Founder of Famed Boys Town Stricken
The 61 year old Nebraska priest famed for his work with underprivileged boys died at 2:05 a.m. after receiving last rites from Catholic Army Chaplain Emmitt Walsh. Father Flanagan, who aided juvenile offenders, had toured Europe and Asia on youth missions and built Boys Town near Omaha from a $90 Christmas loan. Funeral services will be led by Father Flanagan and Army chaplains, with Rosary tonight and tomorrow. the body will be sent to the U.S. by plane.
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Nebraska
Emmitt Walsh
Walsh
Father Flanagan
Vienna
Pius XII
Germany
U.S. Army
Japan
Omaha
U.S
Sanaiin
Estry Ehlevery
Fianarad von Preysir
Meeelin
Gilbert Hoesly Named New Glarus Supervisor
Gilbert Hoesly named supervisor of New Glarus to fill the unexpired term of his brother E. J. who died May 5. Hoesly, former president, will serve until next spring’s election after meetings with the county board of supervisors in November and February terms. Appointment made by the village board. Princess Elizabeth sent deepest sympathy to Joseph P. Kennedy whose daughter the Marchioness of Hartington died in a plane crash in southern France Thursday night.
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Gilbert Hoesly
New Glarus
E. J
Gilbert
County Board of Supervisors
Hoesly
Paris
Elizabeth
Toay
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S
Great Britain
Marchioness of
Hartington
France
Dairy Farmers Threaten GOP Over Oleo Law Rally
A group of dairy farmers warns they will desert the Republican Party after protests over the oleomargarine law stirring animosity. They claim the party has moved from their 14 year stance and vow to seek alignment elsewhere.
Badger State Camp Candidates Named
Monroe high School selects five students for Badger State camp activities sponsored by the American Legion and auxiliary. Girls Nanci Moldenhauer and Donna Lois Olson attend the convention at University of Wisconsin dormitories. Boys Robert Brawand Richard Kundert and Donald Timmons go to Ripon College encampment. Monroe Kiwanis sponsors one boy. Badger State teaches citizenship duties and local government through lectures and meetings.
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Monroe High School
Badger State
American Legion
the Legion | Auxiliary
Sonvention
University of Wisconsin
Nanci Moldenhauer
Oscar A. Moldenhauer
8Th Street
Donna Lois Olson
Edna L. Olson
Ripon College
Robert Brawand
Fred E. Brawand
10Th Street
Richard Kundert
Henry Kundert
17Th Avenue
Donald “Timmons
William’ J. Timmons
3Th
Ripon
Madison
the Legion Auxiliary
Monroe Kiwanis
Badger
Wisconsin
600 Soldiers Halt St Paul Disorders With Bayonet Line
South St Paul UP main street scene as 600 National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets clear a 500-strong crowd at the Swift & Co plant. Col. Lester Hancock orders dispersal and a 12 block exclusion zone. Workers enter amid tense scuffles and guardsmen reinforce lines.
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St. Paul
South St. Paul
National
Swift and Co
Lester Hancock
Hancock
Concord St
Swift
Armour Plants
Grandvenue
National Guard
Dakota County District Court
Natal
Cudahy
Newport
Mississippi River
Toja
Stock Buying Rush Recalls 29 Market Frenzy in New York
A surge of buying orders flooded the New York stock market echoing the 1929 boom as prices edged up and the ticker struggled to keep up. Brokers shouted bids while blocks of shares exchanged hands, with domestic rearmament and European aid programs cited as sustaining activity into the near future.
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New York
Financial District
Viesors
Board To Meet Weeks Council Not in Session
The board of public works voted to meet only in weeks without council meetings. City council meets first and third Tuesdays, so the board will convene twice monthly, sometimes three times when five Tuesdays occur. Last night it granted six minor permits and approved the weekly payroll of 497.80 dollars.
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Board of Public Works
City Hall
Green County Sees Ninth Measurable Rain of May
Green County was soaked by .65 inches of rain late yesterday and last night, the ninth measurable rainfall in May, bringing monthly total to 5.69 inches. Farmers face more planting delays as lines from Wisconsin Power and United Telephone were disrupted. Weather outlook predicts cooler, generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday in eastern areas.
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Green County
Wisconsin Power
United Telephone Co
New Glarus Woman Catherine Hefty Dies at 83
Catherine Hefty 83 died last evening at 5 36 at her daughter Mrs Margaret Wilde’s home after a long illness. She lived with her daughter since 1916 after her husband Fred S Hefty died. Survived by daughter, son Fred F Hefty of Portland Oregon, brother William of Portage, two grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm tomorrow Zeather funeral home New Glarus Rev W J Stuckey officiating burial Sw Evangelical church cemetery. Dr Louise Eby noted religious scholar and author died yesterday.
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Catherine Hefty
Margaret Wilde
Dora Larbacher
Fred S. Hefty
Mr Wilde
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Fred F. Hefty
Portland
Ore
William
Portage
Truman weighs lifting arms embargo on Middle East
Washington reports President Truman considers ending the U S embargo on arms shipments to the Middle East. A White House official says lifting could allow Arabs and Jews in the new state of Israel to buy weapons in the United States as the U S weighs exchange of diplomats.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Middle East
White House
Israel
U. S
United Nations
Charles
Ross
Palestine
U.S
Soviet Union
Two of Three Trapped Coal Miners Rescued Shamokin Pa
Two exhausted miners Edward Heck and Peter Gorton, both of Shamokin, were rescued from a flooded Shamokin coal pit after more than 80 hours trapped since Wednesday. They were taken to Shamokin state hospital for food, then bathed and put to bed. They reported believing companion Charles Bashore remained trapped in a lower level.
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Shamokin
Edward Heck
Peter Gorton
Shamokin State Hospital
Ndr
Charles Bashore
Baumgartner Re elected President of Green County Co op
William C. Baumgartner of Monroe was re elected president of the Green County Dairy Herd Improvement cooperative at the board of rectors meeting in the courthouse. Ben Miller Juda and Arleigh Frautschy Clarnoj were named officers. New terms assigned for directors as the group grows to 540 members with 11 new milk testing and nine new artificial breeding contracts approved.
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William C. Baumgartner
Route 2
Monroe
Green County Dairy Herd Improvement
Court House
Green County Breeders Association
Ben Miller
Juda
Arleigh Frautschy
Clarnoj
Hoesly
Folkedahl
Miller
Emil Schiester
South Wayne
Ralph Staufffacher
Frautschy
Baumgartner
Co-Operative
Green County
Probe Of Alleged Forgery Promised
The House un American Activities Committee received a flood of protests against an anti communist bill and called for an FBI probe. Chairman McDowell said he would request an investigation into alleged forgery aimed at intimidating congress members, noting many letters appeared to bear signatures of prominent citizens.
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Washington
House UN- American Activities Committee
House
Communist Party
Cting
McDowell
R-Pa
FBI
Congress
Wisconsin centennial marked by progress and industry
Wisconsin marks its 100th year of statehood with a year long celebration. The dairy leader touts progress, republican roots, and major investments as public and private sectors showcase a century of growth at fairs, expositions, and planned exhibits.
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Wisconsin
Byrren Snyder
Madison
Midwest
Old
Northwest Territory
Tel Aviv Attacked By Planes As Arab Forces Open Drive
Tel Aviv was struck from the air in three attacks as Arab forces began a coast to desert invasion. Haganah reported Egyptian and Trans-Jordanian incursions threatens northern and southern fronts with Jordan river settlements shelled. One Jew killed, one Egyptian pilot captured.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Haganah
Lebanon
Negeb Desert
Trans-Jordan
Jordan Valley
Jericho
Abdullah
Palestine
Allenby Bridge
Judean Hills
United Nations
U.S
Mg Yyuen
Gaza
al Dangor
Cairo
Damascus
Mardam Bey
Arab League
Haifa
Sea of Galilee
Jerusalem
Ein Zurim
Revadin
Holy City
U N Security Council Calls Emergency Session
The United Nations Security Council met today at the request of Alexandre Parodi of France to address the influx of Egyptian troops into Palestine. The emergency session was convened to discuss the developing crisis and possible council responses.
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United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Alexandre Parodi
France
Security Council
Marketing chiefs rise at Cheese Producers Marketing
Shager and Harvey H Trumpy head Marketing Operations after the death of E A Janke. Trumpy serves as executive secretary and Shager as sales manager. Both have eight years with the association. Trumpy is from Green County and Shager has lived in the area 21 years, previously from Lafayette County. RACINE The Western Printing and Lithographing Co. announced a ten year Disney book publishing rights contract.
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Shager
Harvey H Trumpy
Cheese Producers Marketing Association
E. A. Janke
Marketing Association
Trumpy
Green County
Lafayette County
Racine
The
Western Printing and Lithographing Co
Walt Disney Productions
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Joseph Heil
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Centennial Friendship Committee
Robert Ewens
Wisconsin Manufacturing Association
Boys Town
Berlin
Glarus
Republican Party
Badger State Camp
Iraq
Guy N
Tiny) Cherry
Hollywood
Calif
R. T. Holroyd
Tolar
Tex
Weeks
Louise Eby
Evy
Milwaukee Downer College
David Ben Guion
W. C. Baumgartner
State Fabric Exposition Board
Legis
State Conservation Department
North Woods
Jean Nicolet
Green Bay
Champlain
New France
Lake Huron
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Mexico
Israel’s Army
U.N. Council
Ern
Negev
Nirim
Kfar Haderom
Jaganah
Zaire
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