Sam Kneller 91 Dies at Madison
Sam Kneller 91 former Monroe merchant died yesterday at a Madison hospital after a brief illness. He founded Kneller Furniture Co Madison and led Madison Jewish groups. Born in Gorlice Poland 1858 he moved to Monroe in 1883 and later to Madison in 1911. He retired in 1936 and lived with Abe Mintz for nine years. Funeral set for 12 30 p m at Fitch Lawrence with Rabbi Lipshitz officiating.
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Samuel Kneller
Monroe
Madison
Mr. Kneller
Gorlice
Poland
Sol Levitan
Wisconsin
New Glarus
Monticello
Kneller
Monroe Square
Kneller Furniture Co
King Street
Badger Furniture Co
Madison King David Lodge No. 64
B’nai B'rith
Masonic and
Eastern Star Order
Odd Fellows and
Esther Rebekah
Abe Mintz
W. Wilson Street
Fitch-Lawrence Funeral Home
Max A. Lipshitz
Forest Hill Cemetery
Date Set For Gratiot Dial Telephone Service
Gratiot Shullsburg and Wolta in Wisconsin Tele- Co. exchange will begin dial service on Tuesday October 11 replacing magnetophone use. Gratiot Wiota will join, enabling long distance calls by dialing. calls to Shullsburg from Darlington Gratiot or Wiota require operator before and after the change at 2 p.m. Oct. 11. Exchange Manager L L Hunt says a test call will be made to each subscriber.
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Gratiot
Wisconsin Tele- Co
Shullsburg
Wolta
Wiota
Darlington
L. L. Hunt
Governor Proclaims U S Newspaper Week
Madison state notes National Newspaper Week Oct 18 with a call for observance. Governor Rennebohm cites press freedom and no censorship as key to American liberty in a letter to editors and publishers.
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Madison
Rennebohm
America
Last Berlin Air Lift Flight Ends After 15 Months
The final U S Air Force C 54 flight carried news reporters and coal from Frankfurt to Berlin marking the end of a 15 month air lift. British and American crews logged over 275000 flights, delivering more than 2300000 tons to the besieged city and signaling the blockade’s end. Public statements promise ready reserves and training squadrons in Germany for rapid restart if needed.
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Berlin
Frankfurt
Tempelhof
John K. Barr
Germany
Local Herd Shipped To Cattle Congress
Nineteen head of Green county Brown Swiss left for the national Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Iowa October 3 9. Jacob Voegels Monticello enters ten head Alfred Meier Monroe six head and Carl Brennecke Monroe three. The party will be joined by family members to attend shows and sessions. Several Green county breeders plan to attend with Edna Schmida Brown Swiss breeder not exhibiting. Holstein breeders W G Timms and John W Ruff will attend mainly Holstein day with plans to stay through the week. No Green county Holsteins are exhibited.
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Green County
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Jacob Voegels
Monticello
Alfred Meier
Monroe
Carl Brennecke
Voegeli
W. G. Timm
John W. Ruff
Navy Board Studies Fatal Mock Landing
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Francis W. Fane testified as the inquiry probes a mock amphibious assault that killed Morris Fineberg, 56, a Boston Post photographer. Fane described TNT substituted for signaling powder and noted Lt. Hugh E. M. from Norfolk helped craft the cin.
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Boston
Navy
Naval Inquiry Board
Cmdr
Francis W. Fane
Brookline
Morris Fineberg
Boston Post
Fane
Hugh E. M
Norfolk
Baraboo Woman Elected To Head PTA for District
Baraboo residents Mrs. Joseph Conners and Mrs. William Benzies elected president and vice president with Mrs. Elmer Stone of Lodi as secretary of PTA District Two. Others keep posts as treasurer and historian. The fall conference at the Baraboo high school drew about 75 attendees with talks by state and Madison leaders focusing on improving comic book standards through cooperation rather than censorship.
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Joseph Conners
William Benzies
Baraboo
Elmer Stone
Lodi
Parent Teacher Association
R. L. Schumpert
Madison
Edwin C. Dallman
Monroe
E. R. Davis
Adams
Woods
Dreyfus
Milwaukee
Madison Council
E. K. Steal
Fred Risser
Leo Merkel
Madison Pta
Methodist
Grace Lutheran
Joseph Born
PTA
Juda Area Youth Hurt in Silo Fall
Wendell Whitehead, 17, of Juda Route 2, fell from a silo chute while working alone at his father's farm. He suffered a fractured left heel and a compound break of the lower right leg. Father Maurice Whitehead and helper Elmer Cleaveland aided him. he was transported 11 miles to St. Clare hospital in Monroe. The family resides on the Fred Stabler farm, three and a half miles east of Juda.
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Wendell Whitehead
Route 2
Juda
Maurice Whitehead
Elmer Cleaveland
Wendell
Monroe
Spring Grove
St. Clare Hospital
Whiteheads
Fred Stabler
More Mild Weather Seen for Tomorrow
The article reports continued mild weather through the first weekend of October with partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures. It notes September averaged varied conditions, a high of 77, a recent low of 31, only six rainy days, and total precipitation of 0.58 inches. By noon, the mercury was around 67, with a morning low of 48 and yesterday’s high of 66.
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Mercury
American Held Reported as Spy at Marienbad
The American embassy said it had asked Czechoslovak foreign ministry for information about an American citizen reported under arrest as a spy at Marienbad in western Bohemia.
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Prague
Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry
Marienbad
Bohemia
FBI Studying Data on Weinberg Scientist X Case
The House committee turned over its records to the Justice Department in the case of Scientist X. Dr Joseph W Weinberg is named and faces perjury charges alleging lies about communist party membership and associations with spies. Weinberg denies all wrongdoing and claims mistaken identity. The FBI is reviewing the matter.
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Joseph W .Weinberg
University of Wisconsin
House
UN American Activities Committee
Justice Department
Washington
American Activities Committee
Woods
D-Ga
Department
Joseph W. Weinberg
University of Minnesota
Weinberg
Radiation Laboratory
University of California
FBI
Communist Party
California
FBI shadowed professor during 1945 New Glarus visit
The report states Dr. Weinberg, husband of former Merle Hoesly of New Glarus, was shadowed by the FBI throughout a two week stay by the couple in the village in 1945.
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Weinberg
Merle Hoesly
New Glarus
FBI
Bristol Brabazon Makes Two Hour Test Flight
The Bristol Brabazon, the world’s largest commercial aircraft at 130 tons, completed a two hour speed test in Bristol England. Officials called the flight results very satisfactory.
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Bristol
Eng
City to Mail Third Quarter Service Bills Under New System
About 3,000 quarterly bills for water sewer garbage and rubbish removal go out under a new city hall procedure. Sewer charges will be billed directly to property owners based on water use and disposal wastes with retroactive billing from July 1. Pay to city treasurer bring bill stubs and contact departments for questions.
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Water and Sewage Department
Water Department
City Hall
Lucas Seeks to Curb Farm Subsidy Criticism
Democratic Leader Lucas of Illinois moves to head off criticism of large subsidies on certain crops. He supports amending Senator Anderson’s bill to curb inflated parity payments and apply reform to all crops with subsidies, aiming to make the farm program more realistic and budget-friendly.
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Lucas
Washington
Illinois
Anderson
Agriculture Department
D-Nm
Exhaustive 24 hour test completes on new city well
A 24 hour test of the new city well east of Madison road was completed yesterday as engineers await a report before deciding on further drilling. Ward and Strand consultants, with city officials assisting, measured data from 1525 feet and will advise whether to drill deeper or accept the current capacity.
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Joseph Eggerer
Ward and Strand
Madison
Z. A. Gorder
City Water Department
John A. Becker
City Water Board
Ward
Society Museum Opens Sunday At Idle Hour Farm
Green County Historical Society will open the Society Museum at Idle Hour farm carriage house this Sunday and next, from 2 30 to 4 30 p m for public inspection. New items join the permanent display as directors and committee heads reorganize the group. Former officers stay on during transition. membership outreach begins with Mrs Ralph Bridge as chairman.
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Museum of
Green County Historical Society
Idle Hour Farm Carriage House
Marshall L. Peterson
Ralph Bridge
May L. Luchsinger
Clara ZumBrunmen
J. J. Figi
New Glarus
Neff Fund Trustees Buy Kafer Property
Trustees of the Louis Neff fund for St. Victor's Catholic church have purchased the Rose Kafer property at 15th street and 20th avenue from May Tulier of South Beloit. The house at present houses Mrs. Rose Kleckner. No immediate use is planned. the site may provide additional playground space for the parochial school across the street. Trustees named are W H Hogan Melchior Denny and Judge Harold J Lamboley.
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Louis Neff
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Rose Kafer
15Th Street
20Th Avenue
May Tulier
South Beloit
Rose Kleckner
W H. Hogan
Melchior Denny
Harold J. Lamboley
Deranged brakeman killed in wild fight aboard freight locomotive
Kenneth Hopkins, a 35 year old brakeman, boarded at Eugene and attacked engineer Brent W. Campbell and fireman Ben J. Mackowiac aboard a Southern Pacific 70 car freight bound for Portland. Hopkins wielded a flare and hammer before being fatally subdued.
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Portland
Ore
Brent W. Campbell
Kenneth Hopkins
Eugene
Southern Pacific
Hopkins
Campbell
Ben J. Mackowiac
Mrs. Merton P. Peavy of Darlington Dies at 67
Mrs. Merton P. Peavy, 67, former wife of the publisher of the Darling ton Republic Journal, died at her Darlington home after a long illness. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church. burial in East Side cemetery, Dodgeville. She was born Mary Jones in Dodgeville and married Aug 20 1902. Surviving: husband, daughter Mrs. Boyd Teasdale, two sisters, Elizabeth Mitchell and Harry Dowling, both of Dodgeville. Her parents and another sister and daughter preceded her in death.
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Darlington
Merton P. Peavy
Darlington Republican Journal
Methodist Church
E. J. Jeffrey
East Side
Dodgeville
Nelson-Sharer
Mary Jones
Peavy
Eastern Star Lodge
Boyd Teasdale
Elizabeth Mitchell
Harry Dowling
Chicago Rail Fair Ends After Record 100 Day Run
The Chicago Railroad fair ends tomorrow after a 100 day run. The $12,000,000 exhibit drew 2,750,000 visitors, the largest crowd for a single industry exposition. Fair president Lenox R. Lohr called it a record for a Chicago exhibit in its second year.
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Chicago
Lenox R. Lohr
Mother in Critical Condition After Springfield Fall
Mrs. Louisa Lewis, 90, mother of John L. Lewis, is in critical condition at St. John's hospital after breaking a hip in a fall in Springfield.
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Springfield
Louisa Lewis
John L. Lewis
St. John’s Hospital, Oy
Major Steel Mills Halt As CIO Strike Grips Nation
A half million CIO United Steelworkers struck across 27 states starting at 12:01 a.m., closing many iron and steel mills coast to coast. Some plants stayed running while others paused. no violence reported. The dispute centers on pension and social security costs, with key firms like U.S. Steel and Kaiser remaining active as talks continue.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel
Detroit
Cleveland
Portsmouth Steel Co
Portsmouth
Ohio
Allegheny- Ludlum Steel Corp
Kaiser Co., Inc
Utah
California
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Steel Co
Portsmouth Steel
Harrisburg Steel
Allegheny Ludlum
Kaiser
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corp
Murray
Copperweld Steel, Inc
U. S. Steel
Blockaded U S Ship Appeals for Navy Aid
One of three American vessels trapped at the Yangtze mouth appealed for U S help as a nationalist destroyer blocked safe passage. Captain Henry Scurr of the Isbrandtsen Line said the Chinese warship refused orders to move to safer water amid worsening weather.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
United States
Henry Scurr
Isbrandtsen Line
Flying Independent
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Homestead
Sam Kneller
U. S
Navy Board
Madison Unit
Juda Area
Silo
Neff Fund
Kafer Property
M. P. Peavy
Mills
Truman
USW
Philip Murray
Big Steel
Fairless
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