Leopards Escape Ends With Captive Return To Zoo Pit
Oklahoma City police report a leopard escaped from an 18 foot pit and roamed freely until returning to Lincoln Park Zoo. The animal was drugged with meat chunks and captured by Zoo Keeper Julian Frazier, then driven back to the zoo. Park rangers and staff assisted in securing the cat before rehousing it with its mate.
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Oklahoma City
Julian Frazier
Lincoln Park Zoo
Frazier
Zoo
Euell Moore
Park
James Ward
Marvin Crain
Icy Weather Strands Area Roads and Schools
Rain and dense mist froze on southern Wisconsin highways and sidewalks turning glare ice. Monticello buses halted. Monroe Argyle and Brodhead delays 5 to 15 minutes. Albany mail trucks late. several accidents and skids reported as early morning thaw stalled traffic and crews spread sand and cinders.
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Wisconsin
Monticello
Monroe
Argyle
Brodhead
Albany
Beloit
Janesville
Madison
Green County Highway Department
Asbury Students Back But Revival Continues
Asbury college students resumed classes in Wilmore Kentucky while the revival in the nearby chapel grows. Authorities had planned to halt the meeting at midnight but reversed course after about 1600 people packed the building. Since Thursday morning hundreds have testified and prayed. others meditated in dorms. No classes have been held during the ongoing meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmore, Ky
Asbury College
Former Local Man Lawrence Courtney To Appear On Radio Show
Lawrence Courtney, ex Monroe resident and World War II prisoner of the Japanese, left Chicago for Hollywood to join Ralph Edwards on This Is Your Life at 7 p m. tomorrow. He will discuss life with Mrs Claire Phillips, Manila espionage author, who aided POWs from Cabanatuan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Courtney
Monroe
Chicago
Hollywood
Calif
Ralph Edwards
Claire Phillips
Manila
Courtney
Roy Zweifel
Cabanatuan
Phillips
24Th Avenue
Mathilda Courtney
Norton and Young Enter Election Race for City Posts
Alderman Emmett J. Norton of the first ward and Supervisor Harry C. Young today filed nomination papers signifying their bid for re election. Norton seeks a third term. Young, a nine year incumbent, also filed. Herman L. Schindler of the second ward filed his papers earlier. Nomination papers must be circulated and returned by March 20 with voter registration closing March 22. City had 3884 registered last spring. Physically able registrants must appear. those unable may be registered at city hall with notice.
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Emmett J. Norton
Harry C. Young
Norton
Ernest Woeffler
Young
Herman L. Schindler
G. S. Soseman
Soseman
City Hall
City Shifts $100000 to Bonds and Treasury Notes
Monroe shifts over 100000 of city funds from bank accounts to bonds and short term Treasury notes to earn income. G S Soseman notes 10000 in bonds bought with parking meter funds and over 90000 placed in 90 120 and 150 day notes for later use in parking facilities and ongoing projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
U. S. Treasury
G. S. Soseman
Treasury
Acheson Denies Condoning Hiss Disloyalty
Secretary of State Acheson told the senate appropriations committee he would never knowingly tolerate disloyalty in the department and did not condone the offenses against Alger Hiss. He said his prior remarks about Hiss showed compassion and were not a judgment on the court or its appeal.
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Washington
Acheson
Department of State
Hiss
Secretary of State
John E. Peurifoy
State Department
Peurifoy
Department
Samuel Boykin
Appropriations Group
George W Klassy Dies in Milwaukee at 67
George W Klassy 67 a Monroe native and longtime Milwaukee grocer died after a brief illness in his Milwaukee home. Born February 22 1883 he was the son of John Michael and Mary Zimmerman Klassy. He married Teresa Hueslein in 1910. she died in 1925. He leaves three sons Eugene and Caryl Milwaukee Gilbert Hollywood California one daughter Lorraine and three grandchildren. Funeral tentatively set for Thursday pending word from a California son.
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George W. Klassy
Monroe
Milwaukee
John Michael
Mary Zimmerman Klassy
Carroll Grocery
Mr. Klassy
Teresa Hueslein
Eugene
Caryl
Gilbert
Hollywood
Calif
Lorraine
Karen
Kristine
Kathleen Klassy
Emma K. Jenny
Pittsburgh
Verona Perry
Chicago
Mae
Caroline Klassy
C. E. Klassy
Coral Gables
Fla
Vet Doctor Killed In Crash Near Beloit
Dr Hall F Starch 26 a native of LaCrosse and South Beloit veterinarian died when his car hit an ice patch on St Lawrence Avenue west of town and crashed into a culvert He had set up practice in 1948 and was a graduate of Iowa State licensed in Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois
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Howard J. Thompson
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Gordon E. Olsen
8Th Street
Highway 69
Monroe
Round Grove School
Doherty Farm
Janesville
Gap Church
Albany
Joseph Schwarzenberger
Ernest E. Schober
16Th Avenue
6Th Street
Beloit
South Beloit
St. Lawrence Avenue
Here
Hall F. Starch
LaCrosse
Iowa State
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Chippewa Treasurer Robarge Slugged in Office Holdup
Chippewa Falls authorities report Warren Robarge the county treasurer was found unconscious with severe injuries after a holdup at his office Monday. The vault remained locked and钱 was not taken. Robarge’s wallet contained about 80 to 100 dollars.
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Chippewa Falls
Chippewa County
Warren Robarge
St. Joseph Hospital
Robarge
Court House
Marshall Wiley
U. S
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin Cheese Market Quiet Amidsteaded Trade
Wisconsin American cheese market reported as fairly steady with quiet trade. Pricing notes include single daisies 34 34 to 35 49, longhorns 35 34 to 36, square prints 35 44 to 36, and midgets 36 to 37 percent.
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Madison
Doctor Praised For Kindness by Patient's Husband
Reginald Borreto testified that Dr. Hermann N. Sander showed motherly care to his wife Abbie Borreto during her last illness. The doctor, on trial for first degree murder, allegedly delivered an air injection in her veins to end her cancer torture.
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Elizabeth Rose
Manchester
N. H
Abbie Borreto
Hermann N. Sander
Dr. Sander
Reginald Borroto
Louis E. Wyman
Mrs. Borreto
Miss Rose
Grains See Small Moves in Mild Trading Session
Chicago board of trade session shows minor price changes across grains. Wheat gains from export demand are offset by profit taking, while soybeans and lard ease. Corn shows little rally and oats stay near last close in quiet trading.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
White House aide Lloyd identified as Case No. 9 by McCarthy
Washington Post reports White House aide Lloyd, a speech writer since 1948, confirmed he is Case No. 9 on Senator McCarthy’s list of 81 alleged communist-linked individuals. Lloyd says he severed ties with leftist groups long ago and held that no further mystery remains.
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Washington
David Demarest Lloyd
White House
Washington Post Today
Senator McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Senate
State Department
Lloyd
Post
Daily Worker
Alexandria
Val
New York City
Charlotte Tuttle
Charles Tuttle
Hoover
U. S
The
Caroline Lloyd Strobell
Idle Mine Strike Cuts Hit Economy and Jobs
Nearly 600000 workers are idle amid a three week coal strike. Miners number about 372000 with 200000 in other industries.Widespread layoffs hit Birmingham, Ensley blast furnace closed, pig iron output down 50 percent. Pickets resume in central Pennsylvania fields as a small mine in Morris Dale, Clearfield county, is dynamited. Food donations from the communist party stirred controversy in Cumberland and Baltimore. Authorities in Randolph County charge 69 for disorders.
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Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Republic Steel Corp
Ensley
Ala
Pennsylvania
Bailey Coal Co
Morrisdale
Clearfield County
UMW
Communist Party
Cumberland
Salvation Army
United Mine Workers
Maryland
Baltimore
Randolph County
West Virginia
W F Koepnick Dies at 70 in Monroe
William F Koepnick aged 70 of 1123 13th avenue died yesterday at 8 25 p m in St Clare hospital of a heart ailment He was admitted as a medical patient Saturday He was born February 7 1880 in Germany and came to the United States at age five Survivors include two children Mrs Ralph Schultz of Racine and William of Madison four brothers Emil Henry Herman and Frank and one sister Mrs Frank Stauffacher Services will be held tomorrow at 2 p m at Stuessy funeral home with Rev Newell Mendenhall officiating Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.
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William F. Koepnick
13Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Germany
William and
Augusta Koten Koepnick
Green County
New Jersey
Monroe
Hermina Abderhalden
Stephenson County
Ill
Ralph Schultz
Racine
William
Madison
Emil
Henry
Milwaukee
Herman
Winslow
Frank
Frank Stauffacher
Giant Betatron Ready for Operation at University Center
The University of Illinois completes the world's largest betatron, a 300 million volt device enabling lab cosmic ray production. Dr. Donald W. Kerst leads the project, following earlier models delivering 2.5, 22, and 80 million volt capabilities for industry, medical and research uses.
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University Center
Donald W. Kerst
Aged Man Found Helpless in Farm Home
Stephen Keller aged 79 was found on the kitchen floor of his Jefferson township farm home near Ball school after a fall overnight. Jake Strasser delivering coal found him alive and, with help from the Werner Rutsch family, moved him to bed and called relatives. He regained consciousness and was hospitalized at St. Clare hospital in favorable condition. Deputy Coroner Wilbur E. Deininger investigated.
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Stephen Keller
Ball School
Jefferson Township
Jake Strasser
15Th Avenue
Strasser
Keller
Werner Rutsch
Rutsch
President's Cousin Seeks Congress Run Over Kidnap Claim
Rol land Truman, a third cousin of President Truman, says he will run for Congress to rescue Harry and believes he has been kidnapped by left wingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Rolland Truman
Truman
Harry
Congress
Few Witnesses Will Be Called In Union's Trial
The government says four to five more witnesses remain in the contempt case against the United Mine Workers. Bargaining sessions for coal contracts resume at 10 a.m. after yesterday's suspension, as strike misery persists and a seizure option looms if progress stalls.
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Union
Washington
Harvey Cartwright
Coal Miners Union
Justice Department
State Orders Limit Madison Coal Deliveries
The state department of agriculture issued an emergency order prohibiting dealers from delivering more than a 10 day supply of coal to any one person to alleviate the coal shortage.
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Madison
State Department of Agriculture
Truman plans broad seizure power as coal strike drags on
President Truman weighs a Taft Hartley based law to seize the nation s mines amid a prolonged UMW strike. Union leader John L Lewis returns from a Springfield funeral as government arguments seek civil and criminal contempt fines and possible evidence of prior refusals to obey court orders.
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Ident Truman
John L. Lewis
Springfield
Lewis
UMW
Reech
Truman
Factfinding Board
Morison
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Asbury
U.S
Borroto
Rose
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
N. Y
Vincent Williams
Naval Reserve
Williams
Tieop
W.F. Koepnick
Bulletin
Richmond B. Keech
United Mine Workers Union
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