Miss Margaret Schiesser 89 Monroe educator dies
Miss Margaret Schiesser longtime Monroe teacher and librarian died at St. Clare hospital after a cerebral illness. Born 1870 in Exeter she taught in Monroe schools from 1891 until retirement in 1938. She directed school libraries and Sunday school work and requested gifts to a children’s service fund at St. John’s church.
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Margaret Schiesser
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Miss Schiesser
Grant M. Hyde
University of Wisconsin School of Journalism
Clara ZumBrunnen
Hannah Bind- Schaecier
20Th Avenue
Kathryn
Nicklaus
Rudolf
Casper Schiesser
Ursula Hoesly
Harry B. Lyford
Chevy Chase
Shriner - Neushwander
St. John’s Church
Paul C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Exeter Township
William Koch
Monroe High School
Dolan School
Lower
Clara Peters
Old South
Old High
North
Miss Peters
Ludlow Memorial Library
Nellie W. Kohli
Monroe Education Association
Philip N. Snodgrass
C. W. Twining
C. F. Niles
I. N. Mitchell
Watson C. Lee
Alvin F. Rote
G. W. Swartz
E. J. Shives
George Haverson
J. W. T. Ames
Paul F. Neverman
Lester R. Creutz
E. O. Evans
Woman’s Club
Woman’s Union
Former Rep May Granted Parole From Ashland Prison
Former Kentucky congressman Andrew Jackson May 75, was paroled from the Ashland federal correctional institution because of age health and a clean institutional record. He and partners Henry and Murray Garsson faced bribery and conspiracy charges over World War II munition contracts.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson May
RKY
George G. Killinger
Federal Parole Board
Ashland
Federal Correctional Institution
Killinger
May
Garsson Brothers
Henry and
Murray
Garssons
May’s
Free Beer for Combat Troops Before Front-Line Exchange Plan
General MacArthur ordered daily free beer for U.S. Doughboys at the front in Korea. Troops had received a can about every three days. A bowl was set up Tuesday after Washington outlawed free beer for front-line men. Under the new plan beer will be paid from exchange profits rather than taxpayers' money.
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Tokyo
U.S
Korea
MacArthur
Washington
State Draft Head To Confer in City
Col. Bentley Courtenay selective service director said in Madison he will meet Green County draft officials early next week to discuss operation and procedures. He met with Conrad Stauffacher Monticello local board chairman to plan the visit and review the act as it applies to agricultural workers and board organization. The Tydings amendment for farm deferment is not in the current law, affecting response of city and farm workers.
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Bentley Courtenay
Selective Service
Madison
Green County
Conrad Stauffacher
Monticello
Col. Courtenay
Stauffacher
National Selective Service Act
Courtenay
Tydings
Naturalization Tests Scheduled on Sept 22
Morris Lieberman of the U S Department of Justice Immigr ation and Naturalization Service Milwaukee will be here Sept 22 to conduct preliminary naturalization examinations. Lieberman has five petitions on file. Examinations will be held at the clerk of courts office.
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Morris Lieberman
U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service
Milwaukee
Marvin T. Holcomb
Lieberman
Clerk of Courts
Excavation Under Way For Brodhead Building
Excavation has begun for the new brick medical quarters of Dr. M. W. Stuessy. A $70,000 center on one floor will house three to four doctors and laboratories with completion expected around March 1, 1951. Steiner Haugen of Orfordville is contractor. designs by Arthur Kuenzi of Watertown.
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Brodhead
M. W. Stuessy
Steiner Haugen
Orfordville
Arthur Kuenzi
Watertown
Smoke Fells 19 In New York Subway Accident
Nineteen people were injured when a crowded New York subway train short circuited sending a vivid flash. Investigators reviewed the scene and emergency crews attended to injured riders at the station.
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New York
New York Subway
Defense Plants Get Manpower Priority Status
The Labor Department outlined a national manpower program prioritizing defense plants in hiring at 1,800 federal state offices. Key points include expanding the labor force to meet wartime goals, giving defense plants priority on jobseekers, and advising on deferment policies to minimize industrial disruption during drafts.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Labor Department
Truman
Goodwin
World Series Start Set for October 4 1950
Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler announced October 4 as the start date for the 1950 World Series if no pennant winner requires a playoff. A one game tiebreaker would push the start to October 5 if Detroit New York or Boston finish tied in the American League. National League ties would delay at least two days.
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Cincinnati
A. B. Chandler
Detroit
New York
Boston
Chandler
Will Harridge
Loop
Philadelphia
Mrs Qualley Dies After Illness at Ludlow Hotel
Mrs. Margaret E. Qualley 77, mother of Mrs. Louis J. Goethals, died at 3 p.m. today at the Ludlow hotel after several months of illness. She had lived in the area with the Goethals for three years. Survived by daughter and brothers and sisters. Stuessy funeral home in charge.
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Margaret E. Qualley
Louis J. Goethals
Ludlow
Qualley
Goethals
Stuessy Funeral Home
Allied Ships and Carriers Hit Korea West Coast
Allied warships and carrier aircraft blasted Korea’s west coast near Inchon in a major two day bombardment. U S navy reports indicated no confirmed landing vessels and described only superficial damage to three destroyers amid heavy strikes on gun emplacements airstrips and troops.
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Leif Erickson
Tokyo
Korea
Reds
U. S
Sumner
U. S. Navy
Washington
Inchon
Seoul
Navy
Far East Naval Headquarters
Task Force 77
Taegu
Taegu- Kyongju
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Sea of Japan
Pohang
Taft Opposes Marshall Cabinet Move Amid Defense Secretary Debate
Senator Taft questions the plan to appoint Gen George C Marshall as secretary of defense and may oppose the enabling bill. He argues the move would skew power toward Secretary of State Acheson and notes the law bars military officers from the post. House and Senate leaders expect quick action despite some dissent.
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Washington
Taft
GOP
Senate
George C. Marshall
Defense
Marshall
State Department
Truman
Acheson
Lucas
T Illinois
Profit Tax Bloc Wins House Test
Washington reports the House approved a resolution to stay in session until a vote on a multi billion dollar excess profits tax is possible. The measure passed 331 to 2, with Rep. Nicholson and Rep. Cox dissenting. Adjournment is planned for Saturday.
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Washington
House
Congress
Nicholson
R-Mass
Cox
D-Ga
Rayburn
Senate-House Conference Committee
Conference Committee
Senate
Rep
Eberharter
D-Pa
Degreeless 'Doctor' Starts Year in Jail in New York
William R. MacLeod a Canadian man with forged medical credentials and no formal education began a one year jail term in Westchester County after pleading guilty to practicing medicine. He previously served in the U S Army Medical Corps and had treated many patients including delivering babies. MacLeod was registered with a medical agency on forged diplomas from European schools.
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New York
William R. Maciee
Westchester County
John T. McCormick
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
MacLeod
U. S. Army Medical Corps
University cancels nude-photo project at Seattle campus
Irate parents secure promise from University of Washington officials that no more nude pictures will be taken of daughters. About 300 negatives will be destroyed after protests over photos taken during entering student physicals. The images were for a soma type body build study by a Columbia University project.
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Seattle
University of Washington
Constitution Laboratory
Columbia University Medical School
Tritium Found in Heavy Water Signals H-Bomb Link
Temple University researchers announce the discovery of tritium in heavy water, noting its extreme rarity and its role in hydrogen bomb development. The natural atom, produced by cosmic rays, is found in samples from Norway and England and may help detect secret H-bomb tests.
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Howard Blakeslee
Philadelphia
Research Institute
Temple University
DuPont Company
W. F. Libby
Institute of Nuclear Studies
University of Chicago
A. V. Grosse
Research Institute of
Norway
England
Attlee Faces Test On Steel Seizure
London reports the labor government plans to seize the British steel industry around January 1. Winston Churchill demands a Commons censure motion, to be debated next Tuesday. If passed, Attlee could resign and seek a new national election, amid a razor thin five vote majority.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Attlee
Commons
Steel Stocks Lead In Rising Mart List
Heavy demand for steel stocks lifted U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic in late trading. The rest of the market held steady with profit taking morning sales and most changes limited to about 50 cents a share or less.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Ember Days Forecast Weather for Next Three Months
Ember days next week raise forecasts for three days Wednesday Friday and Saturday predicting October November and December weather respectively. Past ember days in June hinted at a cool wet summer, and locals cite birds as rain signals with robins warned as rain predictors.
Dozen Arrested In Lottery Ring
Dozen men were arrested in a nationwide FBI raid described as an international lottery ring worth about 2 million dollars. The investigation began after Royal Canadian Mounted Police tipped off authorities about a taxi driver with lottery tickets at the Canada United States border. FBI officials traced the tickets to Miami and to the Franklin Press printing firm.
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Miami
FBI
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Edmund Mason
Mounties
Buffalo
Mason
Franklin Press
Monroe chamber plans area chamber meeting at Kenosha
Seven Monroe chamber of commerce directors and members will attend the area U S chamber meeting on national affairs in Kenosha next Tuesday at 6 30 p m at the Eagles club. Attending are Dr W B Gnagi president Dr John Usher Wesley L Dodge Josef Benkert Laverne C Gallitz Richard H Bahr retail committee president and Rev John E MacMartin. Plans were finalized at a Monroe Clinic directors meeting last night.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber
Kenosha
Eagles Club
W. B. Gnagi
John Usher
Wesley L. Dodge
Josef Benkert
Laverne C. Gallitz
Richard H. Bahr
Retail Committee
John E. MacMartin
Monroe Clinic
Polio cases rise again in United States weekly tally
The Public Health Service reports 1745 new polio cases last week, up 7.3 percent from the prior week and marking the sixteenth straight week of increases. Last year in the same week 2698 cases were recorded.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Kohler and Thomson to Speak in City on Campaign Swing
Republican governor candidate Walter Kohler and attorney general candidate Vernon Thomson will address the public at the courthouse square at 3 p m tomorrow, then proceed to Brodhead and Milwaukee. County GOP chief Rudolph P Reger will lead local reception for the Green County visit.
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Walter Kohler
Vernon W. Thomson
Court House Square
Brodhead
Milwaukee
Rudolph P. Reger
Green County
Kohler
Thomson
Dean Acheson
China
Carl W. Thompson
State Public Service Commission
PSC
LaVern Disney
U. S
Alexander Wiley
Congress
Glenn Davis
Waukesha
Madison
Warm sun returns after Cheese Day clouds
The area enjoyed a sunny mid morning as a cold spell ended. Temperatures rose from 56 last night to 66 by 1 PM with clearing skies forecast and cooler, higher temperatures expected tomorrow.
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Labor Agency
Robert C. Goodwin
Wayne University
Mrs. Qualley
Bulletin
High Command
South Korea
Anyang
Kyongju
Angang
Nam-Naktong River
Rte Tydings
Senate Committee
Kohler, Thomson
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