Power Shortages Trigger Public Power Debate in Congress
Washington reports say looming power shortages this winter spark a fierce clash over public versus private power. Proponents push eight new regional authorities modeled after TVA, while opponents warn against government competition with private utilities and a costly New Johnsonville plant plan. Kefauver pledges Senate push for federal power expansion amid TVA growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Muscle Shoals
National Security Resources Board
Rankin
D-Miss
Tennessee Valley Authority
TV4
TVA
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Cheese Gift Parcel Deluge Shifts to Armory Processing
The Swiss Colony cheese gift rush moves to the national guard armory for peak handling. About 500 sacks were processed over Sunday and Monday with 30 extra workers and two trucks aiding distribution to post offices and railcars. Swisconsin plant and Green County Cheese Packaging also report high output and around 50 000 pounds of cheese to handle. Night and day shifts are in operation to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard Armory
Armory
Colony
Kubly
Milwaukee Road
Post Office Department
Erhead
John J. Burkhard
National Guard
Burkhard
New Glarus
Swisconsin
Otto Anderegg
Milwaukee
Green County Cheese Packaging Co
Albany
F. J. Bongiorno
Robert Crawford Dies at Superior
Robert E. Crawford 31 of 1521 13th avenue died last evening at 7 o clock in Parkland sanatorium Superior Wisconsin from a tubercular infection. He was in ill health seven years and had been at Parkland three months. Born in Stoughton May 17 1917 he was son of Sherman and Hannah Whaley Crawford. Survived by parents two brothers Pfc Sherman J Crawford Tokyo and Phillip Crawford and one sister Phyllis. Funeral arrangements include rosary at 8:30 tomorrow at Stnessy funeral home and services Thursday at 9 a m in the home and 9 30 in St Victor s church with burial in Calvary cemetery.
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Robert E. Crawford
13Th Avenue
Parkland Sanatorium
Superior
Wis
Parkland
Mr. Crawford
Stoughton
Sherman
Hannah Whaley Crawford
Monticello
P. W. Ryan Construction Co
Janesville
E. C. McCollow
Calvary Cemetery
Badger Resigns at Kingsbury Breweries Co
The board announced the resignation of Ernest C. Badger as president and general manager after 14 years. O H Cole of Sheboygan succeeds him as president and general manager of Kingsbury Breweries Co.
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Manitowoc
Ernest C. Badger
Kingsbury Breweries Co
Badger
O. H. Cole
Sheboygan
Truman Praises Farm Production At Farm Bureau Meet
President Truman praised farm families for a record crop year in a message read to the American Farm Bureau Federation convention by Allen B. Kline. He warned against price controls and urged patience for a free enterprise system to sustain agricultural prosperity amid inflation.
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Atlantic City
Truman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allen B. Kline
Farm Bureau
Kline
Albany Woman Dies of Pneumonia at 79
Miss Clara Goodwin of Albany, born Sept 3 1869, died at 5 30 pm in Noonan nursing home Brodhead after six years of ill health. Survived by one cousin Arthur H Partridge, preceded by two sisters. Funeral services tentatively set for 2 pm Thursday at Sharer funeral home and burial in Hillcrest cemetery.
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Albany
Clara Goodwin
Noonan
Brodhead
Miss Goodwin
Monroe
Jerome
Julia P. Goodwin
England
Wisconsin
New York
Arthur H. Partridge
Sharer
Hillcrest Cemery
Monroe Stores to Stay Open Late for Christmas Shopping
Starting tomorrow Monroe stores will operate nights to meet holiday demand. Most outlets will stay open until 9 PM and some past 10 PM per the chamber of commerce. On December 24 stores close at 5 PM to allow employees Christmas Eve time with family. Thursday afternoons will also feature shopping hours during the period.
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Monroe
Mrs Ursula Speich Dies After Illness at 67
Mrs Ursula Speich 67 of 5711 North Palm Street Janesville died at 11 25 am in St Clare Hospital after a two day stay due to a heart ailment. She was born Ursula Schneider in Switzerland and married Christoph Speich April 3 1900 in Canton Glarus. The couple farmed in Sylvester township 27 years before moving to Brodhead then Janesville in 1940. Survived by daughter Mrs Joseph Bleisch Janesville two sons Fred Monticello route 2 and Jacob near Orfordville eight grandchildren. Body to Sharer funeral home Albany.
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Ursula Speich
North Palm Street
Janesville
St. Clare Hospital
Speich
Ursula Schneider
Switzerland
Christoph Speich
Canton Glarus
Sylvester Township
Brodhead
Joseph Bleisch
Fred
Monticello
Route 2
Jacob
Orfordville
Sharer Funeral Home
Albany
New Albany Road Opens to Traffic Relocated Route 59
The Monroe to Albany highway relocated to New Albany is open to travel. Rees Construction Co. won a 153263 dollar bid for 8.788 miles of surfacing, with black-top to be laid next spring. The road features a 100 foot right of way and a 40 foot roadway.
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Monroe
Albany
Herman W. Kohn
Rees Construction Co
Rees
P. W. Ryan Sons
Janesville
Company K Receives Record $2338 Payroll
The largest payroll on record for Company K of the national guard, $2338, arrived this morning and will be distributed at the drill this evening in the armory. Lt. Theodore Burgy Commander said tonight's drill will be the last of the 1948 season for the guardsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Theodore Burgy
Green County Fair shows profit dip in 1948
The 1948 Green County Fair drew 29 645 attendees and netted 3 064.78 in profit down from 1947's 5 659.87 amid higher costs and rainy weather. Gross income reached 44 288.03 with operating costs up to 42 139.74. permanent improvements totaled 14 165.42.
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Green County Fair Association
Court’ House
Floral Hall
Louis R. Wolleson
Surprise Witness Defies Questions on Identities in Hearings
Marian Bachrach a 50 year old New Yorker identified as a writer in the national office of the communist party appeared as an unscheduled witness before the House committee on un American activities She refused to say whether she is or has been a communist or knows any earlier witnesses She denied copying documents from the state department bureau of standards or the Navy department during the 1930s case linked to Whittaker Chambers and a red spy ring in Washington
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Washington
Congressional
Marian Bachrach
New York City
Communist Party
Bachrach
House
UN American Activities Committee
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Red
Plan Commission Delays Action on Rezoning Petition
Five residents opposed a south side Monroe rezoning petition from residential to heavy light industrial or business use, prompting adjournment to visit the site. A second petition by Paul F Rufenacht was tabled for lack of time. Only Chester Pfund and attorney L A Koenig favored Pfund's proposal as officials plan a site visit next week.
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Monroe
City Planning Commission
Paul F. Rufenacht
Chester Pfund
L. A. Koenig
South Side
Frank A. Buehler
Rufenacht
Pfund
9Th Street
L1th Avenue
17Th Avenue
Illinois Central Railroad
Action postponed on wildlife refuge plan in Lafayette County
The state conservation commission postponed the Yellowstone development project to establish a 2600 acre refuge with a 700 acre artificial lake in the Yellowstone river basin. The cost estimate is 250 000 to 300 000 dollars and the decision followed petitions of more than 3000 signatures led by Sen. Melvin Olson.
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Lafayette County
State Conservation Commission
Madison
Commission
Melvin Olson
South
Wayne
Associated Press
Monroe
Recording Ban Ends as Petrillo Reaches Royalty Truce
AFL musicians plan to resume recording sessions after a five year contract with record companies. A federally approved welfare fund financed by royalties will hire unemployed players for free public concerts, with Samuel R. Rosenbaum as trustee. RCA Victor and Columbia line up artists to start immediately.
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Washington
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Phonograph
AFL
Tom C. Clark
William S. Tyson
Labor Department
Samuel R. Roesenbaum
Rca-Victor
Columbia
Musicians Union
Petrillo
Coalition Setup Forecast in China
News reports from Nanking indicate growing talks of a coalition government or negotiated peace to end the civil war. Rumors spread, denounced by Chiang Kai-shek, while communist advances near Peiping intensify the crisis and threaten national government collapse.
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Hong Kong
Peiping
Peping
Suchow
Chiang
New Beef Reductions in National Tea Co Stores
The Monroe store of the National Tea Co. was among 400 Chicago district units ordered to reduce choice beef by 8 to 10 cents a pound. Spokesmen said the seasonal cuts are in addition to 5 to 10 cent reductions made last week.
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Monroe
National Tea Co
Chicago
Governor Renne Bohm Heads to Florida Conference
Madison report that Gov. Renne Bohm departed for Sebring Florida to attend a three day national conference on state parks and he will stay in Florida for a week long vacation afterward.
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Florida
Madison
Rennebohm
Sebring
Fla
New Breed of Flies Defies DDT Poison
New York report to the American Economic Entomologists states that a resistant house fly breed is emerging due to extensive DDT use. W W King and J B Gahan of the US Bureau of Entomology describe flies from areas with prior DDT exposure as harder to kill, signaling evolving resistance since 1947.
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New York
American Association of Economic Entomologists
W. W. King
J. B. Gahan
United States Bureau of Entomology and
United States
Monroe Chamber Elects Directors and Retail Committee
Newly elected Monroe chamber of commerce directors are J osef J Benkert Wesley L Dodge Floyd A Davis Roland W Blaha and Laverne Gallitz. Retail committee members are Ralph J Kundert Ross S Martin Richard H Bahr and Robert H Richardson. The board meets December 28 to elect officers for 1949. retail committee election is January 4.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Josef J. Benkert
Wesley L. Dodge
Floyd A. Davis
Roland W. Blaha
Laverne Gallitz
Ralph J. Kundert
Ross S. Martin
Richard H. Bahr
Robert H. Richardson
Chamber
Rodney O. Kittelsen
William T. Kane
Arthur C. Benkert
Edward C. Einbeck
Clifford M. Fritz
Dwight A. Crandall
Willard Bender
Alvin H. Babler
Harry J. Bellahan
Oscar N. Johnson
Alvin Babler
Harvey H. Holland
Robert W. Kramer
Robert E. Tschudy
Retail Committee
Swiss Cheese Trading Demand Report
The domestic Swiss cheese market remained steady to firm for the week ending December 9. Demand was good for state brand and grade B and fair for grade C with price ranges narrowing as higher inside prices held.
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Wisconsin Assembly
Wisconsin
Berle Summoned Before Federal Grand Jury in Infiltration Probe
Former assistant secretary of state Adolf A. Berle Jr. was summoned to appear before a federal grand jury today, a justice department spokesman said. Berle previously testified in the same inquiry before a House committee subcommittee, as Whittaker Chambers linked a 1929 claim of communist infiltration to Berle.
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New York
Adolf A. Berle Jr
Federal Grand Jury
Justice Department
Berle
House un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Secret Chambers Hiss Documents Scrutiny Shifts
A House committee probes 1937 38 secret papers claimed by Whittaker Chambers. Alger Hiss allegedly took documents, Mrs Hiss copied them at home, and a typewriter remains sought. The grand jury in New York studies red activity while Rev Nixon and McGoh ey coordinate further access to microfilm evidence.
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Nixon
Calif
New York
Chambers
Maryland
Grand Jury
John F. X. McGohey
Hiss
State Department
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Congress
P. L. Smith
National Association of Electric Companies
Smith
New Johnsonville
Tenn
Johnsonville
Robert Crawford
New Albany Road
Company K
Eleanor Nelson
Federal Court House
White House
Poultry and Egg National Board
National Turkey Federation
Plan Commission
Tientsin
Pengpu
Yangtze
Alger Hiss
House Committee
Ren. Celler
R-Ny
Moscow
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