Fire Kills Boy in Brodhead as Mother Is Burned
Duwayne Nipple eight died this afternoon at St. Clare hospital after a kerosene stove explosion at about 7:30 this morning in the Brodhead home. His mother Mrs. Oscar Nipple remained critically burned. older brothers James and Lawrence helped rescue younger siblings, flames destroyed a one and a half story home, and neighbors aided with clothing and first aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duwayne Nipple
Brodhead
St. Clare Hospital
Oscar Nipple
Richard
Jame
Lawrence
Albert Bauman
Nipple
Duwayne
Hahn Floral
James
Leland
Belmont hotel fire damages Fort Atkinson area
A three story Belmont hotel fire sent a guest, Donald Probst, 32, from his room on the third floor unconscious after firemen forced entry. Loss is estimated between five and four thousand dollars with a cigarette suspected as the cause. Fort Atkinson guests James and Mrs Bignam plan to settle in Fort Lauderdale. In other notes, teachers Davenport Ensch Doering Elmer Simpson head to Madison for a vocational agriculture instructors’ conference late this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Atksons
Belmont
Donald Probst
Fort Atkinson
Memor- Cronin
Hatch
Benton Beebe
Robert E. Davenport
Monroe
Edward Ensch
Green County
Madison
Dale Doering
New Glarus Ay
Victor Elmer
Albany
Roy Simpson
Argyle
Induction Plan Aimed at Break Stalemate On Draft
The Associated Press reports a proposal by Rep. Sparkman to induct 1 percent of year-olds for service as a compromise to end the stalemate between the Senate and House over extending the draft. The House opposes a teen-age draft while the Senate insists on teen inductions to relieve veterans with long service records.
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Washington
Senate-House
Rep
Sparkman
D-Ala
House
Senate
Home Damaged by Saturday Blaze In Monroe
A Saturday fire at 5:42 p.m. damaged an east upstairs bedroom of Mrs. Mary Dunnington's home at 514 19th Avenue Monroe, with about 100 dollars in damage. Clothing and bedding were destroyed. Mary, 9, and Neil were inside as neighbors called in the alarm. A separate grass fire along the IC railroad near 8th Avenue Sunday at 1:30 p.m. was likely sparked by a passing locomotive, quickly extinguished.
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Monroe
Mary Dunnington
19Th Avenue
Ilinois Central Railroad
8Th Avenue
Dunnington
Mary
Neil
Opening Concert of Summer Season at Park Tuesday Night
The Monroe niga school band opens the summer season with a 7 30 pm concert on the baseball diamond at Recrea. The program is mainly marches. Director Allan F Barnard notes the band shell may be built to improve future outdoor concerts. The 12 selection program includes the national anthem and America Exultant. A novelty feature Little Red Riding Hood features Virginia Krauss as narrator. Lenwood Monroe will sing. The concert includes Frasquita Serenade and Bogar Symphonic Fantasy.
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Ne Monroe Niga
Allan F. Barnard
America
Virginia Krauss
Lenwood Monroe
Franz Lehar
Bogar Symphonic
GI Mail Airlines Plan for Monroe Route Expansion
GI Mail Airlines proposes a Chicago based mail route serving Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota and Iowa. The line would pass Belvidere Rockford Janesville Freeport Warren Darlington Platteville Galena and Dubuque then follow the Mississippi to Minneapolis touching Reedsburg and Richland Center.
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GI Airlines
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Chicago
Belvidere
Rockford
Janesville
Freeport
Warren
Darlington
Platteville
Galena
Dubuque
Mississippi
Minneapolis
Reedsburg
Richland Center
Willis Kohlhagen Injured When Car Hits Viaduct Near Monroe
Willis J Kohlhagen escaped with minor facial lacerations after his car failed control near the railroad viaduct south of Monroe on highway 69 last night and overturned. He was treated at St Clare hospital and released this morning. County highway police investigated and said the car was damaged beyond repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis J. Nonhagen
Monroe
Kohlhagen
St Clare Hospital
Four Delegates to Fish-Game Meeting in Madison
Green County delegates test today for the state conservation congress in Madison the first since before World War II. The group includes Dr J F Zingg New Glarus and Herman Fritz Art Drake and John Schwalbe of Monroe. A clash over deer season is anticipated as southern sportsmen push for a long season while northern resorts oppose open hunting citing venison profits and illegal takes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
State Conservation Congress
Madison
J. F. Zingg
New Glarus
Herman Fritz
Art Drake
John Schwalbe
Monroe
Schwalbe
Wisconsin
Drought Hits Green County Crops and Dairy Marks Worsen
Crop prospects in Green County deteriorate as rainfall stays at only .04 inch, delaying hay, oats, and dairy output. Farmers fear pastures will burn unless moisture returns. corn shows promise but needs more rain. statewide conditions vary with Monroes downpour and Wisconsin areas receiving heavier showers.
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Monroe
Drouth
Green County
Mercury
Wisconsin
Menomonie
Snyder Washington Approved as Treasurer Nominee
The Senate Finance Committee today approved President Truman's nomination of John W. Snyder to be secretary of the treasury. The confirmation moves to the full Senate for a vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
John W. Snyder
Secretary of
the Treasury
Hay baler surplus as crops fail in Green county
Farmers report a bumper hay crop last year but a poor, failing season this year turning much into pasture. The irony is a large surplus of hay balers on the market, underscoring equipment gluts as demand collapses.
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Green County
Diplomas Awarded at St Victor's Parochial Exercises
St Victor's Catholic church held parochial school exercises with 15 students receiving eighth grade diplomas. Rev. E C McCollow delivered the graduation address contrasting Christ's youth with virtues formed at home. Names listed for diploma reception include Karen Bender Kathryn Brennan Robert Dearth Donald Ethridge Kathleen Faherty Charles Goepfert Mary Alice Hogan James Hyland Gertrude Hornsberger Natfarti William Schmitz Jack Staffon Philip Teehan and Francis Thorpe. Also note a West Coast trip by Rolland R Etter family and Willis R Etter preparing for a posting in China as vice consul, with plans for his wife and daughter to join.
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Jesus
E. C. McCollow
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Christ
Nazareth
Satan
Father McCollon
Karen Bender
Kathryn Brennan
Robert Dearth
Donald Ethridge
Kathleen Faherty
Charles Goepfert
Mary Alice Hogan
James Hyland
Gertrude Hornsberger
Natfarti
William Schmitz
Jack Staffon
Philip Teehan
Francis Thorpe
Maritime Strike Parley Deadlock Deepens Amid Rejected Pay Share Plan
The CIO National Maritime Union rejected a labor department proposal to give seamen shore leave in exchange for pay, keeping a 44 hour week as unions push for a 44 hour standard. Eastern ship operators welcomed the idea, but the union called it impractical and urged exploring other options. The nationwide strike, led by Harry Bridges and Joseph Curran, looms unless a last minute settlement is reached. A separate note reports a spare tire and wheel rim stolen from a car in Glenters Juda between 8:30 and 11 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO National Maritime Union
Labor Department
Committee For ‘Waritime Unity
Harry Bridges
Joseph Curran
Ludlow
Geigel Hardware Co
Glenters
Juda
Police Sun
Committee Holds Up Russian Report
House foreign affairs panel delays release of a four member subcommittee report critical of Soviet Poland Balkans and Iran policy. Mundt says editors may block the report while noting the document contains a call for an international trial for Mihailovitch Tito ally. Other trip members Bolton Gordon Ryter joined Mundt in the study of postwar Soviet policy.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
Europe
Poland
Balkans
Iran
Representative Mundt
RSD
Mundt
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Mihailovitch
Tito
Bolton
Gordon
Ryter
Recreation program kicks off with large turnout at park
Large numbers of children registered for the city summer play program as nearly 75 youths over ten years old joined playground activities this morning. Registration continues for under ten, with equipment checkouts and plans to start baseball for boys alongside tennis, archery, arts and crafts, and singing. Sister M Blandine and Sister M Faustine attend the Catholic Hospital Association convention in Milwaukee.
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Aud Park
Phoebe Lindsay
M. Blandine
M. Faustine
St. Clare Hospital
Catholic Hospital Association
Milwaukee
Striking Similarity With LaSalle Case Fire Dies at Canfield Hotel
The Canfield hotel fire killed 16 as investigators from the state fire office and city agencies opened probes into the cause. The 200 room structure in Dubuque was engulfed shortly after midnight yesterday, with three separate investigations underway to determine responsibility and origin. Authorities named several agencies taking leading roles in the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Canfield
State Fire Office
Tex late bus driver aids Dubuque blaze rescue
Better Late Gien of Texas, a Chicago to Dubuque carrier pilot, arrived minutes late to Dubuque and encountered a hotel fire hour after midnight. He helped in rescue efforts as several people perished, including Bernard Dollarhide, a Greyhound driver from Dubuque to Chicago known to Monroe locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gien
Texas
Chicago-Dubuque
Tex
Dubuque
Bernard Dollarhide
Greyhound
Chicago
Monroe
Deadly hotel fire claims dozens as search continues
County attorney and coroner clash over inquest as 16th fatality is Mrs. William Canfield. Fire rages through the 55 year old Canfield hotel, 73 year old owner’s wife dies in Mercy hospital. 23 missing, 15 hospitalized, many unaccounted guests. Three unidentified bodies, walls sagging, three way investigation ordered. Firefighters and civilians heroically aid rescues, nets used, two deaths from failed attempts. Dead include hotel co owner William Canfield Jr. and others. total hotel fire toll reaches 76 in two cities over four days. Identified dead listed as Ray Louks and Stanley Schipbsky.
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F. S. Leonard
William Canfield
Mercy Hospital
Red Cross
Zach Cook
American Red Cross
Perry Kirch
The
Kirch
William Canfield Jr
John Becker
Dubuque
LaSalle Hotel
Chica
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University of Wisconsin
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Lafayette
Dane
E. O. Baker
Conrad
Mately
Voegeli
O. W. Weller
I. L. Baldwin
College of Agriculture
Lake Waubesa
James Bignam
Edwards Park
Ft. Lauderdale
Associated Press
GI Mail Airlines
Willis J. Kohlhagen
ARMY
J. W. Durant
Chicago Loop
St. Victor's
West
Rolland R. Etter
Ana
Charlotte
West Coast
Willis R. Etter
Willis Etter
China
United States
LaSalle
Hotel Canfield
Ray Louks
Dover
Til
Stanley D. Schipbsky
Minne
Mexico
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