Wisconsin Swiss Cheese Day Set For May 19 at Capitol
Congressmen Smith and McSweeney announce a no contest cheese sampling event next Friday, with Green County and Ohio cheese samples offered to senators and representatives. No official vote, but guests including Speaker Rayburn, Vice President Barkley, and J. Edgar Hoover will attend. Local Wisconsin plans include a Madison to Washington flight on May 18 and return May 19, with Cheese Day organizers and a prize wheel to be chosen later.
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Wisconsin
Ohio
Smith
Congress
Senate
House
Green County
Fn House
Rayburn
Barkley
Capitol
J. Edgar Hoover
Monroe
Washington
Rudy Burkhalter
Betty Kneubuehl
Dwight A. Crandall
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Glarus
Northwest Airlines
Madison
Crandall
Cheese Day, Inc
Democrats Ready For Chicago Show
Chicago hosts a three day Jefferson Celebration to welcome President Truman and energize congressional campaigns. 3,000 party workers, 25 000 balloons, a Jefferson pageant, and appearances by Gene Autry Elizabeth Taylor Margaret OBrien and Conrad Hilton Jr mark the event. Truman will speak Monday night at Chicago Stadium as party leaders praise the president.
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Chicago
Truman
Lucas
D-Ill
Chicago Stadium
Washington
Gene Autry
Margaret O'Brien
Elizabeth Taylor
Conrad Hilton Jr
William M. Baycratic
Thomas Jefferson
Boyle
Membership Clause Dropped in ABC Vote
The American Bowling Congress rescinded a rule restricting membership to white males, opening membership to all. Delegates met briefly and voted to amend the constitution charter and by-laws, ending a policy in place since 1916.
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ABC
Nowmpus
American Bowling Congress
Navy Viking rocket tops altitude record at sea launch
The navy said a Viking single stage rocket rose 106.4 miles from the ship Norton Sound in the mid Pacific, marking a new American built single stage altitude record and the first ship launch for the Viking upper atmosphere research rocket. The previous U S record was 78 miles aboard the Aerobee.
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Washington
White Sands
Navy
Aerobee
Norton Sound
Floods Subsiding In Stricken Areas
Floodwaters receding in Nebraska and Oklahoma with damage in the millions. Death toll 26 in Nebraska and 22 in Oklahoma. Red River at Winnipeg reaches 29 feet 8 inches, a century high, as Manitoba flood subdues near Winnipeg. 40,000 Manitoba residents flee to Winnipeg and Brandon. Mississippi river warnings remain as crests shift across Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Red River
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Winnipeg Tribune
Twin Cities
Mississippi River
Redwing
Minn
LaCrosse
Federal Weather Bureau
Winona
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Weckler Case Sheriff Dies of Fall Injuries
Jefferson county sheriff George Perry, 52, who resigned in 1947 after an investigation, died at a Watertown hospital from a basal skull fracture after a fall at his home. Services will be held Saturday at Ixonia.
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Georgia
Jean Weckler
Ft. Atkinson
Watertown
Perry
Ixonia
Senate Defeats Truman on NLRB Counsel Reorganization
Senate rejected Truman's plan to reorganize the National Labor Relations Board by a 53 to 30 vote with 18 Democrats joining 35 Republicans. Hours later a 65 to 13 vote killed another Truman proposal affecting the comptroller of the currency. Taft and Wherry hailed the votes as a victory for GOP and southern Democrats against the fair deal.
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Washington
Senate
National Labor Reations Board
Repulicans
Congress
South
Truman
Wherry
Nebraska
Labor Board
Scott Lucas
Lucas
Dill
NLRB
Taft
Ohio
Robert N. Denham
Secretary of the Treasury
Wiley
McCarthy
Dr J H Frazer Dies in New York City
Dr Jewett H Frazer 68 son in law of Mrs Carl Marty Jr died yesterday morning in New York City. Born April 13 1882 in Jeffersonville Indiana he attended University of Louisville medical school and married Grace E Jones December 27 1920. A former Arlington Chemical Co Yonkers representative and World War I medical division captain he is survived by widow a daughter Frances Ellen Frazer one brother Howard two sisters Mrs Wyant and Mrs Pauline Best Services Monday at 2:30 pm Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev Paul C Kehle and Masonic graveside rites at Greenwood cemetery.
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Jewett H. Frazer
Carl Marty Jr
New York City
Frazer
Eugene
Ida Frazer
Jeffersonville
Ind
University of Louisville
Grace E. Jones
Marty
Edna Leiser
Monroe
Arlington Chemical Co
Paul C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Firemen test new hose lay at Schiller blaze
Oil fire at the rear of Victor Schiller residence on 2581 13th street triggered a four oclock response no city department call. damage minimal though the fairgrounds board fence was threatened. Firemen used a new two man hose lay with truck pull and end snub to hydrant.
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Victor Schiller
13Th Street
Small homes burn at Blanchardville
Three one room homes at the west edge of Blanchardville were leveled by a blaze at 3 a m. Alvin Wallack 40 was burned on the hands and face while Ingwell Ula 73 escaped. William Smith and T J Watson alerted volunteers as 80 year old Andrew Kolden was rescued by his nephew Oscar Kammerode. Mull en owner of a home escaped. The cause was not determined. A fourth home survived.♀♀♀
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Blanchardville
Alvin Wallack
Ingwell Ula
William Smith
T. J. Watson
Andrew Kolden
Oscar Kammerode
William Mullen
Mullen
Warlack
State Cows Set New March Milk Production Record
Wisconsin cows produced 1 383 000 000 pounds in March despite adverse weather. The 1950 March output edged past earlier highs, with the 1948 record of 1 387 000 000 pounds noted. Farmers kept ample feed to support confined cows as prices rose modestly to 3.10 per hundredweight while cows averaged 220 dollars.
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Wisconsin
Private Hunting Case Ruling Wins Approval
The conservation commission upheld the department decision denying a license for a private hunting ground in Fond du Lac County. No formal action was taken on A. W. Orth of Fond du Lac’s appeal as the commission argued no action was needed. Commissioner Aberg said Orth may use the 360 acres he leases near Rosendale as private grounds.
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Conservation Department
Fond du Lac
The
Conservation Commission
A. W. Orth
Aberg
Orth
Rosendale
Albany Railroader Tegen Stays On After Fifty Years
Albany's veteran depot agent R B Tegen marks fifty years in railroading with memories of Albany and Brodhead change. He recalls livestock shipments fringing the freight house, passenger fares, and the shift from rail to road transport as trucks and cars dominate modern life. Parents once brought youths to the depot midweek to watch trains. now many locals never visit it. The piece notes, with nostalgia, how travel to Chicago once allowed a same day return, now requiring a car or "hook" to leave town.
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B. Tegen
Albany
Tegen
Brodhead
Chicago
200000 Workers Idle as Tieup Strikes Major Rail Routes
Chicago mediators pressed a new bid to end a nationwide locomotive firemen strike as 200000 workers remain idle. Violence flared with derailed and fired trains while railroads cut back service to emergency skeleton operations.
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Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Leverett Edwards
Vhe Quainers
Raiway
Charlotte
New York Central
James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway Lines
Southern
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Rail Union
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firen
Cheese Groups Plan May 19 Meeting at Turner Hall
A joint meeting of the Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association and the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association is set for 8 p m May 19 at Turner Hall. The event supports Cheese Day aims and officers of Cheese Day Inc are expected to attend to discuss ways to ensure a successful observance.
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Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Turner Hall
Cheese Day, Inc
Public Square Lighting Project Aims for Monday Finish
The O T Havy Co employee reports the new public square lighting may be ready by Monday or Tuesday night after 12 of 28 fixtures were lit last night. When complete, 20 lights will line the outside blocks and eight will illuminate the courthouse lawn, forming an even staggered pattern with a test light set at 12th Street and 16th Avenue.
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O. T. Havey Co
Court House
12Th Street
16Th Avenue
Goetz Suit Windup Awaits Accounting
The Goetz family and T. M. Ellis Jr. case over jointly owned Beloit theater properties is near settlement. An accountant for buyer L. F. Green, Milwaukee, is finalizing a check on theater business since the 1947 sale. The suit sought rescission of a warranty deed and was slated for trial after a settlement reached last Monday.
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Wigng
C. J. Goetz
T. M. Ellis Jr
Beloit
Janesville
Peterson and Kittelsen
Goetzes
Rock County
L. F. Green
Milwaukee
Court House Flag Pole Falls In Winds At Night
Winds toppled the Madison court house flag pole into a tree during the night. A plumber rethreaded the metal joints and hoisted the pole back into position this morning. The O T Havey Co crane from Madison assisted on the square lighted project. no damage resulted.
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Court House Lawn
Court House
O. T. Havey Co
Madison
Norwegian Ship Battles Fire in Pacific Near Yokohama
The radio station KPH picked up a distress signal from the Norwegian motorship Talisman reporting a fierce engine room fire. The reported position places the vessel about 300 miles east of Yokohama, Japan.
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Pacific
San Francisco
Radiomarine
KPH
Talisman
Yokohama
President presses repeal of Taft Hartley in Montana speech
President Truman vows continued fight to repeal the Taft Hartley act calling it an infringement on collective bargaining and a threat to labor gains. He says the law favors management and undermines labor, part of his cross country fair deal campaign and critique of critics who warn against government interference.
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Butte
Mont
Ruman
Truman
Cheddar Values Slip on Quarter Cent. Wisconsin Cheese Market
Cheddar prices drifted off by a quarter cent with weak trading on the Wisconsin cheese exchange. One car of cheddars quoted at 29 ½ cents and one car of single daisies at 31 cents. Bids for 60 day cheddars at 29 ½ cents were left unfilled while offers remained uncovered for several lots including cheddars at 29 ½ cents and daisies at 31 cents.
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Tyewmede
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
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George ¥. Perry
Jefferson County
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New York
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Orient
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Fleet
Asia
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Lincoln Park
Morning
Racine
R. H. Tegen
Stanton P. Steuri
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
Edwards
John R. Steelman
Elkhart
Cleveland
Collinwood
Baltic
Pentagon
U.S
Cmdr
M. W. Cagle
Goetz
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