World War II command disbanded amid hope for peace
The unified Allied command dissolved at 12:01 with Gen Eisenhower expressing hope that the unprecedented unity would guide a lasting peace. Maj Gen Claire Chennault retires after leading the Flying Tigers. The U S Third Fleet battles Japan, setting fires in a northern Honshu steel city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Claire I. Chennault
U. S. Army
Chennault
U. S. 14Th Air Force
China
Flying Tigers
U.S. Third Fleet
Japan
Honshu
Experts Warn Wisconsin Cheese Factories Face Closures
Two agriculture specialists say the current price support program favors butter powder over cheese and may force Wisconsin cheese factories to shut. They urge raising the cheese support price by at least one cent per pound to keep the industry competitive. 27 plants closed between 1954 and 1955 due to financial distress and milk-supply issues.
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Arthur H. Miller
University of Wisconsin
Cc. L. Jackson
Division of Economic Practices
State Department of Agriculture
Jackson
Energetic Maids 4 H Club Prepare Parade Float
Energetic Maids 4 H Club members meet with Mrs Dale Gross to decorate the Mid Summer Fire festival parade float. July 8 session featured Donna Rote demonstrating a funny cake and Florene Schoonhoven with deviled eggs. Nancy Davisson taught flower arrangements. Juda Maass led recreation. Next meeting July 18 with Donna Rote.
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Orangeville
Maids
Dale Gross
Nancy Davisi
Donna Rote
Florene Schoonhoven
Nancy Davisson
Juda Maass
Vermont woman convicted on 18 counts in draft evasion case
Mrs. Lucille S. Miller, 45, convicted in Brattleboro on 18 counts of advising young men to evade the draft. Judge Gibson set sentencing for Aug 8. Miller to appeal. Trial followed a three day hearing with Miller as sole defense witness.
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Brattleboro
Lucille S. Miller
Ernest W. Gibson
Realism in highway funding battles sparks party split
In Congress the House public works committee defeated the Ki er administration plan to finance federal highway building with bonds. Democrats push immediate tax boosts on gasoline, trucks, tires and diesel to fund roads. The debate recalls PWA era politics and the lure of grants for border states.
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House Public Works Committee
Congress
Kier
Eisenhower
Uncle Sam
White House
Santa Claus
Madame Hobby a Trailblazer in Civil Service Leadership
Secretary of Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby led early wartime women’s services and became the first cabinet head of welfare under Eisenhower. Her tenure saw bold reforms and notable missteps, with resignation set for August 1 amid vaccine rollout criticism. successor Marion B. PolaR is described as highly capable.
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Oveta Culp Hobby
Roosevelt
WAC
Armed Forces
Dwight Eisenhower
Hobby
Eisenhower
Marion B. Polar
Wisconsin to install fastest computer at university lab
A new card programmed electronic calculator will arrive at the University of Wisconsin late this month. It features a 20 000 digit magnetic drum memory and drives complex research from fuel vaporization to astronomy while offering payroll and office tasks.
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Madison
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Eral
UW Numerical Analysis Laboratory
Laboraory
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
UW Graduate Research Committee
Inventor Karl Schwartz Dies at 70 in Wisconsin
Karl K. Schwartz, 70, inventor of gas pump computers and the first commercial record changer, died Tuesday night after a brief illness at Sheboygan Memorial hospital. Born in Budapest, he immigrated at 19, settled in Sheboygan Falls after WWI, then moved to Elkhart Lake in 1923. Survived by widow Elizabeth and three sons Carl Jr, Henry, and Ronald. Masonic services tentatively set for Friday in Elland.
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Elkhart Lake
Karl K. Schwartz
Sheboygan Memorial Hospital
Schwartz
Budapest
Hungary
America
Sheboygan Falls
Elizabeth
Carl Jr
Menominee, Mich
Henry
Ronald
County Cancer Fund Drive Total Reaches $2 568 47
The county cancer fund drive totals 2568.47 announced by Mrs. Cecil McCreedy county chairman. A check for that amount was sent to Madison headquarters of the Wisconsin American Cancer Society by M. J. Ingwell fund treasurer. Monroe contributions amount to 1250 with several precincts listing smaller sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil McCreedy
Albany
Madison
Wisconsin
American Cancer Society
M. J. Ingwell
Monroe
Laura Jones
Brodhead
Brooklyn
Browntown
Juda
Monticello
New Glarus
Leader Ready To Take Top Spot After Reform Efforts
The subject is poised to assume the top role once reorganizing and readjustment issues are resolved. Mrs Hobby is expected to be relieved to exit a thankless task and return to Texas’ more cheerful atmosphere.
Airman Sues Officer Over Slander at Tinker AFB
Airman second class John F. Crogman sues Lt. Col. Walter Callahan for $10,000 in District Court alleging defamation. The claim states Callahan called him lazy in the presence of airman Miles Miller at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
John F. Crogman
Walter Callahan
Miles Miller
Tinker Air Force Base
Amazing bargains in The Times classified check daily
Classified listings in The Times offer daily bargains across goods services and notices. Readers can find household items vehicles real estate and job listings among concise ads and briefs.
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Times
Alpine Melodies to Feature Swiss Groups on Radio
Green County Swiss singing groups will be heard on the Alpine Melodies program on state radio. The three half hour broadcasts begin Saturday at 4 p m and feature Edelweiss Stars New Glarus Hodlers Hans Neuenschwander Mrs Ed Bregenzer Rita Monroe and Mrs Werner Bennett. The programs were recorded at Green County Picture Press Conference at the Town Hall cheese factory in Washington Township west of Monticello and will air on WHA AM and FM in Madison and WLBL and WHHI statewide.
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Green County
Alpine Melodies
Edelweiss
New Glarus Vodlers
Hans Neuenschwander
New Glarus
Ed Bregenzer
Rita
Monroe
Werner Bennett
Monticello
Town Hall
Washington Township
WHA
Madison
WLBL
Auburndale
WHHI
Highland
House Approves Broad Survivor Benefit Overhaul
The House voted by voice to overhaul government survivor payments for servicemembers. The measure would end the $10,000 free life insurance, place all service members under social security, and expand VA payments to widows, dependent children, and parents. The bill moves to the Senate where action before adjournment is uncertain.
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Washington
House
Senate
Veterans Administration
New Army Green Uniform On Display In Monroe
The coat style Army uniform set for general issue in fall 1956 will be shown for one week at Schuetze clothing store on the square in Monroe starting today. Shown with black shoes and tie as accessories.
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Schuetze Clothing Store
Monroe
Orangeville Firemen Mid-summer Parade and Events
Saturday parade features open horse show with six trophy awards at 12 30 p m on the east side of the Orangeville grade school to benefit fire fighting equipment. Water fights with Monroe team plus a 7 30 p m start and 8 p m final tomorrow. Roger Voelkli Dan W Gerber lead local team. Frederick Lanz Russell Schulz as alternates. A WLS barn dance and a concert by Orangeville Lena bands follow the parade with prizes for water fighters.
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Orangeville
Monroe
Roger Voelkli
Dan W. Gerber
Frederick Lanz
Russell Schulz
Schulz
WLS
Lena
Orangeville Holsteins Win at Freeport Show
The Orangeville Holsteins team led by Joe Montvie Highboy was named Grand Champion at the Freeport show on July 8, held at the Stephenson County fairgrounds. The Matzke family also earned the traveling trophy for first place junior year as their triplet heifers Pansy Petunia Primrose won for the Northern Illinois Breeding Co op.
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Orangeville
Joe Montvie Highboy
Jesse A. Matzke
Stephenson County Fairgrounds
Freeport
Matzke
Joe Inka Highboy
Jo Montivic Highboy
Frances Chip Montvic Royal
Northern Illinois Breeding Co-op
Pansy
Petunia
Primrose
John M
Roswell Babler
Bablers
District 20
Pure Milk Association
Stephenson County
Ray Angle and Son
Route 2
Dakota
Angles
Roselle Milk Co
Driver Dies in Crash After Father’s Rites
Donald Clark 33 of Anoka Minnesota died when his station wagon left the road in New Lisbon and struck a tree in a city park while returning from his father’s funeral in Maine. Two children Mary Ellen 10 and Greg 8 were seriously injured in the crash.
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New Lisbon
Donald Clark
Anoka
Minn
Maine
Manston
Mary Ellen Clark
Greg
UW Subdivision Action Approved on East Hill Farm Plan
The State Building Commission approved immediate subdivision, development, and sale of UW East Hill Farm in Madison. UW will buy Columbia County lands near Leeds and Arlington for agriculture use. most land will become residential sites. Madison will acquire 85 acres for school and park use, with 30 acres set aside for a possible future state office. The commission shows 5.61 million dollars for state building in 1955 57, while the regents request 5.26 million and the university 3.55 million for next two years. the biology building funds 752 830 were not added due to restrictions.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
State Building Commission
University
East Hill
Columbia County
Leeds
Arlington
College of Agriculture
State College Regent Board
Record of Pvt. Donald Pehl Begins Basic Training
Pvt. Donald Pehl US 55 497 951 son of Mr and Mrs Henry Pehl Woodford Illinois is taking basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri He entered service June 17 and is assigned to Company B 128th ACM Battalion Fort Leonard Wood Missouri
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Donald Pehl
Henry Pehl
Woodford
Ft. Leonard Wood
128Th Acm Bn
Soldier Earl Aiken Returns From Leave To Fort Bliss
Pvt. Earl Aiken arrived at Fort Bliss Texas after a twelve day leave spent with his wife and son Michael at the William Rees home in Monroe. The Aiken family had lived on the William Rees farm in Spring Grove Township before his induction into the Army last spring.
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Orangeville
Earl Aiken
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Michael
William Rees
Monroe
Aiken
Spring Grove Township
Visit to Ft Bliss Texas by Blankenhorn party
Mrs Elaine Blankenhorn and Miss Beverly Gross visit Ft Bliss Texas for a week with Mrs Blankenhorns son Pvt Robert Blankenhorn address Battery B 557th Msl Bn Ft Bliss Tex and contact number 16 482 762.
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FT. Bliss
Tex
Elaine Blankenhorn
Beverly Gross
Frank Derry
Buehler Jr Promoted to Corporal at Salzburg Base
Herman R. Buehler Jr. has been promoted to corporal at his military base in Salzburg Austria. His parents, the senior Buehlers, live here.
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Brodhead
Herman R. Buehler Jr
Salzburg Austria
Buehlers
Leaves for Seattle Private Nathan Leuzinger heads home for 12 day leave
Pvt. Nathan Leuzinger nephew of Mr and Mrs Frank Guggisberg departs Tuesday for Fort Lawson Seattle Washington after a 12 day leave He completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and graduated from Fort Bliss Texas in a guided missile program A 1952 Brodhead High School graduate he attended the University of Wisconsin for a year
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Seattle
Brodhead
Nathan Leuzinger
Frank Guggisberg
Ft. Lawson
Wash
Pvt
Leuzinger
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Brodhead High School
University of Wisconsin
Pvt Walter Guggisberg Graduates Supply Record Course
Pvt Walter F. Guggisberg son of a recent graduate completed the supply record course at the Quartermasters School Fort Lee Virginia. He is a University of Wisconsin alumnus.
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Brodhead
Walter F. Guggisberg
Frank Guggisberg
Quartermasters School
Ft. Lee
University of Wis
Basic Training for Pvt Guggisberg at Ft Leonard Wood
Pvt Guggisberg completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
Marine ends to Okinawa unit reassignment
Cpl. Donald Wolden of the reinforced Third Marine Division is now stationed on Okinawa. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sever Wolden.
Cpl Walter Hegi Recovering in Navy Hospital Japan
Cpl Walter Hegi son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Hegi Route 3 is listed as a surgical patient in a Navy hospital at Yokosuka Japan.
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Brodhead
Cpl
Walter Hegi
Ernest Hegi
Navy
Yokosuka
Japan
Five Teachers Hired For Brodhead Schools
Superintendent R. M. Rockwell announced five new teachers for Brodhead schools. They are Thelma Olin in first grade, Ruth Bohren in second grade, Lela Fisher in third grade, Jack Martenberger in eighth grade, and Warren Uphoff in industrial arts. Vacancies remain in fifth grade girls physical education and for basketball coach and mathematics teacher.
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Brodhead
Times
R. M. Rockwell
Thelma Olin
Ruth Bohren
Monroe
Lela Fisher
Pardeeville
Jack Martenberger
Beloit
Warren Uphoff
Platteville
Former Milwaukee County Sheriff Edward Mitten Dies
Edward Mitten, 71, former two term Milwaukee County sheriff, died at a hospital after an operation. He served as sheriff from 1936 to 1940 and later was bailiff and calendar clerk of the Circuit Court for many years.
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Milwaukee
Edward Mitten
Milwaukee County
Circuit Court
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E. L. Divan
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United Telephone Co
P. J. Weirich
Glarus
Knight of Strathmore
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Walter Schroeder
Clarno
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