Council Approves Plan for New Gas Storage Tank Here
Aldermen granted authority to install a 30 000 gallon storage tank for liquefied petroleum gas subject to the Wisconsin industrial commission and the Monroe fire chief. The move backs a project to convert Monroe service from manufactured gas to propane air. The company also plans about 13 000 to convert appliances, with a two week adjustment period for consumers.
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Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Monroe
Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Co
Industrial Commission
Vertus Monroe
Board of Park and Recreation
Park Board
E. H. Nelson
Amery
Lester G. Forcade
Natural Nelson Re
Public Service Commission
Henry
Tschudy
Nswered Hi
Nelson
Cartoonist Edwin Woodman Killed In car crash near Verona
Edwin W. Woodman 73 of Monroe died at 2 PM when the car he rode in struck a culvert one mile south of Verona on highway 69. His wife or passenger casualties, Mrs. Arthur L. Johnson and Mr. Johnson suffered multiple injuries. The group reportedly attended a Wisconsin Rural Art exhibit in Madison.
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Edwin W. Woodman
9Th Street
Monroe
Verona
Highway 69
Times
Woodman
Morist
Madison
Arthur L. Johnson
23Rd Street
Joe
Automobil
Wisconsin General Hospital
USDA Winds Up Subsidy Program Continues Support Of Producer Prices
Washington reports the U S agriculture department is winding up wartime farm subsidy programs costing the treasury about 2.3 billion dollars. Most direct subsidies ended in 1946 with a few exceptions like Cuban sugar carried into this year. The department shifts to indirect support aiming to keep producer prices at not less than 90 percent of parity, but most prices already exceed parity. Potatoes eggs and dried milk remain exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Department
County 4-H campers set for Lake Geneva event
The Fourteen Green county 4-H Glarus club members depart Monroe for the annual Lake Geneva 4-H day. They will compete in a safety speaking contest and district activities with nine other counties. The event includes 3:30 p.m. tests and multiple assemblies led by local leaders and university staff.
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Joyce Zwicky
Glarus
Green County
Glarus Club
Monroe
Thurst
Lake Geneva
James Schwalback
Wisconsin State College of Agriculture
Mary Timm
Clarno
James Keen
Juda
Ruth Foulker
Browntown
Harrobst
JoAnn Schroeder
Willis Stokes
Oakley
Gene Thorson
Mills
Marian Niffenegger
Monroe Home Economics
Donald Timm
Wayne Segner
Russell Miller
Janet Arnsmeier
Nellie Weibel
Wilma Johnson
York
Kenneth D. Slocum
Mamie Tillema
Hog Market Signals Encouraging Fattening Amid Prices
Washington reports show hogs being fattened to 250 to 253 pounds on average, up from 241 during 1939 45. The hog corn ratio stands at 14.4 to 1 with corn at 108 percent of parity, signaling favorable returns to feeding yet pork supplies remain short of consumer demand.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Dulles Warns Russian Plan Could Lead to War
State Department adviser John Foster Dulles said Soviet aims to impose a system of government may provoke violence or war. He spoke in prepared remarks at Northwestern University’s commencement amid a broader alert over petroleum and steel shortages that could affect U S war readiness.
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Washington
Max W. Ball
Oil and Gas Division
Evanston
Ill
Ball
Foster Dulles
State Department
Dulles
Northwestern University
Ers
Milwaukee Men Die In Wisconsin Car Crash
Two Milwaukee men were killed instantly when their car crashed head on with an auto transport on a curve on highway 10 four miles south of Amherst. Coroner Victor S. Prais identified the victims from papers in their clothing as George C. Blaisdell, 29, and Milton Blaisdell, both of Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Stevens Point
Wis
Victor S. Prais
Highway 10
Amherst
Prais
George C. Blaisdell
Milton Blaisdell
George
Beloit Radio Station Granted Authorization
The Communications Commission Tuesday authorized a new Beloit radio station on 1380 Kilocycles with 500 watts daytime power only.
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Beloit
Washington—P
the Communications Commission
Hull explains vote to sustain veto of tax bill
Rep. Hull of Wisconsin explained he voted to sustain the president’s veto because debt reduction is paramount. Only Hull and Rep. Ander sen of Minnesota joined in resisting an override, arguing timing and form matter, noting bondholders’ stake and uncertainty after future appropriations.
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Hull
Washington
Rep
R-Wis
H. Carl Andersen
R-Minn
Congress
U. S
Nanking Denies Charge In Border Clash Report
Government spokesman Hollington Tong said charges broadcast by Moscow claiming Chinese raiders started the Sinkiang border clash are absolutely false. He asserted no Chinese troops entered Outer Mongolia before or after the Peitashan clash, noting only a small police detachment has been there since 1945.
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Nanking
Moscow
Sinkiang
Hollington Tong
Outer Mongolia
Peitashan
Assembly Rejects Two Redistricting Proposals in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Assembly rejected two redistricting measures by 65-27 and 43-42 votes, one limiting Supreme Court reapportionment and the other preserving Assembly focus while reworking Senate districts for urban representation. The Senate meanwhile approved changes replacing the banking commission with two commissioners and funding arbitration services, sending the measure to the Assembly.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
Supreme Court
Ctus
Senate
Banking Commission
Savings and Loan
Industrial Commission
Water Safety Head Named for Green County Red Cross
Edwin C. Miller named Water Safety Head for the Green County Red Cross chapter. He succeeds Herbert T. Summeris and will lead a committee including Fred Simpson Jerome Howe and Mrs. Marvin Holcomb. Arthur C. Benkett announced the appointment as president of the county chapter.
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Edwin C. Milstreet
Green County
Redcross
Arthur C. Benkett
Mr. Miller
Herbert T. Summeris
Miller
Fred Simpson
Jerome Howe
Marvin Holcomb
Pan American plane lands in London during world tour stop
An American Constellation airliner with four engines became a three engine plane after a 1 hour 20 minute flight from Shannon. It arrived at 5 20 am CDT for a 12 hour stay where editors and publishers planned meetings with Prime Minister Attlee and other officials.
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London
Shannon
Eire
Pan- American
CDT
Attlee
Senate Contenders Eye Labor Bill After Truman Veto Fears
Washington reports top Democratic and Republican leaders saying House passage of the labor bill seems secured against a presidential veto. Truman plans a Friday message to Congress amid uncertain Senate fate, with veto likely provoking cross party battles and possible override attempts.
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House
Washington
Democratic
Repu
Senate
Congress
Halleck
Hatch
White House
Ives
R-Ny
Truman
Eben Ayers
Ayers
O Konski Sees Argentina Aims With Peron Cooperation
Rep. O Konski of Wisconsin said Peron of Argentina wants to cooperate with the United States and will visit Argentina for two weeks starting around July 1 as a guest of the state. He noted Braden’s earlier pressure and indicated optimism about hemispheric defense moves involving Argentina and 21 American republics.
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O’konski
R-Wis
Peron
Argentina
United States
Spruille
Wisconsin House
Braden
State Department
Truman
14 Year Old Bride and Husband Held in Jail
Wisconsin police said a 14 year old girl Dolores Bernier married Edgar Baake 20 in Iron Mountain Michigan with parental consent. warrants charge the parents and husband with contributing to a minor’s delinquency by condoning the marriage. they were held overnight in the county jail.
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Mulwauke
Vance Chamberlain
Edgar Earl Baake
Dolores Ella Bernier
Baake
William Bernier
Banke
Iron Mountain
Mich
Wisconsin
Michigan
President Applauds Traffic Toll Decline
President Truman praised a sharp decline in traffic casualties while urging further reductions. He cited about 6,500 lives saved last year versus 1941’s 40,000 fatalities and noted the safety campaign has begun well but remains unfinished. Ed ward Schott said James M. Curley of Boston had taken a bad turn amid possible prison time for mail fraud.
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Washington
Truman
Curley
Cohasset
Mass
Edward Schott
James M. Curley
Boston
Justice Department
Appeals for Troops to Fight Iowa River Floods at Oakville
Appeals called for troops and volunteers as the Iowa River neared a record crest of 165 feet at Oakville Iowa prompting evacuations of about 400 residents. Mayor O R Johnson and Sheriff Robert Lewis ordered moves for children and the elderly while Red Cross and state guardsmen sought trucks boats and manpower. Guardsmen came from Des Moines and Newton as observers warned Mississippi levees weakened by last week’s floods and urged four counties to flee to higher ground.
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Oakville
Iowa River
Iowa
O. R. Johnson
Robert Lewis
Red Cross
Des Moines
Newton
Louisa County Red Cross
W. N. Leaf
Rock Island, Ill
District Army Engineers
Mississippi River
Marion
Missouri
Adams, Pike
Calhoun
Quincy
Keithsburg
Ill
Weather Bureau
C. O. Tucker
Burlington
Mississippi Valley
Louisiana
Tucker
Hannibal
France and Britain form European economic commission
France and Britain agreed to convoke a European economic commission under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe to carry out Secretary of State Marshall's aid program. The French cabinet approved the alliance signed in Dunkerque, with plans to invite Russia and place reconstruction in technical committees on transport food power and steel.
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Varis
France
Britain
European Economic Commission
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
State Marshall
U. S
Dunkerque
Russia
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
European Commission
Cop and Bystander Injured in Downtown Gun Duel
A policeman Detective Robert E. Gibbons aged 37 was shot above the left eye and Detective Charles Malek aged 36 sustained glass cuts from a shattered windshield during a pursuit involving a sedan and about 20 police squads through downtown and surrounding streets. A bystander Joseph Ippolito aged 19 was wounded in the wrist by a stray bullet while talking with two friends as the car sped at times up to 80 miles per hour.
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Mirage
Robert E. Gibbons
Charles Malek
Gibbon
Joseph Ippolito
Wisconsin's Summer Session Opens Soon
The University of Wisconsin expects about 10 000 students on campus for the summer session with 5 000 enrolled for a full class schedule. A writers' school workshop in home economics and education, a radio institute and CIO Textile Workers institutes will begin next Monday.
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Maasson
University of Wisconsin
Writers’ School
Radio ‘Institute
Institutes of the Textile Workers of America
CIO
Highest price paid for Holstein bull at Milwaukee yards
The Milwaukee stockyards reported a record price for a Holstein bull. Roland Groper of Chilton sold a 2,465 pound bull for 17.75 per hundredweight, setting a new high price. the animal was purchased by the Plankinton Packers.
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Milwaukee
Roland Groper
Chilton
Plankinton Packes
Democrats Claim GOP Economy Drive Faltered
Democrats in Congress released figures to back claims that the Republican economy drive has fizzled. GOP leaders push to cut President Truman’s 37.5 billion budget, while House and Senate disagree on the scale of savings. Rep. Gore tracks claimed cuts. Republicans argue higher totals. Also, Soviet General V. P. Sviridov denies Russian interference in Hungary’s government shift. Wisconsin Telephone Co faces charge of unduly high rates, with public hearing on a 9.5 million rate increase.
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Vey
Senate House
Truman
House
Senate
Rep
Gore
Tenn
Independent Offices
Madison
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Lawrence Knappen
Washington
Public Service Commission
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John A. Becker
Davis-Becker
Ture
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O'Konski
Alvin E. O’konski
Rwis
American Anti-Communist Association
Federal District Court
James M. Proctor
Henry A. Wallace
U.S
Mississippi
Wapello
Ila
Budapest
V. P. Sviridov
Allied Control Commission
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