Teens tied to county robbery wave captured after jail escape
A trio of teens linked to a county crime spree were captured after a jailbreak escape from the Green County jail. One fugitive, on parole from Waukesha boys school, hid in a corn shock until apprehended. They confessed to thefts at multiple locations and a bid to break into several businesses. Disposition will hinge on juvenile court or county court proceedings.
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Green County
Yester
Waukesha
Matt Solbran
Sheriff's Department
Missouri
Iowa
Monroe Express
Milwaukee Road
Monroe
Caps
Erb Implement Co
New Glarus
Waefler Pure Oil
Feldt
Monticello
Highway 69
Kundert Hardware Store
Monroe Square
William F. Becker
State Welfare Department
Harold J. Lamboley
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Wilbur E. Deininger
Nathan F. Burgy
Dairy Surpluses Expected To Fade
Washington reports that defense program gains may lift consumer demand in 1951 and help unload surplus butter cheese dried milk and other dairy stock held at about 170 million dollars. Higher demand for fluid milk and cream could reduce butter and cheese surpluses while boosting prices less than meats. Some Midwestern farmers may switch to hog production, altering regional output.
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Washington
Sam
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Dairy Industry
Agriculture Department
National Defense
Economics Bureau
Department of Supplementary
Bureau
Wisconsin Governor Urges Crop Week Observance
Governor Rennebohm proclaims November 23 to 30 as Badger Crop Week and asks Wisconsin residents to support the Christian rural overseas program with contributions during the observance.
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Madison
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
Christian Rural Overseas Program
President Denies Data on Additional Soviet Atom Blasts
President Truman stated he has no information that the Soviet Union has produced more than one atomic explosion. He said there has been one explosion in the USSR, first reported Sept. 23 last year. The remark came amid questions sparked by statements from Chairman Gordon Dean of the atomic energy commission.
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Washington
Truman
Soviet Union
Gordon Dean
Atmost Energy Commission
Mrs. M H Hurd Dies at Freeport in Coronary Occlusion
Mrs. Myron H. Hurd 65 of 234 North Whistler Freeport died yesterday afternoon at home after a coronary occlusion following surgery two weeks earlier. Born April 22 1885 in Cadiz township she married Myron H. Hurd Jan 21 1904 in Chicago. She leaves her husband a son Harvey and a grandson. Services Saturday at 1 30 at Shriner Neushwander funeral home Monroe with Cadiz cemetery burial.
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Myron H. Hurd
North Whistler
Freeport
Chloe Welden
Cadiz Township
Edmund D
Emily Binger Welden
Chicago
Browntown
Winslow
Hurd
PMA
Harvey
Pittsfield
Ill
Viola
Harriet
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home
Monroe
Cadiz
Nobel Prize Honors Mayo Doctors and Swiss Chemist
The 1950 Nobel prize in medicine goes to Dr. Phil S. Hench and Edward C. Kendall of the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota and Professor Tadesuz Reichstein of Basel for work on hormones cortisol and ACTH. The prize of 31715 dollars is shared among them for advances promising relief from rheumatoid arthritis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm —i
Mayo Clinic
Phil S. Hench
Edward C.kendall
Rochester, Minn
Tadesuz Reichstein
University of Basel
NPR Ban Prohibits New Amusement and Theater Structures
The national production authority ordered a midnight ban on building structures for amusement recreation or entertainment to conserve materials for armaments. The prohibition covers 44 types including theaters, amusement parks, race tracks, golf courses, night clubs, skating rinks, and summer camps, with administrator William H. Harrison stating the ban does not further the defense effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Production Authority
Monroe Drive-In Plan Faces New Ban on Recreational Units
The Goetz theater company is considering an outdoor drive-in project on Freeport road just south of Monroe city limits. The planned operation would commence next year but is expected to be affected by the new ban on construction of recreational units.
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Monroe Area
Goetz Theater Company
Freeport Road
NPA tightens controls on construction and steel use
The order bans new construction not essential to defense, permitting only repairs and modest projects under $5,000. It also mandates steel allocations to reduce 10,000 freight cars monthly, with deliveries starting in January and potential output by February or March. Additional allocations extend to petroleum mining and other defense-supporting industries.
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Harrison
NPA
Six More Men Join Medic Group
Six men joined the local national guard medical platoon after last night’s drill at the armory. Four passed examinations and are in, two applied. Members in were Eugene R. Quinn Francis L. Mulligan Phillip J. Teehan and Robert F. Brawand. Hatfield and Staffon have applied. The platoon reaches 84 percent strength with four more recruits needed.
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National Guard
Raymond C. Fritz
Eugene R. Quinn
Francis L. Mulligan
Phillip J. Teehan
Robert F. Brawand
Cecil H. Hatfield
James Staffon
Voice of America dynamiter captured in Ohio case
The FBI arrested 38 year old Herman Floyd Kinner of Wilmington Ohio for the September 17 dynamiting of a Voice of America transmitter in Mason Ohio. J Edgar Hoover said Kinner was taken into custody at El Paso Texas and had been a patient in mental institutions.
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Washington
FBI Today
Ohio
Voice of America
Mason
J. Edgar Hoover
Herman Floyd Kinner
Wilmington
el Paso
Texas
Hoover
Kinner
Eisenhower Named Possible Supreme Allied Commander
Washington reports say North Atlantic military leaders may appoint an American as supreme commander of a unified Western European defense force without delay. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is repeatedly mentioned as a leading candidate alongside Gen. Omar Bradley, amid talks resuming at the North Atlantic Military Committee.
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Washington
U. S
North Atlantic Military Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Europe
Indianapolis
Defense Department
Department
North Atlantic Council of Foreign Ministers
Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman Considers Early Congress Call on War Measures
President Truman said he may summon Congress before the November 27 date to push an emergency program. Reports say rent control extension, new taxes, and military manpower legislation are under review, with the rent law expiring December 31 unless extended. Additional budget and anti-subversive act adjustments are also discussed to fund the Korean War and allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Associated Press
White House
Couple Found Dead In Auto At Portage
A young couple Velma Bartels 21 Portage and Byron Sweeney 21 Endeavor were found dead in a car early today from suspected carbon monoxide fumes. They were to be married next June.
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Portage
Velma Bartels
Byron Sweeney
Endeavor
One Point in Doubt New Ruling Says Milwaukee Has Rent Control Power
Milwaukee would have power to enact rent control ordinances if emergency conditions arise, Attorney General Fairchild told Governor Rennebohm. He called the conclusion tentative and noted only one doubt about legislative intent in the 1949 rent control law.
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Madison
Milwaukee
Thomas Fairchild
Rennebohm
Fairchild
Zeidler
Attorney General’s Office
Walter J. Mattison
Charles Totto
Koreans Break Death Trap at Wonsan Landing
South Korean Third Division soldiers seized Wonsan on October 9 preventing a sea assault by U S Marines and Seventh Infantry Division that had been planned for October 20. The operation, valued at about six million dollars, faced a mine guarded approach and limited alternative land routes. American officers say intelligence misjudged the danger and the sea attack proceeded only due to strategic necessity.
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Wonsan
United Nations
U. S. First Marine Division
U. S
U. S. Seventh Infantry Division
Edward M. Almond
10Th Army Corps
Korea
U. N
Rok
Kojang
Chosan
Yalu
Far East Air Forces
Sea of Japan
U. S. Navy
International Paper Raises News Print Price Six Dollars
International Paper Sales Co., representing International Paper, the largest Canadian news print producer, announced a $6 per ton price increase effective November 1. It was the sixth Canadian firm to hike prices in two weeks and suggests a broader rise ahead, though other dominion firms had set $10 increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Paper Sales Co
International Paper
International
Cheese Trade Stalled In Wisconsin Market News
Wisconsin American cheese market remains steady to firm with trade at a standstill and light demand. Prices listed show singles at 35 to 36 cents, longhorns at 36 to 37 cents, square prints 36 to 34 cents, and midgets 37 to 39 cents per pound.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Assembly Nnts
L. Ec
GM President Seeks 45-Hour Week For War Defense
C E Wilson of General Motors proposed a temporary 45 hour work week to boost defense output without reducing consumer goods. He argued manpower is the real problem and that after the emergency, taxes can be cut and the 40 hour week restored. Edward L Ryerson cited steel shortages adding socialization threats to the industry.
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Chicago
C. E. Wilson
General Motors
Wilson
American Society For Metals
Edward L. Ryerson
Inland Steel Co
Mrs Fay La Bar Albany Widow Dies at 68
Mrs Fay La Bar 68 died at her Albany home at 5 30 pm after three weeks of serious illness and nine years as an invalid She was born Minnie Clark on February 17 1882 in Stevenson county Illinois and married Fay La Bar in Freeport March 19 1913 The couple lived in Blue River Wisconsin before moving to Albany She leaves her husband three sisters services Sunday at 2 pm at Sharer funeral home with Rev W H Thompson burial in Clarno cemetery Pallbearers listed including Nelson Miller Barker Whitehead and others
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Albany
Fay la Bar
la Bar
Minnie Clark
Stevenson County
Fay LaBar
Freeport
Blue River
Wis
Nelson Miller
Lizzie Barker
Anna Whitehead
Juda
Sharer Funeral
W. H. Thompson
Methodist Church
Clarno Cemetery
Monroe
Edward and
Robert
Donald Barker
Stanley and
Wonder Whitehead
Maynard Schilling
Otto Asmun
Stock Prices Break In Wave Of Selling
Stock prices fell sharply this morning under heavy selling pressure with leading issues dropping from over $1 to more than $2 a share. Several stocks recovered slightly but no sustained rally appeared. Trading data lagged for almost an hour as exchange reporting fell behind. No single cause could be identified for the sudden decline on Wall Street.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
U.S. and Allies Land at Wonsan To Spur Cleanup
Allied forces push toward the Manchurian border as U N troops reach the Yalu river. U S Eighth Army notes no overt Chinese support while reports describe 20 000 Chinese troops crossing into North Korea. Wonsan port seaward advance by the First Marine Division marks a major landing after minefield delays.
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Kanggye
Northeast Korea
Rok
Cho
Iwon
Pyongyang
Yongbyon
Tokchon
Red China
Associated Press
Seoul
Red
U. S. Eighth Army
North Korea
Eighth Army
Manchuria
U. N
U. S
U. S. Marine First Division
Wonsan
Fairchild Tours Democratic Strongholds in Wisconsin
U S senator candidate Thomas E. Fairchild of Verona visited Monroe and planned stops in Juto Brodhead Edgerton Evansville Delavan Williams Bay and Lake Geneva before a Racine League of Women Voters meeting. He criticized Senator Wiley and GOP smear tactics while expressing optimism for the November 7 election.
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Thomas E. Fairchild
Verona
U. S
Monroe
Alexander Wiley
Fairchild
Juto
Brodhead
Edgerton
Evansville
Delavan
Williams Bay
Lake Geneva
League of Women Voters
Racine
Madison
Wiley
Kelly's Son to Wed in Holy Name Cathedral
Joseph Michael Kelly aged 24 adopted son of the late Edward J. Kelly former Chicago mayor will marry Constance Carlson 21 of Westwood California this Saturday in Holy Name cathedral The church is the same where Kelly's funeral was held Tuesday
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Kelly
Chicago
Joseph Michael Kelly
Edward J. Kelly
Chi
Constance Carlson
Westwood
Calif
Holy Name Cathedral
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M.H. Hurd
NPR
Wiilliam H. Harrison
Dynamiter
West Berlin
U.S
Crusade For Freedom
Lucius D. Clay
South Korea
Truman Studies
U.S. Landing
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