Council Approves Full-Time Recreation Director Position
The city council unanimously adopts a resolution to create a full time recreation director post. It rezones southwest Monroe land west of 16th avenue to light industrial and awards F A Wagner a contract for an incinerator building at 16585 dollars. Mayor Buehler notes funds transfer from the municipal reserve to cover incinerator costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
16Th Avenue
F. A. Wagner
Monroe
Henry Tschudy
Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners
Lester G. Forcade
City ‘Planning Commission
Frank A. Buehler
Wagner
Municipal Reserve Fund
Recommenda Board of Public Works
A. T. Summeris
Clarno Township
William Rees
Rees
Buehler
G. S. Soseman
Water Board
Summeril
Finance Committee
Triplet Boys Gives Father Football Ideas
Milwaukee misses report shows Franklin Loomis and his wife Eleanor welcomed triplet sons last night. The babies, now 10 months old, join Loomis who expects a future in football with a strong backfield in his own family. Franklin Loomis, 29, was discharged from the army in February after ten years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Franklin Loomis
Loomis
Eleanor
Franklin
Gehl Lifts Court Order In Wisconsin Tax Case
Circuit Judge Edward J. Gehl lifted a restraining order prohibiting prosecution of tavernkeepers and liquor dealers for nonpayment of the 100 percent tax on floor stocks. The ruling also vacated a July 31 order to show cause why a temporary injunction should not be granted. The suit, by Hartford tavernkeeper Robert D. Berlowitz, argues the tax on floor stocks is unconstitutional and names State Treasurer John Smith John Roach Attorney General John Martin and S V Snyder as defendants with counsel Fred Wright for the Wisconsin Wine and Spirits Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Washington
Edward J. Gehl
Robert D. Berlowitz
Hartford
Berlowitz
Fred Wright
Wisconsin Wine and Spirits Institute
John Smith
John Roach
Beverage Division
John Martin
S. V. Snyder
Washington County
Truax Airport Declared Surplus by War Assets Administration
The War Assets Administration announced Truax field near Madison is surplus property and will be offered for disposal on August 8. The 300 acre airport now includes 539 acres of government land plus 13 buildings and $4 million in improvements. Negotiations to transfer to Madison without cost are under way with conditions for municipal operation under Civil Aeronautics Authority, emergency takeover rights, and free government aircraft entry. Madison operates the field under an interim permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Assets Administration
Truax Field
Madison
WAA
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Three Area Planes Fly to Grand Marais Lodge
Three aircraft departed Badger Flying Service today bound for Grand Marais Minnesota for a three day gathering at Gilbert Baltzer's lodge. The group includes Baltzer and Paul Burke of Monroe Mr and Mrs Lee Becker of Judo and Dr and Mrs Ransom Dinges of Orangeville. All flew their own planes. Merritt Anderson of Milwaukee flew in yesterday with a Sea Bee. Ten students completed solo flights: Francis Cook Kenneth Schumacher Elvin Turner William Greub Dale Olson Ernest Wenger Gerald Purcell John Bussman Edward Anderson Robert Krammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger Flying Service
Grand Marais
Minn
Gilbert Baltzer
Baltzer
Paul Burke
Monroe
Lee Becker
Judo
Ransom Dinges
Orangeville
Francis Cook
Kenneth Schumacher
Elvin Turner
William Greub
Dale Olson
Ernest Wenger
Gerald Purcell
John Bussman
Edward Anderson
Robert Kramer
Fire at Green County lumber shed swiftly contained
Fire of unknown origin erupted at 2 15 this afternoon in an empty Green County Lumber and Fuel Co shed on 13th street between 14th and 15th avenue. A general alarm was sounded and Monroe volunteer firefighters quickly controlled the blaze limiting damage to the frame walls and an annex roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Lumber and Fuel Co
13Th Street
14Th and
15Th Avenue
Monroe Volunteer Fire Department
Lend Lease Goods See Greece After Soviet Pact Fallout
A portion of a $25 million Lend-Lease order intended for Russia could be sent to Greece and Turkey under a U.S. aid program. Congress blocked shipments amid disapproval of Soviet actions in eastern Europe, risking surplus disposal and possible reentry of goods by Russia.
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Washington
Russia
Greece
Turkey
State
Treasury Departments
Congress
State Department
Europe
United States
Australia
Belgium
Guatemala
China
France
Saudi Arabia
Brazil
Peru
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Mrs. Perle Guess Elected to Serve On School Board
Mrs. Perle G. Guess was unanimously chosen to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Rol land Etter on the Union school district No. 1 board. She becomes the district’s only woman member and will serve until July, when a decision will be made on reelection or a successor. The board also approved funds for a new intercommunication system in the high schools and up to 500 for band equipment, plus a safety sign survey and a $3,000 purchase of property adjacent to the south school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perle G. Guess
12Th Street
Board of Education
Rolland Etter
Guess
Union School District No
Etter
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Herbert T. Johnson
E. O. Evans
Photo Art
Madison
Allan F. Barnard
C. J. Schwingel
Safety Committee
Godfrey E. Zuercher
Zuercher
Parts Shortage Halts Ford Car Production
Detroit reports 51,000 CIO Ford workers face a week of layoff as assembly lines stop until Aug. 12 due to a shortage of body parts from Murray Corp. of America. Murray plants have been strikebound for nearly two weeks in a dispute mirroring Ford's Taft-Hartley immunity demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
Ford Motor Co
Ford Company
Murray Corp
United Auto Workers
Ford
Uaw-Cio
Attlee Outlines Britain’s Economic Austerity Plan
Prime Minister Attlee told Parliament Britain will cut armed forces and impose labor directions to ease the economic crisis. Workers in core industries will work longer, coal miners to add half an hour daily, and imports will be reduced. The U S loan provisions may be relaxed and sterling convertibility discussed.
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London
Attlee
Parliament
Great Britain
U. S
United States
Britain
Winston Churchill
Washington
Marshall
Death and ruin mark Dutch advance on Indies island
Associated Press dispatch from Kamal Madoera details a death haunted village awaiting evacuation. Lt Comdr Pieter Cool shows a starving multigenerational family and unburied corpses as ruins of war line roads and jerrybuilt grenades. Dutch marines push from Kamal toward Pamekasam amid broken cease fire and scattered Japanese equipment.
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Associated Press
James Halsema
Madoera Island
Netherlands East Indies
James Halsema Kamal
Madoera
Pieter Cool
Java
Soerabaja
Kampong
Cool
Buchenwald
Germany
U. S. Third Army
Netherlands
Kamal
Bangkalan
Pamekasan
Hughes charges Brewster offered to drop inquiry for airline merger
Aviation magnate Howard Hughes testified under oath that Senator Brewster offered to halt a Senate war investigation into wartime contracts in return for Hughes agreeing to merge Trans World Airlines with Pan American. Brewster denies the charge and Tucker reports noting Hughes sought cross examination and witness calls.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Brewster
R-Me
Hughes
TWA
Pan American Airways
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Roosevelt
Meyer
Hall
Subcommittee
Senate War Investigating Committee
Trans World Airlines
Washington National Airport
Culver City
Calif
Pan-American Airlines
Justice Department
Elliott Roosevelt
Air Force
Hughes Company
Interior
Krug
War Production Board
Rennebohm Signs New Highway Bill
Acting Gov Rennebohm signed 11 bills including a highway bill that adds 1000 miles to the trunk system with about 4 million dollars in funding. He vetoed a measure allowing benzoate of soda as a preservative in bottled drinks saying it would undermine pure food laws. The highway bill funds 60 percent of highway allocations to local roads and 40 percent to the 1000 mile construction program with distributions set by county city town and village shares. A state crime laboratory funding of 70000 dollars annually was also approved.
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Madison
Rennebohm
Highway Commission
Commission
Wisconsin
Wind Erase and Planting Save Davenport Farm in Brodhead
In Green County near Brodhead, erosion plagues sandy loam land. Lester Davenport's farm, aided by soil conservationist O G Kimball, shows dramatic gains: milking cows rise from 10 to 17, alfalfa and pasture expand, and 40 acres are taken out of production and planted with pines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Green County Soil Conservation District
O. G. Kimball
Lester Davenport
Davenport
Kim
Heat Wave Hits Midwest with Record 95 at Noon
The Midwest endures a blistering heat wave with temperatures reaching 95 at noon and 96 by 2 pm. Forecasters warn relief may arrive tomorrow as the heat spreads from the Great Lakes southward, contributing to at least 39 deaths, including 14 in Chicago. Monroe merchants consider earlier store hours to cope.
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Great Lakes
Chicago
Associated Press
Monroe
Detasselers Work Long Hours Amid Heat Risk in County
Young workers depart around 6:30 each morning to hybrid fields and return after supper. At a Rock county farm a registered nurse guides the crew on signs of heat exhaustion and safety precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock County
Monroe residents seek relief on courthouse lawn
In Monroe several men spent most of the night sleeping on the courthouse lawn while trying various methods to stay cool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Court House Lawn
Boy seeks relief from heat by sitting on ice
A young boy tried to cool off from intense heat by sitting on ice but developed cramps as a result.
AFL Violates Law to Seek Court Testing
Connecticut Federation of Labor and an AFL local union placed paid ads in the Hartford Times to challenge Taft Hartley. The ads urged defeat of Senator Robert A. Taft and Connecticut congressmen who supported the act, aiming to test a provision restricting labor group political expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Con
Connecticut Federation of Labor
AFL
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Connecticut
Hartford Daly
Hartford Times
Four-H Trio Compete in District Exhibitions
Green county 4-H representatives competed in Dodgeville district exhibitions. The team, led by Miss Mamie Tillema, included Kathryn Chambers and Lois Jean Miller for home economics demonstrations and Eugene Arn of New Glarus for agriculture.
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Green County
Dodgeville
Mamie Tillema
Kathryn Chambers
Lois Jean Miller
Eugene Arn
New Glarus
Mild Quake Pairs Plague Fordham Seismograph Readings
Two mild earthquakes were recorded near Ecuador by Fordham University seismograph. The events occurred at 11:55 last night and 11:01:24 a.m. today, all times EST.
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New York
Ecuador
Fordham University Seismograph
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Council
Park Board
Gehl
Truax
Merritt Anderson
Anderson Air Activities
Perle Guess
U.S
Patricia Miles
John W. Meyer
Indies
Isle
Pan American
James G. Hall
Air Corps
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