49 Aboard Liner Lost in Far West
United Air Lines DC-6 with 49 aboard vanished after last contact at 2 46 am. Search planes and ground crews scoured northern Colorado and southern Wyoming, with reports of possible distress near Loveland and Wellington turning unconfirmed. The flight from San Francisco to Chicago via Salt Lake Denver and Omaha was due to land in Denver at 3 10 am.
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Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
United Air Lines
UAL
Loveland
Colo
Welington
John Uhrich
State Highway Patrol
William Coy
Wellington
Cheyenne
Uhrich
San Francisco
Chicago
Salt Lake
Omaha
Cheddar Slumps Swiss Prices Firm In Dairy Market
Madison dairy review notes American cheddar prices fell about three quarters of a cent with weak undertone and cautious buying. Cheddar ranged 37 to 39 cents per pound Thursday while Swiss stayed flat except grade B dipping slightly. Butter opened steady then firming with higher prices as demand grew and supplies stayed tight.
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Madison
State Department of Agriculture Dairy Review
New York
Chicago
West Coast
Mine Fire Brought Under Control After 12 Days
A stubborn underground fire in the Cary iron mine near Hurley, operated by Pickands Mather and Co., raged 12 days and 3,000 feet below ground before being checked today.
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Hurley
Cary
Pickands Mather and Co
Samples of Bricks For Schools Rushed Here in Hectic Trip
Francis Wagner Jr of L S Wagner and Son contracted firm telegraphed an order for brick samples to Fairbury Nebraska for Monroe's new additions. He made a 1150 mile round trip to the Nebraska kiln to bring back color samples. A flat tire and a second puncture damaged a tire but the bricks were checked by architect Stanley W Howe and the building committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Fairbury
Neb
Francis Wagner Jr
L. S. Wagner and Son
Wagner
Nebraska
Stanley W. Howe
Colored Lights Shine Over Recreation Park for July Fourth
The chamber of commerce placed colored lights over the park tennis courts for summer outdoor dances. First use is July 4 with the Cactus Twisters playing after a fireworks show. The display, bought for 1000 by the retail committee, will be fired from a tower for park spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Recreation Park
Recreation Department
Chamber
Monroe Country Club
Retail Committee
Chamber and Recreation Department
Monroe Cardinal-Madison
Monroe Park
Mrs Ansel L Groshong Dies at Stoughton
Mrs Ansel L Groshong 66 sister of Mollie Tollefson 1308 16th Ave died this morning at Stoughton Services set for 10 am Monday at SS Maria Anna Catholic church Stoughton pallbearer Kay Chesebro Monroe to be among funeral party She was born Kathryne Blotz Monroe daughter of Martin and Mary May Blotz Married May 19 1909 to Groshong who died May 3 1951 at Hot Springs Ark Survived by son Nolan Stoughton three brothers John Texas Will New York three sisters Mrs Arthur J Collentine Madison Mrs Evelyn Zjaichek Milwaukee and Mrs Tollefson Parents died prior to her mother Nov 7 1927 and father nine years earlier
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Ansel L. Groshong
Mollie B. Tollefson
16Th Avenue
Stoughton
SS. Maria-Anna Catholic Church
Kay Chesebro
Monroe
Groshong
Kathryne Blotz
Martin
Mary May Blotz
Hot Springs
Ark
Nolan
John
Texas
Will
New York
Arthur J. Collentine
Madison
Evelyn Zjaichek
Milwaukee
Tollefson
Former chaplain dies in Green Bay at 60
Rev. Joseph C. Short a World War I navy chaplain and pastor of Holy Name of Mary church Maplewood dies in Green Bay at age 60.
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Green Bay
Joseph C. Short
Holy Name of Mary Church
Maplewood
Co K and Medics Prepare for Camp Ripley Encampment
Monroe unit plans two week mobilization with Co K and medical platoon leaving Friday by bus to Madison then troop train to Camp Ripley Minnesota. Trucks loaded Tuesday with equipment including a washing machine and fund donations for the mess. Command staff and rosters listed with multiple officers noncommissioned officers and privates to depart by Friday and Tuesday night for the convoy. Medical platoon members named among advancing personnel.
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Monroe
National
Camp Ripley
Minn
New Richmond
Co. K
Monroe Armory
Madison
Minnesota
O. A. Moldenhauer
128Th Infantry
Cloyd W. Pickett
Theodore J. Burgy
Voelkl
S-1
Howard Counselman
John F. Caradine
135Th Medical Battalion
Joseph D. Viney
Dwight C. Coplien
Glenn L. Kubly
Willis J. Kohlhagen
Dwight L. Bump
Clarence L. Goecks
Harold F. Lehnherr
Werner D. Marti
John D. Faville
Harold E. Gissing
William H. Leopold, Jr
Richard O
William C. Cory
Arthur D. Dalton
Marvin A. Oar
Walter J. DeRemer
Joseph R. Dunlavey
Milo C. Grinnell
Daryl J. John
Francis S. Wagner
Arvin A. Bleiler
Robert J. Dunlavey
Stanley K. Douglas
Clinton C. Erickson
Ernest W. Mathis
Robert L. Phillips
A. Pinnow
Glenn A. Frant Vu
Fugitive Slayer Trapped After Kidnapping Case in Jersey
Warren Lee Irwin the 27 year old fugitive sought for murder and kidnapping was trapped by New Jersey state police in a wooded Delaware River area. Carolyn Baker 17 was found in a stolen car abandoned by Irwin after he was cornered. Irwin had forced his uncle to drive him toward Philadelphia then fled with the girl. FBI lists murder and kidnapping charges. a second nearby kidnapping is noted with two youths abducting a 19 year old in Arlington Virginia.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Warren Lee Irwin
New Jersey
Delaware River
Carolyn Baker
Washington
Irwin
Warrington
Harold Dando
Pennsylvania
Dando
George Brewer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Brewer
FBI
Midwest
Adeline Shagena
Oxford
Mich
Arlington
Carolyn Barker
Falls Church
Lawrence Gilbert
Gilbert
Britain warns Iran in oil control clash
Britain warns Iran in a note that seizing British oil facilities could bring grave consequences as the ICJ opened hearings on Iran oil nationalization. Ambassador Shepherd delivered the note. Mossadegh and Iran show no sign of compromise amid international pressure and protests in Tehran.
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Tehran
Britain
Iran
International Court of Justice
Hague
Francis Shepherd
Mossadegh
Abadan
Herbert Morrison
Truman
Netherlands
Jules Basdevant
County Induction Call To Be Smallest Here
Charles A. Booth draft board clerk said four men will leave here July 10 under the present law. Ten men will report July 17 for pre induction physical examinations.
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Charles A. Booth
Board Recommends Walter Ekum for City Engineering Post
The board of public works unanimously backs hiring Walter Ekum to lead city engineering starting July 1 with a salary of 325 dollars monthly plus 30 dollars monthly car expense. The panel also approves a 65 dollar per 54 hour week mechanic for the city garage and notes potential equipment purchases for the garage.
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Kenneth L. Mayer
The
Board of Water Commissioners
Water Department
Zenno A. Gorder
Times
Board of Public Works
Walter Ekum
Ekum
LaCrosse
Congress Passes Stop Gap Control Bans Rollbacks
Congress passed a stop gap bill extending the defense production act for July and banning price rollbacks and ceilings on goods from shoes to textiles. President Truman faces a noon decision on accepting or vetoing the temporary extension as a longer battle over broader powers looms. Senate action and House debates follow as federal controls continue to be adjusted. The production authority also plans to resume spare-tire production and reduce beer can allocations to save tin.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Office
di Salle
Senate
Carlos Powers
House
National Production Authority
Eston Brown 81 Former Rural Teacher Dies in Chester
Mrs Eston Brown born Martha Schroeder near Juda December 31 1870. She taught in Spring Grove and Jefferson townships then moved to Chester where she and Eston Brown farmed. Survived by husband two sons two daughters several grandchildren and a half brother Elmer Watertown. Funeral services set for Monday in Chester.
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Eston Brown
Spring Grove Township
Chester
S. D
Martha Schroeder
Brown
Juda
Carl A
Ernestina Bast Schroeder
Spring Grove
Jefferson Township
Jesse, Juda
Newsprint Price Rise Takes Effect Tomorrow
A $10 per ton increase raises the price to $116 for newsprint supplied to The Evening Times and most U S newspapers. The rise was ordered by eleven Canadian mill producers and faced objections from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Times
United States
Truman Appeals for Treaty Aid in Mutual Defense Funding
President Truman urged Congress to restore funding for North Atlantic defense armaments after a Senate approved stopgap would cut July contracts from $900 million to $250 million a month. Senate delays action while committees plan a possible compromise before House approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
McFarland
D-Ariz
Appropriations Committee
North Korea
Ridgway
Manchuria
United Nations
Russia
Red China
Republic of Korea
State Accident Toll Hits Eight
Eight people died in Wisconsin accidents reported today. The fatalities include Fred Kemmerling and Mrs. John Krak near Millston, and two Chicago women at Elk Hart Lake. Other deaths involved Allen Fitzsimmons in Mineral Point, James McGill in Dodgeville, Stanley Blocks near Lancaster, Carl Jacobson on Washington Island, and additional injuries across multiple incidents.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Millston
Fred Kemmerling
John Krak
Milwaukee
Krak
Betty Helen
J. C. Strack
Duncan
Mich
Donald Wyss
Black River Falls
Milwaukee Road
Elkhart Lake
Chicago
Jennie Gold
Tillie Glickman
Herman Glickman
Allen Fitzsimmons
Mineral Point
James McGill
Avoca
Dodgeville
Ace
Nele Flynn
Stanley Block
Lancaster
Carl Jacobson
Washington Island
Door County
Blaine Olson
Ridgway Asks Communists to Talk Amid Truce Efforts
Gen Ridgway invites cease fire talks with communist forces aboard the Danish hospital ship Jutlandia off Wonsan as U N explores armistice options. Moscow Peiping Pyongyang react with calls for intensified war others question prospects and Indian mediation.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Red
Matthew B. Ridgway
Peiing
Pyongyang
Ridgway
India
U. N
Moscow
Jutlandia
Peiping
Moscow Radio
U. S
Japan
Trygve Lie
Korea
Wonsan
Haven
Pusan
Kumhwa
School merger vote fails in Green County referendum
In New Glarus two districts vote 152 to 106 against consolidation. Pioneer district shows 9 22 and the village joint district 76 106 while township 21 24 vote against. The referendum was ordered by Green County school authorities.
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New Glarus
Pioneer
Green County School Committee
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C. E. and I
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Brush Creek
Far West
United DC
A.l.groshong
Jersey
England
Board
Peter S. Solomon
E. J. Norton
H. L. Schindler
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Roger Elmer
Frank A. Buehler
Laeser
Chester,s.d
Peng Teh Wuai
McKellar
Dtenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
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