Test Applications Ready by April 12
Washington announces the draft aptitude test process for college students. Application cards will be distributed to draft boards on April 12 and mailed to Princeton Educational Testing Service. Tests are scheduled May 26, June 16, and June 30 at about 1000 schools to assess learning ability for possible deferment consideration.
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Washington
Selective Service System
Selective Service
Princeton
N. J
Truman Calls Faith Needed to Combat Communism and Crime
President Truman urged a burning faith in religion to stem a worldwide communist threat and to fight organized crime and vice. He spoke during the cornerstone ceremony for the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church’s new $1,250,000 building, noting Abraham Lincoln once pewed there.
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Washington
Truman
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Abraham Lincoln
Wisconsin Lists 21 Draft Deferment Test Centers
Wisconsin has 21 of the nation’s 1 000 examination centers named by selective service for college students to take tests for possible draft deferment. Each center is identified by a number and city. applicants choose by number.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Selective Service
Appleton
Lawrence College
Beloit
Beloit College
Eau Claire
State Teachers College
Green Bay
East High School
LaCrosse
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Menomonie, Stout Institute
Milwaukee
Marquette University
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Oshkosh
Platteville
Racine
Washington Park High School
Ripon
Ripon College
River Falls State Teachers’ College
Sheboygan
Central High School
Stevens Point
Superior
State College
Waukesha
Carroll College
West de Pere
St. Norbert College
Whitewater
Trumanism Issue In Chicago's Vote
Chicago voters went to the polls to choose a mayor as a national backdrop for 1952. Democrat incumbent Martin H. Kennelly sought a fourth term amid national Trumanism debates, while Republican challenger Robert L. Hunter framed the race as a test of GOP strength and Illinois electoral votes.
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Chicago
Martin H. Kennelly
Robert L. Hunter
Kennelly
Hunter
Buy Wisconsin Plea by State Agency
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture urged shoppers to buy Wisconsin grown foods. The list includes chicken eggs potatoes honey and dairy products citing lower prices from proximity to markets and strong food value to ease costs.
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Madison
State Department of Agriculture
Dull City Sees Only 619 Ballots Cast by 2 P.M.
Turnout in Monroe City drops to a new low as only 619 ballots were filed by 2 p.m. across four wards. Second ward led with 219 votes while Third ward lagged at 72. Monroe township reported 47 votes. Voters awaited a late rush.
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Monroe
Turner Hai
Monroe Township
Glen Benkert
Emanuel Fuchs
Patrick J. Connors Jr
11Th Street
Henry S. Hefty
15Th Street
Robert W. Sommerfeldt
14Th Avenue
Albert D. Geigel
10Th Street
George Korn
F. F. Hartwig
John W. Deininger
William F. Beckman
Louis R. Wolleson
O. L. Hare
Vilas J. Rundhammer
L. G. Forcade
Alfred H. Henning
Justice of the Peace
Louis A. Koenig
Justice of
State Supreme Court
John E. Martin
G. S. Soseman
State's Light Vote Reflects Disinterest
Milwaukee reports show low noon turnout as Wisconsinites largely skip polling places except where local spring contests drive voters. Wausau tallies 392 votes in 13 of 17 precincts while Wisconsin Rapids shows 346 before noon. Fond du Lac records 1,790, over twice last spring’s noon total. Milwaukee itself reports 18,159 at noon, below 1949 levels.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wausau
Wisconsin Rapids
Fond du Lac
Musical Varieties of Spring by Monroe High Bands
Tomorrow and Thursday at 8 p m Monroe high schools 90 piece senior band and 60 piece concert orchestra perform under Allan F Barnard with guest conductor Prof Raymond R Dvorak selections include Amparito Roca Dvorak recently returned to duties after leg injury and arm reconstruction Soloists include Maureen Bruni Sandra Haworth Mary Ann Huber Ruth Feldt Heidi Pfaeffli Jack Andereck Ben Blaser Band letters awarded Thursday night to Phoebe Abraham Rose Aeschlimann Turn to No 1 Back Page
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Monroe High School
Allan F. Barnard
Raymond R. Dvorak
Dvorak
Amparito Roca
Jaime Texidor
Oklahoma
American Bandsmen’s Association
Washington
U. S. Marine Band
Menotti
Amelia
Maureen Bruni
Sandra Haworth
Mary Ann Huber
Ruth Feldt
Heidi Pfaeffli
Jack Andereck
Ben Blaser
Phoebe Abraham
Rose Aeschlimann
Truce Hope Fades In Control Battle As Wage Board Possible
Washington governments move toward a public members wage stabilization board as labor and management fail to reach an emergency board agreement. Truman may act this week amid disputes in textiles railroads meatpacking and shipbuilding. Separately OPS exempted hospital charges for six months starting April 9 with ongoing study of costs and potential future adjustments.
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Washington
Truman
Eric Johnston
Michael V. di Salle
OPS
Residents urged to join Scout paper drive April 21
Ralph J. Daly, neighborhood Boy Scout commissioner, reminded City residents to bundle papers and place them at the curb for the Boy Scout paper drive on April 21. All Monroe troops will participate in the event.
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Ralph J. Daly
Monroe
Scotland Yard Solves Scone Puzzle Hints
Scotland Yard hints it has solved the missing Stone of Scone mystery with a Holmes like solution. Police say library-card checks yielded suspects, but no arrests or stone recovered yet and a report is being prepared.
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Scotland Yard
London
Scone
Sherlock Holmes
Watson
Britain
Criminal Investigation Department
Westminister Abbey
Republicans Sweep Michigan Election Victory
Republicans claimed eight state offices in Michigan amid light turnout. They won two University of Michigan regent seats, reelected the state superintendent, two state supreme court seats, two on the agriculture board, and one on the education board. Voters approved two constitutional amendments granting annual legislative sessions and a $500 Korea war survivor benefit.
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Detroit
Michigan
University of Michigan Board of Regents
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Supreme Court
State Board of Agriculture
State Board of Education
State Supplies 200000 Trees and Shrubs for County Planting
Clarence W. Benkett, Wisconsin conservation department game manager, oversaw a state program to furnish 200000 trees and shrubs for Green county farms under soils conservation and public hunting grounds. Species include Norway and white pines, Norway spruce, white cedar, ash, and walnut. multiflora rose used for fencing and wildlife habitat. About 2200 pheasants released from Payette game farm totaled 890 in Green, 700 in Lafayette, and 610 in Grant counties, delayed in Grant by bad weather.
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Green County
Clarence W. Benkett
Wisconsin Conservation Department
State Department
Soils Conservation Service
Benkert
Nick Calabresa
Wisconsin
Paynette
Lafayette
Grant
Grant County
Lodge Demands Senate Back Off On Troop Europe Plan
Senator Lodge criticizes the Senate for requiring congressional approval on every troop deployment to Europe. He argues four divisions to join Eisenhower’s force could be blocked by a strict vote. Taft and Lodge clash over the scope of approval needed for adding units. The McClellan amendment seeks to curb transfers without further congressional consent, drawing mixed reactions from Republicans and Democrats.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Mass
Senate
Congress
Europe
Eisenhower
North Atlantic
Lodge
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
McClellan
D-Ark
Truman
Wiley
McCarthy
White House
U. S
Wherry
Nebraska
McFarland
Arizona
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relation Committee
Stocks Edge Up on Limited Market Support
New York stock prices gained only slightly as limited support kept gains narrow. A few leaders advanced modestly with buying in railroad, steel, and motor shares, while most notable movements involved Town Sheet and Tube, U S Rubber, Zenith Radio, Radio Corp, and General Electric.
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New York
Town Sheet and Tube
U. S. Rubber
Zenith Radio
Radio Corp
General Electric
Ramming and Ditching Fail To Stop Drunk Driver
Officer Harry Krippner pursued a zigzagging driver on a highway. His squad car was rear struck and both vehicles left the road into a ditch. Nichols, 32, suffered a fractured vertebra as a passenger in Streich 28's car. Krippner continued pursuit and charged the motorist with drunk driving.
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Oshkosh
Harry Krippner
Krippner
Herbert Nichols
Eugene Streich
Rupert Klapps
Larson
Kruppner
Bids Opened on Multiple County Road Surfacing Jobs
The state highway commission opened bids for several road surfacing projects in Green Dane Iowa Grant Buffalo and Lafayette counties. P W Ryan Sons of Janesville bid 17010 for 10.5 miles on state highway 81 Beloit Juda road. Wingra Stone Co of Madison bid 16128 for 9.2 miles on highways 39 and 78 involving Dane Green and Iowa counties. William Rees of Monroe bid 10 for 5.8 miles on state 78 Lafayette county. Ivey Crushing and Construction Co of Mineral Point bid 22767 for 9.4 miles on state 11 Grant county Hazel Green East Dubuque road. Otto Sanders of Mt Horeb bid 22504 for 9.7 miles in Buffalo county.
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Green
Madison
State Highway Commission
Associated Press
P. W. Ryan Sons
Janesville
Green and
Rock
Beloit
Juda
Dane
Iowa
Wingra Stone Co
Daleyville
Green County
New Glarus State
Blanchardville
William Rees
Monroe
Lafayette County
Illinois State Line
Ivey Crushing and Construction Co
Mineral Point
Grant County
State
Hazel Green
East
Dubuque
Otto Sanders
Mt. Hareb
Buffalo County
Eight sows and eighty pigs die in farm fire
South Wayne Times Special reports a fire at Marvin Kant farm 40 miles south of town killed eight sows and 80 pigs two to three weeks old and destroyed a hog house and machinery shed. A tractor mower and drag were burned. Three sows with 24 pigs and 35 shouts escaped through an open door. Neighbor Frances Wilson alerted owners but the blaze was too far advanced to save livestock or equipment.
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South Wayne
Marvin Kant Forey
Here
Frances Wilson
Kants
Infantry Crosses Parallel in Force on Korean Front
Western front elements of an American division crossed the 38th parallel in force with a 10 mile front. American jet fighters claimed three MiG-15s shot down and damaged three others while bombing lines and rails. MacArthur toured east coast Red Korea and said air and sea weakness is being exploited as 63 Red divisions mass for spring offensive. Allied air sorties exceeded 280 with 50 vehicles knocked out and 34 B-29s striking Pyongyang and Hambchung. Ground patrols pressed along the parallel where bunkers and fortifications endure.
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Tokyo
38Th Parallel
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Republic of Korea
Red Korea
MacArthur
Pyongyang
Hambchung
Safe in B-28 crash near Blythe California
A B-29 bomber crashed in the desert near Blythe California yesterday. All 14 men aboard parachuted to safety with two reporting minor injuries during the rough landing at the Chuckawalla mountains near March Air Force Base.
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Blythe
Calif
Desert
Here
Chuckawalla Mountains
Riverside
March Air Force Base
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