Violence Flares Across UMW, Steel Strike Areas
Violence erupted in mining districts as 900,000 steel and coal workers continue their strikes. A Virginia miner died in a rock fall. a Tennessee ambush injured three. picketing was largely orderly yet tensions rose in Pennsylvania and Utah. Contracts due Oct 15 threaten broader action.
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Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Uni
John L Lewis
Mississippi
Philip Murray
CIO Steel
Murray
Matt Bunch
UMW 6 International
Ikeville
Tenn
Rock Fall
Grundy
Johnnieton
Lewis
AFL
Illinois
Utah
UMW
Great Lakes
Miss Matilda Hefty Dies at New Glarus
Miss Matilda E Hefty died at 4 45 pm yesterday at her home after an illness of four months She was born February 22 1888 in New Glarus township daughter of Casper and Verena Ott Hefty She lived in New Glarus vicinity all her life moving to the village in 1911 She worked at Strickler meat market and grocery until illness Survivors include seven brothers and three sisters She was member of Eastern Star Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church and American Legion auxiliary Services set for 2 pm Friday at Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church with body taken from Zentner funeral home to church at noon Friday.
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New Glarus
Matilda E. Hefty
New Glarus Township
Casper
Verena Ott Hefty
Strickler
Casper A
Henry W
J. Jacob
Monticello
Peter E
St. Petersburg
Fla
Vandenberg Condition Reported as Excellent
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg was reported in excellent condition after a six hour operation Monday. Doctors removed half of his left lung to treat a lesion previously disclosed by Dr. John Alexander, chief surgeon, who declined to reveal specifics.
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Ann Arbor
Arthur H. Vandenberg
John Alexander
Merchants Propose General Garbage Collection Change
Monroe chamber of commerce urged city council to consider a general home garbage and rubbish collection funded by taxes. The retail committee discussed extending service to businesses, with no action taken yet. Trucks enforcement of 1 to 5 am rule was questioned after several tickets and occasional patrols.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Hotel
St. Clare Hosptal
Richard H. Bahr
Blaze at Andrews Seed Co. Plant Destroys Seed Stock in Platteville
A diesel motor started a fire at Andrews Bros Seed Co in Platteville destroying two buildings, power equipment, and 4 000 bushels of hybrid seed corn along with 150 000 gladioli bulbs. Loss estimated at 40 000 to 50 000 dollars. Firefighters relied on milk trucks to bring water, and nearby storage buildings were spared.
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Platteville
Andrews Bros. Seed Co
C. H. Andrews
Omense Platteville
Cars and Flares Light Airstrip for Douglas Wife Arrival
The wife of Justice William O. Douglas flew to Yakima where a field vigil awaited him after a weekend horse accident left him with 13 broken ribs and a punctured lung. Cars and flares lit the runway as an emergency call brought vehicles to the scene, and doctors expect he may leave hospital within two weeks.
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Justice
Justice William O. Douglas
Yakima
Wash
Leonard Leburg
Douglas
Washington
Cascade Mountains
U. S
William O. Douglas
John E Bennett Hazel Green dies at 53
John El liott Bennett 53 of Hazel Green died at 1 15 pm yesterday at Wood veterans hospital of coronary thrombosis after a decade of sudden attacks. He was born December 10 1895 at New Diggings son of Zachariah and Mary Bennett. Survived by wife Mildred Lee a daughter Mrs Lawrence James Argyle four brothers and four sisters. Services Thursday at Floyd Bennett home Shullsburg and 2 pm Lead Mine Methodist church with burial in Hazel Green cemetery.
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Argyle
John Elliott Bennett
Hazel Green
Wood Veterans’ Hospital
Mr. Bennett
New Diggings
Zachariah
Mary Eggelston Bennett
Mildred Lee
Galena
Ill
Lawrence James
Floyd
Clarence
Shullsburg
Louis
Dodgeville
Laverne Benton
Thomas Lindsay
George Pratt
Cuba City
Mabel Peacock
Donald Moon
Prairie du Chien
Rowesville
Death of Glen L Ripley in Madison
Glen L Ripley of Madison died at his home on Williamson Street. He was 38? years old, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ripley Argyle. He married Helen M Keegan March 4 1930 at St Victor's church. He attended Monticello high school and worked in the gasoline trucking business. His brother Clarence Ripley lived in Argyle.
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Glen L. Ripley
Madison
Williamson Street
Frank Ripley
Argyle
Helen M. Keegan
Richard Keegan
Monroe
St. Victor’s Church
E. C. McCollow
Ripley
Monticello High School
Clarence
Wisconsin American cheese market steady on fair demand
Federal market news reports Wisconsin American cheese prices steady with fairly active trade. Quoted selling points include single daisies 35 4, longhorns 35 45 36 34, square prints 35 54 36 42 and midgets 37 38.
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Madison
Wisconsin
I.c.l
Farmers Back Truman Win and Price Support Mandate
Senator Young asserts farmers voted for Truman in last year’s election to preserve high price supports for crops like wheat and cotton. He supports a farm bill amendment with a sliding scale of supports from 75 to 90 percent of parity and urges action before nightfall. Senator Lucas and others caution against raising guarantees and earmark debate. An agriculture committee orders probe into Britain’s use of Marshall Plan funds to buy Canadian wheat.
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Washington
Young
Senate Today
Truman
Midwest
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
House
Anderson
R-Nm
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Committee
Great Britain
Kem
R-Mo
Maurice Savoy Dies In Swiss Canton Vaud Home
Maurice Savoy aged 75 who once lived in Monroe died suddenly at his home in Bex Canton Vaud Switzerland. The cablegram to his daughter in law Mrs Herman Savoy Badger lists two grandchildren Robert and Cecile in Badger as survivors. His son Herman was killed in a May 13 1946 automobile accident. Cecile DeLay Savoy died two years earlier. The elder Savoys lived two years in Monroe in the early 1930s with Herman.
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Maurice Savoy
Monroe
Bex
Canton
Valais
Switzerland
Herman Savoy
Badger
Savoy
Robert
Cecile
Herman
Cecile DeLay
Savoys
Tito Urges Tight Defense Against Russia Threat
Premier Tito warned Yugoslavia will defend itself to the last breath amid a Soviet pressure campaign. He spoke after Yugoslavia’s largest troop maneuvers of the year and accused Russia of endangering a small people. Czechoslovakia broke with Yugoslavia by canceling its friendship pact and recalling its ambassador.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Russia
Yugoslavia
Tito
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Prague
State Society Names Colby Physician, 74
Milwaukee Dr. H. H. Christofferson, 74, of Colby, was chosen president elect of the state medical society of Wisconsin today. Named by the house of delegates, he will take office at the 1950 convention. He is a former president of the state board of medical examiners.
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Milwaukee
H. H. Christofferson
Colby
State Medical Society of Wisconsin
House of Delegates
Christofferson
State Board of Medical Examiners
Hurricane blast subsides as winds rock Houston
A gulf hurricane battered Texas coast then moved inland, causing broken windows and street flooding in Houston. The storm peaked at 90 mph with 7.21 inches of rain at Port Arthur. one person was reported missing and rice and cotton suffered heavy damage while Galveston escaped major harm. About 5,000 sought shelter in Houston venues.
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Houston
Gulf
Texas
Matagorda
Freeport
Tex
Here
Port Arthur
Galveston
Bureau
Golden Texas
West Texas
City Auditorium
Sam Houston Coliseum
Baruch warns U S must mobilize for atomic age
Bernard Baruch urges immediate standby mobilization and robust civilian defense after Russia's atomic test. He calls for planning in advance and a fight for truly effective international control of atomic energy while preserving U S military advantage. Baruch advocates thorough pre law steps and clear public expectations.
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New York
Bernard M. Baruch
Russia
United States
Baruch
Truman
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Tucker Trustees Surrender Factory
Tucker Corp trustees surrender the Dodge-Chrysler plant in Chicago and return it to the War Assets Administration. Eight Tucker officials including Preston Tucker go on trial for mail fraud and securities violations. A new reorganization plan proposes a $20 million stock issue plus $20 million RC for manufacturing automobiles and to form a new company.
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Chicago
Tucker Corp
Dodge-Chrysler
War Assets Administration
Michael L. Igoe
Tucker
Preston Tucker
John Chatz
Aaron Conlon
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Skies Clear After Second Rain Across Wisconsin
Skies cleared by noon after last night’s drizzle and showers across town and much of Wisconsin. A Texas hurricane pushed warm moist air north with spotty rain starting around 5 a.m. In Monroe .09 inch fell and temperatures dropped from 64 to 55 briefly before noon rose to 60.
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Wisconsin
Gulf States
Texas
Monroe
Wisconsin Bishop Plans Africa Visit Next Summer
Bishop H. Clifford Northcott head of the Wisconsin Methodist area announced plans to travel to Africa next summer to supervise work at the old Umtali mission in Southern Rhodesia.
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Madison
H. Clifford Northcott
Wisconsin Methodist
Africa
Umtali
Rhodesa
German farm youth aided by Clarno couple in advisory effort
In Clarno township the Schroeders assist Rudolf Fiederling a German farm youth who learned English as a POW and seeks exchange letters with a farmer in Germany. He describes a 30 acre village farm, threshing routines, crop yields and dairy output amid a dry year.
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Arthur’ Schroeders
Clarno Township
Agricultural Department of
United States
Evening Times
Rudolf Fiederling
Hoehefeld
Germany
Rudolf
Leon Rockow Burned In Browntown Mishap
Browntown Times reports Leon Rockow sustained burns to the chest and hands when flaming gasoline sprayed him during fueling. He runs a gas station with his brother Hubert. bystanders Hubert Soddy and Edwin Schapin aided him and a Monroe doctor treated his injuries.
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Browntown
Leon Rockow
Rockow
Hubert
Herbert Soddy
Edwin Schapin
Monroe
Accused Slayers Woman to Undergo Mental Examination
Jack Lauteman, 52, an ex convict, pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the shooting of Esther Clubb, 47, at a Shiocton area farm last Friday. He was ordered to a state mental hospital for examination today.
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Appleton —i
Shiocton
Jack Lauteman
Esther Clubb
Admirals Call For Inquiry Into Navy Morale Decline
Members of the house armed services committee said they will begin next week a probe into charges that navy morale has fallen and that the service has been weakened. They named three admirals cited in secret papers as witnesses and pledged to hear all relevant testimony without advance clearance. The effort follows statements by Vinson that the committee will get to the bottom of this matter promptly.
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Navy
Vinson
Denfeld
Bogan
Radford
Pacific Fleet
John G. Crommelin
Crommelin
Defense Headquarters
Alaska
U. S
Arctic
Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
D-Ga
Airborne Show At Fort Bragg Demonstrates Rapid Insertion
Twenty thousand troops of the Fifth corps passed in review for President Truman and senior army officials. A mass airborne drop of infantry and light artillery followed as the president witnessed a day-long program showcasing air transport of fully equipped ground forces to seize an airhead.
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Fort Bragg
Fifth Corps
Truman
Washington
Governor Signs Plea For Suspect's Return
Extradition papers signed by Gov Rennebohm authorize bringing Arnold Larson 35 from Minneapolis to La Crosse for trial in the murder of Dr James McLoone. Dist Atty John S Coleman of La Crosse County secured the signature before heading to La Crosse to press the case.
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Madison
James McLoone
Rennebohm
Dist
John S. Coleman
LaCrosse County
LaCrosse
Arnold Larson
Minneapolis
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Matilda Hefty
Vandenberg
Vernon C. Peterson
Chester Becker
F. Royce ZumBrunnen
Wendell L. Fuller
Dwight A. Crandall
Chamber
Banjo Pete
Walter L. Day
A. H. Schneider
John E. Bennett
Aiken
R-Vi
Commodity Credit Corporation
Pittsburgh Steamship Co
State Society
Nation
Clarno Farm
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Gerald F. Bogan
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