Republicans Align With Democrats Against Foreign Aid Cuts
A GOP group decided to join Democrats opposing 53 million dollar cuts in the foreign aid measure. Representative Dirksen said a substantial bloc of Republicans will back amendments to restore the reductions as House leaders push to pass the bill by nightfall. Secretary Marshall warned the cut would reduce the European recovery program to mere relief.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
Dirksen
R-Iil
Truman
Western
Europe
Greece
Turkey
China
Economic Cooperation Administration
Stefan
R-Neb
ECA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
Marshall
Bernadotte Seeks Clarity as Palestine Cease Fire Talks Continue
A United Nations ordered truce in Palestine remains fluid as mediators work to fix timing. Arab and Jewish forces clash in northern Palestine and along the Tel Aviv coastal route amid claims of recent victories. Isdud, Jenin, and Jerusalem see renewed shelling and armored movements.
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Palestine
United Nations
Trans-Jordan
Tel Aviv
Jenin
Isdud
Jerusalem
Nablus
Faris el Knouri
Syria
Israel
Gavel Asuiming
United Nations Security Council
Council
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
U. N
Wallace Seeks Peace Support On Western Tour
Henry Wallace concluded his western tour in Albuquerque with a pledge to accept any peace based support and a remark that communists are interested in peace. The third party presidential candidate returns to New York today.
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Wallace
Albuquerque
N. M
Henry Wallace
New York
Elizabeth to undertake no engagements after June end
Buckingham Palace announced that Princess Elizabeth will take no engagements after the end of June, a move seen as indicating she is expecting a baby likely in October. The timing suggests a royal maternity, with duties paused during pregnancy.
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Palace
Elizabeth
Welcome Rain Hits North End of State
The Associated Press reports welcome rain reached parts of Wisconsin while many regions face drought and forest fire threats. County agents and rangers say a widespread drenching rain is needed, or disaster could follow if it does not arrive within days.
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North End of
State
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Braces for Drought as Heat Peaks at Ninety
The Monroe thermometer hit 90 at noon before fading after 1 PM, erasing yesterday’s 88 high. Rainfall measured .44 inches at Superior, with showers moving through Chippewa Falls and Rice Lake. Forecasters warned of drying soils, forest fire risk rose, and a park and forest burn ban may be imposed after Monday’s Wisconsin Rapids meeting.
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Mercury
Monroe
Superior Duluth
Superior
Chippewa Falls
Rice Lake
Milwaukee
United States
Howard J.thompson
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
Wisconsin Rapids
Neil LeMay
W. J.P. Aberg
mitMay
Commission
Paper Ad Pulp Industry
Nicolett National Forest
Rhinelander
Oneida-Lincoln District
State Conservation Department
Associated Press
Three Way Clash Over First Ballot At GOP Convention
Supporters of Taft claim a 25 vote lead on the initial convention ballot with 306 votes possible. Dewey backers cite 281 for Dewey and 149 for Stassen, while 358 votes are said to go to favored sons. Stassen says he will have 340 on first ballot as the Philadelphia meeting opens June 1.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Taft
Dewey
Harold E. Stasse
Herbert E. Brownell
New York
Philadelphia
Stassen
Des Moines
GOP Predicts Draft Call Up To Truman
Senate Republicans foresee draft control resting with President Truman or Wherry as a draft bill advances. Capehart’s amendment gains House and Senate support while Gurney’s armed services panel resists. The plan would register all men 18 to 25, with immediate or later call options and a two year training path for 18-year-olds.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
Wherry
Capehart
Ind
House
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Counjee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Drinking Fountains Installed on the Square
Zenno A. Gorder director of public works said the water department installed drinking fountains on the square this morning for the summer months. He noted press of more important matters delayed their installation and repairs on one fountain caused further delay.
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Zenno A. Gorder
Water Department
Widow of Janesville Lumberman Dead in Milwaukee
Mrs. Dell Hanchett Jeffris, 80, widow of Janesville lumberman David K. Jeffris, died yesterday in Milwaukee after a month with pneumonia. Her husband died in 1921. Funeral services will be held Monday in Janesville.
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Janesville Lumberman
Milwaukee
Dell Hanchett Jeffris
David K. Jeffris
Premins
Janesville
Truman Confident As He Starts Initial Non-Political Trip
President Truman, aboard an 18-state grass roots tour train, frames his trip as non political while signaling its potential impact on 1944 politics. He outlines a bipartisan stance, notes Democratic crowd presence, and plans major stops from Chicago to Los Angeles with stops in Fort Wayne Gary and Omaha.
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Truman
Chicago
Washington
White House
Crestline
Ft. Wayne
Ind
United States
Sam D. Jackson
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Major
Jacob M. Arvey
Cook County
Democratic Central Committee
Fort Wayne
Gary
Arvey
Palmer House
Edward J. Kelly
Martin Kennelly
Los Angeles
Omaha
Seattle
Berkeley
Calif
School Groups To Talk District Consolidation in Green County
spara members of the Juda state graded school and seven closed rural districts of that vicinity will meet with the Green county school committee at 8 Tuesday evening in the circuit court room of the court house. Consolidation with the Juda district will be discussed. Closed districts are Pengra Bright West Pleasant Hill Center Riley and Prairie Valley. Many of those districts have been transporting pupils to Juda.
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Spara
Juda State Graded School
Green County School Committee
Circuit Court
Court House
Juda
Pengra
Bright
West
Pleasant Hill
Center
Riley
Prairie Valley
UMW Chief Resumes Talks After Goldsborough Order
John L. Lewis agrees to bargain with Southern Coal Producers Association after federal judge T Alan Goldsborough orders talks. Meeting tentatively set for 1 p.m. Saturday or 10 a.m. Monday June 7 to discuss a contract before the June 30 expiry. Goldsborough has previously fined Lewis for contempt and issued two injunctions affecting strikes and pensions.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Southern Group
Welly K. Hopkins
UMW
Lewis
Hopkins
T. Alan Goldsborough
Nyvers
National Labor Relations Board
Goldsborough
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Association
South
The
Justice Department
Mrs. R. B. Germann Dies at Rice Lake
Robert B. Germann aged 75 formerly from Monroe died at Rice Lake Hospital from a heart attack. Born Amelia Leibly November 16 1872 in Monroe she married Germann April 26 1894 in Monroe. Survived by two sons Percy and Frank two daughters Sophia Frey Zentner Orth four brothers and four grandchildren. Services at Rice Lake Catholic church tomorrow. body to Monroe for burial at Calvary cemetery.
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Robert B. Germann
Monroe
Rice’ Lake Hospital
Amelia Leibly
Germann
U.S. Navy
Frank
Rice Lake
Harold Zentner
Genevieve Orth
Sophia Frey
Scranton
Joseph
Charles
Seattle
Rice Lake Catholic
Railroads Asked to Repair Crossings in Monroe
Monroe public works director Zenna A. Gorder announced that railroads have been asked to inspect and repair crossings in Monroe to prevent property damage and personal injury. Letters to Monroe agents cited numerous complaints about crossing conditions.
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Uos Central
Monroe
Zenna A. Gorder
Director of
Public Works
Gorder
Board of Public Works
Palomar 200 Inch Telescope Dedicates Seats science era
Astronomers inaugurated a new era with the Palomar Mountain 200 inch telescope, officially dedicated by top scientists. The device doubles prior power, with future photo graphs to be produced from a 14 percent ton mirror. Early tests showed Saturn appears small, but viewers were reassured that viewing is not the telescope’s purpose. Scientists will study prism spectographs at Caltech. The mirror weighs a million pounds, mounted in a rotating 12 story dome, with oil suspension and button control.
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Palomar
Cali
Saturn
California Institute of ‘Technology
Cleveland Milk Expert Foresees Synthetic Dairy Rise
Chief Inspector D W Acheson of the Cleveland health department warned that cows may not remain central to milk supply as synthetics advance. He told the Ohio Association that synthetic dairy products could replace natural milk, noting a shift in a young generation away from dairy farming and existing milk shortages in several cities.
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Cleveland
D. W. Acheson
Cleveland Health Department
Ohio
Acheson
Fresh Flood Waters Slam Northwest Rivers and Dikes
Flood fronts advance through crumbling dikes as the Fraser and Columbia surge with new crests. Canada reports 360 Barnston residents rescued to safety by navy. Oregon Washington dikes reinforced amid rising rivers. Estimated damage tops 110 million for Columbia area and 30 million for Fraser basin. death toll reaches 23.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Fraser River
Canada
Barnton
Hatzie Islands
British Columbia
Canadian Navy
Barnston
Port Kells
Navy
Columbia River
Oregon
Washington
Big River
Pacific
Columbia
Snake River
Fraser
Idaho
Lower
Maurice Joy Resigns County Weed Position
Maurice Joy resigns as county weed commissioner after being appointed this spring to join Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales in Milwaukee. He will study livestock market grades for months and then transfer to a branch plant in Wisconsin. the board plans to choose a successor tonight.
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Green’ County Board of Supervisors
Maurice Joy
Monroe
Joy
Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales , Association of Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
81 Entries For Junior Dairy Show In Monroe
Eighty one entries have been received for the junior dairy show to be held on Green County Centennial Dairy Day in Monroe next Wednesday. The entries come from Future Farmers of America and 4-H club members and will be shown in six classes on the courthouse square. George Werner of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture will judge at 9 oclock, with a parade at 1 30 and continued exhibit in the afternoon. The show is open to any breed, mainly Holsteins and Brown Swiss, with six classes listed and a best 100 word essay prize donated by Commercial and Savings Bank. Names of 4-H andFFA members from Monroe, York, Oak Corners, Clarno, Jefferson-Jiffy Workers, and others appear among entrants.
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Monroe
Future Farmers of America
Court House Square
George Werner
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Savings Bank
FRA Club
Daniel Bechtolt
Charles
Dickson
James McQuire
Henry Prien
Joseph Tschanz
Bureigh Bartlett
Albert Buri
Theodore Falk
Roy Roth
Donald Timm
Nathan Bechtolt
Daryle Kubly
Robert Kraus
Samuel Nafzger
Elson Walters
Robert Brunkow
Leo Stauffacher
Frances Ruff
Donald Elmer
Roger Stauffacher
Virgil Neuenschwander
Robert Dye
Delbert Neuenschwander
Monroe Agricultural Club
Margaret Hermanson
Ronald Hermanson
Glenn Nybroten
Jerry Wenger
Byron Schmid
York Club
Daryl Davenport
Donald Newcomer
Floyd Izer
Eloise King
Russell Atkinson
Robert Miller
Delmar Atkinson
Sherwood Carlson
Oak Corners
James
Jerry
Joseph McGuire
Donie Mary
Betty Timm
Clarno
Jerry Rufenacht
Gayle Luchsinger
Jefferson
Arthur Swain
Eugene Stettler
Oakley
Donald Albright
William Goecks
James Keen
Juda Jolly
Delores Roth
Gary « Malkow
Decatur
DeWayne Flannery
Nancy ' Dickson
Browntown
Andrew
Evelyn Hartwig
Glenn Frautschy
Clarno Club
Paul Marsh
Spring Grove
Paul Elmer Jr
Brooklyn Busy Bees
Keith Holloway
Green County Center
United Telephone Buys Leahy Home
United Telephone Co has purchased the John H. Leahy estate at 823 16th Avenue to support expansion near its current plant. P J Weirich says there are no immediate plans for use, but continued growth may require the site. possession will be taken Sept 1. Also reported, Sure ’as, 28, died yesterday after a fatal electrical shock of 2300 volts.
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Young. Leahy
16Th Avenue
United Telephone Co
P. J. Weirich
Leahy
Monroe
John H. Leahy
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Bernadotte
London
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N. Y
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Wes Vasonadic
Southern Producers Association
Moody
R. B. Germann
United Telephone
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