Yankees Sweep Series as Ford Nets Title Victory
Whitey Ford, a 21-year-old rookie, pitched the Yankees to a 5 2 win over the Phillies at Yankee Stadium sealing a four game sweep and a 13th world series title before 68 098 fans. Gene Woodling and Allie Reynolds fueled the win with key defense and pitching relief.
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Tom Ferrick
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Nationals
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Ashburn
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DiMaggio
Miller
Jim Konstanty
Mize
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Hamner
Seminick
Coleman
Konstanty
Bauer
Phillies Goliat
Stock Market Climbs As TV Shares Lead The Rally
The market rose with radio television shares in the lead and gains up to $2 a share in the electronics group. Profit taking trimmed the extreme advances as heavy trading neared the close, pushing prices to a new yearly high on a two hour session.
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New York
Chicago Senate Crime Hearings name Rosselli producer
Paroled extortionist John Rosselli labeled himself a Hollywood producer to Kefauver committee reporters as he testified about organized crime. The hearings probe Ricca and other Capone era figures, with focus on loans, gambling profits, and parole histories. Kefauver urged stronger federal measures to curb syndicated crime and improve information sharing among agencies.
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Kefauver Committee
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Rosselli
Hollywood
Senate Crime Committee
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Paul
Sen
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Ricca
New York
Hugo Bennett
Sportsman’s Park Race Track
Cicero
Miami Beach
Capone
Mexico
Rocco
Tony Accardo
Executives Club
Post Office
Internal Revenue Department
FBI
U. S. Court House
Kennelly
Chicago Tribune
U. S. Senate Crime Investigation Committee
Mildred Grenzow Named Juda Queen
Mildred Grenzow was named queen of the Juda homecoming at halftime of the Juda Argyle game. Attendants Lou Ann Dittmar and Delores Roth were announced, daughters of local residents, after school elections left Grenzow and Dittmar tied for the honor.
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Mildred Grenzow
Lou Ann Dittmar
Delores Roth
Miss Grenzow
Wesley Grenzow
Miss Dittmar
Neil Dittmar
Brodhead
Miss Roth
William Roth
Mrs. Mattie Hall Taken by Illness
Mrs. Mattie E. Hall 79 of 733 15th avenue died at 6 p m yesterday at her daughter’s home in Monroe after a 20 year illness. Born June 11 1871 in Sylvester township she married Charles Hall Nov 18 1894 in Juda. She leaves daughter Kathryn Collins son Kenneth Hall brother George C West and sisters Bertha Moldenhauer Nettie Andereck and three grandchildren. Services Monday at 2 pm at Shrin er Neushwander Monroe with Rev J Tingley officiating burial Mt Vernon cemetery.
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Mattie E. Hall
15Th Avenue
Kathryn Collins
Monroe
Hall
Sylvester Township
Mattie E. West
Samuel and
Kate M. Read West
Brodhead
Juda
Charles Hall
Susan West
Judea Baptist Church
Royal Neighbors
Shriner-Neushwander
Co. J. Tingley
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Favorite Cow Daisy Saves Farmer From Barn Fire
North Hampton New Hampshire farmer Berwin E Fuller credits his favorite cow Daisy with saving his life during a barn fire that destroyed the structure and 65 head of cattle. Fuller awoke in smoke and felt a nudge from Daisy who dragged him outside before the fire claimed the rest.
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N. H
Berwin E. Fuller
Daisy
Fuller
Dr H F Zingg Elected Green County Rod and Gun Head
Dr H F Zingg of New Glarus was elected president of the Green County Rod and Gun club at the annual Turner Hall meeting. Mike Hoesly became vice president and Charles Benkendorff moved to secretary treasurer. Directors named include Ray Beckman and others. The group reported Yellowstone conservation acreage, five public hunting grounds stocked with pheasants, and 7000 black bass fingerlings ready for planting. The club released 1126 pheasants and Myron Jeglum outlined a conservation education program for rural schools.
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New Glarus
Green County
Rod and Gun Club
Turner Hall
Everett Keel
Monroe
Mike Hoesly
Zingg
Charles Benkendorff
Monticello
Ralph Kundert
Ray Beckman
Lowell M. Ringen
Brodhead
Harry Thurman
Albany
Ralph Lueck
Browntown
Keel
W. S. MacDonald
Stanley McKnight
Ervin Broege
State Conservation Department
Lester van Loon
Clarence R. Benkert
Yellowstone
Lafayette County
Norman Hicks
Twin Grove
Myron C. Jeglum
Floyd Davis
Young Driver Killed In Milwaukee Area Crash
Wayne Robinson, 21, of Wauwatosa died today at a hospital after a car he rode in crashed into a tree on Highway 100 just north of West Capitol Drive. The collision occurred two hours earlier and the victim perished from injuries sustained in the wreck.
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Wayne Robinson
Wauwatosa
Highway 100
West Capitol Drive
U.N. Assembly Approves North Korea Cross Border Action
The United Nations Assembly votes 47 to 5 with seven abstentions to authorize a plan for rebuilding Korea and plausibly allow U N forces to cross the 38th parallel into North Korea. The Soviet bloc opposes. A M Baranovsky accuses Western powers of moves toward Manchuria and Japan.
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North Korea
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Harbin
Mandhuria
Japan
Asia
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U. N. Assembly
Baranovsky
Graft Probe Names New York Officials in Witnesses
New York graft investigators asked a grand jury to hear three top police leaders and a prominent public figure as witnesses. The unnamed figure is likely former Mayor William O Dwyer, while the three officers include Edward C Moran, John E Flynn, and Inspector Frederick A Hofsaes, all recently retired from high ranks.
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New York City
William O’dwyer
Mexico
California
Edward C. Moran
Brooklyn
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Frederick A. Hofsaes
Fair Sunday Seen With Mild Tomorrow Forecast
Aweatherman predicts fair and mild conditions after a gloomy morning with overcast skies. Skies clear by noon with a low of 40 tonight and a high near 60 tomorrow. Last night’s low was 56 at 4 a.m., today’s afternoon high reached 60, and rainfall totaled .62 inches earlier.
Girl Trapped by Fence Rescued After Two Hour Search
Three year old Judy Zweifel wandered from her farm home near New Glarus and became tangled in barbed wire along a fence. Hundreds of neighbors and New Glarus firefighters joined the search using a spot light. Judy was found unharmed and calmly slept after crying herself to sleep.
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Cleyance Zweifel
New Glarus
Barkley Clarifies Misquoted Remarks on Brannan Plan
Vice President Alben W. Barkley said his Milwaukee remarks on the Brannan farm plan were misunderstood and misquoted. He spoke in Sioux City and Waterloo, noting he is not committed to the plan and that it has not been adopted by any convention or platform, while acknowledging some good features. He is on an air tour with plans for 30 speeches in 32 days.
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Alben W. Barkley
Milwaukee
Barkley
Waterloo
Democratic Party
Missouri
Iowa
Pacific Coast
Civilian Defense Chairmen Named in Monroe
Monroe council advisory committee selects key heads for civilian defense roles. W. S. MacDonald becomes deputy and administration chief. P. J. Weirich leads communications. O. L. Hare heads transportation. Chiefs Schwaiger and Sickinger supervise law enforcement and fire protection. The advisory group includes Frank W. Heinzelman Joseph D. Viney and Alderman E. J. Norton.
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H. L. Sickinger
Police and Fire Departments
Law Enforcement
Buehler
Frank W. Heinzelman
Joseph D. Viney
E. J. Norton
Boss Cattle Bring $31 at Chicago Yard
Green county cattle fetched a top price on Thursday at the Chicago stock yards. Fred Boss, a Monroe cattle feeder aged 76, marketed 12 head of Hereford steers and heifers weighing 981 pounds at $31 per hundred, market officials reported today. Boss attended the sale to oversee his cattle.
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Green County
Chicago
Fred Boss
Monroe
Boss
Doctor Volunteer Increase Expected
President Truman orders to begin drafting doctors and dentists, prompting expectations of a rising volunteer wave to enlistment offices. Volunteers receive $100 more monthly than draftees, with registration starting Oct. 16 for doctors dentists and veterinarians under 50 not in the reserves.
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Truman
Army and Navy
Scrub Water Helps Contain Fire at Speich Farm
Fire discovered in the roof of the Jacob Speich farm house near Orfordville was checked by buckets of scrub water before the Orfordville fire department arrived. The Speich family, former Green County farmers, had been cleaning the house for their son Kenneth and family to move in. The blaze started near the roof just west of the Speich barn off highway 11.
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Jacob Speich
Speichs
Kenneth
Jacob Speichs
Green County
Eric Olson
Speich
Highway 11
Americans Hold Positions Along Mythical Border
Allied forces push near the 38th parallel with U S First Cavalry in Kaesong and multiple South Korean divisions advancing toward Wonsan and Pyongyang. Air and naval attacks disrupt Red Korea lines as 2 000 retreat into pocket near Yongdong.
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Pyongyang
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Changjon
Farm Woman Relays Vision Message at Shrine
Necedah Mary Anna Van Hoof fainted at her farm yard shrine after delivering what she said was her seventh and final message from the Virgin Mary. She revived after minutes and was aided by onlookers as a rainswept crowd of about 30 heard a 25 minute message in the first person urging Christians to pray for Russia's conversion.
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Virgin Mary
Mother of Seven
Russia
Voegeli Wins Champion Junior Bull At Waterloo Cattle Congress
Jake Voegeli of Monticello showed the champion junior bull in the Brown Swiss class at the Cattle Congress in Waterloo Indiana this week. The Wisconsin state herd won first though few Wisconsin exhibitors appeared. Voegels was the only Green county Brown Swiss exhibitor. Alfred Meier did not exhibit due to convalescence after surgery.
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Monticello
Waterloo
Wisconsin
Voegels
Green County
Alfred
Shorty) Meier
Route 2
St. Clare Hospital
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