Fourth of July Busy Schedule Planned by Monroe Chamber
Monroe Chamber of Commerce and city recreation department announce a large July Fourth program at Recreation Park with morning to midnight events. Softball and baseball games, family picnics, children’s games, and a $1,000 fireworks display are on the schedule. Star Fire Works Manufacturing Co. of Danville will stage the display on the Country Club grounds. A square dance on lighted tennis courts will follow the fireworks, with an expected start around 9 p.m. The Monroe Cardinals meet the Madison Wrench Builders in a 2 p.m. baseball game, followed by a Commercial Bank All-Star softball game. Recreation Director Joe E Miller urges family picnics and open swimming if possible.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
City Recreation Department
Recreation Park
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Star Fireworks Manufacturing Co
Danville
Ill
Country Club
Milwaukee Road
Thru Street
Bill McKee
Monroe Cardinals
Madison Wrench Builders
Commercial Bank
Frankie's Tav
Madison
Joe E. Miller
Monroe High School
Howe, Famed Texas Editor, Found Dead
Amarillo editor Tex Howe, 66, was found shot in his car on Amarillo southeast outskirts. A .38 pistol remained in his hand, with despondency noted over health. Howe, famed for his Old Tack column, was son of Ed W. Howe and brother of James W. Howe.
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Amarillo
Tex
Gene Howe
Texas
Howe
Ed. W. Howe
Achison
Kas
Globe
James W. Howe
Associated Press
Walnut Creek
Calif
Mareel Howe Farnham
Connecticut
Waxey Gordon Dies in Alcatraz After Long Underworld Career
SAN FRANCISCO Waxey Gordon once a top New York underworld figure who oversaw illegal breweries died at Alcatraz after heart attack at the federal prison hospital. He was 63 and already serving a 25 year New York State sentence for narcotics peddling. His career dated to 1905. he rose in the 1920s, later jailed for income tax evasion like Al Capone, and was released from federal prison in 1942.
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San Francisco
Waxey Gordon
New York
Prohibition Breweries
Alcatraz
Irvin Wexler
Gordon
Federal Prison Hospital
Sobbin
Chicago
al Capone
Leavenworth
Kas
Retired Maker Succumbs at 84
Mathias Haldiman 84 retired cheesemaker of Blanchardville died at home at 3 20 pm yesterday after nine months illness. Born May 30 1868 in Canton Bern Switzerland he came to the United States at 15 settling first in Jamestown Missouri then Green County where he was a cheesemaker for nearly 50 years retiring in 1918 and moving to Blanchardville. Survived by widow two sons John Blanchardville and Edwin Homewood Mo three daughters Mrs Lawrence Lewis Brillian Mrs Leslie Elliott Sioux City Ia and Mrs Edwin Hanson Blanchardville two brothers Ernest and John and three sisters Emma Freida Lena plus 14 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Services 1 30 pm Friday Saether funeral home Trinity Lutheran Church burial Gracelawn cemetery pallbearers Henry Erickson Milton Lewis Frank Meade Carl Steiner Allen Peterson Anton Hanson.
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Blanchardville
Mathias Haldiman
Mr. Haldiman
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Mathias
Elizabeth Stauffer Haldiman
Jamestown
Green County
Saether
Rev
S. C. Benson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Gracelawn Cemetery
Henry Erickson
Milton Lewis
Frank Meade
Carl Steiner
Allen Peterson
Anton Hanson
Vandenberg to Return to Desk in Two Months
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg Air Force chief of staff, recovering from major abdominal surgery on May 7, is expected to resume duties in August or September. Gen. Nathan F. Twining has acted as chief since then and told field commanders Vandenberg will leave Walters Hospital soon, with a return planned within two months.
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Vandenberg
Washington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Yestern
Twining
Monroe
Walters
Reed
House Requests Truman To Apply Taft-Hartley Law
Washington report on the House action to urge President Truman to apply the Taft Hartley Law to end the steel strike. The vote was 190 to 133 to request rather than direct injunction action. The measure, backed by Republicans and southern Democrats, faced sharp debate and party divisions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
D—Va
Rep
Brown
Ohio
Wolcott
R—Mich
Spence
D—Ky
Congress
CIO
Allied Industries
Rep. Multer
D-Ny
Rep. Brown
McCormack
Mass
Second Tornado Strikes Barron Area in Wisconsin
A tornado ripped through northwestern Wisconsin damaging a 450 foot radio tower in Rice Lake, demolishing barns and roofs, and injuring a Cameron area resident. It was the second tornado in 24 hours, following a Polk County touchdown that killed two in Centuria. Power, telephone lines were knocked down and a temporary tower will take days to erect for WJMC to resume broadcasting.
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Rice Lake
Wis
Wisconsin
Cameron Farm
Polk County
Centuria
WJMC
Wisconsin Swiss Cheese Market Steady Amid Moderate Demand
Wisconsin domestic Swiss cheese markets show steady to fair demand with balanced supplies. Receipts of high quality cheese suitable for curing noted. offerings limited and prices quoted at assembly points with State brand around 52 to 55 and Grade B 50 to 53, Grade C 47 to 51.
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Sang State Market News Service
Wisconsin
Marinette Names City Manager Robert L. Price
Robert L. Price, 39, selected by the Marinette Common Council as city manager. He previously served as city manager of Dover, New Hampshire, a city of 16,000. Price will assume duties July 7 with an annual salary of 9300 dollars.
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Marinette
Robert L. Price
Price
Dover
N. H
Attlee Charges U S Risks War With Red China by New Raids
United Nations leaders warned that new Allied air raids on power facilities in Manchuria and North Korea could escalate into a larger conflict. General James Van Fleet said Reds may not have the stomach for another offensive, while General Mark Clark stated readiness for a return to battle if needed. UK Prime Minister Churchill defended the raids as within authority, and Defense Secretary Lovett noted an extreme emergency option without UN referral.
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Stan Vanink
Seoul
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
van Fleet
Tokyo
Mark Clark
United Nations
U.N
Clark
Glent. Barcus
Fifth Air T
Manchuria
North Korea
Britain
Hous of Commons
Winston Churchill
Washington
Defense
Robert Lovett
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rhee narrowly escapes assassination in Korea attack
President Syngman Rhee dodged a secret society assassination as a gun failed to fire while he spoke to about 6 000 people in Pusan on the Koreas second anniversary. The would be killer Ryu Shi Tae 62 was seized and subdued as the crowd and foreign diplomats looked on. Nearby a rail line blast killed an American soldier and wounded 45. U N and Korean officials attended. US battle casualties in Korea rose to 110 611, up 640 from last week.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman ‘Rhee
Rhee
U. S
John ‘Muccio
Herbert Harmon
Hempstead
N. Y
F. William Trench
Honolulu
Harmon
Trench
Ryu Shi Tae
Corps of Blood Justice
Taegu
United Nations
Ryu
Kefauver Defends Tax Spending For Security
Kefauver argued during a morning radio broadcast that Americans accept high taxes if used for security. He criticized Eisenhower and Taft for promising tax cuts without first balancing the budget. He urged a pay-as-you-go approach before any tax reductions and warned against tinkering with security for political gain.
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Ver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
Mercury Slides Past 90 Degrees
Green County swelters as heat climbs to a season record with 99 degrees recorded at 1 30 p m. The prior high was 90 at 4 p m June 16. Humidity remains oppressive and forecasts warn of cloudy skies showers tonight and tomorrow with potential severe storms.
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Green County
Mercury
Family Shopping Days opens amid heat wave in Monroe
Monroe merchants sponsor Wednesday Family Shopping Days to run July into August. Goetz theater hosts free motion pictures drawing large crowds of children and bicycles filling the alley. Despite crowding, sponsors emphasize the event welcomes all ages and expect continued merchant offers through August 27.
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Ihe
Monroe
Goetz
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Dad
Grandpa
Grandma
Attlee Demands Britain Informed On Korea Bomb Plan
In Parliament Clement Attlee charged the United States with risking war by bombing North Korean power plants without British consultation. He warned such acts could provoke civilian suffering and jeopardize armistice talks. Foreign Secretary Eden defended the actions and pledged full Allied support.
Holsapple Resigns as Monroe Fire Second Assistant Chief
Ben J. Holsapple resigns from Monroe Volunteer Department after 39 years of service. He joined in November 1913 and has served as captain of salvage, a department trustee, and two years ago as Second Assistant Chief, submitting his resignation to the fire and police commission chair. The department may not name a successor until the July meeting.
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Ben J. Holsapple
16Th
Aenue
Monroe
Holsapple
Rodney C. Kittelsen
Probal
May Sapple
Otto 3
Steinman
July Corn Futures Edge Lower in Brief Trade
Traders report a slight dip in futures as July corn contracts fall by a few cents amid thin summer activity and speculative positioning. Market observers cite weather outlooks and export demand as key factors shaping the small move.
Knowland predicts Warren to delay delegates release
California Senator Knowland states Gov. Earl Warren will wait out Republican convention ballots to avoid a dead lock and hold delegates. He notes a possible Eisenhower Taft deadlock could elevate Warren as the logical compromise candidate at the July 7 Chicago convention. His influence with California delegates is strong.
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Wadfinglun
Nnuw Land
California
Earl Warren
Dwight Eisenhower
Ohio
Robert Taft
Knowland
Warren
Eisenhower
Taft
Chicago
Gov. Warren
Gen Brink Kills Self in Pentagon Office
Gen Francis G Brink a veteran of World War I and II and top American figure in Indochina was found fatally shot in a third floor Pentagon office. Authorities said the death appeared self inflicted with a small automatic pistol beside him. He died while being taken to Walter Reed Hospital as investigators reviewed evidence and possible causes.
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Francis G. Brink
America
Indochina
Pentagon
Brink
Far East
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Waller Reed
Amagraaer
MacDonald
Acheson
Burial Mixup Figure Now in Army Custody
Milwaukee report states a burial mixup led to an individual being held as absent without leave. Det. Capt. Adolph Kraemer said there is no basis for criminal charges and that the person had no involvement in the mistaken identification. Police had earlier identified a different man buried under the name Weekes.
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Milwaukee
Taft Confident As Battle Nears
Senator Taft projects confidence amid Republican nominating fight in Chicago. He claims over 600 delegates backing him, aiming to reach 604 for victory, with Virginia session next. He downplays urgency, says converts not expected at meetings, and continues courting delegates through talks and handshakes in Hershey and Charlottesville.
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Washington
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Charlottesville
Taft
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Hershey
Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Jill ZumBrunnen Undergoes Heart Surgery in Chicago
Jill ZumBrunnen underwent a delicate heart operation at Children’s Memorial hospital in Chicago this morning and was reported to have come out of it perfectly. Her father F Roy ZumBrunnen said the operation, to correct a blood passage that did not close after birth, was successful. The next 48 hours are critical for convalescence with her father and grandmother Mrs Edward H Schneider at her bedside.
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Monroe
Mrs. Schneider
Jill
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London
Clement R. Attlee
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