GOP Leaders Weigh Adjournment Plans Amid Crisis Fears
Republican leaders consider a recall friendly plan to keep Congress able to reconvene if crises arise while adjourning for the summer, aiming to balance domestic and foreign matters before the 1948 elections. Senate figures like Vandenberg and Baldwin back flexible sessions and recalls.
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Washington
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Truman
Senate
House
Iowa City
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Atomic Energy Committee
United States
Russia
Milwaukee
Malone
R-New
Baldwin
R-Conn
Army Recruiting Caravan Passes Through Monroe
A six van army recruiting caravan toured Monroe after Janesville, en route to Darlington. It displayed two trailers and tractors with housing display, a flatbed trailer and Link mounted tractor, a bus photo library, a jeep and an army dock. Highlights included Norden bombsight and varied Army ground, service force equipment, small arms and captured enemy weapons. The caravan received a police escort through the county.
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Janesville
Monroe
Darlington
Norden
U. S
Army Air Corps
Car Overturns Blinding Lights Injure Two Drivers
On Highway 69 one mile south of Monroe at 10 Saturday evening Eugene Heimann route 4 Monroe veered off shoulder and overturned into a ditch. Passenger Rolland Beach and Heimann escaped injury though the car suffered major damage to the top left side and doors and a telephone pole.
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Eugene Heimann
Monroe
Highway 69
Heimann
Rolland Beach
Buck Resigns as Green County Dairy Specialist
Charles A. Buck, assistant county agent and dairy specialist in Green County, resigns and plans to move June 25 to Rexburg Idaho for similar work with Nelson-Hicks Creamery Co. He came from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin, led quality control in Swiss cheese, and conducted annual cheesemakers extension courses. The Buck family includes daughter Gene.
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Charles A. Buck
Green County
Rexburg
Ida
Mr. Buck
Pennsylvania
Nelson-Hicks Creamery Co
Idaho
Utah
University of Wisconsin
Buck
Jacob Kubly Slaughter House Burns Near Monroe
The Jacob Kubly slaughter house five miles from Monroe burned to the ground at 3 30 Sunday morning from an unknown cause. The sheriff's department notified the state fire marshal for investigation. Mr Kubly is absent in the northern part of the state and loss estimated later. Mr and Mrs Arnold Mueller, leaving their Hilltop restaurant on Highway 11, were attracted by the fire and reported to county officials.
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Jacob Kubly
Highway 59
Monroe
Sheriff's Department
Kubly
Arnold Mueller
Highway 11
Truman Heads to Ottawa for Three Day Canadian Visit
President Truman plans a three day official visit to Ottawa after a Kansas City stop. He dodged questions on the GOP tax cut and labor bills while stressing the Canada parliament speech. The tax measure faces possible quick enactment and Treasury timing pressures.
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Washington
Truman
Canada
Kansas City
House
Ottawa
Charles Ross
Canadaon
Charlie
Jabor
White House
Senate
Treasury
Mr. Truman
Elwell to Speak at Monroe Chamber Meeting Monday
F A Elwell dean of the University of Wisconsin school of Commerce will be the main speaker at a Monroe Chamber meeting in Turner hall at 7 30 Monday night June 16. The event includes a Dutch lunch and kicks off a series on business records lighting displays and trends. Harry Bellahan and O A Moldenhauer will offer brief remarks with Alvin Babler in charge of the program.
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Monroe
Harry J. Bellahan
O. A. Moldenhauer
Chamber
Alvin Babler J
Harvey Holland
Midwest floods leave 12,000 homeless and 23 dead
The Red Cross reports more than 12,000 people displaced across Iowa Missouri Illinois and Nebraska after floods and tornadoes. Ottumwa and Hannibal areas suffer heavy damage as levees breach and 23 fatalities are confirmed.
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Associated Press
American Red Cross
Mississippi
St. Louis
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
Ottumwa
Ottumla
Quincy
Hannibal
Red Cross
Quincey
Des Moines
Alexandria
Betperen
Warsaw
Merl Hamill
Dalles
Ore
Orehauns
Sharon
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Red Cross l
U.N. Deadlock Delays Major Issues as Logjam Persists
The United Nations faces stalled action on key topics as power differences between Russia and Western powers hinder decisions. Prospects for breakthrough fade, with Palestine, arms reduction, and a proposed global police force all mired in committee deadlock and Soviet opposition. The Trieste governor question also remains unresolved while a fall Assembly meeting is hoped to yield progress.
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Russia
United Nations
U.N
General Assembly
V.M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
George C.marshall
Palestine
Atomic Energy
Bernard M. Baruch
Ameri
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Commission On Conventional Armaments
Security Council
Trieste
Wisconsin conservation congress backs 10 day pheasant season
The Wisconsin conservation congress endorsed a 10 day pheasant hunting season for next fall matching the 1946 pattern and proposing an October 18 start. The measure accompanies other reforms including director appointment changes in state agencies. In Washington the Agriculture Department urged 15 more pounds of sugar per person for home canning this year to ease shortages.
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Madison
Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Congress
Washington
Agriculture Department
James H. Marshall
House Banking Committee
Cattle Show Honors At Canton Fair Benchmarks Brown Swiss Winners
In Canton’s stock pavilion judges selected Able of Meadow Green as junior and grand champion within a 42 head show attended by nearly 300 people. Jake Voegeli of Monticello led multiple entries including senior grand champion V B Tex Jane Lady Ann and other top placers across calves, yearlings, and cows.
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Fairgrounds
Margie Schmid
Monroe
A. JO. Collentine
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Willard Evans
Waukesha
W. B. Tex Jane Hilanda
Jake Voegeli
Monticello
Voegeli
V- B. Tex Jane
Ann
Carl
Unn
Abie of
Meadow Green
Schmid
V. B. Pedra
Lairds Pathfinder
C.f.brennecke
Brookside
Kathy Rex
Emil Fritsch
Tex Jane
Hilanda Lady
Voegels
Sullivan Sharron
Smith and Rink
Beloit
Double Jane
Cindy
Brennecke
V. B
Wilma
Wilhelmia
Rock Hill
Meier
Gemschi
Fred Ingold
Woodmoore Blondi
Woodmoore
Janesville
V. B. Tex Janes
Maud
Una
O. D
Vielotria
Norvic Farm
Glenora
Woodmoore Farm
Brodhead's Oldest Resident Dies
Brodhead Wisconsin special report: Ww L Gehr aged 97 died Saturday afternoon after months of illness from complications. Born November 3 1849 near Hydetown Pennsylvania he lived most of his life in Brodhead and vicinity. He was married November 13 1872 to Mathilda Jane Warner. they observed their 64th wedding anniversary before her death in 1937. He retired from farming in 1918 and spent winters in St Petersburg Florida for a decade. His only immediate survivor is daughter Mrs Harvey L Day. Funeral at Everson funeral home Tuesday with Rev R W Sachtsen officiating. interment Greenwood cemetery.
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Brodhead
L. Gehr
Mr. Gehr
Hydetown
W. R
Fannie Titus Gehr
North Dakota
Harvey L. Day
Everson Funeral Home
R. W. Sachtsen
Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Goetz Theater Co Buys Old Fashioned Ice Cream Store
Goetz Theater Co purchases the Old Fashioned Ice Cream Store from Sherman and Hodgson with possession to be taken July 15. Hodgson retains basement access for ice cream manufacture while Nathan Gaetz of Gaetz Theater Co will manage and operate the store, which will remain unchanged in other respects.
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Goetz Theater Co
Sherman& Hodgson
Hodgson
Nathan Gaetz
Gaetz Theater Co
Wisconsin Leader Pushes Surtax to Fund State Budget
Acting Governor Rennebohm backs a 30 percent surtax on net income to raise about 5.7 million for the biennium. He urges restoring 1.25 million of university and 200 thousand to National Guard funding while defending the 32nd division plan against cuts. He warns Wisconsin may lose the 32nd if funds remain insufficient.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
National Guard
Rennebohm
Navy Club
Michigan
32Nd
Jim Dan Hill
Madison
John Mutlen
Gov. Goodland
Finance Committee
Mullen
Assembly
University of Wisconsin
Miltee
Adjutant General's Office
Minnesota
Towa
Apprne
Uccess
Veterans Administration
Wisconsin Mental Hospital
Mendota
Angle Initiates New Youth Feature in Monroe Center
The Angle at Monroe launches a community youth program this week inviting all local youths and residents to attend free sessions on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. Evening events are membership based with a planned summer schedule of 2 to 5 PM and 7 30 to 10 40 PM on select days. A youth council meets tonight while a public appeal seeks help for Wednesday cleanup and mar ping fixes.
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Angle
Monroe
Moslem League Votes For Pakistan in Tumultuous Session
The Moslem League backed a plan to create Pakistan after a tumultuous session in New Delhi. Police used tear gas on opponents who disrupted the meeting as the council voted to accept an independence plan allowing Moslem areas to form a British dominion followed by an independent state.
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New Delhi
League
India
Pakistan
End of Office of Federal Housing Expeditor Proposed
The House appropriations committee urged liquidating the Office of Federal Housing Expeditor by month’s end. The panel also sought steep curtailment of the National Housing Agency and a 40 year repayment of 348 million dollars by the Tennessee Valley Authority for power facilities. Total recommendations total 36.1 million, a 28 percent cut, with housing agencies absorbing about two thirds of the direct reductions.
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Washington — (P
House Appropriations Committee
Office of Federal Housing
Government Corporations
National Housing Agency
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
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W. L. Gehr
Mary Jane Taylor
Red Mound
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