Two blasts rock destroyer Solar. many missing and injured
Two explosions rocked the destroyer escort U S Solar at the Earle naval depot in New Jersey. Eight men were reported missing and eight injured as ammunition was being unloaded. most personnel were said to have escaped. The ship sank near the pier as a second blast caused major damage to a lighter in New York bay.
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Earle
N. J
T. U. S. Solar
New York Bay
Earle Navy Depot
Navy
U.S. S. Solar
Sevral
Naval District
Earle Naval Depot
Naval Headquarters
New York
Naval
Monmouth County
Dey Naval
Monmouth
Ft. Hancock
Earle Depot
Post Solar
Adolfo Solar
Harbor Pe Navy Yard
Death claims Aged New Glarus resident Katherine Luchsinger
Mrs. Katherine Luchsinger 89 lifelong New Glarus resident died at home at 5 30 today after three years of ill health. Born July 14 1856 she married John P Luchsinger in 1877 and lived in the village throughout. Surviving daughters and sons number three daughters 19 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren with funeral arrangements at Zweifel funeral home and burial in church cemetery.
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New Glarus
Katherine Luchsinger
Margaret Solbran
Bridges Proposes Amendment Banning Political Activity by Justices
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire introduces a judicial code amendment to bar future supreme court justices from political activity. The move, timed to a vacancy in the chief justice position, would require future members to devote all time to court duties and would not affect current justices. Bridges alludes to Justice Robert H. Jackson’s wartime role without naming him.
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Washington
Bridges
Supreme Court
New Hampshire
Congress
Robert H. Jackson
Nuernberg
Jackson
Truman
Norwegian Producer Plans Movie About Monroe Cinderella
Norwegian film producer Rasmus Breitstein visited Monroe to research the rise of Evelyn Brodstone later Lady Vestey from a $12 weekly stenographer to a $250000 annual earner and heir to a 100 million dollar estate. He plans a Norwegian production with script work in Oslo after gathering material in Stoughton Monroe Chicago Superior Nebraska London and Kingswood ahead of a possible August shoot.
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Monroe
Cinderella
Lady Vestey
Evelyn Brodstone
Rasmus Breitstein
Norway
Brodstone
Breitstein
United States
Hollywood
Stoughton
Evelyn Bradstone
Brodstones
Evelyn
the Times
Frank A. Shriner
Hans Bradstone
13Th Ave
London
Kingswood
Lord
William Vestey
Oslo
Allis Chalmers Strike Shrugs Off Wisconsin Plant Walkouts
The Allis Chalmers strike spreads to 27,000 workers across six plants including West Allis Milwaukee and Boston as unions demand resolutions on seniority discipline and job transfers. Local 248 CIO president Robert Buse cites 8091 to 251 vote in West Allis and notes wage increases not the issue.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Oxnard
Calif
LaCrosse Works
Boston
West Allis
LaPorte
Ind
Springfield
Norwood
Pittsburgh
Robert Buse
Uaw-Cio
Buse
Highway Traffic Death Toll Rises 44 Percent in First Quarter
The National Safety Council reports 8,120 traffic deaths from January 1 to April 1, a 44 percent rise from the same period in 1945, including 2,670 deaths in March. Projected 1946 fatalities reach about 38,000, amid seasonal trends and past highs near 39,969 in 1941.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Rye Bread Prices Up at OPA Due to Higher Costs
The OPA raised retail rye bread prices by 2 cents per one pound loaf. An agency official said housewives may soon face higher costs for white bread and other varieties.
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Washington
OPA
Taft vows Senate showdown on British loan this week
Taft said he will work with Barkley to secure a final vote on the 3 billion dollar British loan, opposing delay and aiming for a showdown by Thursday. In Tokyo the 4 power Allied council postponed ruling on Russia’s probe into Japan’s food situation after the American member said it falls to General MacArthur and the United States.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Republican Steering Committee
Barkley
Senate
Tokyo
Allied Council
Russia
Japan
MacArthur
United States
Wisconsin Truckers Oppose Saturday Highway Ban
Representatives of trucking lines and the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association testified before the Public Service Commission that banning trucks on Saturday afternoons would impose undue hardships on the industry and its operations across the state.
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Madison
Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association
State Public Service Commission
Wisconsin
Miners Strike Standoff Persists as Lewis Demands Payment
John L. Lewis refuses contract talks to end a 30 day strike by 400 000 miners unless owners pay the money he claims for four past holidays. The stalemate keeps the labor action active with no new bargaining date set.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Schacht Denies American Claims of German Aggression
Mar hall Schacht, on trial with 22 others as a war criminal, rebutted statements by U S diplomats accusing him of detailing Germanys plans for aggression. He attacked affidavits by George Messersmith and the diary of William E Dodd as unreliable. The tribunal previously struck Streicher abuse assertions from the record.
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Nuernberger
Hjialmar Schacht
Reichsbank
International Military Tribunal
Schacht
George Messersmith
U. S
Argentina
Change Farm Output anderson urges market driven shifts
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P Anderson said without nationwide high productivity and full employment farmers will go broke and consumers go hungry. He urged shaping production to domestic and import demands and noted credit facilities technical aid and training may be needed.
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Atlantic City
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Cial
Cost of Treating Wisconsin Icy Roads at $71 a Mile
Wisconsin state highway commission reports 1945-46 icy road treatment cost 71.08 per mile, higher than snow removal. Total winter cost 1,578,902 with ice treatment at 714,415 and snow removal 580,487. Drift prevention and trees added 284,000. Ice uses calcium chloride and sodium chloride with sand on curves and slopes.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Ee Commission
William Hoenig
Hoenig
Tabriz Reports Red Army Leaving Azerbaijan Region
Tabriz radio announced the Red Army formally left the capital of Azerbaijan this morning. Soviet General Glidsky, commander of the Tabriz unit, said after four years they were leaving with thanks for friendship and peace for Azerbaijan.
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Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Tehran
Red Army
Glidsky
Tragic Farm Accident Claims 3 Year Old in Kaukauna
Patsy Garrity three died yesterday after her hand was caught in a pea seeding machine on the Ervin Garrity farm route 2 Kaukauna. The child was rushed to a local clinic but succumbed to injuries. Her parents Mr and Mrs Ervin Garrity mourn her loss.
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Susan Ericksonis
Staten Island, N. Y
Lief
Eva Erickson
Appleton
Patsy Garrity
Ervin Garrity
Kaukauna
Route 2
Government Cracks Down on Black Market Food Diversions
The government launches a vigorous crackdown to curb black market profits and safeguard famine relief. Attorney General Tom Clark vows stronger action against tax evaders while OPA expands meat market enforcement with 850 agents aiming to shift shortages and meet export goals amid rising farm prices and ongoing food sacrifice calls from President Truman.
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Washington
Justice Department
Tom Clark
OPA
Anderson
Paul Porter
Porter
Agriculture Department
Truman
Wisconsin seeks more industrial sugar for tourist season
William J. Petersen, executive secretary of the Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce, says he has written to OPA directors requesting increased allocations of industrial and commercial sugar for Wisconsin. He notes Wisconsin will host at least four times as many tourists this summer as 1945 and warns current sugar rations will limit baked goods and carbonated drinks if not raised. Letters were sent to OPA offices in Washington and district directors in Duluth Green Bay Milwaukee and St. Paul.
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Madison
William J. Petersen
Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce
OPA
Wisconsin
Washington
Duluth
Green Bay
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Meteor Seen Across North Sky Last Night by Amateur Astronomer
Ce ee Perle Guess of Monroe reported witnessing a two second luminous object believed to be a meteor. He described a bright bluish flash from disintegrating fragments and doubts any debris reached the earth. Guess plans a public talk at the Methodist church basement Thursday at 7 30 on the atom nucleus.
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Perle Guess
Monroe
Fire Department to Hold Annual Meeting in Monroe
The Monroe fire department plans its annual meeting and officer election tonight at the fire hall. Elected posts include a trustee secretary and treasurer of the department and a treasurer of the amusement fund. The fire chief and assistant are appointed by the city fire and police commission.
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Monroe Fire Department
Amusement Fund
Fire and Police Commission
City of
Monroe
Ludlow Theme to Fore on First National Bank’s 90th Birthday
First National Bank prepares for a 90th birthday open house with two sessions. From 3 to 5 p m pupils from Green County visit for treats, and from 7 to 9 p m friends are invited. The event continues a countywide spring tradition of pupil visits to Monroe.
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Ludlow
Fore
First National Bank
Green County
Monroe
Leading End
Bank opening jars fuel penny guessing contest
Experts forecast a wide range of penny counts for a jar at the First National bank opening. Bank staff not involved in counting pennies join associates in a two team guessing contest eight to a side. The closer guess wins a dinner funded by the losers.
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First National Bank
Bank Celebrates with Spring Visit and Penny Jar Contest
Industrial institutions plan a spring visit coinciding with the bank celebration tomorrow. A penny-jar guessing contest has drawn strong interest, with guesses already deposited at the bank. Other prizes include a dozen pairs of nylon hosiery and officials from other cities are expected to attend.
House Republicans Back Home On OPA Vote
Republicans returning from a brief trip to grass roots say constituents back home favor retaining the OPA framework with tighter, more efficient operation. Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. confirms the drive to preserve the price control structure while pursuing budgetary and practical reform.
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House
Washington
OPA
GOP
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Martin
Russian Planes Buzz Gen Clark Plane Over Austria
Soviet fighters buzzed Brig. Gen. Ralph A. Snavely's U S Air Forces plane carrying Gen. Mark W. Clark between Vienna and Linz. Clark was not aboard the B 17 Flying Fortress. He protested Soviet interference in mid flying.
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Vienna
Mark W. Clark
Linz
Ralph A. Snavely
U.S. F.A
Clark
Plans Set for Monroe High Music Festival Parade
Final plans for the Monroe high school music festival to be held Friday are finalized at a meeting of committee chairmen and fest director T R Holyoke. The event will draw student musicians from 14 area schools and culminate with a parade at 4 PM starting at Lincoln School, marching north on 17th Ave to Courthouse Square, then dispersing at the post office.
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Monroe
T. R. Holyoke
Lincoln School
17Th Ave
Courthouse Square
Founder's Portrait to Be Unveiled at Monroe Bank Anniversary
The 90th anniversary of the First National Bank of Monroe features a living portrait of Arabat Ludlow, founder of banking in Monroe. Artist Edward M. R. Weiner painted the likeness from a family photo, approved by May Luchsinger. Ludlow shaped local finance, loaning freely at 5-6 percent with emphasis on land security and farmers in Green county.
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Arabat Ludlow
First National
Monroe
Arabat Ludiow
First National Bank of Monroe
Edward M. R. Weiner
Beloit
May Luchsinger
Weiner
State Bank of
Ludlow
Lud
Vermont
Green County
Bottled fed pigs gain prize at market
Two piglings cared for by Miss Frieda Sutter of Monroe route 4 grew to 240 pounds each and topped the market by ringing the scales. The Madison meat packing firm plans to broadcast their story in appreciation of her kindness.
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Frieda Sutter
Monroe
Madison Meat Packing Firm
Porkers
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