Morning Rush Boosts Balloting in Monroe and Nationwide
On election day activists in Monroe organized a porch light campaign urging voting as a symbol of freedom. Villages like De Pere and towns nationwide joined efforts with Boy Scouts and volunteer workers reminding residents to vote between 9 am and 5 pm, while transit help and door reminders aided turnout.
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Monroe
United Telephone Co
City Cab Co
L. M. Johnson
Leland L. Lamboley
de Pere
Tony
Boy Scouts
America
22Nd Avenue
John Friedel
Allies Repulse Attacks by Reds
Allied forces beat back six North Korean and Chinese assaults on Heartbreak Ridge and Sniper Ridge as frigid cold chilled battlefield radios. U.N. troops reported night-long fighting with many casualties, while Nixon returned to California to vote after campaigning in Boston.
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Seoul
Vug-M
Heartbreak Ridge
Sniper
U. S. Eighth Army
Triangle Hill
U. S
John Eisenhower
Pyongyang
U.N
Tle
Monroe City Directory 1952 reveals population 7411
The Monroe City Directory 1952 from C R Evans Co shows a population of 7411, down from 7426 in 1951 and 7037 in 1950, after a careful listing purge of those living outside city limits or employed elsewhere. The 335 page book, blue covered with color pages, moves the AAA listing to first and notes a new office in Ruf Building basement.
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Monroe
C. R. Evans ‘Co
U. S
Evans
AAA
American Automobile Association
Harry J. Abbott
Brown Swiss
Cuba City
Abbott
Elwin M. Abbott
North School
Ludlow Memorial Library
Minnie Zwygart
Otto Zwygart
14Th Street
17Th Avenue
Ruf
16Th Avenue
Markwardt
Wisconsin
Illinois
Voter James A. Hard Cast Vote From Ambulance
In Rochester New York James A Hard carried by ambulance to a polling place told the driver to return in four years to vote again for Tice. The 111 year old Civil War Union veteran received assistance from four people during voting at the site.
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Rochester
N. Y
James A. Hard
Tice
Blican
Voter Suffers Stroke Finishes Marking X
A voter in Stevens Point suffers a stroke but completes voting by marking an X on the ballot. The incident occurred while casting a vote, with officials ensuring the ballot was properly processed and counted.
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Stevens Point
John F
Gallup Poll Sees Edge for Eisenhower With Stevenson Gaining
New York reports that Gallup latest forecast shows Eisenhower with a slight lead but Stevenson gaining steadily and possibly closing to a 50-50 popular vote split. Four key states New York Illinois Ohio California could decide the electoral outcome. Eisenhower 47 percent, Stevenson 40 percent, 13 percent undecided.
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Gallup
Adlai
New York
Gen
Esenhower
Gov
Stevenson
Eisenhower
George Gallup
Illinois
Ohio
California
Steenson
State Corn Crop Fifth Over Normal
Wisconsin yields total 124 million bushels, about 20 percent above average. Harvest benefited from dry autumn for maturation and curing, though less fall plowing and lower acreage. Hay production rose on a good second crop while milk output in September rose 2 percent from last year and 8 percent above the 1941-50 average.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Italy ready to settle Trieste dispute with Yugoslavia
Premier Alcide De Gasperi said Italy is willing to settle the Trieste dispute with Yugoslavia but seeks an act of good will from Premier Marshal Tito's government before moving forward.
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Tito
McCarthy Urges Elect Eisenhower In Final Hour Address
Senator McCarthy used an election eve radio address to warn that a Democratic victory would bring more Communists into power. He urged voters to elect Eisenhower, a Republican Senate, and a Republican Congress. About 1,500 gathered in Appleton as he accused Democrats of tolerating subversives.
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Appleton
Sen
McCarthy
Washington
Dwight D
Thomas E. Fairchild
Wisconsin
Adlair Stevenson
Bernard de Voto
Harper's Magazine
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Harvard
James Wechsler
New York
State Precincts Crowded in Early Turnout To Vote
Wisconsin voters faced a high turnout as polls opened across Milwaukee Racine La Crosse and Eau Claire. Delores Holdorf 21 arrived early to vote the first ballot. McCarthy Fairchild and Kohler Proxmire dominated race attention amid a presidential and U S Senate contest with communism as a central issue.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Upstate
Racine
Lake Michigan
Sheboygan
Lake Shore
Eau Claire
Delores Holdorf
LaCrosse
McCarthy
Fairchild
Ike
Adlai
U. S. Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Thomas E. Fairchild
U. S
Walter ‘Kohler Jr
William Proxmire
Blooming Grove
George M. Smith
Sverre
Eisenhower Eyes Victory After Long Campaign Push
Gen. Eisenhower returns to New York to await election results after a final campaign swing. He appeals for peace and unity, touts his decades of service, and contrasts his vision with Stevenson as both candidates race to persuade voters in a decisive national moment.
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New York
Eisenhower
White House
Ohio Prison Riots Quieted as Convicts Surrender Dell
Inmates at Ohio Penitentiary crowded by 1,600 rioters began fluttering surrender notes after a siege. Warden Alvis said few holdouts remain as heavily armed patrols and National Guardsmen stand by. Cellblocks G H I and K had no food since Sunday and near freezing temperatures, heat restored today. Between 600 and 800 inmates may be moved to Camp Perry to ease the riot. One prisoner was killed? and four others plus a patrolman wounded in sporadic clashes during the weeklong unrest.
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Columbus
U. M — Sever
Ohio Penitentiary
Ralph W. Alvis
Kuren
Camp Perry
Lake Erie
Mock Referendum, Eisenhower Backed by Monroe Students
Monroe schoolchildren favored the Republican slate in mock elections, with Eisenhower-Nixon leading Stevenson-Sparkman 233-120 in seniors and 462-181 overall for president. McCarthy beat Fairchild 287-192. Kohler 473-103. Smith led multiple posts. notable endorsements for school board nominees Rodney Kittelsen and Herman Stuessy.
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Monroe
Eisenhower
Nixon
Stevenson
Sparkman
GOP
McCarthy
Thomas E. Fairchild
Fairchild
Kohler
Proxmire
Smith
Roang
Zimmerman
Jessen
Doyle
Snomson
Walstead
Agnew
Keegan
Nye
Kundert
Chandler
Deininger
Williams
George M. Smith
Thomson
Lawrence H. Smith
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Herman A. Stuessy
Truman Ballots Returns to Work and Campaign No. 7
President Truman, his wife and daughter Margaret vote for Adlai Stevenson at Blue Township precinct. He boards the campaign train to Washington to continue the Stevenson's nationwide radio and TV push with Senator Sparkman and Vice President. He urges voters to choose prosperity and liberty over fear of smear and war.
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Nixon
Whittier
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Boston
Ontario
Friends
Hermon Dunlop Smith
Lake Forest
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Lake County
Stevenson
Libertyville
Springfield
Vernon Township
Democratic High Command
Democratic Party
People's Party
Andependenge
Tow
Truman
Margaret
Adlai Stevenson
Blue Township
Washvi
John Sparkman
Shs
Rman
Turnout reaches record levels in Monroe during 1952 election
Sunny election day in Monroe draws large crowd at Turner Hall with 1,564 noon voters, against 1,337 in 1948 at the same hour. Ward totals show First Ward leading with 519 ballots at noon, 1 p m totals rise, absentee ballots number 239, and county turnout near 400 by closing time. Registration expanded to 4,385 voters after last-minute signups.
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Monroe
Congress
Turner Hall
Adam Schuler
Monticello
Monroe Township
Armory
First Ward
Second Ward
Freda Bray
Bray
Patent Suit Answers Say Kraft Given Data
MADISON Up-Answers filed in Federal Court today to a suit concerning development of a findless Swiss cheese process claimed Kraft Foods Co was given information about the process in 1943. The defendants contend the process developed by researchers and submitted for a patent in 266 is substantially similar to the process developed Clemence Honer. More Nairobi Kenya two murders by the anti white Maa society were from the Nyeri district of Kenya.
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Kraft
Madison
Kraft Foods Co
Wild Co-operative Cheese Co
Verona
Wisconsin
Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
The
Cheese Marketing Association
T By Raft
Clemence Honer
Nairobi
Kenya
Maa
Nyeri
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