Christmas Worship Services Planned Citywide Tonight
Final preparations mark Christmas services in local churches tonight and tomorrow including St. Victor's midnight Mass and a full slate of Caroling and programs. Churches listed include St John’s Grace Lutheran Immanuel St Andrew’s Mt Olive Methodist St Victor’s Union Presbyterian Bethel and more with multiple Masses and services scheduled from evening through Christmas morning.
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St. Victor’s Catholic
St. Clare Hospital
St. John’s Church
Living Pictures
Grace Lutheran
Immanuel
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
St. Victor’s
Odd Fellows Hall
New Apostolic Church
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
The
Universalist Church
Swiss Engineer Henry Landert Caught in McCarran Act
Henry Landert a 24 year old Swiss electrical engineer living in Appleton is among Wisconsin residents affected by the McCarran Immigration Act. Landert arrived in the United States nine months ago and has worked in Appleton since October. The act denies citizenship to aliens claiming exemption from military service and Landert is now classified 4-O in the draft system.
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Appleton
Henry Landert
Wisconsin
Landert
United States
Blood plasma shipment mistaken for surplus sale
Miami Daily News reports that forty three pints of blood plasma donated for wounded soldiers in Korea were allegedly sold as surplus by an Army depot in Memphis to a Miami dealer. The paper says the shipment appears to have been sent by mistake.
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Miami
Fla. W
Korea
Memphis
Miami Daily News
No Holiday Edition Of Times Tomorrow
The Evening Times will not publish an edition tomorrow so staff may spend Christmas with families. Regular schedule resumes with Friday's edition.
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Times Tomorrow
Evening Times
Busiest Pre Christmas Season Fades as Yuletide Arrives
Monroe and the Christian world prepare for Christmas observances while travel grows heavy nationwide. Servicemen return home on leave as airports and stations draw crowds. stores close early to let workers celebrate. Charities report gifts and revival of church interest as aid flows to orphans and families. Names of visitors and host families noted among broader holiday goodwill.
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Monroe
Christian World
Christ
Free World
Korea
Japan
Chicago
Green County
Christians of World Turn Hearts to Jesus
Christmas observances and prayers fill hearts with hope as millions mark the birth of Jesus. In Bethlehem, Catholic midnight mass begins in the Chapel of St. Catherine and ends in the Grotto of the Nativity. A Protestant service is held on nearby terraces where angels announced the birth.
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Bethlehem
Judea
St. Catherine
Christ
Foreign Students Plan Visits Here Tomorrow
Monroe hospitality will be extended again this holiday season to several foreign students who spent a weekend seminar in August and have returned for further visits. The group originated from the University of Wisconsin orientation program aimed at introducing them to small town life. Among those returning are Dr.
No New Snow Seen For Area Tomorrow
Federal Weatherman Howard Thompson notes light snow flurries add to northern and western Wisconsin accumulations while southern and eastern districts get just enough to cover the ground on Christmas afternoon. The forecast predicts no heavy snow nationally with limited flurries east of the Mississippi mainly in New England.
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Santa Claus
Wisconsin
Howard Thompson
Mississippi River
New England
Shoppers Set New Record of Purchases in Monroe
Christmas shoppers set a new record for total purchases in Monroe this year according to a merchants poll. Weather last Saturday reduced peak sales to about half of last year while several stores still reported gains in total sales and dollar volume despite lower prices.
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Monroe
Post Office Sets New Mailing Peak This December
Post master John J. Burkhard announced mailing reached new records as patrons continued dropping greeting cards on December days. He called parcel post and greeting card business tremendous and thanked patrons for secure packaging and bundling, noting 323180 items processed in the first 22 days versus 318850 in 23 days last year.
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John J. Burkhard
Burkhard
Parcel
Kohler Plans Simple Inauguration Ceremony
Governor Kohler announced a low key inauguration for state officials on Monday January 5 at noon. Chief Justice Oscar M Fritz will administer oaths to five officers including Kohler for a second term Secretary of State Fred R Zimmerman starting his 10th term Lt Governor George M Smith Warren R Smith Treasurer Vernon W Thomson starting his third term.
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Madison
Kohler
Oscar M. Fritz
Fred R. Zimmerman
George M. Smith
Warren R. Smith
Vernon W. Thomson
Pope Pius XII Names Desolation in Christmas Message
In a Christmas Eve address the Pope warned East and West must seek salvation in Christ not machinery. He described poverty and desolation amid war and cold war, criticized Communist regimes and capitalist excess, and urged solidarity and humane use of wealth over machine rule.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Cheese Mart Closes Steady at Plymouth
Plymouth Wisconsin reports steady closing for the Cheese Mart with mixed dairy quotes. Wisconsin Cheese Exchange shows 2 cars cheddar 37 percent, last 2 cars 37.2 percent, pasteurized singles at 39 percent, and longhorns at 40 to 49 percent offers.
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Cheese Mart
Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Eisenhower Names Morse for Undersecretary of Agriculture
President elect Eisenhower selected True D Morse of St. Louis to be undersecretary of agriculture, with Morse, 56, serving as top aide to Ezra Taft Benson. Morse chairs Doane Agricultural Service, edits Doane Agriculture Digest, and will earn 17500 dollars annually. He was a Democrat up to about 20 years ago and has ties to farm management and research.
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New York
Eisenhower
True D Morse
St. Louis
Morse
Farm Management Service
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
James C. Hagerty
Benson
Missouri
Hoover
John
Korea
John Foster Dulles
Ship Disaster Death Toll Rises Near Champollion Wreck
Lebanon officials say 27 dead and about 100 injured as 328 passengers and crew reach shore from the reef grounded French liner Champollion split amidships off shore. Rescue boats and lifeboats encounter jagged rocks and surf with many feared missing.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Champollion
McGranery Orders FBI Probe Into New York Waterfront
Attorney General McGranery directs the FBI to launch a federal investigation into the New York waterfront amid testimony before the New York State Crime Commission. The probe targets dock rackets blamed for hundreds of millions in losses to the city’s shipping industry. Mayors Kenny, DeSapio, and former Mayor O'Dwyer are mentioned in connection with waterfront scandals.
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Washington
FBI
McGranery
New York
New York State Crime Commission
Res
Department of Justice
Commission
Terfront
New York City
John V. Kenny
Jersey City
Fred N. DeSapio
Hoboken
William O’dwyer
Red Troops Repulsed At T-Bone Hill In Korea Clash
On the eve of Christmas, U S Eighth Army reports Allied trenches on T-Bone Hill west of Chorwon withstanding a Chinese assault supported by artillery. Sabre jets engage about 60 MIGs as Maj Hagerstrom and 2nd Lt Fellman credited with destroying and damaging several enemy aircraft.
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Seoul
T-Bone Hill
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sabre
Eighth Army
James Hagerstrom
Tyler
Tex
Yalu River
Fellman
Manchuria
United Nations
Crews Denied Shore Leave Aboard Liberte Under McCarran-Walter Act
New York authorities refuse shore leave to 299 of the 974 crew aboard the Liberte, with 27 denied tentatively for missing seaman papers. Most others ordered to stay aboard after refusing to answer questions as ports protest the new law. The liner, arriving at Pier 88, will remain three days with many onboard for Christmas.
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New York
Liberte
Edward J. Shaughnessy
United Immigration and Naturalization Service
Pier 88
North River
France
Leonard J. Martin
East Orange
N. J
Washington
McCarran
Walter Law
Cargo Plane Lost On Milwaukee Hop
A twin engine Lockheed Electra vanished near Gen. Mitchell Field Milwaukee while en route from Columbus Ohio to Milwaukee with two crew members. Ground and air searches followed a mid morning report of a debris site along Lake Michigan near the Wisconsin Illinois line, but no trace was found. The missing craft carried about a ton of automobile steering assemblies bound for Milwaukee. Pilot Wilton Lyman 32 Toledo Ohio co pilot Robert Taylor 24 Marion Ohio.
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Milwaukee
Columbus
Gen. Mitchell Field
Lake Michigan
Kenosha
Wisconsin-Illinois State Line
Lake Shore
Coast Guard
Wilton Lyman
Toledo
Robert Taylor
Marion, O
Nash Promoted by Truman To Senior White House Adviser
President Truman elevated Philleo Nash from aide to a higher post as an assistant to the press secretary. Nash had previously denied Senator McCarthy’s charges that he was a Communist sympathizer.
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Philleo Nash
Truman
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Adbnew
Nash
Argyle Soldier Named To Special Color Guard At Eisenhower Inaugural
Sgt. John W. Kohler, 21, Argyle native and former Monroe resident, named to join the Far East command color guard to march in President-elect Eisenhower’s inaugural parade in Washington on January 20. He has been in Korea since leaving Fort Lawton February 4 and completed basic training at Fort Riley in November 1951.
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John W. Kohler
Peter Kohler
Argyle
Monroe
Army
Far East Command
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington, D. C
Set
Kohler
Korea
Fort Lawton
Wash
Fort Riley
Kas
John
Priscilla Driscoll
Janesville
Sgt
Ossit Church Furniture Co
Argyle High School
Triplets Born To Gibbons Family In Milwaukee
Randall John, Marcy Elizabeth, and Ronald Charles Gibbons arrived within minutes of 3:30 p.m. Monday at Milwaukee Hospital. The three, two boys and a girl, join 23 month old Jane and come from a Thiensville family formerly of Monroe. Randall John weighs 4 pounds 12 ounces, Marcy Elizabeth 5 pounds 7 ounces, and Ronald Charles 4 pounds 7 ounces. Marcy Elizabeth likely to go home next week. boys near five pounds before discharge. Six-member household moved from Milwaukee to Thiensville earlier this month and plan a three-bedroom home to fit the growing family. The trio were born to Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gibbons, with Mrs. Gibbons formerly Clara Weber, daughter of Mrs. Freida Weber. The Gibbonses anticipate income tax relief and insurance coverage helping hospital bills. Herman Weber of Madison, Mrs. Gibbons’ brother, notes another Weber family birth twins will be 2 in May.
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Milwaukee
Monroe
John R. Gibbons
Thiensville
Jane
Gibbons
Clara Weber
Freida Weber
J. R. Gibbons
9Th Street
Milwaukee Hospital
Randall John
Marcy Elizabeth
Ronald Charles
Herman Weber
Madison
Weber
Prelates Father Killed In Milwaukee Street Collision
Frank Brust Sr. 81 died after a car struck him while crossing a suburban Milwaukee street Tuesday. He was father of Rev. Leo Brust chancellor of the Milwaukee Archdiocese of the Catholic Church.
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Milwaukee
Frank Brust Sr
Brust
Leo Brust
The
Catholic Church
Action Under Way to Remove Reds at United Nations
Senator Wiley announces a new plan to fire subversives from U N staff following a grand jury report on Communist infiltration. Ramspeck of the Civil Service Commission coordinates with State and Justice to file detailed loyalty background statements with UN Secretary General Lie. Most nations disagree with US firings, but Wiley says the move aims to weed out questionable loyalty.
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Washington
Wiley
United Nations
U. N. General Assembly
Robert Ramspeck
Civil Service Commission
Ramspeck
U. S
U. N
New York
U. N. Secretariat
Truman
Eisenhower
State and Justice Departments
Ramsweck
Trygve Lie
Lie
Swing ban lifted in Illinois Ohio and Connecticut
Federal quarantine restrictions tied to vesicular exanthema were fully removed in Illinois Ohio and Connecticut, ending the swine disease bans in those states.
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Washington
Illinois
Ohio
Connecticut
Joseph Huber 92 Celebrates Anniversary With Family Toll
Joseph Huber, 92, a longtime Green County cheesemaker, to host a family gathering at the home of his son-in-law and daughter Otto Wirz in 15th Street. Attending will be two grandsons in the priesthood, Rev. George Wirz and Rev. Joseph Emmenegger, plus his daughters and their husbands and a Monroe son. Huber, a Canton Lucerne, Switzerland native and former dairy farmer, has worked in several area cheese factories and once ran a California dairy.
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Joseph Huber
Green County
Otto Wirz
15Th Street
George Wirz
Madison
Joseph Emmenegger
Milwaukee
Oscar Imhoff
Orangeville
John Coryell
Browntown
Wirts
Emil
Monroe
Joseph
Los Angeles
Huber
Canton Lucerne
Switzerland
America
California
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Greece
Frank Newman
Gerakis
John H. Brunns
Heinz Hartman
University of Chicago
Ben J Kubly
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Pope
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Sen. Wiley
True D. Morse
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