Milk Day Attracts 200 To Hear Milk Experts
A Better Milk Day program in the court house drew about 200 farmers and homemakers as Clarence Luchterhand of the state board of health urged cooperation to meet fluid milk competition. Evert Wallenfeldt of the University of Wisconsin spoke on practical methods to pass market milk quality tests. Dr M W Stuessy of Brodhead outlined milkborne diseases and pasteurization benefits. The event showcased pasteurization experiences and emphasized high quality milk products for all markets.
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Clarence Luchterhand
State Board of Health
Court House
Luchterhand
Department of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
U. S. Public Health Service
Evert Wallenfeldt
M. W. Stuessy
Brodhead
State Medical Society
van Loon
Agericultural
Soldiers May Get State Exemptions Bill Introduced Today
A state senate bill proposes tax exemptions of 1500 dollars per year on service pay for servicemen in 1951 and 1952. The measure would also extend filing deadlines for military personnel serving beyond U.S. borders, delaying state income tax returns for those on duty abroad.
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State Senate
Killing of Boy 13 Leaves Officials Puzzled in Crete
In Crete Illinois a 13 year old boy Billy Rodenberg was found dead after being abducted and strangled. Investigators report the body dumped from a car on Faithorn road after last being seen walking home from school. A senior Scholz and others provide details as coroner notes death by strangulation with neck marks and a jaw bruise. Authorities seek clues amid similarities cited to a famous 1924 Chicago crime.
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Crete
Ill
Billy Rodenberg
Michael Murphy
Murphy Suake
Rodenberg
Bobby Franks
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Chicago
Franks
Scholz
Crete Community High and Public School
Youngberg
Tues- Scholz
W. Hugh Miller
Wilt County
Miller
Billy
Faithorn Road
Overby
Chicago Sun-Times
Charles Anderson
Anderson
Hero's Medal Awarded to Wisconsin Soldier
Sgt. John R. Byrms of Combined Locks Wisconsin received the Soldier's Medal for saving fellow soldiers during a prairie fire that endangered Camp Carson Colorado in January 1950.
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San Antonio
John R. Byrms
Combined Locks
Wis
Carson
Colo
Frostbite Casualty Reveals Age 14 Soldier in Korea
Pfc. James D. Byrd, 14, from Youngstown Ohio, ran away from school and joined the army after a Columbus recruiter believed his false claim of being 18. Frostbitten in a Korea foxhole, he later recovered and traveled to Percy Jones hospital aboard a evacuation plane. He boasted of knocking off communists in his first month of combat.
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Hubert Reeves
Juliet
Pvt
Hubert E. Reeves
Percy Jones Hospital
Battle Creek
Mich
Reeves
Korea
Satue Creek
Ury
West Virginia
Army
James D. Byrd
Cecil R. Byrd
Youngstown
James
Columbus
Ohio
Examiners Say No Losses From Prien Manipulations
Directors of First National banks were assured no losses beyond insured coverage would result from manipulations in Russell W. Prien’s accounts. The audit found no outstanding fraud beyond the approximately $200,000 Prien admitted before his death, and misappropriations were replaced where present. National examiners left Monroe this afternoon.
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First National Banks
Russell W. Prien
Roy F. Burmeister
Prien
Monroe
Cheese values steady on Wisconsin exchange with no sales
Wisconsin cheese prices remained unchanged on the state exchange with no sales recorded. Unfilled bids included three bids at 3913 cents, one at 42 cents, two at 4 cents, and one at 1 cent for various brands, all state branded.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Dieddards
Wisconsin
Allies Reoccupy Wonju Amid Korean War Front Moves
United Nations forces reentered Wonju, the central Korea traffic hub, with air supported patrols meeting no opposition. In the east central front, 1,000 Reds were killed and a large force routed seven miles southeast of Yongwol as patrols press to close gaps and deter a new major drive. Communist concentrations remained strong in the west and coal region, while shifts toward center and east continued.
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Olen Clement
United Nations
Wonju
Korea
U. S
U. N
Yongwol
Ngwol
Chungju
Red
Coal
Name Contest Under Way for New District Near Monroe
Voters in joint district No 9 will nominate a name next week for a new district northeast of Monroe that houses one of the state’s two room schools. An adult farmers’ night school meeting next Thursday may finalize the choice with residents from Monroe Jordan Clarno and a Cadiz parcel voting on the name. Kendall Digman is clerk Clarence Falk is director and William Lauper treasurer. Teachers at the new school are Edward A. Gormar and Mrs Ralph Kundert.
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Monroe
Farmers
Jordan
Clarno
Cadiz
Kendall Digman
Clarence Falk
Miners Reach 14 Month Wage Pact Amid Price Moves
Washington reports most soft coal operators accept a 14 month wage agreement with John L. Lewis receiving an $82 daily raise. The deal raises miners eight hour day basic to 14.75 and prompts industry price increases of 5 to 6 percent for bituminous coal. Officials expect no interference from price and wage controls and anticipate a broader public statement within a week. J Frank Greer, 61, LaCrosse industrialist and civic leader, died in New Orleans while on vacation.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
J. Frank Greer
New Orleans
Greer
Segelke-Kohlhaus Co
New Glarus MHS Plans District Music Festival
Plans for the Southwest District spring music festival to be held April 17 and 18 split host sites between New Glarus and Evansville. Twelve schools participate at New Glarus and fourteen at Evansville. Monroe will attend the New Glarus event. Officials hope for a balanced split next year if Middleton hosts. Participating at New Glarus are Albany Argyle Belleville Black Earth Blaidd Gratiot Juda Monroe Monticello New Glarus South Wayne Verona. Evansville hosts Oregon Sun Prairie Evansville Milton Middleton Clinton Brooklyn Madison Edgewood Orfordville Brodhead Cambridge De Forest Oakwood Oregon Leota. The organizers set dates to midweek for judge availability. District officers are J. C. McKenna, Durward McVey, Gerald F. Fritz, and Herman Becker.
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New Glarus
Evansville
Monroe
Middleton
Albany
Argyle
Belleville
Black Earth
Gratiot
Juda
Monrce
Monticello
South Wayne
Verona
Oregon
Sun Prairie
Milton
Clinton
Brooklyn
Madison Edgewood
Orfordville
Brodhead
Cambridge
de’ Forest
Oakwood
Leota School
J. C. McKenna
Durward McVey
Gerald F. Fritz
Herman Becker
Monticello High School
MacArthur Attacks News Critic Over Korea Reporting
General Douglas MacArthur branded Homer Bigart as biased and inaccurate after a Look magazine piece accused him of misjudging the enemy and a monumental blunder in Korea. MacArthur’s reply via cable to commentator Robert Montgomery rejected the charges as propaganda, contrasting Bigart’s Pulitzer winning World War II coverage.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Homer Bigart
Bigart
New York Herald ‘Tribune
Look Magazine
MacArthur
Korea
Robert Montgomery
Ameri Ier
Green County Supervisors Schedule Feb 6 Meeting
The Green County board of supervisors will convene at 10 a m Tuesday February 6 with annual department reports on the agenda. They will consider the proposed Green County home for the aged and a revised county resolution on pay of tax bounties. The special hospital detention home and home for aged group met today with committee members C W Loveland F F Hartwig Ole Sandley Ray Silver Edward Iil lingstad and Wilma I Lengacher. A citizens committee led by C M Stauffer Rev Newell Mendenhall and Cecil y Washington township will meet with the board committee this afternoon.
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Green County Board of Supervisors
Green County
Special County Hospital
Groun
C. W. Loveland
Washington Township
F. F. Hartwig
Monroe
Ole Sandley
Browntown
Ray Silver
Mt. Pleasant Township
Edward Iillingstad
Albany
Wilma I. Lengacher
C. M. Stauffer
Monticello
Newell Mendenhall
Grace Lutheran Church of
Cecily
Collins Says Army Plans 24 Divisions
General J Lawton Collins told senators the army will reach the equivalent of 24 combat divisions by July 1, up from 12 or 14, as he urged approval of the universal military service and training program to draft 18 year olds for 27 months of service.
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Masningwn — Vey
J Lawton Collins
Collins
Army Chief of Staff
Senate
Fumes Overcome Workers at Pasco Citrus Plant
More than 100 people in Dade City Florida were overcome today by fumes from a disinfectant at a Pasco citrus canning plant. Most revived after oxygen was administered. others recovered without treatment.
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Dade City
Fla
Pasco
House Urges U N To Charge China As Aggressor In Korea
The House, after a fierce debate, urged the United Nations to brand communist China the aggressor in Korea. The resolution passed by voice vote amid some dissents and a roll call maneuver by Rep. Shafer. Rep. McCormack, with Rep. Martin, framed it as bipartisan foreign policy. Senate signals suggested late month action on approving American ground forces to bolster Western Europe.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Uld
China
Korea
Red
McCormack
Massachs
Shafer
R-Mich
Martin
Massachusetts
Hoffman R
U. Nations
Congress
Senate
House
Europe
Taft
Ohio
Valentine Guns and Johnston Lead Economic Stabilization Shakeup
President Truman replaced Alan Valentine with Eric Johnston to lead economic controls and stabilization. Johnston, on leave from the Motion Picture Association of America, has authority over prices wages rents credit and housing finance as part of mobilization. Wilson said a full decision on a broad or selective controls approach will wait until Johnston surveys the entire situation and months. Valentine had headed stabilization after leaving Rochester to run the agency.
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Washington
Trumnan“shuck
Natice
Truman
Alan Valentine
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
R. Wilson
Defense Mobilization
Valentine
Motion Picture Association
White Hous Vnce
Wilson Johnston
Wilson
White House
OPA
Febru Valentine
University of Rochester
Stabilization Agency
County Sends 14 for Physicals Under February Draft Quota
The county sets a February pre induction physicals quota of 74 men with 20 to report February 14 in Milwaukee. Since September 189 men have reported for pre induction tests, 64 ordered to induction, and about 20 more in February will push total reports toward 84. A portion failed medical or mental exams, with exact percentages withheld.
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Milwaukee
Mary Thyregod
State Draft Board
Madison
Ted
Green
Juary
Num
Draft Board
Widow Convicted in Poison Death Sentenced to Life
In Taycheedah state prison for life, 46 year old widow Bernhard Wrosch was convicted of poisoning her husband, 70 year old Bernhard Wrosch, with arsenic over months. An all male jury deliberated six hours before the verdict, defense to appeal to the state supreme court. The body was exhumed after anonymous tips questioned cancer as cause of death.
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Milwaukee
Irs
Wrosch
Taycheedah
Arthur W. Kopp
Platteville
State Supreme Court
Bernhard Wrosch
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Ie Gemonsirawea
Marvin Malkow
Decatur Township
Myror
E. Jeglum
County’ Agricultural
Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers' Association
Boy
Eeans Franks
Reds
U.N
Lewis Movemeats Agency
Michael V. di Salle
Prentice
Warner Olson
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