Truman Considers Mobilizing Step After Korea Trip
President Truman plans to meet with Army Chief J. Lawton Collins and Air Force Chief Hoyt Vandenberg returning from Korea as officials push rapid action. Attending were Defense Secretary Johnson Deputy Secretary Early and leaders Bradley and Sherman. Limb cites unity with the United States and pledges to defeat despotism in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Army and Navy Chiefs of Staff
Korea
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Defense Johnson
Stephen Early
Navy
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
Forrest F. Sherman
Naval Operations
Bradley
State Department
White House
America
Defense Department
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Administration
Ben C. Limb
Acheson
Limb
United States
United Nations
Six Roughed Up By Freeport Gang
Six Monroe youths about 20 were beaten in a street clash with local amateur boxers near West Main street Monroe. Two Freeport youths rumored to be in training were involved, reports conflicted, no complaints signed, all released. Names of the Monroe men listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Monroe
West Main Street
Eugene Quinn
18Th Street
Rudolf E. Maurer Jr
9Th Street
William F. Hogan
17Th Street
Roger J. Norton
10Th Street
Robert Thompson
15Th Avenue
Norman E. Huber
16Th Avenue
Volunteers Save M R Zentner Barn From Hay Fire
Monroe firefighters and 35 neighboring farmers saved the Zentner farm barn on route 4 from a hay fire that could have cost up to 25000. Fifty loads of burned hay were removed and 75 tons were saved as wet chemical water cooled the pile after alarms were sounded around 9 am. Chief Sickinger recalled a similar save two decades earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Clyde W. Adelman
Route 4
Adelman
Matt R. Zentner
17Th Avenue
J. B. Scherer
Town of
Sickinger
Monticello
Ralph Weckerly
Ta‘’Sen
Ray Beckman
Josef Benkert
William Grueb
Gaughan
Monticello Homecoming Parade Opens Two Day Festival
Monticello begins its two day homecoming with a 1 PM parade. The schedule includes tiny tug of war contests and a night dance by Bills Hartwig’s Jolly Switzers. Free acts are set for 4 PM and 8 30 PM today and tomorrow. Tomorrow features the State Line baseball league all star game East Chicago Giants and tug of war finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Bill Hartwig
Jolly Switzers
State Line Baseball League
East Chicago Giants
French cheese lauded as 'little more flavorly' by visitors
Paris dairy leader Jean Marius Gatheron said Wisconsin cheese is very good but France makes cheese with more flavor after decades of experience. He leads two dozen French dairymen studying U S methods under the Economic Cooperation Administration. They plan to visit Minnesota next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Ministry of Agriculture
Jean Marius Gatheron
Paris
France
Gatheron
Minnesota
Bid Opening Set For Relocation Of Highway 69
Bids for regrading 4.43 miles of Highway 69 between Monroe and Monticello will be opened July 25 in Madison. The plan calls for relocation to remove sharp curves with curb cutbacks to ease truck traffic and integrate with adjacent relocation plans. County officials are seeking right of way as the project moves toward summer/fall construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Monticello
Madison
State Good Roads Association
J. C. Jones
State Highway Department
Dairies to Raise Milk Prices Across Madison Area
Most Monroe dairies distributing milk of Madison companies will boost prices one cent a quart starting tomorrow. Regular pasteurized milk rises to 18 cents, homo genized 19, and Guernsey 20 per quart. Two quart retail size up to 31 cents. Thorp's dairy says no rise before August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Dairies
Madison
Guernsey
Chemung
Madison Milk Producers’ Association
Thorp’s Dairy
Ruth Elder Improves in Balboa Hospital
San Diego dispatch reports Mrs Susan Thackeray the former aviatrix Ruth Elder has condition improved slightly but remains critical at Balboa hospital authorities say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Elder
San Diego
Susan Thackeray
Balboa Hospital
Act Still Protects Service Members
Washington reports that service members remain shielded from mortgage foreclosures evictions and garnishment of pay under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 as extended by later statutes. The VA notes hundreds of inquiries from active duty personnel about protections including court stay and access to court-appointed counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
United States
Congress Waits To Write Check For Cost of War
Washington reports outline the cost forecast for Korea as Senate leaders expect estimates next Friday. Senator Elmer Thomas heads the military appropriations panel and cites ongoing debates on a possible 6.09 billion dollar request to fund personnel, aircraft, and armaments. Senator Lyndon Johnson notes a mobilization push for reserves and specialists while stressing skilled ground crews over mass manpower. A separate Senate clash over responsibility for Korea reverses features sharp exchanges between Capehart and Connally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
U. S
Korea
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Thomas
Senate
Robertson
D-Va
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
National Guard
Johnson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Crash Injuries Fatal in Pewaukee Crash
Richard Stuart age 23 of Oconomowoc died at Waukesha Memorial Hospital from injuries after a car struck a tree in the village of Pewaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Richard Stuart
Oconomowoc
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Pewaukee
Shrine and KC to raise polio ward funds with Aug 13 game
Green county Shrine club and Knights of Columbus plan a three inning charity baseball game and softball contest to benefit the St. Clare hospital polio ward. Laverne Gallitz will lead the Shrine fan squad and W T Kane the KC team while Ben Feldt and W Howard Smith co chair the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clare Hospital
Green County Shrine Club
Knights of Columbus
First National Bank
Green County
Shrine-Kc
Laverne C. Gallitz
Shrine Club
W. T. Kane
KC Club
Charlie Horse Boys
Monroe Park Band
Ben F. Feldt
W. Howard Smith
Albert R. Neushwander
Lee Kirsch
Louis R. Kohli
Alois Ruf
Frank Menehan
George Mauerman
William Rieder Jr
Elmer J
Jack) Trickel
Glen Brecklin
Brooks J. Dinwiddie
Bruce M. Blum
W. C. Bender
Menehan
Brecklin
Oscar N. Johnson
Feldt
Gallitz
Ruf
Neuschwander
Two Reporters Banned From South Korea Assignment
U S army officials barred Associated Press reporter Tom Lambert and United Press correspondent Peter Kalischer from returning to the Korean front. Col M P Echols cited Lambert dispatches as aiding the enemy and claimed MacArthur HQ sought to soften defeat reports. Lambert had earlier faced expulsion threats. Kalischer’s ban followed similar explanations with no security concerns claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Associated Press
Tom Lambert
United Press
Peter Kalischer
Lambert
Korea
Col
M. P. Echols
MacArthur
Associated Press Bureau
Echols
Col. Echols
Washington
United Press Office
Kalischer
Soft Pedal
South Korea
Navy
Flash Fire Ravages Hampton Beach Resort Area
A $500000 flash fire swept 18 buildings in Hampton Beach New Hampshire last night razing an entire wooden block. It destroyed one hotel four restaurants a penny arcade several rooming houses and other businesses. another hotel was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Beach
N. H
New Hampshire
Monroe European Travelers Return Home Plan Flight Thursday
Three Europe bound travelers backed by International Youth Inc. returned to Monroe after planes were grounded in New York City by a government order. They will attempt another flight Thursday from Chicago to New York and then to Paris, with a return around September 1 shortening the trip by about 20 days and possibly skipping Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
New York City
Raymond L. Rupnow
14Th Avenue
Rupnow
Charles F. Ingold
24Th Street
John Anderegg Jr
International Youth Inc
New York
Chicago
Paris
Italy
France
Switzerland
Polio Arc: 10-year-old John Norder Taken To Hospital
John Norder, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Norder of 2236 8th Street, was hospitalized at Wisconsin General in Madison for polio. Doctors say no definite paralysis yet and case not believed severe, with some daily improvement and no other polio cases in the city or area at that time. The illness began Thursday and diagnosis was made locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Norder
John C. Norder
8Th Street
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Recruiter Opens Home Enlistment In Fifth Army Area
Sgt Walter M Helgesen local recruiter will take Army or Air Force enlistments at his home 70342 Sth street tomorrow. The move follows orders from Lt Gen Stephen J Chamberlin Fifth Army commanding general to keep recruiting offices open over the weekend due to disappointing volunteer results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sth Street
Walter M. Helgesen
Stephen J. Chamberlin
Fifth Army
Wisconsin Private Wounded in Accidental Gunfire
Olympia Washington reports Pvt Norman Hollien of Viroqua sustained a slight leg wound when a fellow soldier's sub-machine gun accidentally discharged during equipment loading on a freighter. The Seaman Division casualty occurred pre ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Wisconsin
Norman Hollien
Viroqua
Invaders Hold Ground Despite Artillery Barrage Near Taejon
North Korean troops in disguises crossed the Kum River and retained a bridgehead west of Taejon amid heavy American fire. US planes and ground forces pressed counterattacks as Americans reported losses on the south flank and the Reds pushed inland toward Taejon and Chongju.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Mervin Humphreys
Story
Ark
Kum River
U.S
Kongju
Chungju-Tanyang
Tokyo
U. S
Taejon
MacArthur
South Korea
Associated Press
Chongju
George E. Stratemeyer
Samgyo
William R. Moore
Korea
Moore
Headquarters admits mixup on Red Troops
Tokyo General MacArthur's HQ said yesterday's identification of the North Korean sixth division on the American west flank was mistaken. The red first division is in that sector, while the sixth division's location is unknown. The error came from a radio gram from Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Korea
Capehart
R-Ind
United States
England
France
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Texas
Tokyo
MacArthur
Kum
Manchuria
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Reds Cross River
North Korea
Marshalling of Industry
Freeport Gang
M.r.zentner Barn
Herbert L. Sickinger
Thomas A. Gaughan
Act
Kc-Shrine
South Koreans
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