Rites Set Friday For Mrs Heckman
Mrs. Ray Heckman 70 born Sarah Footitt of Darlington died yesterday in Rockford. She lived 13 years in Rockford and worked 11 years at Winnebago County Hospital. Funeral 2 tomorrow at Graham funeral home Warren with Rev. Roy Berg officiating. burial Nora cemetery. Survived by husband LeRoy, his mother, a son, three grandchildren, and sister Mollie Forry of Freeport.
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Ray Heckman
Darlington
Ella van Horn
Monroe
Graham Funeral Home
Warren
Roy Berg
Nora Congregational Church
Nora Cemetery
Mcallister
Mrs Clara Wang Wiota Native Dies in Rockford Home
Wiota native Mrs. Clara A. Wang 66 was found dead at her Rockford home. Born March 28 1884 in Wiota she had lived in Rockford 22 years. Survived by three sons Ogden Howard Lawrence a daughter Mrs Earl Seaton two sisters and a brother. Arrangements pending at Fred C Olson mortuary Rockford.
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Wiota
Clara A. Wang
Rockford
Ogden
Earl Seaton
Park
Minnie Tollakson
Oswald Olson
Woodford
Henry Hoag
Glenville
Minn
Fred C. Olson
Editor at Mosinee Brushes Off Red Debate
Francis Schweinler editor of the Mosinee Times dismisses a challenge from Fred Blair of the Wisconsin Communist Party to debate a May Day demonstration. The Daily Worker also sought his comment but Schweinler called the offer nuts and hung up.
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Mosinee
Francis Schweinler
Mosinee Times
Schweinler
Fred Blair
Communist Party
Wisconsin
Blair
Daily Worker
New York
Arsenal explosion in Sicily kills fourteen workers
In Catania Sicily a stash of heavy aerial bombs exploded while workers disarming them for extraction of explosive material. Fourteen people died and forty were injured as the bombs detonated, burying victims beneath earth and debris.
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Catania
Sicily
County Legion Plan Provides Free Emergency Equipment
The Green County American Legion council funds health and emergency gear for county residents through magazine sales proceeds. Since 1946 to 1948 the group bought a fracture hospital bed a polio pack machine a slide and strip film projector a pneumophor a wheelchair and other devices, all for public use with hospital and nurse supervision.
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Jacob J. Bruni
New Glarus
Green County Legion Council
George S. Barry
Monroe
Council
Legionnaires
Green County Council of the American Legion
E. O. Osborne
Albany
Jacob Bruni
Bruni
Monroe City
St. Clare Hospital
Theodore J. Burgy
County Council
Rapids City Clerk Seeks State Secretary Nomination
Wisconsin Rapids city clerk Nels M. Justeson 44 announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state. He has served as city clerk for 18 years, is married with two sons, and was born in Carson town Portage County. He studied in local schools and at Lawrence College.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Nels M. Justeson
Justeson
Carson
Portage County
Lawrence College
Jobless Aid Checks Dropped for April
State unemployment payments in April totaled 1.544 million dollars, down 851 thousand from the previous month. The report notes reduced benefit outlays as employment conditions shift and claims activity eases.
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Madison
Industrial commission reports April benefit payments fall
The industrial commission noted a drop in weekly benefit checks at the end of April, the first decline in five months. April disbursements totaled 1.495 million dollars for jobless civilians and 59 thousand dollars in federal readjustment allowances to unemployed veterans.
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Industrial Commission
Oshkosh salesman dies en route to hospital in Milwaukee
George E. Gobrecht, 49, an Oshkosh salesman registered at a Milwaukee hotel, died Wednesday while being transported to a hospital in an ambulance he initially refused. He complained of chest pains to hotel staff and asked for a doctor before the ambulance was called.
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Milwaukee
George E. Gobrecht
Oshkosh
Gobrecht
Livestock and grain prices at Chicago markets
Salable hogs 7 000 fairly active with 25 50 cent gains on under 250 lb. top 18 50. Cattle 5 000 salable with slower demand, steers over 1 050 lb dull 25 50 cents lower. good cows steady to weak. Live poultry steady. eggs and butter largely unchanged. Grains volatile as soybeans lead. corn No 2 yellow around 1 48, oats weak, wheat fluctuating.
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Chicago
USDA
F.o.b
Wall Street TV Stocks Lead Market Decline
New York radio television stocks fell about three points as market activity remained brisk with a narrow price pattern. TV group faced slowup in sales while Motorola and Zenith dropped two points or more. Emerson Admiral Philco slipped over a point. Radio Corp Magnavox and International Telephone posted fractional losses.
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New York
Motorola
Zenith
Emerson
Admiral
Philco
Radio Corp
Magnavox
International Telephone
Driller Electrocuted Near Medford Wisconsin
Ben Wigstadt, 60, of Dorchester, was electrocuted Wednesday when the boom of a drilling rig struck a high voltage power line near Stetsonville.
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Medford
Wis
Ben Wigstadt
Dorchester
Stetsonville
Alloy Formation Across Metal Mixtures
When two or more metals are combined the product is called an alloy. The term describes a substance with properties different from its constituent metals, often created to improve strength hardness or durability.
Wisconsin Cheese and Butter Dominate National Markets
A state agriculture study shows Wisconsin ships 96 percent of its cheese out of state with six major markets in New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston San Francisco and Los Angeles receiving 145 215 000 pounds in 1948. New York bought 68 percent of its cheese from Wisconsin while butter receipts in Chicago totaled nearly 22 million pounds.
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Helen E. Stears
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Don E. Wilkinson
USDA
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Wisconsin Alcoholism Costs Put At 23 Million Yearly
Dr. Walter O. Cromwell, head of the bureau of alcohol studies, told the Wisconsin state welfare board that chronic alcoholics and excessive drinkers cost the state over 23 million annually. He urged expanding the bureau and funding it with 5 percent of liquor tax net revenues.
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Madison
Walter O. Cromwell
Bureau of Alcohol Studies
Wisconsin
Cromwell
State Board of Public Welfare
Welfare Department
Waupun
Taycheedah
Mendota
Winnebago
Darling Tells Court About Night of Mishap
Green Bay Wisconsin Bernard Darling former Big Ten football official testified he was not drunk on Halloween night when 15 year old Shirley Mae Trout died in an auto accident. He said he felt a bump on Mission road twice while driving to Allouez avenue then found damage to his car at home and reported it.
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Green Bay
Bernard
Boobh
Darling
Shirley Mae _ Trout
Big Ten
Allouez Avenue
Mission Road
Churchill Daughter Signs Film Contract for Royal Wedding
Hollywood reports 36 year old Sarah Churchill daughter of Winston Churchill has signed a movie contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to play the romantic lead opposite Fred Astaire in the film Royal Wedding. The studio announced the casting and the high profile pairing for the upcoming production.
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Hollywood
Sarah Churchill
Winston Churchill
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
Fred Astaire
Egg Yolks Among Rich Vitamin D Sources
Egg yolks stand out as rich sources of Vitamin D, contributing to daily intake alongside fortified foods and sun exposure. Researchers highlight yolks as a natural dietary option for maintaining vitamin D levels.
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Mrs. Heckman
Clara Wang
Reds
County Legion
Rapids
Lanolin
Peggle
M.A
Wall Street
Lamboley Coal and Ice Co
Alvin Kranig
Krarig’s
IGE Service
13Th Avenue
St. Paul
Illinois Central
13Th Street
15Th Avenue
Organa
Americas
Johnston
F A. Johnston Company
Carload
Carload Tire Sale
Zecu Firestone
Firestone
Liberal
Che
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