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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1956

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French Forces Hit Algerian Rebels in Biban Triangle

French divisions with jet dive bombers fought to crush a rebel force trapped in the Biban Mountains later called the Gates of Iron. Officials say about 400 rebels were killed or captured, as the 19th and 27th divisions press the siege and west edge operations continue along the Soumman Valley.

Algiers Algeria Iron Biban Bougie Soumman Triangle Germany Grand Kayblie

State Fatalities Soar to 334 Total

Wisconsin traffic deaths rise to 334 this year, with multiple fatal crashes reported. Ewald C. Reuter, 57, of Sauk City, killed when his car left Highways 12 13 near Madison and struck a tree. Raymond Heimke, 46, and Vern Miller, 16, die in a collision near Merrill on Highway 51. Several other fatal injuries include Eugene L. Castonguay, 21, of Hawthorne, in a train auto crash south of Superior. Leland R. Bungeaux, 30, in the same incident. Rosemary J. Bohlman, 23, and Roy O. Streeter, 21, of Fond du Lac, die from injuries in Oshkosh area crash. Marjorie Swisher, 40, of Rockford, dies from May 28 crash near Palmyra. Owen Mathews, 18, of rural Janesville, killed in a collision between a motorcycle and car near Edgerton.

Associated Press Wisconsin Ewald C. Reuter Sauk City University of Wisconsin Library Madison Vern Miller Eugene L. Castonguay Hawthorne Superior Leland R. Bungeaux Rosemary J. Bohlman Fond du Lac Mercy Hospital Oshkosh

Rearrest denial from Hungarian legation on Mindszenty

The Hungarian legation denied press reports that Cardinal Mindszenty has been rearrested. The 64 year old Catholic primate of Hungary remains under measures imposed by Hungarian authorities last summer. He was convicted of treason in 1943 and given life imprisonment, but released on July 15 and moved to a home for aging priests in southern Hungary.

USA Ausia Uris Hungarian Legation Josef Legation Hungary

Brown Addresses County Graduates Commencement Talk at Green County Teachers College

Frank Brown elementary school supervisor for the State Department of Public Instruction reviewed his cadet teaching experiences and outlined the challenges ahead for 28 graduates at a commencement in the high school auditorium. He urged teachers to defend democracy and prepare students for society while parents grow more concerned about education and demands for stronger basics. Otto W. Lund presented diplomas as J. R. Schesser distributed them. the event featured a processional, music, and the class motto We Learn Today to Teach Tomorrow with green and silver colors and a green carnation flower.

Frank Brown State Department of Public Instruction Green County Teachers College Brown Parsons Otto W. Lund J. R. Schesser Albany Marjory Deppeler Glen H. Ridnour First Methodist Church

County Dairy Bar Committee Plans Summer Activities

The Green County Rural Youth and Junior 4H leaders met at the Courthouse to map summer events. They discussed enlarging the dairy bar tent, adding equipment, and boosting cheese sales at the Brodhead Centennial from June 21 to 25. Final plans will be decided at the June 12 junior leaders meeting.

The County Dairy Bar Committee Green County Brodhead

Ritger to Leave State Post as Purchases Director

Colonel Ritger, head of the Bureau of Purchases since its 1929 inception under Gov. Kohler Sr., will retire September 1. He leaves a legacy of state procurement oversight and long service in the Kohler administration era.

F.X Ritger Ai Adison F. X Bureau of Purchases Walter Kohler Sr

Brodhead pre centennial street dance June 9 at Exchange Square

The Brodhead Centennial Corp hosts a free street dance and entertainment on Exchange Square on Saturday June 9. The event features a floor show and band concert by the high school band, with princess and queen candidates announced at dinner and during evening festivities. The Keystone Kops will oversee mock court scenes with a late mayor fined for a centennial button violation.

Prumeay Times Brodhead Centennial Corp Exchange Square Keystone Kops Brodhead

Hersholt Dies Famed Film Star at Home

Hollywood reports the death of Jean Hersholt, renowned for Dr. Christian, at his home after a lengthy illness. The actor, knighted by Denmark in 1946, would have turned 70 next July and had recently received a major industry testimonial for his half century in film.

Hollywood Jean Hersholt Dr. Christian Hersholt Christian X of Denmark

June Weather Outlook Indicates Warmer Days

The Weather Bureau predicts a 30 day outlook for June with temperatures averaging above normal from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi. It expects below normal temperatures east of the Appalachians and near the Sierra Nevada, with near normal elsewhere. Precipitation likely subnormal in the east, above normal in Florida and New England, and near normal in the west.

Ane Weather Bureau Rocky Mountain Mississippi Appalachian Sierra Nevada Mountains Florida New England

J H Jones Dies Urban titan of RFC and Houston era ends

Jesse H. Jones 82 longtime financier and wartime secretary of commerce died after a kidney blockage operation. He led the RFC for 13 years loaning over 50 billion dollars and built Houston’s skyline owning 35 buildings up to 37 stories. He published the Houston Chronicle and owned major hotels. Jones shaped national policy under Wilson Hoover and Roosevelt and left a substantial Houston Endowment. He is survived by widow Mary Gibbs Jones and family.

Houston Jesse H. Jones Reconstruction Finance Corp Woodrow Wilson Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt RFC Jones Houston Chronicle Washington Weeks New York City Fort Worth Dallas Memphis Mary Gibbs Jones John T. Jones Jr The John A. Beck Robertson County Tennessee

First National Bank Remodeling Under Way

The Bruni Miller Company has begun work on remodeling the First National Bank in the Karlen block. Dismantling partitions on the second and third floors to be removed. Exterior design uses a granite base with Lannon stone trim on the upper part. Front elevation will align with the upper edge of the present second floor windows.

First National Bank Bruni-Miller Co Karlen

Pool Opens Tomorrow with Red Cross Lessons in June

Recrea tion Park pool to begin summer season at 1 30 p m tomorrow with daily hours for two weeks. Red Cross swimming lessons start Monday June 18 while pool operates daily. Instructors include Sondra Simpson Judy Kubly Judy Frey Carmen Norton and Kenneth Keel with training for volunteers. Monroe team starts 8 am weekday practice Monday coached by Dr Frank C Stiles and Rev Richard F Hulburt. Playground program begins June 1 with leaders Jane Thompson Geraldine Adams Janet Beckman. Boys softball and baseball program also to start June a.

Recreation Park Red Cross Sondra Simpson Judy Kubly Judy Frey Carmen Norton Kenneth Keel Monroe Frank C. Stiles Richard F. Hulburt Jane Thompson Green County Teachers College Geraldine Adams East School Janet Beckman Prgram

Soviet Foreign Minister Shepilov paints U S as world villain

New Soviet foreign minister Dmitri Shepilov, ex-editor of Pravda, labels the United States as the main imperialist threat to world socialism. Speaking in Moscow on Lenin’s birthday, he argues U S circles dictate in the Western Hemisphere, foment counterrevolutions, and use anticolonialism rhetoric for Soviet ends. He frames his post as foreign minister as a broader platform for spreading communist doctrine globally.

Tom Whitney New York Dmitri Shepilov United States Shepilov Communist Party Pravda Western Hemisphere Moscow V. I. Lenin Soviet Union Soviet Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev Tito Yugoslavia Kremlin Lenin Kievsky Station V. M Molotov Molotov Nikolai Bulganin Nikita S. Khrushchev Foreign Ministry Supreme Soviet Presidium Khrushchev Cominform International Organization of Communist Nations Mollotov Marshal Klementi Y. Voroshilov Supreme Soviet Belgrade Shepirov Communist Central Committee Egypt

Green County Dairy Breakfast Tuesday Kickoff in Monticello

Willard Reese of the State Department of Agriculture will headline Green County June Dairy Month Breakfast Tuesday in Casino Hall Monticello with 6 30 a m family style service and a menu including honey butter hot biscuits scrambled eggs cheese fruit juice coffee and milk. Tickets are distributed by dairy month committeemen in multiple towns and by the county extension office.

Willard Reese State Department of Agriculture Green County Monticello Casino Hall Klaus Nixdorf Brazil South America R. J. Douglas Juda Brodhead Albany Brooklyn New Glarus Browntown Myrtle Webb M. Palmer Welsh Belleville Juta Monroe

Davis To Keynote Second District Rally

Phillip Bigley of Viroqua, executive secretary of the Republican party of Wisconsin, reported Rep. Glenn Davis of Waukesha will be the keynote speaker at a second district caucus in Fort Atkinson on Tuesday.

Vixwuqua Phillip Bigley Viroqua Republican Party of Wisconsin Glenn Davis Waukesha Ft. Atkinson

Top Ensign's Mother Ailing Sees Son’s Naval Academy Graduation

Mrs. Carmen Schafer, bedridden with cancer in Chippewa Falls, plans to watch a film of son William Schafer’s graduation as top man in a class of 674 at the U S Naval Academy. The ceremony was Saturday at Annapolis when he was commissioned an ensign. The Navy recorded the event and will fly the films to Great Lakes for screening in Mrs. Schafer’s hospital room.

Navy Chippewa Falls Carmen Schafer William U.S. Naval Academy Schafer Annapolis

Senate Probes Chotiner Fees in House Inquiry

Senate investigators began interviewing law clients of Murray M. Chotiner, California Republican leader, to trace how he earned his fees. Chotiner, a Los Angeles lawyer who managed Nixon's 1952 campaign, declined comment but promised a forthcoming statement. He has protested the probe as a politically driven fishing expedition beyond graft and military contracts scope.

Washington Senate Murray M. Chotiner California Chotiner Los Angeles Nixon Leters

Atlanta Hunts Woman's Killer

Police launch one of the most thorough investigations in years into the brutal slaying of 30 year old secretary Inez Johnson during a downtown payroll robbery. Johnson died of multiple skull fractures at Ingram Mantel and Tile Co. Her $2,400 payroll was missing but her diamond bracelet wrist watch and wedding rings were left behind.

Atlanta J. L. Moseley Inez Johnson Ingram Mantel and Tile Co

Final Tributes Paid to Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb

Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb known as Dr. Kate, longtime country doctor in Vilas County, was buried Friday at a near cedar pine covered cemetery near Boulder Junction. Crowds exceeding 500 filled the near church and hall as tributes recalled her service to poor Indians, vacationers, hunters, and needy families. She founded Lakeland Memorial hospital and raised funds nationally in 1954, leading to a 19 bed hospital with donations totaling $150,000. A June 20 testimonial dinner in Milwaukee was canceled by the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation Wisconsin chapter.

Boulder Junction Kate Pelham Newcomb Northwoods Vilas County Kate Wausau Woodruff Milton Leisman Minocqua Lakeland Memorial Hospital Dr. Newcomb Wisconsin The Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation Cousin Club Milwaukee

Area Girls Compete For Alice Princess in Dairy Event

Twenty six candidates, including Suzanne Saalsaa of Argyle and Doris Olsen of Brooklyn, vie for the Alice in Dairy and Princess titles. Four finalists will be chosen for further state fair competition in August, with the announcing banquet tonight in Eau Claire and a Butter Ball appearance on the parking ramp.

Laire Alice In Dairy Eau Claire Dalington Suzanne Saalsaa A. N. Saalsaa Argyle Doris Olsen Trygve Olsen Brooklyn

Molotov Demoted as Tito Seeks Cold War Reconciliation

In Moscow Tito pledges unity of the socialist bloc amid reshuffles that see Dmitri Shepilov replacing Molotov as foreign minister. Molotov retained a deputy premiership role as rumors swirl he could later become Presidium chairman.

Senate panel approves larger health research fund total

The Senate appropriations committee recommended 2,372,023,281 for the Labor and Welfare Department. The year starts July 1, raising the program total by 8,137,881 above Eisenhower's request and 76,042,500 over the House vote. A conference committee will reconcile differences as the panel trims some items while maintaining most of the health research ask.

Senate Washington Senate Appropriations Committee Labor and Welfare Department Eisenhower House

Strike Leader to Run for State Assembly in Sheboygan

Allan Graskamp president of the union local on strike against Kohler Co for over two years announced his bid for the Democratic nomination in Sheboygan First District. He seeks to unseat the incumbent in a district featuring Sheboygan, Kohler Co and local labor issues as a central theme of his campaign.

Sheboygan Allan Graskamp Kohler Co State Assembly

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Philippeville Bibab Constantine Milan Mississippi River Muscatine Jesse Jones Dies U.S Reese Fred Escher T Homemakers FFA Webb Frank Schiesser York Township Davis V. M. Molotov Moscow Radio Princess
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