Monroe Takes Top Honors at Midwest Turn Day
Nearly 2,000 spectators watched Monroe Turn and Schwing Club win the men's team event and capture the Swiss National title, while Monroe women placed second in apparatus work Class A and B. Ammon won the Swiss National, with Wuetrich and Ruef in second and third. Mrs. Edwin Krat Tiger led women’s apparatus with 65.70 points. Track and field winners included Dallapieza and Kehrmann, with several Cleveland and Milwaukee competitors earning top placings amid a day of music and prizes at the Fairgrounds.
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Cleveland
Milwaukee
Fairgrounds
Midwest
LeRoy Wuetrich
Wesley Pellet
Adolph Ruef
Walter Schuetz
Ernest Ammon
Glen Thommen
Roger Isely
Gale Bertalot
Roger Wuetrich
Ernest Thommen
Ronald Leichti
Clarence Gissing
Fred Blumer
Marvin Wuetrich
Duanne Schwartz
Fritz Wenger
Charles
Fond du Lac
Ammon
Edwin Krattiger
Jean Kondziela
Elsa Rattin
Anette Stopke
Jean Sepic
Frieda Haese
Ernie Dallapieza
Robert Beer
Robert Mitchell
Marjorie Kehrmann
Sonia Dellapieza
Kay Karter
Joseph Kotys
Walter Bijak
Arthur Schoen
Lawrence Junken
Gene Hanson
Edelweiss
Glarus
Turner Hall
Monroe Park
Fred Glauser
Reinhard Mueller
M. Johnson
G. Fred Gal
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Julius Hofer
LeRoy Wuethrich
Fred Wuethrich
Roy Vetterli
Trains Collide In Chicago Panic Injures 32 workers
At least 32 persons were injured in a collision of two elevated trains carrying workers downtown during the morning rush. A four coach Evanston Train rammed into an eight coach Englewood train at Sheridan Road station on the north side. The accident disrupted rail service.
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Englewood
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McCarthy speaks Russian without an accent at clambake
In Syracuse a clambake on Sunday featured Senator Joseph McCarthy conversing briefly in Russian with Sergi N. Grimm, head of the city planning commission, noting he learned the language from Army phonograph records. He did not discuss politics.
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Joseph McCarthy
Russia
McCarthy
Sergi N. Grimm
City Planning Commission
Grimm
Senate Investigations Committee
Monticello Widow Mrs Matt Voegeli Dies at 91
Mrs Matt Voegeli born Emma Bloom in 1862 Washington Township died at 2 a m in St Clare hospital from hip fracture complications. She married Matt Voegeli in 1881 and farmed Exeter Township before moving to Monticello. Survived by 2 sons 4 daughters 16 grandchildren 32 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at Zwingli church with Rev A R Achtemeier officiating. Burial in church cemetery.
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Matt Voegeli
St. Clare Hospital
Emma Bloom
Washington Township
Peter
Rose Bloom
Jordan Township
Monroe
Exeter Township
Voegeli
Thomas
Fred
New Glarus
W. S. Hoesly
George Schultz
Brooklyn
Ed Gmar
Fred B. Stuessy
New Glar
Jends
Voegeli Funeral Home
Four day heat wave ends as cool air moves in
Cooler air moved into the Midwest ending a four day heat wave that caused over 125 deaths as the official summer season began. Wiscon s in Illinois Michigan Iowa and Indiana saw a fall from a 95 degree high to 66 by 1 am Saturday into Sunday with most of Sunday mild in the 70s and 80s while the East South remained hot and the Great Plains warmed.
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Michigan
Iowa
Indiaa
Great Plains
Labor leaders protest in Hawaii amid port strike
A work stoppage page forms at Honolulu protesting the conviction of labor figure Jack W. Hall. Contingents demonstrate at the waterfront as sugar and pineapple plantation activity faces disruption amid wartime rationing in Hawaii.
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Wiley slams GOP on Bricker amendment critics
Senator Wiley delivered a blistering speech at a Wisconsin Republican gathering, denouncing critics who censured him for opposing the Bricker constitutional amendments. He argued the proposal would curb presidential foreign policy powers and warned it threatens the U S Constitution. The Madison convention had adopted a resolution urging Wiley to reconsider his stance, though some delegates dissented.
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License suspensions rise in Wisconsin during 1953 start
The Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles reports more lost driving privileges in the first five months of 1953 than in the same period last year. The uptick reflects state actions enforcing licensing rules and addressing unsafe driving practices across counties.
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Wisconsin
Withro
Wisconsin Weekend Drowning Toll Tops Twenty One
A heavy weekend heat wave resulted in twenty one deaths across Wisconsin from drowning and traffic incidents. Victims include Kenneth Benning 18 at Oconto Falls and Stanley Wolashek 24 in Stevens Point, with many others ages seven to seventy seven lost to rivers lakes and accidents statewide.
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Associated Press
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Route 1
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Oconto Falls
Stanley Wolashek
Stevens Point
Betty Lemons
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Milwauee
Raymond Faber
Menasha
Government Canal
Stephen Auler
Villa Park
Fox River
Kenosha
Marathon County
Wausau
Carl Syring
Drowni
Florence County
Harold Ponton
Edward Schultz
Douglas Foster
Foster
Ponton
Robert B. Ebert
Neillsville
Hatfield
Black
Walter Rahn
Crescent Lake
Rhinelander
Ralph Schimmel
Deer Creek
Taylor County
Frank Wrobel
Armstrong Creek
Forest County
Wrobel
Barron County
Riots Hit Saxony Uranium Mines Amid East German Turmoil
Soviet controlled ADN reports sabotage and a Marxist Party claim of Western agents as 100,000 workers strike in Saxony uranium fields after a Soviet firing squad execution. Mutiny and martial law persist while the party touts captured parachutists and urges workers to return to support the Red regime.
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U. S
ADN
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West Berlin
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Aue
Socialist Unity Communist Party
Tokyo minister quits amid illness resignation shock
Nobuya Uchida, Japan's agriculture and forestry minister, resigns due to illness. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshio appoints Shigeru Hori to replace him immediately, signaling a swift cabinet shakeup in Tokyo.
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Rosenberg Funeral Sparks Protests Over Executions
In Brooklyn a large funeral service for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg drew about 500 mourners inside and thousands outside as defense attorney Emanuel Bloch blasted the executions as cold murder and blamed President Eisenhower. He condemned the government while Rabbinic leaders urged loyalty to America amid heated chants and tense crowd outside.
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Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Brooklyn Funeral Home
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Abraham Cronbach
America
July 8 Target Date Set for Big Three in Bermuda
The Big Three talks in Bermuda were set to begin July 8 with the White House calling it the present target date pending French government acceptance. Churchill’s London note cited a fixed date with confidence of a French government by then. The Mayer government collapsed last month and four attempts to form a new cabinet failed. Pinay was urged to try. Eisenhower will fly to Bermuda aboard the Columbine.
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Mrs. David Hefty of New Glarus Dies at 74
Mrs. David W. Hefty 74 of New Glarus died at St. Clare hospital from a stroke Saturday after years of illness and a hip fracture. Born Christine Wittwer September 2 1878 in Washington Township she married David W. Hefty March 24 1898 in New Glarus. She leaves son Jacob E Hefty sisters Mary Karlen Otillie Itten brothers Edward D Wittwer E Robert Wittwer and several step-grandchildren. Funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p m in the Swiss Evangelical and Reformed Church with burial in the church cemetery. Body at Zentner funeral home.
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St. Clare Hospital
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Washington Township
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Katherine Zimmerman Wittwer
Christine Louise Wittwer
F. B. Tschudy
Zentner Funeral Home
Edwin Ludlow Injured After 30 Foot Fall at Kegonsa
Edwin Ludlow, son of Mr and Mrs Morten Harris Ludlow, suffered critical injuries after falling about 30 feet at Kegonsa afternoon. He is reported to be under hospital care with Madison relatives and Mrs Willis Ludlow noted as guardians.
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Kegonsa
Morten Harris Ludlow
Madison
God Tee Grandam
Willis, Ludlow
Churchill Hits Rhee On Treachery In Korea Crisis
London reports quote Prime Minister Churchill denouncing Rhee for treacherous action in Korea and stating Britain sent a strong note to Seoul. He warned that unilateral moves risk undermining UN control and endangering prisoners as U.S. troops bear a heavy burden in guarding them.
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Korea
Syngman Rhee
Britain
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Republic of Korea
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Republic of Korea Army
Former Monroe Fireman Bert Saving Dies at 76
John Albert Saving aged 76 a longtime Monroe volunteer fireman died at 7 a m while en route to hospital. Born Aug 5 1876 in Walworth he served over 45 years with the Monroe department retiring in 1946. He worked 36 years at Trukenbrod Pharmacy and four years as a night watchman. Survived by his wife Laura and other relatives. funeral at Shriner Neushwander. Burial Greenwood cemetery.
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Seth
Robertson Trip Result of Rhee Parley Invitation
Assistant secretary Walter Robertson flew to Korea as a personal envoy carrying a message from Secretary of State Dulles to President Rhee. The U S position seeks a possible armistice, with Gen Clark signaling readiness to sign if instructed, while U N command cautions on South Korea summarily releasing prisoners. North Korea MiGs are shot down by U S Sabre jets in the region.
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Walter Robert
Korea
Dulles
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
U.S
U. S
Robertson
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Mark Clark
Carl W. McCardle
Kenneth Young
State Department
Clark
Newsymen
U. N
South Korea
William Hahn 82 longtime Brodhead figure dies
William Hahn 82 a prominent Brodhead resident and longtime supervisor died at his daughter’s home after a long illness. He served on the Green County Board since 1937 and earlier ran a general store and later partnered in Stair Brothers department store. Born in Brodhead, he belonged to the Knights of Pythias and spent years in local business and civic life. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Brodhead
O. N. Johnson
23Rd Avenue
Green County Board
Stair Brothers
Hahn
Ernest
Mary Spahr Hahn
Requartte
Te Knights of Fyibies
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