Area Celebrations Close Summer Vacation Weekend in Green County
Green County plans a busy weekend as thousands flood highways for end of summer events. New Glarus hosts Schiller’s Wilhelm Tell pageant at 1 30 pm Sunday and Monday with Maennerchor and Yodelers. Labor Day events span Gratiot, Madison, and Belleville with parades, ball games, and a Dairyland League all star clash.
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Greson
George Armstrong
Green County
New Glarus
Schiller
New Glarus Village Park
Maennerchor
Brooklyn
Benjamin Johnson American Legion Post
Gratiot
Gratiot Memorial Center
Dairyland League
Shullsburg
Lafayette County Army
Madison
Elkhorn
Walworth County
Ralph Kroening
Milwaukee
Guy Crippen
Kroening
Art Shaw
Crippen
Belleville Community Club
Belleville
Monroe Cardinals
Cardinals
Blanchardville Bullets
Conferees Clear Tax Boost Bill For Now
Senate approval of a 4.508 billion tax boosting measure moves toward final enactment though a broader excess profits tax is promised for January 1950. The bill heads to a conference after a 10 hour session with labor day recess delaying it for ten days.
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Washington
Senate
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Connally
D-Tex
Truman
Pentagon
Congress
Appropriations
House
Milk Check Average For June Rises for Farms
Milk checks for a group of dairy farmers averaged 2.73 dollars per hundredweight in June, one cent above May. Net income to farmers, after deductions, was 50 000 dollars higher than May and 40 000 dollars above June 1949, amid a rise in milk deliveries past 14 million pounds. Butterfat tests averaged 3.19, down from May but above 1949 June, with production up about 43 000 pounds.
Teachers and Pupils Set for School Opening Tuesday
City schools resume after summer break with nearly 2,000 pupils and teachers returning to classrooms. A general assembly at 8:30 and 1:15 will preview schedules. grade pupils start at 9 and 1. The district also announces ten new faculty hires and lists returning staff across junior and senior high, East, North, South, and Monroe schools.
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General Assembly
E. R. Evans
Arlen Erickson
Gwendolyn Gray
Evelyn McAlpine
East School
Phyllis Longhorn
Betty Elmer
Margaret Fisher
Velma Miller
Jean Abell
Lyndon C. Viel
Edna Olson
North
McAlpine
Evelyn Kiretzchmar
Wisconsin Dells
Marty-Ripp
Belmont
General Fired For Attack Plea
Maj. Gen. Orvil A. Anderson was suspended as commander of the Air War College after remarks favoring attacking Russia with atomic bombs. President Truman and the State Department had rebuked earlier in the week over aggressive war talk. Air Force Chief Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg announced the suspension and said the service remains an instrument for peace.
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Air Force
Orvil B. Anderson
Air War College
Maxwell Field
Ala
Russia
Washington
Orvil A. Anderson
Montgomery
Anderson
Truman
State Department
Secretary of the Navy
Matthews
United States
Gen. Anderson
Civilization
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Truman outlines plan for 3 million-strong force and world peace
President Truman pledges a broader mobilization doubling U S fighting strength to nearly 3 million to meet communist aggression. He says Korea remains the front line, vows to crush the invaders, and urges Congress to back higher spending taxes and drafts while outlining eight peace aims with UN support and warning against expansion of the war.
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Washington
Truman
Red
Korea
Congress
Russia
Hitler
Red Way
White House
South Korea
United Nations Command
United
Interurban Crash Kills Eight in Milwaukee Nevada?
Eight people died and about fifty were injured in a head on collision between two electrified interurban trains near Milwaukee. The trains carried National Model Railroad Association enthusiasts bound for the annual convention. Names of the dead include Marian Kraft John Williams Emil H Beck William Greenaway and William A Wight.
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Milwaukee
Marian Kraft
Chicago
John Williams
Park Ridge
Ill
Milwaukee Speedrail Co
National Model Railroad Association
Hales Corners
Judge Severson Stricken at Lola
Circuit Judge Herman J. Severson died in his sleep at age 80. A former state senator for 20 years he retired in 1938 to seek the seventh circuit judgeship covering Portage Wood Waushara and Waupaca counties. He led major committees and was known as the father of Wisconsin's prohibition law and author of the 1937 labor measure later replaced by the Wisconsin employment relations act.
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Lola
Herman J. Severson
Wisconsin
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Severson
State Senate
Portage
Wood
Waushara
Waupaca
Wedding Ends Crete Family War With Secret Mountain Ceremony
The Crete romance of Constantine Kephaloyannis and Tassoula Petraeogeorgi culminated in a secluded Mount Ida wedding. They reappeared en route to Athens for Archbishop Spyridon’s blessing, after a feud threatened bloodshed between rival families. Tassoula’s father Tassoula Petracogeorgi agreed to the union with Costa, who abducted her12 days earlier, ending a bitter standoff.
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Garazo
Crete
Romeo and Juliet
Athens
Spyridon
Constantine Kephaloyannis
Tassoula Petraeogeorgi
Mount Ida
George Petracogeorgi
Tassoula
Costa
Local Reservists To Get Physicals
Seven Monroe area army reservists will report at Milwaukee tomorrow morning for physical examinations. Sgt. Walter M. Helgesen, local recruiting officer, said the men ordered to report include Daniel E. Courtney Arnold R. Rufener James Young Jr Gilbert W. Zentner Lee F. Cleaveland David M. Treuthardt Harland D. Rabe and Adolph E. Gobeli. They have three days of active duty over the weekend to cover travel and may receive a 21 day delay if later ordered to active duty. Two Monroe youths enlisted in the U S Air Force for four years Donald M. Ethridge and Joseph E. McArdle. They will train at Lackland AFB.
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Brodhead
Wilhelmina Thacker
St. Claresiental
Joseph Thacker
Sylvester Township
Germany
August
Anna Louise Koten Schmoldt
Minsk
Russia
America
Milwaukee
Thacker
George Jones, Jr
Robert Wichetl Jr
Edward Thacknet
Monroe
Gust
Carl
Ernest Simmons
Midwest
Wyo
Joseph du Zraine
Los Angeles
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Leon Holm
Greenwood Cemetery
Everson Funeral Home
Monroe Area
Walter M. Helgesen
Daniel E. Courtney
16Th Avenue
Pfc
Field Artillery
Arnold R. Rufener
8Th Street
James Young Jr
National Food Store Produce Department
Gilbert W. Zentner
13Th Avenue
Adolph E. Gobeli
Clarno
Set. Helgesen
U. S. ‘Air Force
Donald M. Ethridge
Cecil H. Ethridge
4Th Avenue
Joseph E. McArdle
Thomas F. McArdle
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Enemy Smashed In Futile Drive on Korean Front
Troops halted two communist divisions at key points along a 120 mile front as U S and allied infantry pressed the attack. The 25th division retook positions south of the Nam River while Second division forces recaptured hills west of Yongsan. B 29s from Okinawa joined the air assault, with U N forces reporting exceptionally high enemy casualties and continued ground advances including near Taegu and Kigye. The 25th division counted about 2,500 enemy dead on the field and 7,500 wounded in Swinton and Price accounts.
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U.S
Haman
Yongsan
Songjin
Taegu
Kigye
Pohang
Belman Morin
Tokyo
Nam River
25Th
Tokyo Headquarters
United Nations
U.N
U. S. First Cavalry
Okinawa
Far East
George &. Stratemeyer
Kunchon
Chinju
Kochang
Eighth Army
United States
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
Ben Price
U. S
Swinton
Pusan
U. N
Hamnan
Price
U. S. Second Division
Naktong River
Ttn
Mrs Olds Follows Auto Leader in Death
Mrs R E Olds 84 widow of automotive pioneer died today a week after her husband. Cause were complications from a broken left hip suffered in a fall earlier this week. Native of Pinckney Michigan she married the struggling young Olds in 1888 while a clerk in a Lansing gift shop.
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Lansing
R. E Olds
Com
Pinckney
Mich
Olds
Mrs Voelkli Injured in Home Accident on 20th Street
Mrs Henry G Voelkli aged 82 birthday later this month slipped on wet cement in the driveway at 1129 20th street and broke her left hip shoulder and wrist She was taken to St Clare hospital where she underwent surgery shortly after 7 am and her condition was described as satisfactory.
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Henry Voelkli
Henry G. Voelkli
20Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Tell Play Draws Tourists for Annual New Glarus Pageant
Visitors from across the country and abroad gather in New Glarus for the thirteenth Wilhelm Tell pageant held at Elmer's Grove. The bilingual presentation features German and English versions with cast members including Paul Grossenbacher and Joshua Hoesly, and ends with a Maennerchor concert.
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Glarus
New Glarus
Elmer’s Grove
Paul Grossenbacher
Gessler
Joshua Hoesly
Gilbert Ott
William Tell
Harlan Wernle
Fred B. Streiff
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