Drastic Controls Demand Rise in Congress
Washington reports mounting push for full wartime mobilization. Baruch urges standby wage price controls and rationing. Maybank cautions, while House fights to sidetrack consumer protections. Agriculture dept. may buy surplus sugar from Puerto Rico Virgin Islands and Hawaii to secure supply.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Baruch
Bernard Baruch
Maybank
D-Sc
Banking Committee
Capitol
White House
Agriculture Department
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Hawaii
Emery A Odell Honored With Monroe Evening Times Day
Green County Fair opens with Emery A Odell honored as Monroe Evening Times Day for over fifty years of reporting and support to the fair and local dairy interests. Odell rode in a parade opening, receiving a plaque from Fair Directors led by Russell Prien. The stock parade, livestock events, and horses led by King Cole and Martin A follow as the fair projects toward record attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Monroe
Odell
Prien
Emery
Monroe Evening Times
Emery A. Odell
King Cole
Little Judy Barnhert
Flora
Ind
Martin A
George A. Harrison
Edgerton
Navy Color Guard
Legion Color Guard
Fair Officials
Norder Boy Back Home After Polio Battle
John Norder 10 returned home from Wisconsin General hospital with his parents after being diagnosed with polio on July 23. Doctors note no paralysis remaining though slight left shoulder stiffness persists. Virginia Campbell 8, also a polio patient at the hospital, shows improvement with no paralysis and easing fever.
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John Norder
Wisconsin General Hospital
Ralph C. Norder
8Th Street
John
Virginia Campbell
Ad Campbells
Raymo
Rufi Cow Wins Holstein Crown at Green County Fair
John W. Rufi of Monroe route 2 captured grand championship honors in the Holstein division at Green County fair open judging. Alfred Meier and Son and Arbor Marsh shared top spots in Brown Swiss. Rufi and partners led multiple Holstein and draft horse classes with several named winners and entrants across divisions.
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TOP Fair Dairy
Green County Fair
FFA
Robert E. Davenport
Monroe
John Burgy
Monticello
Fred Burgy
John W. Rufi
Rufis
Frances
Canary Homestead Star
Alfred Meier
E. J. Kaderly
Juda
Jacob Burgy
Peter Graber
Bull
James McGuire
Ill F. Hartwig and Son
Glen Gruenberg
W. G. Timm
Frances Mae Rufi
Timm
Graber
Cow
Heifer
Timm. Timm
John
Kubly Suffers Thumb Amputation in Farm Accident
Leon H. Kubly lost the first joint of his left thumb yesterday when his hand was caught in a combine at the Kubly farm on route 5. He was taken to St. Clare hospital where the injured portion was amputated. The mishap occurred at 3 p.m.
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Leon H. Kubly
Kubly
Route 5
St. Clare Hospital
Brodhead Reaches Satisfactory Pact With Telephone Co
Brodhead chamber of commerce and Commonwealth Telephone Co. reached high satisfactory terms in a last night parley. Mayor C. S. Pierce said the exact wording awaits a written statement, noting improvements already made to the switchboard. T. H. Moran and H. J. Lewis led the party, with John P. Derning representing the chamber.
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Brodhead
Brodhead Chamber of Commerce
Commonwealth Telephone Co
C. S. Pierce
Pierce
T. H. Moran
H. J. Lewis
State Public Service Commission
Company
PSC
Four Die in Crash At Sturgeon Bay
Four people killed and a fifth injured critically in a head on collision on highway 57 two miles north of Sturgeon Bay. Victims were Earl La Mere 35 of Sturgeon Bay Alphonse Denny 65 of Oneida Rose Hill 22 of Bowler and her two year old son Charles Elwood Hill husband of Rose was treated at Door County Memorial Hospital in serious condition. La Mere was driving alone from Egg Harbor to Sturgeon Bay when the crash occurred.
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Sturgeon Bay
Here
Earl la Mere
Alphonse Denny
Oneida
Rose Hill
Bowler
Charles
Elwood Hill
Rose
Door County Memorial Hospital
la Mere
Egg Harbor
Hill
Dennys
Woman 77 in Wooded Area Found Safe Near Sparta
Mrs. George Cook, a 77 year old woman missing 51 hours since Wednesday while berry picking near Sparta Wisconsin, was spotted by an airplane and located in a clearing. A 200 member posse had been searching for her and she was taken to St Mary’s hospital to rest.
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Sparta
George Cook
St. Maryy’s Hospital
Wisconsin
Army Strengthens Training With Realistic Combat Drills
The army announced intensified training to ready soldiers for battlefield conditions. Courses include live machine gun practice and crawling under barbed wire with overhead artillery sounds. Safety officers monitor these exercises as Gen. Mark W. Clark stresses mental preparation for combat.
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Washington
Army
Mark W. Clark
Army Field Forces
Retired Engineer Killed at Mattoon Crossing
James Hanlon, 82, a retired locomotive engineer for the New York Central railroad, was fatally struck at a Mattoon crossing by an engine moving in reverse. He was pinned beneath the locomotive but not passed over. doctors reported no visible injuries.
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Mattoon
James Hanlon
New York Central Railroad
Mattoon Crossing
Four Badger Congressmen Facing Extra Tax by State
Wisconsin assessor Merrill Sawyer reports four Wisconsin congressmen face additional state taxes after the disallowance of certain 1949 deductions. Reps. Andrew J. Biemiller Clem ent Zablocki Glenn Davis and Lawrence H. Smith had expenses deemed not ordinary or necessary to produce income. Each member's listed deductions and reported incomes are detailed along with spouse wages and clerical earnings.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Merrill Sawyer
Andrew J. Biemiller
Clement Zablocki
Glenn Davis
Waukesha
Lawrence H. Smith
Racine
Sawyer
State Tax Department
Biemiller
Zablocki
Department
Blanche
Davis
Smith
Belgium in turmoil as anti Leopoldists riot and strikes widen
Thousands march in Brussels while Liege declares siege and workers strike nationwide. Gendarmes clash at Place de Brouckère as Socialist Isabel Blum appeals for order. Troops, railways, and power stations come under state control amid calls for abdication.
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Brussels
Liege
Chasseurs Ardennais
Leopold
Belgium
France
Place de Brouchere
Times Square
Adolphe Max
anti-Leopold
Hainaut
Charleroi
Mons
Antwerp
Scheldt
Brabant
Tarbell Suffered Hand Loss in Saw Mill Accident
Donald E. Tarbell aged 29 of 1027 23rd Street injured his right hand in a saw mill mishap this morning. He suffered the loss of fingers and a severe gash while employed as a laborer by Joseph Kohn in Winslow.
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Donald E. Tarbell
23Rd Street
Joseph Kohn
Winslow
Cutoff Unit Returns Safely After March Through Enemy Trap
A U S Regimental Command Post in Korea reports that a cutoff American Company from the First Cavalry Division with some heavy platoon members completed a 30 mile three day march and returned to its own lines. Three enlisted men from Wisconsin and Michigan among those speaking to AP correspondent Hal Boyle said they had a rough time but were safe. The unit suffered four dead and four missing, eight wounded, and used up food and ammunition, but 219 men were brought out. Captain Terry Feild said the unit was not lost and the men knew where they were going despite delays.
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Korea
Hal Boyle
First Cavalry Division
Wisconsin
Michigan
Boyle
John G. Miles
LaCrosse
David J Hargrave
Mikana
Barron County
James A
Tibet Guards Slay American Consul
The U S state department reports American Vice Consul Douglas S MacKiernan was killed by Tibetian border guards while fleeing a communist area in northwest China near the Himalayas. The incident occurred last April and was described as an accident after misidentification as bandits. A native runner took 27 days to reach Lhasa with the news. Tibetian authorities apologized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Douglas S. MacKiernan
China
Himalaya Mountains
MacKiernan
Lhasa
New Delhi
Janesville Girl 3 Dies of Polio at Wisconsin General
Sandra Green eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lowell Green died last night at Wisconsin General hospital from polio. It is the city's first polio death since 1947.
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Janesville
Sandra Green
Lowell Green
Wisconsin General Hospital
Walker Orders Troops To Stand Or Die In Korea
U S infantry pulled back to defend lines on the central front in southeast Korea. General Walker declared no retreat or surrender and vowed to fight to the death if necessary as clashes continued near Yongdong and Yongdok with heavy losses and allied air strikes.
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Walker
Tokyo
U. S
Hwanggan
Korea
MacArthur
First Cavalry
Yongdong
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
South Korea
Yongju-Andong
Tanyang-Yechon
Pusan
United Nations
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Eee
Pat
Senate
U.S
Kumchon
Taegu
Evening Times
Fair
Norder
Campbell
Meier and
Marsh
Badger
Terry Feild
Little Rock
Feild
Tibet
Hadong
Kochang
Yongdok
U. S. First Cavalry
25Th Infantry
Okinawa
Ryukyus
Japan
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