Milk Industry Attack Foes Target Fluid Milk Prices
The USDA suspended spring price declines, risking higher year round prices for milk. Dairy groups warned the move could swell production in fluid markets, worsen surpluses, and push prices up again, prompting a fight to restore the traditional spring summer pricing pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid
Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Otie _M
Washington
Reed
Tese
Creameries-Butter Institute
Election Tonight For United Fund in Monroe
The United Fund of Monroe Inc formed to unify fund appeals will elect permanent directors at a 7 30 p m public meeting in the Courthouse. Harold E Scherer serves as temporary chairman with bylaws to be voted on and permanent setup details discussed. Directors elected on a temporary basis include Howard Olsen Roy F Burmeister Doran R Zwygart Judge Marshall Peterson W C Bender Mrs George Mauerman Mrs J T Etter Jr and Rev John C Purdy. Burmeister will review United Fund aims at Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund of Monroe, Inc
Harold E. Scherer
Robert H. Rieder
Secretary of State
Registrar of Deeds
Scherer
Howard Olsen
Roy F. Burmeister
Doran R. Zwygart
Marshall Peterson
W. C. Bender
George Mauerman
J. T. Etter Jr
John C. Purdy
Burmeister
United Fund
Kiwanis Club
Doris Olsen Named One of Four Alice in Dairyland Princesses
Dor is Olsen a 20 year old Brooklyn girl was named one of four Alice in Dairyland princesses Saturday night at Eau Claire. The four were chosen from 25 statewide candidates and will work with the State Department of Agriculture this summer. One will be selected Alice in Dairyland at the State Fair Aug 23. Green County has again representation in the finals. last year Kathryn Chambers Juda was a finalist. Olsen is known as Brodhead Dairy Day queen and Tri county Holstein Breeders Show queen and Miss Wisconsin entrant. She studied at St Olaf College and Milwaukee State College and aims to teach elementary school. Other princesses named were Della Media Mondovi Joyce Wagenknecht Kiel Manitowoc Calumet Counties and Jean Ellen Hoehnstein Arkdale Adams County. The dairy celebration included a parade with 22 high school bands. Current Alice Barbara Brown Independence and Madison princess Robert Caldwell were also featured. Suzanne Saalsaa Argyle a finalist was named among 26 in competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Doris Olsen
Alice In Dairyland
EU Claire
State Department of Agriculture
Green County
Kathryn Chambers
Wausau
Miss Olsen
Trygve Olsen
Brodhead
Evansville
Reedsburg
Brooklyn High School
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Milwaukee State College
Eau Claire
Della Media
Mondovi
Buffalo County
Joyce Wagenknecht
Kiel
Manitowoc
Calumet
Jean Ellen Hoehnstein
Arkdale
Adams County
Soil Bank Plan Details Delayed
Washington signs a 1.2 billion annual soil bank program, but the Agriculture Department says it may take 10 days to two weeks to determine farmer eligibility. Officials debate whether payments should apply to crops doomed by weather or conditions, and how the plan aligns with 1956 crop needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Department
Agricultural Adjustment and Conservation Committees
Soil Bank
J Benson
Burma Premier U Nu to resign amid Red activity
Informants say Burma Prime Minister U Nu will resign and name Ba Swe as his successor. They claim U Nu quits after eight years in office due to foreign policy failures and perceived embarrassments from Soviet and Red Chinese embassies. Ba Swe, 41, defense minister and vice president of the Anti Fascist People’s Freedom League, is identified as the likely successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Burma
U Nu
Ba Swe
Peoples Freedom League
Tuling
June Dairy Month Breakfast Opens Celebration
Green County kicks off June Dairy Month with a 6:30 a m breakfast in Casino Hall Monticello ahead of June 30 Dairy Day. Willard Reese will speak on out of state dairy promotion. M Palmer Welsh reports on Alice in Dairyland events at Eau Claire. Other guests include M Stauffer Waldo Freitag and Myrtle Webb. Family style menu features honey butter hot biscuits eggs cheese fruit juice coffee and milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Nickoff
Casino Hall
Monticello
Willard Reese
State Department of Agriculture
M. Palmer Welsh
New Glarus
Eaure
M. Stauffer
Dairy Day Plans
Waldo Freitag
Myrtle Webb
Senators Wiley and McCarthy clash over Davis bid
In a tense Senate exchange Sen. Wiley accused Sen. McCarthy of helping engineer a Wisconsin GOP convention coup backing Rep. Glenn Davis for Wiley’s seat. McCarthy called Wiley’s charges wild and irresponsible while acknowledging active involvement in the convention affairs. The dispute touched on a reported $150000 campaign fund tied to four Milwaukee area figures and an oil company donor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Wiley
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Rep
Glenn Davis
Senate
Davis
House
Sen. Neuberger
D-Ore
Sen. Case
R-Sc
Milwaukee Journal
Walter Harnischfeger
Milwaukee
NAM
William Grede
Thomas Coleman
Madison
Wayne Hood
LaCrosse
Hood
Grede
Wisconsin highway death toll hits 344 in 1956
The Associated Press reports a motorcycle crash in Marathon County raises Wisconsin traffic fatalities to 344 for 1956, compared to 303 at the same date last year. The piece lists multiple victims including Donald F. Bahr, 17, Stratford. Bonita Big Boy, 18, Odanah. Edward J. Blanchard, 25, Milwaukee. and others across Green Bay, Madison, Marshfield, Ashland County, and beyond, with details of incidents such as two car crashes, a steel bridge collision, and a culvert accident near Merrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Marathon County
Wisconsin
Donald F. Bahr
Route 2
Stratford
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Marshfield
Norman Haugen
Moorhead
Minn
Richland Center
Bonita Big Boy
Odanah
Edward J. Blanchard
Milwaukee
Bad River Indian Reservation
Ashland County
Clayton Haum
LeRoy Sillers
Green Bay
Elcho
Langlade County
Edward Hrvat
Westboro
Mildred Peterson
Pearson
Ewald C. Reuter
Sauk City
Madison
Raymond Helmke
Vern Miller
Merrill
Highway 51
Plover
Rosemary J. Bohlman
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Armin Churchill
Montello
Decline in City Parking Meter Totals Since 1947
City treasurer Helen L. Gempeler reports parking meters have yielded $169,372.18 since installation in October 1947, with figures up to April 30 this year. For Jan–Apr 1955 receipts were $6,532.53, down from $7,157.44 in the same period of 1955. funds fund the Stoldt building project and police meter checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen L. Gempeler
Tito Says Yugoslavia Ready For Soviet Treaty
Tito told Kremlin leaders Yugoslavia was ready to become equals with the Soviet Union. In a state luncheon speech, Voroshilov praised him as a reformer while Tito visited Lenin’s mausoleum, laying a wreath and ignoring Stalin, who expelled him from the Communist sphere years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloscow
Tito
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Klementi Voroshilov
Red Square
Lenin
Stalin
Communist Family of Nations
Vladimir Tyich Lenin
Josip Broz Tito
Khrushchev cites Stalin planned purge before death
Khrushchev charged that Stalin planned a murderous purge of top associates before his death and that Molotov and Mikoyan might have been targets. The claim, released by the State Department in a long speech, stirred U.S. officials about possible murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
V. M. Molotov and Politburo
A. I. Mikoyan
State Department
Khrushchev
Molotov
Mikoyan
Hall at Girls Camp Destroyed by Flames
Fire destroyed the Burr Oaks Girls Camp meeting hall four miles south of Mukwonago Walworth County Saturday night flames visible for miles Fire Chief Kenneth Pluess estimated replacement cost at least 50000 for the 42 by 70 two story frame structure The camp owners were Mr and Mrs William Rice of Chicago and the camp was to open June 20
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukwonago
Burr Oaks
Here
Walworth
Kenneth Pluess
William Rice
Chicago
Supreme Court backs state ban on violent mass picketing
The court ruled 6 to 3 that the Taft Hartley Act does not stop state labor boards from forbidding mass picketing, use of force, and threats by strikers in the Kohler Co. strike. Justice Reed led the majority, with Douglas dissenting. The Wisconsin board had ordered an end to violent union tactics, upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Clark
Minton
Harlan
Douglas
Wiren
Justice Black
United Automobile Workers
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Kohler Co
Kohler
Wis
Steed
Wisconsin
U. S
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
UAW
Wisconsin Board
Former Monroe Pastor Named Milwaukee District Superintendent
Rev. Guy R. Nelson, former pastor of the First Methodist church of Monroe, was named Milwaukee district superintendent by Bishop M. Clifford Northcott at the Wisconsin Conference of Churches in Green Bay. He will serve a six year term, succeeding Rev. Earl E. Allen, with Rev. Martin Smith succeeding him at Elm Grove. Nelson's career spans Toronto South Dakota native to Minnesota and Wisconsin service, including roles at Janesville and Milwaukee.
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Guy R. Nelson
First Methodist Church of
Monroe
Milwaukee
Green Bay
M. Clifford Northcott
Wisconsin Conference of Churches
Nelson
Earl E. Allen D
Elm Grove
Martin Smith
Janesville
Monroe Methodist Church
Toronto
S.D
Northern Minnesota
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Ill
St. John’s River
Wesley Foundation
University of Wisconsin
Cumberland
New Elm Grove
Oklahoma Town Escapes Injury Despite Tornado Wreckage
Mustang residents surveyed a scene of destruction after twin funnels touched down two miles southwest of town and moved through the village, damaging homes and barns but leaving all 210 residents unharmed. Estimated property loss stands at about 200000 dollars as observers note the narrow margin that spared lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mustang
Okla
Oklahoma
R. J. Merrill
Carl Wenger Sr. of Argyle Dies at 63
Carl Wenger Sr. 63 of Argyle died at 5 20 a m yesterday in St Clare hospital after two months illness He was born September 11 1892 in Wimmis Switzerland to Fred and Susan Wenger He came to Green County in 1911 and married Barbara Tschudy in 1914 He was a cheesemaker for 20 years then ran a restaurant and tavern in Argyle He was a Moose lodge member for 20 years Survivors include his wife two sons Carl Jr Argyle Walter New Glarus two daughters Bertha Winger Argyle and Margaret Betrum Richland Center eight brothers and two sisters and nine grandchildren Services 2 p m Wednesday Erickson Funeral Home Argyle Rev Anderson will officiate Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Argyle Friends may call at the funeral home beginning today
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Afl. Wenger
Wimmis
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Fred
Susan Rieder Wenger
Green County
Barbara Tschudy
Carl Jr
Argyle
Walter
New Glarus
Bertha Winger
Margaret Betrum
Richland Center
John
Darlington
Ernest
Blanchardville
Jake
Brodhead
Gottfried
Robert
Monroe
Henry
Milwaukee
Erickson Funeral Home
Rev
A.derson
Woodlawn
Academy Candidates To Take Exams July 9
Rep Lawrence H Smith announced that civil service competitive exams for July 1957 entry to West Point Annapolis or the Air Force academies will be held Monday July 9. Applicants must be under 22 on July 1 1957 and should write his Washington office with age and scholastic qualifications. Exam locations to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence H. Smith
West Point
Annapolis
Air Force Accademies
Smith
Washington
House
Newscaster Charles Booth Dies at 53
Charles A. Booth 53 of 1414 14th Street, news editor of WEKZ and a Prague Times contributor, died at noon in St. Clare hospital after years with heart disease. Born Monroe March 19 1903 he served in WWII rising to captain and earned the Bronze Star. He acted in stock companies and was noted for Mr. Cohen in Abies Irish Rose and for wartime special services in Paris. He married Ghent Belgium April 3 1945 to Mme Simone Van Damme.
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Charles A. Booth
14Th Street
WEKZ
St. Clare Hospital
Belgium
Monroe
Maxwell G
Marie Louise Mattern Booth
Monroe High School
Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles Booth
Monroe Sentinel
Booth
Alaska
Europe
Paris
Rhineland
France
Mr. Booth
Mme. van Damme
Ghent
City Hall
Camp Top Hat Chapel
Coffer Miller Stock Company
Wright Stock Company
Aong
Pontiac
Flint
Detroit
Coffer-Miller Show Group
Mr. Cohen
Abie
Toledo
Rennebohm Heads Metzner Committee
Oscar Rennebohm former Wisconsin governor is named head of the Metzner committee for Carroll Metzner a Mansfield attorney seeking the Republican nomination for the 2nd Congressional District seat vacated by Rep Glenn Davis of Waukesha. The Friends for Carroll Metzner group forms to back the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlov
Carroll Metzner
Mason
Committee of Friends
Metzner
Glenn Davis
Waukesha
Oscar Rennebohm
Wisconsin
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National Creameries Association
American Butter Institute
Dairyland Princess
Alice
Barbara Brown
Independence
Bobby) Caldwell
American Dairy Association
Suzanne Saalsaa
A. N. Saalsaa
Reds
Hoppe
Donald L. Hoppe
11Th Street
De‘ores
Donald Hoppe Jr
Highway 1
Bluff View Park
Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan Occupied
High Court
Joe
Charles A. Boots
Carl Wenger Sr
Rennebohm
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