Larson Denies Telling Wife of Slaying in Murder Trial
In La Crosse Arnold Larson testifies he did not tell his wife he killed Dr. James McLoone, denying claims by his wife and sister that such statements were made. He says he visited a Minneapolis surgeon for ingrown hairs and asserts he was at home from 5 to 9 p.m. on the night of the shooting, with a brief trip to mail a letter.
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Larson
Wife
Bulletin la Crosse
Arnold Larson
LaCrosse
James McLoone
Nola
McLoone
Dist
John S. Coleman
Coleman
Minneapolis
Jimmy
Frances
Dr. McLoone
Roland Steinle
500000 Jobless Pass Aid Limits
Washington reports a rapid rise in exhausted unemployment benefits with about 500000 people running out of rights in the July September quarter. Many seek direct relief or live with relatives as employment remains uneven and November unemployment stands at 3 409 000 while 1949 totals reach 59 518 000.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Census Bureau
Bureau of Ployment Aid
Mercury Drops To Zero Then Warms With Snow Likely
Temperatures in southern Wisconsin fall to a season low of 9 this morning with a tonight low near zero. The mercury could rise to 26 tomorrow as a warming trend follows. It had reached 17 by noon today before the colder snap.
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Wisconsin
Red Cross To Hold Blood Bank Parley
Red Cross to hold a public meeting at 4 30 p m Monday in the county courthouse to discuss local sentiment on the national blood program. Dr A E Leiser chapter chairman says public participation is encouraged and Madison visitors E A Spees and Miss Rosemary Tuttle will attend.
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Green County
Red Cross
A. E. Leiser
Court House
E. A. Spees
The
Rosemary Tuttle
Madison
Leiser
Bottling Works Moves to New Location on 18th Avenue
Monroe Bottling Works relocates from the John Sager building at 909 18th avenue to the Julius Hofer building at 1023 18th avenue. Operator William Tschanz discontinued pop bottling after 60 years. equipment sold. He continues distributing beer, ale and John Graf Co. beverages from the new office opened this week.
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Monroe Bottling Works
John Sager
18Th Avenue
Julius Hofer
William Tschanz
Tschanz
John Graf Co
Playful President Takes Reporter Role At Press Gathering
President Truman attended a news conference in Key West and acted as a reporter for The Federal Register. He asked reporters about their bedtimes and letters home, then ended with thanks to Ross as Chief Justice Vinson was noted to be consulted before finalizing the state of the union message.
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Key West
Truman
Federal Register
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Vinson
Congress
Mrs. Berg of Woodford Rites Scheduled
Mrs. Chris Berg 89 of Woodford died yesterday at Wagner nursing home from heart disease and old age. Born October 9 1860 in Satten Dalen Norway she came to America in 1875. Survived by husband four sons one daughter 19 grandchildren eight great grandchildren and other relatives. Funeral at Jordan Lutheran church with Rev G M Gunderson officiating burial in Argyle cemetery.
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Chris Berg
Woodford
Wagner
10Th Street
Berg
Satten Dalen
Norway
Martha Helena Pederson
Peder
Bertha Pederson
America
Blanchardville
Stoughton
Argyle Township
Jordan Township
Joseph
Madison
Rudy
Argyle
Clarence
Monroe
Lawrence
Henry Wieman
Martha
Nicholi
Jordan Lutheran Church
Aid Society of the Church
Erickson Funeral Home
G. M. Gunderson
Argyle Cemetery
Heart Drive Group Named for Monroe
A Monroe committee to lead the Wisconsin Heart association drive was appointed by Dr. George R. Barry. Judge Harold J. Lamboley joins as associate chairman with Mrs. Walter J. Kubly heading the women’s committee. Le land L. Lamboley Virgil Brunkow and Rev Newell Mendenhall named for special gifts treasurer and publicity. The group will cooperate in the national Heart association drive during February.
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Wisconsin Heart Association
Monroe
George R. Barry
Harold J. Lamboley
Walter J. Kubly
Leland L. Lamboley
Virgil Brunkow
Newell Mendenhall
Heart Association
Madison meat frauder fined in Minnesota court
Morris L. Malin, 34, of Minneapolis, was fined $700 in superior court Wednesday after admitting he fraudulently sold horse meat.
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Madison
Morris L. Malin
Minneapolis
Superior Court
New York Rations Water in Shortage
New York tightens water use as supply drops to about one third capacity. Water Commissioner Carney orders ban on automobile washing and pool filling while civil water wardens mobilize to curb waste and fines rise for leaks and improper use.
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New York
Stephen J. Carney
Brooklyn
Upstate
Westchester County
Edward J. Clark
Pipe Line Explosion Cuts Gas Supply Across States
A 24 inch gas line at Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. plant in Centralia Missouri blew at 4 45 am interrupting gas to Illinois Indiana and Michigan. The 515 pound line fire damaged facilities and glare was visible up to 150 miles away.
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Centralia
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Panhandle
Nationalists Move Capital to Formosa as Reds Gain Ground
Nationalists abandon mainland China and shift their government to Formosa. The cabinet approves the withdrawal, leaving large parts of the country under communist control as the retreat accelerates.
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Chengtu
Formosa
Reds
United Nations Urges Hands Off China Policy
The United Nations Assembly today urged all nations to respect China and its treaties. It pledged ongoing monitoring of the Chinese issue and referred nationalist charges of Soviet intrusion to the year round small assembly. The hands off policy was initiated by the United States.
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New York
China
Little Assembly
United States
Nationalist China to organize guerrilla strikes after 22 years of war
An emergency cabinet meeting sets Si Chang in Sikang as general headquarters for mainland operations and endorses guerrilla forces under southwest command. Gen Chang Chun resigns. Gen Ku Chu Tung assumes southwest duties with Hu Tsung nan and Yang Sen as deputies. Two guerrilla units under Wang Tsang shu and Tang Shih tseng formed signaling a shift to guerilla warfare.
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China
Sichang
Sikang
Formosa
Hainan Island
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-shek
Chengtu
Chang Chun
Southwest China
Ku Chu Tung
Hu Tsung-nan
Yang Sen
Southwest Headquarters
Wang Tsang-shu
Tang Shih-tseng
Reds
Wisconsin Cheddar Market Slips Slightly Amid Weak Demand
The Federal State market news service reports Wisconsin American cheese market barely steady to weak with large styles in the weakest position. Offerings limited and demand nearly at a standstill. Prices show varying ranges for daisies longhorns square prints and midgets from 34 to 38 cents per pound.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Re.l
Kopp Wins Swiss Wrestling Title at Annual Competition
Rudy Kopp of Monticello won the Swiss wrestling championship at the annual event here yesterday. Marvin Wuetrich of Orangeville took second. Peggy Dooley, 17, Monticello, was queen of the ball and crowned both champion and runner-up with laurel wreaths as a large crowd watched.
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Rudy Kopp
Monticello
Monroe
Marvin
Mike) Wuetrich
Orangeville
Kopp
Wuetrich
Peggy Dooley
Clark Dooley
William Trenasch
Foreign Type Cheesemakers’ Association
Peggy
Kenneth Schumacher
Brown
Lewis Hammers At Pact Wednes
John L. Lewis pressed for speed as miners kept a three day week while talks with big operators stalled. Soft coal firms in the midwest and south signed for a 15 cent royalty increase and 95 cent daily wage boost, but major operators with 550 million tons yearly held firm. Negotiations with eastern hard coal mines in Pennsylvania continued in New York with limited progress.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Midwest
South
Lewis
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Welfare Fund
UMW
Iard
Union
Pennsylvania
New York
FBI Interview In Madison Probes Nash Case
FBI special agent Martin L. Croak interviewed James Brayton Nash in Madison after a police conference. Authorities will coordinate with other U S officials before deciding if Nash violated federal rules while he is held in Green County jail. Nash admits not being a former Flying Tiger and claims he fought against Russia in 1939.
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Martin L. Croak
FBI
Madison
James Brayton Nash
Michigan
Jerome H. Schwaiger
U. S
Nash
Green County
Russia
Polio cases fall in latest week report
Washington reports 434 new infantile paralysis cases for the week ending December 3, down from 506 the prior week per the Public Health Service.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Plucky Patty Loses Her Gallant Battle To See Santa Again
Chicago reports the death of Patty Owens a frail girl who suffered a fibrocystic disease since infancy She died after an operation on her windpipe at Illinois Research Hospital Her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Owens had moved her from Chicago to California seeking a cure She hoped to return to Chicago to see her cousins before Christmas.
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Chicago
Patty Owens
Patty
Illinois Research Hospital
California
Robert Owens
Mrs. Charles Divan Dies at 79 in Green County Hospital
Mrs. Charles Divan 79 died at 7 30 a m today in Green County hospital where she had been a patient the past year born Minnie Ackermann in Germany October 10 1869 came to America with family in 1876 settled Cadiz township farm married Charles Divan January 4 1893 they moved to Monroe in 1916 survivors include daughter Mrs David Purington Lima Wis two sisters Mrs Mary Zettle Monroe and Mrs Emil Foulker Winslow six grandchildren preceded by husband in 1936 and two sisters she was a member of Immanuel Evangelical United Brethren church Sunday school Adult class and WSCS services Saturday at 2 p m in Stuessy funeral home with Rev Howard L Orians officiating burial in Stavers church cemetery.
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Charles Divan
Green County Hospital
Germany
Minnie Ackermann
Carl and
Marie Behring Ackermann
America
Cadiz Township
Monroe
David Purington
Lima
Wis
Mary Zettle
Emil Foulker
Winslow
Divan
Immanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church
WSCS
Stuessy Funeral Home
Howard L. Orians
Stavers Church Cemetery
Bulgarians Confess At Treason Hearings In Sofia
A third defendant in Bulgaria's Titoist trial pleaded guilty to treason and spying in Sofia. Boris Christov joined Nikola Nachev and Ivan Stevanov in admitting a plot to make Bulgaria a vassal of Yugoslavia.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris Christov
Nikola Nachev
Ivan Stevanov
Yugoslavia
Groves says he hid atomic reports from Wallace
Retired Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves, former head of the atomic bomb project, told a House subcommittee he withheld secret atomic reports from Vice President Wallace, noting he preferred not to show them. He said he showed one report in 1943 but none after, and denied pressure from Wallace or Hopkins to share secrets.
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New York
Leslie R. Groves
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Groves
Norwalk
Conn
Remington Rand
House Committee of un-American Activities
Harry Hopkins
Russia
Washington
House
Associated Press
Mr. Wallace
Special Committee On Atomic Energy
Lend-Lease Administration
Canada Shipments of Uranium to Russia in 1943
Trade Minister C. D. Howe stated in the House of Commons that a May 1943 shipment of Canadian uranium oxide and uranium nitrate valued at 2445 dollars went to Russia. The sale was processed through normal commercial channels by Eldorado Gold Mines Ltd, a private firm which sold its uranium property to the government in 1944.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
Russia
House of Commons
Howe
Eldorado Gold Mines
Lttd
Groves Answers on Withholding Atomic Reports From Wallace
Gen Groves testified to a press interview on withheld atomic reports and possible Soviet access to uranium compounds and heavy water shipments in 1943. The House committee probes William C Moore James P Hoopes and Wallace regarding lend lease era actions and Groves' approval claims.
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Russia
William C. Moore
James P. Hoopes
Gen. Groves
Capitol Hill
Moore
Hoopes
Wallace
Monroe Police Probe Janesville Case In W A Becker Break
Monroe officers in Janesville investigate the W A Becker Co entry attempt from November 20. They will share notes with Rock County officials on two Beloit arrests for carrying concealed weapons and possessing burglary tools. A clothing sample from one suspect is to be compared with a wisp found on Becker furniture.
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Monroe
Janesville
W. A. Becker Co
Rock County
Beloit
Becker Company
Law series ends on minimum milk standards
The final meeting in a series on minimum milk standards was held last evening at Postville town hall by the county agricultural agent's office. A prior session took place the night before at Cadiz town hall.
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Postville Town Hall
County Agricultural Agent’s Office
Cadiz Town Hall
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