14 Killed in State In Many Mishaps Over Long Holiday
The Labor Day weekend toll in Wisconsin rose to 14 as crashes and accidents across the state claimed lives. Reads describe deaths of Mrs. Robert Corbridge near Florence, Roger Robertson near Sawyer, Léo Buchholz and Edward Brozik near Marshall, and James Masterton near Milwaukee, with additional injuries and fatalities in multiple crashes.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Robert O. Corbridge
Rockford
Highway Two
Florence
Wis
Roger Robertson
Sawyer
Door County
Léo W. Buchholz
Edward Brozik
Winona
Minn
Centerville
Highway 35
Marshall
Trempealeau River
James Masterton
Wauwatosa
Milwaukee County
James Jr
Death Toll Rises Over 400 During Labor Day Holiday
The nation tallies 395 accidental deaths so far as the Labor Day holiday ends. Traffic fatalities reached 283 from Friday evening to Monday midnight, surpassing the National Safety Council estimate of 260. Drownings numbered 59 and other accidents claimed 53 more lives.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Multiple Wisconsin Traffic Deaths And Injuries Across Counties
A string of fatal and injurious crashes reported across Wisconsin includes a two-vehicle collision near Plymouth injuring Donald Schroeder and Faye Rust, a fatal crash near Peshtigo involving Claude Miller, a scaffold fall in Kaukauna killing Harry Wittman, an auto collision in Mukwonago killing Adolph Carlson, a child killed after stepping from a tractor near Pulaski, a head-on jeep collision near Rice Lake injuring a family, a six week old killed near Marinette, a windshield casualty of Eva Gove, a hospital death of Doris Harder from Marshfield area, and Roy Shilts fatally struck by an airplane propeller at the Glidden fair.
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Way
Plymouth
Donald Schroeder
Sheboygan Falls
Faye Rust
Sheboygan
Robert W. Simons
Wauwatosa
Peshtigo
Donald John Said
Claude Miller
Miller
Harry Wittman
Kaukauna
Elmer
Adolph Carlson
Mukwonago
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Fabian Prokopovitz
Pulaski
Highway
Brown County
Thomas Baren
Pigeon Falls
Barron County
Rice Lake
Marinette
Eva Gove
Ervin Gove
Gove
Doris Harder
Paul Harder
Stetsonville
Taylor County
Marshfield
Ruth
Roy Shilts
Glidden
Glidden Fair
Wills Money to Church
New York Maj. Edward J. Bowes the impresario of the radio amateurs left 2727255 to St Patrick s cathedral a tax app of his estate disclosed Bowes who died June 13 1946 left a gross estate of 3641112 and a net of 3478059
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New York
Edward J. Bowes
Radio Amateurs
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Bowes
Doe and Fawn Seen On Haberman Farm Northwest of Monroe
Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grimm reported a doe and fawn on the Henry Haberman farm three miles northwest of Monroe. The deer bolted into a corn field when the car was stopped. Shortly after, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Strahm also saw the pair in the same area.
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Green County
Fred Grimm
9Th Street
Henry Haberman
Monroe
John Ott 76 Dies After Stroke in New Glarus
John Ott 76 life long New Glarus resident died at 2 30 Sunday in St Clare hospital after a stroke with a second stroke proving fatal He was born June 13 1872 in New Glarus township and married twice first to Anna Hoesly in 1895 later to Agatha Schiesser Survived by wife three sons two daughters six step children a brother and three sisters plus five grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral services set for 2 pm tomorrow at the New Glarus Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev W J Stuckey officiating burial in the church cemetery
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John Ott
New Glarus
St. Clare Hospital
New Glarus Township
Anton
Verena Jenny Ott
Anna Hoesly
Agatha Schiesser
Anton D
Henry S
Peter E
Blanchardville
Daniel Gehin
Belleville
Jacob Schiesser
British Columbia
Canada
John~. Mueller
Abbotsford
Thorva
Wamstad
Agatha Oslon
Fred
Jacob Ott
New
Glarus Swiss Evangelical and Reformed Church
W. J. Stuckey
Wisconsin President Urges Scientists to Curb Weapon Studies
Madison, Dr. E. B. Fred, president of the University of Wisconsin, urged scientists to focus on basic research rather than developing new weapons. The appeal opened a symposium on combustion and flame and explosion phenomena with about 500 scientists registered for sessions through Saturday.
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Madison
E. B. Fred
University of Wisconsin
Albany Farm Garage and Automobile Destroyed by Fire
A garage and automobile on the Will Trow farm north of Albany burned at noon Sunday. Firefighters from Albany prevented the fire from spreading to nearby buildings. Relatives driving to the farm spotted the blaze about 10 minutes after the Trows returned from church.
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Albany
Will Trow
Albany Fire Department
Death of Adolph Feller at Monticello
Adolph Feller 68 was found dead Monday in his Grand Central hotel room Monticello. Coroner said death from a cerebral hemorrhage likely occurred Saturday. Feller a retired farmer, born in Switzerland June 26 1880, survived by two sons Rudy and Robert and two daughters Mrs Raymon Campbell and Mrs Lyle Dix. Burial at Highland cemetery with Rev A R Achtemeier. He had moved from farm life to retirement in 1944.
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Adolph Feller
Grand Central Hotel
Monticello
Herman Stuessy
Feller
Highland Cemetery
A. R. Achtemeier
Zwingli Evangelical
Washington Township
Robert
Rudy
Raymon Campbell
Lyle Dix
Monroe
Emma
Switzerland
Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed Church
Byrnes Blasts Russia for Aggression in Eastern Europe
James F. Byrnes told American lawyers last night that the greatest danger today is continued aggression by the Soviet Union. He accused Russia of violating nearly all the agreements concerning eastern Europe and urged firm action.
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Byrnes
Russia
Seattle
James F. Byrnes
America
Soviet Union
Eastern
Europe
Truman Tries to Fix Fear Era in Labor Day Address
President Truman blasted an era of fear as he urged voters to reject GOP reactionaries in November. Harold Stassen planned to answer from Detroit at 7 p.m. over NBC, with Gov. Dewey having endorsed the address.
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Truman
Associated Press
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Detroit
NBC
Motor City
Thomas E. Dewey
Cadillac Square
CIO
AFL
Stassen Claims Truman Reversed Labor Policy
Harold E. Stassen said President Truman has reversed his stance on labor since 1946 when he asked Congress to grant authority to draft strikers. Stassen noted Truman's Detroit appeal for labor support and recalled the May 25 1946 speech proposing broad wartime like powers over labor.
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Detroit
Harold E. Stassen
Truman
Stassen
Congress
Nation wide Phone Tieup Threatens Labor Outlook
A nation wide threat to tie up telephone service looms as CIO allied workers set September 17 for a strike demanding higher wages and better conditions. Three other industries oil trucking and shipping continue strikes with no settlement in sight.
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Associated Press
CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Bell Telephone
New York City
AFL
New Jersey
Metropolis
CIO
Union
Puget Sound
San Diego
Far East
California
Far Western
35 Chickens Reported Stolen Near New Glarus
Orville Jacoby, a tenant at the Ernest Schmid farm west of New Glarus, reported 35 chickens stolen to the sheriff. He saw a car and motorcycle in the yard about 1 am Monday and watched them for 10 minutes before they left. the theft was found during chores.
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Ernest Schmid
New Glarus
Sheriff's Office
Orville Jacoby
Jacoby
Court House Clock On Strike Hits But Once Each Hour
The Monroe clock is malfunctioning with a single hourly strike. Jeweler Joseph Lawless will inspect the clock tower after custodian Otto Schneider and supervisor Roy Crago attempted repairs when it stuck at 8 this morning. The men report the strike mechanism is the lingering issue.
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Court House
Joseph Lawless
Monroe
Otto Schneider
Schneider
Roy Crago
Browntown
County Board of Supervisors
Enrollment Drops at Monroe High School for 1948-49 Term
More than 2,000 pupils registered for the 1948-49 school year across Monroe schools. Senior high enrollment runs 344 with 114 sophomores 117 juniors and 113 seniors, down about 20 from last year. full counts from all schools awaited report.
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Monroe
E. O. Evans
Vanderbilt Jr. Weds Patricia Murphy Wallace in Greenwich
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., a 50 year old journalist and lecturer from Reno Nevada, married Patricia Murphy Wallace a 28 year old of Los Angeles California in Greenwich Connecticut. This marks Vanderbilt's fifth marriage.
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Greenwich
Conn
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Patricia Murphy Wallace
Los Angeles
Calif
Vanderbilt
Reno, Nev
German Tell pageant draws four thousand at New Glarus
Four thousand people attended over the weekend to see Schiller's Wilhelm Tell at the east of New Glarus in a production by the New Glarus Community Guild. Attendance reached 1,500 for the German show and 2,500 for the English version despite threat of rain. Gilbert Ott led the Tell role in place of the ill Edwin Vollenweider. Milwaukee visitors, the Wisconsin museum tour group, and notable theater figures were among the audience.
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New Glarus Village
Schiller
New Glarus Community Guild
Edwin Vollenweider
Wilhelm Tell
Gilbert Ott
Tell
Milwaukee
Walter Bubbert
Centennial Committee On Museums
Larry Kracht
Aztalan Museum
Theodore Mueller
Milwaukee County Historical Museum
Louis Pierron
Wisconsin Archeological Society
Arnold Arnold
Fargo
N. D
J. Ivan Elmer
Groves to testify in probe of atomic spy ring
Washington sources say Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves will publicly testify when House American Activities Committee reopens spy hearings Sept. 15. The panel is pursuing leads on a possible third spy ring and the Condon case among others as Berlin tensions rise and Bulgaria and Moscow push disinformation.
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Washington
Congressional
Leslie R. Groves
Russia
Rep
McDowell
R-Pa
House
American Activities Committee
Edward A. Condon
Condon
Federal Bureau of Standards
Commerce Department
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Moscow
Hiss-Chambers
Whittaker Chambers
Red
Courier
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Chambers
Draft Board Sends First Questionnaires
The Green county selective service board mailed the first questionnaires under the 1948 draft law. Mrs. Clara Ritter, clerk, sent them to single men non fathers non veterans who registered. Questionnaires will go to those born in 1925 on the first day. next days cover 1926 births with 85 registered on Saturday.
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Green County Selective Service Board
Clara Ritter
Smoke-Filled Basement Triggers Fire Call in Monroe
A scrap paper fire in a fur nace filled the basement with smoke and set off a general alarm at 3 15 Saturday afternoon summoning the Monroe volunteer fire department to the home of Mrs Della Morton 1525 16th street. No damage occurred. the building also houses Mrs I M Denney and Mr and Mrs T P Sullivan.
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Monroe Volunteer Fire Department
Della Morton
16Th Street
I. M. Denney
T. P. Sullivan
Strike date set to cripple national telephone service
The CIO association of communication equipment workers announced a Sept. 17 strike date aimed at halting telephone service nationwide. The move comes as union leaders warn of widespread disruption if their demands are not met and call for solidarity across local chapters.
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Chicago
CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers
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