Democrats Open Convention Faces North South Contests
The 31st Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago with Gov. Adlai Stevenson lauded amid a strong Draft Stevenson mood. The race for the nomination remains open with Sen. Estes Kefauver emerging a potential fourth ballot mover as Southern factions threaten a civil rights plank and possible walkout. Dwight Eisenhower looms as the GOP’s expected challenger.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frank E. McKinney
National Committee
Sen. Russell
Georgia
Sen
Paul Douglas
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Korea
United States
Senate
FEPC
Truman
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Wisconsin Delegates Rally Behind Kefauver at Convention
Wisconsin's 36 delegate group at the Democratic National Convention shows solid support for Sen. Estes Kefauver. They express confidence in winning but fear a protracted fight and note possible second choices like Adlai Stevenson or Averell Harriman if Kefauver falters. They back Kefauver in caucus, urge an open convention, and protest seating of Texas and Mississippi delegates.
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Mississippi
Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Bystrom
Chicago
Wisconsin
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Averell Harriman
Truman
Sen
Kefauver
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
National Democratic Committee
Allan Shivers
Hugh White
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Review Board Near End of Assessment Hearings
The Review Board hopes to finish hearings on assessments by tomorrow after two days of meetings last week and a resumed session this morning. Seven complaints have been heard so far, three this morning, with one more expected tomorrow. After hearings, members will decide and notify complainants by letter from Deputy City Clerk Freda Bray. Participants include Mayor Brooks J. Dunwiddie Aldermen Roger L. Elmer Alfred H. Henning City Attorney Arthur C. Benkett and Assessor Everett Keel.
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Board of Review
Freda Bray
Freda Bray. Members, In Addition To Mrs. Bray
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Roger L. Elmer
Alfred H. Henning
Arthur C. Benkett
Everett Keel
Truman Gets Lincoln Spot
A political scene recalls two weeks of convention glare as Abraham Lincoln’s portrait is replaced by Harry Truman’s. Delegates pose for TV ready shots while souvenirs sell slowly and Kefauver’s crime beating hammer tops sales.
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Abraham Lincoln
Harry Truman
Kerr displays log cabin model at Hilton HQ
Sen. Robert Kerr of Oklahoma shows a full-size log cabin model of his birthplace in his campaign head quarters on the mezzanine of the Conrad Hilton Hotel. The scene includes free coffee and doughnuts for visitors.
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Kefauver
Sen
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Kerr
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Wealth a Handicap for Kerr and Harriman in Nomination
Kerr and Averell Harriman spin wealth as a personal burden in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Both say money hinders their image, and today they would likely pay a million dollars to avoid being known as millionaires.
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Kerr
Averell Harriman
Mrs Engeli, 64, Dies at Home Following Illness
Mrs Henry Engeli aged 64 died at her Monroe home on 1917 14th Avenue yesterday after a heart attack. Born October 18 1887 in Cadiz Township she was formerly Minnie Splinter. She married Gottfried Buehler in 1906 and later married Mr Engeli in 1921. Survived by husband three sons Julius Splinter has died earlier three brothers and a sister. Funeral service Wednesday at 2 PM at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev Paul Kehle officiating burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Henry Engeli
14Th Avenue
Cadiz Township
Engeli
Minnie Marie Splinter
August and
Marie Hoeft Splinter
Gottfried Buehler
Monroe
Mr. Engeli
Mt. Pleasant Township
St. John’s Church
Harold Engels
Clarno
Herbert Buehler
Monroe, Township
Sam Buehler
Julius Splinter
Winslow
Max
Burley
Ida
August
Nampa
Rhinehart
Portland
Ore
Lena Ott
Herbert
Shriner-Neushwander
Paul C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Wiley Seeks GOP Governors Ideas On Foreign Policy
Senator Wiley urged Republican governors to provide constructive foreign policy ideas. He warned Democrats at Chicago on actions that may threaten bipartisan aims and cited Eisenhower's potential continued support for a firm policy. Wiley noted talks with Senator Carlson and Harriman’s role, urging bipartisan consultation.
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Washington
Sen
Wiley
R—Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Democratic Party
Chicago
Senate
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carlson
R-Kas
Eisenhower
Averell Harriman
Mutual Security
Harriman
Storms Bring Heat and Flood Woes to Rockford Area
Heavy storms and record heat battered the region with a 93 degree day and 73 degree low, as floods swelled rivers and split Rockford into districts. Power outages followed a 33 000 volt line strike at Attica, while Spar ta saw five Holstein cows killed by lightning. Bridges closed, 200 homes damaged, and rescues by boat crews were reported amid deteriorating conditions across the area.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Attica
Janesville
Edwin B. Griffith
Commercial and Savings Bank
Sparta
Ervin Eliot
Rockford
Kent Creek
Kirk S. King
Army worm threat prompts watchful county response
Green and neighboring counties monitor army worm invasion as first wave ebbs and a possible second generation looms. In Green County the Stephenson case centered on Ted Meisen’s 20 acre oat field near Orangeville with heavy damage, while state entomologists report movement north and east and warn of new outbreaks if weather favors rapid life cycles. Local farms are spraying and an aerial dusting service offers toxaphone or parathion applications.
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Green County
Stephenson County
Roy Hefty
Orangeville
Charles Burington
Ted Meisen
E. L. Chambers
Green County Leads Wisconsin Swiss Cheese Output in 1951
Green County produced 15,291,000 pounds or 30 percent of Wisconsin’s total Swiss cheese output in 1951, led by Lafayette with 9,899,000 pounds. statewide Swiss production fell 21.8 percent from 1950 to 1951 while milk shipped out of state rose 15.6 percent.
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Green County
Wisconsin
Lafayette County
Lafayette
Wisconsin Crop Reporting Service
Dane
Grant
Iowa
Barron
Dunn
St. Croix
Polio Victims Enter Hospitals In Monroe Area
Two cases of infantile paralysis are treated at St. Clare hospital and another at Wisconsin General in Madison. Bernice Weibel 14 and Mary Bobb 16 at St. Clare with spinal polio. Delores Boss 8 treated in Madison for spinal type. Bobb girl shows bulbar symptoms and difficulty swallowing.
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St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Bernice Weibel
Paul Weibels
Brodhead
Mary Bobb
Clifford Bobbs
Evansville
Delores Boss
Albert Boss
17Th Avenue
Freeport
St. Clare
Wiebel
Delores
Fun Day Draws Monroe Evansville Crowd At Recreation Park
Children from Monroe Evansville and surrounding area join in races contests and events at Recreation Park for the fifth annual Fun Day. Archery winners include Gary Hoesly Peter VonAllmen and George Manos. other firsts cover 20 yard dash sack relay croquet and more. A doll buggy float and costume parade caps the day with band music and a sandlot baseball game set for afternoon.
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Monroe
Evansville
Recreation Park
Gary Hoesly
Donald Martin
Gary Smith
Peter VonAllmen
George Manos
Larry Moth
David VonMoos
Francis Lamboley
Jon O’donnell
David von Moos
Donald Yanke
Shirley Ault
Karen Woolever
John Buehler
Joyce Babler
Elsa Schindler
Rose Milz
Karen Kindschi
Lois Deemer
Monroe Park
Gerald Fritz
Francis Miller
Charles A. Booth
Allan F. Barnard
Milwaukee Woman Reinstatement Bid Blocks by Counsel
Mrs Marguerite Benson filed nominating papers for the Fourth District assembly seat and Fourth Ward Democratic committeeman post before the July 8 deadline. She withdrew then sought reinstatement, but county counsel reversed, citing a 1948 state supreme court ruling that withdrawn candidates cannot be reinstated. Benson had no plans to pursue the matter.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Corporation
Marguerite Benson
Fourth Ward
County Election Commission
County Corporation
Oliver O’boyle
O’boyle
State Supreme Court
Benson
John R Bradley 74 Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
John R Bradley 74 of 1014 23rd Avenue died Saturday at St. Clare hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage at home eleven hours earlier. Services will be held Sunday at Stuessy funeral home and graveside rites with Masonic services at Forest Hill cemetery in Wyanet Illinois. Born March 26 1878 in Wyanet he worked for International Harvester and was survived by his widow three daughters five stepchildren six grandchildren and two great grandchildren with several siblings predeceased. He attended the Methodist church and belonged to Occidental Masonic lodge A F and A M at Ottawa.
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John R. Bradley
23Rd Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Stuessy Funeral
Ralph K. Kofoed
Wyanet
Forest Hill Cemetery
Ill
John
Evaline Harsh Bradley
Quincey Gem City Business College
International Harvester Co
Aurora
Annetta Peck
Monroe
Anna Alridge
Bradley
William E. Davies
Spring Valley
Walter Schilling
Naperville
Gerald B. Switzer
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Gertrude MacKay
Dixon, Ill
W. H. Peck
Freert
Jack E. Stafford
Onroe
Nelson Peck
Rockford
Kathryn Peck
Chicago
Occidental Masonic Lodge
A. F
A. M
Ottawa
Bartlett Wins First In Electricity Judging
Burleigh Bartlett of the Clarno Classy Clubbers placed first in the electricity and identification contest as part of the Green County fair program. Further winners will be named as results are verified. John Dry Ullom and Tschanz Hiawatha noted among participants.
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Burleigh Bartlett
Clarno
John Dry
Ullom
Tschanz
Hiawatha
Tehachapi Quake Ravages Mountain Town Killing Dozen
A pre-dawn earthquake north of Los Angeles devastated Tehachapi killing at least 12 and injuring many. Rescue teams from Edwards Air Force Base and China Lake aided as water tanks burst flooding streets and roads were blocked by slides. Bakersfield types reported a hard-hit city center with a damaged courthouse and refinery blaze.
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Los Angeles
Here
Tehachapi
Red Cross
Edwards Air Force Base
Navy
China Lake
Sacramento
State
Civil Defense Headquarters
Bakersfield
Mojave
Portland Cement Co
State Women’s Prison
California
F. D. Jones
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
U.S. 99
Gorman
Tehachapi Mountains
San Joaquin Valley
Grapevine
Frazier Park
Nevada
Kern County
Kern County General Hospital
California Institute of Technology
San Andrews
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Richard B. Russell
Review Board
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Byron
Stillman Valley
Stephenson Farm
Worms
Green Country
John R.bradley
Bartlett
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