Hoover Panel Calls National Defense Costs Enormous
The Hoover Commission task force warns defense spending is ballooning and calls for tighter control, better teamwork, and a tighter budget system. It cites possible Russian aims to bankrupt the U S by escalating costs and outlines a six point program to restrain outlays and align planning with science.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Hoover Commission
Commission On
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Defense
Munitions Board
Panamorama
National Security Organization
Bureau Refuses Oleo Tax Action
Atlantic City The American Farm Bureau federation withheld action today on repeal of oleo margarine taxes. The resolutions committee debated at length then voted to take no stand mirroring last year. The new congress is expected to take up the repeal issue.
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Atlantic City
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
Congress
Wilson Heaps
Pylesville
John M. Bailey
Athens
W. Va
Curtis Hatch
Dodgeville
Wis
Frank W. White
Marshall, Minn
Delmar Roberts
Berino
N. M
H. J. King
Laramie
Wyo
Wisconsin county boards elect officers
Madison as the site yesterday saw H. F. Mac Farlane of Oconto elected president of the Wisconsin county boards association. Clarence Blatz of Chippewa county was named vice president and R. B. Meech of Rock county secretary-treasurer.
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Madison
H. F. MacFarlane
Oconto
Wisconsin County Boards’ Association
Clarence Blatz
Chippewa County
R. B. Meech
Rock County
Weather Clears After Dense Green County Fog and Ice
Dense fog and light drizzle yesterday eased last night as sun and cold air prevailed. Statewide drivers faced slick roads with scattered closures while Monroe's buses ran on schedule and a panel truck accident near Highway 1181 caused a top rollover but no injuries. Rural schools in Wood Brown and Eau Claire counties closed as traffic slowed across Wisconsin.
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Green County
State Highway Department
Wisconsin
H. J .Thompson
Monroe
Thomas W. Mahle
21St Street
Modern Club
Mahle
Lloyd Burkhalter
Wood, Brown and
Eau Claire Countes
Shanghai Marines not to save city
The State Department announced that Marines sent to Shanghai will protect American lives and possibly property but will not defend the city. Press Officer Michael J. McDermott said the Marines are from the American naval center at Tsingtao and may number about 700.
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Washington
Shanghai
State Department
U. S
Michael J. McDermott
Tsingtao
J. T. Etter No. 5 Born at St. Clare
John T. Etter the fifth announced the birth of a son at St. Clare hospital to Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Etter of 2263 Sixth Street. The newborn weighs seven and a half pounds and is the great grandson of John Theodore Etter, dean of Monroe merchants, tracing the family back to Rev. John T. Etter of New Glarus. The infant joins a sister Martha, age 3, in the Etter household.
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John T. Etter
St. Clare Hospital
J. T. Etter
6Th Street
John Theodore Etter
Monroe
New Glarus
Etters
Martha
Jacob Bruni to Lead Fund Campaign for Plane Crash Victim
Jacob Bruni of New Glarus was named chairman of a county wide drive to aid Mrs. Harland Johnson, hospitalized after a November plane crash near New Glarus. The Legion will sponsor the effort with donations accepted at county banks to help cover mounting medical costs as Mrs. Johnson progresses toward recovery.
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Jacob Bruni
New Glarus
Green County American Legion Council
Harland Johnson
St. Clare
Legion Posts
Monticello
Legion
Harley Clark, 62, Dies at Brodhead
Harley Clark 62 lifelong resident of the Brodhead area died at 10 last night in his home after six months of failing health. Born June 6 1886 in Avon township he married Ellen Gardner in 1911 and Daisy Luthi in 1946. Surviving are his widow son Kenneth two daughters grandchildren and several relatives. Services at 2 pm Saturday Newcomer funeral home Rev George Zimmerman officiating burial Greenwood Cemetery. Calling hours Friday evening.
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Brodhead
Harley Clark
Avon Township
Rock County
Charles
Hannah Brace Clark
Freeport
Ellen Maude Gardner
Daisy Luthi
Spring Grove
Kenneth
Lois Kirby
Beloit
Marie Taylor
William Gilbert
Pearl Wolters
Ellen Smith
Chloe Newcomer
Ben
Glen
Frank
Newcomer Funeral Home
George Zimmerman
Greenwood Cemetery
Cheese Firm Seeks Trademark Action Against Madison Firm
Attorneys for the Milwaukee Cheese Co. travel from Milwaukee to Monroe then toward Madison to file suit claiming infringement of its Beer Keese trademark for brick cheese. They allege Madison firm used the mark in ads and delivered different cheese, planning to file in Dane County this afternoon.
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Milwaukee Cheese Co
Milwaukee
Monroe
Madison
Dane County
Armament Expert Murdered in Iowa Hotel
Byron C. Hartman 29 an armament designer from St. Louis was found dead in a bloodstained seventh floor hotel room in Cedar Rapids. Police suspect two attackers and note facial injuries and a deep stab wound possibly from a two edged knife. Hartman served as a marine and worked for Emerson Electric Co. of St. Louis.
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Cedar Rapids
Byron C. Hartman
St. Louis
Tom Condon
Robert Brosh
Hartman
Emerson Electric Co
Brosh
One Monroe Soldier Among Group to Fly Home for Christmas
Pvt. Frederick Blanc of Monroe is among 700 Fort Lewis soldiers flying home for Christmas on chartered planes. Blanc’s parents will meet him in Chicago on December 23. he must return to base January 4. Recruit William Purcell, son of Mr and Mrs Martin Purcell, will arrive home from Fort Lewis by train for a 10 day furlough starting Monday.
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Frederick Blanc
Monroe
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Blane
Louis Blanc
8Th Avenue
Chicago
William Purcell
Martin Purcell
21St Avenue
Purcell
Army Free 450 Men as Yuletide Gesture
The army will release 450 service members in a Christmas gift of freedom. The men were scheduled for release in March and include both army and air force personnel held in military prison.
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Washington
Army
Air Force
Monroe School Children Await Christmas Parties
Monroe grade and high school pupils have one more day of classes before the Christmas holiday. Schools close Friday afternoon and resume Monday January 3. Students at Green County Normal will hold a Christmas party after a hospital program, with one for junior and senior highs tomorrow afternoon. Local schools Lincoln North East South East St. Victor's Parish also schedule classroom parties, programs, and Santa visits tomorrow or this afternoon.
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Monroe
Green County Normal School
Green County Hospital
Olga Ruth
Allan F. Barnard
Orchesis
Grace Anderson
Lincoln
North
East
Santa Claus
South
Green County Normal
Charles Dickens
St. Victor’s
Special bus service in Monroe to end due to low ridership
Monroe Transit Lines discontinued the extra morning noon and evening special bus running Nov. 20 citing sustained losses. Erling Landfried said the company cannot afford to operate at a loss and may resume when ridership improves. Regular one bus service continues though west side patronage remains weak. The firm seeks city council approval to end service during dead hours, with judiciary committee review and a Tuesday council vote likely.
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Monroe Transit Lines, Inc
Erling Landfried
Landfried
Spy Data Included Navy Plane Plans
Washington report says diagrams of navy airplane devices were among documents Whittaker Chambers said he obtained as a 1930s communist courier. The House Un-American Activities Committee disclosed the papers from Chambers noting sources in the Bureau of Standards and Commerce Department, not the Navy, and that no high military secrets were involved though the data would be valuable to Russia.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Justice Department
Hiss
State Department
John C. Clancy
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Clancy
FBI
Chambers
Time Magazine
Ents
House
American Activities Committee
Grand Jury
Mrs. Hiss
Ford
Hiss and Chambers
Washington
Navy
House un-American Activities Committee
Mundt
ASC
Bureau of Standards
Commerce Department
Navy Department
Russia
Cheese Factory Bids to Be Studied Friday
Green county property committee will meet at 2 p m Friday to study sealed bids for a cheese factory building and land near New Glarus. The Streiff factory on the Gilbert Hoesly farm is offered with the building and a quarter acre of land acquired by tax deed.
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Green County Property Committee
New Glarus
Streiff
Gilbert Hoesly
Fierce Arctic Weather Threatens Rescue Of Nine Americans
Arctic weather could delay a rescue mission for nine U S fliers stranded on a Greenland plateau. Goose Bay Labrador reports a blizzard as rescue units assemble at Narssarsuaq 100 miles away. Weather reports are sketchy and it is unclear if the operation can proceed immediately. The men report good health and spirits and radio contact is maintained while supplies including heating units are dropped to the castaways.
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Westover
U. S
Greenland
Goose Bay
Labrador
Narsarssuak
Wiley Urges GOP To Retain Its Principles After Loss
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin argues the Republican Party should not abandon its principles after the election. He warns against viewing the defeat as a mandate to leftward change and urges a forward looking program benefiting all citizens. He stresses the need for two strong parties and cites economic fears as a factor in the vote.
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Washington
Republican Party
Wiley
R-Wis
GOP
Party
California
Ohio
Illinois
Dewey
Assault Defendant Acquitted by Jurors
A Browntown construction worker, Phillip Ray Millis, was found not guilty by a justice court jury after 20 minutes deliberation in an assault and battery case. The verdict was announced by Foreman G. L. Redman to Justice A. Koenig in the circuit court room, based on a private affidavit from a minor girl.
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Justice Court
Phillip Ray Millis
Browntown Construction
G. L. Redman
A. Koenig
Court House
Hungary rejects U.S. protest over seized American oil properties
Hungary tells the United States to mind its own business after rejecting an American protest against seizure of American owned oil properties. The U S State Department said sabotage confessions were used as an excuse for the seizures.
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Hungary
Budapest
U. S. State Department
State Department
Towers Destroyed At Radio Berlin By French Troops
French military commander in Berlin ordered the demolition of Radio Berlin towers near Tegel field citing danger to airlift planes. The British sector station, held by Russians, paused two hours for programming and remained off air five hours after the blast. Deutschland sender remained silent. Russians warned authorities a month earlier.
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Berlin
Radio Berlin
Deutschlandsender
Jean Ganeval
Tegel
United States Opposes Stay On Japanese War Crimes Cases
The U S government urged the Supreme Court not to interfere with the Tokyo tribunal. The brief warned that halting or reviewing the tribunal could damage international peace efforts and world law. Solicitor General Perlman said such a move would harm United Nations cooperation and international disputes settlements.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court Today
International Tribunal
Tojo
Tokyo Tribunal
Philip B. Perlman
Rennebohm Approves Browntown Crossing Signal
Gov. Rennebohm approved a $5,692 contract for a railroad crossing signal on state highway 11 in Browntown. The award was issued to the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co. as reported by the Associated Press.
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Browntown
Rennebohm
Associated Press
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co
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