Surface Scratched County Road Jobs Now In Full Swing
More than 18 highway improvement projects are underway or planned in Green county including a $400,000 relocation of three miles of State Highway 11 near Browntown and a 4.4 mile $167,395 upgrade on highway 69 north of Monroe. The county finances 264 of 1100 miles of county trunk highways while townships maintain 663 miles of town roads.
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Green County
N. Chris Jensen
Browntown
Dill
Monroe
Groves and Sons
Minneapolis
Jensen
Albany
P. W. Ryan
Dayton
Brooklyn
Russia May Ask to Hear Red Korea in UN Debate
Lake Success Russia demanded the withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea and pressed the UN Security Council to hear both Koreas. The council voted to take up a U.S. resolution condemning North Korean defiance as Moscow threatened to veto if the North Koreans are not heard.
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Russia
Korea
United States
Security Council
North Korea
Council
South Korea
John M. Chang
Malik
Chang
United Nations
China
U. N
Jakob A.malik
U. S
Jury Convicts Grant In Airline Bomb Case
Santa Monica, California jury convicts John Henry Grant on six counts of attempted murder for placing a gasoline bomb aboard a United Airlines flight. The trial lasted 40 minutes with Grant found guilty of aiming to kill three crew members and his wife Betty and two children Marie and Bobby. Sentencing set for September 5 before Superior Judge Orlando Rhodes. probation sought.
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Santa Monica
Calif
John Henry Grant
United Airlines
Betty
Marie
Bobby
Orlando Rhodes
Grant
Truman asks Congress for 950 million navy plane fund
President Truman urged Congress to provide an extra 950 million dollars for naval plane construction and procurement. The request would add to a 10.5 billion emergency defense appropriation and aims to speed up the navy plane program toward a total air force of 69 groups.
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Congress
Truman
Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Korea
Navy
Korean President Sought Aid Early
Senator Knowland disclosed he carried a personal appeal from South Korea s president to Washington for more arms and defense equipment seven months before the June invasion. Brig. Gen. Roberts testified Washington officials refused tanks planes and heavy guns. civilians were evacuated from near the 38th parallel. Roberts had no assigned intelligence officers. and some feared South Koreans might attack North Korea if supplied with heavy equipment.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
South Korea
38Th Parallel
Roberts
North Korea
Army to Call 62 000 Reservists Into Camp Soon
The army announced it will call 62 000 enlisted reservists, not officers, from a 185 000 pool for 21 months of duty during September and October. First 32 000 to report by Sept 15, others by mid October. priority by number of dependents. Most are World War II veterans. calls may fill national guard and organized reserve units and add key specialists such as radar and radiomen.
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Washington
Army
Organized Reserve Corps
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Fifth Army
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Cave-in Kills Two City Workmen in Sparta Trench
A 12 foot deep sewer trench collapsed on Thursday in Sparta killing two city workers. Emil Vahnke 55 was pronounced dead after rescue efforts and Herbert Larson 57 died shortly after being taken to a hospital.
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Sparta
Emil Vahnke
Herbert Larson
Deferment Policy Sets Short, Defined Delays for Reservists
Washington reports a new deferment policy allowing reservists and national guardsmen in critical jobs extra time in civilian clothes. The policy uses 48 critical occupations and 72 essential activities lists to guide deferrals, with six month limits and possible early termination for overriding military needs. Both sides may apply deferrals only after active duty begins, and a Truman signature lifts prior military size limits. The Air Force plans no immediate rise in Air National Guard calls.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Johnson
Armed Services
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Truman
Air National Guard
Henry Magnus dies after heart attack in Sarona hospital
Henry Magnus 66 brother of Mrs. Roy Lovelace died yesterday morning of a heart attack in a Sarona hospital. He was born March 3 1884 in Norway and came to this country as a youth settling near Woodford Argyle. He leaves his sister Mrs Lovelace another sister two brothers widow Mattie Poff a son Victor and nephews Selmer Severson Ray and Don Lovelace all of Monroe. Services set for Monday at 2 pm at East Viota Lutheran near Woodford with Rev Gunderson officiating burial in the church cemetery.
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Henry Magnus
Roy Lovelace
16Th Avenue
Sarona
Norway
Mr. Magnus
Woodford-Argyle
Ray
Don Lovelace
Monroe
Lovelace
East Viota Lutheran’ Church
Woodford
G. M. Gunderson
Malik Is Unhurt After New York Car Crash
Soviet deputy foreign minister Jakob Malik was shaken in an auto accident while returning to his Manhattan office from Lake Success after presiding at a stormy United Nations security council session. A Soviet spokesman said he was not injured.
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Malik
New York
Jakob A. Malik
Manhattan
Lake Success
Long Island
United Nations Security Council
Congress Junks Automatic Price Control Plan in House
The House rejected the mandatory wage and price curb, voting 112 to 46 to start anew with a narrower controls bill. An anti hoarding provision passed 112 to 46, making hoarders liable for a year in prison and a 10 000 dollar fine. President Truman opposed automatic wage price controls, urging restraint while the panel considers adding selective price and wage clamps tied to the BLS index.
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Washington
House
Truman
Board Appeals Kennedy Award Damages in Little Sugar River Case
An appeal has been taken in the award of 9491.68 to Howard D. Kennedy of Monti Cello Woolen Mills in condemnation proceedings against Kennedy for the dam on Little Sugar river. A three man special commission set the damages and the Green county farm drainage board appeals as excessive, claiming the award exceeds Kennedy’s damages and water right.
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Howard D. Kennedy
Monticello
Kennedy
Little Sugar River
M. L. Barton
Albany
Percy Lichtenwalner
Clarno Township
Paul A. Robinson
Sun Prairie
Green County Farm Drainage Board
M. W. Meienberg
Brodhead
Drainage Board
E. D. Porterfield
Harry H. Pinnow
G. N. Swartz
McMahon Confirms Dupont Bomb Contract
Senator McMahon confirmed a contract is being negotiated with DuPont of Wilmington for hydrogen bomb work. He spoke after a meeting of the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee with Crawford Greenwalt, DuPont president, following hints from the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
Sen
McMahon
D-Conn
DuPont Company
Wilmington
Del
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Crawford Greenwalt
DuPont Co
Cheese Tone Firm on Wisconsin Exchange
Plymouth Wisconsin buyers held firm on the cheese exchange with stateside brands showing firm quotes. Bids included multiple cars of cheddars and longhorns at 29 to 34 cents with several bids unfilled. Offers uncovered listed five cars of state brand cheddars at 30 cents.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Sater
Devaars
Guards to Get Pay and Return After Camp Training
The 32nd Wisconsin Red Arrow division wraps a two week postwar encampment at Camp McCoy with praised results. Maj. Gen. Jim Dan Hill calls the training a distinct success as units conduct field maneuvers in pup tents. Main body returns home Saturday with Co. K traveling by military convoy.
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Co. K
32Nd Division
Wisconsin
Camp McCoy
Jim Dan Hill
Red Arrow
PFC Blackbourn Wounded in Korea
Pfc Weslyn Blackbourn, 22, was wounded in Korea and notified to his mother Mrs Olive Blackbourn of Lake Geneva. He entered the army in 1946, reached Japan in November, and serves in an amphibious squad. His Monroe High School class of 1946 is noted, with relatives in Monroe.
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Green County
Lyle G. Swanton
Earl G. Swanton
23Rd Avenue
Monroe
Korea
Cpl
Swanton
Pfc
Weslyn Blackbourn
Barbara
Clinton Blackbourn
War Department
35Th Infantry
Olive Blackbourn
Lake Geneva
Blackbourn
Monroe High School
Army
Japan
Henry Burgy
Herman L. Schindler
Weslyn
President Backs Acheson and Johnson Amid Korean War Blasts
President Truman publicly backed Secretary of State Acheson and Secretary of Defense Johnson amid Republican criticism over wartime preparedness. He also urged Senate reconsideration of a 100 million loan to Spain and disputed leadership claims on Hawaii and Alaska statehood timing. He denied suggestions about Edwin Pauley testifying on Korea and said a permanent Vatican envoy issue is under review.
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Washington
Truman
Acheson
Johnson
Senate
Spain
Sen. Lucas
Illinois
Hawaii
Alaska
Stock market rally continues in New York
An afternoon rally in the New York market gains momentum after a choppy morning. Many issues move into positive territory with some gaining over a dollar per share while most advances stay below that level.
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New York
Four Sets of Twins Born in Green County Report
Green county shows a rising birth rate and falling deaths in 1949 per the Morbidity and Mortality booklet. There were 611 births and 238 deaths, with two twin sets added in Monroe and two in rural districts.
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Green County
State Board of Health
Monroe
Red Push on Pusan Spurs Korean War Battle Front
North Korean forces reinforced with two divisions push toward Pusan as American counterattacks shrink the frontline arc near Chinju Masan and Pusan. MacArthur reports enemy tanks burned and patrols repelled while South Korean troops fall back to Pian near the Naktong.
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South Korea
Naktong River
U.S
Pusan
1St Cavalry
Waegwan
Taegu
Yongdok
Tokyo
First Marine
Korea
MacArthur
Chinju
Masan
Chongjin
North Korea
Marshalling Yard
Pian
Hamchang
Naktong
Red
U. S. Eighth Army
Weird Tornado Like Spouts Over Monroe Cause Alarm
Three tornado like spouts were seen north of Monroe around 2 pm. None touched ground but winds shifted and temperatures fell from 82 to 72 within 30 minutes. Rain stalled threshing 7 miles north and fell east of Monroe with earlier showers 30 miles east. Crowds rushed indoors amid apprehension of damage.
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Monroe
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Forrest Buchtel
Edward Grieg
Edwin W. Schuetze
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Junks
Rep. McKinnon
D-Calif
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Dupont
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D-Md
White House
Edwin W. Pauley
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