Phase for road project speeds grade work near Monroe
S J Groves and Son officials say first stage of relocating and grading 4441 miles of highway between Monroe and Monticello will finish by Dec 1. A second contract for base surfacing and a center-cut expansion crews worked through rock using air hammers and dynamite to clear paths for new road sections. Local assemblyman Keegan discusses removing a rock point near the J B Scherer farm with state highway officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Fred Brunkow
James Dorty
Brunkow Cut
S. J. Groves Co
Theodore Abels
Times
Monticello
S. J. Groves and Son
Ryan Sons
Jansville
N. C. Jensen
Mar L. Luchsinger
John Waelti Jr
Fred Messmer
Herman D. Fritz
John Thomas
Henry Elmer
Mrs. Luchsinger
Washington Township
Frea Walter
F. B. Luchsinger
Jacob Burgy
John Wittenwyler
Jacob Stauffer
Jacob Rupp Jr
Matt Wittenwyler
Harry A. Keegan
J. B. Scherer
Madison
James A. Law
Early Football Scores At the Half
Wisconsin leads Marquette 14 0 at halftime. Ohio State 10 leading Southern Methodist 7. Michigan State tied 7 7 with Michigan. Illinois 14 over Ohio University 0. Maryland 21 trailing Navy 0 in first quarter. Northwestern 7 ahead of Iowa State 0. Notre Dame 7 versus North Carolina 0. Indiana 7 ahead of Nebraska 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Marquette
Ohio State
S. Methodist
Michigan State
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio University
Maryland
Navy
Northwestern
Iowa State
Notre Dame
N. Carolina
Indiana
Nebraska
College Judging Teams Stop Here
Five agricultural judging teams from Canada and the United States gather in Green county for practice before Monday intercollegiate and 4-H contests at the Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Teams from Ontario Agricultural College Gulph Ontario University of Maryland University of Kentucky and Cornell University visit Schmid farm then Voegels herd between Monticello and New Glarus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Green County
Edna Schmid
Jacob Voegels
Monticello
New Glarus
Ontario Agricultural College
Gulph
Ontario
University of Maryland
University of Kentucky
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Curtis Candy Co
Illinois
George Raithby
Dave Armstrong
Neil W. Lee
Earle Rodger
J. C Benham
Raithby
Ayrshire
Jersey
Guernsey
G. M. Cairns
William Curry
Ralph MacDonald
James Moxley
Earl Spurrier
Cairns
Schmid Farm
Miss Wisconsin Potato Crowned At Antigo Festival
Nineteen year old Agnes Durada was crowned Miss Wisconsin Potato at the start of a three day potato festival in Antigo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antigo
Agnes Durada
Wisconsin
Marine Corps League disavows sale of Truman letter
The Marine Corps League stated it had no involvement in selling President Truman's critical letter. Maurice Fagan, league commandant, said he was surprised by the plan and warned it could be used for political purposes. A $2,500 price tag appeared on the letter, with sale planned in Chicago to an unidentified buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Truman
Marine Corps League
Maurice J. Fagan
League
Baton Rouge
Adj
Theus P. McQueen
Chicago
McQueen
U. S
Gordon McDonough
Rcalif
Mexican Official Boys Cattle Here In Madison Shipment
Eleven purebred cattle from Green county are en route to Mexico purchased by the Mexican minister of agriculture for herds there. The shipment of cattle sheep and hogs valued at 50 000 by trainmen left Madison yesterday and crosses the border at Laredo Texas. Included are Holsteins from W G Timm Arthur Stauffacher and H Otto Elmer and Brown Swiss from Alfred Meier Son and Arbor Marsh. A second Holstein pair from Pabst and Ryland farms near Oconomowoc were also shipped. The Mexican minister plans another local purchase in a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Mexico
Madison
Laredo
Tex
W. G. Timm
Arthur Stauffacher
H. Otto Elmer
Monticello
Alfred Meier and Son
Highway 59
Monroe
Arbor Marsh
Brodhead
Pabst
Ryland Farms
Oconomowoc
Edgerton Worker Dies in Sand Pit Cave-In
Harry J. Wescott, 65, of Edgerton, died after a cave-in buried him in a sand and gravel pit yesterday afternoon. He was in a truck when the collapse occurred and fellow workers pulled him free and gave artificial respiration at the scene before he died in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgerton
Harry J. Wescott
Civilian Defense Board Formed in Monroe
A three man civilian defense advisory committee and a director were named for Monroe. Frank W. Heinzelman Joseph D. Viney and Alderman Emmett Norton will serve on the advisory committee Zenno A Gorder will direct. The group will coordinate with the Red Cross and the state civilian defense committee and prepare for possible emergency refugee housing if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Frank W. Heinzelman
Joseph D. Viney
Emmett J. Norton
Zenno A. Gorder
Frank A. Buehler
Buehler
Heinzelman
Viney
Red Cross
State
Benton Man Wounded in Korean Fighting
Pfc. Robert K. Hillary son of Mrs Eva Estelle Hillary Benton Wisconsin has been wounded in Korean fighting the Defense Department announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Man
Robert K. Hillary
Eva Estelle Hillary
Benton
Wis
Department of Defense
U.N. Korea Action Delayed By Soviet Filibuster
The United Nations political committee, after a brief adjournment to halt a Soviet filibuster, voted 46 to zero to proceed immediately with the Korean question. The session heard protests from Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky and later from Czech delegate Pisek who apologized for the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
R. Urdaneta Arbelaez
Colombia
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Assembly
U. N
Korea
Gen
MacArthur
North Korea
Kenneth Younger
Pisék
25th Division Lists Liberated Prisoners
A list from the U S 25th Division in Korea names American prisoners of war liberated by the division. Included are Sgt George D Calender of Bloomington Indiana formerly of Kalamazoo Michigan Sgt Lavon T McDaniel of Elwood Indiana Pfc Duane M Dean of Beloit Wisconsin and Pfc Kenneth L Hawes of Greenup Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Korea
U .S
George D. Calender
Bloomington
Ind
Kalamazoo
Mich
Lavon T. McDaniel
Elwood
Duane M. Dean
Beloit
Kenneth L. Hawes
Greenup
Village Festival Lights Argyle With Bonfire Parade And Game
Argyle hosts a fall festival with displays of rural school work, livestock, and crafts. A bonfire pep rally, dance, and a 1:15 parade precede a 2:30 six man football game against Belleville. Marion Skattum crowned homecoming queen as crowds fill Main Street and judging of booths and livestock wraps up by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rehmstedt
Belleville
Marion Skattum
Sever Skattum
Philipson
Main Street
Paynette
Long-Term Drafts for 3,000,000 Men Seen in Prospect
Washington lawmakers weigh a broad draft bill to build and sustain a 3,000,000 man army for years to come. Vinson forecasts a revised law this fall with hearings already under way on changes urged by Hershey including longer service, altered dependents deferments, and relaxed veteran induction rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Hershey
Lewis Hershey
Selective Service
Red Koreans Claim Troops Still in Seoul
North Korean communique broadcast from Pyongyang asserts troops remain in Seoul. It says 1900 allied casualties and a U S cruiser sunk off the west coast. The report was heard in Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Koreans
Seoul
Tokyo
U. S
Pyongyang
Red Capital
New York Police Purge Expands To Detective Division
Police Commissioner Thomas F. Murphy broadened a purge of the graft‑tainted New York Police Department telling 350 officers that corruption exists in the detective division and among some commanding officers. He began dismissing 336 plainclothes officers and returning them to uniform, targeting gambling and vice enforcement. The move follows talks with Gov. Dewey and Acting Mayor Impellitteri after a grand jury revealed a large protection payoff tied to a major bookmaking ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas F. Murphy
Murphy
Thomas E. Dewey
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Miss DeLorimier Hurt in Platteville Crash
Miss Shirlee DeLorimier, a Monroe student at Platteville State Teachers College, suffers minor cuts and bruises in a two car crash on Highway 151 east of Platteville. Six youths were hospitalized including Delmar Harrison and Ronald Wells with facial injuries and eye loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirlee DeLorimier
Monroe
Platteville State Teachers’ College
St. Clare Hospital
Highway 151
Platteville
Louis W. DeLorimier
15Th Avenue
Platteville Hospital
Belmont
Baraboo
Delmar Harrison
Richard Gobrecht
Garth Wells
Ronald Wells
Berwen Weigel
Driverless Car Crashes Into Schuetze Window
A driverless car owned by Peter M. Jones of 1515 7th street rolled down a hill and struck Schuetze clothing store on 17th avenue at 11 41 last night breaking two large plate glass windows. Damage includes Jones's bumper and grill and an estimated 200 dollars to the store window, large mirror, and window channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuetze
17Th Avenue
Peter M. Jones
7Th Street
Jones
Plan Of Capitulation Broadcast Opens Tonight
General MacArthur will demand an immediate surrender of Red Korea in a Korean language broadcast starting at 9 p.m. CST, repeated hourly, as four South Korean divisions mass along the 38th parallel. U.N. forces push to cross the line while Nehru of India opposes crossing the boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Red Korea
Red Border
38Th Parallel
United Nations
Red
Republic
Pusan
U.N
38Th
United States
Russia
Korea
South Korea
U. N
William Jorden
Ingu
Leif Erickson
New Delhi
Nehru
India
Syngman Rhee
Uijongbu
Seoul
U. S
Daly Heart Attack Claims Walter A Daly in Chicago
Mrs. Sam Burgy of 2334 16th Avenue learns of her son-in-law Walter A Daly’s death in Chicago Friday morning. Daly, 62, died of a heart attack. He leaves his wife formerly Natalie Burgy and a daughter Dorothy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Burgy
16Th Avenue
Walter A. Daly
Chicago
Mr. Daly
Natalie Burgy
Dorothy
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N.H
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J. W. Poll
Gist Welling
Cecil County
Barbara Riggs
Janice Palmer
Glen McGrady
Bob Barton
Dwight Seath
Jim Martin
Bob Norris
Ira Massie
Cecil Burnett
George Trimberger
Schmid Place
Prof
Trimberger
University of Wisconsin
Ray Briggs
Don House
Max Peterson
Bob Thomson
Gorder
Reds
Vishinsky
F. Pisek
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Juliusz Katz-Suchy
Poland
Romulo
Clovis Byers
Byers
Army
Air Force
Marines
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Chorwon
U.S. 187Th Airborne
Kimpo
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