States Set for Primary on State Offices in Wisconsin
Wisconsin parties set a September 9 primary with at least one candidate for every statewide office. A total of 59 candidates seek state and federal offices, plus multiple district races in Milwaukee and across the state.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Secretary of State
Senate
Assembly
GOP
Milwaukee
Clement Zablocki
U.S. Senate
Joseph McCarthy
Appleton
McCarthy
U. S
Edmund Kerner
Lake Geneva
Andrew G. Jacobson
Kenosha
Leonard F. Schmitt
Merrill McCarthy
Edward J. Finan
Bristol
Perry J. Stearns
Shorewood
Thomas E. Fairchild
Verona
Henry S. Reuss
Two in Plane Killed In Fond du Lac Crash
Two men died in an airplane crash ten miles northeast of Fond du Lac. Max Goldberg a 40 year old licensed pilot of Fond du Lac flew his own plane with passenger Gregor L. Rieden 21 of St Peter in Fond du Lac County. They died instantly after takeoff from Fond du Lac airport about 30 minutes before. A girl friend of Reiden’s had been photographing from the ground.
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Fond DU Lac
Here
Max Goldberg
Gregor L. Rieden
St. Peter
Silica
Reiden
Water Board Refuses Change in Eastlawn Water Rules
Water Board members voted unanimously to keep existing policy that Eastlawn Subdivision owners pay all costs for extending the water main. The council judiciary committee and City Attorney Benkett referred a petition from owners to reconsider after input from PSC and League counsel. The 50 50 start split is explained as refundable on lot sale. no current fire protection need justifies public funds for subdivision.
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Water Board
Eastlawn
State Public Service Commission
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Judiciary Committee
Arthur C. Benkett
The
Robert J. Cunningham
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
PSC
Water Department
F. Earl Lamboley
John A. Becker
Roger L. Elmer
Council
Lamboley
Cunningham
Benkett
George Mauerman
Bank names new officers at annual stockholders meeting
Commercial and Savings Bank renamed all directors and officers at the annual stockholders meeting and board session. The only new officer is Edwin B. Griffith as assistant trust officer. Directors named were W. C. Bender, Arthur P. Benkert, R. W. Blaha, Bruce M. Blum, Emil Escher, Edward T. Kundert, Robert L. Rote and Ralph H. Wenger. Officers are Kundert president, Wenger vice president, Bender vice president and cashier, Blaha vice president and trust officer, and Harold L. Fenton assistant cashier.
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Commercial and Savings Bank
Edwin B. Griffith
W. C. Bender
Arthur P. Benkert
R. W. Blaha
Bruce M. Blum
Emil Escher
Edward T. Kundert
Robert L. Rote
Ralph H. Wenger
Kundert
Wenger
Bender
Blaha
Harold L. Fenton
British Spy Suspect Denies Knowing About Data Found in Pocket
A 24 year old Foreign Office radio operator, William Martin Marshall, testified at London's Old Bailey that he did not know how a secret government document ended up in his pocket after being overheard talking to a Russian diplomat. The prosecutor called his story improbable and pressed for conviction on five Official Secrets Act charges. Marshall pleaded not guilty to passing secrets to Pavel Kuznetsov, second secretary of the Soviet Embassy.
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London
Foreign Office
William Martin Marshall
Old Bailey
Britain
Marshall
Pavel Kuznetsov
Shullsburg Mine Closed by Strike
The Calumet and Hecla lead and zinc mine near Shullsburg shut down as 134 miners walked out in mass picketing to demand the reversal of a 20 cent per hour wage cut. Picket lines formed at the entrance blocking the mine as shifts reported. maintenance men and supervisors remained.
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Shullsburg
Calumet and
Hecla
Violent Clashes Flare in Korea
U N troops on the eastern ridge drove Communist positions while China recaptured a hill in the center. The U S Eighth Army said 42 Reds were killed and 65 wounded in East sector fighting. Between 350 and 400 Chinese engaged in hand to hand combat. Thunderjets bombed the Changjin Reservoir No 2 power plant as reconnaissance showed Reds trying to restore generators. The plant had been knocked out in raids two weeks earlier.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.S. Eighth Army
U.N
U.S
Changjin Reservoir
Oil Stocks Rally As Market Holds Steady
Actively higher oil issues led gains in an otherwise steady market. Oil stocks rose up to about four points, while railroads were mixed and early leaders faded. Steel shares held steady and motor stocks showed mixed results for the session.
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New York
Northern Pacific
Monroe Board Considers Mergers and Staff Raises
The Monroe city school board discussed integrating Twin Grove district into the county master plan after a June hearing on the merger. No action was taken but a letter will urge inclusion in District No. 7. Twin Grove pupils will stay under current tuition terms until final plan. The board approved salaries for 1952-53 with janitors plus ten dollars, assistant secretary up twenty five, and assistant librarian up fifteen, and authorized a traffic patrolman for Lincoln school.
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Monroe City
Board of Education
Twin Grove
Monroe
County
Monroe Board
Pricilla Blumer
Leslie G. Kindschi
Lincoln School
Killed in Collision Near New Holstein
Wilmer B. Steffen twenty five of Route 1 New Holstein died when his car collided with a truck at a rural intersection. He was killed instantly in the crash authorities said.
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New Holstein
Wis
Wilmer B. Steffen
Route 1
Hoover Assails Democrats At Republican Convention
Former president Herbert Hoover delivered a sweeping attack on Democratic policy urging a stronger military and domestic program. He warned the election could be freedom’s last chance and drew a large ovation for his call to restore leadership and oppose “give-away” federal spending.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Taft
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mussolini
Karl Marx
Lord Keynes
Freedom
America
4 H Talent Night Entries Incomplete
A Green County Fair event will showcase 4 H talent on the amphitheater stage the second night of the fair Thursday July 31. The fair policy committee will meet Friday to select entries with all clubs to nominate two contestants each. Some clubs have not yet reported to Ralph Elmer, York township, chairman of the talent presentation.
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Fair Policy Committee
Green County
4H Leaders Group
Ralph Elmer
York Township
Farm Deferments Clarified by County Selective Service
Green County boards will use the Wisconsin production credit guide to assess farm youths deferments. Meetings with the county agricultural mobilization committee set the plan under Col. Bent ley Courtenay. The local board will decide each registrant’s classification based on actual market production.
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John E. Friedell
Wisconsin
Green County Selective Service Board
County Agricultural War Mobilization Committee
State Board
Col. Bentley Courtenay
State’ Selective Service
County Draft Board
Harold C. Heimann
Harry E. Buholzer
Evert Green
Arthur R. Spoerry
Wilbert W. Wuethrich
County Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Col. Courtenay
Battle for Republican Delegates in Chicago Rages
Chicago press reports a pivotal struggle between Taft and Eisenhower over delegate selections. Key moves include Texas convention fallout at Mineral Wells and a GOP push to bar cameras at delegate seating. Governors largely back Eisenhower, shaping the convention battle.
Taft Appeals Wisconsin Help At Republican Credentials Meeting
Senator Taft urged Wisconsin delegates to pressure other delegates to back his cause as the credentials dispute at the Republican convention unfolds. He praised the Credentials Committee for fairness, noted possible appeals, and outlined plans to mobilize about 60 delegates from other states while Wisconsin’s 24 Taft and six Warren delegates remain engaged. Dwight Green of Illinois addressed the Wisconsin Taft supporters.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Wisconsin
Credentials Committee
Taft
Louisiana
Georgia
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Eisenhower
Harvey V. Higley
Marinette
Wis
Warren
Sen
Higley
Conrad Hilton
Badger
Ohio
Dwight Green
Illinois
California backs vote fight in Eisenhower contest
The 70 member California delegation voted 57 to 8 to back the pro Eisenhower position in the Georgia delegation dispute. The open caucus marked the bloc’s leanings toward Eisenhower should Gov. Earl Warren exit the presidential race. Senator Knowland urged reporters the vote was issue based, not a political maneuver in the How er Taft contest.
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Chicago
California
Georgia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Earl Warren
William F. Knowland
Hower
Robert A. Taft
Gov Fine Urges GOP Unity to Defeat Democrats
Pennsylvania Governor John S. Fine urged Republicans to unite to defeat Democrats he said seek votes over democracy. In a convention address he criticized Democratic administrations and GOP doldrums while signaling a possible Eisenhower tilt and planning to declare his stance at a Pennsylvania caucus.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Fine
Eisenhower
GOP
Republicans Near Harmony Platform In Civil Rights Debate
In Chicago delegates begin reviewing a 90 member committee approved harmony platform with probes into foreign policy and national defense. Civil rights disputes threaten to erupt within the resolutions committee or at the convention as Sen. Eugene D. Millikin reads the full document behind locked doors.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Plank
Slayer of Two Men Hunted over Illinois
A wide search across a large Illinois area failed to locate 27 year old Richard Cox, the man accused of shooting two Pontiac men and abducting his ex wife Betty Cox after a Monday cafe shooting. State police set roadblocks as Pontiac and nearby city officers pursued clues. The divorced wife, Betty Cox, 23, was released after the six hour ride.
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Pontiac
Ill
Illinois
Richard Cox
Betty
Wheat futures rise on buying. soybeans slip
Wheat futures advanced amid firm demand while Chicago grains faced a dip as soybeans retreated. Market mood remained cautious as extended good growing weather weighed on corn and soy prospects.
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WURAT
Chicago
Backers Move to Boost Eisenhower Delegates at Taft Convention
At the Republican National Convention in Chicago the Taft faction yielded 13 Louisiana votes to Eisenhower, signaling a strategy shift as talks of a Texas compromise surfaced. Eisenhower supporters planned to press a floor fight over remaining contested delegations with 11 net Louisiana votes shifting to Eisenhower, altering the delegate tally.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Louisiana
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ross Rizley
Credentials Committee
Texas
Taft
Eisenhower
Wesley Roberts
Chi
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Thomas E. Coleman
Coleman
GOP
National Committee
Lone Star
Eugene Worrell
Virginia
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Sen
Georgia
John S. Fine
Pennyslvania
Fine
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