Fred J Blumer former brewery president dies
Fred J Blumer a former head of Blumer Brewing, later with Jos Huber Brewing Co, died at St Clare hospital at 8 30 p m after a heart condition. He was 51 at his 1931 kidnapping anniversary and had suffered health decline for years. Services Tuesday at 2 p m at Shriner Neushwan der funeral home with burial Greenwood Cemetery and Masonic graveside rites. He had earlier been postmaster at this city but Senate refused to confirm. He was born May 19 1879 in Washington Township and survived by family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Blumer
St Clare Hospital
Mr. Blumer
Shriner-Neushwander
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Blumer
Jos. Huber Brewing Co
10Th Street
Freeport
Archie Wells
Blumer Products Co
Decatur
Ill
East St. Louis
Blum
Blatz Company
Franklin Evelt
Senate
John J. Burkhard
Clifford B. Isely
Meythaler and
Caton
Washington Township
Adam and
Magdalena Hefty Blumer
June Turn
Charles Linder of Nebraska dies in Hastings home
Charles Linder of Hastings Nebraska formerly of Monroe died in his sleep Saturday at his Hastings home found by relatives. He was married to Lena Kuhnke sister of Mrs Otto Schneider. They moved from Monroe to a farm near Sutton then Hastings. Survived by son Carl Hastings two daughters Mrs Edgar Maurer Wyoming and Mrs Vern Elliott Norton Kansas plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Preceded in death by wife in 1949. Services tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Hastings burial in Hastings. Uncle to Albert Kuhnke and brother in law of Mrs Herman Kuhnke.
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Waaries Linger
Mastings
Neb
Monroe
Mr. Linder
Lena Kuhnke
Otto Schneider
14Th Street
Sutton
Hastings
Carl
Edgar Maurer
Wyoming
Vern Elliott
Norton
Feud Between Army and Air Force Sits In Air
Washington reports reveal a public rift between the Army and the Air Force over defense priorities and missile policy. Senators Case and Jackson warn of waste while Mahon defends openness. Wilson vows to study the dispute, urging an end to interservice psychological warfare. The controversy follows Army papers criticizing the Air Force and Navy misgivings about air power effectiveness.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Air Force
Armed Forces
Pentagon
Wilson
Armed Services
Francis Case
RSD
Rep. Mahon
Dtex
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Mahon
House Nations
Sai
House Armed Services Committee
Navy Air Arm
New York Times
New York Herald-Tribune
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Diver Nearly Drowns as Porpoise Tears Helmet at Seaquarium
Diver Kenneth Brown, 32, was nearly drowned at the Miami Seaquarium when a porpoise fouled his airline and ripped off his helmet while he cleaned the tank bottom in front of watching tourists. The incident occurred in 16 feet of water.
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Miami
Fla
Kenneth . Brown
Brown
First U S Plane Explodes H Bomb In Test at Bikini
Elton C Fay reports the United States dropped the first hydrogen bomb from a B-52 over Bikini Atoll. The Cherokees yield was among the largest in the current series though below the biggest 1954 test. Maj Charles T Smith and Maj Dwight E Turner led the mission as the eight jet bomber dropped the weapon from eight miles up.
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Elton C. Fay
MT. Mckinley
Bikini
Bikini Atoll
Namu
American Proving Ground
Pacific
Russia
United States
Maj
Charles T. Smith
Pittsburg
Kas
Smith
Dwight E. Durner
Charlotte
Mich
150 pound Deer Hit By County Motorist
A 150 pound doe deer and two unborn fawns were struck near Pengra school Saturday night by a motorist on County Trunk S. State conservation warden Harold A. Pederson reported the doe was with two other deer, one of which bumped the car but was uninjured. The unborn fawns were a buck and a doe. The car was driven by Arthur R. Malkow of Route 4.
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Pengra School
Harold A. Pederson
Arthur R. Malkow
Route 4
Jeglum Receives Star Scout Award At Camporee Court
Valley District scouts of U. S. Grant Council held a three day spring camporee at Zanders Lake near Browntown. John Jeglum Troop 113 was awarded the Star Scout honor. Twenty Tenderfoots were welcomed into camp. 13 scouts 16 leaders and 20 service committee members attended with the Nekoosa Indian dancers entertaining.
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Valley District
U. S. Grant Council
Zanders Lake
Browntown
John Jeglum
Myron E. Jeglum
Monroe
Erving Eichorst
Monticello
Albany
Argyle
Eichorst
Highest Court Voids Right To Work Laws For Rail Workers
The Supreme Court today struck down state right to work laws as they apply to railroad workers. The decision, delivered unanimously by Justice Douglas, upholds a 1951 National Railway Labor Act amendment allowing union shop agreements while leaving state bans in other industries intact. The case stems from an appeal by 16 non operating railway labor organizations with Nebraska constitutional language at its center.
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Masnmyue
Ue Ole Preme
Douglas
National Railway Labor Act
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nebraska
Mrs Grove 80 Dies in City After Ill Health
Mrs Anna Aurove Grove 80 died at 5 45 yesterday morning in St Clare hospital after several years of illness She was born April 11 1876 in Doelitz Germany daughter of Christ and Fredericka Zabel She married Elmer Grove November 3 1902 and the couple farmed near Pittsville and Green County before moving to their present home in 1942 Survivors include brother Frank Zabel Selby S D and several nieces and nephews Preceded in death by husband 1947 son Chester 1945 and three sisters Services at 230 p m Wednesday Shriner Neush Wander funeral home Rev Paul J C Kehle officiating Burial in Thad Greenwood cemetery
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Anna Aurove
19Th
St. Clare
Grove
Doelitz
Germany
Christ and
Fredericka Schroeder Zabel
Elmer Grove
Janesville
Pittsville
Green County
Frank Zabel
Selby
S. D
Chester
Mmes
Minnie Krueger
Ernestina Maurer
Amelia Dahms
Shriner-Neush-Wander
Paul J. C. Kehle
St. John's Church
Thad Greenwood Cemetery
Mrs Stocker Injured In Monticello Auto Crash
Joan Stocker, 1819 11th Avenue, suffered a broken right wrist after a head on collision at the intersection of Highways 69 and 39 in Monticello. Her husband and Ed Blum drove north and south respectively. both cars damaged with estimates of 300 and 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Stocker
11Th Avenue
Monticello
Ed Blum
Stocker
Stockers
Blum
Jacob Kopp
Mr. Stocker
Robert Stocker Sr
John Stocker
Carol Hixson
Gun accident victim in Beloit claims teen son of doctor
James Allison Thayer, 18, son of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Thayer of Beloit, fatally shot himself Sunday night while apparently testing a revolver. The incident is treated as a tragic self-inflicted gun accident involving a youth and a physician family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
James Allison Thayer
Richard Thayer
Regional Alice Winners Listed
Two area girls from Brooklyn and Argyle were named regional Alice in Dairyland winners at a Darlington ceremony. Miss Doris Olsen and Miss Suzanne Saalsan will compete with 24 others in Eau Claire June 1 and 2, with four to be named Alice princesses at the State Fair.
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Brooklyn
Argyle
Alice In Dairyland
Darlington
Doris Olsen
Suzanne Saalsan
State Department of Agriculture
Eau Claire
Alice” Schedt
Water expert W G Kirchoffer dies at 85 in Madison
William G Kirchoffer a Madison consulting engineer for 54 years died Sunday in a Madison hospital. He advanced underground water supplies and sewerage systems. by 1924 he helped develop at least 150 city sewerage disposal systems. He served nearly 25 years as special state consultant on water problems aiding facilities across Wisconsin. He was Baraboo city engineer for eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Kirchoffer
Madison
Wisconsin
Baraboo
Bank Robbery in Peshtigo Wounds Woman Cashier
Two gunmen robbed the Peshtigo National Bank at 10 a m wounding cashier Mrs Yvonne Sieloff in the jaw as bullets struck a plywood counter. Deputies exchanged fire near a barn before the pair fled on foot, abandoning a red cream getaway car and a second green vehicle. They were captured later on an island in the Peshtigo River about five miles away after a chase by a posse and sheriff’s deputies. The banker’s condition was reported as good. FBI involvement awaited.
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Peshtigo
Peshtigo National Bank
Peshtigo River
Wisconsin
Yvonne Sieloff
Robert 29
Marinette General Hospital
Wisconsin's 1956 highway toll tops 297 deaths
The 1956 highway death toll reached 297, rising from 276 on the same date in 1955. Six fatalities occurred over the weekend. Included are James Kyle, 18, of Stanley Route 1 killed when his car rolled over. Raymond R. Ruppel, 25, from Sheboygan killed in a collision with a train in St Francis. Wayne R. Kaufman, 17, of Sullivan dying when his auto hit a tree. William Hoffman, 70, of Stevens Point fatally struck while crossing. William F. Zuehlsdorf, 66, of Milwaukee killed at a Milwaukee intersection. Allen Brown, 13, of Gillingham crushed when a tractor overturned near Woodstock. and Lester E. Neuenfeldt, 23, of Dorchester in a Medford two-car crash.
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Sconsin
James Kyle
Route 1
Stanley
Raymond R. Ruppel
Sheboygan
North Western Road
Milwaukee County
St Francis
Wayne R. Kaufman
Sullivan
Jefferson Coun‘ee
William Hoffman
Stevens Point
William F. Zuehlsdorf
Milwaukee
Allen Brown
Gillingham
Woodstock
Richland County
Lester E. Neuenfeldt
Dorchester
Medford
Three Youths To Leave For Induction June 20
Three county youths will leave for induction into the Armed Forces from the Armory here June 2. They will form the June quota and report at 7 15 a.m. with six other youths for pre induction examinations at the National Guard Armory.
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Armed Forces
Selective Service Office
National Guard
John Burgy Wins Teen-age Road-e-o Enter State Event
John Burgy won the Junior Chamber of Commerce Teen-age Road e o at Recreation Park scoring 438 of 500, clinching a state driving contest entry in Superior in June. Francis Brennan was second, Dennis Goecks third, Nancy Burgy fourth. a later stat check moved Brennan to second and Goecks to third.
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John Burgy
Chamber of Commerce
Recreation Park
Nancy Burgy
Dennis Goecks
Francis Brennan
Times
Minuie Youn
Joon Burgy
Superior
Burgy
Robert H. Rieder
Jaycee
Brenan
Goecks
John
Elmer of Paxton Dies. Former Monroe Educator
Jacob A Elmer a Paxton resident and former Monroe teacher and Whitewater State College principal died Saturday in Paxton He was a son of Jacob and Verena Hefty Elmer born in Dutch Hollow Green County He attended Mt Pleasant grade school Monroe High School Naperville College and taught history for many years He and his wife Laura Rodeen moved back to Paxton after retiring Services will be held tomorrow afternoon in Paxton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacop U_ timer
Br. Haxton
Monroe
W. J. Stauffacher
Alvin A. Elmer
Paxton
Mr. Elmer
Jacob
Verena Hefty Elmer
Dutch Hollow
Green County
Mt. Pleasant
Monroe High School
Naperville College
Elmer
Stock Market Dips During Slow Trade
New York shares slipped in slow late trading with losses of one to three points on leading issues. Steels rails and motors fell across the board as U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic retreated about a point each after early gains. Boat mishap fatal Weywauwega 38 year old father of six drowns when his boat capsizes on Wolf River Sunday night. wife saved but he could not be reached.
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New York
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem and
Republic
Wunam Yucht
Wolf River
Lucht
Atkins Heads Third District of Wisconsin Legion
Don W. Atkins of Mingeron was elected commander of Wisconsin’s Third District at the spring conference in New Glarus. Scott Cairy Jr. of Platteville was chosen vice commander, with both to assume after the July Eau Claire state convention. The event drew about 200 delegates from 500 Legionnaires, highlighted by remarks from department commander G. Emery Sipple and a parade featuring Miss Barbar Brown Alice in Dairyland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don W. Atkins
Mingeron
American Legion
New Glarus
Milwaukee
Scott Cairy Jr
Platteville
Eau Claire
Sipple
G. Emery Sipple
Lgislature
Legion
Labor Youth League
LYL
University of Wisconsin
Barbar Brown
Alice In Dairyland
Jacob Bruni
Alice
Yamuns Panus Lasvee
Dodgeville
Mineral Point
Lancaster
Waunakee
Cassville
Mineral Point Legion
Allan F. Barnard
Monroe
Harold F. Moor
Madison
Stevenson Kefauver Debate Tonight on TV
Stevenson and Kefauver to clash in a Tennessee Florida primary era broadcast. The hour long debate airs at 8 p m Monroe time with Quincy Howe moderating for ABC. Both candidates seek Democratic delegates in the May 29 Florida presidential preference primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hao
Fia
Wer
Aglas Eneven
Estes Kefauver
Florida
Tennessee
Illinois
Quincy Howe
ABC
Monroe
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Charles Linder
U.S
Bomber
Jeglum
River Isle
Susa
Saalsaa
Mass Oisen
Milwaukee State College
Brodhead
Evansville
Saalsan
Floyd Olson
Janet Marie Herpel
Boscobel
Eileen Runde
Dora Ann Schindler
Shirley Ann Hilfiker
Monticelo
Marilyn Jean Lostetter
Barbara C. Thiede
Muscoda
Nola Mae Finn
Patch Grove
Shirley McCarthy
Highland
Mieral Point
Gratiot
Shullsburg
Wiota 4-H
Homemakers of America
Darlington High School
Nancy Ann Doolan
West Allis
Marquette University
Karen Olson
Twin Lakes
Kenosha County
Miss Twin Lakes
Union Grove
Nancy Catherine Jueds
Rosalin Lee
Ladi
Stevens Point State College
Sauk City
Patty Jo Hove
Ellsworth
Stout State College
Cordelia Kuhn
Clear Lake
Woodville
Betty’ Jane Joe
Savner
Mary A. Dougherty
Spooner
River Falls State College
W.G. Kirchoffer
Dies Mareant Am
FBI
Jeanette Rohde
Oscar Bartels
Jacob A. Elmer
Atkins
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