Figi Captures One-Row Corn Picking Crown in Wisconsin
Ralph Figi of Monroe won his third state one-row crown at Colburn Broxton farm near Albany with a score of 88.80 and will represent Wisconsin at the national contest in St. Joseph Missouri. George Jeske of Hortonville won the two-row division with 89.90, earning a trip to nationals. Elton Heinze and others placed in the event as spectators chaired by Grant Ritter. Nearly 5,000 attended as Sen. Alexander Wiley crowned Miss Maize Geraldine Huebner of Beloit and the ceremony awarded $75 and gold trophies to the winners.
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Ralph Figi
Monroe
George Jeske
Hortonville
Elton Heinze
West Salem
John Krattiger
Albany
Times
Route 1
Wisconsin
St. Joseph
Colburn Broughton Farm
Alexander Wiley
Beloit
Maize
Figs
Janesville
Grant Ritter
Monroe Farmer
Ritter
Jeske
Outagamie County
Krattiger
Richard Kraus
Whitewater
Ford
Geraldine Huebner
Livingston
Robert Rhyme
John Musgrove
Ft. Atkinson
Wilson W. Staab
Waukesha
Leonard Gerke
Sparta
Hitler and Eva Braun Died by Their Own Hands in Bunker Fire
Hitler shot himself and Eva Braun took poison, Heinz Linge claims in a Soviet interview. He says he carried Hitler's body from the bunker and helped pour gasoline to burn them while in the garden near the Berlin air raid shelter. Otto Guensche and others aided, as shells flew overhead.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Hitler
Linge
Eva
Otto Guensche
Heinrich Bauer
Reichsbank
Bauer
Hans Baur
Baur
Camp Friedland
West Germany
Goebbels
Elton Nelson Services Scheduled Wednesday
Funeral services for D. Elton Nelson 34 of Madison will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Darlington Methodist church with Rev James Paulson and Rev Robert H Adams officiating. Nelson, curriculum coordinator for the State Department of Public Instruction, was a Darlington native and son of Mayor C E Nelson. Friends may call at Sharer funeral home in Darlington until noon tomorrow.
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D. Elton Nelson
Madison
Darlington
United Airlines
Darlington Methodist Church
James Paulson
Robert H. Adams
Bethany Methodist Church
Nelson
State Department of Public Instruction
C. E. Nelson
Sharer Funeral Home
Pown victim dies in Madison hospital
Wallace Strickert, 13, of Reedsburg son of Mr and Mrs William Strickert, died of polio in a Madison hospital on Sunday after being admitted earlier that day.
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Powin
Madison
Wallace Strickert
Reedsburg
William Strickert
Madison Hospital
One-way Traffic Signs Installed on 16th and 17th Avenues
City crews began installing posts for one-way traffic along 16th and 17th avenues from 6th to 10th streets after council approval in summer. A cement shortage delays setting the posts, but officials expect the system to take effect within a week or ten days and signs to be erected shortly after cement arrives.
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16Th
Stocks Slide In Sales Wave
A wave of selling hit the New York stock market at the start of the third hour, driving prices down across all sectors. Major losers included Bethlehem Steel Du Pont Chrysler Sears Roebuck RCA American Telephone Kennecott Copper Union Carbide Westinghouse Aluminium Reynolds Baltimore and Ohio Nickel Plate Standard Oil Eastern Air Lines and Distillers Corp. This marked the third straight Monday of a market shakeout following recent news about President Eisenhower's heart attack.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
du Pont
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Douglas Aircraft
RCA
American Telephone
Kennecott Copper
Union Carbide
Westinghouse Electric, Aluminium Ltd
Reynolds Metals
Baltimore and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Standard Oil
Eastern Air Lines
Distillers Corp
Eisenhower
Long Recovery Period Ordered For Eisenhower
President Eisenhower made steady progress as doctors laid out a lengthy convalescence that could keep him from the White House for months. A series of briefings outlined rehabilitation timelines from sitting up in four weeks to walking and traveling by the fifth week, with plans for his return to public duties gradually.
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Denver
Eisenhower
White House
Paul Dudley White
Boston Heart
Gettysburg
White
Rockies
Howard M. Snyder
Dulles
Geneva
President's Illness Delays Nixon Near East Trip
DENVER The White House announced postponement of Vice President Nixon's planned November trip to the Near East due to President Eisenhower illness. Press secretary James C. Hagerty said the trip is being delayed so Nixon can remain available in Washington.
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Denver
White House
Nixon
Near East
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Washington
Molotov to lead Soviet delegation to Geneva talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov announced he would fly to Geneva for the Big Four foreign ministers conference opening in two days. He spoke at a luncheon with Canada's Lester Pearson and addressed his self criticism printed in Communist magazine, saying the error about socialist society was dangerous but does not alter policy.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Geneva
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Molotov
Communist
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
Fed. 8
Soviet Union
Wisconsin Weekend Accidents Claim Sixteen Lives
The weekend traffic toll across Wisconsin rises to 16 fatalities. Names include Gloria Yatchack 19 of Milwaukee and Thomas Gorski 18 of Okauchee who died after separate crashes on highways 41 and in Oconomowoc area. Other victims include Charles Smith 14 in Sparta from a hunting accident and Jerry Skalak 42 of Lisbon electrocuted moving equipment.
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Wisconsin
Gloria Yatchack
Milwaukee
Highway 41
Washington County
Thomas Gorski
Okauchee
Oconomowoc
E. L. Geeter
Detroit
Racine County
Geezer
Ripon
Floyd D. Stolifus
Norbert Mackowski
Berlin
Kenosha County
Walter T. Beaumont
Salem Township
Newell Lauderville
Eau Claire
Charles Smith
Sparta
Jerry Skalak
Town of
Lisbon
Steiner Fox Farm
Juneau County
Skalak
Mary Steinmetz
Cresco
Iowa
Waukesha
Lydia Buckley
Racine
Elmer Tomachefsky
Maribel
Thomas Hendricksen
Denmark
Melvin Snyder
Fond du Lac
Walter Chrostowski
Raymond Blumer
Monroe
Beloit Attor ney and Former Judge John B Clark Dies
John B. Clark 73 Beloit attorney and former Municipal Court judge died Friday night at his Beloit home after a short illness. He was born in Middleton and married Mary Elizabeth Collins in Gratiot in 1910. A UW Law School graduate he practiced since 1907. Surviving wife two daughters a son six grandchildren and a late son Dr son J Clark. Services were held in Beloit this morning.
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Beloit
John B. Clark
Mr. Clark
Middleton
Mary Elizabeth Collins
Gratiot
University of Wisconsin Law School
Robert J
Geraldine
Frances
J. Clark
FBI Informer Dies in Fitchburg At 55
William H. Teto who claimed to have spent 13 years as an FBI undercover informant in the Communist party died today of uremia at age 55 in Fitchburg Mass. He said the role cost him neighbors respect and nearly wrecked his marriage.
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FBI
Fitchburg
Mass
William H. Teto
Communist Party
Harriman says he is neutral on Stevenson bid
New York Governor Averell Harriman denies any obligation to back Adlai Stevenson for the Democratic nomination and says he is not a candidate. He notes he will be 64 next month and may be too old to run, tweeting that he is free to choose his candidate. Former President Truman also says he remains neutral after visiting Harriman.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Harriman
CBS
Face the Nation
Adlai
Truman
Albany
N. Y
Death of Raymond Blumer Charged to Truck Crash Near Monroe
Raymond B Blumer 26 of Route 2 Monroe dies from a dump truck crash four miles northeast of Monroe on Highway 59. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery after services at St Johns Church tomorrow 2 PM conducted by Rev Ronald R Miller. He left behind wife Shirley Ruch and three children Michael Allan Barbara Rae and Peggy Lee.
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Raymond B. Blumer
Route 2
Monroe
St. John’s Church
Ronald R. Miller
Peace Church
Browntown
Greenwood Cemetery
Blumer
Highway 59
John J
Olga Ward Blumer
Woodford
Monroe High School
Shirley Ruch
Michael Allan
Barbara Rae
Peggy Lee
Roger
Herbert
Sylvester
Matt Blumer
Minnie Wald
Monroe Township
Shriner-Neuschwander Funeral Home
Macfadden in Serious Condition at Jersey City Center
Bernarr Macfadden, 87, the physical culturist and publisher, was reported in serious condition at Jersey City Medical Center. He was admitted Friday after a three day fast following a stomach disorder.
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Jersey City
N.J
Bernarr Macfadden
Jersey City Medical Center
Macfadden
Democrats Set for Drive in 56 Wisconsin Convention
Democrats in Wisconsin, led by Phillip Nash, launched an aggressive 1956 program at a three day convention in Green Bay. Nash urged county unit organization as the campaign’s fighting line while delegates elected officers and district chairs, with a platform pledging farm relief and societal well being.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin
White House
Phillip Nash
Wisconsin Rapids
Nash
Congress
Democratic Party of
Harry S. Truman
Horace Wilkie
Madison
David Rabinovitz
Sheboygan
Harvey Kitzman
Racine
John Reynolds
James Doyle
Milton Schneider
Daniel Hoan
Milwaukee
Herman Jessen
Phelps
Constitution Committee
Marguerite Benson
William Clark
Harold Newton Kenosha
Janet Lee
Charles Dahl
Viroqua
George Secora
John Werner
George Laird
Fond du Lac
Betty Gratchen
Coloma
Helen Kasberg
Arthur Henning
Altoona
Paul Sciliano
Superior
Petition Drive Seeks Razing of Stoldt Building for Parking
Businessmen circulate petitions to raze the Stoldt building at 11th street and 15th avenue to create parking space. City survey authorized to cost convert the structure for police and fire use. public property committee to review with Alderman Schindler Dearth and Laeser Jr. Mayor Dunwiddie notes purchase terms prevent demolition for at least three years.
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Stoldt
L1th Street
15Th Avenue
Council
Public Property Committee
Herman L. Schindler
Joseph Dearth
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Dunwiddie
Albert Stoldt
Governor imposes martial law to halt labor unrest
Indiana Governor George N. Craig extends martial law from the Perfect Circle foundry in New Castle to plants in Hagerstown and Richmond. He meets with company, CIO United Auto Workers and New Castle officials seeking an immediate bargaining election. Guardsmen guard plants as rioting left eight wounded and state troopers lock the foundry.
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Indianapolis
George N. Craig
New Castle
Henry County
Perfect Circle Co
Perfect Circle
Hagerstown
Richmond
CIO - United Auto Workers
Perfect Circle Company
Craig
UAW
NURB
Piston Ring Company
Ohio
Bahamas
CIO
United Auto Workers
Harold W. Handley
Handley
Little Foundry
Monticello asks aid for highways
Monticello Village board authorized Louis Wyss to sign a petition to the County Board requesting 2000 dollars to match the village road improvement fund. Jacob Kopp was named chief of police. He reported 46 arrests with 1877.75 in fines, two months, 10 days and five days jail terms. He cited 23 accidents injuring nine people, 7316 in damage, and 84 drivers tests totaling 118 in fees. Trailer camp rent yielded 175. All members attended.
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Monticello
Times
Louis Wyss
Jacob Kopp
Wyss
Kopp
Huber
Farmer Mahmud Firozov Celebrates 147th Birthday
A radio report from London Moscow said a farmer in Azerbaijan near Iran named Mahmud Firozov marked his 147th birthday. The broadcast claimed he has 23 children including a daughter aged 120.
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London
Moscow Radio
Azerbaijan Republic
Iran
Mahmud Firozov
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Heinze Linge
Elton Nelson
Gov. Craig
Brodhead
Donald Wolden
Highway 11
Wolden
St. Clare Hospital
Sheriff's Deputies
The
Associated Press
State Party
Indiana
Union
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