Voegeli Captures Top Show Honors at Four-County Fair
Jacob Voegeli of Monticello won top honors at the four-county Brown show held at the fairgrounds with his senior and grand champion female V. B. Tex-Jane Peggy. Breeders from Green, Rock, Jefferson and Dane counties exhibited animals. Darling's Beauty Belle won Champion 4-H heifer and junior open show, owned by Robert Reuter. Winners list includes Middleton Voegeli for senior grand championships with V. B. Monica Zero, Elm Falley Forward Lad as junior champion bull, and Mary Jane of Meadow Green in Grandma cow class, among many blue and red ribbons awarded to farms like Norvic Farm, Marsh, Meier, Grunzel, and Fritsch. Continuous listings cover heifer calves and yearling cattle across numerous exhibitors.
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W. B. Tex-Jane Peggy
Jacob Voegeli
Monticello
Fairgrounds
Richard Voegels
C. E. Zehner
University of Wisconsin Animal Husbandry Department
F.A. Hendrickson
Animal Husbandry Deartment
Milton Martin
West Salem Brown
Times
V. B. Tex-Jane Peggy
Green
Rock
Jefferson
Dane
Darling
Robert Reuter
Middleton Voegels
Falley
Arbur Marsh and Sons
Brodhead
Edna Schmid
Mary Jane
Meadow Green
Monroe
John Grunzel ’ Sr
Janesville
Emil Fritsch
Fritsch
Nathan Grenzow
Juda
Keith Weitzel
Middleton
Weitzel
Grunzel
Gary Magnussen
Lake Mills
Alfred’ Meier
Beloit
Fred Reuter
Edward Hass
Peter Streiff
New Glarus
Norvic
Marsh
Meier
Norvie Farms
Wallace
Caine
Carl Brennecke
Brennecke
Voegeli
Norvic Farm
Cohen Convicted In U S Tax Case
Los Angeles gambler Mickey Cohen was found guilty on four federal income tax evasion counts. The verdict followed his testimony before the Kefauver Senate crime investigating committee that he lived largely on borrowed income for years. John Bergstrom Dies Neenah 76 co founder and former president of Bergstrom Paper Co died after long illness.
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Cohen
U.S
Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Kefauver Senate Crime Investigating Committee
John Bergstrom
Neenah
John N. Bergstrom
The
Bergstrom Paper Co
D. W. Bergstrom
Policy Racket Boss Faces Murder Trial In Slaying Mystery
Theodore P. Roe a south side policy wheel operator known as the Negro numbers game boss was booked on murder charges after claiming Leonard Caifano 42 tried to kidnap rob or assassinate him. Roe sought habeas corpus but was denied and police may hold him without charge until this morning.
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McAgo — v
South Side
Leonard Caifano
Theodore P. Roe
Caifano
Roe
South Parkway
Final GAR encampment ends. king county lone member
The 6th and final annual encampment of Wisconsin’s Grand Army of the Republic closed today. Only surviving member is 105 year old Lansing A. Wilcox of the Grand Army home in King, who did not attend. New officers named for Sons of Union Veterans, Ladies of the GAR and Women’s Relief corps include Fields, Biering, Robson, Doppler, Doughty, Schmatz, Michels, Schoen, Doering, Pfawmiller, Aleff, and Merriman.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin Department
Grand Army of the Republic
GAR
Lansing A. Wilcox
Wilcox
Grand Army
King
Sons of Union
Peter Fields
Sheboygan
Edward Biering
Milwaukee
Sen
Edward Robson
Oscar Doppler
Baraboo
Ladies of the Gar
Marion Doughty
Lila Schmatz
Mary Michels
Ethel Schoen
Women's Relief Corps
Carol Doering
Viroqua
Bertha Pfawmiller
Theresa Aleff
Unior
Ann Merriman
River Falls
Reasurer
Mon Sooweather: Wisconsin storms leave damage and mixed rain
National windstorms hit Wisconsin with Monroe region escaping heavier impacts. Dodge County saw 80 to 90 mph gusts damaging farm buildings and utility poles near Brownsville. A hailstorm lashed western Waupaca County smashing windows and harming crops. Rhinelander forest area logged over an inch of rain as temps swung from highs near 74 to lows around 58 before rebounding to 72 later.
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Wisconsin
Monroe
Dodge County
Brownsville
Waupaca County
Rhinelander Ranger Headquarters
Northern Forest
United Air Lines Pilots Ignore Mediation Order
Striking AFL pilots of United Air Lines defy the U. S. mediation board directive to end what they call an illegal walkout. The issue was referred to President Truman for action.
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Chicago
AFL
United Air Lines
U. S. Mediation Board
Truman
Rep Smith calls for cut in European aid program
Rep. Smith of Racine urged Congress to sharply reduce American aid to Europe after a 10 day inspection trip to six European countries. He said many nations have recovered economically and can be more self reliant. He advocated trimming both economic and military aid, arguing that Europe can better support itself and that US focus should shift to aiding the average worker and addressing bread and peace, not just guns.
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Richard Powers
Washington
Rep. Smith
Racine
Europe
Smith
Congress
Economic Cooperation Administration
Eisenhower
England
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Italy
East Coast Shipping Strike Parleys Called
New York ship operators and CIO seamen held separate talks as preliminary to a joint session amid a five day tieup of Atlantic and Gulf coast ports. Eight ships carrying defense cargoes were cleared for sailing from New York to England and Northern Ireland by the national shipping authority of the maritime administration.
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New York
CIO
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
England
Northern Ireland
National Shipping Authority
Maritime Administration
Mrs Wensinger 82 Dies in Fremont Ohio
Pauline Benguerel of 1621 22nd avenue has learned of her sister Mrs Fannie Wensinger 82 Fremont Ohio death after a long illness. Services set for tomorrow morning at St Joseph's church Fremont with burial to follow. Wensinger, born in Switzerland, visited Monroe often and was aunt to Mrs Glenn Stautfacher Monroe and Mrs John Boss Brodhead.
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Pauline Benguerel
22Nd Avenue
Fannie Wensinger
Fremont
St. Joseph’s Church
Wensinger
Monroe
Switzerland
America
Glenn F. Stautfacher
John Boss
Brodhead
Hurley denounces state department policy before Senate
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley former ambassador to China testifies to senate committees investigating MacArthur's ouster charging the state department with surrendering WWII principles He accuses U S foreign policy of weakness confusion and concessions to communism since Yalta criticizing Secretary Acheson and urging an end to appeasement He recalls his wartime service and argues policy shifts affected Korea and global aims publication notes Byrd questions MacArthur’s information flow and Korea strategy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
China
State Department
Hurley
Senate
MacArthu
State Acheson
Byrd
D-Va
MacArthur
Pacific
Korea
U. S
Yalta
Russia
America
British Withdraw Iran Oil Mission
Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison ordered the British mission to Tehran to return home and said Britain would seek the International Court of Justice for provisional methods to protect its oil interests. Iran's premier Mossadegh had ordered full government control of the oil company and pledged to keep oil flowing.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Tehran
Morrison
House of Commons
International Court of Justice
the Hague
Double air battle leaves ships damaged over Korea
Ten red planes were shot down or damaged in a four day air war over northwest Korea. The clash involved 98 aircraft including jets and propeller planes. UN fighters claimed victories with several Reds destroyed or damaged and confirmed all Sabre jets returned safely. The action followed a bombing raid on a US bivouac north of Seoul and raised speculation about renewed North Korean air activity.
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Tokyo
Korea
Punchbowl
United Nations
Kansong
Yangen
Reds
U. N
Fifth Air Force
U.S
Ukjongbu
Seoul
Monroe Emerges as Rich Retail Market in 1950
Sales Management magazine reports Monroe stores totaled 16.6 million dollars in 1950, up 13.5 million from before, representing 1.18 percent of national retail business from a city with 0.47 percent of the population. City families totaled 9.613 million in net income across 2,400 households, averaging 4,005 dollars per family, signaling a strong trading area with a market quality index 147, 47 percent above average.
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Monroe
Evening Times
MacArthur declines to testify again over Truman edict
General Douglas MacArthur today refused to resume Senate testimony saying President Truman’s orders restricting witnesses deny the full facts of his dismissal. He criticized the invitation in a letter to Senator Russell, stating he does not believe it is in the public interest to appear again and argued some evidence was taken out of context.
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Ury
Uen
MacArthur
Truman
Senate
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Russel
D-Ga
Joint Inquiry
Engineer Job Candidate Eyed After Gorder Resignation
Walter Ekum, assistant to Walter Gorder, director of public works, was interviewed by the board last night as a candidate to replace Gorder who resigned to join La Crosse. Final decision likely June 29. Ekum, a 1950 start, is a Viroqua High School and Platteville Tech graduate, WWII Army engineer, and former state highway employee. He is married to Marjorie Schmid with one daughter, Nancy Lou.
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Walter Kum
Zenno A. Gorder
Board of Public Works
Gorder
Crosse
E. J. Norton
Norton
Ekum
Viro‘qua
Wisconsin Institute of Technology
Platteville
State Highway Commission
Calumet
Heela Consolidated Copper Co
Shullsburg
Vic
Marjorie Schmid
Edna Schmid
Monroe
Nancy Lou
Admiral Calls Korea a Double Blunder at Kiwanis
Admiral El is M Zacharias retired former deputy director of naval intelligence told Kiwanis delegates in St. Louis that Korea was a slander by both Russia and the United States. He said the United States could have prevented the Korean crisis by acting as needed in the area.
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St. Louis
Korea
Russia
United States
Ellis M. Zacharias
Naval Intelligence
Kiwanis International
Zacharias
U. S
Council Raises Veterans Housing Rents to 32.50 a Month
The city council increased rent at the veterans housing project from 26 to 32.50 dollars per month. The 14 unit project received land and funding from federal sources, with renters receiving sewer water and garbage services. Other actions include sign restrictions permit for sound devices and renewed parking and fireworks requests for July 4.
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Veterans Housing Project
Public Property Committee
20Th Street
Lincoln Road
19Th Street
20Th Terrace
Recreation Park
Richard Hassel
Toreen Oa
Mrs L D Frint dies in Milwaukee during heart attack
Mrs L D Frint 58 died suddenly yesterday at her Milwaukee home after a heart attack. She was mother of Mrs John Grode Monroe and widow of Frint Motor Co owner. Services set for tomorrow at Weiss funeral home Milwaukee with Mr and Mrs John Grode plus Mrs Clarabelle Grode and Mrs Grace M Thorpe attending from here.
Former Chief Edwin Burmeister Dies in Village Funeral
Edwin Burmeister longtime Middleton volunteer fire department chief for 17 years also village marshal and ace chief died Tuesday at Wood Veterans Home. Funeral services will be held tomorrow in Middleton with city officials and former colleagues expected to attend.
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Ormer
Middleton
Edwin Burmeister
Plot to Take Control of Communist Party Indicted
Twenty one members of the communist party’s secondary command were indicted in New York on charges of planning violent overthrow. Seventeen were rounded up by FBI agents in an early morning sweep. four remain at large. Arrests spanned New York and Pittsburgh as the government moves against party leaders after a Supreme Court ruling upholding earlier convictions. The defendants, described as prominent party functionaries, allegedly planned to go underground and seize control under the 1950 Smith Act.
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Washington
Communist Party
United States
New York
FBI Ents
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
McGrath
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Ternate National Committee
National Committee
U.S
Administration launches drive for 7.2 billion tax boost in House
Washington staff report the administration seeks quick passage of a record 7.2 billion tax increase through the House by Friday. The plan includes a 12 percent income tax rise, big corporate and excise hikes, and limits amendments via the Ways and Means Committee. If approved, income tax would take effect Sept. 1, with corporate rates retroactive to Jan 1 and new excises weeks after law.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Stock Market Edges Lower Amid Cautious Trade
New York drifted lower with only a few cents moves in most issues. Traders watched the deteriorating Iranian situation and congressional controls as activity fell to about 1.1 million shares.
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New York
Ury
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Sal
Acheson
F. Earl Lamboley
Illinois Central Railroad Co
Francis E. Lamboley
Frank A. Buehler
Lamboley
Floyd W. Matzke
Everett Kemp
Iran
Madison
State Assembly Le.l
Fkum
Council
Nominance and Taxation Committee
Kenneth L. Mayer
Water Board
Chamber of Commerce Retail Group
Police and Safety Committee
Monroe Country Club
L. D. Frint
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