Democrats name alternates for national convention
Mrs. Robert Marty, retiring DNC woman, named alternate delegate for the sixth district. State Chairman Charles P. Green also appointed Eugene Clifford Juneau and John M. Brophy Milwaukee to fill vacancies. Delegates and alternates listed by district with numerous Milwaukee and Wisconsin figures confirmed. Clifford and Brophy replace H. H. Hilgendorf and the late Samuel Nissenbaum on the state central committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marty
Chilton
Jerome Fox
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Howard J. McMurray
Madison
Benjamin Saltzstein
Anthony Gawronski
William P. Banach
Thaddeus Wasielewski
William H. Kritter
Andrew Biemiller
John M. Brophy
William McCauley
Edward Mertz
Otto Stielow
A. Matt Werner
Sheboygan
Maurice Fitzsimons Jr
Fond du Lac
Helen Marty
Monroe
Julius Guenther
Antigo
Hayward
Elizabeth Hawkes
Fairchild
Clifford
Brophy
H. H. Hilgendorf
Samuel Nissenbaum
State Central Committee
Dusty Norder Keeps Wisconsin Horse Shoeing Alive
Leonard H. Dusty Norder, 1017 8th Avenue, Monroe, Wisconsin, has blacksmithing roots dating to age 16 and 53 years in the trade. Now 69, he travels with a mobile shop and maintains a full shop at home, serving show, race, and farm horses from Janesville to Des Moines, while local horsemen resist his retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard H
Dusty) Norder
8Th Avenue
Dusty
Wisconsin
Norder
Fitzgibbons Brothers
10Th Street
18Th Avenue
Monroe
Fitzgibbons
Ernest Drake
Badger Cheese Co
Knight of Strathmore
George Bleiler
Browntown Notes From Mrs Crago and Local Visit
Mrs Denya Jones visits Warren Illinois. Mrs John Williams with father C L Crago attends St Francis hospital silver anniversary in Freeport. Mrs Williams a 1940 graduate. Mrs Elgar Vincent confined in a Madison hospital. Mrs Marvin Stauffacher cares for Vincent’s two children during the hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denya Jones
Warren
Ill
John Williams
C. L. Crago
Freeport
St. Francis Ital School of Nursing
Williams
Elgar Vincent
Madison Hospital
Marvin Stauffacher
Or Vincent
Saddle Club Trail Ride Draws Sixty Two Riders
The Green County Boots and Saddle club rode through Orfordville on a Sunday morning trail ride with Fire Chief Ivan Schmid switching from his horse to drive the fire truck. Sixty two riders attended plus a pot luck lunch and club meeting at the Orfordville Gun Club house. A club representative was named for state light horse activities meetings. Plans included the June 13 trail ride at the Robert Ludwig farm Brodhead and the June 17 business meeting at the Green county fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Boots and Saddle Club
Orfordville
Ivan Schmid
Schmid
Don Alston
Robert Ludwig
Brodhead
Green County Fairgrounds
Mice Spoil Wheat Hoard Bring Piano Back to Life
In Miles City Montana Dick Pemberton fixed a church piano that had no sound due to mice and a wheat stuck inside. He removed mice and a half bushel of wheat, restoring music for the Sunday school class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Mont
Dick Pemberton
Wisconsin Labor Board Defers Elections Under NLRB Jurisdiction
The Wisconsin Employment Relations Board said it will not direct elections where the NLRB has prior jurisdiction unless a very controlling reason exists. This stance followed a Saturday denial of the CIO United Auto Workers petition for a new bargaining unit at Kearney and Trecker Corp. in West Allis, where an independent union already holds NLRB certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Kearney and Trecker Corp
West Allis
NLRB
Illinois Couple Die In Nine-Floor Plunge
Attorney Harry Grundy 49 and his wife Laurena 48 of Taylorville died in a nine floor plunge from a Chicago north side hotel room. Lt Albert Hoffman said a medical report in their luggage noted the attorney suffered epilepsy and had fits of low mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Chicago
North Side
Harry Grundy
Laurena
Taylorville
Albert Hoffman
Sheffield Avenue
Grundy
Wong Wen-Hao Confirmed Premier of China in Chiang Victory
Wong Wen-Hao, a Canada-educated geologist and former minister, was confirmed as premier by the Nanking legislature in a 489 to 94 vote. Chiang Kai-shek’s choice faces power factions and limited personal influence, relying on Chiang’s backing to implement policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Wong Wen-Hao
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang
Chang Chun
Wong
Kuomintang
Government Party
Wisconsin AP Editors elect leaders at annual meeting
Seymour Al of the Two Rivers Reporter was elected chairman of the Wisconsin Associated Press Managing Editors association at the spring meeting. Leo V. Gannon of the Green Bay Press-Gazette was named vice chairman. The group adopted a resolution honoring AP on its 100th anniversary and named members to the continuing study committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Seymour Althen
Two Rivers Reporter
Wisconsin Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Leo V. Gannon
The
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Associated Press
AP Wisconsin
W. C. Janson
Marinette Eagle Star
Roy L. Bangsberg
la Crosse Tribune
Harold Maier
Sheboygan Press
Youth Tries To Free Patient Kills Deputy in Missouri
An 18 year old youth admitted shooting Deputy Sheriff J O Freeman and wounding two men during an alleged attempt to free his sweetheart from a state school for feeble minded. Norman Lee Blodgett was arrested in Kansas City four hours after the incident. The youth, a former patient at the Fulton school and hospital, planned to marry the girl. A 1940 census note shows 30 percent of US adults lacked a high school diploma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
J. O. Freeman
Norman Lee Blodgett
Kansas City
Leo Hood
Two of Three Gang Members Captured
A police chase ended with two gang members captured after gunfire near Audubon school at Cornelia and Hamilton avenues. Peter Lagenour, 27, of South Bend, Indiana, sustained shotgun pellet wounds, and Clarence Hawkins, 49, of Chicago, was detained. a third suspect fled and exchanged shots with pursuing officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Patrick O’connell
Peter Lagenour
South Bend
Ind
Clarence Hawkins
Lagenour
Audubon School
Cornelia and
Hamilton Avenues
College enrollment rose about 40 percent from 1930 to 1940
The article notes a roughly forty percent increase in the number of students in U.S. college-grade schools during the decade from 1930 to 1940. This rise reflects expanding access to higher education amid the era’s social and economic changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Chicago Livestock Market Report Highlights Price Shifts
The Chicago livestock market sees hogs 1 to 1.50 higher on lighter weights with 240 pounds and above up 50 cents to 1. Heavier cattle mix shows fed steers and yearlings 50 cents to 1 lower with top at 35 for 1 360 pound steers. Cows and bulls softer. calves and stock cattle steady. In commodities, butter, eggs, and live poultry move various prices as markets show mixed signals for the period. Stocks show GM and other firms hitting 1948 highs while a group including Sears and Westinghouse lag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
Wall Street Pauses With Narrow Trading Range
The New York stock market showed a quiet session with negligible price changes and the slowest volume in two weeks. Demand focused on select rails and industrials while overall activity remained non urgent and erratic moves occurred across many issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
Juda By Mrs. F. N. Miller
Virgil Waelti was a guest at the Ivan insmeier home. Other callers were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Heise and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Timm Janesville. Emil Klingbeil attended the wedding of his daughter Mrs. Charlotte Bergener Brodhead to Vernon Larson Rockford. The ceremony occurred at Mrs. Harold Dahl’s Madison home. Marion Arnsmeier Brodhead Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Arnsmeier and family and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stuckey and family Davis Ill were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Arnsmeier. Mrs. Gertrude Newman was a Janesville caller Friday. Mr. and Mrs. August Ludwig went to Milwaukee Friday to visit their son and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Waelti
Ivan Insmeier
Ben Heise
Roy Timm
Janesville
Emil Klingbeil
Charlotte Bergener
Brodhead
Vernon Larson
Rockford
Harold Dahl
Madison
Marion Arnsmeier
Raymond Arnsmeier
Robert Stuckey
Davis
Ill
Ivan Arnsmeier
Gertrude Newman
August Ludwig
Milwaukee
William Ludwig Attends Evangelical United Brethren Conference
William Ludwig attended the Evangelical United Brethren conference. The report notes his participation in sessions and associated activities with the church gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ludwig
Evangelical United Brzehren
Darlington Seniors Granted Scholarships at Commencement
Dor is Doyle and Richard Buscher, members of the high school graduating class, were announced as scholarship winners at commencement exercises Friday evening. Diplomas were presented to 52 graduates by Superintendent T. M. Nelson. Other honor students included John Hicks, Helen Martin, Carl Putnam and Joseph Ruppert. Michael Klein of the state university extension division was the commencement speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlington
Doris Doyle
Richard Buscher
T. M. Nelson
John Hicks
Helen Martin
Carl Putnam
Joseph Ruppert
Michael Klein
State University Extension Division
Horses transforming plains life for Indians and farmers
Horses revolutionized the plains Indians as greatly as automobiles transformed plain farmers.
Romans First to Use Asbestos
The fragment notes that the Romans were the earliest people known to use asbestos. No additional readable details provided.
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Marty
Beloit
Portage
Cuba City
Dubuque
Des Moines
L. H
Browntown
Mrs. C. L. Crago
Saddle Club
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Lee
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
B. J. Marshall
New York Society of Models
Michele
Two Rivers Heads
AP Association
General Motors
J. I. Case
American Smelting
Electrical and Musical Industries
American Telephone
Sears Roebuck
Westinghouse Electric
American Can
Allied Chemical
American Tobacco
Western Union
Union Pacific
Mission Corp
Sinclair Oil
American Woolen
Juda
F. N. Miller
the Photographers’ Association of America
Caxton Building
Cleveland 15
Ohio
Kaiser and Frazer
Frazer Are
Frostair Duplex
Ice Maker
Hughes Motors
Kaiser
Frazer
Willow Run
Kaiser-Frazer Sales Co
A. G. Boss and Son
18Th Ave
Helgesen
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