Cold wave sweeps northwest to southeast with snow
Northwest half plunges cold as a cold wave spreads tonight and Sunday southeast. Blowing and drifting snow with strong northeast winds. Sunday morning lows 5 below to 0 in the northwest and 10 to 15 above in the southeast. High 43 and low 32 since yesterday. Tampa warmest city yesterday at 78, Salt Lake City coldest at 1? Utah. Sunrise 7:30 sunset 4:44.
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U. S
Tampa
Fla
Salt Lake City
Utah
Divorces Granted in Rock County Circuit Court
Nattie A. Robieson of Janesville divorces Josephine M. Robieson of Browntown on grounds of voluntary separation for over five years. Judge Jesse Earle presided at the Rock County circuit term. Married December 6, 1921, in Lena Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nattie A. Robieson
Janesville
Josephine M. Robieson
Browntown
Jesse Earle
Rock County
Lena
Deaths Mrs Jane P McKee, 81, Warren
Mrs Jane P McKee, 81, of Warren, died yesterday. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, a son, and a sister. Funeral details will be announced by the McKee Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane P. McKee
Warren
Local Birth Announcements Highlight Area Families
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blum of 2113 14th Avenue welcome a son on January 7 at St. Marys Hospital Madison. Merritt Milks of Brodhead greet a daughter on January 8. Robert Schmid of Monticello, John Affolter of Juda, Clayton Milestone of Horeb, and Robert Klemm of Browntown also announce sons born January 7 or 8 to their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Blum
14Th Avenue
St. Mary’s Hospital
Madison
Merritt Milks
Brodhead
Robert Schmid
Monticello
John Affolter
Juda
Clayton Milestone
Horeb
Robert Klemm
Browntown
St Clare Hospital Medical Dismissals List
The record lists patients and dismissed individuals at St. Clare Hospital Medical. Names include Hermann Foulker Darlington George McKil lip New Glarus Paul Alexander Beloit Michael Mitchell Theodore Speich Orfordville Kim Bellahan Karen Gempeler Monticello George Heibner Browntown Mrs John Wideman Juda plus a long line of dismissals: Clayton Ross Edith Bisegger Hollis Olson Diane Zwy Bart and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Foulker
16Th Avenue
George McKillip
Darlington
Merlin Thompson
New Glarus
Paul Alexander
Beloit
Michael Mitchell
7Th Street
Theodore Speich
Orfordville
Kim Bellahan
16Th Street
Karen Gempeler
Monticello
George Heibner
Browntown
John Wideman
Juda
Clayton Ross
Claude Cowan
Roger Campbell
Francis Kubry
James Lancaster
Richard Youtzy
Leslie MacLeary
Karen Bregenzer
Gilbert Noss
Conrad Leverton
Edith Bisegger
Hollis Olson
Richard Flanagan
Diane Zwy- Bart
Luxemburg Woman Dies After Skid Accident
Mrs. Katharine Miller 70 of Luxemburg Wisconsin died from internal injuries after the car she rode in skidded on an icy road and overturned ten miles east of Green Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Katherine Miller
Luxemburg
Wis
Murphy Named to State Office Building Commission
Governor Rennebohm announced the appointment of Jennings Murphy of Milwaukee to the state office building commission. Murphy succeeds the late State Senator Conrad Shearer of Kenosha.
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Murphy
Madison—i
Jennings Murphy
Milwaukee
State Office Building Commission
Rennebohm
Conrad Shearer
Kenosha
Power lineman killed in Wisconsin fall from pole
Paynette, lineman for Wisconsin Power and Light Co., died yesterday after falling from a utility pole. Fellow workers said Young slipped when he unhitched his belt during the climb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Donald Young
Paynette
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Young
St Johns Church Considers Building Projects
St Johns Evangelical and Reformed church to present two building plans at its annual meeting tomorrow at 2 p m. Projects include a new parsonage and a religious education addition about 50 by 31 feet on the southeast corner. Estimated cost not fixed. architect Stanley W Howe will attend. Council members involved include Charles Stubbe Werner Blum Victor Stauffacher Louis F Blanc Samuel A Rubi Arthur C Benkert John W Augsburger Herman Dieckhoff and J Jacob Tschudy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Stanley W. Howe
Architet
Charles Stubbe
Werner Blum
Victor Stauffacher
Louis F. Blanc
Samuel A. Rubi
Arthur C. Benkert
John W. Augsburger
Herman Dieckhoff
J. Jacob Tschudy
Albany man held on check charge bound over
Marvin Hein of Albany is free on $500 bonds posted on a check charge. He has been bound over to county court for further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Hein
Albany
Mitchell to Greenland for air force service
Darwin Mitchell son of Mr and Mrs Harland C Mitchell New London formerly Albany is being transferred to Greenland for air force service After nearly a year of training in the south he spent a 30 day furlough at his New London home leaving Wednesday for his new assignment He is the great grandson of Michael Croake of Albany.
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Greenland
Albany
Darwin Mitchell
Harland C. Mitchell
New London
South
Darwin
Michael Croake
Ninneman Returns from Tucson With News on Health
E A Ninneman returned from Tucson Arizona where he accompanied Mrs Ninneman and son Robert Treat early in December. He flew from Tucson to Chicago while his family stays at 2328 N Norris street through the school year for Robert s asthma which has improved and he has gained 12 pounds in 30 days. Weather in Tucson was cold and rainy during the past weeks.
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Tucson
E. A. Ninneman
Ariz
Return from Funeral for Monroe Native Andrew Share
Relatives traveled from Monroe to Rudolph to attend the funeral of Andrew Share. Services were held Wednesday in Rudolph with burial at Wisconsin Rapids. Attendees included Otis Wells Henry Rinehardt and families Harlon Edward Share Richard Keegan Melchair Kundert Helen Stoll Brodhead Herbert Baughman and other relatives.
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Rudolph
Andrew Share
Monroe
Otis Wells
Henry Rinehardt
Harlon
Edward Share
Richard Keegan
Melchair Kundert
Darlington
Helen Stoll
Brodhead
Herbert Baughman
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Rapids
Sledding injury sends eight stitches homeward
James Briggs eight son of Mr and Mrs Forrest Briggs of Clar no is recovering at home after a sled accident that cut his leg on a tree. Eight stitches were required to close the wound.
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James Briggs
Forrest Briggs
Clarno
Mrs Suzanne Kenney Returns to Mexico City After Visit
Mrs Suzanne Kenney of Mexico returns to Mexico City by plane after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Behar and their daughter Barbara. She will resume classes at the American high school where Mrs Behar, formerly Ruth Ann Johnston, taught.
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Mexico
Suzanne Kenney
Mexico City
Robert Behar
Barbara
15Th Avenue
Kenney
Behars
American High School
Stranded by Blizzard Families Return from Western Trip
Mr and Mrs W F McGuigan came back yesterday from a two week western trip They were among about 2000 people stranded in Cheyenne for three days by a blizzard They traveled with their son Roland McGuigan dean at Northwestern University and attended the Rose Bowl game
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Blanchardville
W. F. McGuigan
Cheyenne
McGuigans
Roland
Northwestern University
Evanston
Personal mentions cross towns fill Monroe daybook
Local notes list residents and visitors including John Kryder of Monticello in Monroe on business, Mrs. Walker of Footville shopping here yesterday, Albany residents Louis Schwartz and A H Meinert visiting, and various Madison, Freeport, Rockford and Chicago area travels and callers.
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John Kryder
Monticello
Monroe
Harry Walker
Footville
Louis Schwartzlow
Albany
A. H. Meinert
Susan Benkert
15Th Avenue
Brodhead
Rose Kuenzi
L1th Avenue
Madison
Wilma Kubly
Blanchardville
S. M. Olson
Woodford
Louis Graves
Bernice Pfund
Rockford
Nellianne Beatty
Shullsburg
Anna Brunner
Hedwig
Freeport
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Adv
W. Chambers
19Th Avenue
O. J. Kuntz
Ernest Meyer
Dolores
Elizabeth Blum
John Benkett
Stanton Stears
Vernon Schelp
Robert Phillips
Charles Ferguson
Anna Courtney
Daniel Courtney
Ft. Sill
Okla
Janet Anderson
Marlene Flannery
John Krebs
Browtown
Frank Butts
14Th Avenue
Martha Rage
Winslow
Ill
Jesse Goodman
Ernest Miller
Carol Sue
George Sawyer
Miami
Fla
Woman Killed in Icy Crash Near Waterford
Mrs. Helen J. Draper, 52, of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, died when the car she rode in with her husband skidded on ice and struck a tree in Racine County. It marked the county’s third traffic fatality of the new year.
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Waterford
Helen J. Draper
Lake Geneva
Wis
Racine County
Bus Holdup Ends in Gunfire as Fugitive Dies
A masked man robbed grocer Oliver Barnes of about 75 to 109 dollars on a bus near Indianapolis. Passengers ducked as the fugitive fired from the bus window, was shot by Kenneth Smiser, and died in a nearby yard. Robert Howard was lightly wounded by shotgun pellets. The driver Harold Curry parked after the shootout. Unidentified suspect commentary followed the exchange.
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Indianapolis
Robert Howard
Oliver Barnes
Barnes
Kenneth Smiser
Smiser
Harold Curry
Curry
Straw Newsprint From Wheat Straw Developed By Firm
Cleveland based Kinsley Chemical Co claims a new method makes paper entirely from straw rather than wood pulp. Demonstrated at Holyoke Massachusetts with several tons of newsprint, the process promises 40 to 60 percent lower cost than wood pulp paper and licenses abroad. The developer Edward R. Timlowski began 1942 trials testing fibers from wheat straw, cotton stalks, and other plants, yielding fibers up to 10 inches for strong, puncture resistant straw paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Kinsley Chemical Co
Cleveland Company
Chemical Paper Mfg. Co
Holyoke
Mass
H. Lee Kinsley
Kinsley
Timlowski
Villagers Flee Path Of Hawaiian Lava Flow
Frightened residents in Hana Inau and Keokea flee as Mauna Loa lava advances toward the coast. Police reassure safety while volcanologist Ray H. Finch says the flow will stop near the 7000 foot level. Schools closed as evacuations continue.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Hanainau
Keokea
Anthony Cambra
Kona
Ray H. Finch
Hawaii National Park
Hookena
Alae
Missionary Society Hosts and Local Visits in Monticello
Monticello notices report co hostesses Mrs. O D Curtis Mrs. Kenneth Klassy and Mrs. C J Klooster will host a Missionary Society meeting at the Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed church parish house Monday evening. Mrs. Fred W Blume will host the Washington Re formed Aid society at the parish house Wednesday. Also listed are social visits: Mrs Rose Roth guest of Miss Anna Roth in Monroe, and Mr and Mrs Dwight Zweifel visiting in Madison with Mr and Mrs Kenneth Watson and family. Further visits include Mr and Mrs John Elmer and daughter Darlyne visiting Mr and Mrs Isaac Babler in Monroe and Mr and Mrs Henry V Baebler with Mrs Ted Butler in Madison. Richard Stauffacher of Baraboo visited Conrad Stauffacher this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Klassy
C. J. Klooster
Missionary Society of Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed Church
Fred W. Blume
Washington Reformed Aid Society
Rose Roth
Anna Roth
Monroe
Dwight Zweifel
Madison
Kenneth Watson
John Elmer
Darlyne
Mrs Ivan Boyer Shopper Highlight
Mrs. Ivan Boyer of Juda was seen shopping today, highlighting local consumer activity and stepping out for retail errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Boyer
Juda
Plane Missing After Lake Michigan Crash North of Gary
Coast Guard says no trace found of a twin engine plane reported to have fallen into Lake Michigan last night north of Gary Indiana. Passengers on a Chicago bound airliner said they saw the plane go down in the lake.
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Chicago
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Gary
Ind
Towns Group Head Faces Bribe Trial
John Kowaleski 45, chairman of Lake town and president of the Wisconsin Towns association, is charged with soliciting and accepting bribes. He allegedly took 500, 100, and 120 dollars related to zoning permits for Raymond Betker’s auto painting garage in Lake. Kowaleski was arrested in Betker’s garage after allegedly tossing 120 dollars to the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
District Attorney's Office
John K. Kowaleski
Town of
Lake
Wisconsin Towns Association
Kowaleski
al Verbel
Raymond Betker
Charles Novakowski
Verbel
Betker
Town of Lake Auto Painting Co
Joseph Tierney
Olivet College Fires Four Faculty Members
Olivet Michigan. Tucker P. Smith head of the Olivet college teachers union and three other Olivet faculty members have been fired. Contracts will not be renewed after June 1. A fifth faculty member was told his contract would not be renewed at its June 1 1950 expiry. Dean James F. Mathias cited college policy and a desire for change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivet, Mich
Tucker P. Smith
Olivet College Teachers Union
Olivet
James F. Mathias
Mathias
December Jobless Aid Increased to $959,000
Madison Wisconsin payments to jobless residents totaled 959000 in December as the industrial commission noted a routine winter rise. The month included 403200 in readjustment allowances to unemployed veterans and 555800 to civilians, with 1948 total benefits at 8995000 versus 9663000 in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Industrial Commission
Woman editor dies in Covina after long illness
Mrs. Winona Wilcox Payne, 83, a former newspaper and magazine editor, died in Covina after a prolonged illness. She was the daughter of John M. Wilcox, a former editor of the Cleveland Press, and later edited the women's page there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covina
Calif
Winona Wilcox Payne
John M. Wilcox
The
Cleveland Press
Japanese War Leader Yoshihiro Umezu Dies in Hospital
Gen Yoshihiro Umezu aged 66, a convicted war criminal once commander of the Kwantung Army and former chief of the Army General Staff, died of cancer today in a Tokyo army hospital. He was serving a life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Yoshihiro Umezu
Japan
Kwantung Army
Army
Supreme War
Hero to Wed Actress in Hollywood Romance
The U S army’s most decorated soldier Audie Murphy 24 and actress Wanda Hendrix 20 plan to marry tonight in Hollywood. Their union links a famed war hero with a rising screen star amid celebrity attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Audie Murphy
Wanda Hendrix
Acheson Named Secretary as Webb Moves to Undersecretary
Yesterday Acheson was named secretary of state and Webb shifted from budget director to undersecretary of state. The resignations of Marshall and Lovett were reluctantly accepted. Congress eyed further cabinet reshuffles with Forrestal Krug and Sawyer tentatively discussed. Some Republicans and a few Democrats expressed disappointment over the choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acheson
Webb
Marshall
Robert Lovett
Congress
Defense Forrestal
Interior Krug
Commerce Sawyer
Smith
New Jersey
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lodge
Massachusetts
George
Georgia
Phi Kappa Psi Revokes Amherst Chapter Charter
The executive committee of Phi Kappa Psi has revoked the Amherst college chapter charter after the group pledged a member described as a freshman from the class of 1969. A spokesman disclosed the action today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Amherst College
Aegro
Local Farm News and Neighbor Highlights
The Neuschwan ders of Dakota bought Judd's Bridge Hektor, a Brown Swiss bull, from Ed win F. Stroh of Wapakoneta. Mrs. Gilbert Koprud of Blanchardville is praised as an outstanding neighbor for sending 351 care packages to France Germany and Poland totaling 35 families with letters of greetings and hundreds of replies. Green Acres farm in Clarno township, owned by Marjorie Johnston, spans 160 acres and has Jackson family ties over 50 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L
Donald Neuschwander
Dakota
Judd’s Bridge Hektor
Edwin F. Stroh
Wapakoneta
Gilbert Koprud
Blanchardville
Dubuque
Green Acres
Marjorie Johnston
Clarno Township
Jackson
Six U. S. Airmen Die in Lancs Plane Crash
Six U. S. airmen were killed when a cargo C 54 Skymaster crashed in Lancashire swampland during an aerial lift flight from Frankfurt to Burtonwood air base. Rescue teams reached the scene from Burtonwood. next of kin details await 48 hours after notification.
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Warrington
Eng
Lancashire
Frankfurt
Burtonwood Air Base
Burtonwood
U. S. Air Force
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Daily Record
M. Evonsinenone
A. Cusensnaere
Annette
Enone
Senes Enon
Ant P. m. Enacoonceis Es
Eccrine
St. Clare Hospital
St. John’s Church
Aly Kahn
Rita Hayworth
Murren
Switzerland
Raido
London
Spencer
Clara Stixrood
U. S. Navy
Washington
C. B. Hamilton
Belmont
O. D. Curtis
Lady Borden
Chocolate Shop
Hunt
Harvey S. Stauffacher Chiropractor
White Block
ROTE
McCormick-Deering Milker Service
Kane Farm Equipment Co
James E. Webb
Truman
Robert A. Lovett
Jordan
First National Bank
State Bank of
Leon Hartwig
Wm. A
J. L. Taylor and Co
Blumer Drug
Louis H. Kohli
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