Senate probes welfare and youth departments in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Senate approved a probe into the state welfare department and the youth service division after a bitter 18 to 11 vote. The plan creates a joint four assemblymen and three senators committee to investigate policies and the Waukesha boys school administration amid past closures and management changes.
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Madison
State Department of Public Welfare
Wisconsin Senate
Ovas
Sens
Bubolz
Waukesha
Sen
Buchen
R-Sheboygan
Public Welfare
Welfare Department
Boys’ School
Attorney General's Office
T. R. Uthus
Corrections
Department
Youth Service Division
Public Service Commission
Kendzierski
Milwaukee
Molinaro
Kenosha
Senate
Assemblyman
Catlin
Rappleton
Chamber Banquet To Be Held Feb 10 In Monroe
The Monroe chamber of commerce schedules its annual membership meet ing and banquet for February 10 at St Johns church dining room with Kenneth W Haagensen of Allis Chalmers as speaker. Officers and directors will be installed. a 500 member drive is planned to fund future programs.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
St. John’s Church
Kenneth W. Haagensen
Allis-Chalmers Co
Milwaukee
R. W. Blaha
Chamber
Dwight A. Crandall
Harry J. Bellahan
Willard Bender
Josef Benkett
Wesley L. Dodge
Floyd Davis
Blaha
Laverne Ballitz
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Crandall
O. A. Moldenhauer
Salvation Army Campaign Raises $736 in Monroe Drive
The Salvation Army fund drive in Monroe has collected $736 to date, about half of last year's total of just over $1,400. Chairman Herman A. Stuessy said the committee hoped to reach $1,500 this year as the drive continues through the month.
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Salvation Army Fund
Herman A. Stuessy
Monroe
Stuessy
Wf Oy
Jury to Hear Axis Sally Speech Identity Confirmed
Nazi broadcast subject Mildred Gillars identified by Hans Von Richter as voice of Axis Sally. Testimony in U S district court jury readiness includes recordings used to press treason charges. Attacker Adelbert Houben testified Gillars was highest paid Nazi broadcaster and used propaganda in WW2 messages to American POWs.
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Washington
Mildred E. Gillars
Hans von Richter
U. S
Miss Gillars
von. Richter
John M. Killey Jr
Inge Sylvia Dorman
Adelbert Houben
Kelley
James J. Laughlin
Red Cross Appeals For Aid For Fire Victims
The American Red Cross seeks clothing bedding and household items for the Strothman family who lost their trailer home in a fire on 12th Street near Monroe. Donations may be left at the public welfare department in the county courthouse basement with clothing sizes listed for four family members. The family plans to stay with friends and may return to their prior log house for February only.
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American Red Cross
George Strothman
12Th Street
Henry Kramer
J. T. Etter Jr
Green County
The
Red Cross
Public Welfare Department
Court House
Officials to Hear Green County Reports at February Session
The Green County board opens at 10 a m Tuesday in the circuit court room for its February term to hear annual reports from county officials. Budget matters are expected. Mrs Wilman Lengacher will serve as secretary during her husband’s hospitalization, and Miss Sylvia Fero will not assist as previously announced.
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Green County
County Board of Supervisors
Circuit Court
Wilman Lengacher
Clarence W. Lengacher
Sylvia Fero
Rock County
German Court Frees Hitler's Ace Envoy
Franz von Papen, 69, once Hitler's ambassador to Austria and Turkey, was released by a denazification court. The court dropped his eight year Nazi offender conviction to a lesser category and ordered immediate release, saying this served sufficient punishment after his imprisonment since war's end.
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Nuernberg
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Reich
von Papen
Austria
Turkey
Mailed Bomb Injures Three Postal Workers
A parcel post bomb exploded at the Bowling Green post office injuring three workers. Clerk William Harry Osborne, 29, lost both hands and eyes and was not expected to survive, according to Postal Inspector A. B. Cleveland.
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Bowling Green
A. B. Cleveland
William Harry Osborne
9.7 Percent Drop in Food Prices Across 13 Cities
The Associated Press reports seven staple food items cost 9.7 percent less on average in 13 cities compared with a year ago. Des Moines shows the largest drop at 21.4 percent, with total staple costs varying by city. Clothing prices also fell, notably women's dresses and nylon stockings, while shoes and suits remained near January 1948 levels.
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Associated Press
U. S
Des Moines
Light Snow Adds Cover to Highways in North State
Light snow fell on Green county adding a new cover to streets and highways already slippery with ice and packed snow. About an inch fell with traffic conditions about the same as yesterday. Heavier freezing rain fell in Oshkosh Stevens Point Wausau Lone Rock and Madison.
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Green County
Oshkosh
Stevens Point
Wausau
Lone Rock
Madison
Park Falls
Milwaukee
Swanson Named Rear Admiral in Navy Announcement
Marquette Michigan physician Clifford A Swanson was among four medical corps officers approved for rear admiral by President Truman, the Navy announced yesterday.
Veterans pension bill dominates House hearings pace
In Washington the House Veterans Affairs Committee moved a multi billion dollar veteran pension proposal to the top of the agenda with Gen John Thomas Taylor as the first witness. The measure targets about 18 million World War I and II veterans potentially reaching pension age, possibly totaling 3 to 5 billion dollars annually by 1959 if longevity holds.
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Washington
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Rankin
D-Miss
John Thomas Taylor
American Legion
Veterans Administration
Three Traffic Mishaps Reported in County
Three traffic accidents in Monroe and Green counties yielded heavy property damage and minor injuries. Albert J. Duerst of New Glarus was fined for driving on the left side after a collision with Roger A. Debban of Bonduel near the old Voegeli school on highway 69. A Kenneth Paulson licensed car was found abandoned on highway 81 north of Monroe after leaving the road, breaking a telephone pole and fence. it was towed to a Monroe garage on highway patrol order. A three car collision in the 1700 block of 10th street damaged rear fenders and bumpers, involving Leland Lamboley and Calvin Bahn, with a parked car affected as well.
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Monroe
Green County
Albert J. Duerst
New Glarus
Roger A. Debban
Bonduel
Kenneth Paulson
Blanchardville
10Th Street
Leland L. Lamboley
7Th Street
Calvin A. Bahn
13Th Avenue
Edwin C. Goecks
Bahn
Lamboley
Goecks
Canton to Become New China Capital
The government will move to Canton immediately and close all government offices by February 3 with reopening in Canton by February 5. The Chinese foreign office notified foreign embassies and legations, with the United States embassy awaiting instructions and others expected to follow, except the Russian bloc whose stance is unknown.
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Nanking
Canton
United States
Washington
U. S
Democrats Move To Push Wage Rise Bill Through House
Washington set to begin hearings on a sweeping wage hour bill that would extend coverage to about 5 million workers, raise the minimum from 40 to 75 cents an hour within 120 days of enactment, and allow industry panels to lift rates up to one dollar. The measure reassigns authority to Tobin and McComb and targets laundries hotels and other large chain businesses.
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Porter
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Cooley
D-Nc
House Labor Committee
Labor
Tobin
William R. McComb
Lesinski
D-Mich
McComb
Truman
16 Air Force Planes Help Save Nevada Cattle
Ely Nevada An expanded hay lift uses sixteen Air Force planes to feed starving cattle in north eastern Nevada. Four C 82s fly boxcars from Fallon at 40 minute intervals as part of a training program and to aid ranchers facing the worst winter in 60 years. Ranchers praise the aid while losses still loom. The operation costs ranchers nothing and serves as military training.
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Nevada
Ely
New
U. S. Air Force
Nev
Fourth Air Force
Fallon
Bryan Robison
Air Force
Polio Fund Drive Reaches Halfway Mark Across County
The March of Dimes drive aims to raise 6450 with receipts reported at $2551.02 at headquarters and 1030 more in hands of chairmen. Albany tag day added 257.28, while Monroe, Monticello, Blanchardville, Juda, Brodhead, New Glarus and Browntown totals and on hand funds are listed.
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March of Dimes
Green County
W. Howard Smith
Monroe
Laverne Gallitz
Albany
Woman’s Club
Domenic Bongiorno
Monticello
Blanchardville
Juda
Brodhead
New Glarus
Browntown
Gallitz
Dog Damage Claims Total for 1948 in Green County
Green county paid out 1233 in dog damage claims during 1948 according to county clerk Mrs. Wil ma Lengacher. The total fund balance is reported at 3994.75.
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Green County
Wilma Lengacher
Telephone veteran John J. O Day to retire January
Milwaukee veteran John J. O Day of the Wisconsin Telephone Co retires January 31 after 46 years with the firm. He has served as vice president since 1922 and on the board of directors for 25 years.
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Milwaukee
John J. O’day
Wisconsin Telephone Co
O’day
County Antenna Damaged by Plane Over Green County
A 90-foot transmitting tower at Green County station north of Monroe shows wing-tip damage on the duraluminum rod eight feet above the tower. Officials believe a low flying plane during fog caused the mark. the antenna remains operational and the county is insured against such damage.
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Green County
Monroe
Milwaukee Democrats Push Oleo Tax Repeal
Three Milwaukee Democratic assemblymen Schaeffer Ryczek and Banach propose bills to repeal Wisconsin’s tax on oleomargarine and lift the ban on colored oleo sales. A second GOP measure asks Congress to end taxes on admissions to nonpro profit fairs. The floor also approved a resolution congratulating Gen. Douglas MacArthur on his 69th birthday.
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Madison
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Schaeffer
Ryczek
Banach
Sykes
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Stork Delivers 6 Girls and 3 Boys at St Clare
In Monroe in the last 24 hours St Clare hospital records nine trips by the stork with six girls and three boys born. Twin daughters arrived to Alfred and wife from Monticello, marking a possible hospital record for a 24 hour period. Proud parents include Burdean Everson South Wayne Roscoe Jones Albany Delmar Spickler Monroe route 3 Erick Siegenthaler Blanchardville Joseph Signer Monroe route 5 Glenn Winger Argyle Arthur G Curry Darlington.
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Stork
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Alfred Wyttenbach
Monticello
Burdean Everson
South Wayne
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