Council Approves Sewage Plant Improvement Plans
The city council approved a $250,000 addition to the sewage disposal plant and authorized immediate bids with a 1:30 p.m. February 23 deadline. A new outfall sewer and plan changes were discussed, with bids to be solicited separately for the outfall. Dennis Hartman to aid bid coverage. ads set for January 20 and 27.
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Zenno A. Gorder
Bruno J. Hartman
Jerry Donahue Engineering Co
Wisconsin
Gorder
Western Builder
the Times
Frank A. Buehler
Hartman
Buehler
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Arthur C. Benkett
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Bipartisan Policy Ended GOP Warns on Acheson Nomination
Senator Capehart and Republicans declare bipartisan foreign policy ended and vow to fight Truman administration plans over Dean Acheson as secretary of state. Senator Vandenberg praises Acheson but says the committee will fully explore his views as Connally foresees quick confirmation. Truman’s Capitol bill move catches lawmakers by surprise.
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Dean Acheson
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Truman
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Capehart
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Indiana
Vandenberg
Rmich
Michigan
Add
Connally
D-Tex
James E. Webb
Capitol
Raise for Truman Will Be Expedited
Washington reports a bill to raise President Truman's $75,000 annual salary. Leaders from both parties favor higher pay, but debate whether to grant a straight $100,000 taxable raise or a tax free expense fund. Rep Rich advocates a taxable increase with tax impact.
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Truman
Congress
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McCormack
Massachusetts
Rep. Rich
R-Pa
Rich
Former Bootleg King Shot Down in Chicago
Chicago reports that Hyman Frank known as a bootleg king was killed by a machine gun burst outside his west side home. The FBI-listed leader of an international bootlegging ring was shot five times at close range. In 1941 federal agents seized Frank on bootleg trafficking charges into Canada, for which he received a one year sentence and a $5000 fine.
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Chicago
Hyman Frank
FBI
Frank
West Side
Detroit River
Canada
36 Animals on Sale At County Auction
Thirty six purebred Holstein bulls and heifers were led into the sale ring at the fair grounds pavilion for the Green County 4 H FFA and Breeders sale. Consignments came from 24 persons with F L Buchschacher as auctioneer and M E Jeglum as clerk. In charge of pedigrees was A O Collentine of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture. Herman J Schmitz served as ringman. Sales committee members were H O Elmer Monticello Walter Timm and Chester Norton. Leadsmen were Kendall Digman Donald Timm William Norton and George Norton, all of Monroe.
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Green County
Green County Holstein Breeders Association
F. L. Buchschacher
M. E. Jeglum
A. O. Collentine
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Herman J
First 1948 Tax Payment Made By Township Treasurer
Glen Dunwiddie, treasurer of Jefferson township, paid $10 000 of 1948 tax collections to Emanuel G Stauffer county treasurer this morning. He is the first treasurer to make such a payment.
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Jefferson Township
Emanuel G. Stauffacher
Brooklyn Father Throws Children From Bridge After Prayer
Gabriel Nicoletti, a 37 year old Brooklyn truck driver, escorted his children Arthur 8 and Gail 6 to the Kosciuszko Bridge after a church prayer. He hurled the boy and girl 175 feet to the ground. the boy was killed and Gail remained hospitalized in critical condition. The widow Agnes Nicoletti, 33, said he had ordered her from their home a week earlier.
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Kosciusko Bridge
Queens
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Arthur
Gail
Agnes Nicoletti
John Cavanaugh Blanchard Dies at 88
John Cavanaugh 88 died yesterday at 11:30 a.m. at his Blanchard township farm from a heart attack after three months of illness. Born December 17 1860 in Blanchard township he married Margaret Cleary June 25 1902. Survived by wife two daughters and two sons plus siblings and four grandchildren. Funeral services set for Monday at 9:30 a.m. Saether funeral home and 10 a.m. Immaculate Conception church with burial at Calvary cemetery.
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Blanchardville
John Cavanaugh
Blanchard Township
Mr. Cavanaugh
Michael
Mary Butler Cavanaugh
Margaret Cleary
Blanchard Farm
St. Paul
Minn
Montana
Thomas
Milwaukee
Fred Knorr
Lincoln
Neb
Harold Crotty
Madison
Thomas Cavanaugh
D. L. Cavanaugh
Monrovia
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Saether
Immaculate Conception Church
Paul Dwyer
Calvary Cemetery
Myron Dearth
John Cleary
Joseph Knorr
James Gant
Orvin Phillipson
Owen Kelly
Elmer Paulson
Martin Elmerson
Martin Paulson
Frank Dearth
Isaac Paulson
John Gilbertson
Martin Olson
Jesse Johnson
James Ryan
Elmer Hanson
Sherman Larson
Truman seeks quick extension of reciprocal trade act
President Truman asks Congress to extend the reciprocal trade agreements act without the current restraints and to set a new expiration date of June 12, 1951. He notes the last congress approved a stopgap until June 30, 1949 with limits he opposes.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Two Japanese Surrender on Iwo Jima After Four Years
Two Japanese machine gunners surrendered on Iwo Jima, nearly four years after American troops seized the island. The men were clean and well fed, each with a recent haircut and wearing warm American uniforms including fatigue sweaters and GI shoes.
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Tokyo
Island
Iwo Jima
Democrats Oppose Revival of OPA on Former War Basis
Democrats reject a new wartime OPA while calling for middlemen probes to curb price rises. President Truman pushes major economic measures to sustain 60 million jobs and peak production, with lawmakers divided on controls and farm price supports.
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Washington
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Truman
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Carlson quits Kraft to join Stella firm
Wilbur G. Carlson of Madison resigns from Kraft Foods to take a position with Stella Cheese Co. Inec. in Chicago. Carlson was a well known representative among Wisconsin cheesemakers.
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Kraft
Stella Firm
Wilbur G. Carlson
Madison
Wisconsin
Kraft Foods
Stella Cheese Co
Inec
Chicago
Monroe High School Orchestra Plans New Year Concert
The Monroe high school orchestra, a 60 piece group, will perform at 8 o'clock Monday night in the high school auditorium under Conductor Allan F. Barnard. The program titled A Musical Greeting to the New Year features eight soloists and prize awards for top ticket sellers, with orchestra letters presented to 18 members.
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Allan F. Barnard
Orchestra
Barnard
Margaret Angliker
Karen Bender
Lois Burgy
Richard Eley
Kenneth Hartwig
Mildred Krauss
Barbara Kundert
Rudolf Maurer
Joann Meyer
Nanci Moldenhauer
Odelle Monte
Marilyn Lanz
Helen Locher
Hollean Schilt
Janet Stauffacher
Jean Stauffacher
Margaret Stauffacher
Sonja Trickel
Alexandre Guilmant
Camille Saint Saens
Franz Schubert
Strebor
Jean Babler
Frederic William
John Bigeow
China asks allies to mediate civil war in China
Nanking reports say the Chinese government asked the United States France and Britain to mediate and seek a negotiated peace with the communists. Ambassadors were summoned to relay the request. Soviet participation was not expected and the attack on Tientsin reportedly halted as communists seized parts of the old city.
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London
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
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Wu Te-Chen
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Moscow
Tientsin
Suspect Confesses In Chicago Slaying
Detroit authorities prepared to return John Wagoner a 38 year old Tennesseean to Chicago to stand trial for the hotel room murder of Evangeline Bell Storm Baker. Wagoner waived extradition and allegedly admitted binding and choking a Seattle woman in a $15 Chicago robbery on December 29.
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John Wagoner
Chicago
Evangeline Bell Storm Baker
Wagoner
George Branton
Seattle
Scientists Photograph Genes Under Electron Microscope
Los Angeles scientists at the University of Southern California announce the first ever photographs of genes. The images show spindle shaped particles about 1/100,000th of a centimeter long viewed at 120,000 times, revealing genes on human chromosomes and their role in heredity.
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Los Angeles
Twe University of Southern California
Nia
Richard F. Baker
California
Family's Second Son Born En Route to Hospital
The Milestones near Mt. Horeb reached Monroe at dusk with an 8 pound 10 ounce boy, admitted at St. Clare at 4 50 p m. Their first son born February 4 1948 weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces between New Glarus and Monticello. Mrs Milestone and infant were transported by ambulance from Voegeli schoolhouse en route to the hospital.
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Mt. Horeb
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
St. Clare
New Glarus
Monticello
Voegeli
Milestone
Glarus
Colder Weekend Outlook Hits Wisconsin and Plains
The forecast warns of a cold wave in northwest Wisconsin and northern Illinois with unseasonably low temperatures ahead. Snow, blowing winds, and drifting conditions are expected in northern areas while southern Wisconsin may see 10 to 15 degrees above freezing and the north around 5 below. Yesterday highs reached 43 in Monroe and 44 this afternoon under sun. A new storm from central Canada pushes into Montana Wyoming and North Dakota, threatening renewed blizzard conditions in the western plains.
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Illinois
Monroe
Plains
Canada
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
4-H Leaders Luncheon Set in Green County
R. H. Rasmussen of Madison will speak at the Green County 4-H leaders luncheon at Green County Normal School next Saturday on Our 1949 State Club Program. Certificates of leadership will be awarded to 117 local leaders with pins for 1st 3rd 5th or 10th year milestones. Officers and the executive committee will be elected and the 1949 program calendar will be set.
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R. H. Rasmussen
Madison
Green County
Green County Normal School
Four Minor Tremors Shake Area Near Reno
Four new earthquakes rattled Verdi nine miles west of Reno Nevada last night. One quake was felt sharply in Reno with no damage reported. a long sequence began December 27 and continued over a week, with December 29's tremor causing minor property damage citywide.
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Reno
Nev
Verdi
Rockford Residents Escape Injury In Car Overturn
A car driven by Hilding G. Aronson overturned on frosty highway 1181 east of the junction with OK, three miles east of Juta, at 8 am. Passengers Mrs. Mildred Aronson Sodergren and Ellen Fegersten uninjured after the vehicle rolled onto its top following a loss of control and failure to brake.
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Juta
Hilding G. Aronson
Mildred Aronson Sodergren
Ellen Fegersten
Hearst Sues Wife for Divorce in Los Angeles
George Randolph Hearst, 43, son of William Randolph Hearst, sues his third wife Sally Alvarez Kirkham Hearst, 38, for divorce or annulment claiming she caused him mental and physical suffering making living with her impossible in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
George Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Sally Alvarez Kirkham Hearst
Hearst
Albany Schools End Long Holiday Monday
Albany village schools will reopen Monday after an extra week of Christmas vacation due to two polio cases. Smiley school on highway 59 west of Albany also resumes after the holiday extension. The two 8th grade boys Willis Nipple and Kenneth Butts remain in the orthopedic department of Wisconsin General Hospital Madison with favorable conditions.
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Albany Village
Smiley
Highway 59
Willis Nipple
Kenneth Butts
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
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