Monroe Quartet Wins State Title in Wisconsin FFA Meet
The Monroe Harmonizers quartet won first place at the Wisconsin Future Farmers of America state convention, earning an all expenses paid trip to the national FFA convention in Kansas City. They defeated Viroqua and Black River Falls who tied for second, with judges including Colby principal Harry Bender and State Superintendent Lloyd Schultz.
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Monroe _Harmonizers
FFA
Wisconsin
Future Farmers ‘of America
Northern Baptist Assembly
Green Lake
Monroe
Roy Roth
Albert Buri
Donald Timm
John
Jumbo) Stauffacher
Viroqua
Black River Falls
Harry Bender
Colby
Lloyd Schultz
Olga Ruth
Kansas City
Cuba
Hawaii
Theodore W. Falk
Glen Frautschy
Falk
Clarence H. Falk
Mosinee Mayor Improves After Stroke During May Day Protests
Mosinee Mayor Ralph Kronenwetter, 49, remained unconscious but showing signs of improvement after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had participated in a mock May Day protest depicting a communist dictatorship and collapsed at the climax as authorities said he faced high blood pressure and excitement from the event. He was hospitalized at St. Mary’s with oxygen ceased.
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Mosinee
Wausau
Ralph Kronenwetter
St. Mary's Hospital
E. Shannon
Kronenwetter
Merchants and Empleyes Take Third of Stalls in Public Square
Police Chief J H Schwaiger told city council that 36 percent of cars parked in non meter areas of the public square are owned by merchants or their employees. The count covered long periods and excluded short term parkers at meters. The center square posts, installed during repairs, have guided parking since last summer.
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Zhirty
J. H. Schwaiger
Cl Schwaiger
Frank A. Buehler
Schwaiger
Thes Center
Cheese Showdown in Wisconsin Ohio Cheese Sweepstakes
Monroe chamber of commerce president Dr W B Gnagi says the Wisconsin Ohio Swiss cheese showdown in Congress is now set for May 26. Previously Green county entry was to be flown to Washington May 11. Crandall and Kittelsen organized the trip. Gnagi met with Reps Smith and McSweeney. McSweeney seeks the showdown while a reply to Smiths cheese guilt challenge is expected. Dr and Mrs Gnagi return to the state tomorrow from the capital.
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Werogram
Aunes Sons
W. B. Gnagi
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Halls of Congress
Green County
Dwight A. Crandall
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Gnagi
Old Log Home and Farm Sold by Heir of Kellys
Williams family of 2269 16th Street purchased a 10-year-old log home and 40 acre farm four miles west of the city from Mrs. M. M. Murphy Freeport owner of the former Alfred Kelly property. They plan to build a new house, and have sold their city home to T. Roy Evenson and the Monroe chick. They will move before June 1. Williams is a rural mail carrier.
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Wir
Ana Mars
Williams
16Th Street
M. M. Murphy
Freeport
Alfred Kelly
T. Roy Evensons
Monroe Chickeries
Wisconsin Cheese Market Sees Steady Demand Amid Price Moves
State market news report indicates steady demand for American cheese in Wisconsin with selling prices showing variations. Noted price ranges include several brand categories such as daisies and longhorns, while other entries suggest mixed quotes and ongoing market activity.
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Uaction
Wisconsin
Amercan
Study of Traffic Ordered by Mayor and City Updates
Mayor Frank A. Buehler ordered a joint study of traffic with the chamber of commerce and city council police and safety committee to meet within two weeks after a chamber report urged better observance of signs and potential improvements. Aldermen Laeser and Elmer were elected health board leaders, and plans were outlined for a veterans housing rent handling shift to the treasurer and council committees.
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Chamber
Council
Police and Safety Committee
City Council
City
Chamber of Commerce
Frank A. Buehler
Sebastian Laeser Jr
City Health Board
Roger L. Elmer
Board of Public Works
E. J. Norton
Helen L. Gempeler
Buehler
Council Finance and Taxation Committee
Council Public Property Committee
Monroe High Names Badger Boy and Girl Representatives
Monroe selects John Anderbeck Jr and Mary Ann Huber for Badger Boy and Girl states with events in Ripon Madison. James Carroll chosen by Albany high school. Richard Schleim named by South Wayne. The program teaches government fundamentals with a week of camping and leadership rewards. Andereck and Huber families listed with addresses. Mary Ann to perform flute and piano in Madison.
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Slunroeigh School
Badger
Ripon
Madison
John Anderbeck, Jr
Mary Ann Huber
James Carroll
Albany
Jas
Richard Schliem
South Wayne
Green County Velture
Carroll
Monroe Legion Post
Schleim
State
Andereck
John E. Andereck
16Th Avenue
Mary Ann
Joseph Huber
17Th Avenue
Stassen Brands Truman Worst President in Speech
Harold E. Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania and former Minnesota governor, called President Truman the worst president and the cleverest politician in a New York City speech to the Manhattan Republican women’s auxiliary. He blamed Truman for the 1950 political situation and said the Pendergast school fostered dishonesty and weak idealism.
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New York
Harold E. Stassen
Truman
White House
West
Congress
Stassen
America
Pendergast School
Kansas City
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
GOP
Truman Invites Idaho Senator on Presidential Tour
President Truman invites Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho to ride his special train through Idaho as part of a western tour. Taylor had bolted the Democrats in 1948 to back Henry Wallace for vice president. In related news Republicans picked Senator Taft of Ohio to respond to Truman's May 15 Chicago address.
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Truman
Taylor
Washington
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
Taft
Ohio
Chicago
Lattimore Attacked Over His Wife in Probe Clash
Owen Lattimore blasted senators over an alleged attempt to attack him through his wife during the second day of Senate Foreign Relations Committee testimony. He cited a question about Mrs Lattimore lecturing at a 1943 San Francisco labor school named by a California committee. Lattimore and his wife could not recall details. He warned the tactic marked a new low in American politics and condemned McCarthy era charges that he is a Soviet agent.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Senators
Lattimore
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Fred
Senator Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Johns Hopkins University
Louis F. Budenz
Budenz
Daily Worker
Hickenlooper
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Field
Institute of Pacific Relations
Soviet asks MacArthur report on base rebuilding
Tokyo reported Soviet officials demanded General MacArthur explain rumors that the United States is rebuilding key Japanese naval and air bases. Moscow charged such rebuilding would violate allied occupation policies and threaten postwar control.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Russia
General MacArthur
United States
Fortune teller testifies in arsenic murder case
Waukesha widow Elsie Wrosch 46 is charged with first degree murder in the death of Barnard 70 after arsenic found in his body. A fortune teller 68 testified that the widow asked for arsenic to spray apple trees and allegedly admitted giving him lethal doses. Judge Nee len ordered the case bound over for trial despite defense challenges to the witness.
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Milwaukee
Elsie Wrosch
Waukesha
Barney
Wrosch
Barnard
Route 2
State Will Probe Medical Aid Cost in Wisconsin
Wisconsin state board of public welfare approves a detailed study of public assistance medical care as costs have surged nearly 300 percent in four years. The plan, using $15,000 in federal funds, aims to compare county cost schedules and recipient loads, and examine methods across counties and other states. Tramburg reports incidents at the state school for boys at Waukesha, including an alleged hanging attempt and a staffer's wife chased by an inmate. 15 to 20 large, aggressive boys cited as a core problem.
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Madison
State Board of Public Welfare
Wisconsin
William Tramburg
William Young
Rennebohm
Tramburg
George M. Keith
Young
Waukesha
Loyalty Board Sets Hearing On John S Service Case
The Loyalty and Security Board of the state department announced a hearing this month on the loyalty record of John S. Service, a professional foreign service officer recalled in March. Previously exon erated, the case was reopened after Senator McCarthy charged communists in the state department.
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ceeefiNgtor
State Department
Loyalty and Security Board
John S. Service Service
Foreign Service
McCarthy
R-Wis
Rainmaker in New York Faces Weather Backlash
New Yorkers beg Rainmaker Dr. Wallace E. Howell to turn off showers as rainfall disrupts daily life. Since Howell from Harvard started artificial rain work on March 14, the city has endured frequent precipitation and reservoirs sit at 83 percent capacity despite prior drought fears.
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Wallace E. Howell
New York City
Harvard
Howell
New York
Sahara
Committee Votes Cigaret Tax Cut in House
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to cut the tax on economy cigarets from 7 cents to 4.9 cents a pack, pushing total excise cuts above 1.06 billion dollars. Makers claim 12 cent packs could sell for 12 cents after federal cut. Treasury estimates save 90 million annually. The panel kept cigars' tax unchanged and set the 7 cent rate for packs over 12 cents.
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Asnington —Vry— Ine House
Ways and Means Committee
Imark
Treasury
Truman
Co K Riflemen Win Battalion First Place
Co K Riflemen won battalion first place with 1213 points in the regimental rifle shoot and captured the state’s No 1 high man Capt Theodore J Burgy commanding officer announced. The team finished second in regimental play to Co C Viroqua 1230 but held undisputed third battalion champions status with Sgt Arthur C Nondahl posting the top regimental score of 270.
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Tr. K. Monroe
Arthur C. Nondahl
Smathers Defeats Truman Supporter In Florida Primary
In Florida, Rep. George Smathers defeated Senator Claude Pepper by a wide margin in the Democratic primary. With 1,412 of 1,595 precincts reporting, Smathers led Pepper 349,211 to 283,084. Pepper conceded late, noting Smathers won his home county of Dade by 947 votes in 132,665 ballots.
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Associated Press
Claude Pepper
Florida
New Dealer
George Smathers
Pepper
Smathers
Truman
Dade
Taft
Death Notices Link Van Horn Family to Local Loss
Mrs Ella Van Horn of Commercial and Savings Bank reports the death of her son's wife Mrs Ray Heckman 69 after a stroke in Rockford hospital. Former Sara Footitt of Missouri, she leaves husband a son and one sister Mrs Van Horn and daughter Mrs William Nowatzki. Mrs Nowatzki returned from Harvey Illinois after funeral services for Ray Williams 69 husband of Lola Van Horn. Williams born Feb 6 1881 Hammond Indiana survived by wife five children two brothers and a half sister.
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Ella van Horn
Commercial and Savings Bank
Ray Heckman
Rockford
Sara Footitt
Missouri
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George F. Stauffacher
Gien Frautschy
Arleigh Frautschys
Kellys
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ervin L. Goecks
Lucius F. Smith
City Fire and Police Commission
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Memorial Day Committee
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Fair Deal
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John Maragon
Maragon
Loyalty Board Plans
Co. K Riflemen
Alabama
Guy Gabrielson
CIO
AFL
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Joseph T. Ferguson
Senate
Ferguson
Michiel V. Disalle
Toledo
Don H. Ebright
Frank J. Lausche
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