James Marks and Kraus Win Wisconsin Corn Event
James Marks of Oconomowoc and Richard Kraus of Whitewater won the state mechanical corn picking titles at Janesville on the Tracy Farms. Kraus scored 90.98 points in the two row event while Marks tallied 87.98 in the single row. Daryl Teasdale was chosen Miss Maize queen with finalists Shirley Leopold Nancy Rowley and Janice Lois. Governor Kohler praised Wisconsin corn farmers and science alongside the visitors.
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Bulletin
Janesville
Flora
Indiana
Elmo M. Redding
Tracy Farms
William Frank
Hyde Park
Ont
Richard Kraus
Whitewater
Wis
William Adams
Ellsworth
Ill
Robert Frakes
Rushville
Homer Conway
Marengo
Ohio
Green County
William Hawthorne
Monroe
Ralph Figi
Hawthorne
Figi
Nordean Hoesly
New Glarus
Herman Krattiger
Kraus
Marks
James Marks
Oconomowoc
Tracy and Sons
Wisconsin
Orrin Berge
University of Wisconsin
Secretary of Articulture
Benson
Here
Daryl Teasdale
Darlington
Stout Institute
Maize
Shirley Leopold
Nancy Rowley
Evansville
Janice Lois
New Munster
Andrew Navis
Fairwater
William Moore
Avalon
William Tenner
Melrose
Gerald Biehm
Kenosha
Harvey Davis
Mindoro
Gov. Kohler
Dick Kraus
Gertrude Kilday Dies in Brodhead
Gertrude Kilday 78 wife of James A. Kilday died this morning at her Brodhead home. Born Dec 5 1875 to Joe and Gertrude Gramm she married April 6 1891 in Brodhead. Survived by husband one daughter Florence Knudson four sons Martin Fred Arthur James twelve grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Services pending at Everson funeral home Brodhead.
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James A. Kilday
Brodhead
Kilday
Joe
Gertrude Gramm
Florence Knudson
Martin
Fred
Arthur
Salem
Ore
James
Northbend
Everson Funeral Home
Five Circuit Court cases listed for October term in Green County
The Green County Circuit Court scheduled five cases for the October term opening October 25 led by Judge Harry S. Fox. Jury duty set for October 26 with three cases to jury. Lawsuit against Nathan Burgy for $2,500 damages, against Eugene Stricker for $25,000, and a breach of contract suit. A contested divorce Garnet Bufton v Rollin Bufton will be heard for fact for court. A writ of certiorari case MARVIN Grimm v Grant Waddell. Herman suit seeks $25,000 arising from a May 1952 stair collapse injuring Alvin W. Herman, Madison to Monroe route driver.
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Green County Circuit Court
Harry S. Fox
Twelfth Judicial Circuit
Sheriff's Department
Howard Kohn
Monroe
Nathan Burgy
Alvin W. Herman
Madison, and Hardware Mutual Casualty Co
Eugene Stricker
New Glarus
Anita Smith
Brodhead
Otto Anderegg
Carlton E. Ashby
Watertown
Garnet Bufton
Rollin Bufton
Fox
Rock County
Marvin Grimm
Grant Waddell
Brooklyn
Herman
Madison
Belleville
Monticello
Utah Governor Backs McCarthy at Illinois Chamber Meeting
Utah Governor J Bracken Lee argued for freedom of speech and against censuring senators. He told the Illinois Chamber of Commerce convention that Washington has grown powerful enough to clamp on rights and urged lawmakers to act by their own convictions.
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Chicago
Friday
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Sen
McCarthy
Lee
Washington
Gov. Lee
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Fire destroys car owned by Dunlavey
A car owned by 19 year old Robert Dunlavey of Route 2 Monroé was destroyed by fire on Highway 62 at Round Grove corner this morning. Sheriff's deputies said an Indian pump and water from town were used to extinguish the blaze and the car was a total loss.
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Robert Dunlavey
Monroé
Round Grove Corner
Youth Holds Shotgun To Save Dog In School Yard Case
Ten year old Joe Cooper, who threatened school officials with a loaded shotgun to save his dog Tippie from the city pound, remains in reform school as Judge Howell Heard weighs release. A four hour rehearing drew hundreds of telegrams while witnesses testified to the boy and dog's good character. A decision is expected next week.
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Monroe
Joe Cooper
West Monroe
Howell Heard
Louisiana Training Institute
Tina Clark
Ransom School
Joe
Heard
Tippie
Atty. Murphy Blackwell
Ace Sentenced To Reformatory For Farm Fire
Norman Ace, 20, was sentenced in County Court to not less than one year nor more than five years in the Green Bay reformatory for arson that destroyed a $50,000 barn on the Henry J. Marty farm north of Monroe in August. Judge Marshall L. Peterson said the term aims to reform his impulses. The district attorney had shifted from a prison term to the reformatory. Ace pleaded guilty after withdrawing insanity and the judge ruled out probation due to inability to control impulses.
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Norman Ace
Reformatory
Green Bay
Marshall L. Peterson
Ace
Rudolph P. Reger
Norman
Waupun
Peterson
Marty Farm
Pengra Hurt as Auto Overturns Near Magnolia Township
Marshall P. Pengra of Route 1 Albany was in satisfactory condition at St. Clare hospital after a traffic accident at 7:22 p m yesterday just over Rock County line. His car left Highway 59 near County Trunk T turning deadly curved and was demolished. Pengra suffered multiple cuts.
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Marshall P. Pengra
Albany
St. Clare Hospital
Tora
Rock County
Pengra
Magnolia Township
Eisenhower Bids To Gain Farmer's Vote at Indianapolis rally
President Eisenhower addressed 15000 at Butler University in Indianapolis outlining a GOP backed farm policy. He blamed the old farm law for declining farmers purchasing power while praising 83rd Congress for bold measures and urging Republicans to keep control of Congress in the November elections. He noted wheat buying power rose from 930 to over 1600 bushels through 1947-1952. He spoke alongside Secretary Benson and GOP Farm Belt candidates.
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Butler University
Truman
Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
Indiana
Denver
Washington National Airport
America
Benson
White House
Fisenhower
Gordon Stauffacher Admitted After Injury in Game
Gordon Stauffacher, halfback for the team, was admitted to St. Clare hospital as a surgical patient after a game against Lake Mills. He suffered a leg injury and doctors hoped surgery might be avoided as they treated him post game.
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Gordon Stauffacher
Gordon Staufffacher
Lake Mills
St. Clare Hospital
Stevenson Says Defense Politics Don’t Mix at Albuquerque Rally
Adlai Stevenson urged that the Defense Department stay out of politics while criticizing Eisenhower admin policies. He attacked Secretary Wilson for campaigning in defense districts and cited the Dixon-Yates AEC contract and a revised atomic energy law as examples of private power influence. He urged Republicans to remember the Defense and State departments were nonpartisan under Democratic rule.
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N. M
Adlai Stevenson
Wilson
Congress
Stevenson
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixon-Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Secretary of Defense
Detroit
Chicago
State Department
Monroe youth wins state fire poster prize at banquet
Carl Foesch a 16 year old Monroe resident wins the Wisconsin Association of Insurance Agents state fire poster contest his poster Trash Tempts Fire features a ghostly figure of fire reaching from a fireplace to rubbish. He will be honored at the 55th annual convention banquet at the Hotel Schroeder Milwaukee Tuesday night and receives a 50 dollar savings bond.
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Monroe
Carl Foesch
Wisconsin Association of Insurance Agents
Foesch
Carl E. Foesch Sr
Banqvet
Schroeder
Milwaukee
Green County Association of Insurance Agents
Browntown
Disney
John A. Schindler
Monroe Clinic
Evening Times
Army Hunters Flood Monroe County For Open Pheasant Season
More than 150 hunters registered in Monroe hotels with hundreds more in corn and brush as the pheasant season opened at 1 PM. A split season across seven southeastern counties drew a large turnout despite a 25 percent drop in birds from a wet May. Clarence R. Benkert, district game manager, expected good shooting though bird numbers may lag tomorrow. Tonight features a Universalist church smorgasbord and a pheasant hunters ball at Turner hall hosted by the Green County Conservation League. Wind and ground moisture affected shooting, but dogs aided the hunt.
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Monroe
Clarence R. Benkert
Universalist Church
Benkert
Mrs. Becker Stricken at 72 in Monticello
Katharine Lutzy Becker 72 of 1210 29th Ave Monticello found dead in woodshed at 5 20 p m death due to heart attack deputy coroner says no inquest. Survived by sisters Barbara Rhyner and Mary Riese with funeral Monday 1 30 p m Stuessy Funeral Home Rev Achtemeier officiating burial Highland Cemetery Monticello
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Jacob
Katie) Becker
29Th Avenue
Becker
Roy Dickson
30Th Avenue
George Armstrong
Katherine Lutzy
Monroe Township
Sarah Voegeli Lutzy
Jordan Center School
Jacob J. Becker
Moneticello
Washington Township
Monticello
Juda
Monroe
Barbara Rhyner
Mary Riese
Highland Cemetery
Man Dies in Projection Booth at Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum theater manager found 57 year old Winfred J. Thirion dead in the projection booth after a film blackout. The movie ended abruptly when Thirion was stricken and the reels were not changed.
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Green Bay
Orpheum Theater
Winfred J. Thirion
Thirion
Churchill Calls Cabinet Meeting Amid Dock Strike Crisis
London reports show Prime Minister Churchill holding a third cabinet session in three days as London's dock strike imperils food and fuel supplies. A wildcat bus strike disrupts the capital, prompting fears of emergency measures and troop involvement to load ships.
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London
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Ministry of Labor
Britain
Lonon
Monroe Clinic to drop Thursday closing and Saturday noon cutoff
Effective Nov. 4 the Monroe Clinic will stay open all day Thursdays abandoning the previous afternoon closing. Starting Nov. 6 the clinic will close Saturdays by noon or shortly after with full medical staff on call for weekend emergencies. weekday hours will be uninterrupted for locals and out of town patients.
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Monroe
Swiss Cheese Marts Firm in Week's Trade
Wisconsin cheese markets showed steady to firm prices across small styles with cheddars up a half cent. Demand remained good and cheddar supplies were ample while small styles stayed barely adequate. Butter markets remained steady to firm at terminal points, but strength faded toward week’s end.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Rivers Rising and Flood Fear Near Pittsburgh
The Associated Press reports Hurricane Hazel caused flooding fear near Pittsburgh as Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers rose toward flood stage and later receded. The storm killed at least seven in Pennsylvania and caused widespread damage across eight states, DC, and Canada with millions in losses.
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Myrtle Beach
S.C
Hazel
Carolinas
Associated Press
District of Columbia
Canada
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
Wisconsin Baptist Assembly elects new president
Rev A G Sinclair of West Allis is chosen president of the Wisconsin assembly convention of the National Baptist group held in Green Lake this week.
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Green Lake
Wis
A. G. Sinclair
West Allis
Wisconsin
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