End of the coal strike shifts fate in national politics
John L. Lewis halted the strike at the 11th hour eclipsing President Truman and prompting debate over contempt of court. The piece urges adherence to court authority, warns against labor racketeers, and calls for new labor legislation during ongoing postwar tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
UMW
Colover
Supreme Court
Congress
Supreme Tribunal
Montgomery Ward
Ward
District Court
The Witch's Ring Changes James in the Woods
James, a visiting boy treated as a king by peers, finds the witch's ring under a oak tree with Henry and Timothy. He slips it on and instantly transforms into a girl, challenging his sense of power as the group continues their adventures.
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Mervania
Timothy
James
Henry
Weekend visits span Monticello Monroe and Madison towns
Monticello residents J J Voegeli and Jacob Schilt visited relatives in Madison and Monroe. Herman Babler's family hosted Henry Elmer and family from Darlington with Mrs Elmer remaining in Monroe for surgery at St Clare hospital. Royal Voegeli from Madison spent weekend with parents. Other locals, including Doris Curtis and Grace Church members, shared social visits and a Christmas party. Two Byrd regions bear Marie Byrd and Eleanor Bolling names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Voegeli
Jacob Schilt
Donald Voegeli
Madison
Robert Holcomb Jr
Monroe
Henry Elmer
Darlington
Herman Babler
Elmer
Ida Fritz
St. Clare Hospital
Royal Voegeli
U. W
Voegeli
Donna Jean
Robert Holcomb Sr
Lorena Holdrich
John
Brooklyn
Doris Curtis
O. D. Curtis
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society of Grace Evangelical Church
W. J. Abe
Myrtle Feldt
Warren Weller
Herman Feenie
Freeport
Youth of Christ
A. R. Felts
Second Choice Burglars Take Axe and Chain in Boise Yard
Finding no coal at fuel yard burglars made a second choice. They stole an ax a cross cut saw and a log chain. Also noted: a coat theft in Rockford and a clock haul in Chicago. Laurette Taylor funeral to be held in New York. Article covers varied short items with names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Ida
iDes
New York
Laurette Taylor
Miss Taylor
Glass Menagerie
Variety
Nuptials for Miss Mathilda Rodebaugh and Paul Humbel
Miss Mathilda Rodebaugh and Paul Humbel exchanged nuptial vows as reported in The Evening Times. The item notes other 10 year ago items and local notices including obituaries and honors.
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Mathilda Rodebaugh
Paul Humbel
Frank W. Miller
Monroe
Janesville
Harold C. Younggreen
Wisconsin University
Fremont W. Heath
Brodhead
Heath
Elizabeth Jeffery
Soviet Leader Stalin Said to Be in Best Health
A Russian embassy spokesman dismissed rumors of Stalin’s death or illness as dirty speculation. He stated that the Soviet prime minister is in the best of health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Stalin
London
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Turkey
John M. Hightower
Foreign Ministers’ Council
New York
Molotov
Sov
Damon Runyon Is Critically Ill At Memorial Hospital
New York writer Damon Runyon author and columnist is in critical condition at Memorial Hospital with a liver ailment. Hospital officials say he has been hospitalized for three days.
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Damon Runyon
New York
Memorial Hospital
Runyon
Seek Death for Planned Murder by Nazi Doctors Trial
General Taylor urged death for 22 men and a woman charged with conducting Nazi medical experiments on live victims. He labeled them murderers who poisoned German medicine and said hundreds of thousands perished. The proceedings opened in the same court that sentenced Goering and Ribben trop, with all defendants denying guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuernberg
Telford Taylor
Medaol
Adolf Hiter
Taylor
Hermann Goerring
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Third Reich
Heinrich Himmler
Case Workers Return to J I Case Rockford Plant
J I Case Co workers at Rockford resume duties for first time in almost a year signaling end of a major strike. The Rock Island and Burlington disputes had ended earlier, Racine remains unresolved as 400 of 900 idle workers return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
J. I Case Co
Case
Racine
Rock Island
Burlington
Russell King
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
United Auto Workers Union Local 396
Company agrees to dues checkers arbitration and wage boost
The company agreed to voluntary checkers of dues and voluntary arbitration for future disputes with the Winnebago county circuit judge in Rockford as arbiter or to appoint one. A general 30 cent per hour raise is planned. Back pay and vacation payments ordered by the labor board in 1945 will be made, said the union president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Winnebago County
Rockford
Labor Board
Falls Through Ice Drowns Kingston Fisherman
Henry A. Dietrich, 75, of Kingston, drowned in the Grand River pond Saturday after breaking through the ice while fishing about 100 yards from shore. The incident occurred in Kingston, Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Wis
Henry A. Dietrich
Grand River
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A. Odell
Monroe, Wis
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Associated
Monroe Evening Times
Editorial
Hudgins
Monticello
South Pole
Richard E. Byrd
Marie Byrd
Eleanor Bolling
DeWitt MacKenzie
Robert McCarthy
Frank Jennings
Jennings
Chicago
Robert Ellsworth
Commercial G& Savings Bank
Wisconsin
Monroe City Council
Monroe Sales Co
Burkhard Electric Co. Electrical Specialists
Virginia Reel Trio of
Cologne
Charleston
Blumer
Walgreen Agency Drug Store
Evening Times
B. H. Hibbard
Universalist Church
Edward Buechler
Berne
Switzerland
Green County
Roy Tochterman
Jordan Township
Rosa
W. H. M. Bayne
17Th Ave
Starley, Hayden & Co., Inc
Complete Investment Service
Chiropractic Clinic
M. J. Gonstead
Orpver Budweiser
Budweiser
Busch
ST. Louis
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