Dies of kidney illness John D Germann of McKeesport
John D Germann 49 a Monroe native and former Green County district attorney died last night at Presbyterian hospital Pittsburgh after two weeks hospitalization from kidney disease and hypertension. He lived in McKeesport since 1942 with his wife Katharine Mowry Tax and daughter Mary. Surviving are his widow daughter and two sisters Mrs Kohli Madison and Mrs Julson. another sister Mrs Maynard Julion of Oceanside is seeking plane reservations. He served as district attorney of Green County and later counsel for Koppers Co in Pittsburgh. He was born October 16 1905 and graduated from Monroe High School and the University of Wisconsin before earning a law degree in 1933. Funeral is set for 2 p m Tuesday in McKeesport.
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John D. Germann
Monroe
Presbyterian Hospital
Pittsburgh
McKeesport
Robert W. Kohli
Madison
Gnagi
Maynard Julion
Oceanside
Calif
Monroe High
Mr. Germann
John Daniel
Frances Gapen Germann
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Automobile Insurance Co
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Germann
Green County Bar Association
Wisconsin District Attorneys Association
Koppers Co
Citizens Bank
Greenock Road
Buena Vista
Katherine Mowry Tax
Mary
Kohli
Julson
Peron Backer Quits As Labor Board Head
Eduardo Valetich resigned as secretary general of the Argentine General Confederation of Labor due to ill health. Hector de Pietro was elected to replace him. Valetich was a strong Peron supporter during the government church dispute in Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Eduardo Valetich
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Hector de Pietro
Ond
Vuletich
Juan D. Peron
No Holiday Edition For The Evening Times Monday
There will be no edition of The Evening Times on Monday due to the Fourth of July holiday. Regular publication schedules resume with Tuesday's Evening Times.
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Evening Times
July 4 Holiday Events Mark Weekend Festivities
The area plans a busy Fourth of July with a 7 p.m. all star softball game at Recreation Park, an 8:30 p.m. fireworks display, and a square dance on the tennis courts. Stag flag tournament and dancing at Monroe Country Club run Sunday and Monday, with Karl Jaeger performing Sunday night. The pool closes at 6 p.m. and swimming classes are canceled.
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Stadium Bar
Madison
Recreation Park
Monroe Country Club
Karl Jaeger
Cheddar and Butter Markets Steady in Wisconsin Report
Wisconsin state agriculture department notes steady cheddar markets with small styles firm at maintained prices. Butter markets at terminal points held steady as demand remained good and production edges lower, while raw milk defects limited top quality receipts and grass cheese for curing stays in demand.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Chiang Stays Firm Against Cease-fire
President Chiang Kai-Shek says he will not agree to a ceasefire with the Chinese Communists until they disgorge their spoils and withdraw from territory they have stolen by aggression. The stance comes as tensions persist across Formosa and wider China.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shrike Star Isabel Bonner Dies on Stage in Los Angeles
Veteran Broadway actress Isabel Bonner died on stage during The Shrike at Carthay Circle theater. She collapsed mid scene from likely a heart attack, 47, as understudy Edith Reis Merin prepares to take over. The show had two performances remaining in LA.
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Los Angeles
Isabel Bonner
Carthay Circle Theater
Henry Staudigl
Miss Bonner
Staudig
Standigl
Edith Reis Merin
New York
Pittsburgh
Philco Playhouse
Studio One
Omnibus
Armstrong Circle Theater
Suspense
Show of Shows
Colgate Comedy Hour
Ford Theater
Schlitz Playhouse
Swiss Wheel Motel to Expand by 20 Units
Pete Manos proprietor of the Swiss Wheel restaurant and motel announces plans to add 20 units to the motel after the 1955 Cheese Day celebration, increasing the operation to 33 units.
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Swiss Wheel Motel
Pete Manos
Chicago teen slain in gang battle on south side
Kenneth Sloboda a 17 year old De La Salle senior was killed by a shotgun blast from a car carrying about 15 youths after a clash between rival gangs. Clement Macis a 14 year old freshman at Tilden Tech was later detained in connection with the shooting. In a separate incident three youths were stabbed at Riverview park.
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Chicago
Kenneth Sloboda
Clement
Cookie) Macis
Edward O’malley
South Side
O'Malley
Sloboda
Robert Ryband
Macis
Tilden Tech High School
de la Salle High School
Riverview Park
Area Cheese Men To Judge Exhibits At 1955 State Fair
Three local cheese men named Swiss cheese judges for the Wisconsin State Fair G. Fred Galli Monroe E O Lee Brodhead and Glenn Erbe Mt Horeb will judge cheese Friday Aug 12 The dairy building will display prize exhibits in refrigerated cases Other judges for brick limburger muenster American Bleu Gorgonzola and Italian classes are listed Premiums total 3663 with five Governor's Sweepstakes prizes for high scoring enses Superintendent credits State Fair Dairy Department in West Allis Madison entries and shipping tags issued soon
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G. Fred Galli
Monroe
E. O. Lee
Brodhead
Glenn Erbe
Mt. Horeb
Harvey J. Weavers
State Department of Agriculture
Emil A. Zorn
Plymouth
P. H. Mickle
Madison
Fred Heim
Lowell
William Winder
Zorn
H. E. Calbert
University of Wisconsin
Bleu
Calbert
James Caterina
Chicago
West Allis
H. E. Tait
Lester I. Legrid
Outagamie Reports Eight Polio Cases in June
Eight polio cases were reported in Outagamie County in June, a record for the month. Mrs. Paul V. Cary, chairwoman of the local N F I P chapter, noted one patient is an 8 year old Kaukauna boy who had Salk shots earlier this year. All cases were mild. Outagamie County had one case last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Outagamie County
Paul V. Cary
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Kaukauna
Aging King Haakon VII Recovers from Thigh Fracture
A medical bulletin from Oslo reports 82 year old King Haakon VII is improving after a thigh fracture suffered four days ago. Doctors say he shows steady recovery and remains under observation at the royal residence. The king previously underwent treatment and is receiving careful care.
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Oslo
Norway
Haakon VII
Little Chute Bridge Drawbridge Feud Persists
The dispute between Outagamie County and Little Chute over who operates the Fox River canal drawbridge remains unsettled. The county kept the bridge open to avoid interrupting navigation, while village leaders and Mayor Kostka resist taking over the operation. Two tugboats and a yacht waited as tensions continued amid planned village meetings.
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Little Chute
Outagamie County
Fox River
County Highway Committee
Paul Kostka
Kostka
Beause
WNI
U S to Hand Over Control of Gehlen Spy Network
Bonn reports the United States will relinquish control of the Gehlen spy organization next week. The network, led by former Hitler intelligence chief Reinhard Gehlen, will become West Germany's CIA counterpart under Adenauer. Gehlen has run American funded espionage since 1946 amid Communist critiques.
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Bonn
West Germany
United States
Reinhold Gehlen
Konrad Adenauer
U. S
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Gehlen
Hitler
East Germany
East Zone
Aia
Experts End Vaccine Study
Washington group of experts ended a conference on the Salk polio vaccine situation with no immediate release of more vaccine. The U S Public Health Service said its advisory committee and vaccine producers discussed production and testing rules and noted no public announcement of new vaccine. No supplies have been released since June 6.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Historic Green County Museum Opens Tomorrow
The Green County Historical Museum at Idle Hour farm north of the city opens from 3 to 5 p m tomorrow featuring jail equipment and artifacts including a ball and chain. It will be open Sundays all summer with group tours by appointment. the New Glarus log cabin remains open Sundays and can be toured by appointment.
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Green County Historical Museum
Idle Hour Farm
Glarus Log
Local Youth Saved By Karen Anderson At Pool Trials
During time trials for the Southern Wisconsin Aquatic Meet, 13 year old Karen Anderson rescued 12 year old William Pederson from 12 feet of water at the Monroe pool. Coach notes her quick action likely saved the boy’s life while other swimmers posted top times including Jon Dannerbeck in the 100 yard backstroke.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
William Pederson
Harold A. Pederson
Karen Anderson
Edmund C. Anderson
117Th Street
Jon Dannerbeck
Dannerbeck
Holiday Deaths Exceed ’54 Rate
The Fourth of July weekend opened with higher per day death tolls than a year earlier. Auto deaths stood at 62 of an 87 total by midday, with ten drownings since Friday 6 pm and 15 other mishaps. Fireworks deaths were not reported. The National Safety Council projects 380 highway deaths by Monday midnight. Ned H Dearborn, council president, warned that if drivers do not slow, the 380 mark may be reached or exceeded.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Michigan Governor Jailed at Centennial Soo Locks Event
Gov. G Mennen Williams was playfully jailed during a Soo Locks centennial celebration in Sault Ste Marie Michigan. He was seized during a parade by the Brothers of the Brush and charged with not wearing a beard as required by centennial rules. He was found guilty and held in a stockade before being reprieved to serve as chief caller at a square dance.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
G. Mennen Williams
Williams
Soo Locks
Brothers of the Brush
Copper Strike Parleys Stall Across Major Mines
Denver reports wage talks resume on a limited scale as federal conciliators and union spokesmen doubt a settlement before late next week. The nationwide strike by 50 000 to 60 000 workers looms, with talks suspended at Butte and Miami Douglas Bisbee El Paso and San Francisco while Kennecott and Phelps Dodge edge toward local issue resolutions.
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Denver
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Works
Ind
Butte
Mont
Anaconda Copper Co
William G. Hosie
Anaconda
Salt Lake City
S. Lyle Johnson
Kennecott Copper Corp
Kennecott
Miami
Ariz
Douglas, Ariz
Phelps-Dodge Copper Co
Phelps-Dodge
Bisbee
Arizona
Douglas and Morence
el Paso
Tex
San Francisco
American Smelting and Refining Co
CIO
Steel strike ends as U S Steel hikes prices and wages
U S Steel and the Big Six firms agree to about a 15 cent an hour wage rise following the shortest walkout in the industry’s history. Prices are raised roughly 7.50 a ton, with other major makers like Bethlehem, Republic, Jones and Laughlin, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel expected to follow. The two year pact allows wage bargaining only and runs to June 30, 1956.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Big Steel
CIO
United Steelworkers
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic, Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland Steel
Clifford F. Hood
U. S. Steel
Hood
Pittsburgh Steel
USW
David J. McDonald
John A. Stephens
U.S. Steel
McDonald
United Auto Workers
Hilton Hotels Executive Dies on Washington Platform
John L. Hennessy, 69, vice president of Hilton Hotels Corp., died today while waiting to board a train for New York. He began in the hotel business 50 years ago as an elevator operator and once chaired the Statler Hotel chain before its sale to Conrad Hilton.
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Washington
John L. Hennessy
Hilton Hotels Corp
New York
Hennessy
Angola
N. Y
Statler Hotel
Conrad Hilton
Dairy Display Case At County Fair
Green County officials announce a dairy products display case will be shown at the County Fair August 3 to 7. The case, returned from Madison rotunda after two months, drew up to 20 000 visitors daily at the state capitol exhibit.
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Green County
Monroe
Madison
Department of Agriculture
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la Crosse
Zanders Lake
Reef Construction Co
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John Germann
Peron Backer
Labor Board
Chiang
Dane Clark
Clark
Ann
Joseph Kramp
Outagamie
U.S
Jaycee
Gary Coplien
Chamber of Commerce
Rolland E. Karlan
Owen Hefty
Bill Lovelace
Hefty
Coplien
Merrill Hills
Waukesha
Lovelace
Michigan
Hilton Hotel
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