Reds at Berlin seize new area in French sector
Berlin dispatch reports the Red People's Police occupying the Frohnau Estate on Berlin's French sector fringe. Five families and 15 people were ordered to leave as livestock and buildings were seized. The move follows prior border clashes and intensifying efforts to seal off the Soviet zone from the West. Ulbricht urged arming East Germans to resist Western influence and reunification moves. By year end 1953 estimates put Communist forces at 12 divisions, about 180,000 men, with potential expansion to 25 divisions and 375,000.
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Berlin
Red People’s
Frohnau
West Berlin
West Germany
Hof
Radio Berlin
Karl Eduard von Schnitzler
Walter Ulbricht
Moscow
Germany
East Berlin
Ulbricht
Green County Alice in Dairy Land Judging Monday
Green County contestants will compete for the regional Alice title in Madison on Monday. G Fred Galli of the June Dairy promotion committee will escort Misses Phyllis Teehan and DeLea Treloar to the Park hotel for judging to be held with Madison Kiwanis activities. Contestants come from Green Dane Columbia and eastern Sauk counties with Lafayette County entrants at Fennimore next Friday.
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Green County
Alice In Dairyland
Alice
Madison
Howe's Circus Held By Illinois Officers
The Howe's Hippodrome circus halted by Illinois state police in Rochelle after drivers lacked chauffeur licenses and trucks lacked safe equipment. About 20 drivers were fined totaling around 350 dollars, with the entire circus ordered to stay in Rochelle until trucks were repaired. White Pines state park caretaker assisted with the menagerie.
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Rochelle
Ill
Illinois
Mobile
Ala
Duluth
Minn
White Pines State Park
Polo
Ellen Stone Named Dean of Women at Lawrence College
Ellen Stone of Boston was named dean of women at Lawrence College today, succeeding Wilma Schultz who has resigned.
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Lawrence Post
Appleton
Ellen Stone
Boston
Lawrence College
Wilma Schultz
Grassland field day planned in Smock Valley area
Weather outlook promises good haying day as the county grassland soil conservation association schedules two demonstrations. At 1 15 p m the Kendall Digman farm will showcase hay choppers stem crushers moisture tests and silage methods with F Victor Burcalow and Fred Reber speaking. Demonstrations shift between Jefferson and New Glarus townships with multiple farms including LaBorde Zentner Zurfluh and a prior session near Albany.
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County Grassland Soil Conservation Association
Kendall Digman
New Hiawatha
Highway 81
Fred Reber
Dodgeville
Soil Conservation Service
Jefferson Township
New Glarus Township
Jack LaBorde
LaBorde
Ernest
Red) Zentner
New Glarus
Zurfluh Farm
Albany
Grassland Soil Conservation Association
Smock Valley Group
Swiss Valleys Watershed Association
Monticello
Austrian Envoy Buzzed by Reds in Vienna Incident
Deputy U S high commissioner Dowling said Russians likely knew Ambassador Donnelly was aboard a U S Air Force C 47 when two Soviet MiG jets circled the aircraft in the Vienna Linz corridor. Dowling released a protest note to Soviet high commissioner General Sviridov detailing the near collision and proximity of the interceptors.
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Vienna
Austria
Walter Dowling
U.S
Walter Donnelly
Dowling
Donnelly
Tulsin
U.S. Air Force Base
Vienna-Linz
U. S
Ambassador Donnelly
Tullin Air Base
Col
J. F. Guillet
Tullin
Cooler Evening Seen Tomorrow in Green County Weather Outlook
Green County expected slightly cooler weather tomorrow after two hot days. Possibility of showers late afternoon or evening. Noon skies showed low heavy clouds contradicting forecasts of no storm until tomorrow evening. Temperatures rose to 90 after a night low near 64.
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Green County
Coln
Detroit
Presidio
Texas
Convict Terrorizes Girl Scouts Captured Near Napoleon
An escaped convict from a Southern Michigan prison camp who had terrorized 13 Girl Scouts and leaders in a cabin was captured at 10:15 am today on a farm road near Napoleon. The fugitive, Davis Henderson, 34, was slightly wounded by a farm youth, Don Frier, 22, who fired four shots from a 30-30 rifle in an attempt to capture him.
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Clinton, Mich
Michigan
Napoleon
Davis Henderson
Don Frier
Washington Ponders Switch in Red Envoys
Moscow named Georgi Zarubin as the new Soviet envoy to the United States replacing Alexander Panyushkin. Zarubin, formerly ambassador to Canada, was involved in filling the London post. State Department officials said there is little basis to expect changes in Soviet policy or rhetoric against U.S. policies.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Georgi Zarubin
London
Canada
Zarubin
Alexander S. Panyushkin
State Department
Farm Bill Advances as House Receives Senate Action
The Senate approved over 11 percent billion for farm programs starting July 1, sending the bill back to the House which had already approved 115 million less than the Senate figure. Debate centered on trimming 100 million in future farmer payments tied to soil conservation amid broader budget disputes. Senator Aiken secured a 110 million boost for the Commodity Credit Corporation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Sen
Anderson
D-Nm
Douglas
D-Ill
Agriculture Department
Congress
Sen. Aiken
Republican Agriculture
Phantom in Illinois shoots at four cars
The blue phantom, a sharp shooting gunman, fired at four motorists in Decatur Illinois. One driver was injure d as state police widened the hunt to the air with roadblocks across central Illinois from Towanda to near Springfield. The shootings have now involved eight motorists reporting they were shot at.
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Decatur
Illinois
Towanda
Springfield
Madison man dies after street crash autopsy set
Madison resident William Freund, 83, who was struck by a car while crossing a street on May 27, died last night. Acting Coroner Samuel Morris ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
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Madison
William Freund
Samuel Morris
Eisenhower open to meeting Stalin for peace
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said he would consider meeting Premier Stalin if it served peace but he doubts East West negotiability while the Soviet Union suppresses free government. He warned of a direct clash of ideologies and urged work and sacrifice for secure peace, outlining plans for Detroit talks after a New York news conference. He stressed allied cooperation over raw materials for defense and peace.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stalin
Soviet Union
United States
Father Divine
Supreme Court
Abilene
Kas
Detroit
Eisenhower
County Awards Job To Blacktop 5.6 Miles Near Hollandale
Gov. Kohler signed a contract with the Iowa County highway department to blacktop 5.6 miles of county trunk roads near Hollandale at a price of 17 201 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gov. Kohler
Iowa County Highway Department
Hollandale
Taft Captures Indiana Delegation for GOP Nomination
Indiana Republicans moved to complete a 32 vote Taft backed delegation with 10 at large delegates and 20 district picks. Eisenhower supporters cried foul claiming a midgame rule change and threatened a convention contest as Grant denounced the result while noting strict filing deadlines and $500 fees.
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Indianapolis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Indiana
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Eisenhower
Chicago
Robert A. Grant
Texas
Grant
Eisenhower Spurns Taft Peace Offer in Delegation Fight
Sen Taft proposed a compromise on delegations from Texas Louisiana Georgia and Mississippi in the GOP nomination fight Eisenhower campaign chief Lodge rejected the plan Texas backer Zweifel welcomed it Taft hoped to avoid a seating battle and urged compromise while Eisenhower said it sounded good but offered no details.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
South
Gen
Eisenhower
Ohio
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
Lodge
Massachusettes
Jack Porter
Houston
National
GOP Committee
Henry Zweifel
Fort Worth
Parley Resumes In Steel Dispute
Washington talks resume at the White House as CIO steel workers strike enters day three. Philip Murray and Adm. Ben Morell led negotiations amid cautious optimism while the government readies to divert steel to weapons programs.
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Steel Industry
Washington
Benjamin Morrell
Jones and Laughlin Steel Co
John A. Stephans
U S. Steel Corp
Charles White
Republic Steel Corp
David McDonald
CIO Steelworkers
Phil Murray
CIO
Arthur Goldberg
White House
Philip Murray
Adm
Ben Morell
Jones and Laughlin Steel
State Department
Lovett
Defense Department
No U N Planes Lost In Week s Jet Fights
Seoul Korea Allied jet fighters blasted nine Communist MIG jets out of the sky and damaged four others during the past week without losing a plane in aerial combat. Communist anti air craft fire shot down an F80 Shooting Star and a T6 spotter plane a B26 Invader night bomber failed to return from a mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Agronomists Tour Green County Farms On Soil Improvement
A group of 45 agronomists and fertilizer representatives toured two Green County farms, stopping at the Stanley Kittleson farm near New Glarus and the Stauffacher Brothers farm on Highway 69. They observed fertilizer driven hay yields, soil management demonstrations since 1932, and a shift from low per acre yields to bumper crops on 600 acres. Notable speakers included F. Vic Burcalow, Dr. Kermit Berger, and Prof. C. J. Chapman.
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Green County
Swiss Wheel
Rock County
Stanley Kittleson
New Glarus
Stauffacher Brothers
Highway 69
Monticello
Kittlesons
Ireland
Kittleson Farm
Stauffacher
F. Vic Burcalow
University of Wisconsin Agronomist
William J. Figi
Jordan Township
Kermit Berger
University of Wisconsin
Conrad Stauffacher
Stauffacher Farm
C. J. Chapman
College of Agriculture
Edgewater Hotel
Madison
Ray L. Pavlak
Emil Truog
McGrath Boyle Tip Was False in War Contracts Probe
A House judiciary subcommittee recessed as denials and lies surfaced in a probe of alleged top level political intervention in war contract fraud. Detroit attorney George T. Petzer admitted writing a note linking ex Attorney General J. Howard McGrath and ex DNC chair William M. Boyle to a Detroit firm case after a party and drinks.
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Washington
House
House Judiciary
U. S
Detroit
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
William M. Boyle
George T. Petzer
Walter Sprague
Petzer
Bernard M. Bauer
Boyle
McGrath
Bauer
British use tear gas on POWs at Koje Island camp
British infantrymen drove Communist prisoners of war back from a barbed wire fence using tear gas at Koje Island Korea. Guards from the King's Shropshire Light Infantry fired six grenades into Compound 66 when inmates refused to retreat near engineers digging for a suspected escape tunnel. No injuries reported among the 2,700 officers and 650 non commissioned officers housed there.
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Koje Island
Korea
United Nations
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Deserter Tells Of Red Capture
Pvt. Ray B. Schultz of Batavia New York says he escaped from an Army guardhouse last December and was held as a laborer by Russian zone Communists for six months. He and two companions fled to East Berlin where they were arrested by Communist police the day after their escape and Schultz was sent to Bautzen before escaping back to West Berlin. He did not know the fate of his fellow deserters Pvt. Sidney R. Sparks and Pvt. Charles J. Scott.
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Berlin
Ray B. Schultz
Batavia
New York
Schultz
Sidney R. Sparks
Tennille
Charles J. Scott
Decatur
Wheat Prices Drop In Chicago Trading
Wheat prices eased on the Board of Trade amid a larger harvest in the Southwest and moisture in North Dakota. July wheat fell about 4 percent to around 2.32 dollars a bushel as corn and rye slipped and soybeans moved within a narrow range. Oats held steady and soybeans showed mixed shifts with July futures near 3.23 dollars per bushel.
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Chicago
Southwest
North Dakota
Board of Trade
Truman asserts U S Air Force can bomb the enemy at will
President Truman told the 35th Division convention in Springfield that the U S Air Force in Korea can bomb almost anywhere in the enemy territory and warned against defense cuts while Russia eyes new Koreas. He cited air supremacy, told of 91 wings now active with 95 soon and 143 in a few years, and noted doubling the Army in size with modern weapons.
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Springfield
Truman
United States Air Force
Korea
Sen. Taft
Russia
Taft
Stalin
United States
North Korea
United States Army
Air Department
Navy
Train Kills Five In Crossing Crash In Elk River Minnesota
Five people died when a passenger train struck a car at a crossing in Elk River Minnesota just before midnight. The victims include Rev Edward A Dicke 55 pastor of Trinity Lutheran Long Prairie Minn his wife also 55 their son Martin 18 their daughter Dorothy Minke about 28 and Edwin Kroll 18 all identified by coroner Gordon Tesch.
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Elk River
Minn
Gordon Tesch
Sherburne County
Edward A. Dicke
Trinity Lutheran Church
Long Prairie
Martin
Concordia College High School
St. Paul
Dorothy Minke
Princeton
Edwin K. Kroll
William Kroll
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Howe
F. Victor Burcalow
UW Agronomist
Bill
Phantom
BY Jack Bell
U.N
McGrath, Boyle
Tip
Kose
Missouri
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Asia
Europe
Paris
Tokyo
Shrine
France
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