City approves $300000 water bond plan and new tower
The 1949 city council moved to finance major water department upgrades with a revenue bond not to exceed $300,000, plus a $64,300 contract with Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co. for a new water tower. A $250,000 sewage disposal plant addition was put to bids, with special meetings and bids planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co
Chicago
Henry Tschudy
Finance and Taxation Committee
Water Department
Arthur C. Benkert
Water Board
5Th Street
Benkett
Chapman and Cutler
Benkert
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Co
Gorder
Union Troop Hits Milwaukee Service
The AFL streetcar and bus operators union division 998 called off a strike at 4 AM though service stayed limited after three hours of reduced operations. By 9 AM transport superintendent George Summerlein said service was at a standstill while some cars ran. Many residents hitchhiked or used private cars and downtown parking lots filled up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
AFL
Division 998
George Ummerlein
Transport Company
Draft Registrant Keeps Date by Walking 3 Miles
Donald Johnson of route 5 walked three miles yesterday morning to keep his appointment with the Green County selective service board for a pre induction examination in Janesville. His car failed on an icy hill so he walked into Monroe. The exam was not completed and he was told to report again today. He joined the morning group of 11 for the pre induction tour, with a third group of 11 scheduled for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Johnson
Route 5
Green County Selective Service Board
Janesville
Monroe
Schneider to Head Retail Committee
Archie H. Schneider was elected chairman of Monroe Chamber of Commerce retail committee at a City hotel dinner. Richard H. Bahr became vice chairman as the committee voted to set budgets and plan for the year. Rodney Kittelsen and others joined. meetings moved to the first Monday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie H. Schneider
Norton and Schneider
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Schneider
Alvin H. Babler
Richard H. Bahr
Louis H. Kohli
Kohli
Alpha Zeta Chapter
Dwight A. Crandall
Robert H. Richardson
Robert Tracy
Ralph Kundert
Bahr
T. Chester Becker
Josef Benkert
Chamber
Richardson
Ross Martin
Kundert
Tracy
Babler
Harvey H. Holland
Robert Kramer
Robert E. Tschudy
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Wisconsin Cheese Market Weak As Trade Stalls
The Federal State market news service reports Wisconsin American cheese market weak and fractionally lower with practically no buying interest and trade near a standstill. Prices show daises at 37-39, square prints 36-41, long horns 37-39, and midgets 39-42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Earth Tremors Struck Sardinia Damaging Homes
Dispatches from Rome report strong earth tremors in Sardinia last night, concentrated in the northwest where several small houses sustained damage. No injuries are mentioned and authorities assess the extent of the quake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Sardinia
Four American MPs In Austria Arrested On Smuggling Charge
In Salzburg Austria two military police were convicted and two arrested in a bribery case linked to smuggling cigarettes into Germany. A German titled informant Yetta Winter led to the probe revealing a large syndicate. Pfc William E Brown and Sgt Elmer K Bogarton face trial as bribery charges loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
U. S. Army
Army
Germany
Yetta Winter
Pfc
William E. Brown
Brown
Denver
Austria
Elmer K. Bogarton
Ft. Worth
Texas
Salzburg
Corp
James C. Schneider
Fond du Lac
Wis
Roscoe E. Stephens
Oronogo
Argyle serviceman returned for burial
The body of Pfc. Alvin W. Thompson, 25, son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Thompson Lamont, died in World War II, will arrive in Monroe Friday at 12 55 p m en route to Argyle for burial. He was born Lamont June 25 1918 and graduated Argyle High School in 1936. Thompson entered the U S Army February 1942 and was in an airborne infantry battalion at his death June 17 1944 in Tidworth England. He is survived by his parents two sisters Mrs Orville Lancaster of Darlington and Mrs Orville Kammerode of Argyle three brothers Curtis of Darlington Mervin of Darlington and Paul of Argyle and four nieces and nephews. Services Sunday at 1 30 Erickson Funeral Home Argyle and 2 Yellowstone Lutheran Church with Rev M A Sorenson officiating burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Alvin W. Thompson
Melvin Thompson
Lamont
Monroe
Argyle
Argyle High School
Thompson
U. S. Army
Tidworth
England
Orville Lancaster
Darlington
Orville Kammerode
Curtis
Mervin
Paul
Erickson Funeral Home
Yellowstone Lutheran Church
M. A. Sorenson
Church
Richmond Town Hall Destroyed by Flames
The town hall of a Walworth county village burned to the ground yesterday. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars. Fire of undetermined origin. Delavan Whitewater and Darien firemen responded to the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Walworth County
Delavan
Whitewater
Darien
Senate Democrats Expand Roles on Strategy Groups Nationwide
Senate Democrats assign eight seats on the foreign relations committee and in seven other strategic panels eight to five divisions shift to Democrats while preserving bipartisan tone. Senator Barkley defends a nonpartisan course as Senator Connally backs the lineup, amid a 12 vote Democratic Senate majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Barkley
Dky
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations
Truman
Judiciary
Rules
Commerce
Public Works
Vital
Armed Services
Expenditures
Interior
Post Office
Civil Service
District of Columbia
Finance
Vandenberg
Mich
Judge Calvert Fines Court For Drunkenness
Harlan Ky special circuit judge Cleon K Calvert fined himself ten dollars for public drunkenness after appearing at court yesterday. He suspended today’s session and later ordered the court to record the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan, Ky
Harlan Circuit
Cleon K. Calvert
Calvert
Pineville
Truman Endorses Farm Price Support Plan in State of the Union
President Truman urged Congress to improve the national farm program and restore authority for storage of farm products. He called for supports to prevent price declines and align farm living with other sectors, while noting controversy over flexible supports set by the 80th Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
State of the Union
Congress
80Th Congress
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Plane crash near Rio leaves three dead
A British South American Airways plane forced landed on Brazil's Atlantic coast about 500 miles north of Rio de Janeiro and reports said three people were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
British South American Airways
Brazil
Monroe Reports 1948 Fire Loss Highest in Years
Fire Chief H. L. Sickinger told the city council that Monroe's total fire loss in 1948 reached 112 932 dollars, largely due to the Fitzgibbons building blaze which accounted for 108 332 dollars of the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
H. L. Sickinger
Fitzgibbons
Sickinger
Truman State of the Union seen by diplomats and family
President Truman delivered the State of the Union to Congress with Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret in the gallery. A 116-car procession accompanied him as cabinet officers filled the front row seats, while southern Democrats sat silent amid civil rights advocacy during the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Margaret
Congress
Aise
Capitol
ECA Official Forecast End of Aid in 1952
Richard M. Bissell of the ECA said the European Recovery Program will end on schedule in 1952. He noted no evidence the plan should continue after June 30, 1952 and suggested aid could continue indirectly through longer-term loans if needed.
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Washington
Western Europe
Richard M. Bissell
Economic Cooperation Administration
U. S
Bissell
Paris
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Holland Ends Formal Phase in Indonesia Campaign
Lt. Gen. Simon Spoor ordered a cease fire on Sumatra at noon and announced Java hostilities ended at midnight New Year’s Eve. The Dutch commander said postwar actions would target roaming groups causing disturbances as Indonesia’s campaign wraps up. The UN was informed of Java and Sumatra cease fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Indonesia
Simon Spoor
Sumatra
Spoor
Java
Netherlands
United Nations Security Council
Cunard Queen Mary Sails To Patch Leaks In Hold
The Cunard liner Queen Mary departed Southampton for New York to patch leaks in her hold, carrying a 125 ton patch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Cunard
New York
Road Conditions Improve After Rain in Green County
Rain melted ice on main roads improving driving conditions on cement and blacktop in Green County while gravel roads remain slick. A dense fog reduced visibility yesterday with no city or county accidents reported. Flooded low areas and the livestock pavilion at the fair grounds may require pumping ahead of the Saturday 4 H FFA breeders sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Fairgrounds
FFA
Plains
Red Cross
Midwest
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Utah
Idaho
Union Pacific Railroad
County Police Report 1948 Traffic Accidents
Green county highway police investigated 194 traffic accidents in 1948 led by chief George W. Armstrong. Of these 131 involved only property damage while 95 people were injured in 60 crashes and three fatalities occurred: Roman Robatzky Albany Feb 27 Rudolph Kaderly Juda July 10 and Wallace J Mann Winslow Aug 28. The department logged 166 crashes in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
George W. Armstrong
Roman Robatzky
Albany
Rudolph Kaderly
Juda
Wallace J. Mann
Winslow
Adams Monroe Couple Gets First 49 License
The first 1949 marriage license application in Green County was filed yesterday at the county clerk's office by Lila Mae Duerst Adams township a rural school teacher and Eugene Raymond Saunders Monroe township a farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Lila Mae Duerst
Adams Township
Eugene Raymond Saunders
Monroe Township
Truman asks Congress for 4 billion in new taxes and broad social program
President Truman delivers the state of the union urging repeal of Taft Hartley, aid to farmers and civil rights laws. He seeks universal training, expanded social security, federal education and prepaid medical insurance, plus 1 million public housing units in seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
New Democratic Congress
Senate
House
Taft declines early radio reply to Truman state of the union
Senator Taft of Ohio said he declined invitations from radio chains to give a quick Republican answer to President Truman’s state of the union message. He added there will be time to respond after studying the proposal carefully.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
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Police and Safety Committee
J. H. Schwaiger
Buehler
Judiciary Committee
Schwaiger
Green County Cemetery Association
L. A. Koenig
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
California
L. P. Hodges
Hodges
Long Beach
Union
R. H. Bohr
Democrats
Connally
Mrs. Truman
Margaret Beam
Persident
ECA
Holland
Republican Congress
81St Congress
Adams
Wagner
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