Governor James Martin Named to Wisconsin Supreme Court
Attorney General John E. Martin, 56, is appointed by Gov. Rennebohm to succeed the late Chester A. Fowler on Wisconsin's highest court. A Green Bay native and Notre Dame Law School graduate, Martin entered public life in 1938 and must win two elections to serve a full 10 year term.
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Madison
John E. Martin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Rennebohm
Martin
Chester A. Fowter
Wisconsin
Fowler
Grover Broadfoot
127Th Infantry
Cierges
Mary Kerwin
Milwaukee
Mary
John
Mar ‘Tin
Buffalo County
Broadfoot
University of Wisconsin
Albany Merchant Saves Man Life From Sugar River
An unnamed Redford fisherman fell from the dam apron into eight feet of water in Albany’s Sugar River. John Christopher, a local merchant, dove in after hearing cries and swam to reach him. The rescued man survived and left before his name was learned amid aid from bystanders.
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Albany
Redford
John Christopher
Christopher
Andrew Oliver
August Dinse
Liberty S Hill
Brooklyn
Committee Gives Up Trying To Estimate Income Tax Refunds
The appropriations committee today abandoned guessing the cost of next year’s income tax refunds. Due to many imponderables the panel urged indefinite treasury appropriations to ensure prompt payments. Normally refunds run two to three billion dollars annually and past actions cut and fixed funding, with two additional appropriations raising refunds in 1948 to 2.229 billion dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Fred H. Schiesser Dies at 68 in Monroe Wisconsin
Fred H. Schiesser 68 died Saturday at St. Clare hospital after 11 days, heart ailment. Born July 14 1879 in Glarus Switzerland he married Anna Freuder in 1902 then Louise Hirt in 1905. Survived by widow seven sons and seven daughters, brother Thomas, and seven grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. today at Stuessy funeral home. burial Greenwood cemetery.
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Fred H. Schesser
13Th Street
Glarus
Switzerland
St. Clare Hospital
Schiesser
Anna Freuder
United States
New Glarus
New Glaru
Louise H. Hirt
Fort Wayne
Ind
Green County
Monroe
Fred W
Nora
Emil
South Wayne
Edwin
California
Ermen
Rockford
Clarence
Madison
Frank
Thomas
Freeport
Jacob Strahm
Shullsburg
Burnett Briggs
Orangeville
Joseph Broxton
Pensacola
Fla
Wayne Licher
Pandena
Calif
Esth Schiesser
Darlington
Gabriel
Henry Marty
St. John’s Church
Stuessy Funeral
P. C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Will Elmer
Herman Pfund
William Meuller
William Timmons
Charles Ruch
Allie Holtshopple
U S Officers Arrest American Communist Leader Stachel
U S authorities arrest Jacob Abraham Stachel national director of education for the American Communist Party in New York City for deportation. He is taken to Ellis Island to await proceedings after being accused of illegal entry and joining a subversive organization.
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Department Today
Jacob Abraham Stachel
American Communist Party
Department
Stachel
New York City
Ellis Island
No Major Accidents Here Over Memorial Weekend
Monroe and Green counties reported no serious motor vehicle accidents over the Memorial Day weekend. Seven minor incidents were logged, six in the city, including a rear-end collision injuring Mrs. J. P. Noonan. Several other minor fender benders occurred in Monroe and nearby areas with slight vehicle damage and no serious injuries.
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Monroe
Green County
J. P. Noonan
Bernard
Monroe Band Leads W 100 Event With Regional Groups
Monroe's band opened the stadium program at the W 100 marching event sharing the spotlight with Beaver Dam Ashland and Beloit. The group joined massed band presentations directed by Mesang Schulte and Steinmetz from Ashland Racine Portage. Green County showcased New Glarus Rams Rudy Burkhalter directing Swiss cousin Calling and Maennerchor Yodelers and Turner groups. Band members traveled from Madison in three city council buses and planned Memorial Day exercises the following day.
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Monroe
Beaver Dam
Ashland
Beloit
Theodore Mesang
Fred Schulte
Racine
Theodore Steinmetz
Portage
Green County
New Glarus
Rudy Burkhalter
Turner
Maennerchor
Wilhelm Tellguild
Yodelers
Burkhalter
Madison
University
Green County Honors War Dead With Memorial Day Veiling
Green County observed Memorial Day with solemn tributes as the county honor roll of nearly 2,000 World War II servicemen was veiled. Services at Greenwood Cemetery honored 315 Monroe area dead, with Rev. D Andrew Howey stressing global unity and the graduating class motto “the hearts of the students which build the peace of tomorrow.”
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Green County
Court House
Green ‘County
American Legion
Greenwood Cemetery
D. Andrew Howey
Monroe
United States
America
Monroe High School
Howey
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Women’s Relief Corps
Allan F.’ Barnard
Joann Meyer
Andrew Hartwig
Robert Ableman
Vanport Rail Fill Disaster Strikes Portland Flood Toll Mounts
The Columbia River flood devastates Vanport and North Portland with up to 27 million dollars in Vanport damage amid a 750 mile breadline flood. Bodies remain uncounted as engineers probe a railroad embankment blowout and evacuees seek shelter citywide.
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Portland
Columbia River
Portland Housing Authority
Vanport
Kelso
Woodland
Kalama
Washington
Army
Columbia
Union Station
Ortland
Wee Ceauae
Brooder House Burns On Marcus Davis Farm
A 16 by 16 pig brooder house on Marcus Davis's tenanted farm two miles east of Monroe burned to the ground at 2 15 yesterday morning. Roy Ott tenancy. Three passersby reported the fire, waking the family while two freed the pigs. A bucket brigade formed before Monroe fire department arrived. building was completely destroyed.
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Marcus Davis
Monroe
Roy Ott
Ott
Narcotics Stolen From Physician’s Bag
Milwaukee police say fifteen narcotic tablets were stolen yesterday from Dr. Anthony J. Sanfelippo after he found a man rifling through his car. The suspect, seen fleeing, is believed to be a drug addict.
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Milwaukee
Anthony J. Sanfelippo
St. Mary's Hospital
Memorial Day Holiday Toll Tops Four Hundred
The three day Memorial Day period produced 404 violent deaths nationwide and 22 navy and marine casualties when a launch capsized off Hampton Roads Virginia. Wisconsin registered 17 deaths from motor vehicle crashes drownings and miscellaneous incidents. Names include Darwin Spores 22 Melrose Niles D Scafe 17 Rockland Harvey Jeghline 25 Aztalan Tunas Daniel Yesacson 16 New Lisbon James Farley 51 Madison and infant Lynn Wilter.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Navy
Marine
Darwin Spores
Melrose
Melrose Mill Pond
Niles D. Scafe
Rockland
Harvey Jeghline
Aztalan
Jefferson County
Jefferson County), Killed Saturday When, His Truck By A North West
Jefferson Junction
Daniel Yesacson
New Lisbon
Lemonweir
James Farley
Madison
Montana
Lynn Wilter
Mn senator seeks ban on oleo production and sales
Senator Thye of Minnesota urged an outright prohibition on manufacturing and selling oleo margarine citing a spot check across eight cities by Fact Finders Associates. He said 53 of 159 eating places substituted oleo for butter despite requests for butter and favored retaining the federal tax and expanding it to ban oleo entirely. The House approved the tax repeal. the Senate has not acted.
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Thye
R-Minn
Fact Finders Associates, Inc
New York
House
Senate
Benjamin Benfer Dies at Staver Area Hospital
Benjamin Benfer died at St Clare hospital at 5 50 am after years of illness. He had kidney infection and complications and undergone 14 operations. Born August 14 1877 in Oneco township he married Hercy Smith in Freeport June 23 1909. Survived by wife two children five grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral 1 15 pm Stuessy funeral home and 2 pm at Staver church with burial in Rock Lily cemetery Winslow.
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14Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Benfer
Oneco Township
Noah
Mary Jury Benfer
Freeport
Her
Staver Church
Charles Bender
Immanuel Evangelical Church of
Prairie du Lac
Homer Retzlaff
Rock Lily Cemetery
Winslow
Lewis Refuses to Bargain with Southern Coal Producers
Lewis argues he is not required to bargain with the hostile Southern Coal Producers association in response to a Taft Hartley injunction bid. His lawyers move to dismiss the NLRB suit led by Robert N. Denham seeking a contract with the union and the coal interests.
Truce in Palestine Accepted by Israel
Israel accepted the latest United Nations cease fire plan unconditionally. A four week armistice would include an arms embargo on Jews and seven Arab states. Arab forces claimed advances near Tel Aviv while reports said Lebanese towns were bombed and Jordan and Syria fronts were active.
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United Nations
Palestine
Israel
Amman
Trans- Jordan
U. N
Jerusalem
State Department
Wayne Swedenberg
Salinas
Kas
Arab Higher Committee
Cairo
Natanya
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Isdud
Lydda
Lebanon
Syria
Haganah
Folke Bernadotte
Egypt
Browntown Man Hurt By Bull in Barnyard
Soddy of route 1 was treated at St. Clare hospital after a bull attacked him in a barnyard early Sunday. He sustained chest and head injuries and is in serious condition.
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Browntown
Soddy
iArawntowns
St. Clare Hospital
Kuenzli Sells Evansville Cheese Factory to Bahler and Schuepp
The Evansville Swiss cheese factory, run five years by Leo Kuenzli of Monroe, is sold to Ernest Bahler of Brodhead and Eugene Schuepp of Verona. Edward Weber becomes Evansville manager with assistants Walter Wieland and Walter Schuepp. The plant will process about 16,000 pounds of milk daily and continue Swiss cheese making, with brick andLim burgers also sold.
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Evansville
Leo Kuenzli
Monroe
Ernest Bahler
Brodhead
Eugene Schuepp
Verona
Bahler
Schuepp
Edward Weber
Walter Wieland
Walter Schuepp
Rock County
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James Martin
Fred H. Schiesser
U. S
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15Th Avenue
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Henry Elmer
12Th Street
Frank G. Koepnick
17Th Street
Walter G. Hillbrand
Juda
20Th Avenue
Vernon C. Peterson
11Th Street
Robert A. Wuetrich
14Th Street
16Th Avenue
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
17Th Avenue
Joseph Huber Brewing Co
Highway 11
Camp Randall
Madi
Monroe High
Dan Wetts
Vogel
Clarno
Russell F. Kundert
Capitol Square
Allan F. Barnard
Monticello
Blanchardville
Barnard
Joan Davis
Edwin Andereck
Frank Heinzelman
Pearl Harbor
Okinawa
Normandy Beaches
Oregon
Oregon Town
Ore
Vancouver
Wash
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Red Cross
Nmot
Benjamin Benfer
Lewis
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