Wisconsin Senators Call for Peace Drive After Memorial Day
In Beloit and Appleton, Senators Wiley and McCarthy urged a strong drive for permanent peace. McCarthy criticized postwar leadership and warned of moral decline while stressing the UN’s role in averting war and urging Americans to honor war dead with meaningful future security.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Joseph McCarthy
Apple
Joseph Carthy
Appleton
Beloit
Alexander Wiley
McCarthy
Fuehrer
Stalin
Gestapo
MVD
United States
State Department
Wiley
United Nations
John Berkeley wins district speech test in Chicago event
John Berkeley son of Arline Berkeley of Danville won the toastmasters district speech contest at the Wilson YMCA in Chicago defeating three Chicago finalists. He earns a chance to attend the Zone contest in Indianapolis June 17 and is a Monroe High School and University of Wisconsin student and Berkeley Equipment Co. engineer. He is married with one daughter Gail Elizabeth. Ends gas rationing NZ cabinet ends gasoline limits as Britain and Australia move ahead.
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Jou Mermercy
Danville
Arline Berkeley
14Th Street
Wilsonviue Ymca
Chicago
Indianapolis
Midwest
Berkeley
Monroe High School
University of Wisconsin
Berkeley Equipment Co
Gail Elizabeth
Retired Farmer Maintains Planting Habit Amid Borer Threat
Otto Goecks near Juda still plants corn after retirement as he cites May planting delay to avoid borers. He warns late planting and standing cornstalks boost pests while fence-row cleaning helps. May farm receipts are projected around 18 billion dollars with modest gains in dairy as prices ease.
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Otto Goecks
Juda
1950 Farm Receipts Estimated Lower Than 1949
The report notes that farmers cash receipts from marketings in 1950 may total about 25 billion dollars, down from 27.5 billion dollars the previous year, indicating a yearlong price decline.
Navy Graduating Nine Badger Men
Wisconsin graduates nine of the U S naval academy class of 1950. The list includes Scott Burgess La Crosse for air force second lieutenant and Kert Hoffman Burlington ensign in the navy. Other Wisconsin men are Lewis Kessler Madison Robert Loetscher Madison Cedric Peterson junior La Crosse Robert Satre Sheboygan Dennis Sullivan Chippewa Falls Theodore Thompson Port Washington Norbert Walecka Kaukauna with commissions in air force or navy.
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Aneapons
Wisconsin
United States ‘Naval Academy
Scott Charles Burgess
la Crosse
U.S. Air Force
Charles B. Burgess
Kert Dale Hoffman
Burlington
U. S. Navy
Roy A. Hoffman
Lewis Hanford Kessler
Madison
Lewis H. Kessler
Robert Leo Loetscher
Mad Son
Supply Corps
Leo Loetscher
Cedric Arthur Peterson Jr
LaCrosse
U. S. Air Force
Cedric A. Peterson
USA
Robert Scott Satre
Sheboygan
Naval Aviation
Harold P. Satre
Dennis Bernard Sullivan
Chippewa Falls
Daniel B. Sullivan
Theodore Orville ‘Thompson
Port Washington
Local Briefs Highlight Moves and Births Across Town
Frank MacMartin will move to Chicago to head the Spaulding Frost office, leaving his New Hampshire plant post. Delbert Blum Jr. is discharged from Wisconsin General Hospital after a kidney infection treatment. Mary Elizabeth Stansbury named for newborn daughter in Chicago. The Green County School Committee plans a meeting at the courthouse this evening. The Hixsons sell their 16th Street home and plan relocation with three children.
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Chicago
Frank MacMartin
John E.’ MacMartin
Spaulding, Frost and Co
New Hampshire
Delbert Blum Jr
Delbert Blum Sr
Wisconsin General __ hospital
Mary
Elizabeth
Fred Stansbury
Visit from Hawaiian guests marks Wisconsin 102nd statehood
Madison Wisconsin quietly marked the 102nd anniversary of Wisconsin statehood. Dr and Mrs J Alfred Burr arrived from Hawaii with their two daughters Betsy and Barbara to visit Miss Helen Hood. The Burdens, in the states since April, planned Kiwanis events and a northern Minnesota visit before heading to Seattle and the islands.
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Madison
Wisconsin
J. Alfred Burr
Sen
Betsy Aloha
Barbara Lei
Hawaiian Islands
Helen Hood
J. H. Schwaiger
Miami
Minnesota
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John Berkeley
Auckland
N. Z
New Zealand
Britain
Australia
King Features Syndicate
Word Rights
Pring Grove
Spring Grove Friendly Rmerettes
Merle
Bauman’s
Sonny
Tony Palaki
Beaver Dam
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Navy
Minneapolis-Moline
Chaser
9Th ST
Gion
Joseph P.’ Walecka
Albany
Fred Schneeberger
Highway
Charles Smiley
Alois Rucks
Mechanic Street
Schneebergers
Larry Kopps
William Whipple
Arthur
Evonne
Nancy
16Th Avenue
Monroe
Michigan
Niagara Falls
Elmira
N.Y
Green County School Committee
Court House
Wisconsin Power
Robert W. Baird & CO
New York
Milwaukee 1
Madison Oshkosh First National Bank
First National Bank
Wausau
First American State Bank
Chandler
Ariz
Fixson
Williams Field Air Base
Miss Hood
Islands
Hawai
U.S
Chiropractic Clinic
M. J. Gonstead
Lynn.s
Ae Batact
Miller’s Jewelry Store
America
Fintch Ewa Ch
PERRY
Plymouth
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