City Council Grants Police Pay Raises In Henning
Police officers receive monthly pay increases with top patrolmen at 265 dollars and a new 25 dollar rise per officer. Chief Schwai ger and other officials get raised salaries. plan for future increases after each year on the force. Parking ban on west side 16th Avenue approved. civilian defense unit issue discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Schwaiger
Henry S. Hefty
Alvin W. Marti
Adolph O. Wandfluh
Wesley P. Wandfluh
Board of Public Works
Ervin L. Goecks
Dwight C. Coplien
Clifford M. Geigel
Dale Olson
Robert W. Maurer
Richard E. Lane
Teskman
Ray R. Finch
Garrett Koorman
Alfred H. Henning
Emmett J. Norton
Frank A. Buehler
Henning
16Th Avenue
14Th
13Th Streets
Bruce M. Blum
Ralph J. Olson
Madison
Schwaiger
Council
Monroe
NATO Council in Lisbon Opens With Spain Admission Plea
Portugal hosted the ninth NATO council session with Foreign Minister Paulo Cunha urging Spain’s admission, arguing Iberia’s defense is indivisible. Greece and Turkey attended as full members, bringing the alliance to 14 nations. Acheson, Eden, Schuman, and Adenauer announced a turning point toward peace, but no German NATO membership pledge was included.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Paulo Cunha
Spain
Iberian Peninsula
United States Congress
Greece
Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
Norway
Denmark
Canada
Iceland
Dean Acheson
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
European
Phillips Boy Moved To Madison Hospital
Kenneth Phillips, 14, son of Alva Phillips Browntown, severely injured in a two week old auto crash, was moved yesterday from St. Clare to Wisconsin General Hospital Madison and remains unconscious with possible paralysis on his left side. His brother Robert, also injured, convalesces at his maternal grandparents’ Albany home. Robert Rugh Browntown is recovering at home after the same accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Phillips
Alva Phillips
Browntown
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
St. Clare
Robert
O. D. Grenewalt
Albany
Robert Rugh
Prudential Agents End 81 Day White Collar Strike
About 9,000 Prudential Insurance Co agents return to work ending an 81 day strike that affected some 15,000 agents after acceptance of a two year contract running from December 1. The agreement followed nationwide ballots by the Insurance Agents International AFL.
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Washington
Prudential Insurance Co
U. S
Insurance Agents International
AFL
Policeman Donates Blood in Emergency While On Duty
A mother at St Clare hospital pleaded for a Type O blood transfusion for her five year old son. Patrolman Dale W Olson, on duty, donated fresh Type O blood and returned to his patrol after the life saving act.
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St. Clare Hospital
Dale W. Olson
Olson
Jacob Taxacher Dies at 76 in St. Clare Hospital
Jacob Taxacher of 2425 12th Street died at 8:20 p.m. after a long battle with chronic asthma. A retired sand and gravel dealer and inventor of cheese fish bait born July 22, 1875 in Aschau Tyrol Austria, he moved to the United States in 1890. He leaves Frieda Weiss Taxacher, widow, a daughter Mrs. Andrew Klassy, Monroe, and relatives in Austria. Rosary at Stuessy funeral home. services Friday at 9 a.m. at the funeral home and 9:30 a.m. at St. Victor's. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Jacob Taxacher
12Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Taxacher
Aschau Tyrol
Austria
Joseph and
Mary Oberlachner Taxacher
Pecatonica
Joseph
Andrew Klassy
Monroe
Strange Accident Injures State Man
A two car collision in Waukesha injures Arthur Healey, 64, of East Troy. He waited for a semi to pass, crossed the road, slipped on snow, and was struck, breaking his leg.
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Waukesha
Arthur Healey
East Troy
Healey
Senate probes ship sales case fronts Edward Casey
Senate investigations focus on Joseph E. Casey a former Massachusetts representative now a Washington lawyer and his $101000 cash into a $30 million profit involving New bold Morris law firm and United Tanker Corp The probe could broaden to postwar ship purchases and tax exemptions Casey denies any tax evasion saying the deal was advantageous but insists no hidden tricks were used
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Washington
Senate
Joseph E. Casey
Newbold Morris
Truman
Casey
Massachusetts
Morris
New York
Willian Leece
Subcommittee
Casey Group
National Maritime Commission
United Tanker Corp
Leece
New York Herald Tribune Today
Houston H. Wasson
Hoey
D-Nc
Senate Investigations Subcommitte
U. S. Maritime Commission
U. S
Mrs Gehrke 69 Dies in Milwaukee
Mrs Anna Duchow Gehrke 69 longtime Monroe resident died at 2 3 p m yesterday at Columbia hospital Milwaukee after ill health since December She widow of Robert Gehrke.died March 13 1945 in Milwaukee where family moved two years earlier She lived with daughter Mrs Howard Pauline Gehrke 909 N 16th St She leaves four sons Helmuth Paul Arnold Max all Milwaukee 12 grandchildren four great grandchildren two sisters Mrs Mary Bullock and Mrs Elsie Frase Milwaukee five brothers Fred Otto Reinhold Duchow Rudolph Sheboygan and Will Monroe two sisters in law Mrs Duchow Juda and Mrs Amos Monte Monroe Funeral services 130 p m Saturday at Bestricky funeral home 1510 W Walnut St Milwaukee Burial Wanderers Rest cemetery
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Robert Gehrke
Milwaukee
Howard
Pauline) Gehrke
N. 16Th Street
Helmuth
Paul
Arnold
Max Gehrke
Mary Bullock
Elsie Frase
Fred
Otto
Reinhold Duchow
Rudolph
Sheboygan
Will
Monroe
Frank Duchow
Juda
Amos Monte
Bestricky Funeral Home
Walnut Street
Wanderer’s Rest
New York GOP Victory Seen as Trend in Congress Race
The Associated Press reports Robert Tripp Ross won the Queens district special election 17 300 to 11 442 over Democrat Hugh Quinn with Liberal and American Labor candidates also on the ballot. GOP leaders call it handwriting on the wall for the Truman administration. Ross succeeds T Vincent Quinn who resigned to become Queens district attorney. District turnout and margins are noted as a Democratic hold loosened. In other races, Louisiana shifts to Kennon over Spaht and national GOP talk centers on Warren Taft and Eisenhower dynamics in Wisconsin.
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Associated Press
Robert Tripp Ross
New York
Queens County
New York City
Ross
Congress
T. Vincent Quinn
Queens
Hugh Quinn
George F. Cranmore
Thelma Bearman
Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Republican Congressional Committee
Truman
Guy George Gabrielson
Republican National Committee
Louisiana
Earl Long
Robert Kennon
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Phillip F. LaFollette
Warren
Stassen
Madison
Taft
Truman Seeks To Hold Powers For National Emergency
President Truman asks Congress to extend about 60 war powers beyond their current expiry. He states powers should last for the duration of the national emergency and six months after. He notes Japan peace treaty ratification may end wartime status and argues Korea does not constitute a state of war.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Rayburn
Barkley
House
Senate Judiciary Committees
Celler
D-Ny
House Committee
Martin
Massachusetts
Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Germany
McCarthy Perjury Inquiry Urged by Senate Report
Providence Journal Bulletin reports an unpublished 300 page senate staff investigation on Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy recommends hearings on five of ten charges. Decision to proceed expected at Feb. 28 meeting. McCarthy refused to testify and denounced Benton’s charges as a smear and a dishonest issue.
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Providence
R. I
Providence Journal-Bulletin
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Elections Committee
McCarthy
Provience
Minneapolis Star
The
Des Moines Register
Senate Committee
Wisconsin
Sen
Benton
Dconn
Senate
McCarhty
Gillette
D-Ia
Gillette Committee
Georgia Students Enjoy Snowstorm Visit to Manitowoc
A group of 30 Macon high school students toured Manitowoc Wisconsin during a blizzard, describing the snow as unlike anything back home. They spoke with Macon friends via short wave radio, visited a milk condensery, and attended a recreation department reception before planned reciprocal visits to Macon.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Wisconsin
Macon
Gordon Heffernan
William Klaas of Brodhead Dies at 72
William Klaas, 72, of Brodhead died at 2:30 p m yesterday at Wraight nursing home. He was born April 12, 1879, son of Fredrick and Louise Klaas. He married Eva Meyer and is survived by two sons Kenneth of Rockford and Stanley of Freeport, a sister Mrs Lillian Taylor of San Jose, a half sister Miss Mabel Klaas Beloit, and a half brother Louis Klaas Beloit. Funeral services earlier scheduled for 1:30 p m Friday at Newcomer funeral home, burial in Mt Hope Cemetery Spring Grove township.
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Brodhead
William Klaas
Wraight
Fredrick
Louise Schrademeier Klaas
Eva Meyer
Kenneth
Rockford
Stanley
Freport
Lillian Taylor
San Jose
Calif
Mabel Klaas
Beloit
Louis Klaas
Five Cent Price Error in Milk Report Corrected
A re-check of November milk prices shows a five cent error on the prior report. The corrected average price is $4.29 per hundred pounds for area Swiss and limburger cheese factories, with butterfat at $1.14 per pound and a high 3.81 test due to weather and management conditions.
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Limburger
Grain market shows steady activity in late trading in Chicago
A brief market note reports steady grain trading in the last 15 minutes in Chicago. Traders note prices held and activity remained muted as the session closed with little volatility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Freezing Drizzle Haunts Wisconsin Highways
Freezing drizzle and drifting snow created hazardous driving yesterday and last night across the region. Two inches of snow fell with strong winds, though roads were later passable after sanding. An ambulance with three year old Kenneth Backen was stalled six hours in deep snow while en route to the Mayo Clinic. doctors later said he appeared none the worse.
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W. S. MacDonald
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Green County
Northwest Area
la Crosse
Marinette
Mayo Clinic
Minnesota
Kenneth Backen
Ervin’ Backen
Downsville
Wis
Loaded Cheese Truck Stalls on Highway 59 West of Albany
A loaded cheese truck lost its left rear wheel last night near Smiley school and a gravel pit on highway 59, about 1.5 miles west of Albany. Another Frank J. Kubly truck from Monroe moved the cheese load to Monroee. The wrecked truck was towed to a farm lane with flares lit for the night. Passenger reports mention the wheel cracking as it traveled from Fond du Lac toward Albany, and no chains were on the vehicle.
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Smiley
Albany
Frank J. Kubly
Monroe
Fond du Lée
Thirteen Seamen Remain on Stern In Claim Effort
Thirteen weary seamen cling to the derelict stern of the tanker Fort Mercer as salvage plans unfold. Coast guardsmen rescued twenty-five others. eighteen reached Boston aboard the cutter Acushnet. Two tankers split in the storm off Cape Cod. five men died in the Fort Mercer rescue and pendleton, while eight are missing. Investigations will probe the crash.
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Fort Mercer
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Cod
Chatham
Mass
Coast Guard
Eastwind
Pendleton
Boston
Acushnet
New York
Trinidad Corp
New England
Portland
Resue
Nantucket
Stewart Kennedy Winslow Rites Set
Stewart Kennedy Winslow, 77, a Winslow native, died Friday at East Moline State hospital. Graveside services will be at 1 30 p.m. tomorrow at Christian Hollow cemetery west of Winslow with Rev. Fred Anderson officiating. Burial funeral home handles arrangements. He leaves two sons Clyde of Kansas City and Ralph of Chicago a sister Miss Lula Kennedy of Los Angeles a brother Arthur of Sidney Ia and a cousin Earl Kennedy of Dixon.
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Orangeville
Stewart Kennedy
Winslow
East Moline State Hospital
Christian Hollow Cemetery
Fred Anderson
Lula Kennedy
Los Angeles
Arthur
Sidney
Earl Kennedy
Dixon
Swiss State Market Report On Mand Prices
The federal market news service reports domestic mand prices with Brand 56 percent and grades B 53 to 57 while C ranges 51 to 54. The data reflects selling prices and state level points for today.
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Eee
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Prudential
Willie
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George Monaghan
Babe Ruth
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Columbia Hospital
GOP
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McCarthy Report
Georgia
Steady Grain Mart
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