Browntown Schools Reopen Plan Amid Polio Cases
Browntown will reopen Monday morning but Browntown area students attending Monroe High School will not be admitted for at least a week. Dr L A Moore, Monroe health officer, bars Browntown students from the school following new polio cases in the area. Three new polio cases were reported in Freeport as schools reopen for two weeks to Sept 23. Wisconsin reports 121 cases in the first week of September. Manitowoc county records a third death this week and a fourth in the current outbreak. six deaths total in Freeport.
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Monroe High School
L. A. Moore
Monroe City
Browntown
Freeport
Green County
Wisconsin
Manitowoc County
Qualified Engineer To Inspect Weights In Court House Clock
A qualified engineer recommended by the Wisconsin Industrial Commission will inspect the Green county courthouse tower clock to assess the 850 pound weight and provide sketches and a written report to help county authorities. Hoesly and Lengacher attended a Madison meeting of county officials.
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Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Green County Court House
Industrial Commission
Green County
Hoesly and
Lengacher
Madison
Cool Cloudy Weekend Forecast in the Middlewest
The midwest weekend will be cool and cloudy with showers late tonight and Sunday in Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois. Northern Illinois highs around 76 today dipping to 62 tonight and 70 Sunday with northeast winds and a 73-degree high in northern Illinois.
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Chicago
Midwest
H. A. Downs
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Downs
Canada
U. S
Huge Fund Collected For Miners Welfare
The United Mine Workers welfare and retirement fund for soft coal, from June 1 to July 15, has surpassed 2.5 million dollars. The fund, created under a government wage agreement signed May 29, is financed by operators contributing a set amount per ton of coal produced.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Ee 2 Eee
Pe Cedind
Bannek Sa
A Ean
Meat price ceilings return to prewar levels
Prices rise as price ceilings snap back to June levels with a 3 percent per pound hike in retail meat costs. The OPA says housewives face about 600 million dollars more yearly, with beef, pork and other meats returning to earlier ceilings after a no ceiling period. Porter meets packers in Chicago to secure cooperation.
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Washington
OPA
Porter
Chicago
Dodge
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Princess Elizabeth Engaged to Prince of Greece Rumor
The London Star reports that engagement between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Greece is expected and that Buckingham Palace will not confirm until an official royal announcement. Catholic status of Greek royals is noted as a complication. discussion shifts to timing of any public statement.
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London
London Star
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Greece
Buckingham
George III
Star
Buckingham Palace
Open golf tourney leads with Snead pace set
Chicago's Sammy Snead the British Open champion posted a 33 3 under par for the first nine in the $10,000 world championship golf event at George 8 today. Oshkosh State Senator Taylor C Brown says the state industrial commission refused a request to let boys age 15 to 17 work in bowling alleys pending a Sept. 16 public hearing in Milwaukee.
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Chicago
Sammy Snead
George
Oshkosh
Taylor C. Brown
State Industrial Commission
Brown
Milwaukee
Peiping Officials Prepare to Protest Bombing of Truce Team
Peiping informed sources at Sino-American truce headquarters say WU. 8 officials will protest Chiang Kai shek after the bombing of a truce team near Chengteh and reports of three Americans being wounded. The Chinese air force has long troubled executive headquarters according to the source.
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Peiping
Chiang Kaishek
Chengteh
Arrest of Nazi Grohe Linked to Rhine Bridge Bombings
British headquarters say J Joseph Grohe former Reich commissioner for northern France and Belgium and top Nazi war criminal was arrested in Warburg near the frontier. He led authorities to claims of blowing five Rhine bridges at Cologne and oversaw atrocities in Belgium and northern France. Grohe was found in bed with a head wound after attempting suicide four months after capitulation.
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Germany
J. Joseph Grohe
France
Belgium
Rhine
Cologne
Grohe
Warburg
Aachen
Aix-la- Chapelle
Truman Delays Third Bikini Atomic Test
President Truman postpones indefinitely the planned third atomic bomb test at Bikini. A White House statement cites the success of the first two tests and the data already obtained, noting the deep water detonation test C should not occur in the near future. The delay follows advisers recommendations and aims to pause the test slated for next year.
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Washington
Truman
Bikini
White House
Miller harvests 1150 peaches from seven year old tree
Charles E. Miller of 1402 117th avenue picked 1150 peaches yesterday from a tree he grew from a stone. The seven year old tree has produced fruit for three straight years.
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Charles E. Miller
117Th Avenue
Mr. Miller
Probe Cost Full Garbage Pickup
The board of public works discussed a citywide garbage and refuse collection funded by taxation. City Clerk G S Seseman was tasked to contact other municipalities for costs and data. The board also ordered an estimate for extending the storm sewer on 12th street and approved the weekly payroll of 274.20 and several routine permits.
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Chamber of Commerce
Board of Public Works
G. S. Seseman
Public Works
Zenno A. Gorder
12Th Street
Albany Woman Hurt When Car Hits Cow
Mrs. Wilbert Bennet of Albany sustained slight bruises when a car driven by her husband struck a cow on the county trunk road near the Wallace King farm two miles south of Albany at 7 50 P M. The front end of the car was badly damaged and the cow had to be killed. The accident followed after nightfall as King was guiding a herd across the road to a pasture.
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Wilbert Bennet
Albany
Wallace King
King
Autumn color appears in maple on 20th Avenue North
Early touches of autumn color show in the maple on 20th Avenue North near the intersection with 8th Street. Onlookers praise the red hues as the prettiest of the fall season.
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20Th Avenue
8Th Street
Dairy Industry Earns Decontrol Board Approval
The decontrol board reaffirms the dairy industry is in line with June 30 price levels and eliminated subsidies. It warns of a national dilemma as demand rises with fewer cows, stressing the need for freedom from OPA threats to boost industry resilience.
OPA outlines price trends for months ahead
Deputy administrator Geoffrey Baker said milk and dairy products will rise as ceilings return, rent controls will hold rents steady, rayon clothes stay near current levels while woolen goods rise slightly, cotton goods climb with high raw cotton prices, and new car prices stay near current levels with limited boosts on some models.
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Washington
OPA
Geoffrey Baker
Dairy Supply and Cattle Trends After World War II
The article notes 1945 higher fluid milk consumption in most countries with wartime restrictions easing in the United States and Canada. Cattle numbers decline in North America and Europe, with only the Soviet Union showing a rise. Great Britain Norway Denmark and Belgium push dairy herd recovery. Production per cow exceeds 1945 yields in several nations, while 1946 forecasts remain cautious as herd numbers fall and market controls end. Butter and cheese markets fluctuated since controls ended June 30.
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Canada
North America
Europe
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Switzerland
New Zealand
Sweden
United Kingdom
Seaman Say All U. S. Unions May Walk Out
Washington reports the AFL maritime strike drew a threat of a general walkout by all organized labor. Paul Hall urged action if ships moved, while White House officials refused comment and awaited Labor Department guidance. Schwellenbach coordinated with Assistant Labor Secretary Hannah, meeting with sailors union leaders.
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Seaman
U. S
Washington
White House
AFL
Paul Hall
International Union
New York
Charles G. Ross
Schwellenbach
Labor Department
Ross
Labor
Philip Hannah
San Francisco
Truman
Hannah
Pacific Coast
Harry Lundeberg
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
Seafarers’ International Union
Missing Plane Found Near Racine Airport After Flight Misread
A two engined Cessna reported missing on a Detroit to Milwaukee route was located at Horlick Racine airport. The craft landed yesterday after skirting Lake Michigan. Airport manager Grant Satten attributed the missing report to poor radio reception and possible misinterpretation of messages.
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Racine
Detroit-Milwaukee
Horlick Racine
Lake Michigan
Grant Satten
Madison crash victim dies in hospital
Mrs. Oral Treinen, 36, of Lodi, died in a Madison hospital from injuries suffered when the car she rode in left the road and overturned near Lodi several hours earlier.
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Madison
Oral Treinen
Lodi
Madison Hospital
Stauffacher Brothers Farm Credits Sir Cascade Joe for Herd Gains
Arthur Stauffacher credits their Holstein sire Sir Cascade Joe Homestead for lifting milk output and butterfat in the Monroe herd. From 31 cows in 1940 to 24 daughters averaging 424 pounds fat in 1947, records show steady gains in milk and fat tests, with Joe still in service after being sold to the East Central Breeders association.
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Arthur Stauffacher
Stauffacher Brothers
Monroe
Frank
Joe
Stauffachers
Arthur
East Central Breeders Association
Ralph Stauffacher
Stauffacners
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Stauffacher
H. Otto Elmer
Beauty Skin Deep in Stauffacher Herd Selection Trial
A twilight farm meeting of 250 Holstein breeders tested judging skill by selecting the five top producing daughters of Sir Cascade Joe Homestead. In two classes oldtimers and kids offered prizes of a registered bull calf and a heifer. None of the breeders picked all five best offspring, and no one placed them in exact production order. the winner had three correct choices.
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Stauffacher Brothers
Cascade Joe
Green County Holstein Breeders Association
Phantom Ape Rumor Haunts Hortonville Wisconsin
An ape scare grips Hortonville as rumors spread about an escaped ape near fairgrounds. Police receive many inquiries but no definite sighting is confirmed, and authorities from nearby counties report no evidence. Citizens remain uneasy as the tale circulates.
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Hortonville
Wis
Winnebago
Calumet County
Divergent Views On Byrnes Stuttgart Talk
Secretary of State Byrnes' Stuttgart speech drew divergent editorial comment from the nation’s press. Some papers viewed it as a bold diplomatic move while others criticized it as tardy or half hearted, with commentary noting implications for postwar Germany and relations with Russia.
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Byrnes
Stuttgart
U. S
Germany
Oder
Moscow
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kremlin
The
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt
Yalta
Truman
Potsdam
Europe
New York Herald Tribune
New York Daily News
Russia
Chicago Sun
Green County Home Demonstration Agent Miss Richert Resigns
Miss Marlys Richert the Green county home demonstration agent for nine years submitted her resignation effective Oct 1 to the county board of supervisors agricultural committee. Committee Chairman E J Hoesly said action will be taken at the next meeting with a possible special session. She will serve as home agent for Waukesha county during Miss Winnifred Eastwood’s leave of absence for Columbia University. Richert, a 1936 Stout Institute graduate, previously taught at Mt Hope school and succeeded Mrs Eleanor Johnston in 1937.
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Marlys Richert
Green County
Agricultural Committee
County Board of Supervisors
E. J. Hoesly
New Glarus
Miss Richert
Hoesly
Milwaukee Journal
Waukesha County
Winnifred Eastwood
Columbia University
Eleanor Johnston
Stout Institute
Mt. Hope School
Two Fliers Die in Crash Off Nagasaki
Thirteen crewmen bailed from a crashing Superfortress off Nagasaki Friday. At least two were killed, ten rescued, and bodies of two others recovered. A search for the 13th was conducted by land and air within a 200 mile radius.
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Japan
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Pacific Air Command
Nationwide Strike Threat Over Ships Amid Maritime Lockout
Union official Paul Hall warned of a nationwide general strike if the government moves any ships, leveraging a three day maritime labor walkout that has left 2,500 ships idle across Atlantic Pacific and Gulf ports. Officials assert troop ships remain exempt despite opposition.
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Associated Press
AFL
Paul Hall
Seafarers Internatio Union
Hall
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Seafarers International Union
Asia
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
New York Harbor
SUP
New York
Washington
War Department
Germany
Japan
Harry Landeberg
San Francisco
Army
Navy
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
AFL Maritime Trades Department
About 300 Badger Amputees Eligible For Special Cars
Milwaukee VA official John P. Cullen said about 300 Wisconsin World War II veterans who lost a leg or legs above the knee are eligible for free automobiles under a new federal program. Applications are available at VA offices statewide.
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Milwaukee
John P. Cullen
Wisconsin
The
Veterans Administration
Cullen
Plane Crash Kills 24 on London to Brazil Service
British South American Airways reports a fatal crash near Barthurst in Gambia West Africa on the London to Brazil flight. All 21 passengers and four British crewmen perished except one survivor.
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Brazil
Barthurst
Gambia
West Africa
British South American Airways
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