July 17 1950 Weather Summary Mostly Cloudy Showers Forecast
Mostly cloudy tonight becoming partly cloudy tomorrow with scattered showers or thunderstorms south and east portions tonight cooler less humid north and west portions tonight and most of state tomorrow. Low tonight near 55 northwest 65 70 southeast. High tomorrow lower 70s north upper 70s south. Sunrise 4 36 sunset 7 35. Yuma Arizona warmest yesterday 110 Duluth Minnesota coldest 47. Barometer 29.32 and 29.30 inches.
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U. S
Yuma
Ariz
Duluth
Minn
Marriage Licenses For Ruth Moritz Monti Cello and James Smith
Ruth Mildred Moritz Monti and James Dale Smith, both of Pueblo Colorado, have submitted marriage license applications. The records list their names and residence as the basis for the filing. Officials prepare the necessary certificates and confirm eligibility.
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Ruth Mildred Moritz
Monticello
James Dale Smith
Pueblo, Colo
Local births reported from several towns
Mrs. Ralph A White of Brodhead has a daughter born July 15. Hollis DeVoe of route 5 welcomes a son born July 15. Ralph J Trickel of 1816 11th Street has a son born July 16. Wesley Wolfe of Wayne greets a daughter born July 16. Alfred Zweifel of Juda celebrates a son born July 16. Bernie Wells of Verona greets a son born July 16.
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Ralph A. Whitehead
Brodhead
Hollis DeVoe
Route 5
Ralph J. Trickel
11Th Street
Wesley Wolfe
Wayne
Alfred Zweifel
Juda
Bernie Wells
Verona
St. Clare Hospital Medical Admissions and Dismissals
TheSt. Clare Hospital lists admissions in medical and surgical wards and several accident cases. Discharges include Arno Salmi Carl Eichenberger Charles Bingham Howard Wollin Edwin Schmid and many others with family mentions and several Johnson and Williams entries.
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Henry Becker
20Th Street
Myrto Saalsan
Argyle
Casper Zweifel
New Glarus
Harry Larson
Riodett
Ill
Joseph M. Lee
Sterling
James Kennedy
Beloit
Everett E. Hall
Janesville
Norman L. Johnson
Darlington
Arno Salmi
Carl Eichenberger
Charles Bingham
Howard Wollin
Edwin Schmid
Fred Wyssbrod
Charles Hartwig
Richard L. Cox
Huber L. Williams
Ralph Karlen
Donald Rolli
Lamont Paulson Jr
John R. Norder
Maurice Kirchberg
John S. Pengra
Dallas D. Landrum
Beverly J. Englund
Howard Isely
Lester Braun
Fred May
John C. Pinnow
Herman Spani
Pearl Nussey
Robert Beldin
Beverly Stuhr
Barn Murals Viewed By Museum Tourists
A charter bus group from Milwaukee toured barn murals in Brodhead Monroe and Wiota led by barn muralist Frank Engebretsen. The Wisconsin Centennial Museums group educational director Walter Bubbert managed arrangements. Engebretsen spoke of his mural experiences during a late afternoon visit to Turner hall and Wiota street mural of Fort Hamilton.
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Milwaukee
Brodhead
Monroe
Wiota
Frank Engebretsen
Turner Hall
Ft. Hamilton
Walter Bubbert
Museums Group
Wisconsin Centennial Committee of Museums
Engebretsen
Museums
Wauwatosa Recreation City Park
Engine Union Chief Quits After 25 Years
Cleveland announces veteran grand chief Alvaniey Johnston steps down after a 25 year tenure leading the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. James P. Shields is elected to succeed him as head of the BLE amid a vote against Roy E. Davidson.
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Cleveland
Alvaniey Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
The
Union
James P. Shields
Shields
Roy E. Davidson
Calumet City
Ill
General Evangeline Booth in coma near death at Hartsdale home
General Evangeline Booth, 84, retired chief of the Salvation Army and daughter of the Army's founder, remained near death in a coma at her Hartsdale, New York home over the weekend after a year of illness and bedridden condition.
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Booth
Hartsdale
N. Y
Evangeline Booth
The
Salvation Army
Army
Flood Ravages Rural Areas Across Lafayette and Pecatonica Valleys
Massive rainfall drenched the region causing widespread flooding. Water overwhelmed roads and basements, with the Sugar River rising and ford crossings washed out. Crops in lowlands faced probable losses while rail freight stalled and power services reported isolated troubles. Local firemen battled a smoldering coal fire at a drugstore basement. authorities warned mud covered lanes and halted traffic in several towns.
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Legler Flats
Monticello
Albany
Allen Creek
Allen’s Creek
Green County
Lafayette
Pecatonica
Sugar
Blanchardville
Ed Thompson
Blue Mounds
Mt. Horeb
Hollandale
New Glarus
New Glarus Hardware
Highway 69
Belleville
Orangeville
Richland Creek
Grangeville Area
Ralph Moore
South Wayne
Mineral Point
Milwaukee Road
Illinois Central
Madison
Freeport
Monroe
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Cross Plains
Nyman and Leverton Plan Relocation to New Sites
Ralph G. Nyman, who sold his building at 412 Highway 11 West to James Green, will move Nyman Implement Co. to the former Conrad Leverton building at 1810 12th Avenue after purchase. Leverton will move his machine and welding works to the new site at the intersection of Highway 11 and 81 before relocating.
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Ralph G. Nyman
Highway 11
James Green
Nyman Implement Co
Conrad Leverton
12Th Avenue
Leverton
Body Found in Woods After Nightlong Search
Ford Roberts, 34, of Florence was found dead in the woods following an all night recovery operation by 150 volunteers. Authorities say death appears due to a heart ailment.
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Florence
Wis
Ford Roberts
Roberts
Personal notices span Lena to Monroe and beyond
Local society mentions include Ray Stem Earl Schultz O R Foster Mrs Gerald Wise and others from Lena Durand Monroe Brodhead and Milwaukee visiting or stopping by. Weekend and weeklong trips noted for Beloit Rockford Appleton Port Wing Reedsburg Hinsdale Edgerton Fish Creek Egg Harbor and Fish Creek area with WRC picnic details and several family visits.
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Ray Stem
Lena
Earl Schultz
O. R. Foster
Durand
Gerald Wise
Monroe
Jacob Schlittler
Brodhead
Marcella Walker
Mooseheart
Ill
Roy Ridenour
Morris
Frank Christopher
Albany
Walter Blasing
Orangeville
Richard Bienema
Beloit
John Schneider
Paul A. Ruf
Paul W
Cresco
Leo Francis
Appleton
W. W. Francis
Bessie Bryan
Rockford
Anna Grove
Ralph Geigel
Milwaukee
John Geigel
Clayton
Lester Nick
Waterloo
Clarence Falk
Clifton Ault
Waldo Rufer
Horseshoe Lake
H. J. Liberty
Terry
George H. Schuh
A. R. Steele
H. N. Darling
Port Wing
Wisconsin
Recreaation Park
Charles Hurlbut
John
Oconomowoc
Lake LaBelle
Warren W
Sutton and
Paul
Reedsburg
Sutton
Bethel Church
E. R. Blair
Hinsdale, Ill
Ben D. Blair
Chicago
Kenneth Goodman
Kenny
Edgerton
Goodman
Goodman Farm
Florence Voigt
Ralph Voigt
Carol Bragonier
Ft. Madison
Fish Creek
Egg Harbor
Voigts
Miss Brangonier
Alfred Voegeli
Two-Car Crash Injures Kids in Monroe Area
A highway collision near Monroe involved Clarence Koenig and Andrew Bleiler when Koenig skidded on wet pavement on Highway 69 one fourth mile north of the Prairie House. Roxine Fitzgerald rode with Koenig. Bleiler and Mrs Bleiler were in the other car. Neil Buchel ran off the road near New Glarus Woods State Park, struck a tree.
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Ivers
Clarence Koenig
18Th Avenue
Andrew Bleiler
Prairie House
Monroe
Roxine Fitzgerald
11Th Street
Koenig
Bleiler
Neil D. Buechel
Monticello
New Glarus Woods State Park
Highway 69
Five Lead Miners Missing in Utah
Five miners vanished underground after a fire at the Lark mine in Utah operated by U S Smelting Refining and Mining Co Rescue teams fought dense smoke and limited oxygen, reaching the Mascotte tunnel 7200 feet deep in a 400 mile tunnel maze The missing are Horace Martin Seal Leland Neilsen Robert Gordon Meyherhoffer Byron G Thomas and Clyde Augoston, all last identified in maintenance work amid a long mine shutdown due to a steel workers strike.
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Lark
Utah
Buck’’ Grant
Mascotte
U. S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co
Horace Martin Seal
Leland Neilsen
Robert Gordon Meyerhoffer
Byron G. Thomas
Clyde Auguston
United Steel Workers
Argentina Bids Aid to UN in Korea Awaiting MacArthur Request
Argentina states readiness to assist the United Nations forces in Korea and awaits a specific request from General Douglas MacArthur detailing tasks for Argentine involvement.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
United Nations
Korea
MacArthur
New Glarus 4-H Tour Ends With Picnic and Softball Game
The New Glarus 4-H club held a project tour yesterday with a noon picnic dinner and a softball game at the Robert Strahm farm home. Lester Van Loon, assistant county agricultural agent, accompanied the group.
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NEW Glarus
New Glarus 4-H Club
Robert Strahm
Lester van Loon
U.S. and Allies Halt North Korean Forces on Eastern Front
American and South Korean ground forces claimed heavy hits destroying or disabling 28 red tanks 32 trucks and 14 railway box cars. B 29 bombers dropped 400 tons on Seoul and struck Chungju while others hit near the front as MacArthur called two eastern front setbacks among the war's most decisive.
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Seoul
Chungju
MacArthur
Yongdok
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Chechon
Agents Seize Wheel At Greenleaf Picnic
Green Bay area agents raided a Greenleaf volunteer firemen picnic south of here and seized gambling equipment. Investigators led by A. T. Fadness took a wheel used for horse race betting and related paraphernalia, following a prior raid on a VFW picnic.
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Green Bay
Greenleaf
Here
VFW
A. T. Fadness
Fadness
Open House For Turner Hall New Manager Sebastian Laeser Jr
Sebastian Laeser Jr new manager of Turner hall held an open house Saturday evening greeting hundreds of friends He replaces Julius Hofer who has retired.
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Sebastian Laeser Jr
Turner Hall
Laeser
Julius Hofer
Dane Crash in Dane County Kills Three
A Chicago mother Helen Broderick 39 and her daughter Mrs Rose Broderick 63 died in a Dane County crash. Their son John Broderick 35 survived with severe injuries. Peter Olson 48 of Madison and Cornelius Peterson 73 of Richland Center also died or injured as their cars collided near Madison.
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Helen Broderick
Chicago
Rose Broderick
Madison
John Broderick
Broderick
Dutch Mill Corner
Peter Olson
Brodderick
Dane County
Cornelius Peterson
Richwood Farmer
Richland Center
Senator approves Hastie for Third Circuit judge post
Washington senate judiciary committee approved President Truman's nomination of William H. Hastie, an African American, to be a judge on the third circuit court of appeals.
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Washington
Truman
William H. Hastie
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate Judiciary Committee
Baptists Parade to Open World Congress in Cleveland
About 20 000 people are expected to participate in Saturday's parade marking the opening of the Baptist world congress in Cleveland. Leaders and churches from many nations are anticipated to attend the event.
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Cleveland
Baptist World Congress
Americans Skipping Books Say UMich Survey
A University of Michigan survey finds nearly half of Americans do not read books. The study highlights reading habits across the nation and the role of education and media exposure in shaping literacy.
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Ann Arbor
University , Michigan
Tony
Thompson Backed by Citizen League for Governor
Thompson of Stoughton won the Democratic gubernatorial endorsement from a citizen league conference in Milwaukee. The nonpartisan farm labor group, with delegates from across Wisconsin, also endorsed Sanderson for the U.S. Senate and paused further endorsements until after the Sept 19 primary.
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Associated Press
Carl W. Thompson
Stoughton
Citzens’ Nonpartisan Conference
Thompson
Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
State Cio
Railroad Brotherhoods
The
Farmers Union
William E. Sanderson
U. S. Senate
Wiley
Washington
Leonard Schmitt
Merrill
Publican Nomination Debates Kohler Endorsement
A publican nominee against the GOP convention endorsed Walter Kohler and charged the state’s government is bought by big business. In Superior on Saturday night the speaker claimed the Republican voluntary committee spent over 239000 dollars in 1948 to elect favored candidates and questioned who benefits from such spending.
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GOP
Walter Kohler
Superior
Republican Voluntary Committee
Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler Jr
Two Huge Navy Planes Escape Sea Disasters
In weekend operations two Mars flying boats reported engine trouble. The Hawaii Mars carrying ninety troops diverted back to Honolulu after an engine failure. The Caroline Mars with eighteen aboard from Honolulu to San Francisco lost both engines on one side and, at low altitude, landed safely in San Francisco Bay.
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San Francisco
Navy
Mars
Honolulu
Hawaii
San Francisco Bay
Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Missouri Wing Opens Training Exercise
Chicago reports the 66th fighter wing of the air national guard begins two weeks of training on July 22 at Camp Williams. The unit will rendezvous at an undisclosed Illinois point before deploying to Camp Williams to conduct an air attack with real bombs on a camp target area.
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Chicago
The
Air National Guard
Camp Williams
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
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