Electors urged to attend Twin Grove hearing on merger plan
Monroe Joint Common School District president Herbert T. Johnson urged district electors to attend a public hearing at 8 p m tomorrow in the courthouse on Twin Grove district consolidation with Monroe The proposal follows an April 21 petition and would move Twin Grove into new District No 6 under the Green County plan Johnson noted study is needed on taxation bus transportation and administration and no final action is expected immediately The larger plan envisions Monroe City as the nucleus of a bigger district including numerous rural units and requires further board review and state guidance.
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Herbert T. Johnson
Monroe Joint Common School District Board
Court House
Twin Grove
Monroe
Green County School Committee
Town of Jefferson
Juda
Juda High School
Johnson
Board of Education
Maurice Quinn
Franz Brand
Quinn
Ralph J. E. Joliffe
Monroe City
Monroe Et al
Adams
Jordan
Cadiz
Clarno
Wayne
Efferson
Jefferson
Syl?vester
Washington
Sylvester
Mt. Pleasant
Browntown
Monroe C
Allies Will Confer With Soviet on German Unification
London reporters say the Big Three foreign ministers agreed to seek a Soviet reply on German unification and to consult more closely on Korean military operations. Informants described the plan as the substance of the message to Moscow and noted closer three way coordination ahead.
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London
Russia
Germany
Soviet Union
Korea
Kentucky Prison Riot Ends After Raids and Hostages
In Eddyville Kentucky a second mutiny within 24 hours ended after guards with submachine guns forced 30 inmates to surrender loot from three commissary raids. No injuries were reported today, unlike yesterday when eight prisoners and a guard were wounded. State police remained at the penitentiary for several days as operations continued.
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Eddyville
Jess Buchanan
Luther Goheen
Louisville
W. E. Watson
State Director of Corrections
Jessachanan
Lawrence W. Wetherb
Mrs Mattern Dies in Green Bay Hospital
Mrs. Mattern 73, of Green Bay, sister-in-law to Mrs. Max G. Booth of Monroe, widow of Edwin H. Mattern, native of Monroe, visited there often. She leaves a son Floyd of Green Bay and daughter Mrs. Kenneth Kaster of Arizona. Funeral Monday in Green Bay with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Eewena Om. Mawern
Green Bay
Max G. Booth
Monroe
Mattern
Edwin H. Mattern
Booth
Floyd
Green Eater
Kenneth Kasterson
Ariz
I Greenwood Cemetery
Tuc
Daughter of Cleary Named Regent for Wisconsin Colleges
Miss Catherine Cleary of Milwaukee, daughter of the late Michael J. Cleary of Blanchardville, was appointed by Gov. Kohler to the Wisconsin State Colleges Board of Regents to succeed Mrs. Doris Marks. Cleary's father was a former Blanchardville attorney and Northwestern Mutual Life president and once UW Board of Regents member. Marks could not be reappointed as she is leaving the state.
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Cleary
Catherine Cleary
Milwau See
Michael J. Cleary
Blanchardville
Kohler
Board of Regents
Wisconsin State Colleges
Doris Marks
Milwaukee
Miss Cleary
Northwestern [Mutual Life Insurance Co
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Marks
Thief at Appleton Tries To Nab 'Hot' Article
A man attempted to steal a main entrance switchbox from an abandoned Appleton factory. He failed to realize the three phase box carried 240 volts. After the incident, five power lines were burned, 50 telegraph and signal wires damaged, and most railroad signals out of service. A melted screwdriver remained in the box and authorities began seeking a suspect with disheveled hair.
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Applelus Na
Mrs Schiesser Dies In New Glarus After Heart Attack
Mrs Melchior Schiesser Sr aged 79 long time New Glarus resident died at 3 30 am at her son Melchior Jr s home in Blanchardville after a sudden heart attack. Born May 22 1873 in Bern Minnesota she married Melchior Schiesser Aug 14 1893 in Beresford SD. The couple moved to New Glarus in 1918 celebrated golden anniversary in 1943. She leaves her husband one daughter Mrs Clarence Hoes two sons Melchior Jr Emil four brothers and a sister three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services are pending at Zentner funeral home New Glarus.
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New. Glarus
Melchior Schiesser
Glarus
Melchior Jr
Blanchardville
New Glarus Maennerchor
St. Clare ‘Hospital
Monroe
Schiesser
Agatha Tschudy
Peter and
Anna Legler Tschudy
Bern
Minn
Beresford
S. D
Linthal
Canton
Switzerland
Volga
8. D
Emil
West Allis
Jacob
Otto
Ed Tschudy
James Birnie
South Dakota
Zentner Funeral Home
New Glarus
Wet Weather Forecast Extends Across Midwest
The five day forecast from the U S weather bureau covers Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with more of the same wet pattern last week. Temperatures near normal to five degrees above in the north and up to ten degrees above in southeast Iowa with a slow warming trend in the south. Expect one to two inches of rain in southeast Iowa and occasional showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Rain today totals .06 of an inch hindering haying activities.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Stock List Climbs To New High Levels
New York stock market advanced into new yearly highs with gains spread across the list. Prices rose from fractions to 1 2 points while losses remained limited to fractions in principal sections.
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New York
Taft Assails Eisenhower in Charlottesville Speech
Senator Taft says Eisenhower is "pulling his punches" on Truman policy and doubts the general can run a winning campaign. He cites corruption, warns of advisers from past campaigns, and predicts no strong critique of administration actions. Taft spoke to Virginia delegates and planned a non political address at the Institute of Public Affairs.
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Charlottesville
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Taft
Eisenhower
Charlotesville
Virginia
Associated Press
Institute of Public Affairs
United States
Britain
House of Commons
North Korea
Denver
Eisenhow
Coliseur
Benjamin F Zimmerman dies at 89 in Rock Grove
Benjamin Franklin Zimmerman 89 of Rock Grove died this morning at Deaconess hospital Freeport after a long illness. He was a retired farmer, father of seven sons and three daughters with 23 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Survived by a sister and brothers. married Mary Jane Johnson June 27 1886 in Oakley she predeceased him. Member of Rock Grove EUB church. Services Sunday 12 pm at Rock Grove Evangelical United Brethren Church Rev R W Hartman officiating. Burial Union Cemetery Rock Grove. New Comer funeral home Brodhead to handle arrangements.
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Benjamin Franklin
Frank) Zimmerman
Rock Grove
Freeport
Zimmerman
J. W. Zimmerman
Brodhead
Kate Ostrander
Baraboo
Spring Grove Township
George and
Elizabeth Keller Zimmerman
Mary Jane Johnson
Oakley
EUB
Ira
Monroe
Ray
Harley
Orangeville
Clay
Merle
McConnell
Ross
Rock City
Thurl
Water Nott
Fred Kloepping
Kathryn
One Dies in Blast at Jefferson Mill
A rotary cooker exploded at the Albers Milling Co in Jefferson Wisconsin killing Clarence Kriederman and injuring another man. Kriederman died while being transported to Fort Atkinson Hospital. the other worker sustained injuries in the blast.
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Jefferson Mill
Jefferson, Wis
Albers Milling Co
Clarence Kriederman
Fort Atkinson
Truman fires U S marshal in Illinois over irregularities
President Truman dismissed Robert Grant, U S marshal for the Southern District of Illinois, on McGranery’s recommendation for alleged irregularities tied to a mail fraud case. FBI to conduct full inquiry. Grant’s Springfield headquarters cited. Grant had submitted expense reports linked to fugitive car dealer Robert L. Knetzer during fund raising trips approved by the court.
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Washington
Truman
Robert Grant
U.S
Illinois
Grant
McGranery
Springfield
White House
Robert L. Knetzer
Edwardsville
Knetzer
Congress Races To Act on Funds As Sessions Near End
Congress moves fast to wind up the 82nd session with a multi billion dollar defense and foreign aid funding package. The House opened debate on a 10 billion dollar foreign aid and military appropriation while the Senate pushed a 1.413 billion dollar deficiency bill to cover Korean war costs including 1.128 billion for the Army 38 million for the Navy and 235 million for the Air Force. Senate action also approved a 45.7 billion dollar military bill and a 3437.895 million dollar Treasury Post Office measure among others as it aims to finish 11 remaining money bills before quitting. The House trimmed a proposed income tax exemption for living costs in a bid to limit tax cuts while defense and foreign aid requests face further reductions.
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Washington
Congress
82Nd Congress
House
Senate
Senate House
Sen. Ives
RNY
Plum Island
Long Island Sound
Laboraory
Appropriations Committee
Treasury Post Office
Truman
Germany
Trieste
Donaldson seeks parcel rate hike request to ICC
Donaldson asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant another general advance in parcel post rates. The filing notes parcel post is not paying its way despite a 25 percent rate increase last year. The petition does not specify the amount sought and cites higher costs in packaging and rail carriage as factors.
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Donaldson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
ICC
Washington
Apology Report Stirs Republicans in Senate Flight
Secretary of State Acheson faces congressional scrutiny over an alleged apology to British officials for not informing London in advance of a North Korean power station bombing. Senator Knowland demands full text. Bridges condemns the apology as shocking amid a widening British controversy. Allied jets intensify strikes on North Korean hydro plants in a 150 plane mopping up raid.
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Washington
Acheson
Congress
Britain
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Senate
Sen
Knowland
Calif
London
Acherson
North Korea
Cheese Values Rise In Plymouth Trading
Cheese values edged up in Plymouth Wisconsin trading with Wisconsin state brand items. The Wisconsin Cheese Exchange reported cars of cheddars longhorns and juniors trading with bids and uncovered offers. The exchange schedules a meeting next Thursday July 3 in a firm trading zone.
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Furmuui
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Wisconsin
Man Drowns at Prairie While Trying to Save Wife
Clement W. Haydon, 34, of East Moline Illinois, drowned in the Mississippi River at Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin yesterday after leaping from a motor boat to rescue his wife who had fallen overboard. Mrs. Haydon, unable to swim, was saved by their daughter.
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Prairi
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Clement W. Haydon
Easton
Ill
Mississippi
Restrictions Expire Monday If Conference Fails
Senate and House conferees pressed to blend their price wage and rent control bills before Monday midnight when current controls lapse. House action would largely end price controls and most rent limits in many areas by Sept. 30, while Senate plans keep controls in place longer. President Truman may face a steel strike injunction Taft Hartley looming as deadline tightens.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
Congress
Truman
Immigration bill passes over veto overturning Truman
Congress enacted the McCarran Walter immigration bill over President Truman's veto. Senators McCurran and Waller sponsored the measure which revises naturalization laws. The Senate override reached 51 to 26 and the House 278 to 113, surpassing two thirds.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Rep
Waller
Dpa
Senate
House
VFW Faults Wisconsin Housing Aid Process
Wisconsin Rapids Veterans of Foreign Wars opens its List state encampment with sharp criticism of state officials for slow housing loan processing. The group urges Gov Kohler to appoint a five member loan experts committee to advise the Department of Veterans Affairs on speeding up procedures.
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Wisconsin
VFW
Veterans Housing Aid
Wisconsin Rapids
Executive Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Dila‘ory
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