Season's Weather Record Expected With Zero Tonight
The Monroe area woke to a record low of 7 degrees, tying the 1946 autumn mark. After a day of partly cloudy skies, temperatures may rise to 20 before dropping to zero or below tonight as a frigid cold front grips the northern MiddleWest. A series of four traffic accidents occurred yesterday afternoon on 16th Avenue near The Times building, including a rear-end crash involving Thomas Casey, Monroe, who said he stepped behind a double-parked car when he saw another vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Middlewest
Janesville
Chicago
Milwaukee
Thomas Casey
16Th Avenue
Times Building
Casey
Edwin W. Kummer
Paul W. Ganshert
5Th Avenue
Sth Avenue
Ganshert
Ernest O. Rufener
7Th Street
18Th Avenue
B. L. Due
Rufener
Alaska
Sault Ste. Marie
Duluth
Wisconsin
Hudson Bay
Europe Sweeps Under Bitter Cold Across Western Nations
A Siberian cold wave grips western Europe with frozen canals halting freight barges from Belgium to Holland and widespread hunger for fuel as children and elders endure the chill. Little relief expected before the weekend.
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Lenden
Europe
Belgium
Holland
Aly
Siberia
Multiple Vehicle Collisions Reported At City Intersections
A string of traffic incidents is reported across Monroe with several vehicles damaged at 10th street 18th avenue and 5th avenue highone road junctions. Monroe route 3 and route 5 drivers describe skids and collisions with telephones poles and parked cars. No serious injuries noted though substantial damage to trucks cars and poles is reported.
U W Symphony Benefit for Polio Fund Thursday
The University of Wisconsin symphony orchestra under Prof. Richard C. Church will perform Thursday in Monroe High School auditorium. Proceeds go to the 1947 polio fund via the Green County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The program spans Finlandia to Brahms Symphony No 3 with Bach and Wagner pieces. Nine Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority ushers assist.
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University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra
Richard C. Church
Monroe
Green County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia
Johannes Brahms
J. S. Bach
Richard Wagner
Church
Carl Bricken
Wisconsin Symphony
Wisconsin Union Theater
Madison
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Erma Klassy
Helen Klassy
Doris Robb
Helen Altman
Lena Rubi
Marge Bloom
Janet Hiltbrandt
Florence Gerber
Ida Casanova
Housing Officials Huddle for Speed
Washington officials met to map details of President Truman’s revamped home building program amid controversy over veterans housing. Frank R. Creedon and Raymond M. Foley discussed incentives for rental housing while Norton E. Long criticized the plan as a fraud. Wyatt and Wyatt’s resignation noted. A CIO housing leader warned the program would end veterans housing. supporters argued rapid construction becomes feasible postwar.
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Washington
Truman
Frank R. Creedon
National Housing
Raymond M. Foley
National Housing Agency
CIO
Norton E. Long
Wilson W. Wyatt
NHA
Long
Wyatt
Creedon
H. R. Northup
National Retail Lumber Dealers Association
R. J. Thomas
Veterans
New Home Economics Teacher Named for Monroe High
Mrs Cecilia Roland of Menomonie will join Monroe High School as home economics teacher starting second semester. E O Evans superintendent announced on January 20. Roland succeeds Mrs Henry Tschudy filling in for Mrs Ruth Baumgartner who is ill. She is a Stout Institute graduate with three years teaching in Roberts Wisconsin Niles Michigan and Menomonie. Her husband a bomber in the Army Air Force was killed in the European theater in World War II. They have a 3 year old daughter.
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Cecilia Roland
Menomonie
Monroe High School
E. O. Evans
Roland
Henry Tschudy
Monroe
Ruth Baumgartner
Stout Institute
Roberts
Wis
Niles, Mich
French socialist cabinet approved to lead caretaker government
Paris The French national assembly confirmed Premier Leon Blume's all socialist cabinet to head a five week caretaker government by a 580 to 16 vote. Washington Sen Arthur H Vandenberg rejected a presidential bid and said no campaign. Athens Bulgarian village Ortakio burned amid clashes near the Greek bulge as 33 guerrilla fighters were reported killed.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Leon Blume
Washington
Arthur H., Vandenberg
R-Mich
Athens
Ortakio
Turkey
Bulgaria
Newpapers
Support Grows to Delay Nehru Republic Resolution
New Delhi AP reports two constituent assembly members urged postponing further debate on Jawaharlal Nehru's plan for a sovereign republic of India until the Muslim League and the Indian states halt their boycott of the assembly. The move reflects pressure to secure broader participation and consensus before proceeding.
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New Delhi
India
Constituent Assembly
Jawaharlal Nehru
Republic of India
Monroe man 75 dies of heart attack in store
Ernie Pauer 75 of Monroe died of a heart attack in the Montgomery Ward Implement store in Monroe this morning at 10 45 after entering the basement to have a radio repaired. Coroner Her man A Stuessy investigated. Funeral plans are tentatively set for Thursday afternoon at Stuessy funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Ernie Pauer
Monroe
Montgomery Ward
Pauer
16Th Avenue
Herman A. Stuessy
Mr. Pauer
Plymouth
Wis
Sheboygan Business College
St. Cloud
Elizabeth Wolfe
Rawdon Lake
Milwaukee
Chicago
Mary Oschal
Greenwood Cemetery
Newell Mendenhall
Grace Lutheran Church
Seven Municipalities File Bonds and Resolutions on 1946 Taxes
Two treasurer bonds and two resolutions were filed with the county treasurer, raising the total to seven bonds or resolutions for 1946 tax collection. The filings covered E R Wittwer in New Glarus village and Alice L Peterson in Brooklyn village, with Clarno and Decatur townships submitting resolutions. Tax collection is set to begin Jan 2 across Green County’s 16 townships, five villages and two cities, and treasurers have until Dec 31 to file.
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Emanuel Stauffacher
E. R. Wittwer
New Glarus Village
Alice L. Peterson
Brooklyn Village
Clarno
Decatur
Green County
Bank Robber Sentenced in Wisconsin Holdup Case
Sentence imposed on Harold Berg 28 of Owen to 15 to 30 years in Waupun state prison for armed robbery in the Dec 5 holdup of the State Bank of Withee. Circuit Judge Emery Crosby handed down the ruling in Neillsville.
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Neillsville
Wis
Harold Berg
Owen
Waupun State Prison
Unified Army Navy Command For Foreign Activity
The army and navy adopt a single overseas commander system with seven commands including Far East under MacArthur and Pacific under Navy leadership. Congress backs national intelligence authority with a trio of secretaries and a presidential appointee to oversee funding and personnel.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pearl Harbor
Air
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Northeast
Congressional Committee
House Military Committee
National Intelligence Authority
Office of Naval Inteligence
State Department
Office of Strategic Services
State, War and Navy Departments
Congress
Army-Navy
MacArthur
Joseph T. McNarney
Europe
Far East
European
McNarney
John H. Towers
Alaskan
H. A
Falls in Ventilating Shaft Bruises Worker
Milwaukee John Spacek 39 fell three stories inside a ventilating shaft while cleaning the county safety building shaft chair rope broke. He landed on the second floor and wedged in a vent before firefighters cut a hole to free him.
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Milwaukee
John Spacek
Spacek
County Safety
Turks Padlock 8 Papers For Communistic Leaning
In Istanbul the Turkish army closed eight publications and banned printing of or distribution for organs deemed communistic. It outlawed two new political parties described as directed by communists or extremists. A military court began examining seized documents while observers noted rising anti communist sentiment in the region. The action followed Premier Peker urging students to remain calm and not protest.
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Istanbul
Iran
Turkey
Russia
Recep Peker
Istanbul University
Workers and Peasants Socialist Party
Turkish Socialist Party
Ankara
Jap Reds Demonstrate To Show MacArthur Their Great Number
Large left wing rally in occupied Japan draws an estimated 350000 to 400000 demonstrators. The procession aimed to pressure Premier Yoshida to resign, while the Diet ballot to dissolve the Diet was rejected 236 to 160. MacArthur rode through the crowd in his black sedan as Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko watched.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Yoshida
House of Representatives
Diet
Kuzma Derevyanko
Allied Council For Japan
Christmas Store Hours Expanded Starting Tomorrow
Christmas shopping continues amid cold weather as Monroe merchants announce extended hours beginning tomorrow with four extra evenings: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday, plus the regular Saturday schedule. Most merchants plan to close at 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
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Monroe
Rail Veteran Elmer Shaw Dies at 59 in Green Bay
Elmer F Shaw longtime Northwestern railroad assistant signal engineer for the Lake Shore Ashland and Peninsula division died last night of a heart attack. A Racine native who lived in Milwaukee before moving to Green Bay he served 38 years with the Northwestern railroad.
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Green Bay
Elmer F. Shaw
Northwestern Road
Lake Shore, Ashland and Peninsula Division
Racine
Shaw
Milwaukee
Northwestern Railroad
Lucite Tube Patches Arteries Built For Long Term Use
Dr. Charles A. Hufnagel of Richmond and Harvard described lucite tubes as a new spare part to patch severed arteries in dogs and humans. The tubes reportedly remain permanent after six months as natural fibers grow to hold them. The report also notes a daring venous thrombosis treatment for leg vein clots, which can threaten the heart or lungs if embolized.
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Cleveland
American College of Surgeons
Charles A. Hufnagel
Richmond
Ind
Harvard Medical School
Hufnagel
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Federal Milk Order
The Supreme Court unanimously rejected Seeley Dairy’s challenge to Federal Milk Order 41 in a judgment for the government. Justice Frankfurter delivered the opinion, holding the dairy must first pursue objections to the secretary of agriculture under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act before seeking further review. The order set minimum prices dairies must pay farmers for milk sold in the Chicago area.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Seeley
Chicago
Justice Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Department
Justice Frankfurter
High Court
Mayer Oil Station Property Sold to Crandall
The Mayer oil and service station at 1723 11th Street sold to D. A. Crandall of Monroe from the Commercial and Savings Bank as administrator of Martin F. Mayer’s estate. The station will close for alterations and equipment upgrades and reopen after January 1.
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Mayer Oil Station
Crandall
Mayer Oil and Service Station
11Th Street
D. A
AFL Urges 7 Million Members to Protest Labor Legislation
The AFL called on its 7 million members to discourage the new congress from enacting what it fears may be highly objectionable labor legislation. President William Green warned of efforts to limit and curtail the legitimate functions of labor organizations.
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Washington
AFL
Congress
William Green
Fire destroys trucks at Fox Valley service garage
A blaze swept through the Appleton Fox Valley truck service garage a quarter mile west of the city destroying four trucks being serviced. Owner Alvin J. Boncher estimated damages exceed 60000 dollars.
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Appleton Appleton
Fox Valley
Alvin J. Boncher
Bilbo's Financing Ignored State Law
Barron Wisconsin AP reports Mayor John E Hoar paid for car repairs after a deer collision north of Barronett. In Washington Forrest Jackson claims funds from Abe Shushan aided Bilbo 3000 loan repayment and warns informal groups escape campaign reporting. Jackson testifies about Bilbo relations with war contractors and a 1942 Senate bid.
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Barron, Wis
John E. Hoar
Barronett
Washington
Forrest Jackson
Bilbo
D-Miss
Jackson
Senate
Abe Shushan
New Orleans
Shushan
Edward P. Terry
Miss
Terry
Grant Stewart
New Hebron
Hubert M. Newton
Wiggins
Stewart
Mississippi
Ferguson
R-Mich
Ross Collins
Collins
Jacksons
Wall Doxey
United States Senate
Quitman
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Poplarville
Juniper Grove Baptist Church
Huey Long
Baruch presses U.N. on atom plan at Lake Success
Bernard Baruch urged the United Nations atomic energy commission to approve the U.S. proposal for controlling atomic energy. He stressed decisive action, rejected changes in purpose, and called for immediate, practical measures with international inspections within the Security Council framework. Molotov shifted to support inspections, Cadogan backed incorporating American principles in the commission report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
United States
Soviet
Russia
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Baruch
Atomic Energy Commission
United Nations General Assembly
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Britain
James F. Byrnes
Assembly
Byrnes
United Nations
Atomic Commission
General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Molotov
Security Council
Alexander Cadogan
United Nations Security Council
Evangelical Pastor G. E. Boettcher Dies at 78
Rev. G. E. Boettcher longtime pastor of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran church Hortonville Wisconsin died after a long illness at age seventy eight. He served the church for 45 years until retirement in 1939 and passed away today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hortonville
Wis
G. E. Boettcher
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
Dies of Crash Injuries Skaar 30 In Dane County Accident
Earl Skaar of Stoughton died from injuries suffered in an automobile crash on December 6 in the town of Dunkirk Dane county. He was 30. The crash occurred in Dane county and was investigated by local authorities.
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Stoughton
Earl Skaar
Dunkirk
Dane County
Sapulpa students walkout ends as parents intervene
In Sapulpa Oklahoma the walkout by about a quarter of the 585 students from Sapulpa High School over a Christmas vacation extension ended quickly after parents intervened with firm discipline. Classes resumed after the incident as the school board had already approved a one week vacation due to a delayed term from September tied to polio fears.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Sapulpa High School
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Associated Press
Army-Navy Command
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