Parade Opens Monticello Gay 1950 Homecoming
The Monticello homecoming parade starts at 1 p m with two days of events through Sunday night ending in fireworks. Tug of war draws Exeter Monroe Mt Pleasant and Washington teams for $50, baseball features State Line all stars vs East Chicago Giants with Lefty Andrews, a Saturday dance in Karlen hall, and multiple bands, floats and 4 H groups.
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Monticello
Exeter
Monroe
Mt. Pleasant
Washington
State Line League All-Stars
East Chicago Giants
Laverne
Andrews
Major League Timber
Stars
Karlen Hall
Billy Hartwig
Jolly Switzer
Belleville High School
Scouts
Cub Scouts
Town Hall
Washington and
Green County Center
Dutch Hollow
Frederick Voegels
Monticello High School
Albany
New Glarus
Town Hall Cheese Cooperative
Leo and Kohli Shell Service
North Side Cheese Co-Op
Streiff
Blum
M and M
Karlen and Steinmann Co
Kubiy Tavern
Clarence Wittenwyler
Main Street
Ed Fuhrman
Henry Schmid
Willard R. Schuetze
R. A. Woodruff
Henry V. Baebler
William Spring
John H. Disch
Giants
Bill Moon
Cliff Bear
Blanchardville
Ed Loeffel
D. Nystad
Argyle
Harvey Loeffel
Gene Mason
Leo Butts
William Winzenried
LeRoy Ames
Richard Wainwright
Robert Reich
Belleville
Wilbur Neuenschwander
Howard Jeglum
Ralph Johnson
Viota
Ernest Gowler
Glen Wood
Robert Penniston
Explosions Wreck Two B-50 Bombers Near Tucson
A B-50 bomber crashed near the Galiuro mountains after an explosion seconds before impact killing Lt. Jerome M. McCarville and Lt. Robert L. Jones. Five crew parachuted to safety. three remain missing. Aircraft from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson.
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Tucson
Jerome M. Nick- Carville
Darlington
Galiuro Mountains
McCarville
Robert L. Jones
William R. McCarville
Willow Springs
Darlington High School
Platteville Mining School
Army
University of Wisconsin
Air Force
Randolph Field Tex
Nina Lyerly
Miss Laura Fisher 65 Dies at Gratiot
Laura Fisher 65 of Gratiot died at 10 45 this morning in St. Clare hospital after about five months illness She had been a hospital patient over a week She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Fisher and lived on the home farm north of Gratiot with two brothers Dan and Willard and two sisters Jennie and Mary Survived also by brother Harry Shullsburg Walter preceded her in death Funeral rites tentatively Monday morning at St Joseph s Catholic church Gratiot Rev Gilbert Carlton to officiate burial in church cemetery
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Laura Fisher
Gratiot
St. Clare Hospital
Michael Fisher
Miss Fisher
Dan
Willard
Jennie
Mary
Harry
Shullsburg
Walter
Death Toll 16 in B 50 Bomber Crash Near Lebanon Ohio
A U S Air Force B 50 bomber on a routine training flight crashed near Lebanon Ohio. Officials at Wright Patterson and Biggs Field El Paso confirmed the death toll rose to 16 after reviewing clearance papers. The crash left a wide 18 foot deep crater and scattered wreckage across a farm.
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Dayton
Lebanon
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Public Information Office
Eighth Air Force
Biggs Field
el Paso
Biggs
Browntown Farmer Injured While Haying
Merrill Smith a 37 year old Browntown farmer was pitched from a hay rig at the John Williams farm in Jordan suffering a chest injury and will be in a cast for about ten days He was treated by a Monroe physician and lives two and a half miles east of Browntown
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Browntown
Merrill Smith
John Williams
Jordan
Smith
Here
Monroe
Looters Steal About 700 From Appleton Businesses
Two safes were forced open and approximately 700 dollars taken from business establishments just outside the western city limits last night.
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Appleton
Tiny College Rejects U S Loan Offer as Wrong in Principle
Madisonville Tenn. President D R Youell of Hiwassee College says government loans for church college construction are improper. He notes the college needs dormitory space for girls already under construction and wants dorms for boys and faculty housing without federal funds. The college declined a prior surplus government potatoes offer.
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Madisonville
Tenn
D. R. Youell
Hiwassee College
Congress
Hiwassee
Youell
Belgrade Charges Bulgarian Raids Across Frontier
Yugoslavia accuses Bulgaria of four cross border patrol incursions with gunfire and one Bulgarian soldier killed. Belgrade submits a formal note demanding an end to these “provocative” acts and accuses Sofia of trying to seize Yugoslav guards, escalating Balkan tensions in the Tito era.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Yugoslav Foreign Ministry
Marshal Tito
Cominform
Tito
Stock List Begins Recovery
The stock market edged up today with gains around $3 a share after a week of heavy losses. Steels and motors led activity while other groups posted advances as traders weighed Truman’s Korea remarks and a likely delay in corporate tax increases.
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New York
Steels and Motors
Truman
Jordan Named Head of Aeronautics Group
Thomas K. Jordan, 43, was appointed director of the Wisconsin aeronautics commission today. He has been deputy director and executive secretary since 1947 and succeeds Col. Lester Maitland who resigned last March to take a Michigan director post. The job had been vacant since Maitland’s departure.
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Madison
Thomas K. Jordan
Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission
Jordan
Commission
Col. Lester Maitland
Michigan
Detroit Slaying Mystery Probed
Detroit police pursue a widening murder case after the body of Vivian Stanley 27 was found in a weed patch on the west side. She was garroted and her neck broken, with her husband Crawford Stanley away on a fishing trip. neighbor Sam B Sampson 42 detained on loan-related questions.
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Detroit
West Side
Vivian Stanley
Stanley
George Kimball
Sam B. Sampson
Sampson
Crawford T. Stanley
Canada
Thomas
Lucy
Mrs. Stanley
Pinehurst Avenue
Army Spokesman Defends Korea War Outlook and Casualties
An Army spokesman in Washington said American troops in Korea are not slaughtered and there is no Dunkerque scenario. He cited 24 hour Korea totals of 1 dead and 20 wounded with 14 nonbattles, explained losses, and noted a B 29 mission plane was lost to non enemy trouble. He warned the public not to expect a rout while acknowledging deaths.
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Washington
Korea
Pentagon
Tong
Dunkerque
Europe
Seoul
Army
Bataan
United States
38Th Parallel
South Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Plan for Adaptability Study of Oat Varieties in County Plots
County farmers will host a three day study of oat adaptability next week at experimental plots on county farms. Grain experts Lester Van Loon Oliver LaMont and Victor Burcalow will lead tours across several farms in Argyle Brodhead Monticello Monroe and Brooklyn with visits to Hatfield Yarwood Schultz Gempler May Digman and others. Oat varieties Shelby Mindo Vicland Ajax Clinton Bonda Zephyr are planted alongside barley Oderbrucker Wisconsin Bardless Pedigree No. 38 Moore and Henry wheat. The study compares maturity stiffness straw length lodging standability disease resistance yield and breeding backgrounds of the hybrids.
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Lester van Loon
Oliver LaMont
State Farm Bureau
George Hatfield
Argyle
Orville Miller
Brodhead
Karl Brandenburg
H. O. Elmer
Monticello
Stanley Kitterson
New Glarus
Herman Pluss
Albany
Lloyd Deininger
Monroe
Kendall Digman
Shelby
Mindo
Vicland
Ajax
Clinton
Bonda
Zephyr
Wisconsin
UN chief urges aid for Korea war effort
U N Secretary General Trygve Lie appealed to 52 U N members for ground forces and other help for the Korea campaign. He said unified command under the United States needs effective assistance and suggested combat forces, especially ground troops, while hoping the war ends in Korea within three to six months.
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Lie
Korea
U. N
United States
Yugoslavia
Security Council
Washington
United Nations
Army and national guard mobilization notes amid Korean War
The Fifth Army orders weekend recruiting office hours after disappointing results. Wisconsin could see about 18 000 called to active duty if mobilization occurs. Joint chiefs plan and cabinet briefings discuss mobilization options and Korea war needs with Gen Omar Bradley leading.
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Department
White House
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Washington
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Collins
Vandenberg
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wisconsin
Truman
National Guard
Wisconsin National Guard
32Nd Infantry Division
Air National Guard
Marine Corps
National Guard Infantry
Camp McCoy
Oscoda Air Force Base
Lower Michigan
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Withdrawal of Reds Demanded by U S as Minimum Peace Point
The State Department stated the minimum condition for resolving the Korean crisis is for northern communists to stop fighting and withdraw to their territory. Officials said the proper forum for settlement is the United Nations, not direct talks between Moscow and Washington. Secretary Acheson weighed a message from Prime Minister Nehru while reports indicated Nehru and Stalin sought a peaceful settlement and offered mediation if invited.
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Washington
State Department
United Nations
Moscow
Acheson
Nehru
India
Stalin
Russia
Draft Instruction Delayed in State Madison
Col. Bentley Courtenay, state selective service director, said instructions for the first draft call will be announced next week after a Fifth Army meeting in Chicago. The Fifth Army runs exam and induction centers, and local boards must arrange transportation for draftees. Wisconsin has nearly filled its 80 draft boards and will supply 463 men for the initial National call of 20,000 with inductions expected in early September.
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Madison
Bentley Courtenay
Selective Service
Fifth Army
Chicago
Col. Courtenay
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Cheese Trade Mixed as Daisies and Cheddars Move
Wisconsin state brand cheese prices show mixed activity with half cent declines for single daisies and junior cheddar. Sales include one car each of single daisies and junior cheddar at 31 and 28 cents, and a batch of 549 cars of junior grade cheddars at 28 cents.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Wisconsin
Zimmerman files for ninth term in Wisconsin secretary race
Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman submitted nomination papers for re election today. A Republican, he seeks a ninth term. Rep. Reid F. Murray from Ogdensburg also filed papers for re election from Wisconsin's 7th congressional district.
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Madison
Fred R. Zimmerman
Reid F. Murray
Ogdensburg
Heavy Artillery Duel Rages Along Kum River Front
Field reports describe intense artillery dueling across the Kum River with guerrilla raids behind American lines as North Korean forces attempt to outflank positions. A small North Korean unit reportedly crossed the river west of Kongju and was repelled by US artillery.
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Kum River
Tokyo
Kum
MacArthur
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
South Korea
Reds
Kongju
Taejon
34Th
Walton H. Walker
Korea
Walker
Gis
Seoul
North Korea
U. S
Pusan
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