Cabinet Veteran Stimson Dies at 83
Henry L. Stimson, who served as secretary of war under Taft Roosevelt and Truman and secretary of state under Hoover, died at 83 from a heart attack at his Cold Spring Harbor home. A veteran statesman, he also was U S attorney for the southern district of New York and helped shape U S policy from Pearl Harbor to the postwar era.
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Cold Spring Harbor
N. Y
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
William Howard Taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
America
Pearl Harbor
Hima
Army
Air Force
Lincoln
Edwin M. Stanton
War Department
Taft
Frank Knox
Navy
Roosevelt
John D. M. Hamilton
Ublican National Committee
New England
League endorses road and school funding plan
Monroe delegates to the 52nd Wisconsin League of Municipalities convention joined in recommending to the state legislature a new surtax and a one cent per gallon increase in the gasoline tax. Proposals include 50 percent state financing of elementary and high school costs and 60 percent of direct relief costs, plus a two percent property tax for municipal street upkeep. Attendees included Mayor Frank A. Buehler and city officials.
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Monroe
Wisconsin League of Municipalities
Fond du Lac
Frank A. Buehler
Floyd W. Matzke
Herman L. Schindler
E. J. Norton
O. L. Hare
New Doctor Draft Calls Stated Soon
The army plans further selective service calls for physicians dentists and veterinarians. It cites 922 physicians 500 dentists and 100 veterinarians by Jan 15 as part of total needs from 21 101 medical men who registered last Monday. Reserve medical officers will be released progressively when enough doctors are produced.
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Washington
Army
Asa Owen Veteran Price Jurist Dies at 72
Milwaukee veteran judge Asa K. Owen, 72, who served Price County for 41 years and began his 11th term in January, died today at St. Marys Hospital. A militant conservationist, he publicly shared Wisconsin north woods through poetry paintings and photographs.
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Milwaukee
Asa K. Owen
Price
St. Mary’s Hospital
Owen
Wisconsin
North Woods
Wisconsin Names Eliminated in Quiz Network Broadcast
The Stop the Music radio show will air legally in Wisconsin but no prize money will be awarded. Milwaukee deputy district attorney Joseph Tierney said out of state origin allows Wisconsin carriage if no state residents participate. Station WMAW manager Jack Bundy said ABC agreed to remove all Wisconsin names from drawings.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Joseph Tierney
Milwaukee County
Attorney General's
Jack Bundy
Wmaw Here
ABC
Boy Scout Paper Drive Collects 20 Tons in Monroe
Monroe Boy Scouts aided by six volunteers and Mrs. Clayton Burt collected 20 tons of well tied paper today. The haul, reported by drive chairman Maurice R. Connors, filled a box car. Monticello pickup also described as good by Alvin Loeffel. Troops 101 113 115 and Sheridan sea scouts Ship 1 participated. Trucks were supplied by Heuer Sales Co Rufenacht Oil Co Wisconsin Power and Light Co Norton and Schneider Firestone Monroe Lumber and Fuel Co and driven by Dan L Ault Raphael J Daly Harry J Bellahan Mike Schmerse and Connors. Mrs Burt assisted again.
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Monroe
Clayton Burt
Route 2
Maurice R. Connors
Alvin Loeffel
Monticello
Sheridan Sea Scouts
Heuer Sales Co
Rufenacht Oil Co
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Norton and Schneider Firestone
Monroe Lumber and Fuel Co
Dan L. Ault
Raphael J. Daly
Harry
J. Bellahan
Mike Schmerse
Connors
Burt
Wilkie Registration Plan Held Violation
Horace Wilkie democratic nominee for congress is accused by attorney William E. Gramling of guiding a house to house drive in Waukesha that offers to register potential voters at their doors. Gramling says this violates state law which requires personal appearance before the city clerk and a sworn affidavit.
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Waukesha
Horace Wilkie
Congress
William E. Gramling
Gramling
GOP
Wilkie
Milwaukee Zoo reports two baby gorillas ill
Milwaukee's Washington Park Zoo reports two baby gorillas Sambo and Samson with a 103 temperature. Zoo director George Speidel said a doctor gave penicillin shots and aureomycin to treat the illness, likely a bad cold.
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Milwaukee
Washington Park Zoo
George Speidel
Sambo
Samson
U N Group Backs Peace Talks Over Red China Seat
The U N political committee approved a resolution for major power peace consultations after rebuffing Vishinsky’s bid to include the Chinese Communist regime as a great power. The nationalist China delegation labeled the regime a Russian satellite and urged removing the Russian demand. The United States France and Britain supported the resolution while Vishinsky pressed for Maoist recognition. In the Security Council, India withdrew a compromise proposal on secretary general selection after opposition from several members.
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U. N
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Security Council
France
Britain
China
United States
Soviet Union
Vishinsky
Iraq
Syria
T. F. Tsiang
India
Trygve
Second Florida Hurricane Fizzles in Wilderness Rural North of Tampa
A nuisance hurricane fizzled out in Florida inland areas after threatening Cedar Key and the Tampa bay region. Winds stayed below hurricane strength as the storm weakened 100 miles north of Tampa in swampy woods, veering from a slam at the city to a dissipating system.
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Tampa
Florida
Tampa Bay
Florida Highway Patrol
Cedar Key
Florida West Coast
UCLA Rally Bonfire Explodes Injuring Nine
A 67 foot homecoming bonfire at the University of California Los Angeles exploded during a crowd of about 25 000 students and alumni. Nine people were injured none seriously. Police reported small bombs removed earlier but one or more may have been overlooked.
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Los Angeles
University of California At
L. E. Christensen
Kohler Pledges Vet Housing Aids
Walter Kohler pledged if elected governor on the Republican ticket to seek improvements to Wisconsin veterans housing. At a speech in Oconto he cited higher loan activity than FHA and GI Bill in nine months and urged raising home cost and veteran loan limits while opposing removing down payment requirements.
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Associated Press
Walter Kohler
Oconto
Kohler
Wisconsin
American Legion
Thomas Fairchild
U. S. Senate
United Nations
U. N
Wiley
Fairchild
Antigo
America
Yalta
Soviets and Allies Meet at Prague Over German Issue
In Prague the Soviet Union and eight nations opened talks on re militarization of Germany. Molotov led the Soviet delegation while Zdenek Fierlinger chaired the conference. Western ministers from Bulgaria Poland Hungary Romania Eastern Germany and Albania attended as observers and discussed the New York three powers decision. Secretary Acheson in Washington dismissed the protest and defended legitimate police forces in West Germany.
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Prague
Germany
Russia
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Moscow Radio
Zdenek Fierlinger
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Ruzyne
Mincho Neychev
Bulgaria
Zygmunt Modzelewski
Poland
Gyula Kallai
Hungary
Ana Pauker
Romania
George Dertinger
V. Natanajli
New York
France
Britain
United States
People’s Police
East Germany
West Germany
Washington
Dean Acheson
Steelman Signals More Credit Curbs to Fight Inflation
President's aide John R. Steelman told Mt Holyoke Alumnae Association that tighter installment buying restrictions may be imposed by the government to curb inflation and that other controls may become necessary.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Mt. Holyoke
Detour Planned for Highway 69 Near Monroe Monticello
Highway 69 relocation by S J Groves Co between Monroe and Monticello causes a detour via 59 to Smiley School and 39 to Monticello. Separate truck routes set. Weather may delay resurfacing by Ryan and Sons, with completion hoped by December. Class A detours around the work run via 81 to 78 to 39 into New Glarus or 59 to 13 to Evansville then Madison.
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Monroe
Monticello
S. J. Groves Co
Smiley
N. C. Jensen
Ryan and Sons
Janesville
State Motor Vehicle Department
Highway 69
Nathan F. Burgy
Blanchardville
New Glarus
Albany
Evansville
Madison
French Give Up Langson Fort Frontiers in Indochina Withdrawal
French forces abandon Langson fortress on the Chinese border in Indochina. The move opens hundreds of square miles to Vietminh and Chinese-led rebels, shifts to mobile reserves, and signals loss of immediate chance for decisive victory.
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Saigon
Indochina
Langson
Ho Chi Minh
China
Red China
Red River
West
Asia
Edward Kelly Rites Tuesday in Cathedral
Chicago mourns former mayor Edward J. Kelly who led the city from 1933 to 1947. His body lies in state after 2:30 p m today and funeral services are set for 10:30 a m Tuesday at Holy Name Cathedral.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Kelly
Near North Side
Holy Name Cathedral
Julius Seyfert Dies at 75 Former Vilas Sheriff and Leader
Julius G. Seyfert, 75, Rhinelander district census supervisor and former Vilas County sheriff, died at his home near Eagle River. He had chaired Vilas county Democratic organization for 25 years.
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Julius Seyfert
Dead Eagle River
Julius G. Seyfert
Rhinelander
Vilas County
Here
Seyfert
Democratic Organization
Italian Born Atom Scientist Pontecorvo Flees to Soviet Area
Rome papers scream that Bruno Pontecorvo, British atom expert born in Italy, left for the Soviet zone with his family. Swedish officials confirm a Stockholm visit last month and a later flight to Finland with no contact possible.
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Rome Press
Rome
Bruno Pontecorvo
Stockholm
Finland
Milan
England
Pontecorvo
Poland
Britain
Harwell Atomic Energy Research Laboratory
Klaus Fuchs
Fuchs
Helsinki
Miss Swanton Injured in Crash Near County Farm
Vera Swanton 18 of Monroe driven car owned by Alvin Bennet was thrown from the vehicle and injured when it rolled over on county trunks highway 81 north of the county farm after braking for calves. She has a broken left leg and is in St Clare hospital. The calf was killed. The car struck a tree. Arthur Behring and son Charles were driving calves to a pasture.
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Vera Swanton
23Rd Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Arthur Behring
Charles
Miss Swanton
Alvin Bennet
Monroe
Earl Swantons
Drunken Indian Kills Self After Wounding Officer
Pinkey Pecore about 26, identified as the assailant, fired on Officer Joe Smith on the Menominee reservation, then fled in a squad car and was found dead in the wrecked vehicle. Officer Smith remained in critical condition at Keshena hospital. authorities believe Pecore shot himself.
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Neopit
Menominee
Shawano County
Republic Troops Push Toward Manchuria Frontiers
Allied forces pressed north from Pyongyang as South Korean Sixth Division and U S First Cavalry linked with paratroopers near Sunchon Sukchon. Sunchon fell and 28 000 Reds were sealed off. The drive aimed at Manchuria with Rok divisions nearing borders. Reports on prisoners and Maj Gen Dean were unclear.
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Seoul
Manchuria
Pyongyang
U. S
Sunchon-Sukchon
Sunchon
Sukchon
MacArthur
11Th Airborne Division
Redlands
Red China
United Nations First Corns
Hambuneg
Soviet Siberia
Sunchon - Sukchon
Fifth Air Force
Sinuiju
Yellow Sea
Korea
Willam F. Dean
Dean
U N Fleet Reaches Over Four Hundred Ships In Korean Waters
Vice Admiral C Turner Joy announced a fleet of more than 400 United Nations ships in Korean waters. The armada includes vessels from Britain France Australia New Zealand Canada the Netherlands and the United States led by the 45 000-ton USS Missouri as a flagship. The disclosure came as a morale boost for anti communist forces in Korea amid ongoing hostilities.
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Tokyo
United Nations
C. Turner Joy
Far East
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Republic of Korea
Canada
Netherlands
United States
Sanderson Named Wisconsin Co-ops Leader at Convention
William E. Sanderson of Black River Falls was reelected president of the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives at the seventh annual convention. Carl Nyman of Hayward was named vice president and Walter Uphoff of Oregon was secretary treasurer.
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Sheboygan
William E. Sanderson
Black River Falls
Wisconsin Association of Co-operatives
Carl Nyman
Hayward
Walter Uphoff
Oregon
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Boy Scout
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Big Five
Ucla
Edward M. Almond
10Th Corps
South Korea
North Korea
PUSAN
Tsushina
Kaesong
Taegu
Hungnam
Hamhung
Steelman
Edward Kelly
Republic
Red
Yanks
U.N. Korea
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