Dairy Day to Proceed Rain or Shine in Monroe
The Dairy Day program will go on despite overcast skies with sunny outlook for Wednesday. Hundreds of county farmers are expected to attend in Monroe to honor the dairy industry as 4-H clubs enter dairy queen contestants and a banquet for Wisconsin’s Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, is planned at the Universalist church.
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Green County
Monroe
Howard J. Thompson
Rodney
Kittelsen
Chamber of Commerce
Turner Hall
Court House
Mamie Tillema
Dairy Queen Committee
Dairy Queen
Universalist_ church
Margaret McGuire
Wisconsin
Alice In Dairyland
Tillema
Mar Dell Brunner
Decature
Aires Stephenson
Smiley Club
Browntown Fire Destroys Upstairs Room. Fire Dept Contained
A blaze at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Good last evening damaged a second floor room and its contents before volunteer and local fire crews extinguished it. Neighbor Miss E Leah Tomlinson reported smoke, with the cause attributed to a defective chimney. Both Browntown and Beach fire departments assisted, minimizing broader damage.
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Browntown
Edward Good
E. Leah Tomlinson
Beach
Total ‘Cay
Milwaukee Road Crossing Repairs Close Thirteenth Avenue
The Milwaukee road crossing at Thirteenth Avenue is closed today due to repairs. The move follows a request by the board of public works urging both the Milwaukee and Illinois Central railroads to fix their crossings.
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Thirteenth Avenue
Milwaukee Road
Board of Public Works
Milwaukee
Illinois Central
Farmers Endure Gasoline Shortage Threat Fades
Farmers breathe easier as spring planting finishes and late rains ease. A looming gasoline famine feared to hit food supply this season subsides, unlike big cities awaiting summer fuel shortages. War-era tractor growth cited shows rise from 300,000 post WWI to over 3,000,000 by 1947, reflecting surging farm demand.
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Umeagu
United States
Death notice for Mrs. John Rundle of Argyle
Mrs. John Rundle of Argyle dies at 6 a.m. at home after a heart attack following pneumonia. Born February 26, 1873, she was Emily Jane Penniston, married April 17, 1895 to John H. Rundle of Dodgeville. Survived by husband, three daughters, four sons, a sister, nine grandchildren, and several relatives. funeral Thursday at Erickson funeral home then Argyle Methodist Church with Rev. George H. Crow. interment Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Runddle
Emily Jane Penniston
John W
Mary Jane Hyslop Penniston
Argyle
John H. Run Ale
Dodgeville
John Roethlisberger
Browntown
Maurice Winger
Adam Maiers
Cross Plains
Alfred
Belleville
Robert
Monticelylo
Milo
Woodford
Clara Cary
Darlington
Rundle
Erickson
Argyle Methodist Church
George H. Crow
Woodlawn
Senate Group Okays Trade Act Extension
The Senate Finance Committee voted 8 to 5 to extend the Foreign Trade Agreements Act for one year with milder revisions. A compromise amendment by Senators Vandenberg and Millikin passed 7 to 6, requiring the president to notify Congress within 30 days if he ignores Tariff Commission recommendations. Party lines dominated the vote with seven Republicans for the amendment and six Democrats against.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Vandenberg
Mich
Millikin
Cole
Congress
Tariff Commission
Denberg
Taft Counts Heavily On Midwest Vote On 3rd, 4th Ballot
Washington reports Taft seeks heavy Midwest support on a potential third or fourth convention ballot. Signs hint at Taft allies courting Stassen delegates while Stassen and Dewey back Vandenberg’s foreign policy stance. Debate on Truman’s trip fuels southern opposition and state delegations shift as Oklahoma and Kentucky plan uninstructed slates. Clinton Anderson faces New Mexico tests as Wallgren aims for reelection.
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Midwest
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Boston
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Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
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Capitol Hill
Truman
Omaha
Idaho
Sun Valley
Montana
Butte
South
Florida
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
John J. Dempsey
August Haidtke 87 Orangeville Dies at Home
Orangeville Times notes August Haidtke aged 87 died yesterday noon at his home four miles west of Orangeville. Born May 19, 1861 in Pommerein Germany he came to America at seven. Married 1896 to Lizzie Schramm he farmed all his life. Survivors include widow two daughters Mrs Walter Splinter and Mrs Clarence Baker plus a granddaughter. Last rites Thursday 2 pm Basswood Methodist Church Rev Franklin George officiating burial Basswood Cemetery. Body at Burlington funeral home Orangeville.
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Haidtke
Pommerein
Germany
America
Lizzie Schramm
Walter Splinter
Clarence Baker
Basswood Methodist Church
Franklin George
Basswood
Burington Funeral Home
House Passes 136 Bills in Three Hours Time
Washington rushes to adjournment as the House approves 136 bills in three hours of the day’s session. About 50 more measures were held up or postponed, many dealing with private citizens claims against federal agencies or issues of broad public interest.
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House
Washington
Appropriation Cuts Proposed by House Committee
The House appropriations panel urged roughly nine percent cuts to the Atomic Energy Commission and seven percent to the Veterans Administration in a $5.795 billion spending bill for six agencies. It also called halting GI bill hobby training, noted lower AEC rescources, and proposed abolishing the War Assets Administration by August 31 with budget bureau oversight over remaining WAA assets.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Veterans Administration
House Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy | Commission
Truman
Maritime Commission
Office of Housing
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Congress
War Assets Administration
WAA
Glenn Marsh Seeks New Trial in Michigan Murder
Glenn Marsh, jailed for murder of Grant Muhrlein in Northport, Michigan, asks for a new trial claiming a six year old witness aroused juror passions. He was sentenced to 199 years after conviction. in a prior trial he was acquitted of killing Vernon Anderson.
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Rockford
Glenn Marsh
Ted
Marsh
Grant Muhrlein
Northport
Mich
Katherine Anderson
Senate Okays Army Induction Of 25 000 Aliens From Europe
Washington reports the Senate approved an amendment to the two year draft bill allowing enlistment of 25,000 aliens from Europe. Sponsored by Senator Lodge the plan would grant citizenship after five years of service and place enlistees across the army rather than as a foreign legion. Opposed by Senator Gurney the idea faced opposition to linking it to the selective service.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Lodge
Foreign Legion
Europe
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Committee
Senate Republican Leaders Doubt June Adjournment Feasibility
The Senate Republican policy committee warned of doubt Congress will finish its work by June 10. It set four bills for action including the pending two year draft measure. After the draft, a Michigan Republican backed resolution for aid to a European defense alliance is to be considered. The House approved reciprocal trade agreements measure, revised by the Senate finance committee, will follow.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Taft
Senate Finance Committee
Senate debates civil rights draft and poll tax reform
The Senate considered a civil rights amendment and a poll tax ban for federal elections. West Virginia debate included Langer amendments, Taft support amid charges of an unwritten agreement. Capehart proposed a 9 day delay before drafting, timing the registration and induction scope of the draft bill.
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Senate
Armed Services
Langer
RSD
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Lucas
Ill
Capehart
Rind
Kittelsen Enters Race for Green County DA
Monroe attorney Rodney Kittelsen announced his candidacy for Green County district attorney in the September Republican primary. Incumbent Rudolph P. Reger will not seek re election. Kittelsen, active in Monroe affairs, was born March 11 1917 in Albany and is a UW law graduate of 1940.
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Rodney
Kittelsen
Monroe
Green County
Rudolph P. Reger
Albany
Olin B
Winifred Atkinson Kittelsen
University of Wisconsin
Prac
U S To Send Observers For Arab Jewish Truce
Cairo AP dispatch reports Count Folke Bernadotte proposed a four week Palestine truce beginning Friday midnight. Twenty one U S military officers depart as truce observers with seven navy, seven army, seven air force officers. Russia seeks to send observers, raising U S concerns about Soviet presence in Palestine. Arabs near Tel Aviv report combat but no immediate threat to the city. Arabs promise reply to Bernadotte plan. Paris and London endorse six power Germany accord. Moscow papers publish plan without comment.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
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aArab
Tel Aviv
Wilhelma
Isdud
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Nitsanim
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Israel
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Paris
Germany
National Assembly
Georges Bidault
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Owners Seek Time To Talk Wage Offer
Washington coal operators asked for 24 more hours to discuss a possible contract offer to John L. Lewis. Negotiations were postponed to noon tomorrow. The present contract expires June 30. Lewis had urged wage improvements and welfare fund guarantees, while operators debated a proposal to cover $14 million in miners death and disability benefits. Lewis and attorneys filed an answer to Ezra Van Horn’s suit to halt payments under the welfare and pension fund. Justice Goldsborough will hear the case June 19.
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John L. Lewis
Mediesea
Statler Hotel
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Welfare Fund
Federal District Court
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Miners Welfare and Pension Fund
T. Alan Goldsborough
Argyle Conservation Area Plans Approved
A five year development program for the 2500 acre Yellowstone conservation area near Argyle Lafayette county has been approved by the U S Fish and Wildlife Committee. The plan includes an artificial lake about 1000 acres and will provide refuge and public hunting grounds for waterfowl and upland game birds under the state conservation department.
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Argyle
Lafayette County
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Committee
Joseph Corbin
Conservation Department
State Conservation Department
VA Plans 12 Million Cancer Research Center in Chicago
The Veterans Administration will start work before January on a 12 million dollar cancer and arthritis research center in Chicago. VA medical director Dr. P B Magnuson called the project the greatest opportunity the world has ever seen, and he estimated that by 1950 the VA will hospitalize about 15,000 cancer patients.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Chicago
P. B. Magnuson
50 Percent Tax Boost Promised by Earl Long
Louisiana voters begin to pay an extra $70 million annually as six new tax laws take effect after Governor Earl K. Long's signing. The taxes raise the daily take by about $190 thousand, about 50 percent higher than previous levies.
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Earl Long
Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Third Flood Crest Hurtles Down River
The Columbia and Fraser rivers sent their third flood crest downstream as sandbag troops fortified dikes for three more weeks. Heat pushed snowmelt into the big river systems while Canada’s Kootenay river breached another Canadian dike. Across Oregon Washington Idaho Montana and British Columbia authorities with soldiers volunteers and Red Cross crews fought seepage and breaks. The Red Cross in Portland revised the Vanport disaster unaccounted total to 545 today, down from 745 last night. 170 called in as safe, two bodies recovered in waters.
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Ore
Columbia
Fraser
Pacific Northwest
Kootenay
Canada
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Lower
Army
Navy
The
Red Cross
Jsafe
Russia Slash Reparations Bills Dropped by Half
Russia cuts half of outstanding reparations bills for Hungary and Romania, following requests from the nations. Finland’s bill was cut last week, with Romania facing about 55 million dollars and Finland about 70 million from the original 300 million each.
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London
Vey
Russia
Hungary
Romania
Finland
Armed Services OKs Oleomargarine for Military Tables
The house armed services committee approved a bill allowing the army, navy and air force to purchase oleomargarine for table use.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Routine Matters Up Before School Board
The board of education will act on routine items at the regular monthly meeting this evening. Board president Herbert T. Johnson said only the Evans report on teacher contracts for the 1948 49 term and appearances by the school band this summer are on the agenda, with all other matters considered routine.
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Board of Education
Herbert T. Johnson
E. O. ,Evans
Mrs Weber Injured After Fall On Home Steps
Mrs Frieda Weber aged 62 suffered bruises lacerations and a broken rib after a fall on her home steps early today. She was rushed to St Clare Hospital where stitches were applied to a cut above her eye for treatment.
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Rrieaawener
10Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
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