Red Objections To Prisoner Plan Stall Conference
The communists raised seven objections to the allied plan for exchanging prisoners of war and rejected a U N appeal for an immediate swap of sick and wounded prisoners. In Panmunjom allied negotiators sought clarification on reports of crates containing warplanes and accused Red China of releasing Korean-origin soldiers to form the North Korean red army cadre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
U. N
Panmunjom
North Korea
Red China
Red Army
Hsieh Fang
Hsieh
R. E. Libby
Libby
Christmas Hill
Red Cross Blood Unit Dates Set for February
The Monroe February 5 and New Glarus February 4 bloodmobile visits were announced by county Red Cross chairman Dr Wayne Fencil. The drive supports Korea armed forces with volunteers from Brodhead Juda Brown town and Monticello areas invited to donate in Monroe Albany and New Glarus. A $500 donation to Missouri flood relief was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Monroe
New Glarus
Wayne J. Fencil
Court House
Korea
F. Earl Lamboley
Ralph Stauffacher
Franz Brand Jr
Darrel C. Weakley
Fencil
Most Cheese Values Remain Firm in Sales
At the Wisconsin cheese exchange, pasteurized longhorns edged up slightly while other cheese values stayed unchanged. Trades included five cars of cheddars at 39.5 cents, one car longhorns at 41 percent, and bids and offers across several lots with a steady to firm market tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Illinois
Water Board to Shoot No 1 Well for Capacity Increase
The Water Board votes to shoot No 1 well with nitroglycerin to increase capacity from 380 to about 850 gallons per minute. Work slated to begin around January 14 and cost between 7000 and 10000 dollars, with possible similar actions at No 5 if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Board
No. 1
New City
Parage
No. 5
Highway 69
Joseph Egerer
Milwaukee Deep Well
Miller
Symington to resign as head of RFC after six years
Washington reports that Symington, a Truman ace pinch hitter and RFC head for six years, will resign within weeks and return to private business. President Truman notes RFC policy unaffected, while several top aides including James Allen and Peter Bukowski may also depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stuart Symington
Truman
RFC
Symington
State Department
Bolivia
James Allen
Peter I. Bukowski
Chicago
Solis Horwitz
Edward C. Welsh
Don Burrows
Spencer Shannon
Ramsey Potts
Dabney Penick
Wonder Boy
Indicted Inspector Fired by State Tax Chief
Charles Zimney, Milwaukee, an inspector in the state beverage tax division since 1939, was discharged by Harry Harder, state tax commissioner. Zimney faced Kenosha county grand jury indictments for false testimony in a gambling and corruption probe. He had been suspended without pay for 30 days on December 7 pending trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Charles Zimney
Milwaukee
Py Harry Harder
Zimney
Harder
Kenosha County
Weekes Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Milwaukee AP bureau chief William A. Weekes had an emergency appendectomy at Columbia Hospital early today. His post operative condition was reported good by the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekes
Milwaukee
William A. Weekes
Associated Press
Columbia Hospital
U.S. Fears Russia Moves Threaten Korean Armistice Talks
U S officials voiced grave concern that Moscow seeks to revive armistice negotiations in the United Nations Security Council. Benjamin Cohen said the United States opposes a high level meeting to aid the talks and suggested Russia coordinates with the Chinese and North Koreans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
United Nations Security Council
Benjamin Cohen
U. S
Soviet Union
Korea
Cohen
Security Council
Polio Drive Sets County Goal at Ten Thousand Dollars
Leland L. Lamboley, county polio foundation chair, reviewed the need for more money in the March of Dimes drive at an organizational meeting in the courthouse. The quota was set at 10 000 for the appeal ending January 31 with a January 26 tag day and county and local chairmen named to lead collections and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland L. Lamboley
County Polio Foundation
Albany
Browntown
Juba
Monticello
Brodhead
Monroe
Court House
L. E. Kirsch
H. L. Fenton
Kirsch
M. K. Johnson
Howard Ware
George J. Charles
Nicholas Mayne
Ivan Arnsmeier
Juda
Thomas Brusveen
Ed Fuhrman
New Glarus
Crete Romeo and Juliet Reported Separating
Reports from Crete say Greece's modern Romeo Costa Kephaloyannis and his dark-eyed Juliet Tassoula Petrageorgi have separated amid renewed family feuding. Tassoula left her husband yesterday for her father’s house in Herakleion after their reunion last November following Costa’s prison term for weapon possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Crete
Greece
Costa Kephaloyannis
Juliet
Costa
Tassoula Petracogeorgi
Tassoula
Herakleion
McGrath Denies Plans To Resign Cabinet Position
Attorney General J. Howard McGrath said no change in his status is planned amid rumors he might resign. He left a White House cabinet meeting after an hour and 35 minutes and dismissed questions with a joking remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
McGrath
White House
East Kindergarten Moves to New School Quarters
East school kindergarten pupils will start classes in the new quarters in the addition to the school Monday morning. Supt E O Evans reported today. The move marks the first step in the ongoing school building expansion program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East School
E. O. Evans
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
10Th Street
Evans
General Thomas awarded Distinguished Service Medal
Maj. Gen. Gerald C. Thomas, commander of the First Marine Division in Korea for the past nine months, received the Distinguished Service Medal for outstanding service in Seoul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DSM
Seoul
Korea
Gerald C. Thomas
Christ Wittwer Taken by Death
Christ Wittwer 80 a retired cheesemaker and city employee died at St. Clare hospital from a heart condition. He was born in Schoren Thun Switzerland June 6 1871 and came to the United States at 18 with a brother Sam joining another brother Fred in Ohio. He lived in Monroe and worked at the Borden condensed milk plant for 22 years and retired four years ago after 20 years with the street department. Surviving are his widow four daughters a son two brothers a sister six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services will be at 2 pm tomorrow at Stuessy funeral home with Rev Paul C Kehle officiating burial in Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Wittwer
St. Clare Hospital
Schoren-Thun
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Mr. Wittwer
Sam
Fred
Ohio
Rose Zingg
Coshocton
Dutch Hollow
Monroe
Wittwer
Borden
Sam Waelti
Oscar Huber
Sciota Mills
Ill
Fred Miller
Stockton Ill
Lena Rubi
Frederick Wittwer
Karl Wittwer
Erlenbach
Mt. Vernon
Dane County
Marie Dummermuth
Commutation Granted for Albert Cooper Life Sentence
Governor Kohler announced the commutation of Albert Cooper's life sentence for a 1931 Rock County murder. Cooper, 51, of La Crosse, had served 14 years and was released on parole in 1945 after a holdup during which a man was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Albert Cooper
LaCrosse
Kohler
Cooper
Rock County
Letter from Korean prison camp reaches Brecklin family
Pfc. Henry L. Brecklin writes from a Korean prison camp on Christmas Eve to his sister in the United States. He describes a Christmas party with Chinese volunteers, carols, a hoped white Christmas, a swell dinner, and asks for family news. The letter was received via forwarding from the Bosshart address and lists care of the Chinese People's Committee for World Peace in Peking, China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Henry L. Brecklin
Ben Bosshart
Lth
Brodhead
Bossharts
Brecklin
Sis
Henry C. Brecklin
Chinese People’s Committee For World Peace
Peking
China
Margaret Brecklin
Rescue Tug Officer Boards Ship To Join Enterprise
A British rescue tug Turmoil boarded the Flying Enterprise, ending Capt. Kurt Carlsen’s lone vigil as fog and winds halted tow efforts toward England. The Turmoil’s first mate and the U S destroyer John W Weeks reported the transfer, with gales forecast and rescue activity suspended until weather improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
John W. Weeks
Enterprise
Atlantic
Falmouth
England
Isbrandtsen
Kurt Carlsen
Woodbridge
N. J
Britain
London
U. S
Trumpil
Carlson
Rufenacht Resigns from County Draft Board
Edwin Rufenacht, long time member since 1948, resigns from the county draft board reducing active members to three: Arthur R. Spoerry Jr., Evert Green, and H. C. Heimann. He cites time demands and business conflicts as the reason. Spoerry says replacements will be sought from state headquarters. Nearby Lafayette board also suffers resignations leaving one member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Rufenacht
County Draft Board
State Selective Service
Arthur R. Spoerry Jr
Evert Green
H. C. Heimann
Rufenacht
Pauly Cheese Co
Spoerry
Lafayette
Joseph Sauer
George E. Alderson
Jasper Maddrell
Darlington
Death Takes Father Of Ransomed Airman
Syracuse, N Y. John J. Swift sr 65 died last night three days after his flier son reached his bedside from a prison in communist Hungary Captain John J Swift Jr one of four American airmen ransomed by the United States government last week was with his father when death ended their brief reunion at St Josephs hospital Swift 34 spent 39 days in a Hungarian prison with three other air force men when their C 47 transport was forced down in Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
John J. Swift Sr
Hungary
John J. Swift Jr
United States
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Swift
Air Force
Elks Leader Northam Dies at 48 in Appleton
Oscar A. Northam a prominent Appleton Elks member and former exalted ruler died of a heart attack last night. He served as trustee of the Appleton lodge and since 1940 managed the Woolworth store in Appleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ELKS
Appleton
Oscar A. Northam
Elks Order
Appleton Elks Lodge
Woolworth
Smothered in Snowdrift Kills Augusta Driver
Herman T. Gehrke, 63, died when his car left the road near Augusta Wisconsin and overturned. He became trapped in a snowdrift and apparently smothered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smothers
Drift
Augusta
Wis
Herman T. Gehrke
Here
Clues Sought in Speeding Crash That Injured Deputies
Sheriff officials chased a speeding car early yesterday. Undersheriff Wilbur Deininger remains hospitalized with a broken nose and injuries after the squad car crashed into a tree at 13th street and 23rd avenue. Deputy Karl Burkhalter was released, suffering a broken nose an elbow injury and facial swelling. Police seek witnesses to describe the speeding vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff’s Department
13Th Street
23Rd Avenue
Karl Burkhalter
St. Clare Hospital
Wilbur E. Deininger
Deininger
Burkhalter
Monroe
Stauffacher’s
Special Session At Atlantic City Adopts Proposal
The CIO United Steelworkers postponed a nationwide strike for 45 days to allow the Wage Stabilization Board to craft a settlement. The convention backed delaying the strike to Feb 23 or 24, with hearings set in Washington and a goal of an 18 cent hourly wage rise and other concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
CIO United Steel Workers
USW
wage _ stabilization board
Washington
WSB
Defense Production Act
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
United States
Michael DiSalle
Widow of Florida bombing victim dies
Sanford Florida widow of Harry T. Moore dies at 49 from a blood clot after leaving hospital to view her husband's body. Dr. George H. Starke said she had been improving from injuries suffered in the bombing before she defied medical advice to attend the funeral home viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford, Fla
Harry T. Moore
George H. Starke
Snowfall Adds Six Inches Across Region
An additional six inches of snow was forecast across the area and state before diminishing tonight. Snow began this morning, totaling two inches by 2 p m, with light rain or sleet expected in the southeast. Snow drifts up to 80 feet were reported on Wolf Creek pass, while highway crews and snowplows worked to clear roads and rescue 14 people. Ice glazed roads disrupted travel and communications across several states. six deaths occurred on north Texas roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
City Street Department
Colorado
Wolf Creek Pass
Texas
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Walkouts Hit Armour Plant in Chicago Wage Demonstration
A large group of workers walked off their jobs at Armour and Co in Chicago in a wage protest. About 1,800 workers who demonstrated yesterday returned this morning and another walkout was expected to follow the same pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour Chicago
Armour and Co
Chicago
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National Security Resources Board
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Speeder
Brown's Hill
Evening Times
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