Mrs. Blum Earns High Star Office In Milwaukee
Mrs. Bruce M. Blum is installed as worthy grand matron of Wisconsin Eastern Star at the 59th grand chapter session in Milwaukee. Jack Markham becomes worthy grand patron as Monroe chapter members attend the formal ceremony. A later dinner at the Astor Hotel honors the new officers and a musical tribute titled From Bach to Berlin is planned in Monroe.
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Bruce M. Blum
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Eastern Star
Monroe
Monroe Eastern Star
Mt. Sinai
Louis H. Kennard
Robert Hahn
Blum
Star
Jack Markham
Two Rivers
Markham
Howard Tryer
Mineral Point
Margaret W. Jones
Baraboo
Helen Collins
Wauwatosa
Otto Skatland
Stevens Point
Ruth Taube
Oshkosh
Mary McConnell
Berlin
North Side Co op to Build New Factory
John W. Deininger president announces plans for a new North Side Swim Cheese Co op factory. It will be built just south of the overhead bridge on the west side of highway 69, replacing the old plant at the foot of 17th avenue by the IC tracks. Theodore Hartman of Monroe is drawing the plans.
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John W. Deininger
Route 5
17Th Avenue
Theodore Hartman
Monroe
Policeman Saves Burning Car Here
A car owned by Ray W Preston at 2002 8th Street was saved from destruction when a local policeman rushed to the fire house for an extinguisher and stopped flames from the motor wiring dash insulation and battery.
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Ray W. Preston
8Th Street
Jurors Press On in Treason Trial of Tokyo Rose Fame
A federal court jury in San Francisco, weary but determined, resumes deliberations on Iva Toguri D Aquino's treason case. The 33 year old Los Angeles born woman faced charges over “Tokyo Rose” broadcasts to U S troops in the Pacific during World War II. Judge Michael J Roche offered an evening recess but the 12 jurors declined to stop work.
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Tokyo
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Francisco
Herbert R. Cole
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pacific
Michael J. Roche
Park Light Cable Installed at Recreation Park
The heavy duty cable for the recreation park lighting system is in its permanent trench and will be hooked up after Friday night’s football game. Contractor Robert Richardson said the cable arrived September 21 and trenches across the street were opened yesterday to lay the line. The $11,000 system will power three transformers after final hookups and focusing.
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Recreation Park
Robert H. Richardson
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Optimistic Dodgers Sell Series Tickets
Brooklyn requests for World Series tickets are now being accepted as they trail the Cardinals by one game in the National League race. Reserved seats are six dollars, sold in three game strips for eighteen dollars. Box seats cost eight dollars, sold in three game strips for twenty four dollars. A fifty cent mailing charge accompanies each order.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Wisconsin Cheese Market Shows Steady Trade Demand Light
The Federal State market news service reports Wisconsin American cheese trade steady with light demand. Selling prices at state assembly points vary with styles such as single daisies and longhorns listed in the report.
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Madison
Wisconsin
I. c
City to begin quarterly service bills for water sewer garbage
City officials announce new quarterly bills for water sewer garbage and miscellaneous services to property owners. Owners are liable for payment and tenants named where possible. Stubs required for billing balances. duplicates issued if lost.
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City Hall
City Water and Sewer Department
Water and Sewer Department
Soseman
Burgess Battery Plant to Close Most Workers to Be Laid Off
Burgess Battery Co will lay off all but eleven employees at the local plant after tomorrow’s work end according to manager Richard Bose. The remaining workers will finish curing batteries and dismantle equipment at 12th street and 7th avenue while unsure how long operations will continue. Bose may relocate to the main plant in Freeport or to another branch.
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Burgess Battery Co
Richard Bose
Bose
12Th Street
7Th Avenue
Freeport
George Landgraf, Retired State Supervisor, Dies
George Henry Landgraf aged 80 former state supervisor of graded schools died today His retirement came in March 1945 in Madison He was a longtime education official in Wisconsin in public service for decades
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George Landgraf
Madison
George Henry Landgraf
Lost Ocean Fliers Reported Located
New York A TWA dispatch from Paris said two Italian fliers missing since September 17 during a trans Atlantic attempt are adrift near the Bahamas in a single engine plane. The Coast Guard said an army plane was en route from San Juan to the area east of the Bahamas while a blind Italian radio message stated the fliers were alive but with insufficient food and no search planes sighted.
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New York
TWA
Paris
Bahamas Islands
John M. Brondello
Camillio Bartoglio
Azores
U. S. Coast Guard
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Bahamas
Coast Guard
Freeport Chase Ends with Fines in Reckless Driving Case
Juda Driver, 20, of Juda, held in Freeport after a police chase by an off duty officer who clocked Wayne A. Shelton at 75 mph. Shelton ignored five stop signs and traveled miles before stopping three miles north of Freeport on highway 26. Driver appeared in police court, fined 100 dollars and costs for speeding and stop signs, then rearrested on a state reckless driving charge and fined 100 dollars and costs, currently in custody pending payment.
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Wayne A. Shelton
Juda
Freeport
Shelton
Justice Court
Death in Indiana rail crossing accident hits Montgomery Ward kin
Otto Beasey of the Montgomery Ward farm store learned his nephew was killed in a Valparaiso rail crossing crash late last evening or early today. Mr Beasey has departed for Indiana seeking details.
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Otto Beasey
Montgomery Ward
Valparaiso
Ind
Beasey
Indiana
Violence Flare in Coal Regions Amid Strike Tensions
Explosions and gunfire mark renewed coal field violence as John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers plan talks with major operators. Incidents include a dynamite blast at Grass Flat Pennsylvania, gunfire death of a miner in Jasper Alabama, and a state of emergency in Virginia.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Junedale Coal Company
Grass Flat
Jasper
Ala
William M. Tuck
Virginia
Kanawha County
W. Va
Kroger to Open New Store with Expanded Space
The new Kroger store opening will occur in about 17 days, announced manager John Kreier. Stock filling begins next week and equipment installation should finish by week’s end, with threefold more display space and two additional departments compared to the current north square location. Local firms Burt Electric Frank A Buehler plumbing and Ervin Ault painting contributed to the project.
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Kroger
John Kreier
Burt Electric
Frank A. Buehler
Ervin Ault
Polio outbreak halts Wauwatosa games and activities
Wauwatosa high school football player Michael O'Brien age 16 died after polio outbreak prompts city health order banning athletics for two weeks. Reserve and varsity players sent home, 30 first-stringers quarantined, postponing games at Waukesha and Shorewood. Milwaukee South View Hospital seeks iron lungs amid rising polio cases.
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Associated Press
Wauwatosa
Michael O’brien
O’brien
Gerald F. Burchardt
Waukesha
Shorewood
Milwaukee
South View Isolation Hospital
la Crosse
Columbus
Wausau
Ford Pension Fight Nears Strike in Steel Talks
Ford Motor Co agrees to finance pensions for CIO United Auto Workers as steel negotiators face a Friday midnight strike deadline. U S Steel, Jones and Laughlin, and other majors stall on costs while government mediators assist at 45 points. Bethlehem and Republic halt talks in a complete stalemate.
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Pittsburgh
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto
United States Steel Corp
United Steel Workers
Ford
U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
Steel Workers
Pittsburgh-Youngstown
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Murray
Big Steel
Truman
Bethlehem
Republic
Arms Aid Bill Clears Congress to Ship Surplus Gear Abroad
Congress approved a 1.314 billion one year foreign arms bill to authorize immediate use of 125 million from the RFC and to ship about 450 million dollars worth of surplus U S equipment to allies in the cold war. The plan directs most aid to North Atlantic Pact nations with the remainder to Greece Turkey Korea the Philippines Iran and the China area.
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Washington
America
Congress
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
United States
Russia
House
Friends of
Byrnes
Davis
Hull
Murray
Smith
Withrow
Wisconsin
Congressional Appropriations Committees
RFC
North Atlantic
Atlantic Defense Committee
Greece
Turkey
Korea
Philippines
Iran
China Area
Coin Tosses Decide League Playoff Sites
Coin tosses determined the sites for the American and National league playoffs if seasons end in ties. Boston would host the Red Sox versus Yankees game in Boston on Monday while St Louis would host the Cardinals against the Dodgers in St Louis. Rain postponed the Yankee Athletics game in Philadelphia and the Red Sox Senators game in Washington.
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Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Boston
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis
Yankee Athletics
Philadelphia
Red Sox Senators
Washington
Edmund man dies in highway crash near here
George A. Fessenfeld, 82, of Edmund in Iowa County, was killed yesterday in a collision on Highway 61 near Boscobel when his car collided with a truck.
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Boscobel
George A. Fessenfeld
Edmund
Iowa County
Highway 61
Here
Creameries Group Demands Price Aid For Dairy Products
Wisconsin Creameries association urges adequate price supports for dairy products at its annual convention. It faults federal milk marketing orders and calls for inspectors to enforce new state quality milk rules. Omar Gaston of Watertown elected president, with O R Wilkins and A H Lindow as officers. four directors re elected.
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Stevens Point
Wisconsin Creameries Association
Wisconsin
Omar Gaston
Watertown
R. M. Steinhauer
Madison
O. R. Wilkins
River Falls
A. H. Lindow
Reedsburg
Killing Frost Sweeps Wisconsin as Temps Plunge
Frost warnings blanketed the county last night with temperatures around 31 in town and 27 north of town. Frost left garden produce frozen and trees turning reddish in open country. statewide, several areas reported September low records. Tonight and tomorrow bring warmer but increasing clouds as a return to milder weather looms.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Land
Yas
Janesville
Evansville Motorist Kills Unidentified Pedestrian
An unidentified man, 59 or 60, was struck and killed by a car on Highway 14 east of Evansville. Driver Joseph Wilkes Madison reported the man darted into the roadway. the victim’s identity was not established.
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Janesville
Highway 14
Evansville
Joseph Wilkes Madison
Ford Union Pact Establishes Company Funded Pension Plan
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers reach a two and a half year contract creating the auto industry’s first major company funded pension plan. Workers 65 and older may retire with $100 monthly partly from social security. the company pays all pension costs and a joint administration board will oversee the plan.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
John S. Bugas
Bugas
Tragic death of 14 month old Larry Cummings in Monroe
Larry Cummings died at St. Clare hospital after a sudden illness. An autopsy was planned to determine cause. He was the son of C W Cummings stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground and Mrs. Cummings formerly a navy nurse. Survived by parents, twin brothers Gerry and Terry, and paternal grandparents. Funeral arrangements pending at Stuessy funeral home.
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Larry Cummings
Set
C. W. Cummings
13Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Macomb
Ill
Co. W
Maxine Oakman Simmons Cummings
Aberdeen, Marmy Proving Grounds
Pearl Harbor
Stuessy
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Scotland
Miss Garden
Burgess
Auto Union
South
Lewis
UMW
Snow Shoe Mountain
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Butler County
White Sulphur Springs
Springfield
Ford Pension
The
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Mercury
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
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