Wisconsin legislature aims at early adjournment in July
The 1947 Wisconsin legislature appears set to adjourn by June 27 or July 3 as leaders push a budget bill and 150 measures toward action. A steering committee report signals compromise bills on school aid and agricultural measures, with plans to strip amendments and send the budget to the Senate.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Republican Steering Committee
Republican Party
Assembly
House
Senate
Veterans’ Rehabilitation Fund
Goodland
Finance Committee
Canton Brown Swiss Show Draws Wide Entry at Fairgrounds
Tenor of the Canton show centers on Brown Swiss cattle with exhibitors from seven counties. Judges A E Colline, Willard Evans, and Fred Litsé evaluate animals as ribbons are awarded without cash prizes. The event highlights small breeders and includes judging contests for adults and youths, with a noon picnic and notable record milk yield from Maybell's Dora. Officers are Morris L Gilbertson president Fred Ingold vice president Mrs. Schmid secretary and Alfred Meier general manager.
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Green County
Canton
A. E. Collentine
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Willard Evans
Waukesha
Dick Stumbo
Beloit
National
Brown Swiss Association
Fred Litse
Switzerland
Alfred Meier
Highway 59
Meier
Canton 2
Maybell
Dora
N. C. Schmid
Canton Association
Morris’ L. Gilbertson
Evansville
Fred Ingold
Monroe
Schmid
Jake Voegeli
Monticello
Emil Fritsch
Woodmore Farms
Janesville
Margie Schmid
Senate approves labor curbing bill by wide margin
The Senate voted 54 to 17 to approve a labor curbing measure sending it to President Truman for a veto. Wisconsin's Wiley and MacCarthy supported the bill which passed the House 320 to 79 two days earlier. The plan restricts national strikes, bans the closed shop, limits union shop, outlaw health funds, and holds unions liable for unfair labor practices.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Wisconsin
Wiley
MacCarthy
House
New Interest Adds Acres To Soil Conservation Total
The Green County soil conservation district reports its heaviest spring workload with 1,974 acres prepared for contour strips and over 11,000 acres in contour strips overall. Terracing has surged to 40,000 feet this year with 80,000 feet total, aided by a new terracing machine. Farmer cases include Ed Kaderly and Ralph Figi. office notes favorable contour farming responses and about 35,000 young trees planted for windbreaks and reforestation, with notable progress near Brodhead.
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Green County Soil Conservation District
O. G. Kimball
Conservation Office
Green County
Wear
Ed Kaderly
Spring Grove
Ralph Figi
Clarno
Leon Gempler
Washington
Harold Matzke
Dale Young
John Kaderly
Gilbert Dettwiler
Monroe
Kimball
Carter and Ruef Implement Co
Juda
Brodhead
Wisconsin Milk Truck Hijacked in Chicago Area
A milk truck carrying 300 ten gallon cans valued at 12 000 dollars was hijacked three hours before being found parked in front of Hawthorn Mellody Farms dairy. Driver Eugene Bachs of Waukesha said three masked men in a black sedan forced him to exit at pistol point and drove off with the trailer. He was later released in Bellwood after being blindfolded during a hour long drive.
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Chicago
Hawthorn-Mellody Farms
Papst Dairy Co
Oconomowoc
Wis
Eugene Bachs
Waukesha
Bellwood
Congress May End War Emergency
Senator Wiley announces a plan to end the national emergency and wartime statutes by adjournment, proposing a joint resolution after quick hearings. The measure would drop about 484 of the roughly 550 wartime laws, leaving 66 in effect and not altering international relations beyond peace treaties.
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Washington
Congress
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
Wisconsin Chemist James H. Walton Dies at 69
Professor James H. Walton, 69, longtime UW chemistry faculty member and expert on chemical gas warfare, died at his Madison home yesterday. A Deer Isle Maine native, he served as a major in World War I and taught at the university for four decades.
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Madison
James H. Walton
University of Wisconsin
Deer Isle
Maine
Walton
Fine Weather Spurs Big Monroe Dairy Days Crowds
Pleasant conditions yesterday and today brought large crowds to Monroe Dairy Days. Shoppers reported heavy trade at opening hours while Monroe High School band concerts drew many spectators around the square. A broadcast of recorded music today added liveliness to shopping in the courthouse square and surrounding porches.
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Monroe
Monroe High School
Allan F. Barnard
Court House
Remove Bridge Planks From Sugar River
Plank flooring on the county trunk bridge at the northeast edge of Brodhead collapsed earlier this week when a cheese truck crossed. Planks have been removed from the Sugar River race as they dammed the water. twisted steel girders remain partly rusted at the east abutment in the fallen position.
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Brodhead
Sugar River
Perils of Floods Threaten Midwest
Ottumwa Iowa reports two women and three children drowned when their fleeing boat disintegrated in high water. Street superintendent Loveless led flood rescue efforts but identities and bodies had not been recovered as swiftness of current hindered boat launches and the craft appeared torn apart by the flood.
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Ottumwa
South Ottumwa
Uerschel Loveless
Loveless
Floods and Tornadoes Hit Four Midwest States
Thousands were left temporarily homeless as flood waters swelled rivers and streams across four Midwest states washing out railroad tracks and flooding highways. Tornadoes ripped through four other states last night causing extensive property damage while southeast Nebraska faced serious flood threats.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Nebraska
Predict Major Flood Des Moines Forecast
The weather bureau forecast a major Mississippi flood from Keokuk to Quincy and Hannibal. The Des Moines River and northeast Missouri waters would raise the Mississippi 1 to 2 feet above 1944 levels, with stages at Keokuk 20 to 21 feet and at Quincy and Hannibal 24 to 25 feet on Monday and Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Keokuk
Quincy
Fannibal
Weather Bureau
Des Moines River
Missouri
Mississippi
Quincey
Hannibal
Tornadoes Strike Midwest Regions Causing Heavy Damage
A chain of tornadoes swept southwest Iowa northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas then touched Illinois Colorado and Oklahoma last night destroying several homes. No fatalities reported. In Champaign Illinois near the University of Illinois more than two storage buildings were destroyed or damaged with losses around 200000. At Julesburg Colorado Union Pacific railroad yards and the station suffered severe damage. A rural area in Oklahoma was also hit.
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Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Illinois
Colorado
Oklahoma
Champaign
Ill
Julesburg
Colo
Illinois City
University of Illinois
Union Pacific
Separate UW Budget Bill To Cover Deficiency
University of Wisconsin President Edwin B. Fredin reports a separate bill will be submitted to the legislature to cover a deficiency in the 1947 49 budget. The agreement involved the university regents school administration and lawmakers and follows a recommendation not to press amendments to budget bill No 198A. The university seeks funds to meet rising enrollment and strict admission standards with an anticipated need of 20 393 000 from the general fund for 1947 49.
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University of Wisconsin
U. W
Edwin B. Fred
Times
Frank J. Sensenbrenner
University Regents
Fred
George H. Hipke
Eau Claire
Joint Committee On Finance
Wisconsin
General Fund
Russian laureates win Stalin Prizes for 1946 work
Moscow reports three prominent Russians are awarded Stalin Prizes for 1946 achievements. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky receives 200,000 rubles for The Theory of Judicial Evidence in Soviet Law, published last year. Also honored are Konstantin Simonov and Serge Prokofieff.
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Moscow
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Konstantin Simonov
Serge Prokofieff
Vishinsky
Ex Monroe Universalist Pastor Luther R. Robinson Dies in Kentucky
Dr. Luther Riley Robinson 72, former Monroe Universalist minister, died of a heart attack last Saturday at his Somerset Kentucky home after three weeks illness. Funeral held Monday. Survived by widow Emma Gover Robinson four children and nine grandchildren. He served in Monroe from 1930 after ministerial posts in Tennessee Minnesota and Racine. He also held Wisconsin and Midwestern Universalist leadership roles and held Lombard college honorary degree.
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Monroe
Luther Riley Robinson
Somerset
First Universalist Church
First Universalist
Robinson
Chattanooga
Tenn
St. Paul
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and
Elks Lodge
Emma Gover Robinson
John State
Ray Robinson
Santa Ana
Calif
John Gibb
Janesville
John Keizer
State of Oregon
Millard Robinson
Clarksville
London Watch Tightens Mail Bomb Precautions
Scotland Yard spokesman said new precautions against murder by mail bombs are being taken as would be assassins probably have something else up their sleeves.
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London
Scotland Yard
Lee Oma in Monroe as Heavyweight Contender
Lee Oma the heavyweight hopeful spends time in Monroe while his wife, Frances Oma, undergoes surgery at St. Clare hospital. The Detroit native and veteran fighter has faced names like Jersey Joe Walcott and Lou Nova, with future bouts planned but canceled due to her condition. He once appeared in Stage Door Canteen and remains focused on boxing as his wife recovers.
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Lee Oma
Monroe
Oma
St. Clare Hospital
Frances Ryan
Larry Ryan
Beloit
Wisconsin
Green County Fair
Ryan
Tex Sullivan
Jimmy Braddock
Joe Baski
Joe Louis
Baski
England
Detroit
Greenwood Lake
N. J
Uled
Tami Mauriella
Joe Matise
Jersey Joe” Walcot
Lou Nova
Joe
Lee
Monroe Country Club
Graveside Rites Planned for Col Daniel A Stearns
Graveside services for Col Daniel A Stearns are set for Monday at 2 at Greenwood cemetery. He died in Miami Florida on Saturday June 14 and cremation followed. The urn will be interred in the Stearns lot with a military escort to sound taps. Stearns was formerly colonel of the First Regiment Wisconsin National Guard.
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Daniel A. Stearns
Greenwood Cemetery
Col. Stearns
Miami
Fla
Stearns
Wisconsin National Guard
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