Donors Fail to Save 12 Year Old Vila Mae Hefty
Vila Mae Hefty of Monticello died at St. Clare hospital from leukemia after blood donors aided her fight. Born Oct 3 1937 in Monroe she attended Loveland rural school and faced repeated pneumonia. Survivors include her parents three brothers and grandparents with services set at Washington Reformed church Wednesday.
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Monticello
Vila Mae
Route 2
St. Clare Hospital
Charles Benkendorf
Madison General Hospital
Wilbert R. Hefty
Monroe
Wilbert R
Helga Peterson
Loveland
Awald Muehlmeier
Washington Reformed Church
Ginner Roofer Carl F Ginner Dies at 56 in Monroe
Carl F Ginner 56 of 2147 15th avenue died Saturday at 11 15 p m in St Clare hospital from pneumonia after a lingering illness. He was born February 5 1893 in Monroe township son of Joseph and Marie Ginner married Emma Losberger December 30 1913. He farmed near Whitewater then ran a garage in Orangeville before forming Ginner Roofing Co in Monroe. Survived by widow son Kenneth mother Mrs Joseph Ginner sister Mrs Jack Johnson and four grandsons. Burial in Greenwood with services Tuesday at 2 p m.
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Carl F. Ginner
15Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Ginner
Monroe Township
Joseph and
Marie Wiederkehr Ginner
Monroe
Emma Losberger
P. A. Schuh
Whitewater
Ginner
Orangeville
Ginner Roofing Co
St. John’s Church
Moose Lodge
Order of Eagles
Kenneth
Joseph Ginner
Clarence
Jack Johnson
San Francisco
Harry
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home
Paul C. Kehle
Greenwood
Grant S. Likens Dies of Injuries
Grant S. Likens 84 died at Rockford Memorial hospital after being struck by a car Saturday in front of his son's Rockford home where he had lived 20 years. Born July 8 1865 in Streetsborough Ohio he married Lily Smith April 12 1889. He leaves four sons Emory Arthur Gerald and Steve D a daughter Ruth a large family and many grandchildren. He was a member of Orangeville Methodist Church. Funeral services at Burlington funeral home Orangeville with Rev. Fred Anderson officiating burial in Orangeville cemetery.
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Orangeville
Grant S. Likens
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Horace Avenue
Rockford
Streetsborough
Steve
Charlotte Patterson Likens
Lily Alice Smith
Ruth
Emory
Humboldt S. D
Arthur
Lockhart
Fla
Gerald
Freeport
Steve D
Likens
Fred Anderson
Indiana Burglary Suspect Captured in Indianapolis Apartment
Willis Rife, a widely sought burglar from northern Indiana, was captured in bed in a north side Indianapolis apartment after a five day manhunt. He previously eluded officers in a gun punctuated chase near Marion last week.
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Indianapolis
Willis Rife
Indiana
Rife
Marion
Ind
Wisconsin Included In Section Ravaged By Crop Pests
An agriculture department entomologist names the top three pests Boll weevil European corn borer and grasshopper as causing record losses across six midwestern states led by Iowa. Corn borer damage in six states exceeds 250 million dollars with Iowa suffering the largest hit at 140 million bushels or dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
F. C. Bishopp
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Council To Hear Subdivision Plan Over Lot Layout
The Goetz Theater Co plans a 50 lot subdivision on 14.5 acres northwest of the Monroe country club with all utilities included in a single package. Four or five houses are slated for spring construction as staking begins next week. The plan calls rear lot service lines and aims to reduce future street digging. Council will file the preliminary plat, discuss the 1950 budget and a $32 per thousand tax rate, and consider exercising the option to buy the H H Moe property for veterans housing.
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Goetz Theater Co
J. Goetz
City Plan Commission
Monroe Country Club
Goetz
Council
Plan Commission
H. H. Moe
Telephone Firm Enlarging Board
United Telephone Co installs a new switchboard unit to provide 320 additional lines and three operator positions. The Milwaukee purchased unit was raised to the second floor via crane and window. The project expands capacity for local and toll calls. eight weeks for inside work and outside lines following shipment.
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United Telephone Co
Milwaukee
Telephone Company
Wisconsin Cheese Producers Meet Sees Milk Standards Revisions
Milton H. Button pledged revised minimum milk standards at the 11th Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers meeting in Darlington attended by 500. Directors were re-elected, including Stoldt Burke Lauper, with holdovers named. Discussions covered dairy outlook, strikes impact, and the world leadership role of Wisconsin dairy standards.
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Milton H. Button
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers
Darlington
Button
Albert H. Stoldt
Monroe
Green County
J. H. Burke
Lafayette County
William Lauper
Hollandale
Iowa County
Ray Silver
Monticello
M. H. Stauffacher
H. E. Thew
Madison
John R. Chapman
South Wayne
John Fluckiger
Verona
Andrew Tschudy
Will A. Foster
Borden Cheese Co
New York City
Foster
Stoldt
Thew
Fred Marty
Wisconsin
William Senatsch
Herman Curry
Darlington High School
Ben Berger
Former Becker Worker Seen Here
Police report no progress in linking two men held by Beloit police to the Becker Co burglary on Nov 21. LaVerne Kennedy, once Becker’s employee in 1945, and August Brunjes of Dubuque, Ir., were seen in a Monroe tavern the weekend of the incident, but both deny involvement. Authorities note burglary tools were new and not of the type used here. the Beloit pair have pleaded guilty to weapons and tool charges and await sentencing on Dec 9.
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Beloit
W. A. Becker Co
Jerome H. Schwaiger
Schwaiger
Becker
LaVerne Kennedy
August Brunjes
Dubuque
Monroe
Kennedy
Brunjes
Midwest
Rock County
Student Charged In Girl's Slaying
Evansville Indiana law student Franklin Thomas Slay confessed to hammer slaying of his Evansville high school sweetheart, 16 year old Mary Ellen Marmon who was five months pregnant. He gave a written statement and provided a map locating the body in Kentucky near Hopkinsville.
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Evansville
Ind
Mary Ellen Marmon
Hopkinsville
Franklin Thomas Slay
Griffin
Florida State University
Police Testify In Larson Trial
LaCrosse circuit court heard Capt. William Bema relate conversations with Arnold Larson accused of killing Dr. James McLoone. Larson refused to answer direct questions, saying he could not tell the story. Police and medical witnesses linked a plastic surgery chart and prior remarks to the case.
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Roland J. Steinle
Arnold Larson
James McLoone
Larson
Steinle
William Bema
McLoone
Boma
Betwen
Phyllis Fraser
Minneapolis
Larry’ Larson
Miners Return to Short Week as Talks Continue
Pittsburgh reports soft coal miners resume a three day week under John L. Lewis after a week of strikes. Discussions with operators stall over wages and welfare funds while a Kentucky group considers a five day contract. Negotiations begin in New York with the anthracite industry tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
Siness
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Kentucky
New York
Pennsylvania
United Mine
Storm Kills Ten in North Germany Hit Berlin Hard
Ten people died and sixteen injured as high winds toppled war weakened buildings across North Germany. Five fatalities occurred in Berlin as storms swept the region with strong gusts.
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Berlin
Germany
Fire at Oshkosh Claims Three Lives
A fatal Oshkosh duplex fire killed Viola Dolley 25 and her parents William 67 and Bertha 66. Coroner Dr. G A Steele ruled Viola died of chemical pneumonia after the blaze injured the family. firemen rescued the three victims using ladders.
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Viola Dolley
G. A. Steele
Winnebago County
Miss Dolley
William
Bertha
Ex-Representative May Begins Federal Prison Term
Andrew J. May the 74 year old former chairman of the house military affairs committee entered a federal prison near Ashland Kentucky to begin an eight to 24 month sentence for wartime bribery and conspiracy. He and the Garsson brothers were convicted July 3 1947 of using his influence for profits and May claims innocence while citing poor health and heart trouble.
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Ashland
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
Government Correctional Institution
Here
John M. Moore
Lexington
U. S
Kentucky
Garsson
Henry and
Murray
May
War Department
Garssons
R. O. Culver
Moore
Mrs Ethel Dover Injured in Crash Weekend Collisions Reported
Green County highway police investigated four car crashes over the weekend. Mrs Ethel Dover of South Wayne was hospitalized with a cracked vertebra after her son’s car was forced from Highway 11 near Cream Ridge east of Monroe. No one in the other vehicles was seriously injured.
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Green County
Ethel Dover
South Wayne
St. Clare
Clayton M. Dover
Truaxfield
Madison
Monroe
Dover
Charles T. Dalton
Route 1
Monticello
Meyer Mathias
Hollandale
Dalton
Oliver Walters
William Walters
Hans Hohl
Kraus _ factory
Mathias
Hill Top Inn
Highway 11
Walter M. Wirth
Elmer M. Riese
Juda
Walter Ruter
Freeport
Wallace Marcun
Grain Prices Stalled By Trading Ups Downs
Chicago reports show grains moving little with minor profit taking after recent gains. Wheat deliveries touched new seasonal highs, May and July corn hit fresh tops, and July oats matched its prior peak as the market fluctuated through the day.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Warmer Weather Seen Spreads Across State
Sunny skies today eased the chill with milder conditions to follow. La Crosse posted a state high of 40 degrees yesterday, two degrees above Monroe, while local temperatures fell to 24 at dawn and rose to 34 by noon.
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la Crosse
Monroe
Wisconsin Board Renames Rib Mountain and Sets Lakes
The board of geographic names confirmed Rib Mountain at 1940 feet, southwest of Wisconsin's Sauk city, replacing Rib Hill. It also approved a list of lakes: Aldridge Atkins Boundary Camp Four French Wichser Green Margaret Monico North Nokomis Hilbert Lac Vieux Desert Lund Namagosh Oneonta and related creek names across Oneida Forest Marinette Vilas and Bayfield counties.
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Washington
Board of Geographic Names
Wisconsin
Wausau Chamber of Commerce
Rib Mountain
Rib Hill
Aldridge Lake
Aldrich
Range Line Lake
Oneida
Vilas
Atkins Lake
Mud Lake
Forest
Boundary Lake
Marinette
Oconto
Camp Four Lake
French Lake
Shay Lake
Moore Lake
Margaret Lake
Lost Lake
Oneida County
Hilbert Lake
Forest and
Lac Vieux Desert
Gogebic County
Mich
Vilas County
Wis
Lund Lake
Bush Lake
Florence County
Namagosh Lake
Spring Lake
Bayfield County
Oneonta Lake
North Lake
County Fair Group To Elect Tomorrow
The Green County Agricultural Society and Mechanics Institute will elect officers at its annual meeting in the circuit court room at 1 p.m. tomorrow. The 1949 financial statement shows an estimated profit of $5 235.37, up from $3 064.78 in 1948. Attendance and ticket sales rose in several categories with more season tickets sold.
Milk Law Sessions Continue in County
Myron E. Jegium and Lester Van Loon continue township meetings on minimum milk production standards. A. J. Reppen, state dairy inspector, assists. Tonight’s session is at the Spring Grove town hall with Cadiz tomorrow. Saturday meetings were held at Albany and New Glarus with state officials participating.
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Myron E. Jegium
Lester van Loon
A. J. Reppen
Spring Grove
Cadiz
Albany
New Glarus
Atom bomb materials shipments to Russia alleged
Washington investigators testified evidence exists of three 1943 shipments of A-bomb materials to the Soviet Union via Alaska and Canada. George R. Jordan linked Hopkins to the case, while officials cautioned no direct evidence connects him, and details include uranium compounds and a heavy water plan.
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Washington
Louis J. Russell
House
American Activities Committee
Russia
Harry L. Hopkins
Russell
Air Force
G. Racey Jordan
Hopkins
State Department
Great Falls
Mont
Fairbanks
Alaska
Jordan
McDowell
Shirley Temple Divorces John Agar in Turbulent Marriage
Shirley Temple divorces John Agar in Los Angeles testifying the marriage was stormy. She accuses him of flirting with other women and of heavy drinking during the relationship.
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Shirley
Los Angeles
Shirley Temple
John Agar
Santa Story Starts in The Times Series
Santa and the Magician begins in today's Times edition as a 17 part AP Newsfeatures tale by Lucrece Hudgins. The Christmas adventure is aimed at young readers and fans of Yuletide lore and Santa Claus land.
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Santa and the Magician
The
Times
Lucrece Hudgins
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George F. Moore
Corregidor
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Rick
Ed Wright
Lewis Munn
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Muncie
Alexander
Oshkosh
Federal
County Fair Group
Deniel Hopkins
George R. Jordan
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White House
H. H
Groves
John McDowell
Frank Tavenner
Harry Hopkins
Canada
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