Junior High Awards Close 1950 51 Activities At Monroe
Awards were given yesterday at the final junior high assembly in the high school auditorium. Principal Franklin B. Luebchow presented medals to Judith Norder and Lawrence Thornton. Scholarship and library awards honored students across seventh to ninth grades, with perfect attendance recognized for many.
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Judith Norder
Lawrence Thornton
Franklin B. Luebchow
Monroe
David Forbes
Sandra Haworth
Glenda Langston
Roland Locher
Beverley Thoreson
Judith Thorpe
Ray Carter
Karen Lengacher
Daren Friedrichs
Alvin Goepfert
Donna Johnson
Evelyn Luchsinger
Lois Priewe
Charles Wieman
Kathleen Blumer
Barbara Friedli
Joyce Babler
Susan Blumer
Ronald Elmer
Carol Galli
Donna Harrington
Susan Wenger
Sandra Scherer
Jane Thompson
Rosalie Studer
Sally Wenger
Jo Ann Block
Tinee! Trib
Elsa Schindler
Wesley Timmons
Karen Kindschi
Dale Alexander
Beverley Hunt
Mary Anderson
Geraldine Blaha
Darlyne Keel
George Ann Pulkrabek
Kenneth Homb
Peter Amos
William Erb
Allan Swanton
Jerry van Wagenen
Robert Trachsel
Joint City Action on Rail Plan Seen
Monroe and Mineral Point chamber leaders discuss a protest plan over Milwaukee Road service cuts between Janesville and Mineral Point through Monroe. A joint meeting is set for next Wednesday to coordinate city and village opposition and prepare legal recommendations for the state Public Service Commission.
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Monroe Township
Monticello Road
Round Grove
Burgy Flats
State Highway Commission
Register of Deeds
Milwaukee Road
Janesville
Mineral Point
Monroe
Harold C. Scherer
Monroe Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Earl E. Swanson
Mineral Point Chamber
Scherer
Brodhead
Darlington
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Crommelin To Retire With Rank of Admiral
Capt. John G. Crommelin, a vocal critic of unification policies, will be advanced to rear admiral on the retirement list after Navy Secretary Matthews reviewed his combat record and decorations. Crommelin, furloughed April 1, ends service with a $452 monthly pension as his retirement was accepted Wednesday.
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John G. Crommelin
Navy
Matthews
Crommelin
Pentagon
McCarthy Attacks Truman Over Data Release Policy
Senator McCarthy on the Senate floor accused President Truman of defending communist interests by withholding raw FBI files. He pressed for full access to government records on alleged communists, naming John Stewart Service Philip Jessup Owen Lattimore and Haldore Hanson as targets. Truman agreed to review state department files on 81 individuals while withholding raw FBI documents.
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Washington
Truman
McCarthy
Senate
Wisconsin Lgislator
Congressional Record
Margaret Chase Smith
Wisconsin
State and
Justice Departments
Amerasia Magazine
Justice Department
Raw
State Department
FBI
John Stewart Service
Philip Jessup
Owen Lattimore
Haldore Hanson
Service
U. S
Jessup
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins
Russia
Hanson
Dr. Marbry Leaves For Cheyenne Wyoming
Dr. Marbry departs Monroe to practice in Cheyenne with Dr. Russell Williams. He has served on the Monroe Clinic staff since March 1946 assisting Dr. Fred W. Kundert in eye ear nose and throat work. Mrs Marlory and their three children will stay in Monroe about a month before joining him at 725 14th Avenue.
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Waves Marbry
Cheyenne
Wyo
Russell Williams
Marbry
Monroe Clinic
Fred W. Kundert
Marlory
Monroe
14Th Avenue
Alderman Beckman Undergoes Surgery at St Clare
Alderman William F. Beckman of the third ward had surgery at St. Clare hospital today and was reported in satisfactory condition by his physician. The veteran alderman previously underwent surgery for another condition during the early winter.
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Beckman
William F. Beckman
St. Clare Hospital
GOP Candidates Circle Wisconsin Endorsement Caravan
A Wisconsin Republican caravan swells with candidates and spouses touring ten days of events from Richland Center to Milwaukee. Gov Rennebohm withdraws. Candidates for governor lieutenant governor attorney general state treasurer and secretary of state gain visibility, with notes on Higley Kohler Bubolz Benjamin Smith Zimmerman and others amid district caucus enthusiasm and upcoming Milwaukee convention endorsement.
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Attorneyeneral
Rennebohm
S Mall
Richland Center
Green Bay
Watertown
Elkhorn
Stevens Point
Milwaukee
Vernon Thomson
Jerold Murphy
Fond du Lac
Francis Garity
Jefferson
William Dieterich Hartford
Warren Smith
Fred R. Zimmerman
Floods Hit Galveston After 12 1 2 Inch Rainfall
Torrential rains drenched Galveston Texas inundating the city of about 30 000 on a 30 mile island. Rainfall reached 12.45 inches in under nine hours with 7.35 inches falling between 6 and 8 a m. Storm sewers overflowed flooding ground floors as stores closed and residents stayed home. The city remains on alert though no loss of life reported.
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Galveston
Texas Island
Long Island
Texas
Politics Charge in Proposed Rent Law Extension
Senate Republicans accuse Democrats of political maneuvering to extend feder al rent controls beyond November. The Banking Committee approved an extension bill 8 to 5, mirroring a House vote planned for June 12, to keep controls for six months to December 31 with city option for another six months. Democratic Leader Lucas says passage is likely. Senator Bricker warns against rent controls.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
House
Lucas
Ilinois
Congress
Bricker
Ohio
Winter Wheat Prospects Improve. Spring Seeding Delayed
Chicago report by C. M. Galvin of James E. Bennett and Co notes better winter wheat prospects in the southwest and a substantial delay in seeding spring wheat in the northwest, reflecting contrasting regional conditions.
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Chicago
Northwest
C. M. Galvin
James E. Bennett and Co
Protest and Red March in Tokyo Falter During Memorial Day
Communist and general strikes in Japan failed to materialize as police banned outdoor demonstrations in Tokyo. Eight Japanese convicted of assaulting U S soldiers, Kaneji Onishi jailed for ten years, others given seven or five years. Police and occupation authorities observed closely amid Memorial Day ceremonies.
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Tokyo
Japan
Berlin
Imperial
Plaza
Hibiya Park
General MacArthur
Imperial Plaza
U.S. Counter Intelligence Corps
Signal Corps
Kaneji Onishi
Oshkosh Leader Reports Keefe Withdraws From Governor Race
Oshkosh congressman Frank Keefe withdrew from the Republican gubernatorial race on his physician's advice. The 63 year old, completing his sixth House term, said he would return to private law practice after his present term. Keefe's daughter Mrs Virginia Noland announced the decision and noted Rennebohm's withdrawal left four candidates seeking party endorsement.
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Oshkosh
Frank Keefe
Keefe
Virginia Noland
Washington
Oscar Rennebohm
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Rennebohm
Congress
Keete
Noland
Harvey V. Higley
Marinette
GOP
Walter J. Kohler Jr
Kohler
Gordon Bubolz
Appleton
Erwin Benjamin
St. Croix Falls
House of Representatives
Cheese Day Drive Planned for Monroe Business District
Herbert E. Lanz and Laverne C. Gallitz will lead the 1950 Cheese Day fund drive with W. C Bender as general chair. A city fund solicitation meeting is set next week to finalize plans and start the campaign soon after. Bender and Russell W. Prien announce a Cheese Day Booster Club to recognize contributors from the 1950s drive whose emblems are displayed at their businesses.
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Herbert E. Lanz
Laverne C. ‘Gallitz
Cochairman
Monroe
W. C Bender
Bender
Russell W. Prien
Clear cool weekend after rain in Monroe and county
Temperatures fell about 10 degrees from yesterday's high of 73 with a low near 48 this morning. Rain occurred statewide except near Superior. Lancaster reported .97 inch and Janesville over half an inch while Monroe saw .12 inch. Heavy showers continued through the afternoon and evening across the county.
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Foday
Monroe
Superior
Lancaster
Janesville
Nash Motors to add second shift at Kenosha plant
The Nash Motors plant in Kenosha will start a second shift on the assembly line Monday. Works manager E. W. Bernitt said the shift from 5 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. will boost output to 775 automobiles per day.
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Kenosha
Nash Motors
E. W. Bernitt
Gen Twining to Get New Duty Assignment in Alaska
Gen Nathan F. Twining, former Alaska defense commander, is ordered back to air force headquarters for a new assignment. President Truman nominated Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner, from the Eglin proving ground, to succeed Twining in Alaska and to promotion to lieutenant general.
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Gen. Twining
Kepner
Alaska
Femaguu
Nathan F. Twining
Monroe
The
Times
Associated Press
Washington
Twining
Defense ” Command
Truman
William E. Kepner
Eglin Proving Ground
Pentagon
Air Force Headquarters
Alakan
Harlow A. Johnson Dies at Farm Home
Argyle Special Harlow Alton Johnson 43 died at his farm home south of Lamont from a heart attack after falling ill the previous night He was born May 27 1907 in Argyle high school graduate 1925 longtime farmer township treasurer survived by widow four children aged 14 11 9 and a newborn daughter two brothers and a sister Service arrangements pending at Erickson funeral home Argyle
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Argyle
Harlow Alton Johnson
St. Clare Hospital
Lamont
Harlow Alton
Henry and
Lindy Hendrickson Johnson
Argyle High
Argyle-Lamont
Apple Grove
Lillian Everson
Johnson
Roger
Karen
Phillip
Arleigh
Henry Jenson
Milwaukee
Erickson Funeral Home
Marcus Aide Calls Bell Lone Wolf in Dismissal
Marcus Aide says former Wisconsin motor vehicle enforcement chief Homer G. Bell was discharged for being a lone wolf and a master propagandist for his hobby state police force. Bell, 52, West Allis, was fired March 27 after acting independently within the department.
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Madison
Homer G. Bell
William J. P. Aberg
Motor Vehicle Department
Ben L. Marcus
Bell
West Allis
Marcus
Aberg
Park Summer Recreation Program Ready for Season
Park officials outlined a comprehensive summer plan including swimming pool operations starting June 11, park and playground activities, and expanded facilities. Gene Davis leads the pool, June Schoonover directs parks and playgrounds, with four senior lifeguards and Ruth Johnson coordinating the pool office. Volunteers will assist, and a concession stand run by the youth council will fund program expenses.
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Gene Davis
June Schoonover
Bo Hilfiker
Dan Courtney
Bob Wells
Ruthella Share
Ruth Johnson
Miss Schoonover
Lincoln and Recreation Parks
City Youth Council
Grace Anderson
Heidi Pfaefli
Ernie Vogler
Monroe Archery Club
city-American Legion
Monroe Park
Pedestrian killed in Milwaukee auto strike named Herman Craft
Milwaukee report says 50 year old Herman Craft died after being struck by a car while crossing a street. The事故 occurred today and the investigation is ongoing with authorities collecting details of the pedestrian collision.
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Milwaukee
Herman Craft
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Jack Hauser
Lawrence Herbert
Michael’ Kubly
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Donna Ott
Mary Stalder
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Gayle Webster
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George Mauerman
Carolyn’ Rabe
Franklin Schneider
Wanda Wyss
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GOP Caravan
Arthur Bystrom
Walter J. Kohler
Party
Peo
Erwin L. Benjamin
George M. Smith
Alex’ Nicol
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Harlow A. Johnson
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