Harrison Smith Dies at Delafield
Harrison A. Smith 80 of Madison, pioneer utility official, died after brief illness at Clear View Home Delafield. He organized Southern Counties Power Co and Monroe Electric Co, directed industrial development for Wisconsin Power and Light Co 1924 1940, and held multiple Masonic titles. Survived by wife Katherine Bowen, two sons, a daughter, seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Services set at Frautschi funeral home with Masonic graveside rites.
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Harrison A. Smith
Madison
Robert F. Marty
Monroe
Clear View
Delafield
Mr. Smith
Rock County
Brodhead
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Monroe Electric Co
Southern Counties Power Co
Onroe
Stockton, Ill
Viroqua
Southern Counties
University of Wisconsin
General Electric
Katherine Bowen
Optimists Club
Madison Masonic Lodge
Robert Macey Commandery
Scottish Rite
Zor Shrine
Harry Sors Dies at 65 in Brodhead Wisconsin
Harry Sors 65 longtime Brodhead resident died yesterday at his home. Born May 13 1889 in Spring Valley Township he was the son of Henry and Augusta Hofmeister Sors. A farmer then carpenter he left three sisters and a brother all of Brodhead. World War I veteran and American Legion member services Saturday 2 pm Everson funeral home Brodhead Rev Marcus Lewis officiating with burial in Greenwood cemetery military graveside rites.
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Brodhead
Harry Sors
Spring Valley Township
Rock County
Henry
Augusta Hofmeister Sors
Sors
Frank Hafeman
Lillian Barret
Jennie Sors
Charles Sors
American Legion
Everson Funeral Home
Marcus Lewis
Luther Valley
Greenwood Cemetery
Fluoridation Panel To Answer Audience Questions
Officials running tonight's fluoridation panel say no talks will be given. A short film will explain why fluoridation is urged followed by a panel answering audience questions. The Courthouse discussion runs from 8 30 p m to 9 30 p m.
$1,800 Missing From Federal Plant Missing Bills
Washington bureau director Henry J. Holtzclaw disclosed that $1,800 in the form of 100 sheets of unfinished $1 bills are missing from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The FBI has taken over the case as earlier $1,000 in $10 bills were found missing from a Boston shipment.
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Washington
Henry J. Holtzclaw
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Holtzclaw
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
FBI
Crash Victims In Brodhead Area Fourteen Hurt In Early Morning Wreck
One car rollover on Highway 11 two miles east of Brodhead sent seven teenagers to area hospitals. Lawrence Saunders Jr. 18 remains in critical condition with a skull fracture and brain injury. Willis Gritzmaker 18 has a broken neck and arm nerve damage. Janet and Joyce Day, 16 and 15, and Richard Bouton 17 recover from back injuries or are discharged soon. Doris Wardlow 17 is in good shape and will leave soon. Ernest Fry 15 sustained a fractured right arm but was not hospitalized. The vehicle, driven by Bouton, reportedly traveled at high speed, left the road after hitting a dip and rolled over. The crash occurred around 1 a.m. two miles east of Brodhead in Rock County.
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Lawrence Saunders Jr
Lawrence Saunders Sr
Brodhead
St. Clare Hospital
Saunders
Willis Gritzmaker
Lee Gritzmaker
Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Navy
Janet
Joyce Day
Richard Bouton
Stanley Bouton
Doris Wardlow
Homer Wardlow
20Th Street
Ernest Fry
Highway 11
Rock County
Stock Prices Slide In Moderate Trading
New York stock market fell moderately as investors focused on atomic stocks. Iron Works led activity with a first hour surge amid merger rumors, which the company denied Tuesday night. Bath Iron trading paused at open before blocks changed hands at 63 1/2. The stock dipped to a 11 point loss before partial rebound.
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New York
Bath Iron
McCormick in Serious Condition at Illinois Farm Home
Colonel Robert R. McCormick editor of the Chicago Tribune is seriously ill at his Wheaton area farm home. Dr. Theodore F. Van Dellen said McCormick, 74, who has been at the residence since March 17, had taken a turn for the worse and remains in serious condition.
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Chicago
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Wheaton
Theodore F. van Dellen
Dinner Honors Monroe Civic Servants at Club Event
Citizens serving on Monroe boards and commissions were honored at a Mon roe Country Club dinner hosted by Mayor Brooks J. Dunwiddie and City Council members. The program highlighted long tenures on the Water Commission, Park and Recreation Commissioners, Police and Fire Commissioners, City Planning Commission, and the Board of Appeals. Notables included John A. Becker with 31 years of service and Bruce M. Blum who introduced members.
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Monroe
Monroe Country Club
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Dunwiddie
Becker
Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners
Lee Mitchell
John Schindler
Nell Cunningham
Wesly L. Dodge
Louis Blanc
Sebastian Laeser
Harold T. Snyder
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Dwight A. Crandall
W. C. Bender
G. E. Zuercher
F. Earl Lamboley
Emmett Norton
Bruce M. Blum
Mitchell
Arthur C. Benkett
Walter Blum
Schin
Mrs Allie Leng Rock County Died in Spring Valley Township
Mrs Allie Leng 80 died this morning at her home in Spring Valley Township Rock County Born January 20 1875 she was formerly Anna Hareman Surviving Marion Spring Valley Shirl Zimmerman Delavan and Ethel Pinnow Chicago Services pending at New Comer Funeral Home Brodhead
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Brodhead
Allie Leng
Spring Valley Township
Rock County
Anna Hareman
Marion
Spring Valley
Shirl Zimmerman
Delavan
Ethel Pinnow
Chicago
Newcomer Funeral Home
Swiss Cheese Prices Steady Across Markets
Wisconsin dairy buyers report steady to lower Swiss cheese prices with fair to good demand and ample offerings. 40 pound blocks run 33 to 34 percent moisture, other varieties around 35 to 37 percent. Domestic Swiss market steady to lower with light to ample offerings and prices up to 41 for state brand and 34 to 39 for grades.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Rural Youth Conservation Day committees named
Glen P. Ude announces the third Rural Youth Conservation Day set for May 6 with a school program at the high school auditorium courthouse Turner hall and part of the county Normal school. The effort, started in 1953, emphasizes conservation education and forestry this year. Community leaders and teachers outline committees for events including contests, displays, parade and publicity and plan to add a school scrapbook contest.
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Glen P. Ude
Chamber of Commerce
Ude
Turner Hall
County Normal School
Herbert H. Stauffacher
Grant Ritter
Myron E. Jeglum
Roy Lewis
Woodford
Irene C. Powers
Otto W. Lund
Paul F. Gleiter
Edwin Klassey
New Glarus
John Zweifel
Evergreen Tree
Wisconsin Dells
Ade
Bids Announced For Highway 11 Project
Turner and Son of Boscobel bid the largest road job at 748 631 dollars to grade 10 532 miles on Highway 11 spanning Green and Lafayette Counties. The project, the most extensive among 94 6 miles of improvements, aims to straighten curves and ease travel between Monroe and Dubuque. Kraemer and Sons bid 52 589 dollars for miscellaneous structures from Grat iot east to the county line.
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Turner and Son
Boscobel
Green
Lafayette
State Highway Commission
Green County
Lafayette County
Monroe
Dubuque
Kraemer and Sons
Gratiot
Highway 11
Chiang's Planes Blast Red Ships Near Matsus
Nationalist planes attacked a Red flotilla near the Matsus sinking one wooden craft and damaging seven ships including three gunboats. A second wave hit a concentration of wooden craft at the river mouth. Amoy shelling caused no damage and the Matsu garrison commander warned of possible attack at any time.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsus
Matsu Islands
Min River
Foochow
Amoy
Formosa Strait
Tatan
Defense Ministry
Matsu
Senate Moves Quick Approval On Military Pay Boost
The Senate is poised to approve a 750 million dollar pay raise for about half of the 3 million armed forces personnel. If the bill passes swiftly and is signed by President Eisenhower, increases take effect April 1, otherwise May. The plan targets enlisted personnel and certain officers with service thresholds, with varied percentages by rank and dangerous duty pay enhancements for specialized crews.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Eisenhower
Travis Attacks Kohler Tactics In Senate Clash
In Madison Sen Travis assailed Gov Kohler during a heated Senate debate over the higher education merger bill. Opponents failed to force a delay, using a parliamentary maneuver to lay the measure over to Friday as Rogan sought suspension of the rules. Kohler supporters stood firm though a two thirds vote failed, and Travis offered a substitute amendment that automatically delayed action.
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Madison
Sen
Travis
Platteville
Kohler
Senate
Trinke
Lake Geneva
Rogan
Ladysmith
Soviet deny Gromyko breach at London talks
The Soviet Foreign Ministry rejected claims that Andrei Gromyko violated a secrecy pledge by disclosing the USSR position during the London five power disarmament discussions.
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Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
London
Florists Fight Sunday Sales Ban On Furniture Stores
Florists join opponents arguing a Sunday ban would bar flower sales unless shops ran cigar counters or magazines. The bill would close all mercantile stores on Sundays except for food beverages sweets drugs auto fuel wearing apparel and periodicals. The hearing before the Senate judiciary committee followed Milwaukee Retail Furniture Association urging limits seen as class legislation.
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Madison
Senate Judiciary Committee
Milwaukee Retail Furniture Association
Prange
Plymouth
New Glarus Leader Joe Hoesly Dies After Tennessee Crash
Joe H. Hoesly aged 63 of New Glarus died in a Memphis hospital from injuries from a March 17 crash in Tennessee. He had been improving after brain surgery. Hoesly, a business and civic leader, helped found the Lions Club chapter and partnered in a real estate and insurance firm. Surviving wife, a son Harley, and three grandchildren. Services pending at Zentner Funeral Home. body arriving from Tennessee.
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Joe H. Hoesly
New Glarus
Memphis
Tennessee
Hoesly
Jackson
Tenn
New Glarus Lions Club
Zentner Funeral Home
Mrs. Hardell Stricken at 90 in Washington
Mrs. John W. Hardell aged 90 died yesterday in Washington after effects of a stroke. Funeral services will be Friday. Surviving are daughter Lelia and son Elmer P. both of Washington. another son and daughter preceded her in death. She was a native of Richmond, Virginia.
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John W. Hardell
Robert E. Hardell
Monroe
Washington, D. C
Eisenhower cautions on war talk and China attack plans
President Eisenhower urged less war talk and speculation about a Chinese attack on Quemoy and Matsu. He indicated no information of an imminent strike and said any such prophecy would require clearer data. He declined to state a U S response or reprimand for Admiral Carney.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Quemoy
Matsu
Robert B. Carney
Naval Operations
Carney
Matsus
United States
U. S
Congress
Formosa
Pescadores
Russia
Dulles
West Germany
Germany
Paris
Italy
France
White House
House
Senate
State to Boost Staff for School at Oregon and Wisconsin
Wisconsin Emergency Board approved additional facilities to house girls at Oregon and boys at Waukesha and more staff to care for them. John W. Tramburg, director of Public Welfare, cited rising populations at both facilities as the reason for the expansion.
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Madison
Oregon
Waukesha
Wisconsin Emergency Board
John W. Tramburg
Department of Public Welfare
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U.S
Arived
Harrison Smith
Old City Power Company
Marty
Frautschi Funeral Home
Robert J. Mitchell
Forest Hill Cemeny
Delmer Schreier
Havens Wilber
Earl Rothe
Ethra Paull
John Frederick
T. M. Melby
G. Fred Galli
C. Edward Allen
Robert H. Rieder
Allan F. Barnard
J. C. Calder
Virgil E. Brunkow
Leon J. Schroeder
H. L. Fenton
D. A. Crandall
T. J. Burgy Jr
Henry S. Hefty
Wesley L. Dodge
Glenn L. Kubly
William Figi
Ernest Spring
Raphael J. Daly
Franz W. Brand
Larry R. Lindgren
Charles A. Booth
Frank D. Kantro
Nick F. Calabresa
Kenneth C. Allen
Clarence R. Benkert
Norman O. Everson
Herbert E. Lanz
Highway
Chiang
Canada
Quebec Central Railways
St. Lambert de Levis
Quebec
Joe Hoesly
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