State Senators Pass Budget Bill For 1951 53
Madison records indicate the Senate concurred in a $21 844 769 budget for 1951 53 by unanimous vote. The measure, already passed by the Assembly, now goes to Gov. Kohler who has previously approved its provisions. The bill increases appropriations for local aids higher education and welfare while limiting debate to party leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Senate
Assembly
Kohler
Porter
Bloomington
State Department
Aids Korea Veterans
American Legion
Heaviest Spring Storm Rounds Area With Lightning and Hail
A severe spring storm drenched the area with .90 inch of rain and hail. Lightning cracked a kitchen wall and damaged an electric clock at Ervin Ault’s home on 29th avenue shortly after 3 PM. Rain persisted overnight, with temperatures in the low 40s and 45 by 1 PM today. A clear day and lower 50s were forecast for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Ault
29Th Avenue
Mercury
Pool and park staff named for season
Pool and park department announce summer hires for lifeguards and concession work. Kenneth Davis leads pool operations with Holcomb assisting. salaries range from 100 to 160 dollars monthly. Openings begin June 10 with Red Cross instructors attending a 10 day course at Camp Heffernan Towanda Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee A. Mitchell
Park Board
Joe E. Miller
Miller
Carol Schindler
Kenneth Davis
Dorothy Davitte
Judith Kubly
Neil Holcomb
Ruthella Share
Delores Hodgson
Doris Tschudy
Jane Stauffacher
Carol Ann Schwingel
Mary Ann Huber
JoAnn Lundy
Connie Smith
Janet Lanz
Judith Gempeler
Joyce Babler
Phoebe Abraham
Barbara Frey
Patsy Amos
Annette Stopka
Davis
Holcomb
Red Cross
Judith Kubiy
National Aquatic
Camp Heffernan
Towanda
Poison Suspected As Neighboring Dog Dies
Cindy a two year old black and white mongrel belonging to the Donald J Clark family at 2220 16th street died after earlier treatment by a veterinarian. Police said it is the first such case reported this year and the Clark children Michael 12 Tommy 10 John four and Charles two mourn the loss of their best playmate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cindy
Donald J. Clark
16Th Street
Michael
Tommy
John
Charles
Clark
Ewing Health Plan Proposes Regional Public Health Staff
Oscar R. Ewing outlined a Wisconsin coordination plan to share health resources among Green and Lafayette counties with one physician and twelve nurses, and Rock county with two doctors and seventeen nurses. The proposal estimates Wisconsin state costs at 5.32 million dollars, increasing 3.96 million over 1947, totaling 1,126 staff positions, 494 more than the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Iowa
Lafayette
Wisconsin
Washington
Rock County
Oscar R. Ewing
Federal Security Administrator
Public Health Service
Ewing
Nolty Escapes Mishap Injury Near Juda
Myron A. Nolty of Juda escaped injury when his car rolled off highway 1181 two miles east of Juda at 345 p.m. yesterday. The vehicle struck a fence post and lodged against it after a guard post impact. Nolty had attempted to pass another auto, then pulled back into his lane, causing the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron A. Nolty
Juda
Highway 1181
Nolty
Agriculture Group Will Convene Here
The Wisconsin state department of agriculture board will meet in Monroe on May 31 and June 1. Members Ira Inman Paul Schmoldt J Scott Earll R J Douglas James Baird William Leffern and Harry Dix will attend with director Don McDowell. A cheese factory tour is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture
Monroe
Ira Inman
Beloit
Paul C. Schmoldt
Medford
J. Scott Earll
Prairie du Chien
R. J. Douglas
Juda
James Baird
Waukesha
William E. Leffern
van Dyne
Harry C. Dix
Menomonie
Don McDowell
Department
Last Traces of Snow Near Sutter Farm
Snow lingered on the road near the Emil Sutter farm in southern Washington township as winter receded. Plows this winter piled snow nine to ten feet high. Mrs. Sutter noted the last snow in Green county is melting slowly on the road’s north side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Sutter
Washington Township
Navy Plane Crashes After Collision With Liner Over Key West
A small navy plane and a four engine Pan American liner collided over Key West Beach. Nine bodies recovered by 2 p m. The missing airliner was en route from Miami to Havana with 954 passengers, most Americans. Navy boats recovered two sailors and a woman. Eyewitnesses saw both aircraft over the beach before the liner nosedived and vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Key West South Beach
Miami
Havana
Pan-American Airways
Compania Cubana de Aviation
Pan-American
Fourth Youth Fined For Reckless Driving Albany News
Rex Holmes of Brodhead, on route 3, Albany, became the fourth teen cited by Marshall Levi Torkelson for reckless driving after Sunday morning town race at 2. Holmes was fined 25 dollars plus costs, and the license was revoked for a year. He allegedly drove on the sidewalk, hit an ornamental light post, and cut the corner of Edgewater cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Rex Holmes
Brodhead
Marshall Levi Torkelson
Holmes
Torkelson
Edgewater Cafe
President Considers New Controls Asks Congress For Extension
President Truman convened his top economic team to review changes to the economic controls law and seek an extension and revision of the defense production act, set to expire in June. A sweeping price order rolled back the general level of manufacturers' prices affecting about a quarter of the economy, with further ceilings planned on machinery textiles and apparel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Brodhead Pilot Discusses Camouflage in Korea Offensive
Lt. Carl J. Ebweter of Brodhead told fellow servicemen in a Legion hall briefing that concealment of communist convoys aided the present offensive against United Nations forces in Korea. The 9655th VART squadron F-80 pilot, back in the U. S. after nine months in Korea, described day and night fighting conditions, noted Russian MIGs as formidable, and cited Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster awarded for Korea missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Korea
Carl J. Ebweter
Brodhead
9655Th
VART
Legion
Ebweter
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Ebneter
Joseph Ebneter
MacArthur Welcome Tour Draws Wisconsin Crowds
General MacArthur arrives in Wisconsin Friday with heavy escort. Police, National Guard and local officials plan a coast to coast welcome, with tens of thousands expected in Milwaukee Racine and along Highway 42. He will visit Midway Airport to Loop parade, wreath laying, and a civic reception before returning to New York.
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Milwaukee
MacArthur
Illinois
Wisconsin
National Guard
Kohler
Lakeshore
Fifth Army District
Chicago
Kenosha County
Kenosha
Naval Reserve
Air Force Reserve
Racine
John Gothner
Fifth Army
Racine County
Gen. MacArthur
Midway Airport
New York
Loop
Soldier Field
Bataan-Corregidor
State Street
Philippines
Milwaukee County
Highway 42
Marquette University Stadium
Plankinton Hotel
Cheese Producers Seek Storage Data and Relief
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association directors move to gather complete storage statistics and consult industry figures for a delegation to Washington. They aim to obtain government relief or price support for backed up 1950 Swiss cheese, with CCC’s prior stance noted and current market data showing weak demand and fair trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburge Cheese Producers Association
Washington
Fred Galli
Galli
Cheese Institute
Chicago
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Lawrence H. Smith
Wisconsin
State
I.c.l
Father of nine killed in tractor accident near Newburg
Joseph Mantenaer, 51, a father of nine, died when his tractor overturned while climbing a ramp on the Walter Kahntz farm near Newburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bend
Joseph Matenaer
Walter Kahntz
Newburg
Monroe Seals Lead State In Christmas Seal Sales Per Capita
Monroe's per capita Christmas Seal sales topped state cities in the 6,000 to 10,000 population group with 30 cents, followed by Ft. Atkinson at 27.5 cents and Antigo at 8.8 cents. The Monroe figure exceeded many larger cities, earning the local chapter recognition and a range of free services offered by the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Rudolph P. Reger
Ft. Atkinson
Antigo
Green County
IC Will Change Train Schedules
Two major passenger train schedule changes between Freeport and Chicago take effect with daylight saving time. No. 16's Freeport departure moves to 5 PM with Chicago arrival at 8 PM, and No. 11 shifts from 11 PM departure to 10 PM with Freeport arrival at 12:20 AM. The Land O'Corn and No. 12 adjustments follow in sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Chicago
Harrison resigns as defense production chief to return to ITT
Washington reports W. H. Harrison has quit his defense production administrator post effective May 1. He told President Truman in a letter that he must return to his former role as president of the International Telephone and Telegraph Co due to compelling reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. H. Harrison
White House
Harrison
Truman
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Allies Halt Red Offensive Along East Korean Line
Allied forces report counterattacks by tank columns stopping Chinese advances on the eastern front as United Nations troops defend the Chunchon to Seoul corridor and hold near Kapyong. In the west, Chinese pressure drives a phased UN withdrawal toward Seoul with refugee flows and continued air strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
South Korea
Reds
United Nations
Imjin
Seoul
U. N
Yonchon - Uijongbu
Chunchon To
Jim Becker
Chunchon
Kapyong
Pukhan
Munsan
Choksong
Monroe Fire Department Officers Re-elected and New Trustee
Wilbur E. Deininger and Josef J. Benkert were re-elected secretary and treasurer of the Monroe fire department. E. N. Churchill was named three-year trustee. Chief H. L. Sickinger announced Paul R. Kubly as the newest member. Practice runs begin May 1 and continue the first Tuesday monthly through summer and fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur E. Deininger
Josef J. Benkert
Monroe Fire Department
E. N. Churchill
H. L. Sickinger
Paul R. Kubly
Department
Sickinger
Governor Kohler Signs Highway 81 Contract
Gov Kohler in Madison today signed a contract for blacktopping 10.5 miles of state highway 81 near the Rock county line. The award went to P W Ryan and Sons of Janesville for 17010 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock County
Gov. Kohler
Madison
P. W. Ryan and Sons
Janesville
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Mississippi River
Ferryville
Alvin Hauge
California
Clarence Minor
John Deal
Ewing Health Plan
Sutter Farm
Price Chief
W.H. Harrison
Highway 81
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