Wisconsin Road Investors Split
Wisconsin Central faces a split with two boards over charter rules on dividends. At a stormy 14-stockholder meeting, common shareholders elected a full 11 member board and re elected officers C. T. Jaffray G. M. Webster J. C. Peterson all of Minneapolis. Preferred stockholders elected six, then held a rump meeting naming Abraham Warner Baltimore H. H. Kiernan Norfolk executives and J. M. Baths Chicago as vice president.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Central Railway
J. C. Peterson
Minneapolis
Abraham Warner
Baltimore
H. H. Kiernan
Norfolk
J. M. Baths
Chicago
ICC veto stalls auto freight rate cuts
The Interstate Commerce Commission yesterday temporarily vetoed proposed railroad freight rate reductions on automobile shipments westward from Kansas City Missouri and Kenosha and Racine Wisconsin. The cuts, nine to 21 percent on car load lots of autos and parts, would have applied to shipments from three Midwest points to Nebraska Wyoming and Colorado.
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Walmington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Midwest
Kansas City
Kenosha
Racine
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Deep South Rights Leaders Back Two Year Fight Ahead
In Cleveland Mississippi the party executive committee approved an ambitious precinct by precinct plan to gain full control of Jackson and push a two year campaign against Truman's welfare state. The move targets states along the deep south including 14 delegations expected at today’s meeting as Byrd issues sharpen the southern stance.
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Cleveland
Miss
Jackson
Truman
Executive Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Plan Bible School in Wrangevine June 6 to 16
Churches plan a daily vacation Bible school from June 6 through June 16. A teachers meeting is scheduled for Friday at 8 at the home of Rev. Frederick Rick lef.
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Wrangevine
Frederick Ricklef
Agricultural notes on breeders and grassland farming trends
Farmers repair wind storm damage in Green County while Holstein Friesian herds begin using Landrace stock. A Trempealeau Buffalo La Crosse survey highlights low cost grassland farming. Spring cleanup campaign aids rural safety with no fixed dates. Fertilizer timing affects grain and forage crops including clover and alfalfa.
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Trempealeau
Buffalo
la Crosse
National Fire Protection Association
Appleton Man Heads Lutherans Congress in Madison
Dr. W H Behrens of Appleton was re elected president of the Wisconsin district congress of the American Lutheran church. The district comprises 163 member churches with over 60 000 communicants registered.
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Appleton
Lutherans’ Congress
Madison
W. H. Behrens
Wisconsin District Congress
Barron County Approves New Jail Plan on Vote
Barron County board approves building a new jail at 106000 dollars with a 30 to 19 vote, reversing a 29 to 22 decision from the April 19 meeting.
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Barron County
Barron
Dane Office Seeks Dane Seat By Union Labor News Manager
William Prox mire, business manager of the Union Labor News, a Madison federation of labor publication, announced today he would run for the state assembly from the second Dane county district on the Democratic ticket. The district is represented by John Blaska of Marshall.
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Dane
Madison
William Proxmire
Union Labor News
Madison Federation of Labor
State Assembly
Dane County
John Blaska
Marshall
Attica cheese plant gains state approval and new owner
Helen E Steari Equipment joins the Attica cheese facility near Albany, with Walter Wieland of Evansville planning to begin operations soon. Stanley Everson, state dairy inspector, approves the plant, idle over a decade. Wieland bought the factory, converting it from Limburg to Swiss cheese in his spare time. A new intake room is under construction at the Brager factory near Richardville. In 1949 farmers sold 73.1 billion pounds of milk to plants and dealers, while buttermilk fat in cream reached 758 million pounds, up two percent from 1948.
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Helen E. Steari
Attica
Albany
Walter Wieland
Evansville
Stanley Everson
Wieland
BAE
Farm milk output hits record despite small herd
Produced on farms amounted to 119.1 billion pounds. An all-time high production for cow from the smallest number of milk cows since 1930 resulted in the third highest farm milk output of record. Edwin Goecks of Kraft Foods received a five year traffic-free ring from Kraft manager W. E. Wenger. Parkie Hill cheese factory near Monroe will be remodeled after the flush season. The ancient Phrygians were largely herdsmen and small farmers.
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Hal- Harold Blumer
Manstein-Friesians
Arthroe
Henry Blumer
Stauffacher
Monroe
Association of America
Edwin Goecks
Kraft Foods
Parkie Hill
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Wisconsin Road Investors
ICC
Sun Cope
Kleg
Plan Bible School
Green County
Buick
Suren
Fisher
11Th Street
Badger Motors
Wlad
Brager
Richardvill
Nesco
Bauman
W. E. Wenger
Kraft
Ryan Ved
Gardner
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