Donny Pfund Firm Expands Swiss Chalet Venture
Donny and Pfund Inc announce a Swiss chalet style building near 11th Ave and 19th St. The front will house the firm offices run by Melchior Donny and Chester A Pfund, with a rear drive-in for a new operation. Plans include cheese factory supplies distribution from the center and basement levels.
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11Th Avenue
19Th Street
Donny and Pfund, Inc
J. Jacob Rieder
Glarus
Melchior Donny
Chester A. Pfund
Donny
Unterwalden
Joseph
12Th Street
Melchior
Glidden
Pfund
Green County
John E. Pfund
Nick Gerber
Gerber
Denny and Pfund
Milwaukee Tracks
Clarno Line
Highway 69
Usual Saturday Store Hours Scheduled Here
Monroe businesses will have usual Saturday hours this weekend with exceptions for Memorial Day. Local chambers say firms normally open Sundays or holidays will operate on Saturday as part of holiday practices, while Friday remains different.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
New Fascist Surge in Italian Districts Surprises Polls
A new fascist movement allied with monarchists shows strong returns in elections across a third of Italy’s provinces and towns. The MSI venerating Mussolini gains momentum while the Christian Democracy party maintains Rome City Hall. Salerno backs a battle site linked to WWII fascist suppression. The MSI appears second to the Communists in early results.
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Rome
Italy
Christian Democratic Party
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Mussolini
Salerno
City Sets Study of Hospital Parking Lot Offer
City Board of Public Works voted to study further St. Clare hospital s offer to use a lot across the street for a parking area. City Engineer M J Schroeter will meet with hospital officials to gauge duration and type of lot, with costs for filling and blacktop noted.
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Board of Public Works
St. Clare Hospital
M. J. Schroeter
5Th Street
Standard Oil Co
Whiting
Ind
Casper
Wyo
Jack Erb
13Th Street
20Th Avenue
Returned to PHA Madison 2 Y the Badger housing project near Baraboo
The Badger housing project near Baraboo housing 650 University of Wisconsin students annually since 1946 was turned back to the Public Housing Administration today.
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PHA Madison
Badger
Baraboo
University of Wisconsin
Public Housing Administration
Briggs Reviews Weed Controls In Green County
Wisconsin extension agronomist George Briggs urged Green County farmers to unite on weed control. He described MCP a safe chemical for alfalfa and clover that targets thistles, including Yellow Rocket, when sprayed mid April. Briggs advised siloing seeds and using 2-4-0 sprays, with thistles needing two applications and watershed cooperation as a key strategy.
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George Briggs
University of Wisconsin Extension
Green County
Briggs
Smock Valley Watershed Association
Hiawatha School
University Extension
Rain Clouds Roam Green County Area
Downpours hit New Glarus and nearby areas from 1 p m with rain spreading northward and then arriving here at 2 pm. The forecast called for showers today and tomorrow in this section and the five day outlook mentions more rain Saturday and Sunday but none for Memorial Day.
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New Glarus
Here
Reedsburg Names Holmes as AD and Coach
Reedsburg Wis George Nick Holmes a former Baraboo high school and University of Wisconsin athlete was named to succeed Paul Krueger as Reedsburg high school athletic director and football and basketball coach Krueger resigned to take a coaching post in Fond du Lac.
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Reedsburg
Holmes
Wis
George
Nick) Holmes
Baraboo High School
University of Wisconsin
Paul Krueger
Krueger
Fond du Lac
Rhee and Van Fleet Meet Over Martial Law in Pusan Clash
In Pusan, General Van Fleet rushed from Seoul for talks with President Syngman Rhee after Rhee declared martial law in Pusan and 21 southern counties. Rhee cited guerrilla raids and communist links as justification while noting American and Korean casualties in a recent attack near Pusan.
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Pusan
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
U. S
Tongnae
Kohler Backs Population Plan To Ratify 1951 Reapportionment
Gov. Kohler urges voters to reject a referendum on area and population reapportionment to enable Chapter 728 the 1951 law. He says a constitutional reapportionment is due every ten years and Wisconsin has not had such redistricting in 30 years due to rural opposition.
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Madison
Kohler
Republican Party
Wisconsin
Kaiser challenges O Konski to identify informers who fed data
Henry J. Kaiser accused he had been smeared and demanded the names of the informers cited in the Congressional Record. He asked for newspaper reporters at a conference with O Konski and the malingers who supplied the false information. O Konski had alleged Kaiser swindles the government by inserting his own key men in government departments.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Alvin O’konski
Rwis
Kaiser
Congressional
O’konski
Madison to Host 1952 Alice in Dairyland Finals
The state finals for the 1952 Alice in Dairyland contest will be held in Seymour on June 27 with elimination rounds for 450 candidates starting early next month. The winner will serve as official hostess at the State Fair in West Allis August 16 to 24 and take a full-time department job promoting Wisconsin farm products. Marjorie Czerwinski, Milwaukee, last year’s Dairy Queen, will crown the new winner at Seymour.
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Madison
Seymour
State Department of Agriculture
Alice
West Allis
Wisconsin
Marjorie Czerwinski
Milwaukee
Memorial Day Concert by MHS Band at Greenwood Cemetery
Monroe high school’s 92 member senior band plans a Memorial Day program at Greenwood cemetery from 9 30 to 10 00 a m under Director Allan F Barnard. They open with The Thunderer and Washington Post, followed by Come Thou Almighty King and Semper Fidelis. A junior high brass quintet will perform two numbers then the full band plays Joyce’s 71st Regiment March Holy Holy Holy and Assembly before the National Anthem. After wreaths are placed taps are played by Evelyn Hartwig and Ronald Elmer with taps echo by William Lanz and Kenneth Rieder after the firing squad salute.
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Monroe High School
Greenwood Cemetery
Allan F. Barnard
Washington Post
John Philip Sousa
King
Fiorello Giardino
Allan Frederic
George Root
Allan Barnard Jr
William Lanz
Walter Schroeder
Thomas Cunningham
Carmen Norton
Joyce
71St Regiment
Thomas Boyer
John Dykes
Assembly
God
Lowell Mason
Veterans’ Monument
Evelyn Hartwig
Ronald Elmer
Kenneth Rieder
Senate bars further aid cuts to Truman plan
The Senate voted 35 to 27 to defeat a move to slash another billion dollars from President Truman’s 7.9 billion foreign aid bill. Senator Dworshak charged Averell Harriman used the aid program for presidential aims as House Republicans trimmed the package further, while Truman urged restoration to aid Europe and Asia against the Soviet threat. He spoke at a dinner marking the completion of Kfar Truman in Israel.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Sen. Welker
Idaho
Sen
Dworshak
W. Averell Harriman
Mutual Security Agency
House
Europe
Asia
America
White House
Kremlin
Kfar Truman
Israel
Workmen Repair Lincoln Park Water Tower
Workmen from National Tank Maintenance Corporation Des Moines repair the old Lincoln Park water tower. The crew led by foreman Lester Schneider works nights and Sundays to finish in 25 days, starting May 13, with completion targeted the first week in June. Arc welding to seal leaking seams produces bright flashes seen by residents blocks away. Water board members meet tonight to discuss progress on the tower and well No 1 and water main extensions in Eastlawn subdivision.
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Lincoln Park
National Tank Maintenance Corporation
Des Moines
Lester Schneider
Water Board
Eastlawn
Darlington Reinstates Center Parking on Main Street
City workers began painting the four blocks of Main Street in preparation for returning to center parking along Highway 23 through the business district. A 2 2 council vote tied on the move, with Mayor Frank Reichling breaking the tie in favor after a May 15 letter to the highway commission outlining reasons.
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Darlington
Frank Reichling
The
Highway Commission
Crash Injures 7 Near Darlington
Seven people including five Mineral Point students were hurt in a head on collision on highway 23 a mile and a half south of Darlington as a convoy returning from Apple River state park passed another car driven by George B McRae. Injuries ranged from cuts and bruises to possible concussion and a fractured shoulder. All were admitted to Lafayette County Memorial Hospital.
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Darlington
Mineral Point
Highway 23
Here
Helen Neumann
Apple River State Park
Apple River
George B. McRae
New Diggings
Lafayette
Harold Mullen
Miss Neumann
Lafayette County Memorial Hospital
JoAnn Jacobson
Janice Johnson
Goldie Perkin
Shirley Quick
Marian Helmenstren
Eisenhower Wins All 22 Connecticut Delegates
Connecticut Republicans assigned all 22 national convention votes to Dwight D. Eisenhower as Taft supporters failed to salvage any delegates. The action created a solid New England bloc for Eisenhower with a unanimous delegation in district caucuses and pledges in several districts.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New England
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Speeding Driver Arrested Near Highway 11
Police arrested Lester M. Grinnell age 41 at 2339 15th Avenue on a speeding charge for driving 50 mph on Highway 11 near the city edge. He is due to appear in justice hour tomorrow.
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Speeder
Lester M. Grinnell
15Th Avenue
Justice
Six Nations Sign Pact for European Army and Unified Defense
Six nations France West Germany Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed a pact to merge their armed forces into a single European army of about one million men. The declaration by Acheson Eden and Schuman vows joint security if Berlin or any part of free Europe is attacked and asserts continued Western presence in Berlin as essential to peace.
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Paris
Berlin
West Germany
Free Europe
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Bonn
U.S
Dean Acheson
Athony Eden
Robert Schuman
United Kingdom
United States
European Defense Community
Britain
Germany
Free World
Ridgway to Take Over NATO Command in Paris Visit
General Ridgway returns to Europe to assume supreme command of NATO fighting forces with Ike present to greet him. He cites Korea experience proving a multi nation defense possible and notes 16 nations fought together in the U N forces. He vows to replicate unity despite language and other barriers.
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Paris
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
NATO
Korea
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Nations
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ridgway
U. N
Far East
Stock Prices Drift In Lazy Day's Trade
New York markets opened with a gentle decline as prices eased on light trading. Total volume reached about 1.1 million shares, modestly above yesterday while prices resisted selling pressure and drifted downward through the day.
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New York
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Schroeter
Adolph O. Wandfluh
Smock Valley
J. B. Scherer
Six Nations
Arthur Spoerry, Jr
Theodore J. Burgy
Co. K
Leutenant
Medical Service Administration
CWO
Hugo H. Voelkli
S-1
128Th Infantry Regiment
John F. Caradine
135Th Medical Battalion
Informers
MHS
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