Stormy weather spurs barn fires and mixed harvest effect
Two barns burned after lightning strikes near Blanchardville and Jordan Center as a sudden storm lashed the area. The Strommen barn survived after firemen saved the house and granary. the Schuetz barn was a total loss. Three cows died at the Dunphy farm northeast of Albany. Rain aided corn and pasture but raised concerns of a cool posterior front affecting the fall harvest.
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Monroe
Amos Syse
Anton Wong
Blanchardville
Frank Strommen
John Schuetz
Jordan Center
Strommen
Richard Dunphy
Albany
Green County
Middlewest
Canada
Mercury
Aera
Severe thunderstorm impacts across Wisconsin farms
The U S Weather Bureau in Milwaukee reports violent rain and electrical storms in Darlington Fayette Blair and Plymouth with hail. A lightning strike nine miles north of Oshkosh destroyed a barn valued at 6090. Donald Gross was knocked down but unharmed. Showers and cooler weather forecast statewide tonight and tomorrow.
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Milwaukee
Darlington
U. S. Weather Bureau
Fayette
Blair
Plymouth
Oshkosh
Donel Thiel
Donald Gross
Thiel
Weather Bureau
Mine Explosion Reported Near Martins Ferry Ohio
An explosion occurred in the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Co. mine at Glen Robbins ten miles west of Martins Ferry. Officials said the blast confined to a single section where workers were active, and there was no fire.
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Martins Ferry
Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Co
Glen Robbins
Heavy rains raise Pecatonica river levels no flood yet
Extremely heavy rains in eastern Lafayette county lifted the Pecatonica river at Dill, with no flooding reported for now though further rain was forecast. Preliminary surveys found no major damage to Green county farm to market highways beyond typical wash from light rain.
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Lafayette County
Pecatonica
Dill
Green County
Cheese Hits New High at Plymouth Wisconsin
Wisconsin cheese exchange bids touched new highs as 20 cars of cheddars sold at 43 1 2 cents and 5 cars of single daisies at 46 cents. The spread narrowed from 1 1 2 to 2 cents week over week as bidding opened at 41 2 1 2 cents for cheddars and 43 1 2 cents for daisies.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Cheese Reporter
Vet Administration Itinerant Service For Monroe Vicinity
The Veterans Administration will send a representative to the Monroe area monthly. Eldon M. Stenjem announced the first stop is Thursday Sept 12 at the post office building, with Oct 10 Nov 7 and Dec 12 followups. The service provides rights information, filing assistance for claims, insurance conversion, training applications, and related matters.
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Veterans Administration For
Monroe
Eldon M. Stenjem
Madison
Congress
Stoldt and Stauffacher Attend National Dairy Meeting
Albert H. Stoldt and M. H. Stauffacher of the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association attend a Madison meeting of the American Dairy Association. Owen Richards of the National Dairy Association is to attend as a participant in planning cheese promotion efforts.
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Stoldt, Stauffacher
Madison
Albert H. Stoldt
M. H. Stauffacher
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
American Dairy Association
Owen Richards
National Dairy Association
Washington Reformed Church to Mark 70th Anniversary
Washington Reformed church in Monticello will observe its 70th anniversary on September 15 with services in the morning and at 2 p m. Dr. Carl Heyl of Cleveland has been invited as guest speaker. Church officers and volunteers met last evening to plan the celebration.
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Monticello
Washington Reformed Church
Carl Heyl
Cleveland
Nanking Conference Pushes Truce Efforts Across Asia
AP dispatch reports Marshall meeting Chiang Kai-Shek while Chou En-lai sends urgent note to Yenan as truce moves intensify. Paris ministers recommend delaying the UN general assembly set for September 23 in New York. Belgrade reports a Greek plane forced to land over Yugoslav territory tonight with no plane type named.
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Nanking
Marshall
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chou En-lai
Yenan
Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Belgrade
Yaroslav
Tito
Athens
Air Ministry
Greatest maritime strike paralyzes New York port and coasts
The AFL seafarers union and Sailors Union of the Pacific ordered a historic waterfront strike blocking 534 ships in New York, 2,534 on three coasts, and 705 ships overall across ports from Portland to Savannah. Spokesmen reported broad international support while lines halted operations at the nation’s busiest harbor.
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Associated Press
New York
U. S. Maritime Commission
Commission
AFL Seafarers International Union
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Portland
Savannah
Atlantic Coast
Gulf
West Coast
AFL
CIO
World
Ketter Named President of Green County Bankers
Bert Ketter of Albany elected president of the Green County Bankers association at a Decatur Country Club dinner meeting. Willard Bender of Monroe is vice president, G. N. Swartz of Brodhead secretary, and Miss Marie Blum of Monroe treasurer. Group 2 fall meeting planned for Turner on Oct 11 with Green and Lafayette chapters.
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Bert Ketter
Albany
Green County Bankers Association
Decatur Country Club
Brodhead
Brodhead Bankers
Willard Bender
Monroe
G. N. Swartz
Marie Blum
Green
Lafayette
Turner
Roy F. Burmeister
C. W. Bennett
R. E. Erickson
O. N. Johnson
E. T. Kundert
Lyle Rodger
H. C. Roth
Meat Markets Struggle Yet Food Prices Rise Far Ahead
Market report notes beef pork veal and lamb available today while chickens are scarce. Prices climb for coffee butter and sugar with expectations of ceiling pricing, canned tomatoes scarce, soap in short supply, and oranges and pears entering a better or worse phase as supplies shift. Local fruit shows waxed concerns and new celery varieties emerge.
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Monroe
Valencia
Colorado
Michigan
Juda Woman Injured In Wreck Near Monroe
Mrs. Ray McNitt, 63, of Juda, suffered nine fractured ribs cuts and bruises when the pickup she rode in lost control two miles east of Monroe on highway 69. The vehicle struck a guard post crossed the highway and rolled over, stopping on its wheels. McNitt was taken to St. Clare hospital in not serious condition. Driver Mrs. L S Brown, Juda, was uninjured as police investigated a possible tire blowout.
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Ray McNitt
Juda
Monroe
Highway 69
Silo Splits on Chapman Farm Near Woodford
The Chapman farm near Woodford experienced a silo burst as shredders finished filling it. Arthur Meythaler and Donald Pfister were leaving the silo when it split and silage spread over the barnyard. Wind mill and barn timber damage occurred. Vernon Larson operates the farm.
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Chapman Farm
Woodford
Chapman
Arthur Meythaler
Donald Pfister
Vernon Larson
London county farmer hangs self in Knox jail
Joe Martin a 43 year old tenant farmer from London county was charged with strangling his wife. He was found dead by hanging in his Knox county jail cell early today according to Sheriff Austin Cate.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Joe Martin
London County
Knox County
Austin Cate
French Disappointed By Byrnes Stuttgart Speech
French officials voiced sharp disappointment over Secretary Byrnes in Stuttgart. An unnamed official blasted the policy as a popularity bid with Germany that could provoke competition with Russia and argued it is less practical on Ruhr and Rhineland than France’s earlier proposals. General Charles de Gaulle may respond in a Liege speech Sunday, reaffirming his stance on separating Ruhr and Rhineland from Germany.
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Paris
Byrnes
Stuttgart
Russia
Ruhr
Rhineland
France
Charles de Gaulle
Liege
Belgium
de Gaulle
Germany
Decontrol board weighs handling future price appeals
The new price decontrol board plans procedures within a week or 10 days as it anticipates industry appeals to lift price ceilings. The panel may hold public hearings for important cases, reviews dairy cost data, and signals dairy markets should get a fair trial despite OPA pressure to reimpose ceilings on milk. Gum turpentine prices rose under agricultural ceilings, while wheat starches syrups and wheat gluten moved off controls for laundries mills bakers and pharma use.
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Washington
Roy L. Thompson
OPA
Paul Porter
Clinton B. Anderson
Thompson
Porter
Secretary of Agriculture
Cafes Must Post OPA Ceiling Price Compliance Notice
The Green County ration board announces that restaurants filing under amendment 13 may post a simple notice stating our ceiling prices are in accordance with the provisions of the price control act. If two recomputations are on file, the sign may be posted on a wall or on menus. Those who did not file must keep June 30 ceiling prices.
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Caroline Cunningham
Green County Ration Board
Green County
Cunningham
Byrnes Seeks Federal Germany Under US Style System
Secretary of State Byrnes urged a German federal constitution in Stuttgart as an American style alternative to Nazism and Communism. He signaled possible opposition to Poland's Potsdam claims and warned against outside powers dominating Ruhr and Rhineland.
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Washington
Stuttgart
Byrnes
Germany
Molotov
Paris
United States
Russia
France
Poland
Ruhr
Rhineland
Soviet Charges on Barred Japanese Repatriation Ships
Soviet spokesman Popov accused MacArthur of refusing ships for repatriating Japanese nationals from Port Arthur and north Korea. The U.S. counterclaimed that Soviet refusal to include prisoners of war stalled talks. Navy said 55 liberty ships are returning to the U.S. this month and next. Popov pegged 400,000 Japanese nationals to be repatriated from Port Arthur and northern Korea under Russian control.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Port Arthur
North Korea
Konstantin Popov
U.S
George C. Atcheson Jr
Kuzma Derevyanko
Allied Council
U.S. Navy
United States
Popov
Korea
Communist leads in Chile runoff power struggle
Final returns show Gabriel Gonzalez Videla ahead by about 50 000 votes among four candidates but no clear majority. Chilean law requires a joint session of Congress on or about Oct 24 to decide between Gonzalez Videla and his closest rival Eduardo Cruz Coke.
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Santiago
Chile
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Gonzalez
Eduardo Cruz Coke
Heirens Sentenced to Three Life Terms in Chicago
William Heirens, 17, a former University of Chicago student, is sentenced by Chief Justice Harold G. Ward to three consecutive life terms for the murders of Suzanne Degnan Frances Brown and Mrs Josephine Ross plus numerous burglaries and assaults. Heirens showed no remorse but expressed humility and said he was stunned that things worked out. He faces a minimum of 61 years before parole is possible.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Heirens
Illinois
University of Chicago
Harold G. Ward
Criminal
Josephine Ross
Ward
Casco Products Denies 4.2 Mortar Fuse Link
Emil F. Klein, Casco treasurer, said a war department report tying Casco and other firms to 4.2 mortar shell production is news to them. He noted Casco fuse production at Bridgeport was examined by government workers during scrutiny.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Emil F. Klein
Casco Products Corporation
War Department
Casco
Stuttgart Speech Defends German Self Rule Policy
Secretary Byrnes urged a Germany governed by Germans with a federal council and a constitutional draft for a united German state. He warned against ceding any area, noted continued American occupation forces, and called Germany an economic unit under Allied safeguards. He stressed democratic governance, keeping Koenigsberg and northern Polish borders in view, and said German self management must grow but not threaten world peace.
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Stuttgart
Rnes
Rhineland
Ruhr
Oder River
Poland
Europe
Germany
Byrnes
Staatstheater
U. S
United States
Washington
State Department
New York
Russia
Potsdam
Allied Control Council
Weenie
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
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Vet Administration
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Green County Bankers
Irving Ives
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
U.S. Plan
Modane
Chambery
Argentine
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