Hanover Fireman Elected Association Head at Monticello
Christ Gantenbin of Hanover Illinois was elected president of the Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Firemen's Association at its 35th annual convention in Monticello. Nearly 300 visitors attended. Jacob Bruni of New Glarus retired as president. The group planned a fall school in Platteville in September and the 1951 convention in Bloomington. A memorial service led by retired Monticello fire chief C M Stauffer honored fallen heroes with a scripture at Karlen's hall and a Dutch lunch concluded the evening.
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Monticello
Christ Gantenbin
Hanover
Wisconsin
Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed Church
Karlen
Family in Auto Crash Shaken After Collision
Bernard P. Friedrich of Juda Route 2 was driving south on 21st avenue when his car collided with a vehicle driven by George Schnei der of 1001 12th avenue at the 14th Street intersection. The Friedrich car toppled onto a utility pole, injuring Beverly Friedrich and sending her to St. Clare hospital with a bruised shoulder. Occupants included Mrs. Friedrich and children Christine, 8, Reta, 5, and Roger, six months.
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Bernard P. Friedrich
Friedrich
21St Avenue
George Schneider
12Th Avenue
14Th Street
Beverly Friedrich
St. Clare Hospital
Wisconsin Trio Fined For Potato Reselling
Three Wisconsin farmers were fined and placed on one year probation in federal court for reselling government potatoes intended for livestock feed. Nick Dembrowski of Amherst was fined $100 while Louis Dolesal and Clarence Schuerger of Deer Brook were fined $200 each.
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Chawaukee
Ury
Anice Wisconsin
Nick Dembrowski
Amherst
Portage County
Louis Dolesal
Clarence Schuerger
Deerbrook
Langlade County
Munitions Blast Toll Rises in South Amboy NJ
A board of inquiry linked an accidentally dropped anti personal mine to a devastating blast at a South Amboy waterfront site. The death toll reached 31 with 27 missing, as 3,000 mines were recovered and warnings of further blasts were issued amid ongoing emergency operations.
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South Amooy
N. J
South Amboy
Coast Guard
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Harry A. Campbell
Bureau of Railroads
Campbell
Hugh Casey
Newark
New York
American Agrcultural Co
City To Be 1951 Host To Sorority Convention
Madison hosts the 1951 state convention of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority with Alpha Zeta Chapter in attendance. Miss Dorothy Johnson was elected first vice president and will chair the 1951 convention. About 20 members attended the Madison meeting which featured a formal banquet and dance Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Madison
Dorothy Johnson
Alpha ZeZta Chapter
County Boy Scouts Camporee At Legion Home Site
Green district scouts from seven counties gathered Saturday and Sunday at the Legion meadow near the old Argyle road for a two day camporee. Eighty five scouts from New Glarus Monticello Juda and Monroe troops 113 114 115 and 101 took part in camp cooking fire demonstrations tent pitching ground beds and a Saturday eve campfire with troop stunts and a songfest. Sunday featured reveille breakfast and morning worship led by Rev Newell Mendenhall Monroe. Inter troop contests included chariot races compass games and knot tying before a brief ceremony awarded camporee emblems shaped like a miniature cowhide.
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Green
Legion
Newell Mendenhall
Grace Lutheran Church
Monroe
Ginner
Harvey M Bright Argyle Dies at 64 in Home
Harvey M Bright 64 died at 4 a m in his Argyle home after a four year heart illness. A retired farmer born May 20 1885 in Shullsburg he married Dec 9 1907. Surviving widow two daughters a son and nine grandchildren. Services Wednesday 1 p m Erickson funeral home and 1 30 p m Argyle Lutheran church with burial Woodlawn cemetery.
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Argyle
Harvey Matthew Bright
Shullsburg
Leonard
Elizabeth Percival Bright
Wayne Township
Argyle Township
Argyle Lutheran Church
Modern Woodman Lodge
Natural Mutual Benefit Lodge
William May
South Wayne
Melvin Ingwell
Milwau' ‘Kee
John Bright
Erickson Funeral Home
Lutheran Church
A. Sanserson
Woodlawn
Wischoff Store Robbed in Wisconsin Jewel Heist
Milton J. Wischoff Sr owner of the Oregon store reports a break in at rear entry and theft of two watches valued at 50 dollars each. A 29 year old Eau Claire man Fred Timm was captured after a roadblock on US 14 near Evansville and Janesville. Gardner bakery man alerted police at 5 10 am and Dane county sheriff issued a broadcast at 5 21 am. Mrs Knoll former Ethel Knoll longtime bank employee linked to Wischoff. Earlier Wischoff ran a jewelry service in Albany. Also William J. Grede of Milwaukee named vice president of the National YMCA council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Milton J. Wischoff
Paul Knolls
Monroe
Eau Claire
Fred Timm
U. S. Highway 14
Evansville
Janesville
Rock Count
Prairie du Lac
Gardner
Dane County
Six Die In Wisconsin Weekend Accidents
AP report details multiple deadly Wisconsin crashes over the weekend. A head on collision near northwest Milwaukee killed Mrs. Mildred Staszowski and three others, with James Staszowski critically injured. a second vehicle passenger Susan Turinske suffered a possible wrist fracture. A separate two car crash near Madison claimed Virginia Saunders, 29, of Chicago, while her relatives endured injuries. A Waupun prison tractor accident killed Harold Stadler, 35, a discharged inmate pending June release. The body of William H. Struss, 34, was found near Fond du Lac after likely being struck by a train.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Mildred Staszowski
June
Gary Handel
James Staszowski
Junior Ray Schultz
Horicon
Susan Turinske
Menomonee Falls
Chicago
Madison
Virginia Saunders
Alphonse Saunders
Violet Nemec
Joseph
Oscar Aderman
Niagara
Wis
Roger
Ronald
William
Waupun State Prison
Wauoun
Harold Stadler
Stadler
Winne
Promise of Showers Fails During Morning
Morning rain promised but the sun broke through periodically setting the scene for temperatures around 75 by early afternoon. Fair weather returns tonight and tomorrow, with a chance of showers by Tuesday evening as temperatures stay in the 70s and clouds persist statewide.
Peru Sees 50 Dead As Quake Hits Cuzco City
An earthquake rocked Cuzco Peru at 12 45 pm collapsing many stone buildings and killing at least 50 with 178 injured. Emergency airlift rushes doctors and supplies as President Amoretti orders rescue crews to the stricken ancient Inca capital.
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Lima
Peru
Cuzco
Manuel Oddria Amoretti
Christ
San Sebastian
Kansas City Pair Indicted by Jurors
The Justice Department said two Kansas City men Samuel C. Hayden and Thomas Lococo were indicted by a grand jury probing crime since last September. Hayden is charged with underreporting 1948 income from 4 500 to 10 569 63, while Lococo is accused of underreporting 1944 through 1948 income totaling 65 588 39 versus 130 250 27 correct.
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Kansas City
Justice Department
Samuel C. Hayden
Jackson County
Thomas Lococo
Charles Gargotta
Gargotta
Charles Binaggio
Hayden
Lococo
Feared Revenge Motive Police Wife Confesses Kidnapping Hoax
Oklahoma City police believed the 21 hour kidnapping chase was spurred by the wife of officer C V Raper. Mrs Jo Alice Raper 23 confessed the abduction tale was imagination and left home of her own accord. Detective Chief Deight Brown noted threats and a note on a closet door accompanied a suspected staged event. The case began when the officer reported his wife missing after a two story home break in and a ladder found at a window. Brown said further investigation showed no proof of kidnapping.
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Oklahoma City
Jo Alice Raper
C. V. Raper
Deight Brown
Brown
Raper
Mr. Raper
Admiral Schindler Visits Local Platoon in Monroe
Rear Admiral Walter G. Schindler visited Monroe electronics warfare platoon at the Legion hall, praising the unit’s operation and spirit. He toured the loft, questioned personnel on operations and radio coverage, and noted strong Midwest navy reserve engagement during Armed Forces Day observances.
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U. S. Naval Reserve
Walter G. Schindler
Monroe
Legion Home
Admiral Schindler
Navy Bureau of Ordnance For Research and Development
Schindler
John A. Schindler
LaCrosse
Armed Forces
Robert Henriquez
Henriquez
Research Department of the Navy
Navy
Midwest
Charles Hoppe
William Timmons
William Berndt
Victor Billings
Dale Rabe
William Rupnow
Rupnow
Defense
Johnson
Armed Forces Day
Co. K
National Guard
Guard
Air Force Reserve
Soviet Trawlers Stage Secret Atlantic Maneuvers
30 Soviet vessels led by mothership Tambov skirted radar range as Atlantic navies began hush hush drills. Off Falmouth, British cruisers Superb and Cleopatra with four destroyers departed Portland, then the group moved to Mounts Bay. Dutch submarines later head to the drill zones while RAF coastal command plans mock attacks.
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Portland
England
Tambov
Baltic
Blanc Sea
Falmouth
Superb
Cleopatra
Britain
Mounts Bay
Royal Air Force Coastal Command
Two Area Pastors Get New Parishes
Two area pastors receive new assignments at Evangelical United Brethren churches. Omer Newar moves from Clarno Staver to Clintonville, and Rev S J Gutknecht shifts from Brodhead to Norwalk. Bishop George E Epp announced the changes at the 94th annual conference near Prairie du Sac. Green County ministers return to their parishes with Rev Howard L Orians, Rev Lawrence A Brown, and Rev Peter Retzlaff reassigned. Rev Robert Boettcher goes to Brodhead from Denmark parish. An replacement for Clarno Staver to be announced later. The ordination of Herman Liedschlag at Blackhawk church drew many attendees including local residents and families from Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, Juda, Monroe, and Juda connections.
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Omer Newar
Clarno-Staver
S. J. Gutknecht
Brodhead
Evangelical United Brethren
Clintonville
Norwalk
George E. Epp
Naperville
Black Hawk
Prairie du_Sac
Green County
Howard L. Orians
Immanuel
Lawrence A Brown
Monticello
New Glarus
Peter Retzlaff
Juta
Robert Boettcher
Denmark
Clarno- Staver
Herman Liedschlag
Blackhawk
Messrs
Mmes
Stanley Mauermann
Milo Miller
George Hartwig
Fred F. Salzwedel
Orla J.tracy
Monroe
Frank Siedschlag
Juda
Oak Creek
Milwaukee
Siedschlag
Red River Eases in Winnipeg and St Boniface
Floodwaters along the Red River began to ebb in Winnipeg and St Boniface as gauges show a one inch drop early this morning. Officials report further declines along the river’s course as the swollen waters recede from the twin cities.
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Winnipes —Ury
Red River
Winnipeg
St. Boniface
Truman Attacks Russia Over China UN Dispute
President Truman denounces the Soviet boycott of the United Nations over China as a willful flouting of the UN charter. He tells Congress the year 1949 and the middle of 1950 show a deepening East-West tension while urging steps to strengthen the free world and broaden possible agreements. He notes Soviet possession of an atomic weapon and praises UN work in Indonesia, Palestine, and Kashmir.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Truman
Russia
United Nations
U.N
Congress
World Organization
U. N
International
Soviet Union
State Department
Free World
Palestine
Kashmir
Fair Premium List Prepared for Printer
William A. Brown announces the annual Green County Fair premium list is ready for printing. Superintendents include Fred T. Burgy Monticello horses August Lehnherr Brod head cattle Conrad Stauffacher Monticello swine Fred Dettwiler farm products fruit and honey and dairy Mrs Eva Galusha and Mrs Walter Day flowers and plants Mrs Ida Meythaler canned goods In adult home economics are Mrs LaVerne Deal and Mrs A S Myers clothing and Mrs Victor Carson paintings drawing and photography. River tug Memphis freed after spending night on a Mississippi sand bar with a damaged rudder and hull at La Crosse heading for Dubuque to receive a new rudder before continuing the St Louis Minneapolis run.
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Green County
William A. Brown
Fair Association
Fred T. Burgy
Monticello
August Lehnherr
Brodhead
Conrad Stauffacher
Fred Dettwiler
Eva Galusha
Walter Day
Ida Meythaler
LaVerne Deal
A S. Myers
Victor Carson
Freed LaCrosse
Memphis
Dubuque
Mississippi River
St. Louis-Minneapolis
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Stauffer
Albany
Apple River
Belleville
Benton
Blanchardville
Bloomington
Browntown
Cassville
Cross Plains
Cuba ‘City
Darlington
Elizabeth
Fennimore
Freeport
Galena
Gratiot
Highland
Hollandale
Juba
Lena
Mineral Point
Montfort
Mt. Horeb
Muscoda
N.J
Army
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Harvey M. Bright
Wischoff
YMCA
Buggalo
N. Y
William J. Grede
National Ymca Council
Communque
Wildwood
Reds
China
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