Pro and Con on Relocating II Highway Project
A state highway commission hearing in the circuit court room examined a relocation and improvement plan for highway 11 between Dill and Browntown with a projected cost over 400000 funded by federal and state sources. Proponents cite flood season passability and a straighter route from the Dill cheese factory to the sand works, while opponents call the project uneconomical despite petitions in favor and concerns over benefits versus expense.
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Dill
Browntown
State Highway Commission
Circuit
D. J. Minahan
Minahan
Highway Department
Pecatonica
Jordan-Skinner Creek
Victor Ellingson
Rudolph Regez
Mon- Tee
Ole Sandsey
Cadiz
William Shamburek
Borden
State Commission
County Board of Supervisors
Bataan Anniversary Observed Amid Remembrance of Valor
The article recalls the April 9 1942 surrender at Bataan and the enduring spirit of Filipino and American forces. It cites Capt. Salvador P Lopez on Corregidor praising faith over adversity and the global impact of the epic stand against Japanese conquest.
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Bataan Peninsula
MacArthur
Bataan
Voice of Freedom
Salvador P. Lopez
Jonathan Wainwright
Sugar Refineries to Strike Next Saturday
Unions affiliated with the CIO and AFL call a strike at 10 59 p m Saturday in seven eastern refineries handling about 70 percent of the nation s cane sugar. They say negotiations stalled and demand binding recommendations from a labor panel be honored. About 8 000 workers are involved with wage demands of 18 cents an hour versus 13 cents offered at some plants. The broader strike of soft coal miners and 100 000 plus electrical and farm equipment workers continues with little change.
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Associated Press
CIO
AFL
East
Labor Department
Ruse Fails as Suspect Drops Cash in Jersey City
A suspect fleeing police scattered cash and two jewelry boxes on Railroad Ave in Jersey City as four detectives pursued him. Detectives later recovered 218 dollars in cash and the jewelry, while the suspect remained silent and the total value thrown away could not be estimated. Detective Anthony Williams led the follow up.
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Jersey City
Railroad Ave
Anthony Williams
Gromyko Plans Attendance at UN Security Council Meeting
Ambassador Andrei Gromyko said he would attend today's UN Security Council session after Russia ended its boycott over Iran. He refused to discuss the agenda, directing questions to the security council president. Iran’s fate and dismissal of the Iranian case loom as tensions rise between Moscow and Washington.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Gromyko
Council
Attead
Security Council
Brynes
United States
Iran
Tran
Uitesi
Hussein Ala
Ahmed Qavam
Tehran
Qavam
Mozaffar Firouz
Ala
Washington
Severe frost forecast with limited damage evident
Severe frost today caused minimal damage with temperatures near 28 degrees. Budding appears imminent but fluctuating warm days threaten unclear blossom prospects. Showers may arrive tomorrow as warm rain could boost grass growth.
House Moves for Cut in Expenses Of Many Bureaus
The House appropriations committee recommends a $358,825,758 bill for state, commerce, and justice for the next fiscal year, a 13 percent cut from the budget estimates but a small boost over current appropriations. Major reductions hit state and commerce with no funds for the intelligence unit while FBI funding is kept at $28.7 million, with potential increase if crime rises.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
State, Commerce
Justice Department
House
Federal Judiciary
Commerce
State
Justice
Judiciary
Commerce and State Departments
State Department
James Byrnes
Byrnes
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Hoover
Rev. Isaac Divan Dies at 91 Former Evangelical Pastor
Rev. Isaac Divan, 91, a Green County native and longtime Evangelical pastor, born November 27, 1854, son of Isaac and Christina Divan, served northern Illinois pastorates for 50 years. He married Emma Bollenger in 1879. a daughter is the sole immediate survivor. Funeral services planned at the Schell home and Polo Evangelical Church, with burial in Chapel Hill cemetery at Dixon.
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Isaac Divan
Green County
Isaac
Christina Divan
Illinois
Emma Bollenger
Winslow
Divan
Schell
Polo Evangelical Church
Irvin Schweitzer
Chapel Hill Cemetery
Dixon
Intriguing History Behind Rural Green County School Names
Green county's 91 rural schools carry names tied to local history. Jug Prairie Rat Hollow and Puddleduck reflect settlers routes mills and a pond. Many schools honor nearby families or describe scenery with places like Poplar Grove Twin Grove Pleasant Grove Pine Buff Oak Corners and Prairie View.
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Puddiedock
Rat Hollow
Jug Prairie
Green County
Monroe
Adams Township
Brooklyn Township
Winneshiek
Attica
Rat Hollow School
Poplar Grove
Twin Grove
Pleasant Grove
Pine Buff
Oak Corners
Prairie View
House Approves $253 Million Veterans Housing Plan
The House approved a supplemental appropriation of 253 727 million dollars for 100 000 veterans housing units and sent the bill to the White House. Bread and flour rationing is rejected by government officials despite wheat shortages. Russia suggests dropping espionage charges against Soviet Lt Nicolai G Redin unless more evidence is produced.
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Washington
House
White House
Bakers’ and Millers
C. Farrington
Agriculture Department
Russia
United States
Nicolai G. Redin
Redin
FBI
Portland
Ore
Draft Holiday May Get Senate Rebuff
Washington AP. Senate military panel delays decision on a one year extension of the draft beyond May 15 while House groups clash over timing and terms. Optimism for a straight one year extension competes with a 4 to 6 month moratorium proposal tied to a full year extension.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Military Committee
House
Capitol
Austin
House Military Committee
War Department
Congress
Truman
Represen
Ohio Farmers Plan Strike Against OPA
About 300 Licking county farmers voted unanimously for a May 1 strike to demand abolition of the Office of Price Administration. The Hebron meeting urged withholding crops from the market and building storage to hold back produce as organizers seek to halt OPA policies. Clark Rader of Newark led the plan with 100 percent planting and coordinated actions across the Ohio Marketing Protest association.
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Newark
Licking County
Office of Price Administration
Hebron
OPA
Clark Rader
Ohio Marketing Protest Association
State Marketing Association
Rader
Haircut Prices Hike in Chicago Weekdays and Weekends
Chicago announces new haircut rates, effective Monday. Weekdays cost $1, Saturdays and days before holidays $1.25, a 15 and 25 cent increase respectively. Prices apply to standard services across city shops.
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Chicago
Stark testimony on Pearl Harbor eve whereabouts questioned
Admiral Harold Stark told a Senate committee he did not know Roosevelt believed a Japanese diplomatic message meant war on the night of December 6 1941. Documents show Winston Churchill pressed Roosevelt earlier to warn Japan and Stark recalled Marshall and Stark questioned their whereabouts the night before the attack.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Roosevelt
White House
Pearl Harbor
Stark
Senate House
Naval Operations
Seth Richardson
Winston Churchill
Japan
Singapore
United States
George C. Marshall
Army
China
Chief of Naval Operations
Richardson
Comdr
Lester R. Schulz
Gus
Churchill
Meat Institute Says No Cure Except to End OPA Hampering Action
Representatives of meat packers told the Senate Agriculture Committee that the black market in meat and the price control system are in collapse. Wesley Harden, president of the American Meat Institute, led the attack on OPA policies with support from packers in Illinois, Montana, and California. Senator Conally pressed Hardenbergh on whether consumers would get a fair shake if subsidies ended and control was abolished, with responses suggesting the industry’s viability is at risk.
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Wesley Harden
American Meat Institute
OPA
Senate Agriculture Committee
Illinois
Montana
California
Conally
D-Tex
Hardenbergh
Congress
Spenetn
Honeck Named Deputy Attorney General in Wisconsin
Madison announces Stew art Honeck of Milwaukee will join the staff as deputy attorney general succeeding James Ward Rector who becomes a Wisconsin supreme court justice. Honeck 39 is a Marquette graduate and has practice work in Milwaukee plus service as assistant attorney general since March 1943. A civil service exam will be conducted to select a first assistant attorney general to be sworn into the high court by Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry tomorrow morning.
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Madison Ve
John Martin
Stewart Honeck
Milwaukee
James Ward Rector
Madison
Supreme Court
Honeck
Marquette University
Martin
State Board of Personnel
High Court
Marvin B. Rosenberry
New Glarus Health Clinic Demonstrates Community Aid
In New Glarus an immunization clinic reflects National Health Week aims as 50 children receive shots. Principal Ward McVay and Ray Meythaler assisted, while Miss Mildred Kuelling praises community cooperation. Countywide vaccination for diphtheria and smallpox continues with future parent classes and preschool exams planned.
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New Glarus
Scheol
Durward McVay
New Glarus High School
Ray Meythaler
Mildred Kuelling
National Organization of Public Health Nursing
Kuelling
Miss Kuelling
One Cabinet Secretary for Three Armed Forces Proposed
Senate military committee reveals a plan to create a single Department of Common Defense. The bill would place the Army Navy and Air Forces under one civilian secretary, aligning with President Truman’s unification goals and civilian control.
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Washington
Department of Common Defense
Senate Military Committee
Truman
Army
Navy
Secretary of Common Defense
Elbert Thomas
D-A
Austin
R-Vi
Hill
D-Ala
War and Navy Departments
Thomas
Farmers' Night At 8 30 Tomorrow at Turner Hall
General Chairman Henry Kundert and Harold Haworth organize the Turner Hall Farmers' Night featuring the Merry Men of Wauwatosa and specialties by Rudy Burkhalter and Zenno Gorder. Mrs Burkhalter to serve as master of ceremonies and Vern Gallitz leads the eats committee for the event inviting farmers their hands and cheesemakers.
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Turner Hall
Henry Kundert
Harold Haworth
Merry Men
Wauwatosa
Rudy Urkhalter
Msarreg
Eeace School
Zenno Gorder
Hae Biffle
Burkhalter Slapiane
Vern Gallitz
Keefe To Keynote Wisconsin GOP Convention
Keefe Madison Oshkosh Republican Frank B Keefe Wisconsin to deliver keynote at the state Republican convention in Oshkosh May 4 5 announced today by Thomas E Coleman state chairman of the voluntary committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Frank B. Keefe
Wis
Oshkosh
Thomas E. Coleman
New Fire Alarm System Installing In City
The city's new fire alarm equipment ordered last summer and stored since January is being installed today by two Gamewell representatives. Fire Chief Otto Kundert and another official oversee four new alarm boxes including one at the Einbeck store corner. The firehouse recording instrument will be checked, and the system will light the boxes for visibility.
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Gamewell Company
Otto Kundert Yesgo
Reprecentatees
Wai Ten
Einbeck
Chief
Kundert
Schoonover and Voegeli End Monticello Car Agency Partnership
R H Schoonover and Leon Voegeli dissolve their Schoonover Voegeli Chevrolet and Buick agency partnership in Monticello. Schoonover turns over his half interest to Voegeli. The two brothers started the present business in 1920 and Schoonover now serves as undersheriff.
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Schoonover, Voegeli
Monticello Agency
R. H. Schoonover
Schoonover-Voegeli
Chevrolet and
Buick
Leon Voegeli
Washington Doubles Its Red Cross Quota in 1945 Drive
The township doubled its Red Cross quota in the 1945 membership drive, contributing 482.75 dollars of a 247 dollar goal. A. M. Hefty served as chairman.
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Washington
W Township
A. M. Hefty
Irman
Quintuplet Calves Parade in Fairbury Neb
Quintuplet calves in Fairbury were feted with a parade on a street corner. Born November 20 to Old Glory and Path er Time, they travel in a new trailer and will appear at state fairs this fall. France is the only heifer. China survived pneumonia.
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Fairbury
Old Glory
Pather Time
China
Russia
United States
France
England
L. J. Smith
Leo Lehmoldt
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Smiley
Gill
Ferguson
Ross
Blackford
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Cliff
Pengra
The
Ohio Farmers Plan
Quiz Stark
FDR
Meat Institute
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Keefe Gop
William C. Irwin
Des Moines
Irwin
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