Wisconsin Sets Pace for College Education Trends
Wisconsin's 100 year old university pursues a three fold plan of research public service and teaching to benefit all residents. Enrollment stands at 15700 as taxpayers press for practical education addressing daily living science health and community cooperation. The Wisconsin idea extends to theater rural writers Pro Arte quartet and statewide festivals with extension schools and farm short courses guiding farmers toward profit and useful living.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
State University
Wisconsin Idea Theater
Wisconsin Rural Writers” Association
Pro Arte
College of Agriculture
Child Thin Sighs After Farm Accident
Five year old Van Blum of South Wayne escaped serious injury after tumbling 20 feet from a hay mow. He suffered a slight brain concussion and was released from St. Clare hospital Monroe. C W Beckman of Clarno township fractured neck vertebra in a hay chute fall at his farm, admitted after neck pain worsened.
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Sen 1van Blum
Ivan Blum
Route 1
South Wayne
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
C. W. Beckman
Clarno
1295 Lose Permits in November Traffic Offenses
Madison state motor vehicle department reports 1295 drivers lost licenses in November for traffic offenses. Totals include 4395 suspensions, 922 court actions, 275 commission suspensions, and 6863 suspensions under safety responsibility.
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Madison
State
Misconaro
Schools Launch Yuletide Events in Green County
Student teachers at Green County Normal stage Christmas programs for city schools and patients at the Green County farm with a skit about a troubled Santa. The event precedes a Yale party, dress rehearsals, and upcoming grade school celebrations. A six foot Santa built at Lincoln building is displayed, and coins go to a needy family. Final citywide holiday activities conclude Friday before Christmas recess. Regular classes resume January 3.
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Green County Normal School
Green County
Santa Claus
Yale
County Farm
Normal School
Otto W. Lund
Alice Linehan
Notre Dame
Marlea Kiel
Alton V. Kiel
Mary Hogan
William H. Hogan
Dana Wenger
Ernest E. Weger
Schubert
Alan Prisk
Preston P. Prisk
East School
St. Victor's
Coal Shortage Hit Local Dealers Amid Strike Spat
Coal dealers report scarce stoker and soft coal from southern Illinois amid a miners three day week. Most have briquets and eastern Kentucky coal for regulars but accept no new customers. Talks resume between Pennsylvania anthracite operators and UMW in New York. American Retail Coal Association urges presidential intervention as retail stockpiles run near critical levels.
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Aorice
Illinois
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
UMW
New York
American Retail Coal Association
Association
Berg Dies at 90 in Woodford After Ill Health
Chris N Berg 90 of Woodford died at 5 15 pm yesterday in St Clare hospital where he had been a patient since Monday He was born March 8 1859 in Norway and came to the United States as a youth He farmed near Blanchardville Argyle and Jordan township before moving to Woodford in 1928 He is survived by four sons Joseph Madison Rudy Argyle Clarence Monroe Lawrence Woodford one daughter Mrs Henry Wieman Woodford two sisters Miss Annie Berg Los Angeles Calif Mrs Sara Phillipson Ventura Calif 19 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren He was preceded in death by his wife two children three sisters two grandchildren and one great grandchild The body will be taken from Erickson funeral home Argyle to Jordan Lutheran Church for services at 1 30 pm Saturday Rev G M Gunderson will officiate and burial will be in the old Argyle cemetery Grandsons will be pallbearers
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Chris N. Berg
Woodford
St. Clare Hospital
Nelse
Marie Berg
Norway
Blanchardville
Stoughton
Martha Helena Pederson
Erickson Funeral
Argyle
Jordan Lutheran
G. M Gunderson
Clarence Miller Dies After Stroke Streak at South Wayne
Clarence Miller of South Wayne died at his home this morning after a third stroke since October. Born August 12, 1894, he had faced illness the past two years. He farmed with his wife and family on the George Hoffman farm. His brother Otto of Humbird and sister Mrs. Clay Welty of Detroit were summoned. Survived by wife and two sons Harold and Ralph. Hanson funeral home to handle arrangements.
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Lareute A Ee
South Wayne
Mr. Miller
George Hoffman
Otto
Humbird
Clay Welty
Detroit
Harold
Ralph
Hanson Funeral Home
Truman Reveals Study On Canceling Excise Levies
CIO spokesman Everett Kassalow testifies before a Senate House economic committee subcommittee studying ways to attract investment capital to small businesses. Senator O Mahoney warns of a congressional inquiry if steel price increases occur amid plans by U S Steel Corp president Benjamin Fairless to revise prices, blaming freight rates and pension gains for the rise.
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Washington
CIO
Everett Kassalow
Full Employment Committee
Senate
House Economic Committee
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Fairless
Benjamin Fairless
U.S. Steel Corp
Chicago
Philip Murray
CIO Steel Workers
U. S. Steel Corp
Fire at Texas Farm Kills 11 Workers
Eleven Latin American transient farm workers died in a blaze that consumed a four room rental house on the C. A. Douthit farm eight miles northeast of Rotan Texas. Two families perished in the fire whose blackened ruins were found at 9 a m.
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Texas Farm
Rotan
Tex
Here
C. A. Douthit
Retailers Draft Yule Party Plans
1950 season officers named at chamber of commerce retail committee annual meeting in Monroe hotel. Richard H. Bahr elected chair, Dean Peterson vice chair. new members ZumBrunnen Haworth Peterson. holdovers include M. Ross S. Bahr Vernon Peterson. Christmas party Dec 22 at junior high with Santa Claus. Kiwanis and Alpha Zeta coordinate film, treats. Night hours start next Monday to Friday. Store closings Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Budget plans include funds for Christmas sight circuits repairs.
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Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Monroe Hotel
Richard H. Bahr
Archie H. Schneider
Dean Peterson
F. Royce ZumBrunnen
Harold S. Haworth
Peterson
Robert J. Tracy
Schneider
Chester Becker
Ross S. M
Robert Richardson
Bahr Vernon Peterson
Santa Claus
Harry J. Bellahan
Alpha Zeta
Kiwanis Club
Goetz and Chalet
Bahr
Walter L. Day
Ripon Launches Republican Educational Foundation at Shrine
The town gathers for the debut of the Republican Educational Foundation to study government and build a community center near the historic one room schoolhouse founded in 1854. Gov. Rennebohm attends briefly, donates 1000, and officials describe a self-supporting memorial with meeting and dining rooms and sleeping quarters to fund scholarships. Democrats cooperated to support the event.
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Ripon
Republican Educational Foundation
GOP
Rennebohm
Horace A. Burnby
Republican Party
Born
Grand View _ hotel
Ray D. Johnson
Vista
Calif
Bumby
Stanley M. Herlin
Margaret B. Robbins
Santa Monica
Lawrence J. Hayden
Fond du Lac
Coffee Price Room Stops as Senators End Inquiry
Senate investigators halted their probe into high coffee prices with word that the sky rocketing of prices was stopped. Senator Gillette of Town said hearings pause until January as he noted Washington grocery ads selling brand coffee at 56 cents a pound versus 84 cents. Hauser testified stock levels were similar to last year and Havemeyer cited Latin America exports likely to be at least as large as this year. Gillette hinted at suspected manipulators but offered few details, noting such actions may not be illegal.
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Senate
Gillette
D-Town
Congress
Washington
Philip M. Hauser
John K. Havemeyer
state _ department
U.S
Latin America
Yea Gillette
1950 Cheese Day Parade Discussed
The Green County Cheese Day Parade committee, chaired by W. R. Schuetz, met to plan Sept 9. They reviewed 1940 parade makeup, heard Gilbert Ott of New Glarus propose Swiss themed floats, and discussed publicity and promotion with the state agriculture department. Dwight Crannan noted U S Grant Boy Scout council will plan a cheese Swiss display at the Washington jamboree. C S Pierce suggested reacquiring the Zor Shrine camel corps. All directors attended at First National Bank.
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Green County
W. R. Schuetze
Gilbert Ott
New Glarus
Dwight A. Crannan
U. S. Grant Boy Scout Council
Washington
C. S. Pierce
Brodhead
State Department of Agriculture
First National Bank
Cutting Yule Trees Wins Support From U S Agri Dept
The U S department of agriculture states that cutting Christmas trees does not ruin forests. It argues thinning dense stands stimulates growth of remaining trees and that sparing the trees could spoil woodland conditions.
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Jeomington —Ury
Explosion At Swift And Co Plant Kills Sixteen
Sioux City work crews recovered sixteen dead after a gas fueled blast at the Swift and Co packing plant in the stockyards. About 90 others injured, nine critical. Rescue continued as officials blamed escaping gas and warned of ongoing investigations.
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Swift and Co
Sioux City
Charles Kuhl
A. Swift and Co
Clarence Chappelle
Yuletide Display Judges Announced for Lighting Contest
Five judges named by contest chairman Robert J. Tracy will evaluate the retail committee's first annual Christmas home lighting display starting Sunday. Mayor Frank A Buehler, Stanley W Howe, Miss M Margaret Baker, Stewart F Kingston and A H Schneider will select prizewinners from entrants announced at last night's committee meeting. Winners receive 105 in prizes and will be announced December 24. Deadline for entries is Saturday.
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Wave Ween
Robert J. Tracy
Frank A Buehler
Stanley W. Howe
M. Margaret Baker
Stewart F Kingston
A. H. Schneider
Gay Steensrud
18H Avenue
G .W. Percigo
8Th Street
Michael Bellahan
16Th Street
Kenneth Burkhard
13Th Avenue
John A. Schindler
22Nd Avenue
John Wuthrich
23Rd " Avenue
William K. Bauman
10Th Street
Gayle H. Matzke
15Th Street
Truman silent on plan to ask revenue increase
President Truman said treasury and Ways and Means staff experts are studying whether wartime excise taxes can be repealed. He declined to say if new taxes will be asked, but reiterated his aim to balance the budget. The decision, he noted, will be covered in the January budget message.
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Key West
Truman
Treasury
Congressional
Congress
Reminaca
Washington
Treasury Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Ace
Frank Pacey
Navy
Arleigh A. Burke
AEC
Thirteen Survivors Found After Ship Explodes At Sea
Thirteen survivors of the Dutch motorship Corps were saved today while fears grew for the remaining eleven crew. The ship exploded and capsized at sea. Five men were rescued by the SS Williamsburg last night. They reported the cook died and was buried at sea.
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Miami
Dutch Motorship Corps
Williamsburg
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Broadway
Shoppi
Seais
Clarence Miller
O'Mahoney Assail Steel
R. H. Bahr
All Ripon
Yuletide
baia_ne
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Edwin G. “Nourse
Economic Advisory Council
Clark M. Clifford
J. Copeland Gra
National Labor Relations Board
Raymond M. Foley
Labor
Tobin
Boston
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