Snowy Weekend Grips Monroe and Green Counties
A four inch snow cover stalled weekend travel in Monroe and Green counties with temperatures plunging to six above in Monroe and twenty five below elsewhere. Officials note Gulf air moisture caused the snow and warn icy roads persist, though Green County highways are passable and sanded. Five weekend auto mishaps caused minor injuries to four people as authorities monitor conditions for next year deliveries.
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Monroe
Green County
Federal Weather Bureau
Moma
Wisconsin
Union New Year Service at Immanuel Church
Tomorrow evening a Union New Year service at Immanuel will be led by pastors from Monroe churches. Rev. Alvin C. Rabehl gives the invocation and a responsive reading is led by Christiansen House Brahe. A sextet sings including Joanne Solomon Neftette Elmer Ada Dobbs Mar the Dobbs Darlyne Adelman and Eleanor Streiff. The Lord's Prayer and concluding rites follow.
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Monroe
Alvin C. Rabehl
Christiansen House
Brahe
Joanne Solomon
Neftette Elmer
Ada Dobbs
Marthe Dobbs
Darlyne Adelman
Eleanor Streiff
Saudi Arabia Urges Truman Reconsider Palestine Issue
Arabia's foreign minister urged President Truman to rethink American policy on Palestine, expressing concern over the situation and calling for careful consideration of regional repercussions.
Heroic Leap Saves Mother and Child in Milwaukee Line Crash
A 33 year old mother, Jessie Pautz, grabbed her 19 month old son Ned and leaped from their stalled car just before a speeding Milwaukee Road Hiawatha streamliner struck it. The car was hurled 60 feet into a parked vehicle, the streamliner stopped a half mile away, mother and child unharmed.
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Oconomowoc
Leapime
Milwaukee Road Hiawatha
Jessie Pautz
Ned
Streamliner
Soviet envoy defies veto waiver call on atomic control
Lake Success Andrei A Gromyko rejected the US demand to waive the veto on atomic control and urged item by item discussion of the US atomic plan. Washington NAM described CIO wage increase arguments as pure guesswork and statistical nonsense, warning higher wages would raise prices. South Bend Army and Notre Dame suspend football series after 1947, says Rev. John J. Cavanaugh.
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Lake Success
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Washington
The
National Association of Manufacturers Today
CIO
South Bend
Army
Notre Dame
John J. Cavanaugh
Solons Blast Red Postwar Tactics
A House special committee accuses Russia of economic enslavement, political terrorism, religious repression, and broken promises while pushing for U S leadership in Europe. It says if Russia uses German war plants to rearm Western Allies should denounce Potsdam and demand Soviet evacuation of Germany.
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Washington
Russia
Special House Committee
Soviet Union
Germany
United States
Sol Bloom
DNY
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bloom
State and
War Departments
State Department
Potsdam
Peenemunde
Officials of Fair Associations Meet Sunday in Milwaukee
Postwar state and county fair problems will be discussed at the annual Wisconsin Association of Fairs meeting in Milwaukee. The event gathers officials from fairs across the state to address shared challenges.
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Milwaukee
The
Wisconsin Association of Fairs
UAW
Thomas
Wisconsin
AFL
CIO
Last U.S. ambassador to Nazi Germany dies in Vermont
Hugh Robert Wilson, 61, former United States ambassador to Nazi Germany, died Saturday night at his Bennington Vermont home after a long illness. He had been seriously ill since August and spent weeks at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington and also maintained a Washington DC residence.
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Bennington
Hugh Robert Wilson
United States
Nazi Germany
Wilson
Washington, D C
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Five weekend crashes injure four as snow slicks roads
Four people suffered minor injuries in five motor vehicle accidents on city streets and county highways after a fresh snowfall. Damage totals exceed $500. Incidents include a Raymer farm gravel road collision, a Tschabold Schild rear end, a Mellenberger Stivers hit and other slides and sign fault cases.
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Walter Neuenschwander
Orangeville
Chester Brechlin
Clarence W. Tschabold
Monroe
Miss Rose Schild
Freeport
Neuvenschwan
Tschabold
Miss Schild
Joseph T. Hanley
Wauzeka
Highway 69
Clarno Corner
Hanley
Eugene W. Mellenberger
Browntown
Floyd A Stivers
9Th Street
Mellenberger
Willis H. Klein
Waterloo
Paul Neiderman Monroe
16Th Avenue
12Th Street
Klein
Neiderman’s. Klein
Ralph H. Schroeder
Paul Fritzenmeier
19Th Street
Schroeder
German court convicts euthanasia offenders in first postwar trial
Frankfurt reports Dr. Friederich Mennecke a former SS lieutenant colonel sentenced to death while three subordinates receive prison terms for euthanasia murders at the Fichberg insane asylum. The case marks Germanys first war crimes trial by a German court. Victims were Germans, many subjected to Nazi extermination during World War II.
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Frankfurt
Friederich Mennecke
Fichberg
New Line of Succession Debated by GOP Plan
Rep. Leo Allen heads the House Rules Committee proposing a constitutional amendment to place the Speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore before the cabinet in presidential succession. GOP gains push Republicans to 207 of 246 House seats, with strong margins in East and Midwest.
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Washington
Leo Allen
Congress
Repubis. Dent
House
Senate-House
Allen
Senate
Associated Press
East
Midwest
GOP
House of Representatives
Carrie Jacobs Bond Dies at 84 Noted Song Writer
Hollywood tributes mark the loss of Carrie Jacobs Bond, author of I Love You Truly and The End of a Perfect Day. The Janesville native died after a heart attack at 84, leaving 175 songs, children's prose, and scores of memories from a long career. She published seven million sheet music copies and five million records. Her survivors include two granddaughters. Her husband, Dr. Frank L. Bond, died earlier, and a son took his own life in 1929.
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Hollywood
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Janesville
Bond
Dorothy Jaehne
Austin
Tex
Elizabeth Walter
Germany
California
U S Opposes German Boundary Revisions at Peace Talks
Reliable sources say the United States will oppose German western frontier changes at the forthcoming peace treaty negotiations. The stance mirrors Byrnes Stuttgart policy, opposing Rhineland claims and modest border changes unless inhabitants show genuine desire, with Saar to France as the sole eastern exception. The position will be outlined to the Moscow foreign ministers council in March.
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Berlin
Germany
Saar
France
United States
Rhineland
Holland
Belgium
Foreign Ministers Council
Moscow
James F. Byrnes
Stuttgart
Byrnes
Monroe taverns to stay open past midnight on New Year
Monroe police chief J H Schwart announced taverns will remain open until 1 a m on New Year morning. Operators expect a busy night with many reservations and celebratory decorations planned despite state law limiting Wisconsin taverns outside Milwaukee County to 1 a m closing.
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Monroe
J. H. Schwart
John Roach
State Beverage Tax Commission
Wisconsin
Milwaukee County
St Paul Schools Reopen After Five Week Strike
Public schools in St Paul resume operations today after a five week shutdown caused by a teachers strike over wages. The walkout ended Friday when the city chapter of the American Federation of Teachers accepted a charter amendment addressing wage adjustments and school improvements. The new salary scale begins Jan 1 1947, from 2400 to 3600 dollars with a 4200 dollar cap planned for September 1.
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St. Paul
American Federation of Teachers
AFL
Meythaler Grocery Sold to Holland and Howarth
Meythaler Brothers grocery, oldest on the square, is sold to Harvey H. Holland Monroe and Harlan S. Howarth Elizabeth DL. They will take possession Jan. 2. Founded in 1909 by Fred E. and Charles T. Meythaler after purchasing the Leader department and opening their current store.
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Meythaler
Italian Riots End After Food Pledged
In Bari a two day general strike over food shortages ended after a government promise of immediate rations and unemployment benefits. One person was killed and 25 injured in the clashes.
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Rome
Bari
Former Assemblyman Joseph M. Theisen Dies at 69
Joseph M. Theisen who served in the Wisconsin Assembly beginning in 1932 and again in 1934 1936 and 1940 died at his Sheboygan home yesterday from a heart attack. A crusader for government economy and a pension system he was 69.
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Sheboygan
Joseph M. Theisen
Wisconsin
Theisen
Assembly
Vandenberg Taff Appeal for GOP Compromise
Washington Senators Vandenberg and Taft urged colleagues to curb a GOP insurrection over the 80th congress leadership and committee rosters while Tobey cited a Dec 1944 rule delaying assignments until Congress convenes. House Republicans prepare for a four day battle for majority leadership led by Joseph Martin as Taft aligned factions jockey for 1948 presidential hopes.
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Senate
Senator Tobey
Tobey
Republican Conference
Senate Gop
Congress
Vandenberg
Taft
Michigan
Ohio
Reed
Kansas
White
Maine
New Commerce Committee
Butler
R-Neb
Committee On Committees
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House Republicans
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Halleck
Indiana
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Clarence Brown
Jenkins
Dirksen
Illinois
McCormack
Representative McCormack
Bride-To-Be Reunited After Guard Blows Faze Robbery Foiled
Rosemary Watson and her 17 year old fiancé James Hill celebrate after Hill, posted at Hamilton Field, fired on six gunmen attempting a payroll heist of 250000. Hill later reunited with his fiancée as FBI details unfold.
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San Francisco
Rosemary Watson
James M. Hill
FBI
Hill
Butter Prices Dip Again In New York Market
Butter prices in New York wholesale markets slipped about 3 percent per pound, offsetting last Friday's gains and extending the post Christmas decline of roughly 9 to 10 cents. Heavy Midwest shipments to exploit price differences helped push the market down, while federal probes continue into alleged manipulation to keep prices high.
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New York
Midwest
Chicago
Dairymen's League Cooperative Association
Firemen Overcome by Fumes Fight Eight Hour Drug Store Blaze
Atlanta authorities sought clues to the fumes that overpowered 75 firefighters eight hours into a basement fire at a drug store. Fifty two were hospitalized as crews battled the stubborn blaze, with responders fighting the fumes into Sunday morning.
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Atlanta
Jews Retaliate for Flogging in Palestine Raid
British authorities and Palestine police hunt for kidnappers who abducted a British major and three sergeants in Nathanya. The captors flogged each victim 18 times in a retaliation for a Jew's prior bank robbery flogging. The major was taken from the Hotel Metropol lounge while with his wife and subjected to blindfolding and cane beating.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Metropol
Nathanya
Tel Aviv
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Uaw-Cio
Milwaukee Cio
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Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
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State Relations Board
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West Allis
Wisconsin Relations Board
L. E. Gooding
Frank M. Hamm Jr
American Airlines
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Hamm
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