Hooded Terrorism Spreads over Dixie
Regional violence spreads through Alabama Tennessee and Georgia with 51 lynchings floggings cross burnings and bombings reported since February. Victims cite racial political or moral motives as suspicious identities and law care lags behind. The Birmingham area sees renewed attacks as the legion forms to aid enforcement and federal probes begin with political action and new anti mask bills debated.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Blue Hills
Chattanooga
American Legion
Birmingham
U.S
Tom Clark
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alabama Senate
House
Flier Struggles Through Fog Lands Near Monroe Farm
J O Dockery a 20 year old pilot from Stuttgart Ark was forced to land at 730 this morning on the William Altman farm east of Monroe and south of highway 59 after fog enshrouded Monroe. He was en route from Par deeville to an Illinois port and tried Badger Flying Service field west of Monroe before landing in a newly cropped hay field. Monroe experienced its first fog encounter in the state.
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J. O. Dockery
Struttgart
Ark
William Altman
Monroe
Highway 59
Pardeeville
Illinois
Badger Flying Service
State
Elderly Swindler Indicted by Jurors
Chicago reports Sigmund Engel a 73 year old alleged Lothario named in a true bill by the grand jury on a charge of operating a confidence game. Earlier in felony court he faced the same accusation of running a confidence game.
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Chicago
Sigmund Engel
Reseda Corrigan
Sigmund Z. Engel
Engel
Corrigan
Coal Group Debates John L Lewis Share-Work Proposal
Northern and western coal operators discuss John L Lewis plan to end the no contract no work stance. They may decide to respond publicly after contract sessions resume in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. A three day work week during negotiations is proposed to keep miners at work if agreement is reached.
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John L
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Lewis
Mrs William Daly Dies at Home in Monroe
Mrs William L Daly 82 died at 7 last evening at 1616 17th street Monroe after long illness. Born April 11 1867 in Monroe she grew up there and married William L Daly March 2 1916 in Joliet IL. Burial Greenwood Cemetery with last rites at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home officiated by Rev Paul C Kehle.
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William L. Daly
17Th Street
Monroe
Emma Louise Keehner
Louis
Anna Millerr Keehner
Joliet, IL
Morris, Il
Hulda Messmer
William Bethke
Appleton
Jay Truman
Rockton
Tfl
Glen Roderick
Clarno
Alfred
Charles
Edward
Shriner- Neushwander
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s Evangelical
Cleveland Turners Train Recruits From Age Five Across Groups
The Cleveland Turners organize youth squads from ages five and up with separate classes for women. Six members from yesterday’s Turnfest returnees include Joe Kotys and Bob Beer among others. Ed Markowski directs, noting a mix of nationalities across clubs including Polish, German, Russian, and Swiss members.
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Cleveland Turners
Cleveland
Joe Kotys
Bob Beer
Fran Rumbaugh
Erv Wullschleger
Max Vollenweider
Fritz Hubler
Kotys
Kent State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Beer
Monroe
Ed Markowski
Cleveland Turner
Markowski
Walter Bijak
Fred Roth
Olympic Star Tops Turn Day Gymnastics Meet
Joe Kotys led the field at Lehr's Grove as Cleveland Turners and Monroe Milwaukee clubs contested the Monroe Turn Day program. More than 2,500 attended the event with awards in men's and women's divisions and a national event featuring stone lifting and calisthenics.
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Joe Kotys
Cleveland
Lehr’s Grove
Turners
Monroe
Milwaukee
Turner Hall
Kotys
Fred Roethlisberger
Walter Bijak
LeRoy Wuethrich
Adolph Ruef
Marvin Wuethrich
Lawrence Gissing
John Bussman
Ernest Ammon
Kenneth Schumacher
Wesley Pellett
Herman Pearson
Ernie Dallapizza
Arthur Schoen
Donald Stackhouse
Robert Wuethrich
Edwin Krattiger
Helen Krattiger
Elsa Rattin
Dot Vogelsang
Ellen Schwartz
Jeanine Schwartz
Jean Rongielo
Ruth Straubherr
Alston
Donald Alston
Frieda Laeser
Irene Dallahia
Sonja Hemminger
Ruth Lienhard
Leonambaugh
Duane Schwartz
Janna Brandmeier
Coleen Hurst
Clarence Volk
Robert Beer
Jack L. Kansel
Leo Janka
Joe Baratta
Erv Wullschleger
Dick Stoltmann
Lois Butler
Kopp
Monroe Club
Hedwig
Ruth
Martha
Dorothy Wells
Steffie Markwske
Ernest Sonderegger
Gus Hofer
New York
National
Swiss-American Gymnastic Association
Henry Zingg
Robert Neimann
Madison
Max Raeber
Charles Winter
Fond du Lac
Eddie Markowski
Carl Hillbrard
Thomas Schuetze
Ernest Lehr
Walter Lauper
Fred Wuethrich
Fred Goebels
Jake Rattin
Ernest Iseli
Weatherman Predicts More Thundershowers Across Weekend
The forecast calls for occasional thundershowers tonight and tomorrow. Monroe's temperature hovered around 87 with a weekend high near 89 not reached by noon. Lows were around 66 between 4 and 5 a.m. Hot weather drew picnickers and swimmers to enjoy the day.
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Mercury
Monroe
Christoffel Perjury Conviction Overturned by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court, in a 5 4 decision, overturned Harold R Christoffel s perjury conviction for testifying he had no communist ties. The ruling required a quorum present during his March 1 1947 testimony before the House labor committee. Christoffel formerly led CIO United Auto Workers Local 248 at Milwaukee s Allis Chalmers plant and remains free on bail.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harold R. Christoffel
Milwaukee
Christoffel
U. S. District Court
House Labor Committee
Supreme Tribunal
House Committee
Justice Murphy
Black
Frankfurter
Douglas
Rutledge
Justice Jackson
Vinson
Reed
Burton
District of Columbia
CIO United Automobile Workers
Allis-Chalmers
U. S. Court of Appeals
Madison Woman Dies At County Hospital
Miss Margaret Fassbender aged 89 of Madison died at 7 55 p m Saturday at Green County Hospital Argyle road after five days as a patient. Services set for tomorrow at 8 30 a m at Ryan funeral home and 9 a m at Holy Redeemer Catholic church with Rev Joseph H Gabriels officiating. Burial in Ashton cemetery. Rosary to be recited tonight. Survived by two sisters Mrs Agnes Gruen Portland Ore and Mrs Anna Meibohm Madison and one brother Peter Fassbender Mauston.
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Margaret Fassbender
Madison
Green County Hospital
Argyle Road
Ryan Funeral Home
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Joseph H. Gabriels
Ashton Cemetery
Agnes Gruen
Portland
Ore
Anna Meibohm
Peter Fassbender
Mauston
First Concrete Goes Into Forms On South Side of Public Square
Survey indicates business activity upturn during 1950. The piece meal recession outlook foresees a bottom around early 1950 with gradual recovery through the year and into 1951, while world and domestic indicators show mixed signals amid rising unemployment and still strong earnings.
Paving Begins for Courthouse Square Renovation
Concrete work started at the courthouse square with 11 foot wide forms. Monroe Ready Mix trucks deliver three yard pours as Vinton Construction crews place the concrete under watch of Project Engineer George Glass. Completion expected tonight with eight inch slabs and joints placed every 20 feet.
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Court House Square
Llth Street
Monroe Ready Mix and Material Co
Vinton Construction Co
William A. Vinton
Harry Wendorf
George Glass
Monroe Band Veterans to Perform at Old Timers Concert
The Monroe band marks a tribute to trombonist Jesse Kennison aged 80 with a Tuesday Old Timers concert at Recreation Park starting 7 30 p m. Guest conductor J J Figi directs arrangements of On Wisconsin with soloists Virginia Knaack Ben Blaser and baton twirlers.
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Recreation Park
Jesse Kennison
J. J. Figi
Wisconsin
Mr. Figi
New Glarus
Virginia Knaack
Ben Blaser
Marilyn Zuercher
Kathryn Krauss
Lucille Burkhalter
la von Broge
Phoebe Abraham
Larry Kitchen
Monroe
Strauss
Vienna Woods
Donna Lois Olson
Franz von Flotow
Merle Evans
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Theodore Steinmetz
Judge Simpson of Shullsburg Dies at 90
Judge Simpson, longtime Lafayette county judge for 30 years, died Saturday at his Shullsburg home. He was an University of Wisconsin Law School graduate 1879 and a noted exchange jurist. Surviving: Luella his widow two sons J Allen and Alex one daughter Olive Whaling and three grandchildren Funeral services will be at 1 30 p m tomorrow at the family home with ministers A E Weittenhiller and Harvey Schall officiating burial in Shullsburg.
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Jefferson Beard Simpson
Lafayette
Shullsburg
Simpson
Green County
University of Wisconsin
P. B. Simpson
Wisconsin County Judges Association
ICCF
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Kemper Knapp
Luella
J. Allen
Racine
Alex
Smllsburg
Olive Whaling
Cincinnati
A. E. Weittenhiller
Shullsburg Methodist Church
Weittenhiller
Harvey Schall
Tomah
Guard Troop Convoy To Refuel in Monroe
A convoy of 135 vehicles carrying National Guard troops and equipment to Camp McCoy will pass through Monroe on August 13. Three groups travel by highways 69 and 81, refuel on the gravel road at the north end of 14th Avenue, then return to highway 69 and proceed north. Monroe guardsmen depart July 9.
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National Guard
Camp McCoy
Monroe
14Th Avenue
Swiss Colony Moves Into Lynch Building
Swiss Colony shifts offices from Monroe Cold Storage to the Lynch building on 17th avenue. The second floor will house offices with first floor space and basement storage. Plans include a retail cheese unit on the first floor connected to the gift package business.
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Swiss Colony
Monroe Cold Storage Co
Lynch
17Th Avenue
Mills Circus Couple Weds At Local Justice Office
The Mills Bros circus performers married in Green County with Jane Pamela Smitheman of Middlesborough England becoming the bride of Merle Clayton Cugnin of Erie Pennsylvania. Justice Louis A Koenig officiated in his Goetz building office with two circus attendants present. Reverend William Wad dell could not perform the ceremony due to licensing.
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Mills Bros
Green County
Jane Pamela Smitheman
Middlesborough
Yorkshire
England
Merle Clayton Cugnin
Erie
Justice of the Peace
Louis A. Koenig
Goetz
William
Doc) Waddell
Heart Attack Fatal To W. J. Ruchti 22
Walter John Ruchti 22 of Cadiz township died from a heart attack at Jefferson track yesterday afternoon during a motorcycle event. He was taken to Ft. Atkinson hospital but could not be revived. he had rheumatic heart and a history of illnesses. He is survived by his mother two brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Walter John Ruchti
Cadiz Township
Jefferson
Ft. Atkinson
Monroe
Adolph and
Magdalena Ryser Ruchti
North Building
Watson School
Poffs Motorcycle
Wells’ Texaco
Browntown
Ruchti
Evangelical Church of Peace
Monroe Motorcycle Club
Fidelity Life Insurance Association
Adolph Fred
Alfred
Helen
Harold
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Shriner-Neushwander
Greenwood Cemetery
Crash Injures 24 as Plane Skids Into Fore River
A transport plane carrying 24 National Guard bandsmen overshot a municipal runway in Portland Maine and crashed into Fore River. All aboard sustained injuries, one critically, with responders scrambling to assist victims.
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Portland
National Guard
Fore River
One Girl Injured In County Mishaps
Two separate accidents investigated by Green County highway patrol over the weekend left one injured. Miss JoAnn Zwygart, 18, Monroe, sustained cuts from a Decatur township crash while riding with Nathan Bechtolt on a town road by the Sugar River Race near Brodhead. She and a passenger, Loretta Paulson of Brodhead, were treated. another passenger, Stanley Ritter of Monroe, uninjured. The crash occurred at 2 p.m. Sunday. A separate collision northeast of Monroe on Highway 59 involved Albert Elet of Monroe and Werner Naegeli of Kenosha. no injuries were reported. Passengers in the Elet car were Mrs. Elet and two children. Walter Naegeli rode with Werner Naegeli.
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Green County
JoAnn Zwygart
Monroe
Decatur Township
Brodhead
Nathan Bechtolt
Route 4
Sugar River
Wooster’s Tavern
Stanley Ritter
Loretta Paulson
Albert Elet
Highway 59
Werner A. Naegeli
Kenosha
Elet
Walter Naegeli
Boundary Hearings Planned by Committee
The Green county school committee will hold hearings on high school boundary lines after county district meetings. Miss Florence Wartenweiler, county superintendent, says clerks will bring boundary line discussions to the annual meetings for a vote, followed by hearings where individuals state their wishes.
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Green County
Florence Wartenweiler
Juda
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Legion
Altmann Farm
Coal Group
William Daly
Olympic Star
Weatherman
High Court
County
Sam Dawson
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Board
Edgewater Beach
Vinton
Monroe Band
W. J. Ruchti
Jefferson Track
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