Mrs. P J Weirich Dies Noted Monroe Leader at 72
Mrs. Paul J. Weirich 72 of 2113 11th street wife of United Telephone Co. president and GM died at St. Clare hospital after a long illness. She actively served Red Cross during both world wars led knitting posts county chair and held many civic roles with Eastern Star DAR Mayflower descendants and the Greenwood Cemetery association. Burial at Greenwood follows services at Shriner Neushwander funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Weirich
Llth Street
United Telephone Co
St. Clare Hospital
Weirichs
Monroe Methodist Parsonage
George W. Case
Milwaukee
Weirich
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Monroe
Red Cross
St. Omar
Eastern Star
Monroe Woman's Club
Daughters of American Revolution
Mayflower Descendants
Brooklyn High School District Vote Tonight
Voters from five districts in three counties will decide on enlarging the high school program by approving a proposed consolidation. Districts involved are Brooklyn Biglow Dwight Holt and McLaughlin. A single district would have a valuation of $2,000,000 and may study domestic science handwork and agriculture.
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Brooklyn
Biglow
Dwight
Holt
McLaughlin
Brooklyn Village
Army Volunteers Sandbag Levee Near Fuller Home
Army units and volunteers bolster the levee near Rubin A. Fuller’s Muscatine residence as flood forecasts warn of an 18 inch rise and a 21.5 foot crest expected Wednesday. Evacuations ordered for Fuller’s area. Highway 61 in the flood zone closed, with Highways 92 and 80 expected to close. The Fuller family returned from Davenport after heavy traffic.
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Wendell Fuller
Rubin A. Fuller
Muscatine
Fuller
Army
The
Fullers
Davenport
Selmer Erickson Dies at 359 South Wayne Area
Selmer J. Erickson age 59 of South Wayne died at St. Clare hospital after illness. An overseas World War I veteran, he leaves Helen Wahler his wife two sons Reuben and Robert a daughter Jeannette four brothers and four grandchildren. Services set for Wednesday at Hanson funeral home and East Wiota Lutheran church with burial in the church cemetery.
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South Wayne
Selmer J. Erickson
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Erickson
Wiota Township
John
Johanna Erickson
Wiota
Cherry Branch
East Wiota Lutheran Parsonage
Helen Wahler
Wayne Townships
E. A. Chapman
Reuben
Robert
Jeannette
Julius
Juda
Willy
Argyle
George
Madison
Minnie Hanson
Arthur McGonigal
Browntown
Ella Olson
Joseph Johnson
Erickson
East Wiota
Sorenson
Mrs Lily Berget Argyle Succumbi Dies at 75
Mrs Lily Berget 75 of Argyle Succumbi died yesterday at 6 40 AM at her home from a heart attack She was born Mayville Wisconsin June 23 1875 daughter of August and Elise Reible and attended Mayville High School and Normal School She married Olaus A Berger in Mayville October 25 1905 Survived by son Kaspar daughter Elise Ziehlsdorff Argyle and two grandchildren Preceded by husband three brothers two sisters and two children Frances and Abner Services Wednesday at 2 PM Erickson Funeral Home Argyle Rev A P Anderson officiating Burial Woodlawn Cemetery
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Woman's Relief Corps
Weirich
Universalist Church
Aid Society
Greenwood Cemetery Association
M. Alice Treat
Waupun
Merle van Tassel
Milwaukee
Herbert Sutherland
Wisconsin Dells
Alvin T. Madison
Robert
Richard Northrup
Shriner-Neushwander
John MacMartin
Eastern Star
Greenwood
Argyle
Lily Camille Berget
Mayville
Wis
August
Elise Reible
Olaus A. Berger
Argyle Lutheran Church
Aid
Kaspar
Elise Ziehlsdorff
Frances
Abner
Erickson Funeral Home
Rev
A. P. Anderson
Woodlawn Cemetery
Flood Crest Shatters Records Along Mississippi
The upper Mississippi flood peaks at 22.7 feet surpassing 1880 levels. Dubuque sees 80 blocks underwater as Illinois and Iowa towns bolster levees and evacuations grow. Damaged roads, sandbagging, and displacements spread across Dubuque Davenport and Sabula amid cold, wintry conditions.
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Dubuque
Iowa-Illinois
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Iowa
LaCrosse
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin Line
Illinois
Mississippi
East Dubuque
Clinton
Fulton
Ill
Sabula
Mrs Amelia H Thoreson Wiota obituary 76
Mrs Amelia H Thoreson 76 lifelong Wiota resident died at 8:30 am at her daughter's home in Wiota township after a heart attack. Born May 1 1874 to Ole and Johanna Haroldson, she married Anton Thoreson in 1898 at East Wiota Lutheran Church and belonged there over 50 years. Survived by daughter Mrs Alvin Peterson and five sons Orville Gordon Raymond Jesse Darlington Silas and 11 grandchildren. Funeral Thursday Erickson funeral home 1 15 pm and East Wiota Lutheran Church 2 pm with Rev M A Sorenson officiating burial in East Wiota cemetery.
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Amelia H. Thoreson
Wiota
Alvin Peterson
Ole
Johanna Elertson Harolds
Anton Thoreson
E. Wiota Lutheran Church
Orville
Gordon
Raymond
Jesse
Darlington
Silas
Monroe
Erickson Funeral Home
East Wiota Lutheran Church
M. A. Sorenson
East Wiota
Boy Scouts Collect 20 Tons of Paper
Scouts from Monroe and nearby towns conducted a Saturday paper drive despite rain and cold. Four Monroe troops joined efforts with Browntown Juta and South Wayne units to gather more than twenty tons of paper.
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Boy Scouts
Monroe
Browntown
Juta
South Wayne
Taft presses full inquiry into Truman MacArthur policy clash
Senator Taft announces Republicans will demand a complete investigation of the Truman MacArthur controversy over Far East policy. Pentagon sources indicate most testimony will be in closed sessions as Ferguson proposes a 24 member cross house committee to probe military and foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Military
Pentagon
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
House
Truman
Korea
MacArthur
Red China
Manchuria
Russia
Congress
Benkert Rules Out City Garage Award
City Attorney Benkert ruled the city cannot award the proposed garage contract to Alvin F. Rote Co. because one partner chairs the water commission and the other sits on the city planning commission. Rote bid $24,995, Monroe Ready Mix bid $28,457. legality questioned at April 17 council meeting.
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Arthur C. Benkert
Alvin F. Rote Co
Robert L. Rote
Board of Water Commissioners
Fire and Police Commission
Robert G. Rote
City Planning Commission
Benker
City Plan Commission
Robert v. Cunningham
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Benkert
Board of Public Works
William F. Beckman
Roger L. Elmer
Monroe Ready Mix
Early Start Flush Milk Season After Truck Overturns
Green county reports an early flush milk season as a ton and a half truck owned by Burnett B. Bahe overturned on highway 69 near El mer school. Thirty dozen cans spilled and the wrecked truck was later moved by a wrecker after brakes reportedly failed. A second crash occurred at Bluff View park on highway 1181 involving Oppie Bennett Clark and Clifford Pehl Davis.
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Green County
Highway 69
Elmer School
Burnett B. Bahe
9Th Street
Bahe
Sheriff’s Department
Bluff View Park
Brodhead
Oppie Bennett Clark
Warren
Clifford Pehl Davis
Pehl
Clark
Mercury Heads Toward 1951 High Temp Record
Mercury climbed to 55 degrees at 1 30 p m today with readings still rising as contrasts with yesterday’s cold winds kept levels in the forties. A drop to 29 was logged at 5 a m today and forecaster Bernard White predicted clouds and possible showers tonight with a near 80 expected tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard White
MacArthur Homecoming Parade Planned in Milwaukee
Milwaukee prepares a massive welcome for General Douglas MacArthur with a parade lakefront ceremony and an honorary doctor of laws from Marquette University. MacArthur will arrive by auto from Chicago at 10 a.m. and depart the same night on his plane, the Bataan, back to New York.
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New York Times
Truman
Formosa
Europe
MacArthur
Washington
Milwaukee
New York
Chicago
Bataan
Marquette University
Edward J. O’donnell
S. J
Marquette
Courtney Whitney
Kohler
Madison
Massive Communist Offensive Moves Across 100 Mile Front
United Nations troops retreated up to 12 miles as a major red offensive hit a 100 mile Korean front. The assault began with heavy artillery behind a 700,000 strong Communist force, crossing the Imjin river and forcing withdrawals while U.N. air and artillery delivered counter blows.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Imjin
U. N
Seoul
Mhantan
Hantan
Inje
Far Northwest Korea
U. S
James A. van Fleet
U. S. 8Th Army
China
North
South Korea
JoAnne Finishes Third in State Spelling Contest
JoAnne Block, 13, eighth grade, placed third in the state spelling finals held in Madison. Neil Smith of Madison won, with Diana Brechter of Juneau finishing second after being stumped by bayonet. JoAnne previously led local sixth to eighth graders and earned a trip to the state finals with her teacher Mrs. W. C. Bender.
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JoAnne Block
Jennie Block
JoAnne
Washington
Neil Smith
Madison
Diana Brechter
Juneau
Diana
W. C. Bender
Body of Pfc Weber Returns for Memorial Rite
The body of Pfc. Albert George Weber 23 Monroe area Korea war fatality arrived in San Francisco aboard the Ocala Victory and will go to Shriner Neushwander funeral home. Military services at St Victor's church with American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars memorials and a Co. K firing squad. Weber enlisted 1945 separated 1947 reenlisted 1947 and attended 10th grade in Monroe. He leaves his mother Mrs Carl Frenzel stepfather, brother William Weber in Rockford, half brother Charles Frenzel and three aunts. Other Wisconsin dead returned today include Cpls Ralph Gries Jacob Meier Douglas Hewlett and Gerald Robinson.
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Pfc
Albert George Weber
Monroe Area
Korea
San Francisco
Ocala
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Weber
Monroe
Carl Frenzel
William Weber
Rockford
Charles Frenzel
Defense calls 1,202 doctors for July to September
The defense department requests a draft of 1,202 doctors for July through September due to a shortage of volunteers. The priority comprises medically educated or WW II deferred physicians who have served under 90 days, with only one prior doctor draft call issued on Oct. 10.
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Washington
Defense Department
Department
Mauerman Home Damaged by Smoke
A fire at 1203 14th Street damaged the Mauerman residence late Saturday with about 200 dollars in damage. The blaze started in a rubbish pile in the basement, charred joists, and police deskman Maurice R. Connors traced a call to the home before the alarm. A child was heard in the background asking where the fire was.
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Benjamin H. Mauerman
14Th Street
Maurice R. Connors
Mauverman
Connors
Korean President Praises MacArthur in Cable
In New York Gen MacArthur rests in seclusion after a tumultuous welcome as Syngman Rhee sends a cable praising his congress address. Whitney releases the cable and notes Truman’s abrupt dismissal lacked military precedent. MacArthur learns of removal via wife radio report and plans a circus visit with his son.
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New York
MacArthur
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Far East
Congress
Courtney Whitney
New York City
Arthur
Truman
Washington
Whitney
Herbert Hoover
Waldorf Astoria
House
Rayburn
Dtex
Senate
McFarland
Aziz
White House
Mr. Truman
Market Pace Slowed As Korea Red Offense Looms
The New York market showed mixed prices with a slow session as traders weighed reports of a communist spring offensive in Korea and potential impacts from an industry control plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Korea
Co K Drill Covers Scouting Patrol Work Tonight
Co K and the medical detachment of the National Guard study scouting and patrol tactics during the extra outdoor period. Cross country activities are planned northeast of Monroe off Highway 59 on the farms of Carl Weiss Lawrence Buol Albert Schmid and Alfred Meier.
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Co. K
National Guard
Monroe
Highway 59
Carl Weiss
Lawrence Buol
Albert Schmid
Alfred Meier
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Jessie Sutherland
Albany
B. J
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Monroe High School
Brooklyn High School
Selmer Erickson
Mrs
Lily Berget
Argyle, Succumbi
Arthur MacArthur
Polo Grounds
Gen. MacArthur
Giants
Col
Sidney Huff
Anthony Story
Rock Island
Drury
New Boston
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Dubuque, In
By Jack Bell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Capehart
R-Ind
Cain
Rwash
Benkert Rules Out
Mercury
Beck
U.N
Mauerman
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