Monroe High School Band Nears Season Windup
The Monroe high school band wraps an eight week summer program with appearances at the Monroe Funday on Monday, Green County fair July 29 30 and 31, and a stock parade at noon July 31. New members join the parade with no uniforms yet and rehearsals continue for beginners junior band and orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe High School
Monroe
Allan F. Barnard
Milwaukee
C. Viel Jr
Madison
University of Wisconsin Orchestra Clinic
Year's Term Given To Wilbert Priewe
Wilbert Priewe, a 19 year old Beloit youth, was committed to the state department of public welfare under the 1947 youth service act. He received a minimum one year sentence for forgery from Judge Harold J. Lamboley. he was arrested March 27 and escaped May 2 from Wisconsin General Hospital, Madison.
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Wilbert Priewe
Beloit
State Department of Public Welfare
Youth Service
Priewe
Harold J. Lamboley
Waukesha
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Green County
Mary McMillin Beaten In Quarterfinal Match
Milwaukee player Mrs John Clauder defeats three time champion Mary McMillin of Green Bay 11 up to win the state women’s golf quarterfinal, clinching victory by taking the 18th hole. Clauder, Milwaukee, is the 1942 titlist.
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Milwaukee
Mary McMillin
Green Bay
John Clauder
Clauder
Rural Carriers Press for Better Rural Roads Across Nation
The nation’s 32 000 rural letter carriers deliver mail to about 30 million people in 8 million rural families, traveling 1.4 million miles annually. They seek hard surfaced, all weather roads, citing 50 percent of mileage on unsurfaced dirt roads and sparse improvements since 1940.
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Chicago
B. A. Winquest
Washington, D. C
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Winquest
American Road Builders’ Association
Purse Snatcher Identified in Freeport Case
Mrs. Zentner identified Kenneth Raymond Bromley as the assailant who struck her on Monroe street and snatched her purse. Bromley, arrested in Freeport on a similar charge, is held on a $2,000 bond in Stephenson county jail after waiving preliminary exam.
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Freeport
Fred Zentner
13Th Avenue
Cole Bros. Circus
Monroe Street
Henry Hefty
Illinois
Zentner
Kenneth Raymond Bromley
St. Clare Hospital
Bromley
Justice Court
Stephenson County
Monroe
Swim Pupils To Give Pool Program Tonight
Two hundred fifty boys and girls in pool classes will trình a promotion and demonstration program at Recreation Park at 7 30 PM open to the public. All classes from ducklings to senior life savers will participate with promotions for those meeting requirements and mail notices for those advancing from beginner to swimmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Park
National Red Cross Water Safety Council
Tuck er Corp. Reopens Plant For 300 Production Workers
About 300 production employees were recalled to work at the Chicago Tucker Corporation automobile plant after it had been shut down for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tucker Corp
Marshall warns US will not be coerced over Berlin crisis
Secretary of State Marshall said the United States will not be coerced in Berlin and will use every diplomatic resource to reach an acceptable solution, aiming to avoid war. He stressed the US position is understood and will rely on negotiations while protecting rights in Germany. General Lucius D Clay leads American forces in Berlin.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Berlin
Soviet Russia
Germany
Lucius D Clay
Jets Cross Atlantic in First U S F-80 Jet Flight
Six teen U S F-80 fighter planes completed today the first jet propelled air crossing of the Atlantic from the United States landing in England at Odiham.
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Odiham
Eng
U. S
Atlantic
United States
Berlin crisis moves aim to avoid war as U S weighs options
Diplomatic steps from Washington contemplate a three point policy to keep Berlin under Western influence without provoking Moscow. President Truman seeks first hand reports from Clay as weather and airlift prospects extend weeks of possible supply by air. American ground forces in Germany number about 96 000 with 24 000 combat troops while 5 000 troops watch Trieste amid looming air force operations.
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Berlin
Newsaper
Germany
Royal Air Force
Fassberg
Hannover
Perleberg
Schoenewalde
Clay
White House
Truman
Moscow
Russia
United States
Trieste
Air Force
Europe
England
Wisconsin Legislature Supports Veterans Housing Constitutional Amendment
Madison lawmakers approve a Senate resolution by 99 to 2 to amend the state constitution to allow funds for veterans housing. The proposal must pass again in 1949 and win voter approval. Gov Rennebohm called special session. debate featured defeated amendments and criticism from Carl W Thompson.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Rennebohm
Stoughton
Carl W. Thompson
Marshall Disavows Claim of Foreign Agents Here
Secretary Marshall said he knows of no case where a foreigner arriving for the United Nations has threatened U.S. security. He disavowed testimony by two state department officials who warned that hundreds of foreign agents may operate in the United States on UN credentials. Subcommittee members anticipated congressional action after reconvening Monday.
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Washington
Marshall
United Nations
State Department
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
United States
Subcommittee
Andre Marie Set To Form New French Cabinet
Andre Marie, 51, radical socialist and former justice minister, announced he has been asked to form a new French government after Schuman's cabinet resigned over defense cuts. Auriol met him and he seeks parliamentary support, while his rise signals a shift to the right and he bears memory of Buchenwald hardship.
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Paris
Andre Marie
Marie
Robert Schuman
Buchenwald
Msedialoty
Vincent Auriol
Ministry of Justice
RED
Maurice Thorez
Thorez
Auriol
Fairground Upgrades Mark Preparations for 94th Green County Fair
Preparations for the 94th Green County Fair include painting and disinfecting barns, wiring new offices, and adding over 600 new amphitheater seats. Road dust is reduced with oiling while the floral hall gains partitions and backgrounds. The midways promise free daily entertainment with a human cannonball act by Arturo Zacchini and evening dancing.
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WCTU
Leo D. Lewis
James Bray
Clarence Mahlberg
Arturo Zacchini
City Council Approves Study of Water Rates
The council unanimously authorized the board of water commissioners to petition the Wisconsin Public Service Commission for a study of water rates and for a certificate of approval for the water plant expansion. No rate increase was requested. The mayor directed further investigation into possible city representation at the PSC hearing on a separate rate case.
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Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Board of Water Commissioners
Common Council
Frank A. Buehler
Water Department
Public Service Commission
Buehler
G. S. Soseman
Board of Public Works
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Henry Tschudy
Council
Soseman
Zenno A. Gorder
Greenwood Cemetery Association
Planning Commission
Monroe Transit Lines, Inc
22Nd Avenue
Recreation Park
Fairgrounds
10Th Street
17Th Avenue
12Th Street
Monroe Lumber and Fuel Co
Waelti-Quinn
Director of Public Works
Park Road
23Rd Avenue
Fair Association
Board of Education
18 Year Olds Rush To Enlist In Army
Seven Green County youths contacted Sgt. Rodney C. Johnson, local army and air force recruiter, since yesterday seeking one year enlistments. Johnson said the office will recruit no more than three 18 year olds for one year terms between now and August 31.
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Green County
Rodney C. Johnson
Army
Airforce
Johnson
Thousands of 18 year olds flood recruitment offices
Associated Press reports thousands of American 18 year olds volunteer for a one year military term. Only 161,000 may enlist, as many youths rush to join before deadlines.
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Associated Press
Armed Forces
Wisconsin draft boards to handle registration
State selective service announced eighty local boards will handle the draft registration starting August 30. Previously 134 boards operated. Dane County will have two boards and Milwaukee nine. Each board consists of five members serving the counties.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Selective Service
Dane
Milwaukee
Government Seizes Party Heads after Indictment by Jury
Six top Communist leaders including chairman William Z. Foster and general secretary Eugene Dennis posted 5000 bail each on charges of advocating violent overthrow. They were indicted by a federal grand jury, with 12 party leaders named. A seventh seized was Carl Winters in Detroit.
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New York
U. S
Communist Party
William Z. Foster
U. S. Treasury
Robert W. Dunn
Civil Rights Congress
Vincent L. Leibell
Foster
Eugene Dennis
John Williamson
National Labor
Jacob Stachel
New York City
Benjamin J. Davis
Henry Winston
Detroit
Carl Winters
Michigan State Coun
Wallace Aid Criticizes Arrest Of Communist Leaders
C B Baldwin campaign manager for Henry Wallace denounced the arrests as moves to outlaw a political party. He called it a remarkable coincidence that the action coincides with Wallace new party convention week.
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Philadelphia
Henry Wallace
C. B. Baldwin
Indictments of 12 Communists Spark Major New York Arrests
Federal grand jury charges allege membership in the Communist party and plotting to overthrow the U.S. government by force. Nine men were sought or arrested in New York, including Irving Potash, Robert Thompson, Gus Hall and Gilbert Green, with others identified as party leaders in Chicago and Cleveland. The case centers on a 1945 national board meeting and ongoing Smith Act prosecutions.
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Cil
Detroit
John Gates
Daily Worker
Communist Party
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Foster
United States
Communist National Headquarters
Lower Manhattan
Davis
Harlem
Grand
Winston
Irving Potash
CIO Farriers
New York City
Robert G. Thompson
New York State
Gilbert Green
Chicago
Gus Hall
Cleveland
Communist Party of the
U. S
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Gen. Pershing
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Erfurt
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Veterans
Navy
Marines
Continental
Navy Marines
Selective Service
Bulletin
Wallace
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