Rail Tieup Seen As Army Seizes Rock Island Line
Government pressure ends major AFL switchmen strike after court order prompts return to work on the Rock Island Line. Army seizure followed, as unions weigh further action across train men conductors and yardmasters amid Korea war transport concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AFL
Truman
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Rock Island
National Railway Mediation Board
U. S
United Nations
Korea
Trumar
Arthur J. Glover
AFL Switchmen’s Union of North America
Glover
John Knight
Buffalo
N. Y
Union
Walter Schmid 59 Dies After Ill Health At Monroe
Walter Schmid 59 a Lakeshire Marty Co cheese grader died at 8 40 p m after two weeks in St Clare hospital He had been ill since September and had operation in March Born July 30 1883 in Herisau Switzerland he immigrated in 1911 to New Glarus married Anna Pregenzer January 25 1923 in Monroe They lived in Jordan nine years before moving to Monroe in 1932 He worked as a carpenter and then for Lakeshire Marty He leaves his widow two brothers Ernest Monroe and Robert Switzerland two sisters Mrs Jacob Anderegg and Mrs Jacob Rugg Switzerland three nephews and three nieces His parents and three brothers preceded him Involved with Concordia lodge IOOF and St Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church Services 3 15 p m WednesdayShriner Neushwander funeral home Fr Paul C Kehle officiating Burial Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Schmid
Lakeshire-Marty Co
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Schmid
Herisau
Canton Appenzell
Switzerland
Ferdinand and
Louisa Frichknecht Schmid
America
Schmid
Concordia Lodge
IOOF
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home
Jfr
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Seven Die in Wisconsin Weekend Accidents
A span of sunny weekend accidents in Wisconsin left seven dead. Notable incidents include Mrs. Carl Stange killed when a Milwaukee road passenger train struck her car in Scott township, Sheboygan County, injuring her husband and three sons. A North Western line passenger train fatally struck Mrs. Theresa Laker in Oshkosh. Rentmeester, 27, died aiding a tire change near Green Bay after a second vehicle hit the jack. Additional fatalities occurred near Middleton, McFarland, and a drowning in Marinette County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Carl Stange
Milwaukee Road
Scott
Sheboygan County
Stanges
Church
Stange
Ropert
Ralph
Richard
Sheboygan
North Western Road
Theresa Laker
Oshkosh
West de Pere
Marvin E. Rentmeester
Hamilton Bain Jr
Green Bay
Rentmeester
Madison
McFarland
Donald Corriveau
Jerry Willett
Crete
Twin Bridges
Marinette County
Manuel Escobar Jr
Waupun County
Board of Review Opens Hearings at City Hall
First sessions of the city board of review were held today at city hall to hear tax adjustment requests. The board will meet as needed through early August to hear appeals on bills with decisions affecting next year’s tax bills. Members include Mayor A. Buehler and Aldermen Floyd W. Matzke and Roger L. Elmer. City attorney Arthur C. Benkert, city clerk G. S. Soseman, and Assessor Everett Keel also attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Review
City Hall
A. Buehler
Floyd W. Matzke
Roger L. Elmer
Arthur C. Benkert
G. S. Soseman
Everett Keel
Senator Wiley Files Nomination Papers for Re-election
U S Senator Alexander Wiley of Chippewa Falls filed his nomination papers with the secretary of state today seeking re election on the Republican ticket. The move confirms his bid for another term in the United States Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
U. S
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Secretary of State
Governor Williams Urges Higher Pay for Prison Guards
Michigan Governor G Mennen Williams, visiting Marquette prison, praises guards who saved his life during a knife attack by three convicts. One ringleader died, others injured. a guard and steward were hurt. Williams notes guards earn about 200 a month and calls for a raise.
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Ironwood
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Marquette
George Kerr
John Halstead
al Hankness
Jim Nancarrow
Williams
Ralph Stearns
Stearns
Vyanna Wyss White Madion Resident Dies at 2:30 P M
Vyanna Wyss White 45 of Madison died yesterday at St Clara hospital after heart illness. Born May 6 1905 in Calamine she lived 23 years in Chicago before moving to Madison seven years ago. Survived by six sisters and a son in infancy preceded by parents and two brothers. Funeral at St John s Evang Cal Reformed with Rev Kehle officiating. Interment Greenwood cemetery.
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Vyanna Wyss White
Madison
St. Clare Hospital
Monticello
Christ Yaussi
Vyanna Wyss
Calamine
Lafayette County
Henry and
Minnie Selmow Wyss
Monroe High School
Green County Normal School
George White
Chicago
Ray-o-Vac Co
Henry Elmer
Fred Hirshbrunner
Darlington
Herman Babler
R. D. Richardson
LaSalle
Ill
Leona Wyss
Lena
Minnie
Henry
Walter
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Shriner-Neushwander
St. John’s Church
Paul C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Green Bay Soldier 2nd Lt Harold Lake Killed in Korea
Wisconsin records the first combat fatality of the Korean War. 2nd Lt. Harold Lake, 27, from Green Bay, an European theater veteran, was attached to a field artillery unit when he died in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Harold Lake
Official Denies McCarthy Audit in Wisconsin inquiry
The Madison Capital Times reported a field audit of U S Senator Joseph McCarthy’s 1949 income tax return was ordered by Wisconsin Department of Taxation, focusing on $15172 in interest payments and $2290 in stock losses. Tax Commissioner Arthur Wegner denied any field audit, saying an ordinary office audit is underway and a field audit would only occur after taxpayer notification.
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Madison
Madison Capital Times
U. S
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin Department of Taxation
Wisconsin
Arthur E. Wenger
Wegner
J. L. Tibbetts
Appleton
Tibbetts
McCarthy
Washington
Fowl laws delayed to late August
Secretary of the Interior Chapman said water fowl hunting laws for next fall will be issued about August 26, a month later than usual. The delay will give the Fish and Wildlife Service more time to analyze information from biologists checking on northern breeding grounds.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Chapman
Fish and Wildlife Service
Divisions in U S Alerted for Duty To Be Shipped
The army begins moving its five division mobile force within the United States to speed aid to American troops facing a North Korean advance. The 2nd Infantry Division and other smaller units are ordered to the Far East, following U S entry into the Korean conflict to aid South Korea.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Far East
South
Army and Air Force Quotas Lifted At Local Recruiting Station
Sgt Walter M Helgesen reports a busy day at the post office basement recruiting station as Army and Air Force quotas are lifted. Counselors answered enlistment inquiries and conducted pre enlistment examinations for regular service and reserves seeking re entry into active duty.
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Army
Air Force
Acre
Walter M. Helgesen
Mobilized units linked to far east move spark manpower worry
The report maps Swift Move a mobile striking force and alerts for 2nd infantry at Ft. Lewis 82nd Airborne Ft. Bragg 11th Airborne Ft. Campbell 2nd Armored Ft. Hood 3rd Infantry Ft. Benning. It notes alerts across 2nd Army 3rd 4th commands and a marine division awaiting ships with questions over guard mobilization and draft use as the North Korea crisis deepens.
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Korea
National Guard
2Nd Infantry
Ft. Lewis
Wash
82Nd Airborne
Ft. Bragg
N. C
11Th Airborne
Ft. Campbell, Ky
2Nd Armored
Ft. Hood
Tex
3Rd Infantry
Ft. Benning
Washington
San Francisco
Far East Command
6Th Army Area
2Nd Division
2Nd Army
Baltimore
Atlanta
San Antonio
Far East
Regular Army
Orangeville district approves 385000 bond for new 7 12 building
Voters in Orangeville community unit district approve a 385000 bond issue for a new 12 acre site south of the water tower and a 380000 construction package. The plan includes a two story L shaped high school with gym and shops. Architects Ganster and Hennighausen of Waukegan will design the project, with completion not before September 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeville
Community Unit
Oneco
Rock Grove
Buckeye
Waddhams
Harlem
Dakota
Musser
Ganster and Hennighausen
Waukegan
Ill
Ray J. Folgate
Merril Mays
Cyrus Blunt
Elmer Heck
Dale Phillip
Lyle Rinehart
Clinton Scheider
Rinehart
John Jensen
Betty Timmins State 4H Club Award Presentation
A plaque for efficient dairy production was given Saturday to Betty Timm of Clarno, one of six statewide recipients. Morris Cooper of Jefferson County and Gene Clausing of Ozaukee also earned the award. Green county sent three members Mildred Cotherman Helen Stettler and Albert Buri who sang in the camp chorus during the Lake Geneva district 4-H camp program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Timm
Walter G. Timm
Clarno
Lake Geneva
Morris Cooper
Jefferson County
Gene Clausing
Ozaukee
Green County Club
Mildred Cotherman
Green County Center
Helen Stettler
Oakley
Albert Buri
Argus Club
Grantsburg Marshal Kills Youth in Fracas
Grantsburg Wisconsin report says Village Marshal David Lester killed a youth and wounded another while transporting them to the city jail after a disturbance. The two men, Kermit Larson and David Dahlberg, both of Trade Lake, were briefly recaptured but continued to flee. Dahlberg died on the street and Larson was wounded in the leg and hospitalized.
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Grantsburg
Wis
David Lester
Ethel McCarty
David Dahlberg
Trade Lake
Kermit Larson
Lester
Price disparity cited in Swiss cheese market impact
Producers point to a widening spread between factory prices and retail Swiss cheese as milk price declines press farmers. G. Fred Galli notes state brand prices dropping from 55 cents in April 1948 to 36 cents in April 1950, signaling weak business balance. Dealers report some movement from storage but say market resistance and pricing pressures harm assemblers and producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Galli
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Galli
Train derailment injures three in Indiana incident
Six coaches of a Pennsylvania passenger train derailed east of Windfall Indiana early today. Three persons were hurt and taken to Mercy hospital in Elwood. Their condition was not serious.
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Ind
Pennsylvania
Here
Mercy Hospital
Elwood
Lost Battalion Returns as North Korea Presses South
North Korea drives toward Taejon within 20 miles as Gen. MacArthur reports, while American air and ground forces slow the advance. A lost battalion breaks out, rejoining its regiment. seven U.S. servicemen found dead with hands tied.
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Associated Press
Taejon
South Korea
MacArthur
Red
Chonan
Chongan
Chochiwon
Chinchon
George E. Stratemeyer
Stratemeyer
Seoul
U. S
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Rock Island Line
Board of Review
Gov. Williams
Vyanna W. White
Recreation Park
Malaguena
Jolly Coppersmith
Margaret Angliker
Patricia Thorp
Borwin
Phoebe Abraham
Ketelby
Egypt
Deep South
Storm King
Thunderer
Washington Post
Monroe Park
Allen F. Barnard
North Korea
Yangyang
Tsushima
Mwonjin
General MacArthur
Chonui
Umsong-Chungju
New Orangeville School Plan
Betty Timmins
Indiana
Reds
D. C. Gates
Texas
U. S. Far East
Straeger
15Th Division
Umsong
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