Green County Fair Premium List Becomes Available
The 1948 Green County Fair premium booklet is off the press and shipping to farmers, village and city exhibitors. The 94th annual event runs July 29 to August 1 with 13 open classes plus a large junior division, harness racing, a new Summer Follies show, livestock parade, horse shows, bands, machinery displays, and a Gem City midway. Officials include Louis R. Wolleson as president and William A. Brown as secretary. directors cover cattle, horses, swine, concessions, and police personnel.
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Green County
Louis R. Wolleson
Fred T. Burgy
William A. Brown
Wolleson
August Lehnherr
Burgy
Conrad Stauffacher
R. H. Schoonover
Russell W. Prien
Ernest Hayes
Marshall Peterson Nominated for Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat
Friends of Marshall L. Peterson of Monroe push his appointment to the Wisconsin supreme court vacancy after Justice Elmer Barlow's death on June 26. Peterson, 41, senior partner in Peterson and Kittelsen, began practice in 1930, served as Green County judge in 1938, and left the bench to join the navy during World War II.
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Marshall L. Peterson
Monroe
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Peterson
Oscar Rennebohm
Elmer Barlow
Peterson and Kittelsen
Green County
Brodhead Set to Elect School Directors in Meeting
Brodhead prepares for a special Monday evening school meeting to elect three directors. Incumbents Ayres and Gordon Condon face re election while Mrs Mable Hahlen declines. Nominated candidates filed with Clerk Lillie M Focht include Arnold Ayres Gerald Condon and Lucille TenEyck.
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Brodhead
Arnold Ayres
Mable Hahlen
Gerald Condon
Coal Prices Rise 85 Cents Per Ton In Pittsburgh
The United Mine Workers wage raise rippled into retail coal prices with an 85 cent per ton hike announced by Pittsburgh Coal Co. The move follows a 46 cent per ton rise in the mine price effective July 1.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Berlin Rail Link Declared Safe After Russian Fraud Claim
Western Allied officials dismissed Russian charges that repairs forced the Berlin to West line to close as spurious. The line had been shut three weeks, prompting airlifts for 2,000,000 Berliners. A C 47 crash killed two US airmen and a civilian.
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Berlin
West
London
Britain
United States
France
Russia
Foreign Office
France-Soir
Paris
U. S. Air Force
Eastern Railroads Granted Fare Boost
The interstate commerce commission approved a fare increase averaging 17 percent for eastern railroads operating north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi. The order allows a five day notice before new fares take effect, backing a 20 percent hike in basic passenger coach fares and a 14.3 percent rise in basic sleeping and parlor car fares.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio and
Potomac Rivers
Mississippi
ICC
Federal Official Describes Drouth Worst Since 1936
Madison report quotes Harold K. Hill of the Commodity Credit Corp during a Washington inspection tour for the U S Department of Agriculture. He says northwestern Wisconsin faces severe drouth with dairy farmers desperate for feed and a poor hay crop in prospect. Oats are poor and likely cut for hay, leaving little grain.
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Madison
Commodity Credit Corp
Wisconsin
Harold K. Hill
Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas City Faces Record Wheat Inflow and Jammed Elevators
The Kansas City market braced for another flood of wheat from Kansas and the southwest with about 1600 grain cars expected tonight after 1945 cars arrived yesterday, a new peak. Since last Saturday more than 8000 cars have swamped grain elevators, though unloads max at 1300 daily. Rain delayed harvest which had peaked and futures held around $2.21 per bushel for July wheat.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Southwest
Ralph C. Clark
American Association of Railroads
Warren H Rossiter 82 Dies After Surgery in Spring Valley
Warren H Rossiter 82 a lifelong Spring Valley resident died at 2 35 pm yesterday at St Clare hospital after surgery. Born October 30 1865 he never married and lived on the Rossiter farm with his brother Robert who preceded him in death. He was a 50 year member of the Brodhead Masonic lodge. Surviving are nephews Clyde and Wesley Rossiter and niece Mrs Levi Torkleson all of Brodhead. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Saturday at Newcomer funeral home with Rev J W Zimmerman officiating. burial in Maple Grove cemetery Orfordville.
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Warren Heber Rossiter
Spring Valley Township
St. Clare Hospital
Robert
Jemima Helm Rossiter
Mr. Rossiter
Rossiter
Brodhead Masonic Lodge
Clyde
Wesley Rossiter
Levi Torkleson
Brodhead
Newcomer Funeral Home
J. W. Zimmerman
Brodhead Evangelical Church
Maple Grove
Orfordville
Eaton Seeks Court Ban On Public Kaiser Frazer Probe
Washington banker Cyrus Eaton asked a federal court to stop the Securities and Exchange Commission from pursuing a public investigation of the Kaiser Frazer stock affair. He claimed the SEC is conducting a nationwide smear of Otis and Co. and disseminating defamatory material to the press. The SEC declined to comment.
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Washington
Cyrus Eaton
Cleveland
Kaiser-Frazer
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Otis and Co
Commission
Rifle wound fatal youth in Wisconsin incident
Baraboo reports Richard Weiss a 16 year old freshman at Wisconsin Dells High School died at a local hospital from wounds after a rifle accidentally discharged. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Russell Weiss of Springfield Adams county.
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Richard Weiss
Springfield
Adams County
Wisconsin Dells High School
Russell Weiss
Military Burial for Sgt. Donald S. Beach in Monroe
Military rites honored Sgt. Donald S. Beach, killed in the New Guinea campaign on Dec. 10, 1942. His flag presentation to his family followed a 2 p.m. service at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with a firing squad salute and color guards.
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Donald S. Beach
Stanley Beach
New Guinea
Monroe
Co. K
Shriner-Neushwander
Glenn Kubly
Theodore J. Burgy Jr
VFW
Patricia Thorp
Kenneth Hartwig
J. W. Elder
Duluth
Rodney Block
Beach
Arthur Durgin
Sgt. Beach
Kendal Digman
Veril Small
Lloyd Isely
Herbert Orton
John Schild
William Timmons
William Rupnow
Emmet McKenna
Alvin Blanchard
Sheldon Zimmerman
Harold Gissing
Harold Mauermann
David Brazelius
Sam Pickett
Frank M. Haren
Kenneth Ginner
Harold Pickett
Court House
Cooper in Paris for ten days with Mrs. Cooper
Paris reports that Kent Cooper former executive director and general manager of the Associated Press arrived from Frankfurt with his wife. They plan to stay in Paris about ten days and then return.
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Cooper
Paris
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Frankfurt
Rail Strike Ends as U.S. Returns Lines to Railroads
Washington reports a settlement ending a year long wage dispute that nearly shut the system. Three strike threatening unions gain 16 operating rule changes and back pay on November 1. Policy aims include avoiding further walkouts for months while September pay talks loom.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Daniel P. Loomis
Two Guard Units Depart Tomorrow for Summer Maneuvers
Co. K and the medical detachment of the 128th Infantry National Guard will leave the armory at 7 tomorrow morning by military convoy for Camp McCoy for two weeks of summer maneuvers. They report at 6 a.m. and return Saturday, July 24. The guard strength is 78 enlisted men and two officers, while the medical detachment has 17 enlisted men and two officers.
Rennebohm Names Educator to Committee
Gov Rennebohm appointed Leroy E Luberg assistant to the president of the University of Wisconsin to the educational advisory committee He succeeds the late Dr F O Holt also of the university
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Madison
Rennebohm
Leroy E. Luberg
University of Wisconsin
F. O. Holt
University
A For Whom The Bell Tolling Mood in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the Democratic convention opens with a funerallike mood. Delegates feel drained while Republicans arrived optimistic about nominating a president. Ike remains a magic word, but mood and recent events have darkened Democratic prospects and confidence.
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Philadelphia
Arabs and Israelis Renew Open War Across Palestine
Arabs and Jews renewed fighting in north and south Palestine and in the air. Israeli forces said they captured three Egyptian villages and repelled losses near Tel Aviv while Arab concentrations were reported north of the Sea of Galilee. Bernadotte pressed for demilitarization of Jerusalem and discussed a truce with King Abdullah as U N observers boarded Haifa ships.
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Associated Press
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Nazareth
Sea of Galilee
Haifa
Folke Bernadotte
U.N
Amman
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Jenin
Marshall
U. S
Britain
United Nations
Saudi Arabia
U. N
Trans- Jordan
Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Wisconsin Readings Reach Season Peak in July Heat
Wisconsin temperatures soared with the season’s first 100 degree reading. Ellsworth topped the state, Monroes hit 90, and Menomonie reached 99 as J H Thompson predicted continued warmth into Saturday with southeastern regions staying hot.
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Wisconsin
Ellsworth
Menomonie
Monroe
J. H. Thompson
U. S
The
Mercury
Corn Crop Estimate Higher Than in Forty Seven
The agriculture department forecasts this year's corn crop at 3.3289 billion bushels and wheat at 1.2418 billion. This first corn estimate tops last year's 2.4010 billion, trails 1946's 3.2879 billion, and exceeds the 10 year average of 2.8135. Winter wheat is placed at 951.958 million, spring wheat at 289.793 million, with year-ago figures and averages noted.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
IC Pledges City Its Cooperation In Crossing Repairs
Illinois Central officials promised complete cooperation to repair Monroe street crossings after a site inspection. Zenno A. Gorder said emergency repairs start soon and permanent work will follow, with a detailed report due July 16. Milwaukee Road had already repaired its crossings earlier.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Monroe
Zenno A. Gorder
Public Works
R. L. Williams
Freeport
Gorder
12Th Avenue
12Th Street
Board of Public Works
Milwaukee Road
Citizens Review 1948 Tax Assessment Figures
A growing number of Monroe residents visited city hall to examine the 1948 assessment roll, comparing values with 1947. The inspection period ends today, with a final deadline next Monday before the board of review meets to hear appeals. Assessor Everett Keel was unavailable for comment.
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Monroe
City Hall
Board of Review
Everett Keel
U S Ships Arrive Gibraltar Visit by Coral Sea
A squadron of five United States warships led by the aircraft carrier Coral Sea arrived in Gibraltar from Casablanca for a brief visit, marking a show of U S naval presence abroad.
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U. S
Gibraltar
United States
America
Coral Sea
Casablanca
Eisenhower Declines Democratic Nomination by Telegram
General Dwight D. Eisenhower informs Senator Pepper he will not accept the Democratic presidential nomination. Pepper says he will comply reluctantly as McGrath predicts Eisenhower will not be offered. James Roosevelt and Sparkman weigh in while party leaders debate the nomination near the convention.
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Jack Bell
Philadelphia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Claude Pepper
Florida
Eisenhower
Pepper
McGrath
J. Howard McGrath
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Truman
James Roosevelt
California
Sparkman
Douglas
Jacob M. Arvey
Chicago
William O’dwyer
New York
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Lucas
Price on Corn Drops Four Cents to New Low
Chicago markets extended a corn price drop to new lows since mid March. The July contract sank to near $2 on the board of trade while all other contracts fell below that level indicating broad weakness in the grain market.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
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Green County Fair
Marshall Peterson
Douglas Steele
Lou Lavasseur
Portland
Red ‘Repair
Drouth
Kansas City Market
Warren H. Rossiter
Eaton
U.S. Returns Lines
Ike
Samuel Lewis
Center
Wholesale and Department Store Union of America
CIO
House
Lewis
Iraqi
Senator Pepper
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