Monroes Soldier Gerlad Norder Killed in Korea War
Master Sgt. Gerald D Norder of Monroe killed in action in Korea on May 29 just before his 20th birthday. Telegram notice from Maj Gen William E Bergin confirms death with a letter to follow. Norder attended Monroe High School and joined the army in 1949 serving at Ft Riley and in California before overseas deployment July 21 1950 with the 17th Infantry Regiment near the Manchurian border. He leaves parents four brothers and four sisters plus several half siblings and grandparents. He previously worked for The Times in Monroe in the paper's mechanical dept until 1947.
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Gerald D. Norder
Orville E. Norder
Korea
Army
William E. Bergin
Bergin
Norder
Monroe
Albert G. Weber
Pic
Eugene C. Schwend
Weber
Theodore T. Thorp
Florida
Navy
Sgt. Norder
Monroe High School
Ft. Riley
Kas
California
Japan
Sgt
Orville E
Esther Wackendorf Norder
Ernest Norder
John Wackendorf
Waukesha
Mollie Wackendorf
Brodhead
The
Times
Senior Band To Play At Depot Centennial Ceremonies
The senior band directed by Allan F. Barnard will perform at the Illinois Central depot during centennial ceremonies at 11 45 a m tomorrow. Monroe and 149 other cities along the 6500 mile system receive centennial markers for the firm's 100th birthday. F Earl Lamboley will deliver the dedication address and Mayor Frank A Buehler will accept the stone. The depot ceremony will be followed by a 12 15 p m luncheon at the Swiss Wheel restaurant hosted by the chamber of commerce.
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Rib Semuy
Senor Vand
Allan F. Barnard
Illinois Central Depot
Monroe
Ir Company
F. Earl Lamboley
Frank A. Buehler
Chamber of Commerce
State DAV Elects LaCrosse Veteran
Matthew J. Werel of LaCrosse is named state commander of the Disabled American Veterans association at the closing session of the group’s annual convention. Harriet Nehmer of Milwaukee will head the auxiliary for 1951 52.
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Ane Hvuse
Matthew J. Werel
LaCrosse
Disabled American Veterans Association
Were
Harriett Nehmer
Milwaukee
Medal of Honor to Handrich for Korea battle sacrifice
Master Sergeant Melvin O. Handrich of Manawa Wisconsin earned the Medal of Honor posthumously for eight hours of frontal artillery defense against Red soldiers near Sobuk San, Korea, where he died after helping repel 71 attackers. Handrich, 31, served in C Company, 5th Infantry Regiment, with extensive combat in World War II and Korea. his medal will be presented to his father Walter Handrich at a Pentagon ceremony June 21.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Melvin O. Handrich
Manawa
Waupaca County
Sobuk San Mountain
Korea
Handrich
C Company
5Th
Kiska
Aleutians
Italy
France
Belgium
Germany
Walter Handrich
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Emma Kubly dies at 66 in New Glarus hometown
Emma Kubly 66 lifelong resident of New Glarus died Saturday at her son Herman Kublys home after a yearlong stroke She was born September 17 1884 to Casper and Barbara Altman and married Oswald Kubly in 1903 He died in 1911 She later worked in Monroe before returning to New Glarus Services slated for 2 PM at the Swiss Evangelical church with Rev W J Stuckey officiating Burial in church cemetery Friends may call at Zenimer funeral home She leaves a son a sister a grandson two great grandchildren and several brothers and a missing sister noted in the obituary
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New Glarus
Emma Kubly
Herman O. Kubly
Kubly
New Glarus Township
Casper
Barbara Luchsinger Altman
Oswald H. Kubly
Monroe
Harold J. Lamboley
Sophia Stoll
Rosa Duerst
Horeb
Jacob
Leonard
Thomas Hefiy
Swiss Evangelical Church and Aid
G.U.G.G
W. J. Stuckey
Chur
Zeniner Funeral
Mrs Wilcox Dies at 81 in St Clare Hospital Warren
Mrs Li Wilcox, 81, a war ren, died today at 9 50 p m in St Clare hospital where she had been a medical patient since June 15 She leaves two sons Calvin Warren and Neil Cleveland O oneughter Mrs Lewis Busch Stockton Ill four grandchildren and one great grandchild The body was taken to Bartells funeral home Warren where arrangements are pend
MacArthur probe senators vote to hear four witnesses
The senate inquiry panel unanimously decided to hear four more witnesses and end the probe at the earliest date. It named Hurley ODonnell Barr and Badger as additions and suggested MacArthur may testify again. The panel aims to wrap up by mid next week at latest.
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Washington
P—The_senate
MacArthur
Russell
D-Ga
Patrick J. Hurley
China
O'Donnell
Emmet O'Donnell
Far 3
David C. Barr
U.S. 7Th Division
Korea
Oscar Badger
U.S. Naval
Far East
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Truman
Defense
Marshall
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Acheson
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U.S
Louis Johnson
Russell Saide
Sparkman
D-Ala
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Marine and janitor slain at Havana embassy
A U S marine guard and a long serving janitor Agustin Fernandez were found shot dead inside an office at the U S embassy in the Horter building downtown Havana. Cuban authorities are reviewing the case with no robbery motive indicated. The sergeant’s identity remains withheld pending family notification.
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Havana
U. S
Horter
Agustin Fernandez
Bicycle Car Collision at City Intersection
awara mueller nine year old son of Mr and Mrs William Mueller 2613 13th street rode a bicycle at 510 pm Saturday struck a car driven by Mrs Harold Blum 2113 14th avenue The boy was not injured The accident happened at the intersection of 16th street and 23rd avenue Autos driven by Richard D Matzke 1515 22nd avenue and Mrs Alice Anderson Hasse Albany collided at the intersection of 16th avenue and 12th street at 250 pm yesterday Considerable damage to both vehicles Neither driver injured same period in 1959.
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Awara Mueller
William Mueller
13Th Street
Harold Blum
14Th Avenue
16Th Street
23Rd Avenue
Richard D. Matzke
22Nd Avenue
Alice Anderson Hasse
Albany
16Th Avenue
12Th Street
de Pere
Charles Herber
Paul K. Beitz
Black River
Beitz
Richard
Illinois
Berlin
William John Dennis
Elmwood Park
Edna Hicks Dennis
Russell Brooker
Mount Horeb
Madison
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee
Other Hoggs
Chicago
Richard Blakely Jr
Jake Geneva
Robert Janssen
Hilgers Lake
Antigo
All Ports Affected Maritime Strike Ties Up 80 Ships
The CIO national maritime union said about 80 ships were idle in port due to labor disputes, affecting major waterfronts from Galveston to the Gulf and East Coast. The Elmira Victory’s sailings were canceled. Exbrook and Exermont may depart tomorrow but faces doubt. Federal mediators seek settlement as three coast walkouts continue. NMU seeks 40 hour weeks, 25 percent pay raise, and other wage and benefit gains.
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New York
CIO National Maritime Union
NMU
Galveston
Houston
New Orleans
Port Arthur
Gulf
Elmira Victory
Trieste
Exbrook
Exermont
San Francisco
Omar Hoskins
CIO Association
Pacific Maritime Association
De Gaulle's Party Makes Strong Showing in French Vote
With three quarters of the vote tallied, De Gaulle's RPF won 107 assembly seats and 3.14 million votes as France tilts toward a new national assembly. Communists lead in the popular vote with 3.845 million, but face seat losses. Center parties still loom to keep 1946 coalition control. Dwight Eisenhower names Admiral Robert B. Carney as commander in chief of southern Europe forces.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
National Assembly
DeGaulle
Rally of the French People
RPF
Red Party
Center
Carney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Robert B. Carney
Southern Europe
Cattle Shipments Hit 66,000 Across 12 Midwest Markets
Receipts of cattle at 12 major midwestern markets totaled 66,000 head per the U S Department of Agriculture. The figure exceeds last Monday’s 38,305 and June 41 levels after OPS rollback ceilings earlier in the year. Compared with last year on June 18, arrivals were 75,977. Chicago markets showed beef arrivals about twice a week earlier.
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Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
O Conor Calls for Harsh Penalties on Narcotics Trade
Senator Herbert O Conor urged the Kiwanis convention to impose severe penalties to curb teen narcotics use and drug traffic. He proposed the death penalty for convicted dope peddlers, arguing the Lindbergh law set a precedent for strong action to deter criminals and protect society. He also referenced cattle market notes and price regulation context, noting peak arrivals on Mondays and varying receipts through the week.
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Senate’crime Investigating Committee
Herbert O’conor
O’conbig
DOJ sues ten dairies to curb Chicago market tactics
The Department of Justice sued ten dairy firms in federal court to stop alleged monopolistic selling practices in the Chicago area. The petition seeks court restraint and orders for two firms, the Borden Co and Bowman Dairy Co, to dispose of subsidiaries.
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Chicago
Governertoday
Ite Vega
Federal District Court
Department of Justice
Dairies
Borden Co
Bowman Dairy Co
Death of Woodford farmer Carl Holverson
Carl Holverson of Woodford died at 8 30 am in St Clare hospital after a lingering illness. He lived with his niece Mrs James Francomb in Woodford in recent years. He never married and is survived by three sisters Mrs Albert Seffrood Mrs Helen Gille of Gratiot and Mrs Miniac Hogan of Wiota and three brothers Hans Edward and Selmer of Wiota A brother Frank of Monroe died in December Funeral services are pending at Ayers funeral home in Gratiot.
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Lari Holverson
Woodford
St. Clare Hospital
James Francomb
Holverson
Albert Seffrood
Helen Gille
Gratiot
Miniac Hogan
Wiota
Hans
Edward
Selmer
Frank
Monroe
Ayers
Firemen Extinguish Smoldering Mattress at City Hotel
Firemen were called at 4 20 a m to the City hotel where a smoldering mattress and bedding in the southwest room above Monroe Cheese and Sausage shop caused heavy smoke. Bedding was tossed from a west window and extinguished in the street. Cause not definitely established. The room was rented by Floyd Boehm, St. Clare hospital employee. He was not injured.
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Mattress City
City Hotel
Monroe Cheese and Sausage Shop
Floyd Boehm
St. Clare Hospital
Jets clash as UN air forces strike near Manchurian border
In two days of intense air battles over Korea, 33 Sabre jets faced 40 MIGs at 28 000 feet down to tree top level. Six red jets were destroyed and two damaged in the latest clash, the biggest tally in two months. Ground fighting along the Imjin river and near expected communist build up areas continued with renewed red resistance and patrol incursions.
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Tokyo
Korea
Far East
U. N
Remumhwa
U.N
Todav
United Nations
Imjin River
Stock Prices Slump After Broad Selling Wave
Stock prices fell amid widespread selling pressure and erased early gains across most sections. Losses extended beyond modest declines, though a few issues held steady or rose slightly in the trading session.
German Soldier Emerges After Six Years Buried Alive
A 32 year old Berliner, entombed since 1945 in a sealed Wehrmacht underground food bunker near the Gdynia port, emerges with beard and hair to the ankles. He is blind from captivity. six soldiers hid there after retreating Germans dynamited the entrance to stop advancing Russians.
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Warsaw
Gdynia
Cheesemaker Gottfried Bauman Dies After Illness
Gottfried Bauman a cheesemaker formerly of New Glarus and Montrose died at 11 30 am yesterday at his son s home He was born in 1866 in Goldingen By Thun Switzerland came to the US in 1890 lived in Minnesota before settling in New Glarus then Montrose He was married to Elise Stauffer in 1894 Four grandchildren two great grandchildren and a daughter survive Funeral services will be held at St John s Church at 1 30 pm Wednesday Rev Paul Kehle officiating Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery Friends may call at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home until 10 30 am Wednesday when the casket will be taken to the church
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Gottfried Bauman
13Th Street
New Glarus
Montrose Area
Wim J. Timmons
Golding
Thun
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Frederick
Anna Tschaz Bauman
Minnesota
Montrose
Dane County
Bauman
Elise Stauffer
Monroe
Timmons
Anna
St. [John’s Church
Paul Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Shriner-Neush-wander
Weekend disasters claim 16 lives in Wisconsin
The Associated Press reports a weekend of calamities across Wisconsin including a small plane crash near Brill that killed Peter Russeau and Daniel McDonald, a drowning of Ruben Lundblad in Lake Nebagamon, a fatal car-train collision near Janesville, a fatal pedestrian accident near De Pere, and multiple other drownings and crashes across counties from Superior to Madison.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Rice Lake
Brill
Peter Russeau
Daniel McDonald
Ruben Lundblad
St. Paul
Lake Nebagamon
Superior
Earl Mitchell
Route 1
Beloit
Highway 1
Janesville
Three Cent Stamp Honors Final Reunion
A three cent stamp in remembrance of the final reunion of United Confederate veterans was issued by the post office here. The gray stamp features a Confederate veteran in the foreground, as he appears today.
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United Confederate Veterans
Post Office Here Toy
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Shirley Kueng
Oakley
Robert Hoffman
Dayton
Green County
Lake Geneva
Miss Kueng
Hoffman
Korea War
State Dav
Red Horde
Marine
de Gaulle
O'Conor
Carl Holverson
Yalu’ River
Manchuria
Fred
Michael Denoven
District of Columbia Society For Crippled Children
Fred Brownholtz
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