Fred Challenges U W Class of ’48 at UW commencement
Wisconsin President E B Fred urged the class of 1948 to give more than they take as 2,371 first degrees and 582 higher degrees were awarded alongside 55 army and 22 navy ROTC commissions. Gen Omar Bradley and others received honorary doctorates as Gov Rennebohm urged civic responsibility.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
E.B. Fred
Fred
University
Omar Bradley
U. S. Army
Warren Weaver
New York
Division of Natural Sciences
Rockefeller Foundation
Harold S. Falk
Milwaukee
Doctors of Laws
Alice Evans
Chevy Chase
Army
Navy
Oscar Rennebohm
Commonwealth
The
State University
Clu
Wisconsin Foundation
Ed Mills
Five Cars Damaged In County Accidents
Five cars were damaged in three county road accidents yesterday with no injuries. At 4 40 pm a head on collision south of Juda involved Adolph Goebels Rock City and Rodney Duckow Juda. A truck owned by Fred Krebs Franklin factory cheesemaker crashed through a fence southwest of Monroe. A minor collision occurred at the intersection of 9th Street and 16th Avenue around 9 am.
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Adolph Goebels
Rock City
Rodney Duckow
Juda
Frederick Kummer
Franklin Cheese Factory
Monroe
Kummer
Fred Krebs
Franklin Factory Cheesemaker
9Th Street
16Th Avenue
Melvin C
Senate House Group Conference On Foreign Aid Bill
Senate house conferees on the administration's six billion dollar foreign aid program were called to a midafternoon session to reach agreement. The talks broke up in angry disagreement last night with a gap of around one billion dollars. Senator Bridges, joint committee chairman, ordered discussions to resume at 2 p.m. He called the conferees immovable objects as they quit without agreement.
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Wasningwon
Senatehouse
Bridges
R-Nh
Ives
Congress
Taylor
Brewster Objects
Board of Inquiry To Probe Miner Operator Dispute
President Truman named a three member board to study the wage hour and pension dispute between coal operators and John L. Lewis s United Mine Workers amid fears of a strike. The panel was directed to report next Wednesday to basis potential government action to forestall a work stoppage for 80 days.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
National Health and Safety
Yale University
Waldo Emanuel Fisher
University of Pennsylvania
Alan Goldsborough
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Goldsborough
Pierce Services Held Tomorrow for Mr and Mrs Pierce
Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m tomorrow at Brodhead Congregational church for Mr and Mrs J B Pierce prominent local residents killed when their automobile was struck by a Chicago and North Western freight train at the Haugen depot crossing. Masonic services and county officials will attend. The couple were en route from Rice Lake to Brodhead. their son Dwight and daughter Mrs Herbert J Moon arrived in Brodhead this afternoon.
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J. B. Pierce
Brodhead
Haugen
Brodhead Congregational Church
J. C. Robertson
Greenwood Arter
Mr. Pierce
Ben H. Roderick
Maurice Sleep
Clayton Ross
C.J. Cokdren
W. Francis
Monroe
Pierce
Newcomer Funeral Home
Rice Lake
Dwight
Herbert J. Moon
Chicago and North Western
L. E. Taylor
Barron County
North Wisconsin Sees Heavy Rains Hit Crops
The Associated Press reports substantial rains drenched Wisconsin farms, peaking at 1.05 inches in Menominee over two days. Weatherman Howard J. Thompson cautions the moisture may arrive too late to save northern crops, especially hay, with cooler temperatures and frost expected in low areas tonight and a wide 38 to 74 degree north range tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Menominee
Howard J. Thompson
Milwaukee
Thompson
Palomino Show Heads to Monroe Fairgrounds Big Event
Warm weather ushers in the Midwest Palomino show at Green County fairgrounds with about 100 prize horses. The 1948 Monroe Kiwanis sponsored event features 11 classes at 2 pm and 10 at 7:30 pm, with proceeds funding an overnight cabin for Green County youth.
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Monroe
Middlewest
Green County Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
W. R. Schuetze
Louis R. Wolleson
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Green County
Schuetze
Reds Seal Off Main Roads Into Berlin
Soviet troops block all ground travel into Berlin denying ingress to Allied and German traffic in response to currency reform in western Germany. Marshal Sokolovsky issues a 2000 word proclamation banning imports of Western currency into the Russian zone as tanks and armored cars mass at border crossings. Only residents with proof allowed. interzonal passes denied and the western corridor to Berlin shut.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Frankfurt
Eisenach
Additional Concert Plans for Monroe Series
Monroe Community Concert association aims for four winter concerts after a committee meeting with officers. Norma Olson of Community Concerts Inc discussed local membership drive set for the week of Nov. Success will shape the number of concerts and artists. Last year 531 members supported three shows at Monroe High School and Fir: Methodist church.
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Monroe Community Concert Association
Norma Olson
Chicago
Community Concerts, Inc
Monroe
Monroe High School
Fir
Methodist Church
Miss Olson
Schuetze’s
Donald Dame
Camille Williams
Columbia
Pro Arte Quartet
School District Mergers to be Decided at July Meetings
Rural districts near Juda are aligned to merge with Juda State Graded district while other areas remain undecided. A July gathering at the courthouse includes boards from Ferguson Exeter Sunnyside York Center Town House Clarno and Albany. Districts face unique issues such as Albany’s rural split and high farm taxes. If annual talks fail, July adjourned sessions may follow per state law restricting extra special meetings.
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Juda
Stauffer
Ferguson
Exeter Township
Sunnyside
York Center
York Township
Town House
Clarno
Albany
Vilellage
Albany Village
Neereres Eee Rere
Blanchardville
Green
Iowa
Lafayette
Green County
Semi Century Golf Tourney Revival Planned Next Week
The 28th annual Semi Century Golf Association tournament will be hosted by Monroe Country Club next Wednesday and Thursday. Players over 50 from Monroe and clubs in Rockford Sterling Beloit Lena Dixon Morrison and others are expected, with potential for larger turnout than the 1938 meet. The event marks a 10 year gap since the last Monroe-hosted tourney, and the program will include a prize fight featuring Joe Louis if the format mirrors past ceremonies.
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Golf Association
Monroe Country Club
Monroe
Ingersoll
Forest, Hills
Sinnissippi
Rockford
Princeton
Sterling
Morrison
Beloit
Janesville
G. L. Keaman
Association
Freeport
Lena
Dixon
Fred J.blumer
Paul F. Ruf
Erickson
Ray A. Young
Redman
Victor Carson
H. R. Caradine
Association ‘Board of Governors
Joe Louis
Jersey
Joe Wal
Delegation Claims Heat Up At GOP Convention
Philadelphia reports a delegate claiming spree as Dewey and Taft push for votes against Stassen. Vandenberg signals anti Truman stance while Stassen warns of ongoing rumors of deals and slander. Dewey and Taft chip away at Stassen on first ballots as Brown touts promised votes within 500 miles of Philadelphia.
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Jack Bell
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Arthur Vandenberg
President Truman
Truman
Washington
Vandenberg
Congress
Harold E. Stassen
The
Minnesotan
GOP
Dewey
Taft
Stassen
Convention Platform Committee
Georgia
Kennebohm names Traxler trustee of Wisconsin retirement fund
Gov Renne Kennebohm appoints Henry Traxler city manager of Janesville as executive trustee of the Wisconsin retirement fund to fill the unexpired term of Malcolm Empey of Algoma who resigned Traxler will serve until January 1 1953 with duties as stated by state officials
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Madison
Rennebohm
Henry Traxler
Janesville
Wisconsin Retirement Fund
Traxler
Malcolm Empey
Algoma
County Game Warden Investigated After Deer Found
Police discovered a deer carcass in Monroe linked to game warden Norman Hicks. Hicks and Kenneth Mayer disposed of the injured doe in Lafayette county before returning to Monroe and storage of the car chest in Hicks’ trunk.
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Green County
Monroe
Norman Hicks
Lafayette County
Hicks
Kenneth Mayer
Clarence W. Benkert
Benkert
Hick
Lafayette
Mr. Heinzelman Passes at Home
Andrew Heinzelman aged 82 and long-time Monroe resident died at his home after eight months of illness. Born in Germany in 1865 he came to America at 13 and married Louise Frey in 1890. Surviving are six children grandchildren and great grandchildren with funeral services set at St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church and burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Andrew Heinzelman
Monroe
17Th Avenue
Lumbach
Wittenberg
Germany
America
William
Anna Eisiman Heinzelman
Green County
Louise Frey
Collentine Place
Monroe Township
Heinzelman
Greenwood Cemetery
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
G.U.G.G
Woodman
Casper Schindler
Palmyra
Walter Share
Carl
Albert
Fred
Albert Bell
Mathew
Jacob
Martin
Carrie Wood
Andrew H
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral
St. John’s Church
Paul C. Kehle
Bill to admit homeless Europeans faces White House path
The senate approved a measure to admit 205000 Europeans without homes within two years. The bill, advanced by voice vote, drew sharp opposition for alleged unfairness to Jews and Catholics during a lengthy, heated four hour debate.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Senate Approves Compromise Draft Bill After Filibuster
The Senate ended an all night filibuster by voice vote on a draft compromise. It would draft men aged 19 to 25 for 21 months, start 90 days after enactment, and allow up to 161 000 18 year olds to volunteer for one year. The measure moves to the House for approval as adjournment nears.
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Washington
Senate
Tayer
Idaho
Langer
Ives
R-Ny
Henry A. Wallace
Maine
Brewster
Taylor
Congress
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Convention City
U.W
Senate House
Board of Inquiry
Morn
H. Styles Bridges
Pension Fund
Vaneven
Newis
West Virginia Coal and Coke Co
Charles Dorrance
Court House
County Board of Supervisors
Green County School Committee
C.M. Stauffer
Monticello
Everett Green
Spring Grove Township
Gunnveide
Ver
Minnesota
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Kennebohm
Mr. Heinzelman
Act
u-Iaano
House
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
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