Truman Warns aid must continue under rain at campus ceremony
President Truman urged ongoing foreign aid to bolster Western Europe against Soviet subversion. In a rain swept stadium he warned democracy endures public debate, citing Marshall Plan nations and the democratic process as the foundation for peaceful progress. He spoke at the University graduation before receiving an honorary law degree and Phi Beta Kappa membership, recalling his West Point era and WWII service with the 35th Division.
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Dent Truman
United States
Russia
J. F. Judkins
Mr. Truman
Truman
Unversity
Phi Beta Ray
Nsas City School of Law
Western Europe
Wose
St. Louis
Native of Monroe Mrs Frager Dies in Freeport
Mrs William Frager a Monroe native died at 10 40 p m last night at Deaconess hospital Freeport after a stroke a week earlier Anna Maud Grant born July 16 1884 in Monroe married William Frager in 1909 in Chicago Surviving are husband three daughters Mrs Roland Schroeder Corcoran Calif Mrs Herman Knipschild Freeport and Mrs Keith Milliken McConnell two brothers Robert and George Grant Monroe three sisters Mrs Albert Bahn and Mrs Emma Wittbecker Monroe and Mrs Flora Skarweski Janesville
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William Frager
Freeport
Monroe
Deaconess Hospital
Anna Maud Grant
Perry and
Catherine Blum Grant
Chicago
Frager
Ilinois Central Railroad
Roland Schroeder
Corcorean
Calif
Herman Knipschild
Keith Milliken
McConnell
Robert
George Grant
Albert Bahn
Emma Wittbecker
Flora Skarweski
Janesville
Dairyland souvenir mats omit Monroe on state map
Wisconsin department of agriculture designed two color place mats to promote the dairy industry and state recreation. The mats target hotel restaurant and resort dining rooms and feature Beloit Janesville in Rock county while Monroe is absent from the center of the Swiss cheese industry map.
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Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Beloit
Janesville
Rock County
Ernest Bahler 45 Dies at New Glarus
Ernest Bahler 45 a retired cheese maker died yesterday at 10 30 p m in his new home on the south edge of New Glarus on highway 69 after a week long stroke. He was born January 9 1905 in Canton Bern Switzerland and lived in Barneveld Mt Horeb Brodhead before moving to New Glarus ten years ago. He belonged to the Brodhead Evangelical United Brethren church and Odd Fellows lodge. Surviving are his widow two daughters Hedwig and Helen his mother five brothers Alfred Karl Paul Walter and William and two sisters Marie and Mina in Switzerland. Services will be held tomorrow at 2 p m at Zentner funeral home with Rev Walter J Stuckey officiating and burial in the Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church cemetery.
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New Glarus
Ernest Bahler
Highway 69
Alfred and
Marie Ramseier Bahler
Canton
Bern
Switzerland
America
Wisconsin
Rose Baer
Barneveld
Mt. Horeb
Brodhead
Alfred
Karl
Paul
Walter
William
Marie
Mina
Zentner Funeral
Walter J. Stuckey
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Elmer Dedrick of Brodhead Dies After Illness
Elmer P Dedrick of Brodhead died at St Clare hospital after months of illness. Born August 23 1876 he was the son of Peter and Sarah Dedrick. He married Clara Randall May 6 1901 and they farmed in the Brodhead area. He leaves three brothers and a sister. Burial will be in Brodhead Greenwood cemetery. Services Saturday at 2 p m. at Newcomer funeral home.
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Guner Peter Dedrick
Brodhead
St. Clare Hospital
Peter
Sarah Eldred Dedrick
Spring Grove Township
Clara Bell Randall
Dedrick
L. N
Frank Dedrick
Harley
Freeport
Roxanna Dunwiddie
Akron
Robert Sachtsen
The
Methodist
Brodhead Greenwood
Bradley Denies U.S. Set for War
General Omar N. Bradley told the Senate appropriations committee that U.S. armed forces would not be sufficient for a major war by July 1951 but that mobilization, allied support, and industrial power would enable victory if war comes. Secretary Johnson backed the $13 billion military budget and said defenses are ahead in peacetime.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S
Bradley
Senate Committee
Defense Johnson
Johinson
Kew Joint School Meeting Set After District Consolidation
The Kew Joint School District, formed from Monroe area districts Valley View Jordan which burned Feb 21 and two Monroe districts Dolan and Liberty, will hold its first annual meeting at 8 p m next Friday at the Normal school. Voters will elect a school board a clerk for one year a treasurer for two years and a director for three years. The 1950 51 budget will be adopted and funds planned for a new school building near the Four Corners cheese factory or the William Leopold acreage. Other rural and state graded districts will hold annual meetings the second Monday of July with terms and budgets adopted.
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Sumeys
Monroe
Normal School
Joint 9
Jordan
Clarno
Valley View
Dolan
Liberty
Four Corners
William Leopold
Cheddar Prices Rise in Plymouth Market Summary
On the Wisconsin cheese exchange in Plymouth today prices edged up with small styles gaining half a cent while cheddars and small styles held firm. Sales included two cars cheddars at 29 14 cents, one car single daisies at 32 cents, and two cars longhorns at 32 cents. Unfilled bids showed two cars single daisies at 32 cents and one car longhorns at 32 cents. Uncovered offers listed five cars 60 pound blocks with seran wrap and paper box at 29 ½ cents, and six cars cheddars at 129 ½ cents.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Legion Support For Endorsement Seen at Meeting
The Wisconsin Republican convention heard Higley 57 of Marinette as the man to beat for governor with Os car Rennebohm backing him and Legion leaders aiding. Kohler and Bubltz (Bubolz) fought for momentum as Milwaukee delegates held decisive sway. Senators McCarthy and Trinke joined the race while nominations grew crowded for lieutenant governor attorney general and other posts.
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Arthur Bystrom
Milwaukee
Republican Party of
Wisconsin
Harvey V. Higley
Marinette
Oscar Rennebohm
County Boards Association
American Legion
Higley
Osf Che
Walter J. Kohler Jr
Kohler
Gordon Buboiz
Appleton
State Department of American Legion
Bairchild
William Trinke
Lake Geneva
Alex Nicol
Sparta
Assembly
George Smith
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
Donald J. Martin
Dr Birge Dies UW President Emeritus at 98
Dr Edward A Birge longtime UW faculty member and president emeritus died today at age 98, just before his 99th birthday. He joined the university in 1875, served as president 1918 1925 and acting president 1900 1903, and was a noted authority on limnology with extensive state conservation service. He is survived by his daughter Anna Grant Birge and two grandsons.
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Madison
Edward A. Birge
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Birge
Wisconsin Lakes
Badger State Lake Country
Troy
N. Y
Anna Grant
State Conservation Commission
Geological and Natural History Survey of
Madison Free Library Commission
Western University of Pennsylvania
Williams
Missouri
Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute
E. A. Birge
Milwaukee
Lawrence Birge
Easton
Party Goes Underground as Reds Peak in U.S.
FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover testified before a Senate subcommittee that American communists are going underground with more subversive activity than at any period since World War II. He said 48 percent of party members are in basic industry and warned of potential sabotage in vital defense sectors if a national emergency arises. Hoover cited 54,174 actual party members and noted measures to conceal membership and communications.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
U. S
United States
FBI
Hoover
Communist Party
Senate Appropriations
Asc
Tydings
State Department
Moscow
McCarthy
Milwaukee Journal
Louis Budenz
Senate
Budenz
Lattimoreas
Governor Rennebohm Avoids Endorsing Candidate Plan
Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm, not seeking office, told Republican delegates he would like to see Harvey Higley of Marinette as his successor. He praised the 1949 legislature's work in education, state buildings, and public welfare, urging the convention to choose a candidate who will continue efficient state government and unfinished tasks.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Harvey Higley
Marinette
Republican Party
United States
Diary Release Urged in Amerasia Case Subpoena
Senator Knowland demanded senate investigators subpoena the diary of James Forrestal, saying it could reveal if he favored delaying arrests in the Amerasia matter. He noted Forrestal died last year after a tower-window plunge near here. Atlantic sources said a federal grand jury in New York is examining the Amerasia case, with Capehart urging another inquiry and Arcibald Van Beuren testifying in a closed session on national security.
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Washington
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Amerasi
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Naval Hospital
Here
White House
New York
Amerasia
Capehart
Rind
Justice Department
Senate Foreign Relations
Arcibald van Beuren
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Free Sunday Swim Opens Monroe Park Season
Free day at Monroe Recreation Park pool Sunday runs 1 30 to 5 30 p m and 7 to 9 p m marking the summer start though activities start Monday June 19 in cooperation with community vacation Bible school programs Regular park activities begin June 19 with schedules for instruction periods sport handicraft and related activities to be announced next week Recreation director Lawrence L Kitchen reports A staff meeting tomorrow at 2 p m in the Monroe community center will be attended by pool and park volunteers and paid workers.
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Monroe Recreation Park
Lawrence L. Kitchen
Monroe Community Center
Tornado hits Kansas farm lands near McPherson
A tornado struck farm lands near McPherson Kansas last night injuring five people, with one in critical condition. Numerous farm buildings were wrecked and power lines were down, though no towns along the path were damaged.
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Kansas
Chicago
McPherson
Kas
Government Faces Heavy Butter Cheese and Milk Stockpiles
The agriculture department holds about 125 million dollars in butter cheese and dried milk as part of the farm price support program. Stocks include 137 million pounds of butter, 250 million pounds of dried milk and 43.5 million pounds of cheese. Buyers can supply markets at low prices, so selling is hard. Officials say the government may buy more, store it, or seek relief use with few takers.
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Agriculture Department
Monticello Mill Proceedings Open
Howard B. Kennedy owner of the Monticello Woolen Mills faces a court action in Green county to remove 200 feet of the mill dam for a drainage ditch. Judge Harold J. Lamboley appoints a three member committee to hear value testimony, meeting June 26, with compensation at 25 dollars daily. Kennedy plans rebuilding after a May 8 fire.
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Longemmetre
Acton
Howard B. Kennedy
Monticello Woolen Mills
Green County Court
Harold J. Lamboley
Green County Farm Drainage Board
Glarus - Monticello
Lamboley
Percy Lichtenwalner
Clarno Township
M. L. Barton
Albany
Paul Robinson
Sun Prairie
M. W. Meinenburg
Brodhead
Drainage Board
Burgess Ela
Madison
Kennedy
Woman Golf Champion Shot Dead in Pontiac Ambush
Thelma Clark, 39, a former three time Pontiac city women’s golf champion and recent victor last summer, was killed in a rifle ambush. Her mother and a male escort were wounded in the attack. The incident occurred in Pontiac, Michigan, with police investigating motives and suspects.
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Vomuac
Mich
Ronuac
Thelma Clark
McCarthy Attacks Acheson at Wisconsin GOP Rally
Senator McCarthy denounces Secretary of State Dean Acheson as a red foe and calls for his firing during the Wisconsin Republican state convention keynote. He cites a 1946 Poland loan, accuses Acheson of arming communists, and attacks Lattimore and Jesup as part of a broader anti communism line.
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Milwaukee
McCarthy
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Poland
Wisconsin
Truman
Harvard
U. S
Mr. Acheson
Owen Lattimore
Philip C. Jessup
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Senator Tydings
Drownings at gravel pit near Stevens Point
Norman Milka aged 29 of Junction City drowned last night while swimming in a gravel pit three miles west of Stevens Point. Authorities investigated the incident and identified Milka as the victim.
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Stevens Point
Norman Milka
Junction City
Here
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Tomahawk
Faythe Heyne
Ashland
Walter Kunke
Barron
State
Dairyland
Elmer P. Dedrick
State Aeronautics Commission
Commission
Iron River
Kew
Fire Acheson
Legion
Bubolz
Bubolz Trail
Hugo Murray
Joseph K. McCarthy
Thomas Fairchild
U.S. Senate
Trinke
Dr. Birge
Angles
Monticello
Pontiac
GOP
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