Negotiations With Southern Coal Operators Collapse
United Mine Workers and southern coal operators ended talks as wage proposals were made public. Operators offered 12.70 dollars per day with a portal to date travel ban, while miners sought 13.05 for an eight hour day plus travel time. The fight over a welfare fund, nickel per ton royalty and travel rules frames a broader collapse across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
Southern Coal
UMW
Portal
Laurence E. Tierney Jr
Lewis
Tierney
Joseph J. Ardigo
H. S. Homan
Southern
Northern and
Western
Northwest
Mrs Flora Stephenson dies at 70 in Albany area
Flora Annis Stephenson 70 of Albany and nearby for 67 years died at St. Clare Hospital after a heart ailment. Born Aug 30 1876 in Scales Mound Ill she married Frank Stephenson on June 4 1893 and taught in rural schools. Survivors include two daughters Henry Schesser of Oklahoma City and a Kaukauna high school senior class picnic attendee listed in error.
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Frank Stephenson
Stephenson
Faril
Albany
Henry Schesser
Oklahoma City
Okla
Monroe Dairy Days Weekend Concert and Show This Friday and Saturday
Monroe Dairy Days arrives with a public Friday concert by the Monroe high school band at 8 on the square and music throughout Saturday. Stores will be lit and open with special bargains, and a Canton show of Brown Swiss cattle from seven counties will be held at the fair grounds. The band concert features 80 musicians under Allan F. Barnard with a varied program and vocalists Edwin Andereck and Love day and Jokern among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe High School
Canton
Green
Dane
Lafayette
Columbia
Dodge
Jefferson
Rock
Fair Grounds
Man
Robert Kramer
W. R. Schuetze
Ray Lovelace
W. H. Biffle
Robert Tracy
William Bauman
Richard Bahr Jr
Recreation Park
Allan F. Barnard
Edward Andereck
Jenkins
Herbert L. Clarke
Boyer
Keler
Europe
America
Ivanovici-Jolson
Chaplin
Rosenkrans
Pilgrim's Chorus
Tannhauser
Lin
Stanley and Levy
Edwin Andereck
Wooden Soldiers
Monroe
Jessel
Ostling
Youmans
Father of Victory
Gamne
Goethal
Ner
Paul P. Rufenacht
Alta B. Rufenacht
Retail Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
John P. Kubly
Clarence Morton
Carl Schiess
22Nd Avenue
6Th Street
Board of Public Works
Jess J. Metcalf
Glen Hinds
Lester Forcade
Monroe Country Club
Edna Busch
Swiss Cheese Factory Prices Dip While Retail Holds Steady
Factory cheese prices fall 8 to 19 cents per pound for March, with top grade Swiss at 60 cents and grinders at 30 cents. Despite factory drops, retailers expect no price changes until purchases occur. April and May outlooks foresee further declines. brick and Muenster drop to 36 cents, while Swiss warns of continued reductions to keep the market moving.
Four Missing in Roaring Rutland Flood
Four people are missing in Rutland Vermont after a powerful flood cut water gas and power to the city of 18000. More than 1000 residents were evacuated as debris was cleared and aid was organized. Police list four missing though no casualties officially reported. The flood broke through the East Pittsford dam about five miles north causing damages estimated at over two million dollars and leaving up to 500 homeless.
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Ntland
Vermont
Pittsford Tam
Truman May Sign Or Veto Quick Tax Bill This Week
Washington reports Congress and the treasury seek rapid action on a $4 billion income tax cut bill. The president has 10 days to approve or veto with July 1 as the start date, prompting immediate withholdings and forms. Senate action approved 48-28, House 220-99. votes needed to override a veto. The bill offers 10.5 to 30 percent cuts, 5.25 to 15 percent for this year, plus a $500 extra exemption for those over 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Truman
Senate
Millikin
R-Cole
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Kansas City
Ottttawa
Capitol
House
Senate Republiicans
Emperor Sinks After Lake Superior Rock Collision
Eleven crew members drowned and three were missing when the 7000 ton Canada Steamship Lines freighter Emperor struck rocks off Passage Island near Isle Royale and sank in 64 feet of water. Twenty one survivors were taken to Ft. Williams Ontario as Coast Guard units searched the cold Lake Superior area. The ship carried 35 crew members and no passengers and had sailed from Port Arthur bound for Ashtabula with an ore cargo.
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Windsor
Ont
Emperor
Lake Superior
Lovely Isle Royale
Ft. Williams
Minnesota
Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd
Port Arthur
Ashtabula
Norman Reech
Montreal
Eldon Walkinshaw
Collingwood
Passage Island Light
Thunder Bay
Isle Royale
Lake Es Ior
Michigan
Coast Guard
Eagle Harbor
Mich
Traverse City
Canada Steamship
Astabula
Sault Ste. Marie
Isle Royal
Kimball
Bridge Collapse Detours Route Near Brodhead After Truck
Merle E. Morrow of Freeport avoided the usual route and crossed the Sugar River near Brodhead as a 14 ton L C L truck transferred cheese to the Kraft plant. The wood and steel structure of the Raceway bridge collapsed as the truck passed, despite a six ton limit, forcing detours and a longer crossing time.
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Raceway
Brodhead
Sugar River
Merle E. Morrow
Freeport
Monticello
Roy Ties
Sugar rationing may end as Cuban crop aids U S homes
In Washington Agriculture Secretary Anderson said sugar rationing could end soon as a large Cuban sugar harvest raises hopes for more supply beyond the 35 pounds per person allowed. In Milwaukee Deputy D A T said he began probe into a fund used to promote Edmund V Bobrowicz for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anderson
Milwaukee
John S. Barry
Edmund V. Bobrowicz
Argentina Predicted to Win US Arms Sale Deal
Diplomats forecast Argentina will secure American military equipment as part of three major developments after Argentina and the United States paused hostilities and began easing tensions. The analysis notes the Buenos Aires government stands to benefit as Washington reopens arms talks amid broader diplomatic shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Argentina
United States
Buenos. Aires
Braden Resigns as Assistant Secretary of State
AP reports President Truman accepts Pratt Braden's resignation as assistant secretary of state amid controversy over U S Argentina relations. Braden, former Argentina envoy, cited family needs for private business return. White House signals moves toward a mutual defense treaty with Argentina and broader inter American defense talks.
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Braden
Washington
Truman
Praitie Braden
Argentina
White House
Oscar Ivanissevich
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
South America
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
United States
Ambasador
Ivanissevich
State Marshall
Dean Ache
Police Investigate Three Minor City Traffic Accidents
Monroe police report three minor crashes. At 3 30 p m James Forbes car driven by John Zimmerman struck a backing vehicle driven by George C Black at 19th street and 17th avenue causing front left fender and door damage. Rhea C Myers car at Gonstead apartments sustained about 20 in damage after colliding with Genevieve Beall car near the fairgrounds entrance between 10th street and 25th avenue. Marvin J Ault car veered into a ditch after contact with a Rees Construction Co vehicle on I ith avenue near William Rees residence at 5 59 last evening. Werner Marti was driver of the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
James Forbes
John Zimmerman
19Th Street
17Th Avenue
George C. Black
Route 3
Springfield
Clark County
Forbes
Rhea C. Myers
Gonstead
Genevieve Beall
Warren
10Th Street
25Th Avenue
Rees Construction Co
Marvin J. Ault
Iith Avenue
William Rees
Werner Marti
Council Rezones Part of Second Railroad Addition
The Monroe city council adopted a 7 to 0 ordinance rezoning lots 187 to 197 of the Second Railroad addition and parts of outlots 14 to 16 from residential to heavy industrial, after counsel from Wisconsin Power and Light Co. and Charles Grigsby and a communication from area property owners. A related plan to rezone the south 690 feet of the city west of 16th Avenue to light industrial was approved for a public hearing notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Charles Grigsby
L. A. Koenig
Lester Forcade
G. 8
Soseman
Planning Commission
J. H. Schwaiger
Monroe
Schwaiger
Frank A. Buehler
Green County
Senate Committee Approves Merger Plan Unites Armed Services
Washington reports the Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approves a plan to create a single national security department with Army Navy and Air Forces under one cabinet officer replacing the war and navy secretaries. The move, backed by President Truman, aims to reform defense policy amid wartime experience and may surface in the Senate next month. The same session also covers universal military training for physically fit men reaching 18 after high school, while Senate debates peace treaties with Italy Hungary Bulgaria and Romania, with Eastland urging decisive UN action against Soviet aggression and Connally predicting ratification of all four treaties is likely despite opposition.
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Washington
Department of National Security
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Senate
Truman
Congress Agai
Congress
Italy
Bar
Hitler
Russia
Hungary
Eastland
U.N
Bulgaria
Romania
Connally
D-Tex
County Buys FM Radio Equipment for Monroe City
The county purchasing committee authorized a $7,903.50 purchase of Motorola FM radio gear for the county highway police sheriff's department and Monroe city. Delivery and installation expected within 30 days after federal regulations are met. Equipment includes main station 250-watt, two HV antennae, seven mobile units, two remote control consoles, with one console for county and one for Monroe. Committee members were C. W. Loveland F. M. Ties and Clarence W. Lengacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motorola
Monroe
Green County Highway Police
County
Sheriff's Department
County Board of Supervis)oes
C. W. Loveland
F. M. Ties
Clarence W. Lengacher
Last Trumpet Wilcox Won't Attend Wisconsin G A R Encampment
Madison Wilcox 101 year old commander of the Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic reports from Cadett Wisconsin that he cannot attend the annual encampment in Fond du Lac. He writes he has seen visions of the eternal camping ground and waits for the last trumpet to call him home. The encampment opens without any representatives of the boys in blue. Lansing A. Convention officials announce 1948 encampment in Fond du Lac.
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Madison
Wilcox
Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic
Cadett
Wis
Alma Cheeseman
Milwaukee
State Department
Fond du Lac
Lansing A
Witnesses Debate Higher Cigarette Tax and Fair Funding
The joint finance committee heard testimony on a Senate plan to raise the cigarette tax from 2 to 3 cents per pack. Critics warned the increase would fall hardest on lower income smokers while proponents argued funds are needed to improve state institutions. Researchers urged a broader tax study and fair sharing of costs among all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inadson
Leeds
Senate
Nick Novasic
Milwaukee
X. Gregory
Madison
Wisconsin
Gregory
Sen. Schlabach
R-La Crosse
Sen. Buchen
R-Sheboygan
Mrs Barbara Hoesly Dies at 93 in New Glarus
Mrs Barbara Hoesly New Glarus oldest resident dies at 93 after a fall and hip fracture in St Clare hospital She was born Barbara Zweifel in Canton Glarus Switzerland June 29 1853 came to America at 18 lived in Galena Illinois and New Glarus Wisconsin She leaves three daughters four sons a stepson eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Funeral set for Saturday 2 PM at the Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church New Glarus with Rev W J Stuckey officiating Burial in church cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Glarus
Barbara Hoesly
St. Clare Hospital
Barbara Zweifel
John and
Margaret Oerthely Zweifel
Canton Glarus
Switzerland
America
Galena
Ill
New
Glarus Ciily
Hilarius Wild
Joseph Hoesly
Emanuel Streiff
Weed Commissioner Demonstrates Test Plot in Spring Grove
Green County weed commissioner Fred Gempeler yesterday ran a test plot in Spring Grove township as the first of a county wide series to be conducted when weather permits. Demonstrations will show how to gather chemicals and how each farmer can build a spray outfit. Two or three such demonstrations are planned in each township.
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Green County
Fred Gempeler
Spring Grove
Gempel
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Kaukauna High School
Rutland
Raceway Bridge
Durbin
Budapest
U. S
Maszoviet
Austria
Germany
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Second Railroad
North Court
North Court Addition
Okey
D-Miss
United Nations
J. L. Kraft
Chicago
Los Angeles
Kraft
Happy Camp
Calif
Oregon Border
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