Mississippi Rises Toward Century Highs on Wisconsin Border
The Mississippi climbed to 12.7 feet at LaCrosse with crest expected near 14.5 feet next week, the highest since 1880. Warnings persist along the Chippewa and lower Wisconsin, St Croix, and river towns on higher ground report limited damage.
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Mississippi
Wisconsin
LaCrosse
Weather Bureau
St. Paul
Dubuque
Chippewa River
Lower
St. Croix
Bad River
Ashland County
A. D. Sanial
Chippewa
Chippewa Falls
Charles Binger Dies in New York
Charles Binger 85 a native of Cadiz township died last night in Endicott New York He lived there with his daughter Mrs Bart Natoli Born December 16 1865 in Cadiz township he married Clara Palmer 1890 their son Cecil died and their second wife Mattie Bechtel survived with two children Pansy and Donald The family moved to New York in 1911 He was a retired employee of Endicott Johnson Shoe Co Funeral services and burial will be in Endicott
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Charles Binger
Cadiz Township
Endicott
N. Y
Bart Natoli
Jeremiah
Sarah Binger
Browntown
Clara Palmer
Cecil
Binger
Mattie Bechtel
Pansy
Donald
New York
Endicott- Johnson Shoe Co
Pansy Natoli
Olene
Cora Arnot
Algoma
Wis
Lottie Zander
Monroe
Stanley
Sauk City
John
William Binger
Admiral's Flag Flies as Princeton Reaches Duluth Harbor
The Princeton, first Great Lakes freighter to reach Duluth this season, flies an admiral's flag. Captain Charles Butler of Ludington, Michigan, receives the flag in token of the formal navigation opening.
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Duluth
Princeton
Great Lakes
Charles Butler
Ludington
Mich
Jury Indicts Flier Whose Plane Struck House
Upper Marlboro Md An air force pilot Capt Paul Chapman of Andrews field airbase has been indicted for manslaughter after his abandoned B 25 bomber struck a house last Sunday killing three family members. The crew attempted to fix landing gear but failed and followed tower orders to bail out over Chesapeake Bay.
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Upper Marlboro
Paul Chapman
Andrews Field
Chapman
Chesapeake Bay
Mrs Knipschild 67 Dies After Illness Two Years
Mrs John H Knipschild 67 of 2009 9th street Monroe died at 11 40 am at St Clare hospital of coronary occlusion after two years illness. She was born March 26 1884 in Monroe daughter of Carl O and Lena Ley Haack. Survived by husband John F son Monroe daughter Melrose sister Monroe and grandson Robert. Services 2 pm Monday Shriner Neushwander funeral home Rev Paul C Kehle.
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John H. Knipschild
9Th Street
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Knipschild
Bertha Caroline Haack
Carl O
Lena Ley Haack
Monroe Business College
J. M. Becker
J. L. Sherron
Paul A. Schuh
John F
Donald Siedschlag
Melrose
Martha Haack
Board Postpones Garage Bid Action
The Board of Public Works deferred action on the contract for the proposed city garage until 5 p m Monday after a three hour session reviewing five bids. The low bid came from Alvin F Rote Co at 24995 with other bids from Monroe Ready Mix 28457 Stauffacher Construction 29001 85 Russel H Schultz 32124 49 and Edward F Feller Verona 38110.
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Board of Public Works
Floyd W. Ma‘zke
Zenno A. Gorder
Public Works
F Dders
Matzke
O. L. Hare
L. G. Forcade
William F. Beckman
Alvin F. Rote Co
Monroe
Stauffacher Construction Co
Russel H. Shultz
Edward F. Feller
Verona
Mordecai Kelly 95 Cadiz Native Dies in Oklahoma
Mordecai Kelly a Cadiz township native and early Brown town merchant died in Welty Oklahoma at 95. He was buried at Kelly cemetery after a 2 p.m. service at Shriner Neushwan der funeral home with Rev Lawrence A Brown officiating. He leaves a large family including two sons two daughters and several grandchildren. He lived in Brown town Owassa Iowa Castle and Monroe before retiring to a farm west of Monroe via a Polk signed land grant.
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Mordecai Kelly
Cadiz Township
Green County
Kelly Cemetery
Shriner-Neushwander
Lawrence A. Brown
Bethel United Brethren Church
Mr. Kelly
Welty
Okla
Cecil
Samuel
Lydia Baughman Kelly
Browntown
Elizabeth Allen
Kellys
Owassa
Castle
Monroe
Highway 11
Spring Square
City Hall
James Polk
Kelly
Harry E. Williams
M. M. Murphy
Freeport
Alfred
Sarah Kelly
Alfred Kelly
John Keating
Lily Winchester
Chandler
Oklo
Lewis
Roy Templeton
Bruce
Claude Thorp
Frank Rakowska
Martintown
F. M. Logar
Tulsa
Izar Burnson
Manford
County Home Worker Fired Over Patient Mistreatment
Warden W Francis announced the dismissal of a county home employee who struck a patient in the ward part time. Doctor W G Bear reported no injuries and no medical care was required. Francis said mistreatment in the county home will not be tolerated.
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Green County
W. Francis
Francis
W. G. Bear
Congress Republicans Demand Access to Secret Asian Reports
Congress Republicans press for disclosure of secret Asian reports as Red resistance slows UN advances on western and central Korea fronts. Onjin peninsula near Pyongyang sees near total Korean control by South Korean Marines with UN naval support.
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Congress
Tokyo
United Nations
Onjin
North Korea
Yellow Sea
Chinnampo
Pyongyang
Kumsan
Hwasan
James A. van Fleet
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Haneda
8Th Army
Gibraltar Hill
Truman to move fast on RFC reorganization
President Truman plans rapid action this weekend to put the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under a single head. Senate approval was won to abolish the RFC board and appoint a sole chief, with W Stuart Symington speculated as successor. Three bills to kill the agency remain in the Senate.
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Washington
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
White House
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
RFC
General MacArthur postpones return to U S for Asia policy talks
General MacArthur delays his return to the United States to brief Congress on Asian policy. He will depart Tokyo Monday with a 24 hour Honolulu layover and reach San Francisco Tuesday before heading to New York. A meeting with Ambassador Dulles is planned in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United States
Congress
Asia
Japan
Honolulu
U. S
Far East
San Francisco
New York
John Foster Dulles
Ambassador Dulles
Hirohito
Truman
Arthur
Hedwig Ann Studer
Aga
Massing of Chinese Troops Reported for Korea Invasion
The China News states more than 1,000,000 Chinese communist troops are massed in Manchuria ready to pour into Korea, signaling a potential large scale invasion.
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Pyongyang
Washington
North Korea
van Fleet
Taipei
Formosa
China News
Koea
1951 Essay Contest Honors Awarded to Carol Kundert
The Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary essay contest honors Monroe high school students. Carol Kundert, a 17 year old senior, wins first prize for a stark piece on what could happen in this country titled Freedom's Open Door. Robert H. Marty, 17, takes second prize and Mary Ann Huber, 18, third prize. Prizes total 20, 10, and recognition at the senior class day exercises next month.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Monroe High School
Carol Kundert
Ralph J. Kundert
16Th Avenue
Robert H. Marty
Robert F. Marty
11Th Street
Mary Ann Huber
Joseph Huber
17Th Avenue
VFW
Miss Kundert
Robert
Pupils Write Forceful Letters on MacArthur Ouster
Thirty sixth graders at the North School studied the world situation after President Truman ousted Gen. Douglas MacArthur. They wrote letters to the president expressing views, reading news and listening to broadcasts, though most letters were not mailed. Notable comments support or critique Truman and MacArthur, reflecting school debate on Korea and national policy.
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North
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Nell Cunningham
MacArthur
Richard Nussbaum
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
Korea
Ruth Nussbaum
Jane Good
Draft-UTM clash moves to conferees with split votes
Wisconsin lawmakers divided as the House passes a draft-UMT bill by 372 to 44 then sends it to a Senate-House conference. Key disputes include minimum draft age 18 in the Senate version vs 18 in the House, service length 24 vs 26 months, and a 4,000,000 manpower ceiling. The Senate favors universal military training with phased inductions. the House backs a bipartisan panel to study UMT and blocks inductions without new law. Representatives Zablocki Byrnes Davis Kersten Murray Van Pelt voted for. Hull Withrow voted against. Smith paired against.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Europe
Senate
President Truman
Congress
Wisconsin
Zablocki
Byrnes
Davis
Kersten
Murray
van Pelt
Hull
Withrow
Smith
Air Patrol Returns to Pearl Harbor
The first elements of Air Patrol Squadron 42 have returned to Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station after nine months in the Korean area.
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AIR Patrol
Pearl Harbor
Air Patrol Squadron 42
Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station
Korean
MacArthur Accepts New York Invitation for Parade
General Douglas MacArthur told New York officials he would arrive Thursday afternoon for a ticker tape parade and city reception. He asked that no formal speeches be held, and Mayor Impellitteri confirmed a 3:30 p.m. parade from the Battery to City Hall followed by a reception.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Truman
Far East
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Army
Impellitteri
Bevin Dies in Britain at 70 After Heart Attack
Ernest Bevin Britain’s foreign secretary from 1945 to 1951 died today of a heart attack at his Carlton Gardens home. He observed his 70th birthday the day he resigned and had recently relinquished his post to Herbert Morrison. He served almost 11 years in cabinet including wartime labor and national service duties.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Labor Party
Carlton Gardens
Herbert Morrison
Bevin
Winston Churchill
Heavy Buying Lifts Stock Market For Third Straight Session
Recovery strength pushed the market higher as heavy Saturday buying appeared at session start and persisted to close. Traders recorded an estimated 1,100,000 shares traded, the most since February 3, with gains reaching a $2 top and frequent advances around the $1 level.
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New York
Closed Hearing Offers Refused By MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur declines a senate committee invitation to testify preferring to address a joint session. Republicans demand access to secret defense and state files on Asia as Knowland and others press for Wedemeyer Korea report. House actions loom for a joint meeting and Truman signals support for MacArthur address upcoming congress.
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Washington
MacArthur
Senate
Congress
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Rep. Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Pacific
Knowland
Calif
Defense and
State Departments
Truman
United Nations
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Korea
Gen
Eisenhower
United States
White House
Rayburn
General MacArthur
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