Longtime Monroe Rural Carrier Retires After 30 Years
Harry C. Swartz retires after 30 years on route 4 covering 525000 miles from mailbox to mailbox. Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson commends his perfect record as colleagues at the Monroe post office bid farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Swartz
10Th Street
Monroe
Route 4
Swartz
Jesse M. Donaldson
Clarence Baltzer
Arthur Peterson
Mark Grinnell
Otto Rupnow
Ray
Shorty) Preston
Otto Walter
Madison
Nelson Two Aides Arrested in Sedition Case
Pittsburgh residents Nelson Andrew Onda and James Dolson were arrested and charged with sedition. They were jailed in Allegheny County after being identified by ex FBI undercover agent Matthew Cvetic as communists. Cvetic testified Nelson was a communist and an atomic spy on the west coast.
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Pittsburgh
Steve Nelson
Communist Party of
Western Pennsylvania
FBI
Nelson
Andrew Onda
James Dolson
Allegheny County
Matthew Cvyetic
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Onda
Cvetic
Soldier from Wausau Among Medal Winners
U S eighth army headquarters said 12 Americans earned silver star medals for gallantry in action including Sgt first class John S Powell of the 27th infantry regiment from Wausau who reorganized a group to regain a position after withdrawal and continued to fire until he fainted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. 8Th Army
Eighth Army
John S. Powell
27Th Infantry Regiment
Wausau
Madison Regent Nominee Sonderegger Named
Governor Rennebohm announced the appointment of John L. Sonderegger to the board of normal school regents. He will fill the unexpired term of Roy O. Davidson of LaCrosse who died recently.
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Madison
John L. Sonderegger
Board of
Normal School Regents
Rennebohm
Sonderegger
Roy O. Davidson
LaCrosse
McCarthy Joins In Ballot Battle
Charges and counter charges marked Wisconsin’s primary campaign as Sen. McCarthy accused the Democratic Party of siding with communists and betrayal while attacking Secretary of State Acheson. GOP contenders Greene Kohler and Schmitt routed regional stumps amid election law spars and street-corner tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Sen. McCarthy
Democratic Party
Dodge County
McCarthy
Dean Acheson
America
Russia
Democrats
Senate
State Department
China
Formosa
Korea
Charles P. Greene
Milwaukee
Greene
Waukesha
Walter J. Kohler Jr
GOP
Burlington
Len Schmitt
Kohler
Schmitt
Republican Voluntary Committee
Predatory Dog Kills More Pheasants at Wis Club
Six pheasants were slain at the Du Bay fish and game club pen in Miladore Wisconsin during the night. The predatory dog returned to the enclosure and killed 202 of the 1900 birds on Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miladore
Wis
du Bay Fish and Game
Green county faces poor hay harvest amid wet season
The region reports low consecutive hay-drying days and extensive losses of nutrients due to rains. Corn remains uncertain with only a few favorable days. frost could ruin the crop. Oats yield is strong at 46 bushels per acre, while pastures look good for early September. Hoof rot affects cattle and erysipelas hits hogs as farmers cope with wet weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Wisconsin-Illinois
Orice
Brodhead
Rock County
Children To Ride Camels At Cheese Day Parade
The Zor Shrine temple patrol will bring at least five camels and ten attendants to Madison road bridge for free kid rides from 10 to 12 at Recreation park. Brooks Dunwiddie leads the feature with ten camel attendants and ten clowns from the temple joining the parade lineup at the fairgrounds.
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Zor Shrine
Madison Road Bridge
Recreation Park
Brooks Dunwiddie
Fairgrounds
Car owned by Eldon Rockow damaged in rollover
Eldon Rockow of Winslow, parts manager at Monroe Sales Co., lost control on loose gravel three and a half miles north of Winslow. His car rolled over injuring his chin while en route to Monroe.
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Eldon Rockow
Winslow
Monroe Sales Co
Rockow
Monroe
Gulf hurricane lashes Florida coast with evacuations
A freak Gulf hurricane battered Panama City and nearby areas causing dock damage and beach losses. Mayor Carl Gray reported 3,500 people evacuated to Red Cross shelters and a tornado-related fatality or injuries in Apalachicola. A second hurricane formed in the Caribbean and a third moved toward Bermuda as winds peaked offshore.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Panama City
Fla
Carl Gray
Florida
Red Cross
Apalachiccola
Caribbean
Weather Bureau
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Martinique
West Indies
Atlantic
Bermuda
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Coast Guard
Santa Rosa Island
Pensacola
Firemen To Aid In Sandwich Day Operations
Monroe volunteers will help prepare 60 000 Swiss limburger and brick sandwiches for Cheese Day on Friday September 8. D A Crandall says thirty firemen have volunteered with more to be asked as plans finalize. Sandwiches will be trucked to the Swiss Colony south side plant for cutting assembling and bagging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
D. A. Crandall
Crandall
South Side
John J. Burkhard
Fred Feutz Jr
Red Cross
Monroe Clinic
Court House
Fred Glauser
Russell W. Prien
C. S. Pierce
Brodhead
Myron Jeglum
Fred Marty
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Clarence E Herbert Honored for Long Service at East Clarno Church
Clarence E Dutch Herbert longtime East Clarno Sunday school superintendent for 27 years was honored at Dutch day with a worship history and noon dinner. A purse of 27 silver dollars was awarded as he recovers from a month old stroke. He owns Clover farm store, lives in Clarno, married to Sylvia Frautschy, and daughter Lorraine begins nursing training at Freeport Deaconess tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E
Lost Boy Found Drowned in Lake Tomahawk
A four day search for five year old David Blucher ended when his body was found in Lake Tomahawk near the lodge where he vanished Saturday afternoon. His mother Mrs. Walter Blucher of Flossmoor Ill. was en route to join the search when the body surfaced near the resort pier. The area had been dragged since Sunday and the boy's father, a city planning executive, had flown in from Holland after arriving during an international planning congress when David disappeared.
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Lake Tomahawk
David Blucher
Walter Blucher
Flossmoor
Ill
Holland
David
Cheese Day King Queen to Be Named at Legion Tonight
Finalists from fifteen farm girls and seven men will be interviewed by three judges at the American Legion home on the old Argyle road for Cheese Day rulers. A private interview, banquet, and entertainment precede the judging, with the king and queen to preside over the September 9 events including the Saturday parade.
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American Legion
Argyle Road
Attack on Pohang Subsides as Allies Recover Positions
Allied forces drive North Korean attackers back from Pohang area as U S 25th Division and nearby units counter after dawn assaults. South Korean marines report large enemy materiel losses and heavy enemy casualties, while air and naval actions pound targets along the front in Korea.
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Reds
South Front
Pohang
Tokyo
U. S
South Korea
Naktong River
Stan Swinton
Masang
Swinton
MacArthur
Kigye
Sea of Japan
United Nations
Korea
Kim Il Sung
No. 2
Southeast Korea
Waegwan
Taegu
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Carl C Wirsing Dies After Illness In Orangeville
Carl C Wirsing 61 lifelong resident of Orangeville died yesterday in a Freeport hospital after months of illness He operated a local barber shop until retirement born August 19 1889 in Orangeville son of Mark and Edith Mahaney Wirsing He married Susan Davis in November 1910 in Orangeville Survived by widow son Robert Freeport daughter Mrs Harold Meyers Sturgis Michigan six grandchildren mother Edith Wirsing Freeport and brother Steven Charles City Ind Services Sunday at 2 in Orangeville Methodist Church Rev Fred Anderson officiating Burial with Masonic rites in Orangeville Cemetery Friends may call at Burlington funeral home
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Orangeville
Carl C. Wirsing
Freeport
Mark
Edith Mahaney Wirsing
Susan Davis
Robert
Harold Meyers
Sturgis
Mich
Edith Wirsing
Steven
Charles City
Orangeville Methodist Church
Fred Anderson
Orangeville Cemetery
Burington Funeral Home
Sun Breaks Through To End Cold Wet Days
The sun broke out at noon ending two weeks of cold cloudy weather. Warmer weather is forecast with mostly fair skies tonight and tomorrow, offering hope for corn and wash days return.
New X Ray Process For Inductees Cuts $2 Reading to Dime
Milwaukee reports a new army X ray system will charge ten cents per film with up to 250 readings daily. An St Louis X ray machine replaces Dr. Irving Cowan’s Milwaukee unit by Sept. 6, with civilian technicians operating it and Col. John F. Ehlert supervising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
John F. Ehlert
Wisconsin Military District
St. Louis
Irving Cowan
Ehlert
Vinson Foresees Expanded Draft To Include Fathers
Chairman Vinson of the house armed services committee said the draft will be extended to married men with dependents. He argued that without taking fathers, draft boards cannot meet future calls to grow the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Selective Service
Two More Pioneers Join Sept. 9 Parade
Gottfried Zumbach of Monroe and Christ Strauss of Woodford are added to the pioneer cheesemakers riding in the Cheese day parade. Chairman Fred Marty says the list now honors 28 entries with eight open cars at the head of the parade. Early cheesemakers meet at the armory by 12 noon for the official photo and car seating.
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Gottfried Zumbach
Monroe
Christ Strauss
Woodford
Fred Marty
Stock Prices Move Mixed in Slow Trading Day
In a dull session in New York the market posted mixed price behavior with only a few cents shift in most quotes. A few notable exceptions stood out amid the otherwise quiet trading.
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New York
55 Dead in Crash On Flight to Rome
A Transworld Constellation plane carrying 95 people including 23 Americans crashed north of Cairo while en route from Bombay to Rome. All 48 passengers and seven crew members aboard were killed. two Indian nationalist passengers and Egyptian film star Camelia were among the victims. The crash occurred near Etay Baround, about 75 miles northwest of Cairo.
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Cairo
Transworld Airline
Constellation
Behaira
Etay Baround
Star of Maryland
Bombay
India
Rome
United Nations
Paris
Llianne Cohen
Paul F
Baumgartner Buys City Cheese Supply Building
Walter F Baumgartner purchased today the two story business building at 1023 16th Street west side of the square. The property houses Baumgartner's cheese supply store on the first floor and a second floor apartment. Purchase made from Ca Leveland.
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Walter F. Baumgartner
16Th West Side
Square Avenue
Baumgartner
Ca Leveland
Polio Claims Infant In Madison Hospital Death
The 10 week old infant Donald Kraft son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Kraft Appleton died of polio at a Madison hospital yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Donald Kraft
Raymond Kraft
Appleton
Madison Hospital
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Harry Swartz
Twin Grove
Pennsylvania
John
Sarah Frybarger Swartz
Jefferson Township
C. L. Chambers
Ackerman and Elmer
Swartzes
Mae
Denver
Baraboo
Mmnes
Edna Bernard
Rockford
Florence Barnes
Monona
Helen Swann
Vera Ferris
Davis
Susan Wunschel
Juda
Lenza Lehr
Monticello
Party of Puppets
Gulf
Florida City
Mexico
Sandwich
Cheese Day Board
Clarence E. Herbert
East Clarno
Masan
Pfc
Frank Schiavone
Mullica Hill
N.J
U.S. Army
TWA
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