Wind Storm Disrupts Monroe Electrical and Phone Service
A severe wind storm struck Monroe causing widespread damage and knockouts to electrical and telephone service. Winds from the north with heavy rain filled storm sewers. service was restored gradually as Wisconsin Power and Light crews aided by a state electric team worked through Saturday night and Sunday.
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Times
South Wayne
Browntown
Blanchardville
Albany
Belleville
Verona
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
State Electric
Stoughton
Stoughton-Oregon
Dane County
R. Hyslop
Rob United Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company
Monticello
Rock County
Evansville
Leyden
Madison
Freeport
Greenwood Cemetery
Darlington
Court House Trees Stay Upright in High Winds
County Clerk Clarence W. Lengacher notes the trees at the courthouse have been securely cabled to hold branches in a firm position, preventing damage despite strong winds.
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Court House
Clarence W. Lengacher
Congress Members Collect Information on Overseas Inquiries
Congress plans widespread overseas fact finding by over a score of committees and more than half the body. The effort will cost above 2 million dollars, probing foreign policy, economic issues, and domestic needs with Hoover to chair the reorganizational commission.
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Senate
Congress
Twining to Speak at Milwaukee Dinner
Lt Gen Nathan F Twining former Monroe resident will address officers and executives of the A Smith Corp at a University club Milwaukee dinner Wednesday night He commands the air materiel command at Wright Field Dayton O and will speak on industrial preparedness Maj
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Monroe
A. ©. Smith Corp
University Club
Milwaukee
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Air Materiel Command
Wrightfield
Dayton
Wisconsin War Dead To Return From WWII Theaters
James F. Burns of the American Legion grove registration and memorial committee said Saturday that the bodies of 2 000 to 3 000 Wisconsin war dead would be returned from World War II theaters in October.
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Milwaukee
James F. Burns
American Legion Grove Registration and Memorial Committee
Wisconsin
Unification Declared Most Decisive Step in Policy
James Forrestal, first U S secretary of defense, says uniting the army and navy under one department is the most decisive step in military policy since the republic's formation. He spoke at his first news conference, noting a blueprint and charter must be staffed by people.
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James Forrestal
United States
National Defense
Army
Navy
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U. S
Vote Fraud Probe Becomes Political Flashpoint in Congress
Republican leaders frame the Kansas City vote fraud charges as a court matter and political issue. Senator Connally denounces attacks on Clark while Democrats defend a defensive stance.
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Kem R-Mo
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Missouri
Connally
Justice Department
United States
Ferguson
Arbitration Board Sets Six Members for Rail Wage Dispute
The six member arbitration board to settle the wage dispute between 17 non operating railroad unions and carriers was selected in Chicago. Hearings will begin in about a week with unions representing about 1,000,000 railroad workers seeking a 20 cent hourly wage increase.
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Arbitration Board Set
Chicago
Patricia Knaack shines in baton twirling at county fair
Monroe high school senior Patricia Knaack, 17, will perform a baton twirling exhibition at the Green County fair. She led a squad to first place in a Wisconsin music tournament, is a two time district winner, and placed second in Class A with Rosemary Schwebs, Miss Majorette of America. She has taught twirling to 20 students in Monroe and Belleville and joins the Stars Under the Skies program with the Fraunfelder family Friday night.
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Monroe
Green County Fair
Pat
Madison
Rosemary Schwebs
Miss Schwebs
Milwaukee
Miller High Life Legion Post
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Miss Knaack
Belleville
Fraunfelder
Hollywood
Jinks Ends Musk Rat Scuffle At Lakeside Pond
At Lakeside Heights pond yesterday Jinks the Cocker spaniel fought a musk rat underwater. Owner H Bert Sickinger watched as the dog surfaced with the rat clamped to its ear and finally delivered the kill on shore.
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Lakeside Heights
H. Bert Sickinger
Jinks
Red Army Bigger Than All Others
Gen. Ja cob L. Devers told a Marion county soldiers and sailors reunion that the Soviet army is larger than all others combined. He warned against calls to abandon national security and criticized disarmament efforts and a proposed world security police. He contrasted free nations' strength with Soviet power and warned of shifting toward the iron curtain’s darkness.
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Salem
Lil
Russia
Jacob L. Devers
Marion County
Soldiers and Sailors
Devers
Soviet Union
United States
Army General Staff
Iron Curtain
United Nations
British Accuse Russia In Treaty Breakdown
London Sir Stafford Cripps told parliament that British Russian trade talks failed in Moscow last week over Soviet demands to revise the 1941 loan agreement.
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London
Sir Stafford Cripps
Parliament
Moscow
Lincoln Papers Open for Public Inspection at Library
The Robert Todd Lincoln collection, in bound volumes, goes on display at the Library of Congress as historians and genealogists rush to inspect the private papers of Abraham Lincoln. Dr. C Percy Powell notes the flood of requests from both scholars and curious descendants seeking letters and data. The volume of inquiries rises as the public gains access to Civil War era documents for the first time since Lincoln's death.
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Washington
Library of Congress
Gree
Abraham Lincoln
Robert Todd Lincoln
C. Percy Powell
Lincoln
Powell
Mrs. Andrew Kundert Dies in Denver at 73
Mrs. Andrew Kundert 73 native of Green county died Friday at her Denver home after a long illness. Funeral at 3 PM in Denver. Survived by husband Andrew Kundert daughter Alice Boal Denver three sisters two grandchildren eight great grandchildren and a son-in-law and daughter Dr and Mrs George Collentine Milwaukee and a niece Mrs Ray A Young Monroe. Born July 17 1874 Mary Hefty became Mary Hefty Shafer before marriage May 19 1924 at St John Evangelical Church.
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Green County
Andrew Kundert
Denver
George Collentine
Milwaukee
Ray A. Young
Monroe
Rose Leonard
New Glarus
Alice Boal
Kundert
Mary Hefty
Ferdinand Heftys
Mary Hefty Shafer
St. John’s Evangelical Church
P. A. Schuh
Hoffman Dry Goods
Homer W. Bingham
British naval forces seize Jewish immigrant ships at Haifa
In Haifa harbor British naval forces escorted two small wooden vessels jammed with about 1,100 uncertified Jewish immigrants. Most were transferred to awaiting British ships or deported to Cyprus.
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Haifa
Haifa Harbor
Cyprus
Two Hurt In Monroe Weekend Traffic Crashes
Four weekend accidents in Monroe left two people injured though not seriously. Frank Robinson 76 and Mrs. Charles Cline 64 suffered cuts and bruises and were treated and released from St. Clare hospital.
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Frank Robinson
St. Clare Hospital
Charles Cline
Woodford
Robinson
16Th Avenue
Jacob Marty Jr
Court House
Klassy
Cline
Clarence G. Penniston
South Wayne
Delbert Rothenbuehler
17Th Avenue
9Th Street
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Alfonso C. Goepfert
12Th Avenue
Paul E. Klinter
Milwaukee
Raymond B. Blumer
Eric Johnston Attacks Russia Attitude on Aid Policy
Eric Johnston said political commissars will accompany any economic aid to war stricken Europe. He warned the Soviet Union seeks complete political and economic domination over its satellite states, and that Western Europe fears Moscow's advance unless Russia is checked.
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Eric Johnston
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Mationlature Association of America
Western Europe
Turn and Schwing Club Picnic Draws 3000 At Lehrs Grove
About 3000 spectators watched Robert Wuethrich win rope climbing in 7.2 seconds Donald Stackhouse took high jump at 61 inches Lawrence Gissing captured standing stone throw with 18 feet 3 inches and Charles Winters threw running stone 20 feet 6 inches Fond du Lac noted Winters as former Turner instructor Event also featured parallel bars tumbling calisthenics and a Swiss wrestling match A Turner hall dance concluded the evening.
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Donald Stackhouse
Lawrence Gissing
Charles Winters
Lehr’s Grove
Monroe
Wuethrich
Stackhouse
Beloit
Gissing
Winters
Fond du Lac
Turner
Turner Hall
Renewal Lead Subsidy Extension Moves to White House
Senate approved a two year extension of the government subsidy on copper zinc and lead with manganese to be added. The measure goes to the White House after a voice vote. The bill extends premium payments until June 30 1949 and authorizes 70 million dollars of funds from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Chairman Millikin notes the extension is needed to prevent closing many marginal high cost mines.
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Senate
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate Finance Committee
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