Wagone r Meets Mike Bencriscutto in Wisconsin Public Links Final
Waggoner earned the 49 Wisconsin Golf Association title run by defeating Milwauk ee rivals in a 32-hole semifinal and 36-hole final style match. Bencriscutto reached the final by overcoming Johnson and others, matching par often but falling short in the decisive late holes. Junior and senior divisions produced further results with Haak beating Spoentgen and Love plus Shimon winning their brackets. Final rounds set for today.
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Sin Golf Associations
Racine
Milwaukee
Wilford Wehrle
Waggoner
Milward
Waggoners
Bencriscutto
Johnson
Billy Haak
Madison
Bob Spoentgen
Tommy Manfried
Phil Schoenbeck
Stoughton
Ernie Schaefer
Waukesha
Dave Forbes
Monroe
Stan Jones
Werner Menck
Waterford
G. R. Love
Oconomowoc
Richard Mileager
Max Shimon
George Campen
Eau Claire
Carl Moser Jr
Elmer Rice
Navy backs idea for alternate appointment system
Annapolis officials welcomed a new law signed by President Truman allowing the secretary of the navy to fill midshipman vacancies from alternate lists when regular appointees fall short. Navy hopes to land ten top prospects annually, up from seven or eight this year, with academy superintendents making selections.
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NAVY
Annapolis
Truman
Army
Secretary of the Army
Secretary of Navy
Proximity Tops World Money Record in Harness Racing
The 8 year old trotting mare Proximity won two heats at Sportsman Park to claim $5,250 and lift earnings to $210,129, surpassing Goldsmith Maid's prior mark of $206,462 after a 73 year wait for a new money champion.
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Proximity
Chicago
Sportsman's Park
Swift Bay
Goldsmith Maid
Oshkosh Beats Janesville 3-0 as Jenkins Sets Pace
Wilburn Jenkins led Oshkosh with heavy hitting to defeat Janesville 3-0, narrowing the gap in the Wisconsin state league standings. Sheboygan downed Wausau 3-1, Green Bay shut out Wisconsin Rapids 20-0, and Appleton beat Fond du Lac 9-6 in a wild game.
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Janesville
Associated Press
Wilburn Jenkins
Oshkosh
Giants
Sheboygan
Wausau
Green Bay
Wisconsin Rapids
Appleton
Fond du Lac
Cubs End Seven Game Drought With 12-5 Win Over Dodgers
Cubs break a seven game skid by routing the Dodgers 12 to 5 in Brooklyn after a rain interrupted game that lasted 3 hours 1 minute. Andy Pakfo led a 12 hit Cub attack with his 20th and 21st homers of the season and a double.
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Chicago
Cubs
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Andy Pakfo
Bruins
Johnny Schmitz
Frank Hiller
Hank Bauer
Phil Rizzuto
Allie Reynolds
White Sox
Bill Wight
Reynolds
Yanks
Bauer
Rizzuto
Yankees
Detroit
Tigers
Philadelphia
Baseball Standings and Schedule for American and National Leagues
The AP scoreboard shows standings with wins losses and percentages for all teams. Today's games include Philadelphia at Detroit and Boston at Cleveland, with multiple cross league and city pairings in the upcoming schedules.
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Associated Press
Orr
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
Detroit
Boston
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
St. BE
lCincinnati
Oes
Pittsburgh
Chicas
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Slamming Sam Snead Seeks 267 Strokes For Sioux City Win
Sammy Snead runs ahead in the Sioux City Open aiming for 267 to win the first prize of $2,600. At halfway he has 131 strokes, and by the third round his pace could beat his pre tournament forecast if continued into the final 18 holes.
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Sam
Sioux City
Sammy Snead
Slaming
Cardinals To Face New Glarus Invaders In Contest Tomorrow
The Monroe Cardinals prepare for a State Line league clash tomorrow afternoon with New Glarus Legion. Fred Huber and Bill Moon will pitch and catch as Monroe seeks its 20th win while New Glarus, third in the standings, pursues a fresh upset.
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Cardinals
Glarus Invaders
Monroe Cardinals
Glarus Legion
Walters Boys
Glarus Battery
Arnes
Neuenschwander
Fred Huber
Bill Moon
New Glarus
Monroe All-Stars Bow Out After Season Final
Gemplers defeated Grossens 12 4 last night for their third win without a loss in the second round of major league softball. Monroe Legion all-stars finished 5 5 with a loss to Footville. Wally Bahler pitched for Monroe with Leo Butts catching and Jerry Dwyer collecting three hits.
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Gemplers
Grossens
Benketts
Waffle Shop
Footville
Monroe Legion All-Stars
Monroe
Wally Bahler
Leo Butts
Jerry Dwyer
Ronzani Optimism Limited After Packers First Week
Gene Ronzani, new head coach of the Green Bay Packers, offers a faint ray of sunshine after the opening week of practice. He notes several top receivers but says help is needed at tackles guards center and in the backfield, with no veteran players of the T formation yet.
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Green Bay
Gene Ronzani
Green Bay Packers
Ronzani
Browntown News Rounds Up Local Visits
Lada DeVoe returned home from Clarksville Iowa after a two week stay with her sister Mrs Rose Carter. Sunday dinner guests at Mr and Mrs C L Crago included Mr and Mrs Noel B Chapin Mr and Mrs John Williams and sons Monroe and William Phillips of Chicago. Norman Nybroten and family arrived for a visit at Oscar Nybroten home. Mrs Bjarne Rugh was in Monroe on business Tuesday.
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Lada DeVoe
Clarksville
Rose Carter
C. L. Crago
Noel B. Chapin
John Williams and
Monroe
William Phillips
Chicago
Norman Nybroten
Oscar Nybroten
Bjarne Rugh
Ernest Gilbertson
Madison
Barbara Readon
Fred J. Marty
John Kundert
Marine City
Mich
Nick H. Elmer
Mary Zentner
Peter Legler
Julia Legler
Alice Freitag
Werner Zentner
G. D. Ellisker
Arthur Peterson
Bobby
Freddie
Minnie Schirmer
Baraboo
Matt J. Stuessy
Ray Stuessy
Janesville
Albert Gerber
Guy Wahl
Blanchardville
Lurane Nesler
Burlington
William Andrae
Wauwatosa
Robert Haldiman
Perry Gates
Peter
Todd Gates
Lena
Frieda Kaech
Katherina Kaech
Albert
al Stebbe
Green Bay
Tommy Church
Baltimore, Md
S. J. Francois
Huldrich Wittner
E. W. Marty
Anton Hefty
New Glarus Woods
Peter Hefty
Florida
New Glarus
Dwight Zweifel
Jimmy
Donald Hoesly
Leonard Rindy
Waldo C. Dick
Joann
Nancy Kubly
Monticello
Norman KaVool
Manitowoc
Wisconsin
Thomas Voegeli
William Elmer
Ed Gmar
Ray Nelson
Carol Jean
Frederick
Carol Jordan
Clifford Rood
Calvin
Minneapolis
Cora Johnson
Freeport
Merle Frautschy
Evansville
Robert Frautschy
Platteville
R. E. Quinn
Hillsboro
Harvey Norris
Joan
Pueblo
Colo
Henry Hoesly
Clarence Marty
William Pagels
Fred Hammerly
Albany
John Dahnke
Henry C. Elmer
Prairie du Chien
Middleton
Jacob Legler
Robert N. Kingdon
Bobby Kingdon
Conrad Stauffacher
Elisa Roethlisberger
William Roethlisberger
H. A. Becker
Nancy
Clifford Road
Vola Jordan
Fred Haldimann
Fred M Haldimann
Mmes
Ray Blum
Henry Duerst
Dennis
Marilyn
Steve Truttman
Verona
Russell Myers
Joann Schneider
Arthur Escher
Okee
Lake Wisconsin
Emil G. Voegels
Bernard Biederman
Ida Schenk
Arnold Meier
Cuba City
William G. Meiers
John Meier Jr
John Meier Sr
Frieda Kueng
Meiers Sr
Brodhead
John Elmer
C. W. Karlen
Donna
Yolanda Richards
Arthur Elmer
Austin
Minn
A . Elmer
W. Theo Jenny
Berkeley
Calif
Charles Niles
Carl Duerst
Henry V. Baehler
Betty Ann
Johner
Darlyne
Joan Frick
Prairie du Lac
Audrey Wichser
Ivan Wichser
Fred Bircher
Milo Zimmerman
Arvilla Zimmerman
Davis
Alvie W. Phillips
Delavan
Charles Koepp
Zimmerman
W. M. Marchant
Boston
Mason
Dorothy Campbell
Marchant
Will Bendall
Dysart
Will Meinert
Meinerts
Carol
Rockford
Bendalls
Paul Zimmerman
James Swanberg
Messrs
Russell Rosheisen
Orla McCellan
O. E. Wirtener
Walter Swanborg Sr
Walter Swanborg Jr
Judd Earlywine
River Falls
Dale Allerd
Alfred Zweifel
Lawrence Rosheisen
Mission Band of
Union Church
Gilbert Albright
Matton
Ill
Glen Wunschel and Sons
Emil Goecks
Goecks
Merlin Kloeppenstein
Howard Clark
Billy
Dora Leuenberger
Mary
Sophia Shaffer
Carl Goecks
Otto Goecks
Gerald Zimmerman
Rodney Arnsmeier
Delbert Kleepping
Alfokey
Lowell Arnsmeier
Herman Wotter
Woodford
Laverne Leopold
Roger
Billy Johnson
Doris Johnson
Clinton
LaVon Arnsmeier
Fred Klepping
Orangeville
Phyllis Alexander
Loretta Zimmerman
Lomba
Union Sunday School
William Sweeney
Beloit
Homers, Payoff Punch Headlines Brewers Debut Loss
Milwaukee pitcher Murray Wall made his professional debut with four hits allowed in a 2-1 loss to Indianapolis as Saffell hit a fifth inning homer. In the American Association Columbus crushed Minneapolis 10-0, Kansas City ended a nine game skid 4-2 over Louis, and St Paul won 6-3 against Toledo.
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Associated Press
Murray Wall
Milwaukee
Brewers
Indianapolis
Saffell
Columbus
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Louis T
St. Paul
Toledo
Sheet metal falls at Detroit game injures seven
Seven spectators at Briggs Stadium during the Detroit-Philadelphia American league baseball game were hurt when a strip of sheet metal fell into the grandstand. One man was treated at a doctor’s office and others at the first aid room. none believed seriously hurt.
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Detroit
Briggs Stadium
Browntown Set For Good Game in Dairyland League
Darlington Red Sox visit Browntown on the local diamond in a Dairyland league game. Browntown and Shullsburg share first place at 9–2, Lena and Woodford 6–4, Gratiot 2–8, Nora drop. An all star game versus league champions is planned for Gratiot on Labor Day September 3.
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Browntown
Darlington Red Sox
Ernest Wilkie
Dairyland League
Shullsburg
Lena
Woodford
Gratiot
Nora
Monroe Swimming Squad Heads to AAU Meet in Neenah
Monroe swimmers enter the state AAU championship in Neenah. Dan Courtney and Don Brennan dive from the three meter board while Gene Davis Ken Davis and Felix Samsoucie race the 200 meter freestyle. Gene and Ken swim the 150 meter backstroke and Felix the 300 meter individual medley. L L Kitchen recreation director and Gene Davis will drive the group.
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Monroe
Neenah
Dan Courtney
Don Brennan
Gene Davis
Ken Davis
Felix
Samsoucie
Gene
Ken
L. L. Kitchen
New Glarus Social Roundup From Madison and Nearby
Mrs. Arthur A. Doyle reports visitors from Madison and Chicago. Families from Marine City and Baraboo join locals for weekend gatherings. Students and travelers, including Ray Stuessy at Janesville vocational school, are noted among the extended visits and aunt Aunties.
Standard Oil to Raise Gasoline Prices in Ohio
Standard Oil Co of Ohio will lift gasoline prices Monday by half a cent per gallon. Regular grade becomes 25 cents and premium 27 cents, marking the fifth change since January 1 and a total increase of 0.5 cents.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Co. of
Ohio
Monticello Social News Busy Weekend Movements
Monticello residents and visitors flocked to events and gatherings across the area. Forthcoming trips included relatives traveling to northern Wisconsin and visits to Madison and Monroe, with multiple families hosting or traveling to Monticello for funerals and family occasions.
Spring Grove Community Notes From Mrs. Herbert Mohns
Local social roundup notes visitors and callers across Spring Grove and nearby towns. Entries include Arvilla Zimmermann, Milo Zimmermann and Phil lips families, and travels to Delavan and Rockford. Other visits involve the Mayflower/Union church groups, families from Monroe and Beloit, and a new infant named Dale Allerd.
Inauguration Broadcast Milestones Reported
The article notes the first presidential inauguration broadcast was Calvin Coolidge’s in 1925, and records the first televised inauguration as Harry S. Truman’s. The piece highlights early media milestones in national ceremonies.
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Calvin Coolidge
Harry S. Truman
Bloom of visits and travels across Wisconsin and Nebraska
Long list of social visits and family travel shows residents of Juda, Beloit, Monroe, Janesville and surrounding towns hosting relatives and friends from Madison, Austin, Grand Island, Russell and beyond. Trips include Western Nebraska stays, Baptist camp at Green Lake, and weekend gatherings in Monroe, Waupun, Milwaukee, Phillipsburg and other locales.
Local Guests and Family Visits Reported in Twin Grove
Mrs J H Beig notes visitors from New Glarus Beloit Eau Claire Berkeley and Rock Grove. Christeen Bell spends two weeks with grandparents Cheri Dahms visits from Eau Claire while her parents study in Washington D C. Frank Johnson and family relocate to Nellis Wunschel house as patrolman helper.
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Christeen Bell
Albert
New Glarus
Herbert Bell
John Chambers
Monroe
Glen Chambers
Beloit
Floyd Chambers
Charles Altenborn
South Dakota
Kenneth Reed
Rex Dahms
Cheri
Eau Claire
Block Farm
Nellis Wunschel House
Vick Family Moves Into Blanchardville Home
Mr and Mrs Verdean Vick and daughter will move into their newly purchased Blanchardville residence from Mr and Mrs Merlin Lee and daughters who left Sunday for Birmingham Alabama where they will reside.
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Blanchardville
Verdean Vick
Merlin Lee
Birmingham
Ala
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Maple Bluff
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John Feller
Mt. Vernon
Bircher
Norma Collins
Jacob Schindler
Adam Schuler
Donald
Ralph
Lawrence G. Marty
Martys
Schuler
Richard Freitag
Ruth Abley
Green County Fair
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Beth Ann
Ed Blum
Mines
Fred A. Blum
John G. Blum
Goldfield
Renwick
LaVern
Eagle Grove
W. E. Blum
Rolanda
Ronda
James Dillman
Joseph Diehl
W. H. Benkett
Nancy Jo
Gail Fisher
Champaign
Nic Freitag
Spring Grove
Mrs. Herbert Mohns
Evening Times
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N. Miller
Louise Pinnow
Jeffrey Nevelle
Ervin Matzke
Western
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Minnie Beals
Warren
Ora Roderick
Clara Day
Frank Hentz
Lenora
William Matzkes
Mattoon
Ralph Bridge
Robert Deininger
Gene Coplien
Green Lake
Audrey Seidel
Nancy Bridge
Betty Vanderbilt
George Bridge
Paul Matzke
Henry Norder
Elmer Matzke
Kenneth Hall
St. Clare Hospital
Stella Haman
Whitewater
Gertrude Newman
Clarence Morton
Zetta Bradley
Bradley Home
Troy Rices
Bernice
Zion
Hattie
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Tex
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Byron Parfrey
Claude Walton
Lillian Striker
Frank Ronspiez
Ira Taylor
Texas
Melvin Wilson
Harrison Grenzow
William and Cleland Grenzow
Waupun
Grenzows
W. E. Patton
Robert Rutsch
Morris Grenzow
Charles Balback
Roy Fries
Howard Dorsey
Alma Dorsey
Joseph Sensenbaugh
Edward Sensenbaugh
Phillipsburg
Kas
Victor Marean
Glenn Beckman
Clarno
Owen Beckman
C. J. Zimmerman
G. B. Lahrs
Alden Nesbitt
Russell
Leonard Vogel
Incharger Insurance A. C
Wincharger Power Insurance A. C
Clarence Drake
Tschudys
Twin Grove
J. H. Beig
Robert Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Goetz
Dennis O'Keefe Claire Trevor
Marsha Hunt
David
Selznick
Ray Mill and
Rosalind Russell
Edmund Gwenn
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20Th Century-Fox
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