Drought Tests Gardens as Heat Rises Beyond 80
The day sees 80 and climbing toward a new 1946 high as drouth strains lawns, gardens, and pastures. Fires flare from dry grass near the Milwaukee road. strawberries shrink without mulch. corn struggles to emerge while milk production risks a drop without rain. Forecast calls for warm weather and possible showers tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Milwaukee Road
H. B. Sickinger
Otto H. Kundert
Sickinger
Woman Is Seriously Hurt In Brooklyn Crash
A two-car collision at County Trunk and State Route 82 near Liberty Polo Hill left one woman seriously injured with a broken femur and two others with minor cuts and bruises. Mrs. Roy Watkins broke her thigh and was moved from Belleville to Mary's Hospital, Madison. Her husband was unhurt. Mrs. Anna Peterson and her daughter suffered minor injuries, while another daughter slept unharmed. Sheriff investigators did not release the children’s names.
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Liberty Polo Hill
Broolyn
Roy Watkins
Brooklyn
Pasenger
Belleville
Mary's Hospital
Madison
Anna Peterson
Sheriff's Department
Jewel theft at Kronberg Castle traced to Americans
German authorities report that Hess family royal jewels valued at about one million dollars vanished from Kronberg Castle storage in the basement while the site served as an American officers club. An official hint suggests Americans are suspected in the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
House of Hess
Kronberg
Knipschild Opens Barber Shop After Morning Rush
In Monroe the Knipschild barber, a longtime local, plans to open his east side shop after buying groceries. A neighboring businessman asked when the shop would start, and Knipschild handed him his key and said he would be there in a minute.
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Genn Nm
Knipschild
Monroe
Johnnie
Cease fire ordered in Manchuria by Chiang Kai-shek
The Associated Press reports Chiang Kai-shek issued a 15-day Manchuria cease-fire effective tomorrow to push toward a permanent settlement. The truce aims to clear the path for Chinese government and communist differences.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
Commi
OPA Quarters Must Vacate by August First
Green County authorities inform the board of supervisors the office of price administration must leave the Citizens Bank building by Aug. 1. The OPA has been leased by the county from Peter son, then subleased to the federal government at 100 dollars monthly. If federal officials do not lease new space, OPA may move to Rock or Dane counties. The vacated quarters will host a youth center and John Knipschild's barber shop. A copper roof bid for the county courthouse was shelved pending additional bids. Civil War veteran David A. Sisk dies at 102 in Iowa.
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Price Administration
Citizens Bank
Green County Property Committee
Board of Supervisors
Marshall L. Peterson
OPA
Peterson
Monroe
Clarence W. Lengacher
Milwaukee
Green County
Rock
Dane County
Lengacher
John Knipschild
Knipschild
Court House
Grief-Laden OPA Measure Heads to Senate Floor
A Senate bound OPA bill carries heavy criticism from administration opponents. The banking committee endorses a one year extension of price controls in a restricted form while the House already passed an extension bill. The measure proposes ending controls on meat and dairy by June 30 and shifts authority to a decontrol board, with subsidies for farm products scaled back and several wartime controls repealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Banking Committee
Chamber
Wagner
D-Ny
House
Chester Bowles
Secretary of Agriculture
OPA
Holstein-Friesian Association Elects Leaders
The Holstein Friesian Association finished its annual meeting with W S Moscrip of Lake Elmo Minn reelected president for a third year. Sarah van Hoosen Jones of Rochester Mich was chosen as vice president succeeding Mrs W S Kellogg of Derby Conn. John Wuellherich of Greenwood Wis was reelected as a 3 year director along with other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nockfora
Holstein- Friesian Association
Sarah van Hoosen Jones
Rochester
Mich
W. S. Kellogg
Derby
Conn
W. S. Moscrip
Lake Elmo
Minn
John Wuetherich
Greenwood
Wis
Former Monroeite W. K. Thompson Dies in Chicago Hotel Fire
W Kenneth Thompson longtime Monroe resident and Navy veteran perished in the LaSalle hotel fire in Chicago. He was 42, son of Mrs Annette J Thompson of Racine, with a sister Mrs Louis Gregorson in Elkhorn and brother Robert in Riverside Illinois. Survivors include widow and two children.
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W. Kenneth Thompson
Monroe
la Salle
Chicago
Thompson
Annette J.’ Thompson
Roy Jaberg
Louis Gregorson
Elkhorn
Robert ‘Thompson
Riverside
LaSalle Hotel
Arlington National Cemetery
Robert F. Marty
United States Navy Academy
Annapolis
Navy
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Ozonaire Laboratories
Port Washington
U. S. Naval Department Bureau of Navigation
Robert
Gregorson
Normandy observes second D-Day anniversary with quiet tributes
Normandy marks two years since the Allied invasion with subdued ceremonies in St Mere Eglise Bayeux and Caen honoring American British and Canadian forces. Residents recall heroism and sacrifice sharing stories of humor amid remembrance and gratitude for those who liberated them and rest in American cemeteries.
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St. Mere Eglise
82Nd Airborne
Bayeux
Caen
Normandy
Star of David
Valognes
Senate and House clash over teen draft age and extensions
The Senate backed extending the wartime draft to next May with 69 to 8, while the House pressed for ending teen inductions. A conference committee must reconcile age limits 18 and 19, length of extension, and pay changes as the draft law nears expiry.
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Magnon —Ury
Senate
House
Congress
Sen
Ate
Receiver Appointed For Toledo Peoria Western Railroad
Federal Judge J. Leroy Adair appointed a receiver for the Toledo Peoria & Western railroad, strikebound since October 1, 1945, after 19 shippers filed a Feb 21 writ alleging financial loss from halted railroad facilities. The receiver’s appointment bars current ownership and union interference in operations.
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Ory
J. Leroy Adair
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Ies
Fredcourt
Windish
Automobile Deater
Galesburg
Long Wey
Fire Damages Anna Blum Home in Monroe
Fire at Miss Anna Blum’s residence on 14th Street caused about 3500 in losses. Assistant Chief H B Sickinger said the blaze began after midnight Saturday, ate through roof and attic, with 2500 to building and 1000 to furnishings. The fire drew a large crowd as smoke was visible for miles.
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Anna Blum
H. B. Sickinger
Blum
14Th Street
Monroe
AFL Seamen Strike Sparks Coastwide Protests
AFL seamen walk out across Atlantic Gulf Pacific and Hawaiian ports in a judge to protest CIO talks and pressure a quick bargaining return. A House Labor subcommittee led by Rep. A B Kelley will hear key figures as ships halt while talks proceed.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
Hawaiian
House Labor Committee
A. B. Kelley
D-Pa
Kelley
AFE
Great Lakes
School Board Merges Annual Meet With Budget Hearing
Monroe board of education plans July 1 combine annual meeting and budget hearing. June session precedes reports and budget prep. Two directors and two officers to be elected as vacancies arise from resignations and term expirations. Presiding officer roles open due to Hardell resignation and wartime service history.
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Monroe Board of Education
Robert E. Hardell
C. J. Schwingel
Schwingel
T. J. Olson
Herbert T. Johnson
Hardell
Arthur C. Benkett
Henry A. Burgy
Hotel Fire at La Salle Hotel Leaves Dozens Dead
Chicago reports a fast spreading blaze at the La Salle hotel beginning in the lobby and killing 58, with 55 identified. Investigations by city, county, and state probe the flames while evacuation and closures follow.
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Chicago
la Salle Hotel
Louis Marco
Henry Eckhardt
Corporation
Eddie Kowalske
Emil Landsnes
la Salle
Madison Street
Protect
The
Shubert
Great Northern
Edward J. Kelly
Re Department
Sheriff Finds Payment in Full from Dubuque Firm
After years of trying to collect back personal taxes, the Dubuque firm paid 11140 by the June 5 deadline on property near Browntown. The sheriff and county treasurer welcomed the check and debated how to handle any surplus.
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Dubuque
Browntown
Dubu Get
Blaze at La Salle Hotel Kills Dozens In Madison Rescue
The La Salle hotel fire in Madison left at least 59 dead. Lt. Col. Ralph P. Weaver, new commander of the 1658th service command unit, awakened during the blaze and later left for Milwaukee to assume command. A honeymooning Appleton couple was rescued from a third floor window ledge as flames and smoke filled the corridor.
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Chicago
la Salle
Ralph P. Weaver
1658Th Service Command
Wisconsin
Weaver
Kansas City
Milwaukee
George Buril
Madison
la Salle Hotel
Buril
Appleton
Wis
Victor W. Nieland
LaSalle Hotel
LaSalle Street
Thief Cogdell Pleads Guilty In Auto Theft Case
Clarence L. Cogdell, 40, pleaded guilty to stealing a car in New Orleans and driving it to New Orleans. He told Judge Walter J. Labay he saved taxpayers by making his own clothes and working in prison. The judge sentenced him to five more years on the auto theft charge and 18 months for parole violation.
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Chicago
Walter J. Labay
Clarence L. Cogdell
New Orleans
Newah
Cogdell
Leavenworth
la Buy
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Associated Press
Superior
William Helbacka
Hubbe Mich
Andy Borg
Borg
Stanley Rector
Ways and Means Committee
Rector
Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies
Marshalltown
David A. Sisk
Iowa
Co. H
147Th Ilinois Infantry
Co. E
Third
U. S. Artillery
Holstein-Friesian Association
W. K. Thompson
Winifred Stratton
Sullivan
Ind
Miami
Fla
Claude
Treviers
France
Hitler
Europe
Toledo, Peoria, Western Railroad
New York
AFL Seafarers International Union
West Coast
Sailors Union of the Pacific
San Francisco
Nin Ame
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