of Highway 11 from Bechtolt Bros farm east of Browntown at an estimated cost of 305 321 dollars. Protests from landowners on the east side were not yet issued and no new developments or instructions had been received from authorities. More than one registered letter with checks for 23 right of way units owned by farmers were returned unopened, with one later picked up.
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Westeen County Highway Department
Monroe
Browntown
Ryan Ros
Bechtolt Bros
Highway Department
Former VA clerk charged in forged death benefit checks
A 43 year old former Veterans Administration clerk, Leslie E. Stout, allegedly cashed two forged ten thousand dollar death benefit checks. Secret Service agents arrested him in California after a check hit the Treasury cashroom. Stout admitted the charge and was said to have learned the voucher process during 1945 to 1951 with the VA.
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Ashington
Treasury
Secret Service
California
Veterans Administration
Leslie E. Stout
Stout
Electors Urged To Qualify For Sept Primary
City clerk Mrs. Freda M. Bray urged residents to register at City Hall by 5 p.m. next Wednesday for the September 14 primary. Those who voted last election need not reregister if their home address is unchanged. Unregistered voters must meet dual residency proof after September 1. Contests for county clerk district attorney state senator and state officers will be voted on.
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Freda M. Bray
Wilma I. Lengacher
Lengacher
Ray E. Kundert
Juda
Franz Brand
Joseph D. Viney
Attorne
Robert Travis
Platteville
Glenn H. James
Montfort
Edward J. Kaderly
Sen
Melvin Olson
South Wayne
Club Agent To Be Selected Sept 14
Oscar Woeises, former supervisor of the University of Wisconsin, will meet with the County Board agricultural committee on September 14 to interview candidates for the assistant county agent position. Leslie F. Huber has resigned and leaves September 1 to become a farm management specialist in Wausau Marathon County. Myron E. Jeglum says extension agents are employed under a cooperative agreement between the county committee and the College of Agriculture. Woelfel will present three candidates, with others possible if not filled at the September meeting. Committee members include J. B. Scherer, Evert Green, Sam Ludwig, Clarence W. Loveland, and Irene C. Powers.
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Oscar Woeises
University of Wisconsin
County Board Agricultural Committee
Leslie F. Huber
Wausau
Marathon County
Myron E. Jeglum
College of Agriculture
Woelfel
Jeglum
J. B. Scherer
Evert Green
Sam Ludwig
Clarence W. Loveland
Irene C. Powers
Stock Mart Rises Amid Mixed Rail News
Stock market edges higher despite lagging railroad shares with gains in Bethlehem Steel Crucible Steel General Motors North American Aviation Glenn Martin Radio Corp Consolidated Natural Gas E W Bliss Barber Oil and Hiram Walker. Early afternoon losses hovered around one point.
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Bethlehem Steel
Crucible Steel
General Motors
North American Aviation
Glenn Martin
Radio Corp
Consolidated Natural Gas
E. W.bliss
Barber Oil
Hiram Walker
Atomic Cannon Shell Blasts German Roofs
A conventional-type 280 mm atomic cannon shell exploded prematurely over a German village near Heidelberg Thursday night, shattering several roofs with no casualties reported.
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Heidelberg
Germany
County Booth Wins Plaque at Wisconsin State Fair Exhibit
Green County booth at the Wisconsin State Fair earned a plaque as an outstanding display. The refrigerated cheese and dairy display case, funded by the County Board, drew statewide attention and was requested for several meetings. Junior competition highlighted Press and Radio Day with demonstrations by FFA, FHA, and 4-H, plus junior livestock judging. Rasputin the white faced Hereford, weighed 1,040 pounds, won grand champion and sold for 1.50 per pound to Allis-Chalmers, a 1953 price peak noted with Wilbur Renk.
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Green County
Future Farmers of America
Future Homemakers of America
4-H Club
Rasputin
Walter F. Renk
Sun Prairie
Wisconsin
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Walter Renk
Wilbur
University of Wisconsin
Court Reverses Sgt Provoo Case in Treason Conviction
The U S Court of Appeals overturned the treason conviction and life sentence of former Army Staff Sgt. David Provoo. It ruled he should not have been tried in New York and barred cross examination on a collateral issue of homosexuality. Provoo, a former San Francisco bank clerk, had been convicted for aiding the Japanese after Corregidor fall. He faced trial starting October 27, 1952, and was found guilty February 11, 1953, with a life term and $10,000 fine.
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U. S. Court of Appeals
Army
David Provoo
Provoo
New York
San Francisco
Corregidor
Philippines
John Aids Reds In Deserter Plot
Western officials say Dr Otto John masterminded a Communist plan to lure Bonn officials to the East. The aim is to discredit Adenauer’s government and push propaganda against rearmament via defections. Schmidt Wittmack’s defection raised fears more Bonn officials will follow. East Berlin granted asylum to Schmidt-Wittmack as John deserted in July.
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Bonn
Germany
Otto John
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
John
Karl Schmidt-Wittmack
Schmidt-Wittmack
East Berlin
Fred Oeissner
East Germany
Oeissner
Chinese Raid Hits Quemoy Island Warfront
Peiping radio reported two squads of twenty Communist soldiers carried out a hit and run on the Nationalist held island of Quemoy near the mainland. The broadcasts claimed 11 Nationalist deaths and one capture across two landings with one squad penetrating a defense line and finding sleeping soldiers. The other squad said it killed a bathing Nationalist. The forces were said to be stationed in Fukien province.
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Quemoy
Peiping
Fukien
Vargas Crisis and Army Contention Shakes Brazil
General Zenobio Da Costa accused fellow generals of betraying President Getulio Vargas who died amid political turmoil. Joao Cafe Filho and Henrique Teixeira take key posts as Brazil faces a severe economic crisis with large loans and soaring living costs.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Zenobio da Costa
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
Henrique Baptista Teixeira
da Costa
Joao Cafe Filho
Oswaldo Aranha
Extortion Plot Suspect Nabbed at Rubinstein Home
New York police trapped and arrested Emanuel Lester 31 and two others outside Serge Rubinstein’s Fifth Avenue town house in a $535,000 extortion scheme tied to a federal suit. Detectives recorded threats and Lester’s remark that the earlier attack was only the beginning as officers seized additional suspects Raymond Shepard 38 and Wilm Love 35.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Serge Rubinstein
Rubinstein
Emanuel Lester
Lester
Emanuel Lieberman
Dist
Frank Hogan
Hogan
Rutstein
Raymond H. Shepard
Wilm Love
Bishop to Dedicate Dowling Hall at Argyle Sunday
The Argyle community will honor Rev Sylvester J Dowling by dedicating Dowling Hall with Bishop William P O Connor presiding The joint project of St Josephs church Argyle and St Francis Mission Adams Township named after the retired priest includes a 9 30 am solemn high mass to be celebrated by Rev Dowling with assisting clergy from St Francis Seminary Oshkosh LaCrosse Argyle and others A parish dinner runs from 1130 am to 630 pm Dowling arrived in Argyle in 1898 guiding church growth and debt relief leaving the church nearly debt free in 1904
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Argyle
St. Joseph's Church
William P. O'Connor
Madison
Dowling Hall
St. Francis Mission
Adams Township
Sylvester J. Dowling
Berlin
Wis
Dowling
Ralph Monaghan
St. Francis Seminary
Michael Monaghan
Henry Hoerburger
LaCrosse
Alex Hoerburger
Joseph Willitzer
Oshkosh
Arthur Cramer
Siewitt
O'Connor
St. Joseph's
Waupun
Floridan launches proxy bid to oust Ward chief
In New York special report Louis E Wolfson 42 former Floridan junkman now controls several large firms announced a proxy battle to remove Sewell Avery from Montgomery Ward Wolfson accused current management of dragging the company into a depression He cited Ward Sears Roebuck trends showing Ward declining since 1951 Sears rising Wolfson claimed to hold the largest single block of Ward voting stock 6 700 000 shares though he did not disclose holdings Avery 80 heads Ward 23 years surviving multiple policy battles
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Floridan
Mont New York
Montgomery Ward
Louis E. Wolfson
Floridan Junkman
Wolfson
Sewell Avery
Montgomery” Ward
Avery
Sears Roebuck
Sears
Wyss Named ASC Manager in County Meeting
Wyss, a township farmer, was elected manager of the Agriculture Stabilization Committee by the county ASC at a courthouse meeting. Paul Green and Myron Jeglum helped select him, succeeding Mrs. G. Fred Galli. The group discussed corn storage and pasture renovation while noting new soil sampling service.
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Waner Rm. Wyss
Memroe Township
Agriculture Stabilization Committee
Paul Green
ASC
Myron E. Jeglum
Edward C Roth
William Tschudy
Roger Douglas
Wyss
G. Fred Galli
Robber Grabs $90 At Milwaukee Bank
Milwaukee police pursued a bank thief on foot after a daytime holdup at the First Wisconsin National Bank on Milwaukee's north side. A clerk described a heavily built six foot man who grabbed about $90 and fled, as investigators swarmed the area.
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Milwaukee
Vonce
North Side
Joseph Schalla
Police Department
Alice Schuller
First Wisconsin National Bank
Housing Figure Fails To Appear
A Brooklyn attorney linked to a four million dollar windfall in government insured construction balked at furnishing his books to a Senate banking committee. Atty Abraham Traub testified he lacked detailed records of about 500000 in checks to cash and was ordered to produce them. He was to be called back on September 27 if he did not appear. The committee noted Powell refused to testify citing self incrimination. Senator Bush denounced racketeers in the home repair field as a small minority while homeowners described being bilked by salesmen and signing certificates of completion before work started.
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New York
Brooklyn
Senate
Abraham Traub
Clyde Powell
Prescott Bush
Rconn
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Remst
Stews
Traub
Bush
Powell
Committee
Racketers
National Association of Building and Repair Contractors
Daisies and Longhorns Rise in Plymouth Market
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange reports state brand pas teurized daisies and long horns moving at higher bids while cheddars hold steady. Twelve cars cheddars 32 cents one car pasteurized daisies 414. Trading tone steady on cheddars firm on state brand small styles. In Manila Luis Taruc pleads guilty to rebellion murder arson robbery and kidnap. prosecutors seek life term. judge delays decision to Saturday.
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HUK
Manila
Luis Taruc
Gregorio Narvasa
Coty Seeks Delay In EDC Ratification Fight
Paris dispatch reports President Rene Coty returning from vacation to preside over a cabinet meeting as the National Assembly prepares to debate the European Defense Community treaty. Pro and anti EDC camps clash while ministers voice concern over chances of approval amid political turmoil and De Gaulle’s warning that the pact appears near failure.
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Bulletin Paris
National Assembly
Parisp
Rene Coty
French National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Bidault
Coty
Paris
Georges Bidault
EDC
LEDC
Assembly of the French Union
France
Foreign Office
Poland
Germany
Russia
Mendes-France
Charles de Gaulle
Indochina POW Switch Delayed and Proposals Hinted
Paris reports five extra days were added to the deadline for exchanging prisoners of war in Indochina. Geneva deadline expired with about 3,000 of 28,000 French Union veterans released. France claims 17,000 Vietminh freed. Aug. 31 floated as new deadline after protests. Armistice Commission announced proposals to build confidence without detailing them.
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Paris
Indochina
Hanoi
France
International Armistice Commission
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