Truman Divides Time Between Mother and Reunion
President Truman split his day between visiting his bed-ridden 94 year old mother at Grandview and veterans of the World War I 35th Division. He planned to attend a 9 pm address by General Eisenhower and postponed a decision on the Republican tax-cut bill until after a Canada trip.
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Kansas City
Truman
Grandview
Martha E. Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Eisenhower
35Th Division Association
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Washington
White House
Capitol
Canada
John R. Steelman
Albany Social Notes From Mrs Steindorf Household Guests
Mrs L L Weissmiller and Judy returned to Madison after visiting the W C Baumgartner home in Albany. Dr Weissmiller, formerly of Albany, was on a business trip east. Guests at Mrs Amy McManus included Mrs Harry Arthur Mrs Earl Dorman and Mrs Jessie Carrington Madison. Harold Bernhagen and son Robert Oak Park returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs A C Oliver. Also present were Sam Swiggum Mrs Oliver Maas Edward Fritz Belleville and Thomas Zimmerman Tacoma Wash a nephew of Mr Oliver. Camille Tilley West Allis arrived for a 2 week visit with her grandmother Mrs Emma Tilley. Frances Helms St Paul is visiting her mother. Moses Laughridge, son of Eugene and ____ Laughridge, released from Navy service, is now employed in Los Angeles. Pfc Donald Cleveland landed in New York from Wiesbaden Germany and expects to arrive home soon with discharge.
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L. L. Weissmiller
Judy
Madison
W. C. Baumgartner
Weissmiller
Albany
Amy McManus
Harry Arthur
Earl Dorman
Jessie Carrington
Harold Bernhagen
Robert
Oak Park
Spring Grove Social Notes From Mrs. Herbert Mohns
Mrs. Herbert Mohns reports Monroe visitors Saturday evening Mr and Mrs Ben Deininger and family. Mrs Fred Rhyner Beloit spent two days with Mrs John Robertson. Elmer Bahe and sons Burdette and Donald Hauser joined Decoration day at Milton Junction and Janesville. Mrs Robertson Donald Hauser and Mrs Rhyner attended a Donna Riese birthday party at Juda. Mr and Mrs Robert Mohns left for a short trip to Ken.
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Ben Deininger and Sons
Monroe
Fred Rhyner
Beloit
John Robertson
Elmer Bahe
Burdette
Donald
Charles Hauser
Milton Junction
Janesville
Donald Hauser
Donna Riese
Chester Riese
Juda
Robert Mohns
Ken
Browntown Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Mayer spent Monday on their farm near South Wayne. River Forest visitors Mr. and Mrs. Edward Voegeli joined locals for Decoration Day and a Mon ticello trip. Rockford guests Loyd Flemming, brother of Mrs. Mayer, was hospitalized in Milwaukee. Various family members and friends, including the DeVoe, Mayer, Soddy, and Syftestad households, hosted and visited across Monroe Argyle and surrounding areas during Memorial Day weekend and the ensuing days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Mayer
Fred Mayer
South Wayne
Edward Voegeli
River Forest
LeRoy Crago
Voegeli
Monticello
Rose Voegels
Angelo Flemming
Rockford
Lloyd
Milwaukee
Loyd
Soldiers’ Hospital
Frank DeVoe
Patricia
Herbert Soddy
la Donna
Elvina
Fred W. Mayer
Elwin DeVoe
Carol
Monroe
Eddie Eichberger
T. Smith
Bay View
Tex
Martyn Merritt
J. F. Mason
Argyle
William Dobson
Wood
Veterans’ Hospital
Paul Syftestad
Davenport
Jacob Syftestad
Stanley Dawsoa
Danville
Paul
Peter Rundhaug
Stanley Jerenby
Stuart
Madison wedding ties local families to Blanchardville
Blanchardville residents including Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Paulson and Marian and several relatives attended the Madison wedding of Patricia Ann O'Brien and Peter Carlson. The region saw multiple visits and attendances at events from piano recitals in Monroe to Memorial Day gatherings with family in Madison and New Glarus.
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Leroy Paulson
Marian
Alvin Paulson
Esther
Irene
Melvin Thompson
Paul
Orville Kammerud
Curtis Thomson
Madison
Patricia Ann O'Brien
Peter Carlson
O. T. Olson
Monroe
John Ivey
Union Presbyterian Church
Peter
Mary Skaalen
Argyle
Elmon Ott
Jo Ellen
Horeb
Tillie Johnson
Francis Smith
Janice
Henry Laufenberg
Montfort
Ronald Skaife
Walter Schneider
H. R. Burgdorff
M. Schiesser
New Glarus
M. Schiesser Jr
Marie Olson
Delbert Miller
Greenwood
Thomas Erickson
L. R. Schmelzer
James Kelly
Art Johnson
Lorene
Lois
G. G. Thompson
Robert Bollerud
Milton Junction
Clarence Hermanson Hospital
James Gant
William ._Mullen
John Gilbertson
Jeannette
Orvin
John Cavanaugh
Monticello Social Notes Highlight Local Bridge Club
Mrs. O D Curtis hosts the Contract Bridge club with attendees including Mrs. R W Woelffer and Mrs. Alfred Voegeli among a long list of Monroé residents. Guests visit, attend funerals, attend dinners, and enjoy fishing and park picnics across Madison Monroe New Glarus and Jefferson areas.
Visitors and residents share in Sheboygan gathering
Denver residents visit with sister Mrs Anna Gerber while Mrs Horace Gotstein of Madison stays a few days with Mrs Gerber. The Van Hautens from Monroe and John Van Hauten visit William Garral’s home. Melvilf Lynn Jr returns from Elmhurst College for summer break and plans Missouri trip with roommate Milton Kreuger. Roger Klassy leaves for the University of Wisconsin summer term after a 10 day visit with his parents.
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Denver
Colo
Anna Gerber
Horace Gotstein
Madison
Gerber
Lloyd van Hauten
Cheryl
Linda
Monroe
John van Hauten
Sheboygan
William Garral
Melvilf Lynn Jr
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst
Lynn
Missouri
Milton Kreuger
Roger Klassy
U. of W
Social News From Brodhead and Nearby
Brodhead hosts and welcomes visitors as dozens of couples and families spend weekends and Memorial Day with local residents. Highlights include Mrs. Donald L. Collins hosting, Mrs. O. D. Grenawalt and Mrs. John Fenn visiting from Madison and Milwaukee, and Yeoman 2/c Searles on 60 day leave from Tokyo via China. The Mei enburgs plan to move to highway 11 with the Olsons taking the vacated apartment. The Wesleyan service guild held a 6 30 picnic supper at Decatur Lake Country Club with Rev R W Sachtsen addressing India today.
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Dwight Brookings
Chicago
A. A. Ten- Eyck
O. D. Grenawalt
Madison
John Fenn
Milwaukee
Bert Bouton
Fenn
Lotta Kildow
Dwight Fisher
Margaret Fisher
Detroit
Arthur F. L. Searles Jr
Yeoman
Arthur Searles
Searles
Tokyo
China
San Francisco
M. W. Meienburg
Highway 11
Victor Olson
Meienburgs
Wesleyan Service Guild
Decatur Lake Country Club
F. A. Condon
Grace Marsh
George Salladay
R. W. Sachtsen
India
Phillis Mickle and Feliz Gryskiewicz Wed in Madison
Miss Phillis Mickle and Feliz Gryskiewicz wed in Madison with Mr and Mrs Millard Tschudy and others attending the wedding and reception. Later, Mr and Mrs Fred Streiff and Mr and Mrs Millard Tschudy visited Mrs Richard Streiff and son Rickey and Mrs Theresa Martin in Blanchardville Thursday evening. John Kundert spent Friday morning in Madison.
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Herman Baumgartner
Arthur Zweifel
Phillis Mickle
Feliz Gryskiewicz
Madison
Fred P. Streiff
Millard Tschudy
Richard Streiff
Rickey
Theresa Martin
Blanchardville
John Kundert
D A Sends Hanley Case to Governor
Milwaukee authorities announce there is no basis for prosecution over alleged purchase and disposal of new cars by Sheriff George Hanley. D A McCauley says the matter is referred to Acting Governor Rennebohm for action. Bell report found no clear statute violations.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
George Hanley
William J. McCauley
Rennebohm
McCauley
Homer Bell
State Motor Vehicle Department
Bell
Hanley
Motor Vehicle Department
John K. Johnson Dies at 58 After Short Illness
Blanchardville man John K. Johnson 58 died at his farm home from a heart attack after a 10 day illness. Born in Oslo Norway in 1888 he came to America in 1907 and lived near Blanchardville. Survived by wife Thea, a daughter Mrs. James Johnson and three sons, plus parents in Norway and several siblings. Funeral at Blanchardville Lutheran Church with burial in Graceland cemetery.
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Blanchardville
Times
John K. Johnson
Oslo
Norway
Hans and
Marie Nelson Johnson
America
Thea Larson
Argyle
Hollandale
James Johnson
Harold
Julian
Otis
George
Iver
River Falls
Albert
Sweden
Hilda
Johnson
Saether
Johnson Home
Blanchardville Lutheran Church
Rev. T. Kleven
Graceland Cemetery
Local Names List Reveals Community Figures
Henry Nelson Palmer Larson William Watrud Isaac Betrum Henry Watrud and El mer Johnson appear among readable names in the updated community record. The fragment preserves several individuals linked to local affairs, suggesting a list of residents connected to a past event or registry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Nelson
Palmer Larson
William Watrud
Isaac Betrum
Henry Watrud
Elmer Johnson
Unknown Assailant Murders Babies in Pediatrics Nursery
In Massillon Ohio an unknown attacker battered two infant girls to death in the pediatrics nursery of the city hospital last night. Rosemary Morton nine weeks and Diane J Brand eight weeks were the victims. A nurse found the bodies and the coroner’s report cites injuries from blunt force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon
City Hospital
Rosemary Morton
Harry E. Morton
Diane J. Brand
Leo Brand
Marian Silleck
Stark County
Edward Reno
Stanley W. Switter
Brand
Judge Explains Action in Kansas City Vote Fraud
Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves told a senate subcommittee he might have urged a further investigation if he had a fuller report on alleged irregularities in a Kansas City primary. He said he received only a synopsis from U S Attorney Sam Wear rather than the FBI affidavits cited by the Kansas City Star.
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Washington
Albert L. Reeves
U. S
Kansas City
Reeves
Senate Judiciary
FBI
Kansas City Star
Sam Wear
Ferguson
R-Mich
Subcommittee
Senate
Justice Department
State Supreme Court Justice to Remarry
Milwaukee Justice Oscar M. Fritz of the Wisconsin supreme court plans to wed Anna Marie Millmann a 61 year old school principal on June 21 They filed for a license at the Milwaukee county clerk’s office The ceremony will be in Marquette University Johnson Hall with Rev Peter Brooks S J officiating Fritz first wife Edna B Lorch died in 1945 They married in 1902 and he has served on the bench since 1929
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Milwaukee
Oscar M. Fritz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Anna Marie Millmann
Fritz
Millmann
Luther Burbank
Milwaukee County Clerk's Office
Johnson Hall
Marquette University
Peter Brooks
S. J
Edna B. Lorch
Supreme Court
Livestock Market Chicago Reports Mixed Week Results
USDA note shows salable hogs about 500 with total around 4 500 and cattle 500 with a large week total. market very active with fed steers and heifers up 25 50, most high grades up, cows and bulls varying. Top steer prices near 27.75, choice loads 27 60, yearling steers 26 60 and average range 25 25 27 25 for good to average. Canner and cutter prices mostly lower, beef cows around 21 00 with underweight bulls around 12 00 13 00, heavier bulls to 17 50. Receipts about 9 000 higher locally and 24 000 more across twelve large markets.
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Chicago
USDA
Army Air Forces Grounds C-54 Fleet As Safety Measure
The Army Air Forces temporarily grounded its worldwide C-54 Douglas fleet to inspect tail fittings after field reports of loose and sheared bolts. Officials expect service to resume in a couple of days, noting no C-54s were found in that condition during routine inspections. A C-54 crash last week in Port Deposit, Maryland, killed 53.
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Washington
Army
Air Transport Command
ATC
Eastern Airlines
Port Deposit
Juda United Brethren Opens Vacation Bible School
The Juda Evangelical United Brethren Church announces a three week vacation Bible school for ages five to 13 led by Rev. Peter Retzlaff. One hundred five students are enrolled with a staff of 17 teachers and assistants to cover creation, life of Christ, Lord's Prayer, Rainbow puzzles, and catechism among other courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juda United Brethren Church
Juda
Times Special Service
Peter Retzlaff
Evangelical United Brethren Church of Juda
Elda Schadewald
Lawrence Hartwig
Ervin Matzke
Henry Norder
Mabel Bauer
Jacob Jones
Frank Siedschlag
Marvin Siedschlag
Harvey Andrews
Russell Miller
Joan Schmid
Fechteler Warns of Subversive Attacks on Armed Forces
Vice Admiral W. M. Fechteler told the Navy Club of the United States that subversive forces sought to discredit the military during demobilization and would try again when conditions were ripe. He cited caste-system accusations and urged all veterans to stay vigilant and stamp out such activities.
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Milwaukee
W. M. Fechteler
Fechteler
Navy Club
United States
Navy
Army
Coast Guard
Marines
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William Steindorf
Spring Grove
Mrs. Herbert Mohns
France
Grenoble
AP Irephoto
Browntown
C. L. Crago
W. F. McGuigan
O. D. Curtis
R. H. Schoonover
Contract Bridge Club
Mmes
R. W. Woelffer
M. E. Lynn
Cloyance Harlen
Albert Knobel
Willis J. Marty
Adam Schuler
F. W. Voegeli
R. W. Karlen
J. W. Barlow
Alfred Voegeli
Melvin Magoon
Gladstone
Mich
L. B. Pierce
Magoon
Frank Pierce
Raymond
J. H. Faber
Robert D. Taylor
Bobby
Berkeley
Emil G. Voegell
Henry E. Babler
Edgar Guinther
Jeanne
Prospect
J. W. Freitag
Waldo Freitag
John
Mary Jo
Werner Brunner
Eric
Jefferson
A. M. Hefty
Anna Stauffacher
Adam Duerst
Elmer
Dick Freitag
Lawrence G. Marty
Harvey Elmer
Emil Blum
Delores
Margaret
Carla
Doran Blum
Freeport
Adam_ Schuler
Beth Ann
E. A. Bently
D. L. Zentner
Ralph Schuler
John Schmid
Robert Holcomb Sr
Donald Holcomb
Gordon Holcomb
Elmer Schwerin
Dave Brink
Ira Holcomb
Laverne Holcomb
Indian Ford
Leon Holcomb
John Wittenwyler
Sam Duerst
Doran
C. L. Mecheike
Medford
Dewey Hulburt
Ellen
Butte
Mont
Matt Zentner
Otto Babler
Girls Guild
Irene Marty
New Glarus State Park
Marianne Riese
Rosemary Babler
Gladys Buehl
Ruth Gempeler
Virginia Freitag
Barbara Karlen
Donna Karlen
Joyce Prisk
Beth Ann Becker
Virginia Elmer
A. R
Henry V. Babler
Betty Ann
Brodhead
Donald L. Collins
Glarus
Mrs. Millard Tschudy
Swiss Cheese Shop
Hiway
D.A
Hanley Case
State Supreme Court
Army Air Forces
ROTE
Man
Crandall Oil CO
16Th Avenue
The
Monroe Evening Times
Aluminum
Bowman
Grandview Dairy
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