Red Cross Plans Courses in Nursing
Green county chapter of the American Red Cross approved home nursing courses to start with a 12 hour elementary and advanced program. Dr. Alfred E. Leiser was authorized to buy a hospital kit for teaching at a cost of 375 dollars. Courses to be taught by St. Clare hospital nurses and a national Red Cross representative. Plans call for Monroe and several nearby towns. Rev. Henry Cooper appointed to board. Red Cross fund drive quota set at 3750 dollars for March 6 to 13.
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Green County
The
American Red Cross
County Court House
Alfred E. Leiser
Monroe
Leiser
Home Service Department
St. Clare Hospital
Red Cross
Monticello
New Glarus
Brodhead
Albany
Alvin H. Babler
Henry Cooper
First Universalist Church
Rev. Cooper
L. B. Hastings
Florida
Red Cross Fund
Governor to Give State Messages
Madison Gov Renne bohm will offer two messages to the 1949 legislature next week. The opening message is set for Thursday and the budget message for Friday. The budget will include department funding for 1949 51 and deficiency bills to extend operations to June 30. Budget tests for 1949 51 have reached an all time high. If delivered Friday it would be the earliest since 1941 when Gov Heil presented his budget.
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Madison
Rennebohm
State Department
Heil
Marion Newman Named Model Room Instructor
Miss Marion Newman Juda is teacher in charge of the model room at Green County Normal school. She replaces Miss Selah Gribble who resigned to care for her father at Mineral Point. Newman is a Juda high school and Normal graduate who studied at Whitewater State Teachers College and taught in Green county rural schools before joining Atwood since September 1947.
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Marion Newman
Juda
Green County Normal School
Selah Gribble
Mineral Point
Miss Newman
Juda High School
the Normal
Whitewater State Teachers’ College
Green County
Atwood
Spring Grove
Ralph Bridge
U. S. Swing to Left Seen by Europeans After Truman Speech
European press from Britain and West Germany interprets President Truman's state of the union as a shift toward the left with a mix of reactions. The Manchester Guardian suggests an insurance state with individualist American values, while Berlin and Soviet outlets emphasize higher taxes and exploitation claims.
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U. S
Truman
London
Europe
United States
Britain
Manchester Guardian
Mr. Truman
Germany
Berlin
Taft Objects to Truman Housing Plan as Too Big
Washington Senator Taft and Senator Flanders criticize President Truman’s plan for 1,000,000 low rent homes in seven years as too large while seven Democratic senators back the administration bill. The measure also funds slum clearance 300,000 farm homes in ten years and housing research.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Flanders
Four Wisconsin Railways Hit With Speeding Fines
Wisconsin Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild filed legal action against four railroads the Milwaukee Road Chicago and North Western Green Bay and Western and Chicago Burlington and Quincy alleging excessive speeds at grade crossings. The suit seeks 13000 in fines 1000 per offense and complaints will be filed in Dane County circuit court. Speed limits at grade crossings range 30 mph with gates or watchmen 20 mph with electric signals and 15 mph at other crossings.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Fairchild
Fairchild
Milwaukee Road
Chicago and North Western Railway
Green Bay and Western
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Dane County
Rudolph Greve Dies at 79 in Kiel Wisconsin
Rudolph Greve longtime member and last surviving charter of the Wisconsin Retail Hardware Dealers association died at his Kiel home at age 79. He helped found the group and was a prominent figure in local commerce.
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Rudolph Greve
Kiel
The
Wisconsin Retail Hardware Dealers Association
Blizzard Victims Rescued and Sheltered in Colorado
Denver reports 8000 stranded in Colorado Wyoming blizzard found warmth and food today after days of freezing conditions. Ground and air efforts continue to reach victims as many share harrowing accounts of suffering and peril.
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Denver
Colorado-Wyoming
Cold Moderates Temperatures Record in Green County
The region saw a slight drop to 15 degrees in Monroe with light snow flurries across Green County. Federal Meteorologist H J Thompson forecast fair weather tonight and tomorrow with higher temperatures ahead.
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Green County
Monroe
H. J. Thompson
Mass evacuation after winter storm strands hundreds
Snowbound travelers and refugees flood into Denver as Red Cross trains pull 600 from Colorado towns including Rockport Nunn and Lone Tree. A Denver-bound train carries 400 passengers with two pregnant women in danger. Three dead as rescuers race through 70 mph winds and 20 to 30 foot drifts. One survivor, Edward Heintzelman of Loveland, recalls 70 hours trapped in a stalled car with five others.
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Red Cross
Rockport
Nunn
Lone Tree
Colorado
Denver
Greeley
Cheyenne
Wye
Wyoming
Edward Heintzelman
Loveland Colp
Far Eastern Air Forces
Meintzelman
Greyhound
Inheritance Tax Total For 3 Months
The last quarter of 1948 shows a total inheritance tax of 7 784.94 reported by Emanuel G. Stauffacher county treasurer. The state will receive 6 553.43 and the county 683.88. Appraisers and county administrator fees totaled 647.63. An emergency tax of 30 percent equals 2 335.47 and goes to the state.
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Emanuel G. Stauffacher
Stauffacher
Power and Light Firm Seeks 6 Percent Rate Increase
Wisconsin Power and Light Co. asks the state public service commission for a raise to rates by about six percent statewide. Major change is a 50 percent surcharge on all electric bills with a small 0.3 cent per kilowatt hour addition for water heating. The company cites 75 percent higher labor and fuel costs since 1940 and projects 1949 revenues around 18.97 million with about 1 million more gross income, much of which would be taxed away.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Monroe
W. S. MacDonald
State Public Service Commission
Madison
Pam
MacDonald
Wisconsin Power and Light
Welfare Program To Cause Dispute
Washington observers report mixed fear and favor toward President Truman's social welfare proposals in his annual message. Congress faces possible fights over prepaid medical health insurance, expansion of old age insurance, and federal aid to education. Speaker Rayburn signals division on domestic issues, health and education likely hotly debated. Old age insurance expected to attract less opposition.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Texas
American Medical Association
Tru
Chinese Reds End Lull on Two Fronts
Communist troops resumed shelling besieged nationalist forces near Suchow and near Tientsin ending a two week lull. Peiping city council urged terms for encircled troops while Gen Fu Tso Yi authorized air drops of peace pleas. reports say Sun Yuanliang crossed into Henan and encircled troops faced desertions after their horses and other animals were eaten.
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Tientsin
Suchow
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping
North China
Fu Tso-Yi
Red
Tu Li-Ming
State Fair To Present All Industry Exhibit
Milwaukee Aug 20 28 1949 state fair will host first complete state wide industry exhibition. Jack Reynolds fair manager stated to the Wisconsin Association of Fairs yesterday. Exhibition sponsored by the State Manufacturers' association.
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Milwaukee
Jack Reynolds
Wisconsin Association of Fairs
State Manufacturers’ Association
Smith Sees Wedemeyer China Report Backing Aid
Rep Lawrence H. Smith says the Wedemeyer report urges specific aid to Chiang Kai-shek to prevent a Communist takeover in China. He blames Secretary Marshall and President Truman for policy failures and warns the Pacific war may be lost if Nationalists fail.
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Washington
Lawrence H. Smith
R-Wis
Wedemeyer
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Smith
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Marshall
Chiang Kai-shek
Secretary Marshall
Truman
Pacific
Pacifc
Japan
Korea
Philippines
Far East
City Bank Deposits Down as Loans Rise in 1948 Totals
Monroe's two banks show a deposit decline of 529,497 from 1947 to 1948 while loans and discounts rise by 764,629. Total deposits end 1948 at 15,923,570 versus 16,453,067 in 1947, and 1948 loans and discounts reach 2,834,541 up from 2,069,912.
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Monroe
First National Bank
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Milwaukee Ends Walkout Restores City Transit
Milwaukee streetcars and buses returned to service this morning as drivers and motor men reported for work after a day of idleness. A meeting between Transport Co officials and utility workers was arranged by Prof. Nathan Fein singer of the University of Wisconsin law school, who was appointed conciliator by the state employment relations board under Wisconsin anti strike laws.
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Milwaukee
The
Transport Co
Transport Company
Nathan Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin Law School
State Employment Relations Board
Wisconsin
Mrs. Gillette 74 Dies in Albany After Illness
Mrs. Claude Gillette aged 74 died at the family residence in Albany after several months of illness. Born Myrta Webb in Monroe in November 1874 she leaves husband, two sons Harry and Carl, a daughter Elsie, four brothers, one sister, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Body to Sharer funeral home.
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Albany
Claude Gillette
Myrta Webb
Gillette
Monroe
George
Bridget Stanton Webb
Harry Jacobson
Carl Jacobson
Henry
Ill
Elsie Gillette
Clarence Webb
Janesville
Arthur
Evansville
Ray
Charles
Long Beach
Calif
Estice Smith
Lebannon
Ind
Sharer Funeral Home
Wisconsin Cheese Market Quiet and Weak Says F S Market News
Federal State market news service reports Wisconsin dairy prices steady to weak. Buyer prices for several cheese types show modest declines with listed ranges for single daisies, square prints, long horns and midgets, reflecting a quiet market in Madison.
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Madison
Federal State Market News Service
Wisconsin
I.c. L
Policy committee gains two women and five men
Senators Ives of New York and Margaret Chase Smith of Maine join the GOP policy group alongside Bridges, Cordon, Hickenlooper, and Van denberg. Taft remains chairman as party leaders push to enlarge committees and pursue education, welfare, and labor reforms amid budget and seaway debates.
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Washington
Ives
New York
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Taft
Ohio
Millikin
Colorado
Senate
Butler
Neb
Baldwin
Conn
Bricker
Capehart
Ind
Donnell
Ferguson
Mich
Knowland
Cal
Lodge Mass
Malone
Nev
Martin
H. Alexander Smith
Carter Resigns From Local Draft Board Post
Russell Carter of Juda resigns from Green County selective service board for business reasons. The resignation will be forwarded to Madison for state office appointment to fill the vacancy. Other board members are Conrad Stauffacher chairman Paul Neubauer Harold Heimann and Edward Rufenacht.
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Russell Carter
Green County Selective Service Board
Clara Ritter
Carter
Madison
State Office
Conrad Stauffacher
Monticello
Paul Neubauer
Harold Heimann
Edward Rufenacht
Hope To Pass Major Measures As Truman Seeks Swift Action
Washington reports Democratic leaders push to rush most of President Truman's tax welfare and labor program through Congress. Administration aides plan quick action to shape proposals by January 20, the start of his four year term, while Republicans warn of potential national bankruptcy threats from the spending plan.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
No Contest on Audit Washington Congress Confirms 303-189-30 Vote
The house and senate met jointly to audit the presidential electoral vote. Outcome: 303 for Truman and Barkley, 189 for Dewey and Warren, 30 for Thurmond and Wright.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Barkley
Dewey
Warren
Thurmond
Wright
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Foreign Relations Committee
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D-Ky
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Utah
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