County Schools To Graduate 145 In Six Exercises
Commencement exercises for 145 eighth grade graduates from Green County rural and state graded schools will be held at six locations. First ceremony was at Juda high school with 29 graduates. others at Albany, Brodhead, Monroe, Monticello, and New Glarus, with 13, 11, 73, 12, and 7 graduates respectively.
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Green County
Juda High School
Albany
Brodhead
Monroe
Monticello
Evangelical and Reformed Church
New Glarus
Memorial Day Plans Complete
Memorial Day plans are finalized with speakers, parade marshal, and cemetery program at Greenwood. Rev Paul Kehle will speak. Lt Glenn Kubly leads parade. Monroe high band to perform after grave decoration and flag raising. Route runs from 18th to 23rd avenues to Greenwood Circle with American flags for all marching children.
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Greenwood Cemetery
Memorial Day Committee
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s Church
Glenn L. Kubly
Co. K
Howard O. Schulz
Monroe High School
Allan F. Barnard
Sea Scout
Sheridan
Rev
L. E. Curtis
Assembly of God Tabernacle
Doran R. Zwygart
American Legion Post
Jack Marvin
Charles B. Marvin
Logan
Gary Scherer
Harold E. Scherer
Kehle
Theodore J. Burgy
Kubly
18Th Avenue
12Th Street
20Th Avenue
16Th Street
23Rd Avenue
128Th Infantry Regiment
32Nd Division
Wisconsin National Guard
Daughters of the American Revolution
Women’s Relief Corps
Recreation Park
22Nd Avenue
Car Plunges Into Creek Off Route 2 Juda
Roy Webb Jr. and Gerald Sawdey escaped with minor injuries after a car driven by Webb struck a bridge and plunged into Allen's Creek at 9 last night. The wreck left the vehicle in three feet of water and Webb suffered facial and arm wounds while Sawdey sustained knee caps and back injuries.
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Roy Webb Jr
Juda
Gerald Sawdey
Webb
Allen’s Creek
Jack Blumer
Albany
Green County Sheriff’s Department
Sawdey
Western Union Proposes Conditional Wage Increase
Western Union Telegraph Company offered an average seven cents an hour wage boost to settle a strike by 31,000 telegraph workers. The raise would be contingent on government approval of higher telegraph rates, expected to add about 7.7 million dollars annually in revenue.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Senator Wiley Heads European Trip With Bride
Sen. Wiley and three other lawmakers travel to Europe aboard military planes for meetings in Paris The Hague Bonn and London. The 67 year old Wisconsin senator wed May 11 to Dorothy May Kydd and the trip may be a taxpayer funded honeymoon.
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Wiley
Europe
Defense Department
Wisconsin
Dorothy May Kydd
Paris
Sens. Flanders
R-Vi
Carlson
Rep. Armstrong
R-Mo
MATS
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
London
International Council of Christian Leadership
Hague
Bonn
Flames Destroy Grinnell Building
Fire last night tore through a shed and attached garage of Mrs. Esther Grinnell at 2304 9th Avenue. Monroe Volunteer Fire Chief H L Sickinger estimated 700 to 800 dollars in damage and noted salvageable lumber despite the blaze. He blamed blocked streets for delayed response and warned of court action for obstructing fire equipment. Spontaneous combustion from rubbish was considered a possible cause.
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Esther Grinnell
9Th Avenue
H. L. Sickinger
Monroe Volunteer Fire Department
Sickinger
Thorpe Seeks Re-election as Green County Register of Deeds
Mrs Grace M Thorpe announces candidacy for nomination and re election on the Republican ticket in the fall elections She completes her fourth term and eighth year as register of deeds Prior to election she served 11 years with the Green County public welfare department
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Grace M. Thorpe
Register of Deeds
Thorpe
Green County Public Welfare Department
Doctor Wagner Dies at 73 in Platteville History
Funeral services for Dr. Nicholas B. Wagner age 73 are set for tomorrow in Racine. A former physician in Racine Port Ewards and Eveleth Minn he died in Platteville where he had lived since retirement six years ago.
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Wagner
Racine
Nicholas B. Wagner
Port Ewards
Wis
Defeat of Benefit Hike Stirs Ruckus
Washington reports a House rejection of a social security benefits bill with a 98 41 party split amid AMA opposition over a section on disability rights. Democrats warn beneficiaries and future recipients will feel the setback at the polls next November as the measure failed for lack of a two thirds vote.
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Washington
House
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
American Medical Association
Daniel A. Reed
AMA
Oscar Ewing
Austrian Chancellor Figi Visits Madison for 16 Day US Tour
Dr. Leopold Figi chancellor of Austria will visit Madison tomorrow and Thursday as part of a 16 day tour of the United States. He is to meet local officials and discuss bilateral relations during his Midwest swing.
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Madison
Leopold Figi
Austria
United States
Pantie raid fever sweeps several campuses in nationwide surge
A campus pantie raid wave hits Wisconsin Madison and colleges from Vermont to Minnesota. About 3 000 male students invade women’s dorms, snatching lingerie while coeds retaliate with water and buckets. Colleges including Northwestern Missouri Minnesota Connecticut Vermont Delaware report raids. arrests for vandalism occur with no injuries.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Vermont
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Langdon Street
Evanston
Northwestern University
Columbia
University of Missouri
Stephens College
Christian College
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
University of Connecticut
Storrs
Conn
University of Vermont
Burlington
Newark
Del
University of Delaware
Woodford Plans Fire Department for Village and Surrounding Community
The Woodford Blackhawk Picnic Association moves to form a village fire department funded by about 3000 from the association and further subscriptions from local farms. A new fire truck should arrive in 60 to 90 days, with a garage to follow at a community Work Day. Insurance rates may drop, and July 12 13 are set for this year’s Blackhawk picnic.
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Woodford
Blackhawk Picnic Association
Picnic Association
Blackhawk
Seattle Student Recovered After Icy Crevasse Death
Arthur Jessett, 20, University of Washington student, died of exposure after slipping into an icy crevasse on Mt. St. Helens at the 8,000 foot level. Rescue teams lowered 75 feet to reach him, but he had been dead about 12 hours. his father, Rev. Thomas E. Jessett, received the body and led a prayer service at Spirit Lake as climbers and ski patrol assisted.
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Spirit Lake
Wash
Mt. St. Helens
Arthur Jessett
University of Washington
Thomas E. Jessett
Washington
Jim
Louis Whittaker
Seattle
Otto Trott
Jessett
Bishop Attacks State Official Over School Bus Rule
Bishop John P. Treacy of the LaCrosse Diocese challenged George E. Watson state superintendent of public instruction at a Knights of Columbus banquet in Madison. Treacy claimed Watson barred public school buses from carrying children to private schools and accused lawmakers of permitting a foolish law, while Watson defended compliance with state directives and noted a 1951 private school bus bill was withdrawn at bishops council request.
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Madison
John P. Treacy
LaCrosse
George E. Watson
Knights of Columbus Council
Watson
Treacy
Wisconsin
Admiral Assails New Red Charges
At Panmunjom the United Nations truce negotiators accused the Communists of blocking a Korean armistice by opposing the return of captured Reds. Vice Admiral C Turner Joy, finishing his post as Allied truce chief, condemned the day's propaganda as vicious and degrading after a 62 minute session with no progress on the core issue.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Panmunjom
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Light Rain Forecast as Temperatures Fall
Temperatures rose to 69 at noon then dropped rapidly around 1 p m as clouds darkened the sky. Light rain or drizzle was expected this afternoon or tonight with readings set to climb back into the 60s tomorrow.
Cheese prices hold steady in Madison market notes
The Federal State Market News Service reports a steady to firm cheese market in Madison with strong demand. Prices vary by item with ranges such as single daisies 42 to 43 percent and longhorns 42 to 44 percent, among others.
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Madison
Federal State Market News Service
Rail Unions Study White House Labor Peace Plan
Three railroad unions with over 150000 members reviewed a White House plan aimed at ending a three year rail labor dispute. The agreement would raise yard and road wages, set a 40 hour week in yards, add cost of living escalator, binding arbitration, and limit late reporting pay rules while proposing new operating rules. The plan follows a no strike court order after a prior three day strike.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Truman
One Prisoner Killed in Fight At Camp No.10
Rioting spread to Koje Island Camp No. 1 and Pusan Camp No. 10 with a Red POW killed and 85 injured in Pusan and an American guard lightly hurt. Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner quelled two minor revolts with persuasion and firmness as Gen. Clark’s Far East command reviews Koje riots. Dodd’s hostage case and Colson’s repudiated promises also surface amid Senate inquiries on Far Eastern affairs. General Ridgway travels to Washington to answer questions on Rore and related issues.
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Korea
Koje Island
No. 10
United Nations
Koje
Haydon L. Boatner
Mark Clark
Far East
Tokyo
U. N. Command
Boater
Seoul
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Enclosure 10
Red
Kore
Washington
Clark
Dodd
Francis T. Dodd
Charless Colson
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Board to Order Curb and Gutter Job
Public Works board voted to direct about 120 feet of curb and gutter on 16 street between 13th and 14th avenues to curb floodwaters flowing onto lawns. The project covers property owned by John Sager and includes a nearby north side construction by Farm Bureau. The panel also backed Stauffacher Construction Co to build an alley approach near St John’s church and approved Monroe Ditch Diggers to dig trenches for three sanitary sewer extensions.
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13Th
14Th Avenues
Walter Ekum
Farm Bureau
John Sager
Stauffacher Construction
St. John’s Church
Monroe Ditch Diggers
New Veterans To Get State Jobless Grants
The State Industrial Commission ruled that veterans inducted since the Korean War may receive unemployment compensation. It held that the 14 weeks of work in a 52 week period requirement does not apply to military service interruptions.
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Madison
State Industrial Commission
Kiel First Strike Hits H G Weber Co
In Kiel Wisconsin the International Association of Machinists AFL staged the first strike in the town's industrial history. About 30 to 40 workers walked off the job at the H G Weber Company marking a new labor action in the community.
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Kiel
Wis
International Association of Machinists
AFL
H. G. Weber Co
Grain trade firm in Chicago steady after shorts cover
Grains held near yesterday's close through most of the Board of Trade session. No new buying incentives appeared, but steady covering by shorts on declines gave the market a steady tone.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
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