South Wayne Soap Box Derby Finals Set for Sept 23
South Wayne hosts weekly derbies led by committee member Leo Peterson with Oswald Webster as chair. 60 to 200 spectators attend as 10 to 12 boys train on a two and half block track using same rules as national soap box derbies. 12 cars entered for Sunday races. Summer champion to be crowned at the Sept 23 field day with prizes for the winner.
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South Wayne
Leo Peterson
Oswald Webster
Willie Maurer
Donny Schuldt
Leonard Peterson
South Wayne Field
American League and National League standings and results
The AP scoreboard shows AL leaders with New York at 83 wins and .629, Cleveland 80 56, and Detroit 82 51 in recent play. NL features Philadelphia 81 52 and Brooklyn 85 57 with New York 70 60 and Boston 72 57 as schedules unfold.
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Associated Press
New York
Cleveland
St. Louis
Detroit
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
Betton
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
WIAA dictates official uniforms for football basketball games
Marinette high school officials are ordered by the WIAA to wear prescribed attire. The September bulletin specifies football gear with a black and white striped shirt, white knickers, black hose, polished football shoes, optional white cap, and weighted red foul marker, and basketball gear with a striped shirt, pressed dark grey trousers, and black basketball shoes.
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Marinette
WIAA
Illini Sign Don Laz for Punt duties Boosts Title Hopes
Chicago reports Illinois gains a major boost as Don Laz agrees to join the football team as punter. Coach Ray Elliott seeks a replacement for John Vukelich who did the punting last season. Laz previously hesitated to switch from pole vaulting due to track career injury concerns.
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Chicago
Illinois
Don Las
Illini
Ray Eliot
John Vukelich
Laz
Millers Clinch American Association Pennant With Win
The Minneapolis Millers secured the American Association pennant for the first time in 15 years by beating Kansas City 8-4 on Friday night. Toledo blanked Indianapolis 8-0, Milwaukee lost to St. Paul 3-2, and Eric Tipton drove in a late home run for St. Paul. The Louisville Colonels beat Columbus 8-2 to prevent a Columbus clinch.
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Millers
Associated Press
Minneapolis Millers
Kansas City
Toledo
Indianapolis
Milwaukee Brewers
St. Paul
Eric Tipton
Saints
Louisville Colonels
Columbus Red Birds
Flock
Cubs and Indians split playoff games in Wisconsin
Oshkosh Giants shaded Fond du Lac 4 3 to win the first round series three games to one. Janesville and Sheboygan tied their series after a 1 0 Cubs victory giving each side two wins.
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CUBS
Indians
Associated Press
Oshkosh Giants
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin dairy fieldmen attend University short course
Dairy herd improvement field men will take a specialized course at the University of Wisconsin from October 23 to November 2. J E Stallard notes the course or equivalent training is required for Wisconsin fieldman roles and registrations are open. Noble Clark heads to Saginaw for a federal migratory labor hearing, as part of President Truman's five member commission on the topic. A two year study at Circle Square Ranch in Ocala Florida tests Brahman bulls with 200 cows per lot to improve calf weight and weaning size. A Pony Express style ride from Freeport to Pearl City showcased local equestrian spirit. Wisconsin livestock marketing methods shifted from dealer shipping pre-1900 to decentralized cooperative selling, offering earlier market reports, lower shrinkage, and stronger bargaining power. A new 112 by 36 foot barn rises on the Henry Altmann farm near Monroe with steel stanchions and tiled milk house. The Bangasser estate near Freeport sells a 260 acre farm for 48000 dollars to Edwin M Bangasser and wife, continuing a 100 year family lineage. Dairy cattle entry closing tomorrow for the National Dairy Cattle Congress at Waterloo Iowa draws 37 states and Canada. 2000+ cattle expected for a 42500 dollar premium list, largest ever. William J Figi of Wil-El-Dell farm in Jordan township discussed hay drying and grass land farming on a Madison radio interview. a farm pond catches overflow from 300 acres.
Saddler Regains Featherweight Title In Mishap
In New York Willie Pep faults Saddler for the featherweight crown after a stoppage when Pep dislocated his left shoulder in round eight. The bout ends as an eight round knockout with Saddler the new champion and plans announced for a rematch at Madison Square Garden next February.
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New York
Willie Pep
Ruby Goldstein
Johnny Addie
Pep
Frank Forbes
Arthur Ae
Willie
Kroll Leads Snead in Reading Open Duel
In Reading Pennsylvania the Reading Open features Ted Kroll with a steady putter and a long hitter Sam Snead. Kroll holds a one stroke edge as the third round starts while Snead trails by one. Both players posted strong scores in the first 36 holes with Kroll at 132 and Snead at 133.
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Reading
Ted Kroll
Sammy Snead
Kroll
Snead
Packers Favored In Milwaukee Charity Tilt With Colts
The Green Bay Packers enter their first Milwaukee appearance of the year as favorites for Sunday’s charity exhibition against the Baltimore Colts. The Wisconsin Shrine clubs sponsor the game set for 2 p.m. at State Fair Park.
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Milwaukee
Green Bay Packers
Baltimore Colts
Wisconsin Shrine Clubs
State Fair Park
Belleville Wins Narrow State Line Baseball Decision
Belleville edged Blanchardville 2 to 1 in a State Line league game. The contest extended two extra innings after a seven inning schedule. Bob Reich pitched for Belleville allowing five hits while Hansen pitched for Blanchardville yielding three. Beich collected two of the three.
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Belleville
Blanchardville
Bob Reich
Hansen
Beich
Bears Play Eagles In 1950 Home Opener At Wrigley
The Chicago Bears host the champion Philadelphia Eagles in a National Football League exhibition at Wrigley Field Sunday afternoon. It is the first 1950 home appearance for Chicago and the only scheduled meeting of the season between the teams as an armed forces benefit.
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Chicago
Chicago Bears
Philadelphia Eagles
Wrigley Field
Armed Forces Benefit
Dizzy Trout Shines as Tigers Beat White Sox
Detroit pitcher Dizzy Trout dominated with nine hits allowed in a 3-2 victory over Chicago. The win moved the Tigers to a half game behind the pennant leaders in the American League.
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Trout
Chicago
Dizzy Trout
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Tigers
Badgers Scrimmage Opens Wisconsin Football Season
The Wisconsin Badgers hold their first scrimmage of the new season this afternoon at Madison behind closed gates. The session will be a regulation game with only kickoffs missing as the team moves to a faster practice pace.
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Badgers
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Fort Atkinson Cardinals Top Jefferson In Preseason Clash
The Fort Atkinson high school Cardinal football team defeated Jefferson 27 to 13 in a traditional pre season game showing strong Southern 10 rivals form.
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Fort Whips
Jefferson
Fort Atkinson
Fort Atkinson High School
Cardinal
Monroe
President Approves Allotment Measure for Servicemen Families
President Truman signed a bill granting monthly allowances to families of enlisted servicemen ranging from 85 to 165 dollars. The payments include 40 to 80 dollars a month deducted from the serviceman and the government supplies the rest. The defense department requested the measure, which Congress passed on August 31.
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Washington
Truman
Defense Department
Congress
State Agents Arrest Six in Appleton Raid
State beverage tax division agents raided the second floor of a tavern in Appleton yesterday and arrested six persons. Thomas Miller, owner of Miller's Club Tavern, pleaded innocent to operating a gambling house before Municipal Judge Oscar J. Popes and posted bond.
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Appleton
State Beverage Tax Division
Thomas Miller
Miller’s Club
Oscar J. Popes
Return From Tour Orangeville
Mr and Mrs Henry Stabenow and daughter Mrs Harold Van Matre Elk Wash and daughter Mrs Ruth Klentz Winslow have returned from a 4000 mile motor trip through Niagara Falls and Canada They visited brother James Stabenow Canajoharie NY daughter Mrs Robert Sutton Newport News VA Mr and Mrs Floyd Yoder and Rev Arthur Klontz Flint MI They visited friends and relatives in Iowa and Missouri
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Orangeville
Henry Stabenow
Harold van Matre
Elk, Wash
Ruth Klentz
Winslow
Niagara Falls
Canada
James Stabenow
Canajoharie
Robert Sutton
Newport News
Floyd Yoder
Arthur Klontz
Flint, Mich
Iowa
Missouri
Phillies edge Dodgers in tight win to extend NL lead
Manager Eddie Sawyer dismissed choking rumors after the Phillies WHIZ Kids defeated Brooklyn 4 to 3. He said the team just wasn’t hitting in a five game skid and stressed the win kept them five games ahead of the Dodgers in the National League.
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Philadelphia
Phillies
Eddie Sawyer
Sawyer
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Milwaukee Aldermen Defeat City Council in Softball Clash
Milwaukee aldermen trounced Chicago councilmen 15 to 2 in a Friday softball game. The friendly rivalry between the two cities’ officials produced a spirited contest in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Monticello Social Notes Span Many Local Visits
A long list of Monticello residents and families share weekends and weekdays visiting relatives in Beloit Monroe Madison Cambridge New Glarus Belleville and Chicago. Many attended dinners birthdays and vacations with extended kin including Martys Zweifel Kreutzs and Baarers while others toured Milwaukee Denver and western states.
Truck Kills Farmer Near Mattoon Wisconsin
Dan Siddens a 63 year old Birnamwood farmer was killed instantly when struck by a semi trailer while driving cattle across a highway three miles south of Mattoon Wisconsin.
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Mattoon
Wis
Dan Siddens
Here
Eye injuries hit junior high students hardest
Report shows children in junior high grades suffer more eye injuries than any other group, highlighting safety gaps and the need for protective measures in schools.
Spring Grove Social Notes From Mrs. Herbert Mohns
Local social items list attendees of a William Tell play in New Glarus and multiple家庭 gatherings. Dwight Timm and sons of Freeport visited the Arnsmeier family in their home. Daytona Beach guests joined Arnsmeier and Armstrong households. Sheldon residents hosted a Leona Heights picnic. The report also notes relatives visiting and a Watertown trip.
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Marvin Olin
Raymond Kundert
New Glarus
Dwight Timm and Sons
Freeport
Raymond Arnsmeier
Ralph Anderson
Ervin Armstrong
Leonard Fisher
Daytona Beach
Fla
Emmett Armstrong
Ben Kimmel
Dayton Kimmel
Walter Armstrong
Sheldon
Leona Heights Forest Preserve
Forrest Clark
R. B. Clark
John Robertson
Glen Hauser
Watertown
Community Notes From Wisconsin and Illinois Visits
A series of social mentions shows residents visiting relatives in Canby Minnesota Eau Claire Madison and Chicago. The record lists numerous families including Deal Leopold Swain Gil bert Mohns Arnsmeier Baumgartner Hauser Ontiverous Robertson and others with events such as birthdays weddings and trips to Seattle San Francisco and California as well as a baptism naming Carol Jean.
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Chicago
Albert M. Almer
Los Angeles
Carolyn Marti
Herbert Mohns
Russell Rosheisen
Orla McClellan
Seattle
Wash
California
A. D. Dusheneau
Beloit
John Ontiverous
Moline
Nina Swenson
John Robertson
John Weutrich
Joy
Earl Eggemeier
Carol Jean
Phillip Becker
Robert Gene Clark
Freida Meinert
Nathan Kubly
Eppylanna
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Ocala
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Florida
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Roy Waller
R. E. Fisher
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Altmanns
Fred J. Bangasser Jr
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Bangasser
National Dairy Cattle Congress
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Wil-El-Dell
Jordan Township
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Saddler
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Monticello
O. D. Curtis
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Max Wyss Jr
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Oscar Anderson
John Marty
Max Rinehart
Browntown
Rose Wyss
Clarence Rinehart
Thomas Hagen
J. P. Zweifel
Edward Zweifel
Phillip
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Robert Holcomb Sr
Kenneth Johnson
Platteville
C. M. Stauffer
Alvin Ott
E. W. Marty
Tommy
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Viola Julian
Keith
J. F. Freitag
Huldrich Wittner
Roberta Dickinson
Villa Park
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Beachers’ Resort
Annadale
Minn
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John Stauffers
Irene Marty
Henry Marty
Mammoth Springs
Ark
Henry Duerst
Sophia Wyss
John Zumkehr
Edwin Kennedy
Pat
Jacob Heim
James Hancock
Hazel Kundert
Kenny
Bertha Keller
James Knoblauch
Cambridge
Algor Peterson
Darlyne
Ed Wallom
Henry V. Baebler
Phillip Knobel
John C
W. H. Wittner
Paul Veenie
Henry J. Elmer
Fred Durtschi
Gordon Steinmann
George Steinmann
Elmer Goldsmith
Ind
Frank Loveland
Gretchen Erickson
Beverly Sullivan
Woodruff
Spooner
Cumberland
Robert ZumBrunnen
Melvin Agens
Fannie Loveland
Anna Zimmerman
Loveland Farm
Albert Knobel
Emily Jordan
William Wild
the Knobels
E. J. Blum
Miami
Fred G. Blum
Fred Jr
Miriam Eye
Werner Elmer
Dick Freitag
Nic Freitag
August Kaltbrunner
John Wtténwyler
William Pagel
Dorothy
Clarence Elmer Jr
John Meier Sr
John Meier Jr
Fred Studer
Messrs
Mmes
Anton Hefty
John A. Marty
Alfred Wettach
John Hammerli
Anna Schweizer
John Meier
Henry D. Freitag
H. A. Becker
George Wright
Henry Hoesly
Madison General
Nancy
John Ponyicsanyi
Jack
J. W. Barlow
Madeline Wright
Dwight Zweifel
Herbert Rindy
Primrose Township
Adolph Rindy
Herbert
Primrose
Willis Black
Judith
David
Richard
Ernest Fast
Peter
John Rindy
Steve Boylum
Jimmy Zweifel
Fred Escher
Okee
W. S. Hoesly
Adolph Arn
Jim Falls
Arthur Escher
Janice Escher
Joanne Schneider
A. A. Schuler
Frank Butler
Milton Miller
LaFonda
Elgin
John Gempeler
Jake Miller
Flora Gempeler
Gempeler
Russell Myers
Jimmy
Cecil Jordan
Herman Klassy
Steve Boyum
Sidney Boyum
Klassy
Billy
Edmund Dooley
Bernard Dooley
Clario
John Elmer
Ralph Pearsons
Ray Richardson
Middleton Beach
John Wirth Jr
John III
Harland Babler
Maxine
Arthur Flesher
John Wirth Sr
Robert Holcomb Jr
Clark Dooley
Joey
Elmer Stahlecker
Davis
Peggy Dooley
St. Clare Hospital
Harvey Elmer
Marianne
Kenneth Koertner
Ralph Pearson
Mich
Irving Eichorst
Lawrence Karlen
Milo Thurston
Clarence George
Evansville
Benkerts S
Spring Grove
Mrs. Herbert Mohns
Badger Flying Club
Goetz
James Stewart
Technicollor
Gary Cooper
Lauren Bacall
Jack Carson In
Lola Albright
Jean Wallace
George Reeves
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