Harness Racing Opens Green County Fair in Full Pace
The Green County fair continues its 95th annual exposition with harness racing and a seventh annual horse show. Attendance figures show 1,000 paid admissions in the afternoon and 1,835 for the evening, with over 1,000 exhibitors tickets sold including 635 junior fair passes and about 300 season tickets. A livestock parade is planned at 12:30 noon tomorrow led by a parade marshal and Co. K national guard colors, with Alice in Dairyland and Spencer Bowen featured.
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Green County Fair
Co. K
National Guard
Alice In Dairyland
Spencer Bowen
Wayne King
Th F Air Association
Monroe High School
Allan Barnard
Gilbert Ott
New Glarus
Reisinger Stables
Eldora
Lohr and Carvello In Tourney Trouble
Milwaukee’s Burleigh Jacobs Jr and Racine’s Mike Bencriscutto held early leads in the Wisconsin state amateur golf semi finals. Jacobs led Jim Lohr of Sheboygan five up after nine holes while Bencriscutto led Steve Caravello of Madison by five at the midway mark.
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Milwaukee
Burleigh Jacobs, Jr
Mike Bencriscutto
Racine
Jacobs
Sheboygan
Jimmy Lohr
Bencriscutto
Steve Caravello
Madison
Appropriation Jam Continues in Senate Log Jam
A total of 26.8 billion dollars in appropriations stacked up today as the Senate remains in a log jam. A bipartisan bloc of economy advocates challenges most expense items to shave off several billions.
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Washington
Senate
Grand champions named in county fair cattle judging
Grand champion Holstein bull and cow were chosen by judges John W. Rufi and W. G. Timm, with Alfred Meier and son and others winning in Brown Swiss. Open class and purebred divisions filled with junior and senior champions across multiple ages and herd groups.
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John W. Rufi
Monroe
W. G. Timm
Alfred Meier and Son
Frances Ruff
Route 2
John W. Ruff
James McGuire
Ray Bowen
Orangeville
Junor
Elmer Brook Farm
Monticello
Arbur Marsh
Brodhead
Alfred Meier
19Th Avenue
Shooting at Fair Averted by Arrest
A 33 year old carnival concession operator was arrested at the Green county fairgrounds after threatening to kill a man. Police reported the suspect told R H Schoonover he had a gun, no weapon was found on arrest but later located under Floral hall. District Attorney Kittelsen joined police as the investigation continued. The prisoner is held in the county jail awaiting charges. The case traces to Hot Springs Arkansas where the man and a companion had wintered with carnival equipment.
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Green County Fairgrounds
Jerome H. Schwaiger
Schwaiger
R. H. Schoonover
Floral Hall
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Hot Springs
Ark
French Senate Ratifies Atlantic Pact 284 to 20
The upper house of the French parliament approved the Atlantic pact by 284 to 20 early today. The lower house had already ratified it and now the treaty goes to President Vincent Auriol for formal ratification.
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Auriol
Paris
Vincent Auriol
County Fair Sidelights and Notable Horses at Green County Fair
Jacob Burgy of Monticello observed his 80th birthday at the Green County Fair where his son Fred T. Burgy now runs the horse department. Local entrants included Mrs. A R Ladwig with over 100 articles in Floral Hall winning many first prizes. The event featured famed drivers Art Shaw Guy Crippen and Harry Livingston and a Wisconsin state record holder trainer J R Pooch Clark racing Martin Nash. Class sizes in the oldest Shetland Pony Futurity ran 12 to 14 animals with judging from 1:30 to 6:15 PM.
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Jacob Burgy
Monticello
Green County
Fred T. Burgy
Burgy
Burgy Flats
A. R. Ladwig
Juda
Floral Hall
J. R
Pooch) Clark
Mineral Point
Jimmy Me
Clark
Arley Frost
Jimmy
Wisconsin
Pooch
Martin Nash
Dakotas
Middlewest
Iowa County
Frank Owens
Lake Geneva
Clark Nominated By President for High Court Bench
President Truman names Attorney General Tom Clark to the Supreme Court and J Howard McGrath to succeed him as attorney general. Clark would fill Frank Murphy’s vacancy. McGrath would become chief legal watchdog and Democratic national committee chair.
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Tom Clark
Truman
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Clark
Washington
McGrath
Texas
Rhode Island
Senate
Friends
Democratic
William M. Boyle Jr
Kansas City
Chicago man jailed for wife beating killing
John J Hoff man, 33, was sentenced to 10 to 14 years for the fatal beating of his wife in a Chicago apartment on May 24, 1948. The body was later found abandoned in a truck in Manston, Wisconsin.
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Chicago
John J. Hoffman
Manston
Wis
County 4 H Beef Calf Judging Now Complete
Beef calves in the 4 H division were judged at 9 a m today with R E Davenport as superintendent and William Leopold as assistant superintendent Wayne Segner Route 5 Monroe won first prize in under 600 pounds and 600 to 700 pounds John Burgy Monticello won 700 to 800 pounds Juda Sarah Becker Route 2 Juda won 800 pounds or over and champion baby beef John Burgy earned blue ribbon for reserve champion baby beef Eugene Arn New Glarus won best showmanship.
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R. E. Davenport
William Leopold
Wayne Segner
Route 5
Monroe
John Burgy
Monticello
Sarah Becker
Route 2
Juda
Eugene Arn
New Glarus
Wisconsin Polio Cases Still Rising
Health authorities in Superior ordered swimming pools and beaches closed as infantile paralysis cases rise. Four new statewide cases bring total to 107. Milwaukee Sparta and La Crosse report cases. autopsy confirms polio as death cause for a 20 year old.
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Associated Press
Superior
Milwaukee
Sparta
la Crosse
Edward C. Stack
State Board of Health
Madison
Ladysmith
Rusk County
Portage
Columbia County
Mondovi
Buffalo County
Bloomington
Grant County
E. R. Krumbiegel
Waukesha
West Allis
Monroe County
Superior Health Department
Hawaii Moves to End 90 Day Dock Strike
A special session of the Hawaii legislature reached Senate-House agreement on a bill to end the 90 day dock strike by placing the territorial government in the stevedoring business. The measure, aimed at resolving the labor dispute near Honolulu, appeared set for enactment Saturday.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Parity Price Reform Moves Toward Modern Formula
Washington Senate leaders push a compromise farm bill with a modern parity price formula based on a 10 year period. Senator Anderson and Senator Aiken say the change will raise supports for meats dairy and protein foods while lowering grains and cotton. They also discuss expanding customs funds to support perishable crops.
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Washington
Anderson
D-Nm
Senate Agriculture
Aiken
Berlin Airlift To Be Reduced In Stages
American and British military governments say the Berlin airlift will be cut back in gradual stages starting Monday August 1 1949. Berlin has a stockpile exceeding five months and the operation has averaged about 8000 tons daily.
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Berlin
Dealers Awaiting Cheese Price Data Move on USDA Cheddar Purchases
The U S Department of Agriculture outlines a price support program for American cheddar of U S grade A or higher. Purchases may be made in 1949 at 31.75 cents per pound with moisture adjustments to strengthen producer milk prices. Wisconsin values rose on Plymouth exchange as buyers awaited further details.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Plymouth
Milk Area Covers Rockford Freeport
A federal milk marketing program for the Rockford Freeport area was approved by the Agriculture Department after a voter referendum of farmer producers. The plan sets minimum prices paid to producers and uses a formula starting September 1 to align with Chicago area levels.
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Rockford-Freeport Area
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Rockford-Freeport
Fall Fatal to Girl In Oneida Home
Nine year old Sharon Elizabeth Daoust died from a broken neck after falling from an upper bunk at her parents home Mr and Mrs Lee Daoust in Oneida.
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Oneida
Sharon Elizabeth Daoust
Lee Daoust
Steel can afford raise say CIO panel witness claims profits rise
Robert R. Nathan told the three man Truman panel the steel industry earned about 800 million dollars after taxes in early 1949, far above 1948 and well above wartime averages, and argued pay hikes are affordable even at lower capacity. He cited 20 cents an hour more at 90 percent capacity and 10 cents at 80 percent capacity while preserving high profits.
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New York
Robert R. Nathan
War Production Board
CIO
United Steel Workers
Truman
Nathan
Samuel I. Rosenman
Murray
Juvenile Fugitive Dies in Truck Crash
A 16 year old Kenneth Ballant died when a stolen pickup struck a wooden guard rail in Cedarburg after escaping from a Milwaukee juvenile detention home. Two other youths aged 14 and 15, Donald Reutenberg and Chester Hausmann, were injured with fractures of both collar bones.
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Cedarburg
Milwaukee
Kenneth Ballant
Ozaukee County
Donald Reutenberg
Chester Hausmann
U N Abandons Study of Soviet Atom Plan
The United Nations atomic energy commission voted 7 to 2 to stop discussing the Soviet proposal for international atomic control with two abstentions. The decision ends further debate on the plan at Lake Success.
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U. N
Lake Success
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Johnson Says US Arms Aid May Run Four Or Five Years
Secretary of Defense Johnson told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that U S arms aid to friendly nations could extend four or five years at diminishing annual costs. He emphasized no US troops would be sent abroad and the program is equipment and training only.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
U. S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Military High Command
Truman
Rep
Mansfield
D-Mont
Europe
United States
Armed Services
Bernard Baruch
Atlantic Pact
Hollandale Groups Discuss New School Plan
Hollandale officials approved plans for a new school building at a public meeting. Supt. Stuart Crawford said clerks will issue calls for special meetings to vote on rebuilding. Victor E. Kimball of the state education department joined the discussion on finances. A fire yesterday injured janitor John Narum, but he was not seriously hurt.
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Hollandale
Stuart Crawford
Hollandale Union
Victor E. Kimball
State Department of Public Instruction
John Narum
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