Monroe Recovers From Coal Strike Brownout
The end of the coal conservation orders brings light back to Monroe as theater marquees and decorations brighten. Freight service is cut 50 percent on the line from Mineral Point to Janesville, with restoration expected in days. passenger trains resume while section crews are recalled after the strike ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
State Public Service Commission
Civilian Production Administration
Chamber of Commerce
John L. Lewis
Office of Defense Transportation
Cone
Mineral Point
Janesville
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
Louis W. DeLorimier
Milwaukee Road
DeLorimier
A. C
Monticello Butcher Wounded In Hog Shooting Incident
Jacob Huber a 33 year old Monticello butcher was injured this morning when his gun discharged while preparing to shoot a hog. He received chest and shoulder wounds and was treated locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Huber
Monticello
Huber
Soule St Kitach
Greeks Reinforce North Boundaries Amid Guerrilla Fights
Greece announced reinforced frontier posts along the Bulgarian border and moved Seventh division units to guard roads and rail lines with continued clashes against leftist guerrillas. Athens had urged a U N Security Council inquiry over alleged border violations by Bulgaria Yugoslavia and Albania. Moscow radio denied Albania aiding Greek guerrillas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
United Nations
U. N. Security Council
Lake Success
N. Y
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Albania
Athe Moscow Radio
London
Albanian Telegraph Agency
Retailers Expect Record Christmas Shopping Boom
The AP reports a brisk Christmas shopping season with deliveries resuming after a coal strike ended. Carl J. Gamer of the Association of Buying Offices says the embargo was brief and caused little damage, though some delays remain while the curtailment is untangled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carl J. Gamer
Association of Buying Offices
Weekend traffic toll rises with multiple crashes
Three Door County men die and two are injured when a car fails to negotiate a curve and hits a telephone pole on Highway 141 nine miles east of Green Bay. In Richland Center James W. Jones, 64, of Racine is fatally injured and his wife is bruised when struck at a street intersection yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Door County
Highway 141
Here
Richland Center
James W. Jones
Racine
Milwaukee man struck while crossing street dies
Milwaukee resident Thomas Breska, 73, was fatally struck by a car yesterday while crossing a street. Police say the driver remained at the scene and no charges have been filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Thomas Breska
Auto crash near Lime Ridge claims life of Lyle H. Johnson
Mansion Lyle H. Johnson, 22, of Lime Ridge was killed early today when the car he rode in left Highway 12-16 about six miles east and overturned. His companion Marvin E. Schuette, 30, Lime Ridge, suffered severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle H. Johnson
Lime Ridge
Here
Marvin E. Schuette
Fatally Injured Neillsville Woman Identified
Mrs. Vladimir Holuc, 37, Levis township, died yesterday from injuries sustained in an automobile collision Saturday night near Neillsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neillsville
Vladimir Holuc
Levis Township
Bristol farmer dies from crash injuries
Kenosha Bristol farmer and technician Ben J. Gill, 64, manager of the Southeastern Breeders' co op, succumbed to injuries sustained in an auto crash last Thursday, fifteen miles west of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Ben J. Gillmore
Bristol
Southeastern Breeders’ Co-Op
Taft Decision Delays Committee Chairs At Washington
Republican leaders await Senator Robert Taft's choice between chairing the labor or tax committees after November victory. Many see the Ohio Republican aiming at the labor panel connected to education and health, with Finance Committee leadership possibly going to Senator Millikin of Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Senator Millikin
Colo
Goodland Opposes State Aid to Farm Societies
Governor Goodland voiced opposition to state funds for agricultural societies during budget hearings for 1947-49. He questioned taxpayer support for dairymen’s and other societies, suggesting abolition of such appropriations. Societies seek $411,200. agriculture dept requests $2,155,100 excluding society funds, plus higher costs from living raises and advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Goodland
Department of Agriculture
Milton H. Button
Button
Wisconsin
Youth Succumb To Farm Cave-in Near Kiel Wisconsin
Ten year old Harvey Grossheim died when a cave in on the Oscar Rumpf farm collapsed as he played inside. Fellow boy Lloyd Rumpf, also ten, was trapped but freed himself and was not hurt. Harvey’s brother Clinton witnessed the collapse and called for help. the victim was pronounced dead at a Kiel doctor’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiel
Wis
Harvey Grossheim
Oscar Rumpf
Grossheim
Lloyd Rumpf
Clinton
Catholic Leader Dies At 61 In Rhinelander
Rev. Francis Bertram longtime pastor of St. Marys Catholic Church and former Wisconsin Knights of Columbus state chaplain died at St Martins Hospital after a stroke during Mass. He had served nearly 30 years at the Rhinelander church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhinelander
Francis Bertram
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
The
Knights of Columbus
St. Marty’s Hospital
Education gaps for Iowa farm children voiced by farm bureau leader
Ruth Sayre of Indianaola, chair of the resolutions committee, criticizes Iowa rural education as backward. She cites crowded one room schools and low adult literacy, noting her own son attends such a school while describing farm life 25 miles south of Des Moines. She advocates broader educational opportunities beyond westerns on Saturday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ruth Sayre
Indianaola
Associated Women
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Iowa
United States
Sayre
Saskatoon Hotel Fire Kills 11 and Injures 18
A devastating blaze at the 87 room Barry hotel in Saskatoon killed 11 people and injured 18 as gasoline flames driven by a draft swept through the building before dawn. Fire officials said a gasoline can near a kitchen range started the inferno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Barry
Saskatchewan
Canada
Queen's Hotel
Halifax
Fred Fries
Fries
Toll climbs at Winecoff Hotel disaster in Atlanta
The Winecoff hotel fire death toll rose to 120 with new identifications. Mrs. George D. Burch of Chattanooga died after falling ten floors to a canvas canopy when a improvised rope of bed linen failed. Her newlywed husband reached five ladders below. Additional names added include Charles Berry of Cedartown, a southeastern bowling champion, and Julia Hall of Albany, a youth congress delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
George D. Burch
Chattanooga
Red Cross
Charles
Bill) Berry
Cedartown
Julia Hall
Albany
Car Skids Injure Peter Hasler Jr in Monroe Crash
Peter Hasler Jr of Monroe route 2 sustained head bruises when his car skidded on wet pavement and hit a telephone pole in the 2200 block of 6th Street at 11 19 last night. His passenger Colleen Hasier was unhurt and both vehicles had slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hasler Jr
Monroe
6Th Street
Hasler
Colleen Hasier
Walter F. Egli
John Stocker
17Th Avenue
New Fuehrer in the making from Germany’s Western zones
Pravda reports political commentator David Zaslavsky charging that Kurt Schumacher, head of Germany’s Social Democratic Party in the western zones, is being groomed as a new Fuehrer. Schumacher, who leads the party’s executive, has been invited to England by the Labour Party to speak and visit POW camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Fuehrer
Moscow
David Zaslavsky
Pravda
Kurt Schumacher
Social Democratic Party
Germany
Schumacher
England
Labor Party
Sunday's 60 Set Record In Monroe Area Weather
The Times records a warm December in Monroe with a 60 degree high Sunday following a 52 morning low. Humid conditions kept surfaces damp as sun briefly appeared. Forecasters predict a plunge below freezing tonight with snow flurries in northern Wisconsin. Golfers in Monroe and Milwaukee set near record temps with Madison reaching 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Mercury
Wisconsin
John Whalen 79 Albany Merchant Dies of Heart Attack
John E. Whalen 79 a longtime Albany merchant died at home from a heart attack. Requiem high mass will be held at St. Patrick's Church with burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Survived by widow two daughters Cecil and Lilah a son Ivan three grandchildren and siblings with prior son Carroll deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
John E. Whalen
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Paul Croke
St. Patrick’s
John Edward Whalen
Michael Whalen
Galway
Ireland
Bridget Joyce Whalen
Tipperary
Mt. Pleasant
Ed Litel
Anna Carroll
Dayton
Father Schwinn
Whalen
Knights of Columbus of
Monroe
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Cecil
New York City
Lilah
Detroit
Ivan
George Whalen
Kathryn
Margaret Whalen
Frank Clark
William Crooke
Janesville
Carroll
James
Thomas
Richard Crooke
Agnes Whalen
District Court of Honor for Scouts Tuesday Evening
The Boy Scout district court of honor will be held at 7:30 tomorrow night in the circuit court room to welcome into scouting all new Scouts in Green county since Sept. 1, 1946. Advancements in rank and merit badges will be awarded and the program includes colors and pledge led by Eagle Scout Karl Bregenzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout District Court of Honor
Circuit Court Room
Green County
Karl Bregenzer
Monroe
Lowell E. Markwardt
Harold J. Lamboley
Glenn Garvin
Rodney Kittelsen
H. C. Roth
P. C. Kehle
Newell Mendenhall
Court of Honor
Markwardt
Stewart F. Kingston
Harvey Holland
Supreme Court to Rule on Foremen Union Rights and Lewis Case
The Supreme Court announced an error in its orders and scheduled a Jan. 14 hearing to review whether foremen may join unions and bargain with employers. It also took up John L. Lewis contempt case, seeking a final authoritative decision, after Lewis and the United Mine Workers were fined 3.51 million dollars for defying a district court order to stop a 17 day coal strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
U. S. Court of Appeals
Lewis
United Mine Workers
High Court
U. S
Court of Appeals
Texas
Justice Department
Truman
Solid Fuels Administration
Congress
Senator Lucas seeks broader probe of labor unions and UMW control
Sen. Lucas of Illinois urged Congress to order a sweeping inquiry into labor management relations to determine which unions have democratic processes and which are controlled by a single leader. He indicated the probe would target John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers, noting possible fallout if a new contract is not won by March 13 as miners return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Lucas
D-Ill
Congress
Dlinois
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Cotton Production Estimate Again Down
The agriculture department sets this year’s cotton production at 8,482,000 bales, down from last month’s 8,847,000 forecast and well below last year’s 9,015,000. Ginnings to Dec 1 totaled 7,365,140 running bales, slightly under last year’s 7,382,667. Harvest area is projected at 17,639,000 acres, up from last year but below the 10 year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
U N Move to Keep All Troops Home
United Nations political subcommittee appends an Indian amendment urging a balanced withdrawal of forces from abroad and a general demobilization. It also calls for early removal of troops on alien soil without consent. The drafting subcommittee must reconcile Russian and U S views on control commissions while a security council veto question remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Security Council
Veterans oppose state bonus at Wisconsin AWC conference
Delegates from 16 Wisconsin chapters at a conference of the American Veterans committee voiced opposition to a state bonus and promoted a program of increased aid to veterans through loans insurance home financing and education benefits. Support for the national AWC committee stand against fascism and communism in America also received approval from 45 delegates attending sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
American Veterans Committee
AWC
America
Wisconsin
Mill Worker Killed at Badger Paper Mills
James Spangenberg 21 a recent Army discharge after three years of service died in a paper grinding machine at Badger Paper Mills Peshtigo Wisconsin Coroner Robert Thompson said the accident occurred Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peshtigo
Wis
James Spangenberg
Badger Paper Mills
Robert Thompson
Government pushes for iron clad no strike plan
Washington officials launched a drive for a firm no strike pledge in key industries after the coal strike victory over John L. Lewis. The initial focus targets public utilities with a plan for voluntary arbitration to avoid strikes, backed by AFL CIO NAM and U.S. Chamber of Commerce leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Labor Department
AFL
CIO
National Association of Manufacturers
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Costs From Coal Strikes Hit Washington Miners
AP reports John L. Lewis soft coal miners may have lost up to 212,5890,000 during two strikes this year. Assuming 400,000 idle miners and average earnings, total losses reach 531.45 per worker for spring and a 17 day walkout, split as 378.95 and 152.50 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grand Rush
Winecoff
Peachtree Street
John Whalen
District Court of Honor
Scouts
U. N
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!