Humbel Wins Green County Sheriff Race in Off-Year Vote
Democrat Samuel F. Humbel, 33, independent, defeats former Sheriff Wilbur E. Deininger by 4 728 to 2 217, carrying 25 of 28 precincts. Deininger resigns after an investigation. Humbel gains GOP backing and notes county turnout of 7 638 statewide and 2 920 in Monroe city.
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Samuel F. Humbel
Wilbur E. Deininger
Green County
Humbel
Brooklyn Township
Brooklyn Village
Browntown
Monroe
Humber
Deininger
Marshall L. Peterson
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Ralph J. Kundert
Herman A. Stuessy
Helen F. Myers
Franz W. Brand
Grace M. Thorpe
Register of Deeds
Election results flood Times with 725 calls to operators
The Evening Times recorded more than 725 telephone inquiries last night about election results. Most calls concerned the sheriff race, with some interest in the governor contest before the service ended at 11 45 p.m.
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Evening Times
Kohler Leads in Green County Returns with Broad GOP Edge
Green County voters backed Gov. Walter Kohler and a wide GOP slate in a busy election. Kohler carried 19 precincts while Democrats drew strongest margins for State Treasurer Warren Smith and Lieutenant Governor Warren Knowles. Voters approved a presidential electors residency proposal and rejected a statewide tax supported TV network.
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Walter Kohler
Green County
William Proxmire
Warren Smith
Oscar M. Jonas
Kohler
New Glarus Village
New Glarus Township
Belleville
Washington
York
Adams
Brooklyn
Exeter
Monroe
Warren P. Knowles
Edwin Larkin
Fred Zimmerman
Marguerite R. Benson
Warren R. Smith
Vernon W. Thomson
Frank L. Nikolay
Senate
Robert S. Travis
Platteville
Harry A. Keegan
Ray E. Kundert
Browntown and Brodhead Lead County Returns
First county results show Browntown reporting at 6 35 p m and final counts arriving by 11 20 p m. Brodhead followed with two precincts late, noting polls closed at 7 p m in that city.
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Browntown
Brodhead
School group weighs tract size for new site in Monroe
Junior Chamber of Commerce officers met with the Board of Education to consider expanding the proposed school site beyond four acres. Electors will vote tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium on the specified business.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
Herman Schmitz
30Th
Jaycee Group
Jaycees
Monroe
E. O. Evans
Herbert T. Johnson
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Alvin H. Babler
Leslie G. Kindschi
Joseph R. Ganshert
Jaycee
H. L. Fenton
Robert Rieder
Ronald Johnson
George R. Barry
Frank Stiles
Iowa GOP Sweep Defeats Gillette in Des Moines
A Republican landslide in Iowa unseats Democratic Sen. Guy M. Gillette as Rep. Thomas E. Martin wins the seat after eight terms. Attorney General Leo A. Hoegh initially leads for the governorship but reclaims and extends his margin over Democrat Clyde E. Herring.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Thomas E. Martin
House
Gillette
Congress
Leo A. Hoegh
William S. Beardsley
Clyde E. Herring
Kersten Loses To Henry Reuss In Fifth District
Henry S Reuss won the battle for Milwaukee s 5th District defeating veteran GOP Rep Charles Kersten in a bitter contest that kept Eisenhower endorsement in play The late tally settled in the early hours with Reuss the new representative for Milwaukee 5th District Democrats held two Wisconsin seats Clement Zablocki Lester Johnson while Republicans retained eight other districts including Davis Withrow Laird Byrnes and O Konski and a close 2nd District race ended with Davis 74241 Nelson 63369 in Dane County but Davis carried the district overall
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Charles Kersten
Henry S. Reuss
Kersten
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Harold Christoffel
Allis-Chalmers Cio
Select Committee
Reuss
United States
Clement Zablocki
Lester Johnson
Zablocki
John C. Schafer
Johnson
William Owen
Menomonie
Lawrence Smith
Racine
Glenn R. Davis
Waukesha
Gardner R. Withrow
la Crosse
William K. van Pelt
Fond du Lac
Melvin R. Laird
Marshfield
John W. Byrnes
Green Bay
Alvin E. O’konski
Mercer
Davis
Gaylord A. Nelson
Madison
State Senate
Nelson
Dane County
Henry G Hoehn Dies in Dubuque
Henry G. Hoehn 56 of Galena Illinois died in a Dubuque hospital after a brief illness. He headed Jo Daviess County Abstract Co and formerly worked with Dunwiddie Abstract in Galena. He married Shirley Bauman in 1939 and leaves wife and son James. Services Friday at Nash funeral home Galena with burial at Greenwood cemetery.
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Henry G. Hoehn
Hoehn
James
Fred J. Karlen
Winslow
Belle S. Burke
Monroe
Nash Funeral Home
Galena
Galena Greenwood Cemetery
Mitchell to resign as Democratic Party chair
A Democratic spokesman announced that Stephen A. Mitchell will resign next month from his role as national party chairman. Mitchell had previously said he would quit after the elections, regardless of the outcome.
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Mitchell
Washington
Stephen A. Mitchell
National Party
Smith Re elected For Eighth Term In First District
Congressman Lawrence H. Smith won a tight race in Wisconsin's First District defeating Edward A. Krenzke 65 491 to 54 872. Smith carried Green Rock and Walworth counties but lost Racine and Kenosha, with Racine jail scandal cited as a campaign issue. Smith is a senior Wisconsin member and sits on the House foreign affairs committee.
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Lawrence H. Smith
Edward A. Krenzke
Racine
Smith Krenzke Green
Rock
Walworth
Kenosha
Smith
Jack Harvey
Rep
Harvey
Krenzke
Racine County
Kohler
Harriman Wins New York Governor Fight Narrow Plurality
Harriman defeats Irving Ives by about 10 000 votes in a five million cast election for New York governor. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. loses to Jacob Javits for attorney general. Governor Dewey orders police guard over voting machines during recanvass.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Diller
Moscow
Irving M. Ives
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Jacob K. Javits
Thomas E. Dewey
Kohler Wins Re election in Tight Wisconsin Gubernatorial Race
Gov. Walter J. Kohler defeats Democrat William Proxmire by slim margin to secure a third term as Wisconsin governor. Kohler led in 48 counties to Proxmire’s 23, with Milwaukee County’s edge not enough to sway the outcome. Proxmire carried only two counties in the prior race, and this year’s vote kept the Republican hold on state offices.
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Milwaukee
Walter J. Kohler
William Proxmire
Kohler
Proxmire
Assembly
Wisconsin
Iron
Milwaukee County
Fred R. Zimmerman
Marguerite Benson
Zimmerman
Benson
Warren P. Knowles
New Richmond
Edwin Larkin
Eau Claire
Knowles
George Smith
Larkin
Warren R. Smith
Oscar Jonas
Internal Revenue
Vernon Thomson
Frank Nikolay
Abotsford
U. S
Madison
Swiss Cheese Market Report Steady Demand Light to Fair
In Wisconsin dairy markets today domestic Swiss cheese shows steady demand light to fair with ample offerings. Longhorns light sold at 36 to 37 cents, general markets at 36 to 34, and moisture basis 33 to 34. state brand 40 to 42 cents on Wisconsin assembly points.
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Madison
Wisconsin
GOP Chalked Up Wins Farm Belt Vote in Midterm
Republicans scored key victories in major farm belt states as Iowa and Kansas sent GOP incumbents to win on the flexible price support program. Utah backed two GOP House members despite Stringfellow’s withdrawal, signaling renewed support for Benson amid a controversy over government price supports.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Midwest
Benson
Utah
GOP
House
Rep
Douglas Stringfellow
Douglas Takes Race in Illinois
Senator Paul Douglas was re-elected in Illinois as Democrats gain at least three new House seats. In Chicago and southern Illinois races, Democrats defeated Republican incumbents while two GOP veterans were unseated. Douglas alleged vote manipulation in DuPage Kane and McHenry Counties and urged FBI scrutiny.
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Chicago
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Douglas
Joseph T. Meek
GOP
Meek
Cook County
Southern Illinois
Co. W
Runt) Bishop
Bishop
Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
Charles A. Boyle
Edgar A. Jonas
North Side
Fred E. Busbey
James C. Murray
Busbey
FBI
DuPage
Kane
McHenry
Ilinois
Boone County
Lydia Beardsley
Brooklyn Man Dies of Injuries in Dane County Crash
An 80 year old Brooklyn man Bernard J. Kivlin died in Madison hospital from injuries suffered Tuesday in a two car crash south of Oregon Dane County on Highway 12 14. Walter H Zweifel of Oregon drove the other car. his wife passenger sustained scalp lacerations. The crash occurred when Kivlin’s car emerged from a side road and struck the Zweifel vehicle broadside. Both cars sustained heavy damage.
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Brooklyn
Bernard J. Kivlin
Madison
Oregon
Dane County
Kivlin
Walter H. Zweifel
Zweifel
Council to tackle alleys and budget tonight
The city council will hear a proposal for one way alleys in blocks around the square and discuss the tentative 1955 budget at tonight's meeting. The alley ordinance would require vehicles to move counter-clockwise through alleys and was read at the last meeting and is up for passage.
Thurmond Wins Senate Seat as Write-In in South Carolina
In Columbia South Carolina voters elected write-in candidate J Strom Thurmond as the new junior U S senator marking the first congressional victory by write-in. Thurmond defeated State Sen Edgar Brown 139106 to 80956 with 245 for Marcus A Stone Brown was the official Democratic nominee and Governor James Byrnes protested the lack of a primary.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
U. S
Congress
Thurmond
Edgar Brown
Brown
Marcus A. Stone
Democratic Executive Committee
James Byrnes
Burnett Maybank
Brynes
Eisenhower
Democrats Gain Assembly Seats in Wisconsin Election
Democrats won 37 of 100 assembly seats, the largest gain since 1932, reducing Republicans to 63 seats. Carl Lauri defeated incumbent Arthur Lenroot Jr. in the 25th Senate district, giving Democrats one Senate seat and eight in the upper chamber when the 1955 legislature convenes. Lieutenant Governor Warren Knowles, a Republican holdover, was elected to that post as speculation of a special election arose.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Assembly
Wisconsin State Senate
Arthur Lenroot Jr
Carl Lauri
Substitute in Utah Takes Congress Race
Dr. Henry Aldous Dixon, 64, president of Utah State Agricultural College, won the First District seat defeating Walter K. Granger in Utah. Rep. William A. Dawson retained the Second District seat by defeating Reva Beck Bosone, who had served two terms. Stringfellow quit after admitting wartime hero tales were false.
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Salt Lake City
William A. Dawson
Utah
Henry Aldous Dixon
Utah State Agricultural College
Walter K. Granger
Dawson
Reva Beck Bosone
Dixon
Douglas R. Stringfellow
Reed Wins Sheriff Race in Oconto County
Harold Reed defeated his opponent for Oconto County sheriff by nearly two to one amid post election sadness as his wife Pearl 62 was buried earlier the day of the vote following a home illness.
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Reed
Oconto Oconto
Harold Reed
Pearl
Oconto County
Jersey Oregon races hold key to 84th control
Senate control hung on New Jersey and Oregon as results trickled in. Clifford Case led in New Jersey and Guy Cordon led in Oregon, with Morse’s Oregon vote still supporting Democrats. House results showed a GOP tilt while Eisenhower claimed no repudiation of his policy.
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Jersey
Oregon
Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Congress
New Jersey
GOP
Guy Cordon
Clifford P. Case
Sen
Morse
Nixon
Wesley O’ewart
James Murray
Montana
Murray
George Bender
Ohio
Thomas Burke
Joseph O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Charles R. Howell
Richard L. Neuberger
Multnomah County
Neuberger
House
Eisenhower
White House
Kentucky
Michigan
Nevada
Colorado
Iowa
Homer Ferguson
Wayne County
Detroit
Patrick V. McNamara
Sen. Saltonstall
Foster Furcolo
Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
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Samuel
Warren Knowles
Times
Henry Reuss
Dubuque
Harriman
FDR Jr
Thomas Martin
Kansas
Andrew Schoeppel
George Mc
Council
S. Carolina
Warburton
Frear
Delaware
Gordon Allott
John A. Carroll
Alben W. Barkley
Veep
John Sherman Cooper
Alan Bible
Ernest
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