Driver Arrested After City Chase
Monroe reports three traffic incidents in the last 24 hours. Charles F. Opie of route 3 was arrested after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident at 9 15 last night and fined 100 plus costs today after pleading guilty. Rupnow said Opie’s car fled with lights out before Opie was detained at 10 30 near the city limits. Damage to both vehicles was slight.
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Monroe
Charles F. Opie
Route 3
Justice L. A. Koenig
Qpie
Otto H. Rupnow
22Nd Avenue
14Th Street
Rupnow
Opie
Arthur D. Dalton
11Th Avenue
Herbert Ripp
16Th Street
17Th Avenue
Dalton
Ripp
David D. Erickson
United Telephone Co
Earl L. Kelleg
8Th Street
16Th Avenue
Elgin Coach Dies After Auto Crash
Elgin assistant basketball coach TM Zard P Spencer Mor aged 33 died hours after a highway crash that injured Elgin High School Head Coach John Krafft and eight squad members. Krafft and three players were hospitalized for cuts and bruises. Four players were released after treatment. The mishap occurred during a snowstorm on the return from a game in Madison when a truck driven by Harold Elliott of Caseno, Wis, hooked Krafft’s car and rammed into another vehicle.
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Acti
Zard
Spencer Mor
Elgin High School
John Krafft
Krafft
Ronald Weissner
Richard Simonsen
Carver Leach
Leach
Ralph Sherwood
Robert Peterson
Morris Svendsen
Robert Survant
Steve Pearsall
Elgin
Madison
Harold Elliott
Cazenovia
Wis
Search Fails To Find Plane Survivors
Miami reports a military aircraft winged over hundreds of miles along the rugged Cuban coastline after an unconfirmed sighting of survivors from a missing charter plane on a beach.
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Miami
Arctic Fliers Rescued After 19 Days on Greenland Ice
Twelve airmen rescued from a 7000 foot Greenland ice cap are described as happy and in good condition by Maj. Gen. Caleb V. Haynes. They endured boredom but sustained no serious injuries. Most stay at Bluie West One with families, while a group travel to New York’s LaGuardia tomorrow.
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Algentia Save
Happs
Greenland
Caleb V. Haynes
Air Force
Fort Pepperrell
St. Johns
N. F
Bluie West Eight
Arctic Circle
Haynes
Bluie West One
la Guardia Field
New York
Farm Parity Ratio Dips to 1942 Level
The farm parity ratio the yardstick for farm prosperity has fallen to the lowest since September 1942. As of mid December parity was 109, up from September 1942 but far below the 133 peak in 1946. Farmers face lower prices for crops while costs remain steady, reducing buying power.
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Agriculture Department
FIREWORKS GUARANTEED La Crosse New Year Display
A 20th annual New Year fireworks show will light up the Gran dad bluff in La Crosse. The high display is being built and will explode precisely at midnight tomorrow.
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la Crosse
Grandad Bluff
Two-Day Holiday Weekend To Usher In Bright New Year
Monroe businessmen close books on 1948 and prepare to welcome 1949 with a two day weekend. Offices and stores mostly close Friday 5 p m with special New Year services planned by local churches. Taverns stay open till 1 a m New Year’s morning and post office operates holiday service Saturday with no regular deliveries. Religious observances include union service at Grace Lutheran and multiple services in Protestant and Catholic churches.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Grace Lutheran Church
Henry C. Cooper
The
Universalist Church
Roy F. Burmeister
P. C. Kehle
St. John’s Evangelical’ and Reformed Church
Newell Mendenhall
Grace Lutheran
Ralph Kofoed
Immanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church
Methodist Church
St. John’s Church
Kehle
New Apostolic Church
R. H. Scharnweber
St. Victor's Catholic Church
Monroe seal sale adds $1000 to tuberculosis fund
The Monroe Anti Tuberculosis committee donated a $1000 check to the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association for tuberculosis research. Proceeds remain local for various Monroe projects and support the National Tuberculosis Association research fund conducted at universities nationwide. Rudolph P. Regez led the Monroe drive as seal sale chairman.
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Monroe
Injured Boy Myron Timm Regains Consciousness in Hospital
Myron Timm seven of Freeport grandson of Mr and Mrs Ervin Armstrong Spring Grove township regained consciousness in Williamsport Indiana hospital after an autos crash that killed his mother Mrs Dwight Timm. He suffered leg and skull fractures and had been unconscious since brain surgery. His father had a broken leg and his younger brother Dwayne had fractures above the knee but both were reported in good condition.
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Iroanean
Myron Timm
Freeport
Ervin Armstrong
Spring Grove Township
Williamsport
Ind
Dwight Timm
Dwayne
War in China Flight of Chiang Kai shek government to Formosa
An AP map indicates a possible Chiang Kai shek government retreat to Formosa if the fight with the communists continues. Nationalist leaders convene in Nanking while pockets of resistance remain north of the Yangtze, notably around Suchow Peiping and Tientsin as the shaded area shows communist control.
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China
Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
Chiang
Nanking
Yangtze
Suchow
Peiping
Tientsin
Nanking Leaders Weigh Peace Step At Conference
In Nanking a conference of Chiang Kai-shek and top military commanders is expected to decide whether to push for new peace or press on with war as Chinese factions debate the path for the new year. The capital girded for quiet on fronts while the Reds regroup near Peiping and Tientsin.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Marshall
Renema
National Assembly
Peiping
Defense Chief's Report Urges Arms for Non Red Europe
Washington reports President Truman seeks to keep next year's military costs within a $15 billion ceiling to avoid home front curbs while pledging support for rearmament of non Communist Europe. Secretary Forrestal calls for stronger undersecretary oversight and unified guidance across services amid talk of an earth satellite vehicle program.
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John Hightower
Washington
Fruman
Congress
Truman
France
Defense Forrestal
Europe
America
Council of Foreign Advisers
Edwin G. Nourse
Nourse
Defenses Forrestal
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
Forrestal
Miltary
White House
Defense Secretary
Ground National Guard
Air National Guard
Woman Found Slain In Hotel In Chicago
The body of a red haired woman was found in a room of the Clarendon hotel on the Near North Side. Coroner A L Brodie said she was strangled. Personal papers identified the victim as Mrs Thomas Morse, about 40. The room was rented last night by a man wearing a red hunting cap and matching red coat.
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Chadge
Cregun
A. L. Brodie
Brodie
Thomas Morse
Clarendon
No Ceremonies Planned For Officials on Monday
Green county officials will take oaths at the county clerk office with bonds supplied by the county. Two new officials win office by vote: Rodney O. Kittelsen as district attorney replacing Rudolf P. Reger, and Matt Solliran as sheriff succeeding Evan Chambers. Emanuel G. Stauffer, Grace M. Thorpe, Herman W. Stuessy, Wilma Lengacher, and Jessie M. Holcomb also to sign oaths. Sheriff elect Sollbran will name his undersheriff Monday.
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Green County
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Rudolph P. Reger
Matt Solliran
Evan Chambers
Chambers
N. C. Jensen
Brooklyn Township
Herman W
Jensen
County Board of Supervisors
Kohn
Emanuel G. Stauffacher
Grace M. Thorpe
Herman W. Stuessy
Wilma Lengacher
County Board
Clarence W
Madison
Jessie M. Holcomb
Solbran
Moritz
17Th Avenue
Cold and Cloudy Forecast Hit Wisconsin Holiday Weekend
The forecast warns of persistent ice on Green County streets and highways for two days as heavy cloud cover and cold temperatures endure into the New Year weekend. Federal Weatherman H J Thompson notes sun will fade to clouds by nightfall with Friday partly cloudy but not warm enough to melt the ice. Motorists are urged to drive cautiously as road conditions across southern Wisconsin resemble Green County. Temperatures drop sharply by up to 46 degrees from Wednesday, with Sparta at 19 degrees below zero and Monroe's early low at 11 above compared with 29 yesterday morning.
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Green County
H. J. Thompson
Wisconsin
Monroe
la Crosse
Sparta
Associated Press
Fassbind Cheesemaker Franz Karl Fassbind Dies at 78
Franz Karl Fassbind 78, native of Canton Schwyz, died of a cerebral hemorrhage believed yesterday morning at his Monroe home. He came to America in 1892, learned cheese making, and worked at several factories before living at the Green County home and then Monroe since 1934. Services set for 2 P M tomorrow at Stuessy funeral home with Rev EC McCollow officiating. burial in Calvary cemetery.
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Franz Karl Fassbind
12Th Street
Herman Stuessy
Canton Schwyz
Franz Fassbinds
America
Minor
Blue Mounds
Green County
Argyle Road
Monroe
Stuessy Funeral Home
EC. McCollow
St. Victor's Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Truman Plane Forced To Hover Over Airport In Fog
President Truman's DC-6 Independence hovered 10,000 feet for 44 minutes amid dense fog above Washington. Cabinet members watched as Lt. Col. Williams guided the plane while three commercial airliners waited below. Ground control finally cleared a radar guided landing as visibility remained poor.
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Truman
Wwasnington
Dent Truman
Congress
Independence
Mt. ‘Ing
Washington
Franc’ Williams
County Farm Adds Registered Cattle at Green County Farm
Warden Francis announces start of a cattle program at Green County Farm with ten registered animals planned for the herd and more to be added as funds permit. The asylum herd stands at 90 with 30 young stock, overseen by Russell Wright and Robert Bartig from the University of Wisconsin. Remodeling includes a stainless steel dish wing system costing 1500 dollars and a completed new laundry aside from tile work. The institution averages 260 patients daily this year.
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Erea Rotstein Nera
Green County
Francis
Asylum
Russell Wright
Robert Bartig
University of Wisconsin
Bartig
Monroe
Instituton
Singer Weds Radio Man in Las Vegas Honeymoon Day
Margaret Whiting marries Hubbell Robinson Jr the Columbia Broadcasting System executive in Las Vegas. The ceremony precedes their honeymoon as the couple begins married life amid press coverage and public interest.
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Las Vegas
Margaret Whiting
Hubbell Robinson Jr
Columbia Broadcasting System
Barkley Flies Home From Europe Tour
Vice President elect Alben W. Barkley departed Paris aboard a U S army plane late last night returning to Washington after an eight day European tour.
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Barkley
Paris
Alben W. Barkley
Washington
U.S. Army
Europe
Mundt Nixon Hear More Chambers Data
Chambers met with Reps Mundt and Nixon on his Maryland farm and, under oath, disclosed new names and more detailed information connected with espionage activities in the government a decade ago. Mundt said Chambers supplied fresh leads to keep the committee and staff at work for six months or a year.
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Samtimore
Nomaker
Chambers
Mundt
RSD
Nixon
Rcal
Maryland
Baltimore Sun
William Knighton Jr
Washington
the Sun
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Pomona
Calif
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Harrisburg
Harry M. Snyder
North
Taiyua
FORD
Detroit
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Col Liden
U. S
Earth
Abdel Hamid Ahmed Hassan
Veterinary College
Cairo
Egypt
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokraky Pasha
Col
Ibraham Bey
Arab Affairs
Moslem Brotherhood
Chicago
Franz K. Fassbind
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