Gerald Keen Tops Junior Holstein Judging in Green County
Gerald Keen aged 17 won the junior judging contest at the Green County Holstein association twilight meeting held at the John W. Ruff farm near Monroe. He received a two week old purebred Holstein bull calf donated by E. J. and Ed Kaderly of Spring Grove township. Over 300 people attended with C C Brace speaking and Holstein displays featured. Rowan Hakaa earned second in the junior contest while Harold Wild of Winslow led the adults judging with top honors among the women contestants listed.
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Gerald Keen
George Keen
Decatur Township
Green County Holstein Association
E. J
Ed Kaderly
Spring Grove Township
John W. Ruff
Monroe
Charles C. Brace
Lone
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Rowan Hollis
Wisconsin Holstein Association Plans Monroe Meeting 1950
The Wisconsin Holstein Association will hold its 1950 annual meeting in Monroe on the last Monday and Tuesday of February. Charles C. Brace, extension fieldman of the Holstein Friesian Association of America, reminded breeders at a twilight meeting. About 1,500 state breeders are expected to attend.
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Wisconsin Holstein Association
Monroe
Charles C. Brace
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Holstein awards and dairy ad campaign details
A Wisconsin dairy event notes nine elite Holstein daughters of a king cascade sire showing strong butterfat averages and registry honors. Brace touts national dairy advertising fund drives across 40 states and a commitment to pure yellow butter color. In Milwaukee, Milton Babich testifies in a murder case claiming accidental shooting of Patricia Birmingham during a struggle for a revolver, while Kathleen Birmingham confronts testimony about pregnancy and motive.
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Brace
National Association
Fey
Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Milton
Patricia
Kathleen
Pat
Babich
Arthur Richter
Wisconsin Cheese Market Steady Demand Light at Fair
Madison report shows steady overall cheese market with light demand at a fair. Prices noted include daisies 33 to 34 percent, Longhorns 4.34 to 4.34, square prints 34 to 35, and midgets 35 to 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Crops Benefit From Rain But More Water Needed
An Associated Press roundup notes farmers across Wisconsin welcomed recent rain that refreshed arid fields and aided most crops while some northern areas still await adequate moisture. Green county soil conservationist Nic Calabresa urged another soaking rain within a week to steady grain prospects and prevent damage.
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Green County
Nic Calabresa
Monroe
Brodhead
Wisconsin
Associated Press
Kenosha
Matt Stahl
Pleasant Prairie
Wisconsin Rapids
Irwin J. Carey
Wood County
O. G. Kimball
Fond du Lac
George Massey
la Crosse
Stevens Point
Portage County
M. D. Pinkerton
Chicago Milk Price Reduced for May Under Marketing Order
Milk producers under the Chicago federal marketing order will receive a uniform blended price of $3.17 per hundredweight for 3.5 per cent test milk in May deliveries. The price is 13 cents below April and 1.26 lower than May 1948 deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Non-Communist Oath Added to Senate Labor Bill Feature
The Senate approved a Truman labor bill amendment requiring non-communist oaths for both union and company leaders seeking NLRB cases. It expands from officers only to include policy bodies, with exemptions if the entity can prove it expulses subversives and demonstrates effective leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
NLRB
BiPartisan Farm Plan Bypasses Brannan and Aiken Laws
Washington reports bipartisan support for a farm bill to bypass both the administration Brannan plan and the Aiken law. The bill would extend rigid 90 percent parity supports for major crops for another year. The measure is to be reviewed by a House agriculture subcommittee with Chairman Pace aiming to block the Aiken flexible program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Pace
D-Ga
80Th Congress
Fellow Workers Save Gravel Burial Victim
Janesville report: William Sprecker 44 of Ft Atkinson was buried under gravel as it was dumped into a hopper car at Afton. Fast acting coworkers rescued him before serious injury. He escaped with minor injuries and survived.
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Janesville
William Sprecker
Ft. Atkinson
Afton
Sprecker
Waitkus Gains In Fight For Life After Shooting
Eddie Waitkus, famed first baseman, shows slight improvement as doctors delay removal of a chest bullet. Ruth Steinhagen, 19, who lured him to her Edgewater Beach hotel room, is arraigned on assault with intent to murder charges. Waitkus inactive since the Chicago incident with the Cubs and Phillies.
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Waitkus
Ruth Ann Steinhagen
Chicago
John T. Warren
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Phillies
Bobby Soxer
Illinois Masonic Hospital
Ruth Steinhagen
Edgewater Beach
John S. Boyle
Eddie
Ruth
Edith Steinhagen
Cubs
Phillies
Wage suit seeks 7958 dollars in overtime and damages
In Madison a federal court docket shows Lee Thompson, a former Joseph Huber Brewing Co. route salesman, seeks 7958 dollars in overtime pay and damages. Thompson claims 3979 dollars due under time and a half terms of the plant union contract from January 17, 1947, to March 16, 1949, alleging violation of the union contract and fair labor standards. Depositions are set for June 25 at 10 a.m. in Fitzgibbons Elmer and Viney law offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Lee Thompson
Jospeh Huber Brewing Co
Thompson
Associated Press
Fitzgibbons, Elmer and Viney
Incentive School Aids Measure Given Assembly Approval
The measure approved by the Assembly aims to fund school incentives and support programs. It reflects ongoing legislative action to bolster education funding and student aid initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
Wadleigh Admits He Gave Out Data
Former state department official Henry Julian Wadleigh testified at the Alger Hiss perjury trial that he handed over department documents to Whittaker Chambers. Chambers had identified Wadleigh as a source of government papers forwarded to a Soviet spy ring. Wadleigh recalled giving documents to Chambers and to a man named David Carpenter. He had previously declined comment when named.
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New York
Henry Julian Wagleigh
State Department
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Wadleigh
David Carpenter
Concrete to Flow in a Week on Public Square
Concrete will flow on the city square next week barring weather or unforeseen difficulties. Harry Wendorf of Vinton Construction Co. expects to pour concrete on the south side and set curb first. Drain tile and storm sewer work progress with sand fill aiding drainage as work along the square continues.
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Courthouse Square
Harry Wendorf
Vinton Construction Co
Wendorf
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Frank A. Buehler
New Red Strategy Admits U S Gains
Washington reports that the communist international information bureau bulletin from Bucharest says it is now the cardinal task of communists to block Americanism. Officials link this defensive stance to U S successes in Europe and note Western talks with Yugoslavia and Britain on an $800 million trade deal as signs of pressure on Tito.
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Washington
State Department
Europe
Communist International Information Bureau
Bucharest
Romania
United States
Britain
Yugoslavia
Paris
Acheson
Cavendish Cannon
Belgrade
Cominform
Tito
Beloit Board Refuses Hearing for Principal
The Beloit board rejected a citizens committee request for a hearing on the dismissal of former Waterman school principal Clarence E. Nelson. Dewald and Nelson were ousted as superintendent Victor F. Dewald was also removed, prompting renewed protests and a demand for a hearing or resignation.
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Beloit
Board of Education
Citizens’ School
Citizens’ Group
Victor F. Dewald
Clarence E. Nelson
Waterman School
Dewald
Nelson
Sedan Collision Injures Rubi at 13th Street Block
A sedan driven by Samuel A. Rubi of 1208 9th Street collided with Peter Andrew Graber’s car from Route 2 Monticello in the 1400 block of 13th Street at 8 46 p m yesterday. Graber’s vehicle exited an alley beside Huber Brewing Co and was slightly damaged.
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Samuel A. Rubi
9Th Street
Peter Andrew Graber
Monticello
13Th Street
Graber
Huber Brewing Co
State Senate Caucus Adopts Five Day Schedule Speeding Adjournment
The senate Republican caucus voted to meet five days a week starting Monday to speed the adjournment. If needed, sessions will run mornings afternoons and nights. Major bills remain including the governor welfare program housing rent control school program revisions and tax reform.
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Madison
Senate Republican Caucus
Knowles
New Richmond
Senate
Mrs. Laura Shreve Dies Aged 90 Teacher and Mother
Albany dispatch reports Mrs. Laura Shreve 90 of Evansville died Tuesday at home. Born July 18, 1858 near Green Bay, she taught eight years, married H. A. Shreve in 1885, who died in 1928. Survived by sons Harvey Beloit Percy Albany and daughter Leila Shreve. Funeral 3 p.m. tomorrow at family home. burial Maple Hill Evansville. Rev. Francis Kranz to officiate.
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Albany
Laura Shreve
Percy Shreve
Evansville
Charles Everson
Duck Creek
Green Bay
Shiloh
George Rhinehart
H. A. Shreve
Harvey
Beloit
Percy
Leila Shreve
Kenosha
Francis Kranz
Congregational Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walton League Eyes Old Wisconsin Executive Mansion
The Izaak Walton League may move its national headquarters into the old Wisconsin executive mansion. A Senate bill to enable the lease by the league after the state adopts a new mansion was rushed through in record time.
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Madison
Izaak Walton League
Wisconsin
Senate
League
Principal Bronson Quits Albany Post
Harvey L. Bronson resigns as Albany high school principal after two years to take a Hillsboro schools posting. He and his family will move August 1. Bronson arrived in 1947 from Black Earth and is now attending the University of Wisconsin summer session.
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Albany
Harvey L. Bronson
Albany High School
Hillsboro
Bronson
Black Earth
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin assembly backs incentive school aid and veteran housing plans
The Wisconsin assembly approved an incentive schools aid bill proposing 40 million dollars annually, 24 million more than current funding, to create three district classes and reward efficiency. It also advanced a veterans housing compromise providing 2 thousand dollar loans and loans for authorities from a 16 million dollar fund, while the senate rejected a related 30 70 split.
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Madison
Assembly
Education Commission
Rennebohm
Engebretson
R-Beloit
Tremain
Rhustler
Commission
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Buchen
Sheboygan
Dane County District Attorney
Dr L A Moore Named Grand Marshal Again
Dr L A Moore was re appointed grand marshal of the grand lodge of wisconsin free and accepted masons meeting yesterday and Tuesday in Milwaukee. Local lodge officers attending included Gif ford Solem Arnold M Albright Alden J Hawthorne and Dr Moore. Albert Elmgreen Superior was elected grand master with officers Robert G Varnum Hudson senior warden Ingvald O Hembre Madison junior warden Robert M Millard Eau Claire treasurer Albert Trathen Madison trustee and William F Weiler Stanley secretary emeritus.
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L. A. Moore
Grand Lodge of
Wisconsin Free and Accepted
Milwaukee
Gifford Solem
Arnold M. Albright
Alden J. Hawthorne
Dr. Moore
Albert Elmgreen
Grand Lodge
Robert G. Varnum
Hudson
Ingvald O. Hembre
Madison
Robert M. Millard
Falls From Wagon Injures Browntown Man
Frank DeVoe aged 60 of Browntown sustained a fractured cervical vertebrae after falling backward from a hay wagon on a Brown town area farm last evening. He was admitted to St. Clare hospital at 6 10 p m.
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Frank DeVoe
Browntown
St. Clare Hospital
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