Republicans Sweep Michigan Election In Sharp Comeback
Michigan voters delivered a strong GOP victory in the spring election, sweeping the state ticket and tightening control of the state administrative board. Democrats carried only six counties, while Republican Charles M. Ziegler won the highway post and Dr. Lee M. Thurston led the administrative board race.
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Michigan
Detroit
Williams
State Administrative Board
Wayne County
Wayne
Wayne Muskegon
Delta
Dickinson
Gogebic
Menominee
Marquette
Upper Peninsula
Macomb
Charles M. Ziegler
John H. McCarthy
Mt. Clemens
Ziegler
CIO
Lee M. Thurston
GOP
E. Burr Sher
University of Michigan
Alfred B. Connable Jr
Kalamazoo
Vera Burridge Balls
Grosse Pointe Park
Board of Regents
Rosa M. Falk
AFL Teachers Union
Joseph Arsulowicz
Grand Rapids
Su—— Court
Edward M. Sharpe
Bay City
George E. Bushnell
Illiams
Wisconsin voters face runoff in key judicial and education races
Wisconsin citizens vote in a statewide election featuring 12 candidates for the supreme court seat left by Marvin B. Rosenberry and about 10 for state superintendent of public instruction, with a runoff likely if no majority emerges. The ballot also includes a veterans housing constitutional amendment and a tax authority question on federal land.
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Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Marvin B. Rosenberry
John Callahan
Madison
State Supreme Court
Congress
Justice
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Thomas R. Amlie
Edward J. Gehl
West Bend
J. Henry Bennett
Viroqua
Elmer D. Goodland
Racine
William O. Hart
Baraboo
Peter F. Leach
Cedarburg
Badger
Jay W. Packard
Portage
Howard J. Williams
Mukwonago
Amil W. Zellmer
Wisconsin Rapids
Quincy Doudna
Stevens Point Teachers College
George E. Watson
Wauwatosa
A. R. Schumann
Milwaukee
Monticello Native Marion Disch Killed in California Auto Crash
Marion William Disch a 30 year old Navy shore leave visitor from Monticello was killed in a San Jose California auto accident Sunday morning. He served in World War II on destroyers and troop ships and lately worked as water tender on the USS Mann. Surviving are his parents six brothers and two sisters. Funeral plans await casket arrival from the west coast.
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Monticello
Marion William Disch
California
San Jose
John Dooley
Henry J. Disch
Janesville
Disch
Mann
China
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Mathew
David
Toledo
Philip
Whitewater State Teachers’ College
Vincent
Cleveland
Richard
Washington, D. C
Arthur
Allen Hill
Milton
Mary Jane
Ross
West
Green County
Monroe voters press into polls at Turner hall turnout rising
More than 30 percent of Monroe’s 3 884 registered electors had voted by 1 p m at Turner hall four ward polling places. Voters weighed state county and city issues including a proposed switch to city manager government. Balloting ends 5 30 p m with precinct tallies to follow at the county clerk’s office.
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Monroe
Turner Hall
Buz
Marshall L. Peterson
Bessie Newman
11Th Street
Bessie Schindler
12Th Street
Gladys Anderson
17Th Street
Edna Luchsinger
14Th Street
Ernest Arn
11Th Avenue
Emma Bleiler
7Th Street
Sadie Maurer
8Th Street
City Street
George Schneider
Green County
Mercury Weather Guides Wisconsin Election Day
The Mercury reports fluctuations from 37 at 5 a.m. to 56 at 12:30 noon in Monroe as showers pass. A sprinkle at 1:30 dampens sidewalks while voters head to polls. Weather drier tonight and Wednesday with a rise tomorrow. Cold spot at 33 above in Wausau last night.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Wausaw
Soil Testing Group Receives Countywide Instructions
Ten soil testers were briefed on county soil testing beginning this month. ACA field man Louis Ternus and county agent Myron B Jeglum outlined procedures. A laboratory will operate in the county courthouse basement with ACA members receiving free samples but paying 25 cents per laboratory test. non ACA farmers pay five cents per acre plus the lab cost. Testers and townships include Adams Edwin Hanson Albany Jacob Hoesly Brooklyn Exeter John C Nye Cadiz Clarno Otto Klemm Decatur E D Porterfield Jefferson Spring Grove Ed Lahr Jordan Monroe Fred Kramer New Glarus Washington Sylvester Herbert Striker Paul Baumgartner York Robert Wenger. some townships have no tester yet.
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Louis Ternus
Dodgeville
ACA
Myron B Jeglum
Court House
Adams
Edwin Hanson
Albany
Jacob Hoesly
Brooklyn
Exeter
John C. Nye
Cadiz
Clarno
Otto Klemm
Decatur
E. D. Porterfield
Jefferson
Spring Grove
Ed Lahr
Jordan
Monroe
Mr. Pleasant
Fred Kramer
New Glarus
Washington
Sylvester
Herbert Striker
Paul Baumgartner
York
Robert Wenger
Teenage girl admits fatal shooting of married janitor
Joyce Schumaker, 17, told police she fatally shot Carl Reeder, 52, a high school clerk and janitor, in his car after a quarrel over marriage and his divorce. Wilbur Brazell, assistant state's attorney, said she signed a statement and was charged with murder held without bail.
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Waukegan
Wilbur Brazell
Bobby Soxer
Joyce Schumaker
Carl Reeder
William A. MacDonald
Reeder
MacDonald
Russia’s Protest Nears as U N Assembly Opens
At the New York opening of the United Nations, Soviet diplomat Andrei Gromyko faces the Atlantic pact signers amid tension. Delegates expect possible moves on Russia’s stance toward the alliance while the 58 nation assembly begins with Evatt’s opening address and a steering committee plan.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Assembly
Flushing Meadow Park
Herbert V. Evatt
President Moves to Push Atlantic Pact Ratification
President Truman plans to send the North Atlantic treaty to the Senate for speedy approval this week. The pact was signed by 12 nations in a swift ceremony as officials outline steps including a near 2 billion arms aid program and talks on a treaty council and defense committee to coordinate non communist Western defenses. Ratification by seven founding nations and two thirds of the Senate remain key hurdles. Norway Denmark Iceland Portugal Italy signed. Britain Canada France Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg must ratify. The ceremony drew diplomats lawmakers and officials and lasted under two hours with signing in twelve minutes.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Congress
Council
Greece
Turkey
Iran
U. S. Senate
United States
Britain
Canada
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Portugal
Italy
Capitol Hill
Spring Styles and Colors Fill Monroe Shops
Shoppers find a wide Easter display with diverse colors and fabrics. Gabardine and sharkskin remain popular as milady selects outfits, hats, and accessories to reflect personal taste, with new browns and pastel hues dominating.
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Milady
Gabardine
Monroe
Military Warned To Cease Feuding In Congress
The house armed services committee urged an end to quarreling within the military establishment over air power. A resolution warned such infighting risks national security and noted leaks from the Pentagon about Soviet targets and B 36 bombers. The omnibus bill would fund Voice of America and FBI expansion while discussing North Atlantic security treaty ratification.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Armed Services Today
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Air Force
Vinson
D-Ga
House Appropriations Committee
State Department
Voice of America
FBI
House
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Federal Judiciary
America
Capitol
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Burned to Death in Highway Crash near Weyauwega
Three women aged 69 64 and 58 were killed when their car overturned and burst into flames four miles west of Weyauwega on highway 10. Their husbands in the front seat escaped seriously burned, saying flames trapped the rear occupants. Victims are Mrs Ella Powell Mrs F L Martin and Mrs William Mueller.
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Weyauwega
Highway 10
Here
Ella Powell
Bayfield
F. L. Martin
Stevens Point
William Mueller
Schiller Park
III
Martin
Mueller
Powell
FBI recovers cash in Florida arrest of banker Crowe
Florida arrest follows FBI capture of banker Richard H. Crowe in a Daytona Beach bar after he stole 884,660 from National City Bank of New York where he served as assistant manager. Agents recovered 131,155.63 of missing funds. bonds totaling 690,000 remain unaccounted.
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Daytona Beach
Richard H. Crowe
National City Bank of New York
Crowe
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Hoover
Tragedy at St. Anthony's Hospital Shocked Effingham
A midnight fire at St. Anthony's hospital in Effingham Illinois left 47 identified dead or missing with numbers varying to 60 possible. Nurses nuns and local residents aided evacuations as flames swept the three story brick building, infants were among the dead and survivors were treated at a makeshift station.
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Effingham
American Red
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Red Cross
Cout Central Illinois
St. Louis
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Illinois Central
Sisters of the Order of St. Francis
Charles C. Sandon
George Wood
Nelson Page
Illinois State Police
J. H. Green
Effingham Police
Karl Alt
Ada Kaywood
Decia Henderson
Anastasia
Mrs Susanna Thoman dies in Washington township aged 75
Susanna Thoman 75 of Washington township died 5:45 p m yesterday at St Clare hospital after a stroke on March 8 Born in Canton Berne Switzerland Nov 2 1873 she married Fred Thoman in 1897 The couple moved to the United States and settled in Lafayette county later buying a Monticello area farm Surviving are two daughters four sons three brothers one sister and many grandchildren A funeral is set for Thursday with services at Voegels Monticello and Washington township Reformed church burial at the rural church cemetery Reverend A R Achtemeier to officiate
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Susanna Thoman
Washington Township
St. Clare Hospital
Canton Berne
Switzerland
Susanna Grossen
Chris and
Lena Nurer Grossen
Fred Thoman
America
Lafayette County
Monticello
Thoman
William Bidlingmaier
Monroe
Fred Grossén
Robert
Ernest Thoman
Walter
Arthur
Emil Grossen Sr
Chris
Gottfried
Josephine
Voegels
Washington Township Reformed Church
A. R. Achtemeier
Government Purchases Boost Wheat and Corn Rally
Government purchases lifted wheat and corn as prices recovered from earlier declines on the Board of Trade. Wheat and corn rose after hovering about a cent below the prior close while lard and soybeans lagged but showed some strength.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
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Mercury
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House Group
Florida
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State Armory
Mrs. Thoman
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