Forty Attend Brief Union School District Meeting Action
Union school district No. 1 approved a 1948 49 budget of 226150 an increase of 21650 and re elected four board members by acclamation. Electors authorized study of East school crowding and possible addition remodeling or new construction to ease North South and Lincoln schools and to adjust student allocations.
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Board of Education
Union School District No. 1
East School
Allan F. Barnard
Herbert T. Johnson
Evans
South
Lincoln
North
East
South School
Marvin
Johnson
Vans
Western Wisconsin Sees Record Heat with 99 in Monomonie
Western Wisconsin endured the heat as Monroe hit 91 with Menomonie recording 99 the year's high. Blair Prairie du Chien posted 98, Lancaster 97, Darlington 91 while a brief shower dropped 0.02 inches in Monroe. Thunderstorms later affected Green County with stronger winds and added rainfall.
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Wisconsin
Monroe
Mercury
U. S
H. J. Thompson
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Menomonie
Blair
Prairie du Chien
Lancaster
Darlington
Green County
Albert Stocker 75 Former Monroe Resident Dies
Albert A. Stocker aged 75 and a former Monroe resident, brother-in-law of Mrs. Peter Gerber, died this morning in a West Allis hospital. He lived in Monroe about 35 years ago and visited often. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning in West Allis.
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Albert A. Stocker
Monroe
Peter Gerber
22Nd Avenue
West Allis
Mr. Stocker
Aides Move to Halt Stampede at Democratic Convention
Truman aides moved to block gallery efforts to trigger a nomination stampede at the upcoming Democratic convention in Philadelphia. They plan police and up to 50 private detectives to keep gallery influence from swaying delegates toward Eisenhower, as the talk of a national candidate intensified.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leslie L. Biffle
Biffle
California
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Hugh M. Sutton
Fort Lauderdale
Hugh Will
Chicago
William O. Douglas
Douglas
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Frank Hague
Scott Sao. Ae
Chilean cabinet resigns to allow new government
The Chilean cabinet submitted its resignations to permit President Gabriel Gonzales Videla to form a government with a parliamentary base. The move aims to stabilize governance and ensure a solid parliamentary majority for the new administration.
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Santiago
Chile
Gabriel Gonzales Videla
New Orleans Hobo Paradise Found Under Police Station
New Orleans police raid uncovered a hidden hobo colony beneath the first precinct station. A maze of passages supplied with electricity water and steam heat served transients known as Hotel De Bastille. One resident yielded for immunity, guiding officers through tunnels and pointing out a makeshift suite.
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New Orleans
First Precinct
Hotel de Bastille
Edward Fallon
Hobot
Guard To Escort Body of Sgt Beach in Honor Escort
The flag draped casket of Sgt Donald S Beach killed in New Guinea on December 10 1942 will be met by military escort tomorrow noon on the Milwaukee train. A firing squad color guards and veterans posts will accompany the casket to Shriner Neush funeral home for service then to the funeral at 2 pm Friday. An army officer will accompany the body and report back on last rites with flag presented to family. The courthouse flag will fly at half mast during arrival and funeral, and Monroe businesses will close 2 to 3 pm Friday in tribute.
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Donald S. Beach
New Guinea
Milwaukee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral
Sgt. Beach
Court House
Monroe
Judge Evan A. Evans Dies at Spring Green
Judge Evan A. Evans of the seventh U. S. circuit court of appeals died today at his Spring Green home. A Spring Green native, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1897 and practiced law in Baraboo from 1900 to 1916 before joining the circuit court bench in 1916.
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Chicago
Evan A. Evans
Seventh
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Spring Green
University of Wisconsin
Baraboo
Illinois Registration To Start In August
Illinois men aged 18 to 25 will register from August 16 to September 15. Col. Paul G. Armstrong, acting state director of selective service, said older men would register ahead of younger men.
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Chicago
Illinois
Paul G. Armstrong
Selective Service
Toay
Armstrong
Sympathy Strikes Spread Over Fields in Western Mines
Sympathy strikes spread in western Pennsylvania as nearly a quarter of the nations soft coal miners walked out. About 40 000 idle in steel company captive pits refused to work without a contract while 51 000 more commercial miners in PA WV and Indiana stayed home as the mine vacation ended. Illinois miners were reported operating. A Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association spokesman expressed optimism for a quick return, citing a telegram to UMW Chief John L. Lewis seeking a favorable reply.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Washington
Steel Company
Steel
United Mine Worker
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
UMW
John L. Lewis
Explosion Rips Vitamin Plant in Seattle Killing Two
A $350000 vitamin plant in northwest Seattle was ripped by an explosion and scorched by fire. Two men were killed, one critically injured, and another unaccounted for after the Lyle Branch Flower Company's fish processing plant blew up at 5:35 PM yesterday. Windows shattered in nearby Ballard and homes four miles away were shaken.
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Seattle
Lyle Branch Flower Company
Ballard
Reds Plan Two Year Tie with Berlin and Communists
The article notes a two year plan and a resolution for a sewage disposal bond issue not to exceed 250000 dollars presented to Monroe city council. It details plans for a disposal plant expansion, incinerator progress, paving work, and a request for a permanent transit franchise.
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Reds
Berlin
Henry Tschudy
Tschudy
Bruno Hartman
Jerry Donahue Engineering Co
Sheboygan
Hartman
Monroe
Frank A. Buehler
Water Board
Zenno A. Gorder
Public Works
Gorder
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Water Department
Erling C. Landfried
Monroe Transit Lines Inc
Army Faces Double-barreled Morale Problem With Draft
Washington reports a peacetime draft will call only a handful of men, creating potential feelings of singled out draftees. The Army plans education and information efforts to explain the draft, and to prepare recruits for military life while avoiding specifics about potential enemies.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service
United States Army
UN Mediator Pursues Palestine Truce Extension Amid Tel Aviv Haifa Fighting
Heavy fighting raged along the Tel Aviv Haifa corridor as UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte pressed for extension of the four week truce. He said talks would continue despite possible rejection, while Britain drafted a Security Council proposal for a cease fire extension with no end date.
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Cairo
Tel Aviv-Haifa
United Nations
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
U. N. Palestine
Tel Aviv
Bernadotte
Lake Success
N. Y
Britain
Security Council
U. N
Tira
Jaba
Haifa
Ein Ghazal
Arab League
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
League
Rennebohm Extends Camp McCoy Use for Inductees
Gov Rennebohm offers Camp McCoy facilities to Secretary Forrestal to train up to 75,000 inductees with minimal expenditure. The camp has a long history of Civil War era use for soldier training.
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Rennebohm
Camp McCoy
Madison
Camp
McCoy
James Forrestal
U S Tells Poland To Complain To Reds Not America
Washington says Poland should file protests about German policy with Russia rather than the United States. Undersecretary Lovett advised Polish Ambassador Winiewicz that concerns over Western Germany should be directed to the country mainly responsible for hindering cooperation in Europe’s recovery.
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Washington
United States
Poland
Germany
Russia
Europe
Robert A. Lovett
Josef Winiewicz
Group Will Study Monroe Credit Bureau Plan
A Monroe chamber of commerce retail committee appointed a five member group to study maintaining and improving the city credit bureau. The committee includes Harold L. Jacobs Arch Schneider Robert J. Tracy Ben West and Robert H Richardson. An advisory pair Paul Paulson and Harold E Scherer were named to assist.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
City Hotel
Harold L. Jacobs
Arch Schneider
Robert J. Tracy
Ben West
Robert H. Richardson
Paul Paulson
Harold E. Scherer
Legislative Leaders Plan One Day July Special Session
Madison leaders and Gov Rennebohm agreed to streamline the July 19 special session so work can be completed in one or two days. The governor said he would call the session for that day, likely focusing on veterans housing though the agenda may include other items.
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Madison
Rennebohm
Circus Bill Posting Crew Tours Area with Cole Brothers
A crew of 32 worked Green county and vicinity yesterday on billing for Cole Brothers circus. Their advertising car with sleeping accommodations was spotted at the Milwaukee depot and the men toured seven trucks, visiting 17 towns.
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Green County
Cole Brothers Circus
Milwaukee
Berlin Air Corridor Report Sparks Moscow Fighter Formation
British military government headquarters announced a British pilot sighted a formation of Russian Yak fighters in the air corridor between Berlin and Hamburg yesterday. The notice warns residents not to expect aid via the corridor.
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Berlin
West
Hamburg
Communists outline two year plan for Berlin ties
The article reports a two year plan by Communists to bind Berlin economically to the Soviet occupation zone and to draft a German republic constitution as a reply to a Western constitutional assembly. It notes U S airlift efforts to mitigate a fuel shortage and a coal airlift from Frankfurt to Western Berlin.
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Berlin
Germany
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Leslie G. Kindschi
C. J. Schwingel
T. R. Holyoke
Arthur P. Benkett
Dr. Kindschi
Peter S. Solomon
Werner W. Blum
Perle G. Guess
Rolland Etter
Holyoke
Zuercher
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Turner
Kans
Sgt
Beach
Ilinois
Columbia University
New York
Democratic Party
America
Credit Bureau
The
Romania
Bulgaria
Red Army
Czechoslovakia
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National Defense
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Tass
Tirana
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Kremlin
France
Moscow
London
Paris
Benin
ADN
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