Five Trains Stall In State’s Drifts
Five Chicago and North Western Railway trains carrying more than 600 passengers were marooned in deep snow drifts for up to 12 hours Sunday. Train 400 from Minneapolis to Milwaukee and Chicago bogged down near Adams for six hours with 260 aboard. Train 216 Ashland to Green Bay Milwaukee Chicago was stuck eight hours near Anston with 150 passengers. Three other North Western trains stalled at Randolph Campbellsport and Appleton.
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Chicago and North Western Railway
North Western
Minneapolis
Chicago
Adams
Here
Ashland
Green Bay
Brown County
Anston
Randolph
Campbellsport
Appleton
Death of 112-year-old Confederate veteran in Kingsport
John Salling, a 112-year-old Confederate veteran and one of two Civil War veterans in the nation, died of pneumonia in Kingsport Tennessee. He had been brought from Slant Virginia and survived by Walter Williams of Houston, who is 116 years old.
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Tenn
John Salling
Slant
Walter Williams
Houston
Williams
Eisenhower to Address Nation on Berlin Crisis Tonight
President Eisenhower will speak at 8:30 p.m. from the White House, broadcast on major networks. He is expected to press four power Berlin status and postwar agreements, urging firmness and opposing atomic war, with Mansfield urging outline terms for potential Soviet talks.
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Berlin
White House
Monroe
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D-Mont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Mrs. Mollie B. Tollefson Rites Planned in Monroe
Mollie B. Tollefson 80 longtime Monroe resident dies in Indianapolis. Rosary Wednesday night at Shriner-Neushwan der funeral home. Funeral Thursday with services at 9 a.m. in the funeral home and 9:30 a.m. at St. Victor's church. Burial in Calvary cemetery. Survivors include several brothers and sisters and daughter Mrs Flogerzi arriving from Riverside California.
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Monroe
Indianapolis
Freeport
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Calvary Cemetery
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Earl Flogerzi
Riverside
Calif
Col
William Tollefson
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Horace Tollefson
Louisville
Mollie Blotz
Martin
Judging Team Places Second at Beef Futurity Show
The Monroe FFA beef judging team earned second place in a field of 33 teams at the 5th Annual Beef Futurity Show in Madison. Members include Clarence Asmus Evan Siedenschlag and Richard Ammon. They were accompanied by Kenneth C. Allen Monroe vong instructor and FFA adviser.
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Madison
Clarence Asmus
Evan Siedschlag
Richard Ammon
Kenneth C. Allen
Monroe Vong
FFA
Ties Prediction on Snowfall Ends Amid Fresh Blizzard
Brodhead weather forecaster Leo M. Ties declares the latest blizzard should end the season as his family disputes the forecast. His wife claims 38 snowfalls have occurred this winter surpassing his earlier tally, while amateur astronomer Nathan Roth notes sunspot activity signaling more storms ahead.
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Brodhead
Ties
Roy
Tinker) Ties
Nathan Roth
Monroe
Duncan Hines Dies At 78 Creator Of Food Guides
Duncan Hines, 78, who built a business advising travelers on where to eat, died of lung cancer at his Bowling Green home. He published guides with restaurant and lodging recommendations and helped found Hines-Park Foods. The Duncan Hines Institute and Hines-Park Foods are owned by Procter and Gamble.
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Duncan Hines Institute
Ithaca
N.Y
Hines-Park Foods
Procter and Gamble
Switchman Killed In Milwaukee Freight Yard Accident
A Milwaukee Road switchman identified as James Paul Bercher aged 21 was killed this morning after falling from a moving freight train in the line's switching yards.
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Milwaukee Road
James Paul Bercher
Christ Strauss Dies at 85 in Browntown Farm Home
Christ Strauss 85, cheesemaker and farmer, died at 10 a.m. yesterday at his farm home on Route 1 Browntown after two years of heart illness. Born April 14 1873 in Interlochen Switzerland he immigrated in 1883 with his family to Monroe. He and Elise Badertscher married in 1895. survived by wife a son Leroy a daughter Helen Lingg and four grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Shriner Neu shwander funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Elise Badertscher
St. John’s Church
Tanner
Dan Stearns
Racine
Wood County
Tschudy
Argyle
Union Mill
Strauss
Albany
O’connor
Leroy
Helen Lingg
Polo, I
Fred
Sam
Dakota
Ill
John
Leaf River
Ernest
Paul H. Olm
Greenwood Cemetery
Snow plow train derails cripplets main line in Grafton
A Milwaukee Road snow plow train derailed in Grafton Wisconsin early today tearing up about 490 feet of track and cutting service on the main line of the Superior Division.
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Wis
Milwaukee Road
Superior
Monroe Cheesemakers rout Patch Grove for consolation title
Monroe clinched consolation honors in the LaCrosse WIAA sectional with an 87 to 55 victory over Patch Grove. Co captain Dave Grams scored 40 points while Dave Stauffacher added 12 and Pete Dannerbeck 10 as Monroe dominated with 38 field goals to Patch Grove’s 17 though fouls slowed them and gave the Beavers 21 free throws. Moris led Patch Grove with 22 points and Ross Harris had 18.
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Patch Grove
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Dave Stauffacher
Pete Dannerbeck
Moris
Beaver
Ross Harris
Endure Hardships Stranded Drivers Find Refuge Here
Four boys and a girl stranded while returning from Janesville earned over 13 dollars helping homeowners clear sidewalks and free cars. Dozens more motorists were trapped by drifts near Juda road and Schwarzenberger hill, with wagons and wreckers deployed to reopen routes. Local hospital staff and volunteers endured long shifts as crews aided stranded families and transportation resumed after the storm.
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Cuba City
Janesville
Death of Decatur Township farmer Ernest Kaderly
Ernest Kaderly 63, lifelong county resident and Decatur Township farmer, was found dead in a snowbank near his farm home after shoveling snow. He apparently died of a heart attack. Surviving are a son Clarence and two daughters along with four sisters and seven brothers. Services at Newcomer funeral home in Brodhead are pending word from Montana.
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Asra Hefty Kaderly
Monroe
Emma _ Bandi
Clarence
Robert Hauri
Sylvester Township
Robert Walders
Decatur
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Winslow
Walter Douglas
Brodhead
Frank Malkuch
Glendive
Mont
Sylvan Knell
Kuehl
Fred Kaderly
Andrew
Spring Grove
Roy
Edwin
Calvin
Monticello
Emil
Dakota
Ill
Henry
Rockford
Newcomer Funeral Home
Montana
Winter storms shut many schools and roads across county
A severe Wisconsin blizzard dumped up to eleven inches of snow with 50 mile an hour winds, closing all roads until the day before. Townships lack equipment, many rural lines and power out, schools canceled, dozens stranded, three deaths attributed to the storm.
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Wisconsin
Jordan
Brodhead
County Hospital
Junction House
Jack Erb
United Telephone Co
Albany
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Platteville State College
Sheriff's Department
Kenneth Mayer
Argyle Road
Cuba City
Janesville
Bill McCauley
Highway 11
Shullsburg
Lafayette County
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Pewaukee
Waukesha
la Crosse
Wausau
Loner Rock
Green Bay
Ernest Kaderly
Decatur Township
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Pete) Thoms
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