U S Plans Large Arms Aid To Western Europe
President Truman to request about 1 billion dollars for European rearmament next year with total arms support to allies ranging up to 3 billion. Berlin airlift costs rise to 70 80 million. Greek Turkish aid may increase about 10 percent. aid to China faces uncertain prospects amid Chiang Kai shek defeats and a cutback in reconstruction funding. The policy centers on using dollar power and military aid to stem communism where the threat is greatest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hightower
Washington
United States
Europe
Truman
Congress
Berlin
Middle East
Greece
Turkey
China
Secretary of State
Marshall
Turn and Schwing Club Names Officers at Annual Meeting
Edward Ruef and Sebastian Laeser Jr. were re elected president and secretary treasurer of the Monroe Turn and Schwing club at the Turner hall meeting. LeRoy Wuethrich was named instructor for the men with Ed Krattiger as assistant. Laeser became women's instructor. Rudy Kopp was chosen as second committee member replacing Adolph Ruef. The Turners women plan their annual gathering in Turner hall with a lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ruef
Brodhead
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Monroe
Monroe Turn
Schwing Club
Turner Hall
LeRoy Wuethrich
Ed Krattiger
Rock Grove
Ernest Isely
Beloit
Laeser
Rudy Kopp
Monticello
Miracle Dimes Girl Gains Use of Limbs in Wisconsin Drive
Miss Blossom Rhode of Horicon a polio victim and former Monroe schools music teacher is recovering use of her legs. Under Laverne Gallitz Green county leads Dodge county March of Dimes drive beginning Jan 14. Rhode now sits up 45 degrees and can ride, read, and help feed herself. her nurse is Joyce Thomas. Funds totaling 22179.72 have been expended with 83390 spent in 1948 and 16600 from epidemic aid plus 3000 from Green county. Half the next March of Dimes proceeds stay local while the rest funds national research and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blossom Rhode
Horicon
Monroe
Wisconsin
National Foundation For
Joyce Thomas
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Dodge County
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
Naperville
Ill
Copley Hospital
Aurora
St. Josh’s
Beaver Dam
Miss. Thomas
Geneva
Rhode
Rhodes
James T. Healy
National Foundation
Epidemic Aid Fund
Wisconsin Polio Fund Committee
Green County
Albany Schools Stay Closed After Polio Cases
Albany suspends reopening after a second boy is moved to the Wisconsin General Hospital Madison ward for polio. Kenneth Butts and Willis Nipple, both 14, 8th graders and playmates, remain in care as the village imposes self restraint to limit spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Kenneth Butts
Orin Butts
Route 1
Kenneth
Willis Nipple
William “Nipple
Albany Village
Albany School Board
Wil ‘Pur K. Dehmer
Dehmer
County To Send 15 for Military Duty
Green county to draft fifteen men for January military service as part of the monthly quota. They join five December inductees with postponements due to holidays. All 20 report to the local board at 6:45 Tuesday morning January 18 for transport to Tenesville at 7:15. Green county plans 33 men for January pre induction exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somteen
Green County
Clara Ritter
Selective Service Board
Tenesville
80th Congress Poised for Quiet Final Day Friday
The 80th Congress faces a small final session with a “no business” sign in place as Republicans plan a quiet dying day on Friday. The Senate GOP policy committee meets Wednesday to decide the last day program, with Chairman Taft of Ohio signaling a light agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingta
Dean___c
Senate
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Holiday Mailing Rush Ends at Monroe Post Office
The Monroe post office reports the Christmas mailing rush is nearly finished. Postmaster John J Burkhardt notes 9 665 sacks of cheese gift parcels and several hundred oversized packages were sent from the armory, with overflow railroad cars handling 8 343 sacks and 158 outsized boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Armory
John J. Burkhard
Milwaukee
Parcel Post
Watch Firm Files for Reorganization Over Layoffs
The Waltham Watch Co. petitions U S district court for corporate reorganization due to lack of working capital. The company says financial strain forced layoffs affecting most of its 2,300 employees in Boston area operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Waltham Watch Co
U. S. District Court
Netherlands to Cease Invasion of Indies by Midnight Friday
The United Nations Security Council set a 24 hour deadline for the Netherlands to end hostilities in Indonesia. Dutch representative Jan Herman Van Royen announced the release of Soekarno and cabinet members, conditioned on refraining from actions endangering public security. The council adjourned in Paris with next sessions planned for January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Indies
Paris
Netherlands
Ald
United Nations Security Council
Inndonesia
Jan Herman van Royen
Van
Soenarno
Council
Council On
China
Republic
Java
Sumatra
van Royen
Hague
Netherlands Indies
Soekarno
Mohamed Hatta
Jogiakarga
Lake, Success
N. Y
Guard Bomber Crash in Michigan Kills Four
A Michigan national guard B 26 bomber crashed six miles from its base amid rain and sleet last night. Four men died including three air force personnel and a guard officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guard
Michigan
Detroit
Michigan National Guard
Air Force
Green County Sets 1949 Red Cross Drive At 3750
Green county plans a 1949 Red Cross fund drive with a $3,750 goal announced by county drive chairman Roland W Blaha Monroe. The drive runs March 6 to 12 with bank lobbies and branch campaigns to accept donations and memberships. Of the total, $2 685 funds Green county’s share of the national quota. the rest supports local Red Cross needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Roland W. Blaha
Monroe
Ike
Blaha
Albany
Brodhead
Monticello
New Glarus
Red Cross
Donald Janke
Terrorism Hits Egypt After Palestine Defeats
Berlin dispatch reports King Farouk, 28, faces a constant terrorism threat as Egyptian premier Nokrashy Pasha is killed. Defeats in Palestine have damaged the army’s prestige and exposed political instability at the top of Egypt’s government amid wartime pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Farouk
Egypt
Fouk
Palestine
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Zhukov
Stra
Israel
Cahors
Cease Fire Order in Palestine Amid UN Pressure
The United Nations demanded Israeli forces withdraw from southern Palestine's Negev Desert and urged both Israel and Egypt to halt hostilities. The article notes Egypt's Moslem Brotherhood suppression and comments on Farouk's parliamentary choices, with references to Nokrashy Pasha and a killed premier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United Nations
Negev Desort
Palestine
The
Security Council
Israel
Egypt
Missing Man Located at Police Headquarters
A Janesville youth, 21, who had left home to enlist in the navy, was found at the police station after a family request. Desk Sergeant Robert Ryan verified the identity via vehicle registration and notified the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monume
Robert Ryan
Janesville
Ryan
Navy
Board Recommends Award of Contract for Water Tank
The city board of water commissioners voted to recommend to the city council that Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. win the $64 300 low bid for a new elevated water tank. Three bids ranged from 64 300 to 71 000. construction would take about 14 months after start. The board will discuss bond plans with the council finance committee tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Water Commissioners
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co
Chicago
The
Water Board
C. N. Ward
Madison
Hope Fades for Plane Missing Off Florida
A charter plane with about 30 aboard vanished on a flight from San Juan Puerto Rico to Miami. A combined search by air forces and coast guard resumed at dawn over the 4200 mile route. Several passengers were Puerto Ricans returning home after holidays or visits.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Miami
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Florida Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Wisconsin Cheese Market Remains Quiet in Madison Trade
The state market news service reports dull cheese trade in Wisconsin with no buying interest. Selling prices include 37 percent to 40 percent for daisies and squares, 36 percent to 40 percent for long horns, and 40 percent to 43 percent for midgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Crandall Chosen Monroe Chamber Leader for 1949
Dwight A. Crandall oil dealer was elected president of the Monroe chamber of commerce for 1949 at the directors meeting in the Monroe hotel. He defeated Harry J Bellahan. Bellahan was named vice president. Willard C. Bender re elected treasurer and Walter L. Day renamed secretary. The group planned the January banquet where new officers will be installed. New and holding over directors were named, with Crandall continuing as a director. The chamber reported a 1948 program list and record 201 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight A. Crandall
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Crandall
Harry J Bellahan
Willard C. Bender
Walter L. Day
Rodney C. Kittelsen
Babler
Credit Bureau
Day
Court House Square
Chamber
Madison Ruling Blocks Property Insurance State Fund
Atty. Gen. Thomas E. Fairchild ruled today that property of a municipal housing authority is not insurable in the state insurance fund, blocking coverage for the agency’s assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STATE
Madison
Thomas
Fairchild
Snow and Ice Slow Traffic in Green County
A light snow and strong winds created slick roads in Green County this morning slowing traffic and delaying buses in Monroe and Janesville. Highway Commissioner Herman W. Kohn warned secondary roads could drift if snow continues, while forecaster H. J. Thompson predicted light snow in southern Wisconsin, clearing and turning colder tonight. Minor utility damage and three minor traffic accidents were reported as crews worked to land plows if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Herman W. Kohn
H. J. Thompson
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Monroe
Janesville
Union Bus Depot
Kohn
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Blanchardville
United Telephone Co
Werner D. Marti
24Th Street
Donald Kohl
1Th Street
13Th Avenue
17Th Street
Mari
Roy Kolb
Route 4
Roger Campbell
16Th Avenue
13Th Street
Fire Loss Report To Be Made Tuesday In Monroe
The city council will receive the annual fire loss report next Tuesday night. Fire Chief H L Sickinger estimates the Fitzgibbons building fire on August 28 caused about 100000 dollars in losses. At the monthly Monroe volunteer fire department meeting two new air masks were issued and members were fitted for new equipment.
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Monroe
H. L. Sickinger
Fitzgibbons
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Miss Blossom Rhode
U. N
Cambridge
Mass
County Red Cross
Daniel de Luce
Mahmoud Fahmy
Cairo
Ands
Mediterranean
Nokrashy Pasha
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
Florida
Bellahan
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