President Truman urges voluntary food cuts to aid famine regions
President Truman called for a voluntary program to reduce U S food consumption to meet acute needs abroad. He asked former President Hoover and others to confer Friday on private citizen action, sending telegrams to business leaders publishers and public figures urging cooperation.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Asia
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
White House
Sheldon Clark
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Justin Miller
National Associat
George H. Gallup
Henry R. Luce
James Wae
J. Walter Thomp Company
William Lake
Cornell University
Chester C. Davis
Eugene Meyer
The
Washington Post
Anna Lord Strauss
League of Women Voters
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Emily G. Dickinson
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Krug Named Interior Secretary in Swift Truman Move
President Truman nominated J. A. Krug to be interior secretary paving a quick Senate path for the 38 year old former war production board chief. The choice ended a tense period after Harold L. Ickes departure while White House aides hailed Krug as a dark horse with potential to steady cabinet leadership. Senator Vanderberg urged a plain spoken foreign policy to match Russia and stressed firm American leadership for peace.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
J. A
Cap) Krug
Interior
Krug
War Production Board
Capitol Hill
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
White House
Jack Beil
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Russia
Senate
United Nations
London
Michigan
United States
America
Vanderberg
Sheep and Wool Growers In Good Position Now
Prof L F Hall of the college of agriculture told over 50 men and women at Turner hall today that sheep and wool growers are in an excellent position. He noted increases in cattle and poultry production and said even if wartime prices decline later, prices should hold for two or three years due to global shortages. Chris McKeown of Janesville was served at noon, and exhibits for sheep and wool growers were on display.
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L. F. Hall
College of Agriculture
Turner Hall
Chris McKeown
Janesville
New Insecticide Ben Hex Promises Strong Fly Control
Congress heard of a new compound zenzene hexachloride seven times more effective against flies than DDT. Known by its laboratory name, the chemical was disclosed to the House Appropriations Committee during hearings on the 1947 Agriculture Department supply bill advancing to the House floor.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Chamber Plans Farmers Night promotion and leadership chosen
Monroe Chamber of Commerce directors dined at the Monroe hotel and named Oscar A. Moldenhauer as chairman for the farmers night to be staged at Turner hall late in March. The plan includes a full slate of directors and negotiations for speakers and musicians.
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Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Hotel
Oscar A. Moldenhauer
Turner Hall
Red Cross Support Proclamation By Governor Goodland
Governor Goodland calls Wisconsin residents to join the 1946 Red Cross fund campaign starting March 1. He praises the Red Cross humanitarian work and stresses aid for discharged servicemen and those still in service aiding Europe and the Pacific peace efforts.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Red Cross Fund
Goodland Saeneman
Red Cross
Europe
Pacific
County quota details to follow in coming days
Green county officials expect to announce the county quota within several days. Acting county chairman Fred Feutz said the breakdown by towns villages and cities will accompany the quota. Officials anticipate the quota will be about half the wartime level.
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Green County
Fred Feutz
Accidents Rise on Slick Streets in Monroe Area
Monroe reports 24 motor car accidents this month as slick streets push totals higher. Rear end collisions plague two incidents yesterday on 10th Street and 13th Avenue north of 12th Street involving Delbert J. Rothenbuehler and Valentine J. Zibung. A Juda village crash on highways 11 and 81 adds to the day’s toll. Wes Engles and Nellis G. Wunschel figure in another morning collision on 15th Avenue.
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Monroe
10Th
Delbert J. Rothenbuehler
Russell J. Myers
12Th Street
Rothenbuehler
Valentine J. Zibung
Monroe Route 5
13Th Avenue
Herbert C. Flannery
Browntown
Juda Village
Dewy S. Cartwright
Chicago
Leo R. Frei
Janesville
Wes Engles
14Th Street
Nellis G. Wunschel
Juda
Englies
15Th Avenue
Cancer Control Drive Under Way in Schools
The county superintendent of schools office began packaging literature and collection boxes for the Cancer Control drive which opens April 1. Packages are prepared for distribution to 91 rural schools in Green County, with Irene Olson, supervising teacher, leading the initial visit to Mrs. Ralph Bridge in Juda, the county drive chairman.
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Green County
Irene Olson
Ralph Bridge
Juda
Cancer Drive
Air Official Reports Pauley Campaign Donation Request
United Airlines President William A. Patterson testified before the Senate naval committee that on October 30, 1944 he told Edwin W. Pauley he could not request a $35,000 donation to the Democratic campaign fund due to legal concerns. Pauley had said the party arranged a Chicago show costing about $50,000 and expected a substantial contribution. Roosevelt had spoken in Chicago on October 28 during the fourth term drive as Pauley’s nomination as undersecretary of the Navy faced scrutiny.
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Washington
William A. Patterson
United Airlines
Edwin W. Pauley
Senate Naval Committee
Democratic National
Chicago
Roosevelt
Patterson
Pauley
Tri county Y Seeks Funds to Improve Camp at Mukwonago
The Tri county YMCA plans a joint fundraising drive to improve the camp at Mukwonago. Green Rock and Walworth counties appoint leaders and aim to raise four thousand dollars by April 1 with a matching gift possible. Local attendees included O N Johnson Earl R Johnson Rev Alvin C Rabehl and T F Ransdell.
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Mukwonago
Green, Rock
Walworth
YMCA
Janesville
Leonard C. Church
Mr. Church
Walworth County
F. A. Anderson
Milton
Rock County
O. N. Johnson
Monroe
Green County
Brodhead
Earl R. Johnson
Alvin C. Rabehl
T. F. Ransdell
Green County Ships Holstein Cattle to Aid Europe
Green County ships nearly 200 grade and purebred Holstein cattle to Poland under UNRRA aid. Six purebred bulls from Stauffacher Brothers, John Ruff and Frank Trumpy herds lead the sixth rail load to Newport News VA for transport by boat. All cattle pass government inspection in Monroe and none have been rejected.
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Green County
Europe
Poland
Stauffacher Brothers
John Ruff
Frank Trumpy
Newport News
UNRRA
Monroe
Herman J. Schmitz
Orlando
Fla
Shelbyville
Youth Surrenders On Attack Charge
Madison youth 19 named Richard Anderson surrendered to police in attorney Darrell MacIntyre's office. He faces rape and assault with intent to harm for slashing 22 year old Lorraine Swalheim of Cottage Grove last Saturday. arraignment to be in superior court. pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity planned.
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Madison
Richard Anderson
Dane County
Darrell MacIntyre
Anderson
MacIntyre
Lorraine Swalheim
Cottage Grove
Prosecution Rest in Nuremberg Nazi Leaders Trial
Allied prosecutor rests case against 22 top Nazi leaders after over three months of IMT hearings. Chicago Butter Institute warns butter stocks near two days supply with under 15 million pounds on hand and calls for urgent action as OPA policies allegedly curb production.
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Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal
Chicago
American Butter Institute
D. K. Howe
Institute
Omaha
Office of Price Administration
Soviet pledge on Iran troop withdrawal questioned by observers
Tehran reports a Soviet embassy official promised Russian troops would pull out of northern Iran but foreign ministry and military observers see no signs of evacuation. An American officer called it impossible for Russians to withdraw by March 2, the agreed deadline for all foreign forces.
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Tehran
Iran
Doolittle Fliers Wrote Cheerful Notes Before Execution
NBC correspondent George Thomas Folster reported from Japanese files that three Doolittle raid fliers wrote encouraging letters and wills in October 1942 before their execution in China. The men were Lt William G Farrow Lt Dean E Hallmark and Sat Robert Spatz. In Shanghai four former Japanese officers pleaded innocent to charges of complicity in their execution and a March 11 trial date was set.
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Tokyo
George Thomas Folster
NBC
Dean E. Hallmark
Dallas
Robert Spatz
Lebo
Kas
Shanghai
China
Clearing Weather After Heaviest Snowfall of the Year
Snow from a northbound storm left about four inches in Green county with drifts and high winds. By noon, sun and warmth melted much of the snow and highways remained in good shape as plows worked and temps rose from 15 to 26 above. Most roads opened statewide despite drifting, with ranges of 1 to 7 inches reported and forecasts for clearing, warmer weather tomorrow.
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Green County
Herman W. Kohn
Wisconsin
The
Highway Commission
Fond du Lac
Commission
Howard J. Thompson
U. S
Milwaukee
Phantom Nazi Arms Maker Captured by Occupation Authorities
American occupiers identify Friedrich Flick, 62, as the hidden power behind Nazi war production. His 400 million dollar secret empire, once whispered about by few, is now investigated by a treasury and war department cartelization team for full disclosure of dealings and wealth.
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Krupp
Friedrich Flick
Flick
Nazi Germany
Treasury and
War Department
Ribbentrop Loses Bid for Allied Witnesses at Nuremberg
The international military tribunal refused to summon Winston Churchill Edouard Daladier and other prewar Allied leaders as defense witnesses. It rejected 22 of 38 names proposed by Joachim von Ribbentrop and trimmed lists from Hermann Goering and Wilhelm Keitel. Prosecutors expect the defense case to finish within seven weeks.
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Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Winston Churchill
Edouard Daladier
Hermann Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Byrnes Denies Manchuria Ceding Big Three Pact
Secretary of State Byrnes said he knew of no big three agreement for Russia to withdraw Japanese industrial equipment from Manchuria. He was responding to a Mukden dispatch quoting Maj. Gen. Kovtoun-Stankevich that the Red Army had removed heavy machinery under such an accord.
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Byrnes
Washington
Russia
Manchuria
Mukden
Andrei Kovtoun-Stankevitch
Red Army
Cousin of Mrs Richard Wagner Ties Monroe Clergy Family
The text notes Has Cousin Here Krug as a cousin to Mrs Richard R. Wagner of Monroe at 1804 10th Street. It identifies J J Krug of Madison as a deputy state fire marshal and states he was nephew of the late Rev Albert Krug who led Monroe Immanuel Evangelical church from 1915 to 1922 during the construction of the current building in 1916 17.
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Krug
Richard R. Wagner
10Th Street
Monroe
J. J. Krug
Madison
Albert Krug
Monroe Immanuel Evangelical Church
Truman names Krug for top administration posts
The president moves to place Harold C. Krug in senior government roles, noting Krug’s long service from state to federal work since college and his recent private consulting in New York. Confirmation seemed likely despite western opposition, as other cabinet members in Truman’s inherited team from Roosevelt era remain.
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Krug
WPB
New York
Truman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ickes
Senate
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Navy
Forrestal
Commerce
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Krug Honored by Parents as Interior Secretary Nominee
Julius A. Krug, 38, nominated by President Truman for secretary of the interior, is praised by his Madison parents Mr. and Mrs. Julius J. Krug as self-made and deserving of no credit. Krug has served as deputy state fire marshal for 20 years. Mrs. Krug is described as an invalid.
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Madison
Julius A. Krug
Truman
Interior
Julius J. Krug
Krug
County Historical Society to Act on Historic Site Proposal
The Green County Historical Society will meet this evening at 8 in the Green Room of the library to consider Mrs. May Luchsinger’s plan to have the former home of her grandfather Arabat Ludlow made a historic center. She would bequeath the house and roughly six acres for upkeep funded by income from a 160-acre farm.
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The
Green County Historical Society
May Luchsinger
Arabat Ludlow
Class of 40 Attends Education Course
At the opening second semester meeting of Education 174 in Green County Normal School, about 40 educators and laymen attended. Professor A S Barr leads the course, which may be credited for graduates or undergraduates. Seventeen were Green County rural school teachers. Attendees hailed from Monroe Monticello Agryle South Wayne Evansville Judo Darlington New Glarus Brodhead Belleville Browntown Winslow NL Orangeville Ill. The next session will be held next Tuesday night with supper served between periods.
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A. S. Barr
Green County Normal School
Barr
Green County
Florence Wartenwieler
Monroe
Monticello
Agryle
South Wayne
Evansville
Judo
Darlington
New Glarus
Brodhead
Belleville
Browntown
Winslow
Orangeville
Ill
Normal School
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