Zoning Requests Approved and Appeals Held Up
The city planning commission approved a rezoning petition for land north of highway 11 extending west to the city limits, a Sunrise Point subdivision plat of 7.2 acres, and a Greenwood cemetery lot addition. A major rezoning section from 9th to 10th streets to a business district was approved in part while the larger portion was returned for revision.
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City Planning Commission
Greenwood Cemetery
Highway 11
Sunrise Point
Green County Fairgrounds
27Th Avenue
9Th Street
10Th Avenue
10Th
11Th Avenues
Illinois Central Railroad
11Th Avenue
17Th Avenue
Paul F. Rufenacht
Council
Judiciary Committee
Aufenacht
L. A. Koenig
Rufenacht
Herbert T. Summerli
Greenwood Cemetery Association
Tractor crushes Knodesel near Forest Junction
Forest Junction reports Le Roy Knoestel aged 36 was killed when his tractor tipped on a hillside and crushed him. Witnesses say he was plowing when the accident occurred and he died instantly.
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Forest Junction
le Roy Knoestel
Knoestel
Doctor 61 Satisfies Air Officials After Alberta Crash
Dr. W B Murray 61 a Washington DC physician pilot returns to Edmonton after a crash in northern Alberta. He convinces RCAF authorities the accident was unintentional and not an escape attempt. His twin engine plane is now owned by trapper J McCullough near Nose Creek.
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Alta
W. B. Murray
Washington, D. C
RCAF
Wilds
Alberta
Lonely Chip Lake
Grande Prairie
Dr. Murray
J. McCullough
Nose Creek
Fairbanks
Alaska
Heat Wave Sets New All-Time High
Wisconsin endures a three day heat burst with Black River Falls reaching 108 degrees the state's all time August high alongside multiple cities hitting 100s. Monroe dodges the heat but forecasts warn of limited cooldown and ongoing drought pressure across farmlands and pastures.
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Wisconsin
Black River Falls
Danbury
Monroe
H. J. Thompson
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Little Mather
Juneau County
Judge Fails to Reunite Stricken Girls Parents
Chicago Superior Judge Walter R. O Malley ordered within 60 days an operation for Pamela Frances Lamphere, a 22 month old with a malformed bladder. The judge met with Pamela's parents Fred 23 and Irene 21 after mediation failed.
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Chicago
Walter R. O’malley
Pamela Frances Lamphere
O'Malley
Pamela
Fred
Irene
Lamphere
Navy shifts to sub battle plan. big ships put in storage
The Navy will retire the battleship Iowa by Sept 1 and mothball 13 other battleships while activating the light aircraft carrier Cabot and eight destroyers for anti-submarine training. The Iowa will be the last battleship afloat after the drawdown.
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Navy
Washington
Iowa
Missouri
Cabot
Power Line Worker Burned in Accident Near Oregon
Roy Schneider a 40 year old Belleville maintenance man for Wisconsin Power and Light suffered serious burns to his legs and hands when he contacted a 7200 volt line while on a pole north of Oregon. He was taken to Methodist Hospital Madison in good condition today. The incident ends Monroe district 768 day no lost time accident record. He had gone to Oregon to help remove conductors to allow a house move and sustained third degree burns on the right leg and hand with flash burns on the left arm and minor injuries from a fall.
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Roy Schneider
Belleville
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Oregon
Schneider
Methodist Hospital
Madison
Monroe
W. S. MacDonald
Governors oppose federalizing national guard at meeting
At a three day governors conference opening in Chicago the executive committee condemned a move to federalize the national guard as un American and unconstitutional. It backed keeping state control and urged federal support with modern weapons and a plan for continuity of national civil and military government in disasters.
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Chicago
National Guard
Governors’ Conference
Army
Air Force
Congress
Food Costs Drive Living Index Higher
The cost of living climb is led by food prices as of July 15 climbing to 216.8 percent of the 1935-39 average, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI data.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
15 Airmen Killed In Army Accidents
Six U.S. air force enlisted men en route to a religious conference and three C-47 crew members died when the transport collided with a B-25 near Newton New Jersey. The B-25 crew survived returning to Stewart Field New York.
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Newton
N. J
New Jersey
Stewart Field
N. Y
Selective Service Opens Monday at Armory for Draft Registration
The draft registration under the 1948 act will begin Monday August 30 at the armory. Mrs. Clara Ritter announces volunteer help and extended dates through September 18. Registrants must carry a card and provide detailed personal and employment information. Names of Green County board members are pending state release.
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Clara Ritter
Selective Service Board
Ritter
Green County
State Selective Service Office
Washington
Wisconsin
Brennecke Heifer Captures State Award
Brown Swiss heifer Double Jane Design's Kay owned by Cc. F. Brennecke won first prize in open class two-year-old division at the Wisconsin centennial exposition in West Allis. The animal had previously won blue ribbons at Janesville Brown Swiss canton show, Green county fair, Marathon county fair, and Illinois state fair, and was grand champion female at Marathon county fair in Wausau.
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Kay
Cc. F. Brennecke
19Th Avenue
West Allis
Brennecke
Janesville
Wausau
Iowa Drouth Spurs Grain Market Movement
Damage to corn in Iowa and demand for wheat from cash houses boosted grain prices. Prices rose 3 to 4 cents a bushel at times before selling toward the close trimmed gains. Short covering was a major factor in the market's strength.
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Chicago
Iowa
Devout St Francis follower Louis Neff found dead at farm
Louis Neff a 77 year old retired cheesemaker was found dead in his farm yard six miles west of Monroe. Neff born in 1871 in Germany had a lifelong Catholic devotion and kept birds and a flower garden. A memorial mass will be said later at St Victor’s Catholic church with burial in Calvary cemetery.
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Louis Neff
Monroe
Neff
Clifford Broege
Broege
Elmer Hanson
Evan Chambers
John
Switzerland
Thoma
Geigel
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
E. C. McCollow
St. Victor’s Parish
St. Francis of Assisi
Hiss and Chambers Face Perjury Warnings at Hearings
Washington report on the House committee hearings where Alger Hiss and Whitaker Chambers confront each other over perjury. The panel warned one man will be tried for lying under oath as questions focus on a 1929 Ford and prior associations.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
House
American Activities Committee
Hiss
State Department
Chambers
George Crossley
J. Parnell Thomas
Time Magazine
Chambers Hiss
Thomas
Red Underground
Committee
Supreme Court Rules Moon Out of Election
Madison Wisconsin date line reports that Jay W Moon of Richland Center is denied placement on the September 21 primary ballot as a Republican candidate for the assembly. The Wisconsin Supreme Court says Moon’s withdrawal after nomination papers were filed erased his rights and left him without authority to revoke the withdrawal.
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Madison
Jay W. Moon
Richland Center
Assembly
State Supreme Court
Marvin B. Rosenberry
Moon
Navy pilot from Fort Atkinson named for Bendix trophy jet race
Ensign Francis T. Brown of Fort Atkinson Wisconsin is listed as a possible pilot in the Bendix trophy jet division slated for September 4. He was among seven Navy aviators named, with one to serve as an alternate, all members of Fighter Squadron 51.
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Cleveland
Navy
Ft. Atkinson
Wis
Francis T. Brown
City and County Officers Attend Wisconsin Centennial Fair
Mayor Frank A. Buehler and Clarence W. Loveland lead a delegation to Monroe and Green County Day at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition in West Allis. Eight city and three county officials will attend, including Aldermen Beckman Schindler Forde Voelkli Tschudy. Zenno A. Gord er. John Erb. Green County reps Roy Crago and Ray Silver.
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Frank A. Buehler
Clarence W. Loveland
Monticello
County Board of Supervisors
Monroe
Green County
West Allis
Buehler
William Beckman
Herman Schindler
Lester Forcade
Hugo H. Voelkli
Henry Tschudy
Zenno A. Gorder
John Erb
Roy Crago
Browntown
Ray H. Silver
Mt. Pleasant
Milwaukee Polio Crisis Threatens School Opening
Milwaukee health officials proposed a voluntary quarantine for children under 12 as poliomyelitis cases reached 100, with Dr E R Krumbiegel noting possible school delays if the measure fails. Alderman Hansen sought a legal opinion on a regional quarantine while six new cases were reported, totaling 100 for the year.
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Milwaukee
E. R. Krumbiegel
Krumbiegel
E. A. Hansen
Firefighters Contain North Woods Blaze in Wisconsin
Firefighters checked a North Woods fire near Jackson and Juneau counties after it threatened to break loose for hours. The blaze crossed into Juneau county about a half mile, burned over 2000 acres, and was halted by cranberry reservoirs with lines shifted to contain. The ranger station called the situation good and said the fire would not spread unless wind shifted.
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Black River Falls
Jackson County
Juneau County
Cranberry
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
Romantic robber returns engage ment ring to teary clerk
A masked man stole Miss Gladys Ross ring and $375 from the General Finance Loan Co. today but handed the ring back before fleeing. The 19 year old cashier cried as the robber spoke brusquely and restored the ring on his second day at work.
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Chicago
Gladys Ross
General Finance Loan Co
Miss Ross
Sharp Soviet Note Protests Action in New York Incidents
The United States and Soviet Union severed consular relations today with Secretary of State Marshall agreeing to close the U S consulate in Vladivostok and the Soviet consulates in New York and San Francisco. President Truman canceled the credentials of Soviet General Consul Jacob Lomakin of New York amid the probe into abuse of official status in New York tied to refugee school teachers.
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New York
Associated Press
United States
Russia
Marshall
U. S
Vladivostok
San Francisco
Truman
Jacob Lomakin
Yorktown Navy Depot
Lomakin
Escape claim from Russian consulate teacher
Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina told AP she jumped from a third floor window of the Russian consulate to escape, saying from Roosevelt hospital that she did not intend self harm and did not want to return to Russia. The 42-year-old Russian teacher described her reasons in an interview from her bed in Roosevelt hospital.
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Oksana Stepanovna Kasenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Oksana Kasenkina
Russia
Russians clash with U S over consulates and Berlin patrols
Russian teachers who refused to return to the USSR remained in place while Moscow closed New York and San Francisco consulates. The dispute followed Berlin and Potsdam Platz tensions with shootings and a Kremlin conference anticipated in Paris this week.
World Council of Churches Forms Peace Policy Debate
At a closed World Council of Churches meeting in Amsterdam the church group began drafting a stand against world disorder focusing on the east west clash. John Foster Dulles, U S Presbyterian lay delegate, said leaders agree yesterday's clash in viewpoints and that the Soviet regime is not a peaceful force.
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Amsterdam
World Council of Churches
John Foster Dulles
U. S. Presbyterian
Republican Party
Dulles
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