Monroe Recreation Park Aims to Welcome Busy Summer
The 110 year old Monroe Recreation park enters its 15th and busiest year with 39 facilities for summer fun including pools, games, and a large ball diamond expansion. Park officials note space constraints as population grows while planning may shift to school playgrounds. city funds $20,000 for park improvements.
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Monroe
Recreation Park
Hyde’s
Carl Marty Jr
16Th Street
S. S. Hyde
Cleveland
Municipal
New York
Yankee Stadium
Kitchen
Park Board
Miss Nelle Miller Dies After Stroke at 68 in Tucson
Miss Nelle Miller of Tucson Arizona died at St Clare hospital at 10 a m from a cerebral hemorrhage following a months long stroke She was 68 and had been a mathematics professor at the University of Arizona for 22 years Previously she headed the mathematics department at Lombard College Galesburg Illinois and served as dean of women for four years She studied at several universities and taught in multiple high schools before joining college teaching She is survived by her sister Mrs William H McGrath of Monroe and a nephew William Howard McGrath of Monroe.
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Nelle Miller
Tucson
Ariz
St. Clare Hospital
Miss Miller
Arizona
William H. McGrath
10Th Street
University of Arizona
Lombard College
Galesburg
Ill
Julius H
Mary Fardy Miller
Michigan
Columbia
New York
California
Eau Claire
Janesville
Monroe
Milwaukee
Muskegon
Mich
South Dakota
American Association of University Professors
Phi Kappa Phi
Pi Mu Epsilon
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Truckers Fined In County Court On State Charges
Twenty one persons appeared in county court this morning on 26 state highway law violations. Warnings were issued for two non‑appearing defendants. Several drivers face fraudulent vehicle registrations and other traffic offenses as state highway police assisted. A related list details fines and dismissals for multiple defendants. Funeral notices follow for Miss Miller with rosary and burial plans.
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Green County
Recreation Program Opens Here Tomorrow
The Monroe Recreation program opens tomorrow morning at East school with handicraft lessons for three to six year olds from 8 30 to 11 30. Miss June Schoonover directs preschool classes featuring handicraft games songs and storytelling in the schoolyards each morning.
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Monroe
East School
June Schoonover
Blast at Platteville Injures Gas Employes
W Howard Smith of the Wisconsin Hydro Electric Co. gas division was summoned to Platteville after an explosion that hurt two firm workers, Ben Kase and Ray Schluesner, who were searching for a leak in the basement of the Twing Sands home. The house was demolished.
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W. Howard Smith
Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Co
Platteville
Ben Kase
Ray Schluesner
Justice Wickhem Dies at Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice John D. Wickhem died yesterday in Madison at age 61 from a heart ailment ending nearly 19 years on the bench. Born Beloit May 25 1888 he studied at Beloit College and UW Law School before teaching and joining several law firms. Survived by wife Mary Luella Carroll two sons and two sisters funeral services set for Tuesday in Madison with burial at Beloit.
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Madison
John D. Wickhem
Wickhem
Charles H. Crownhart
Beloit
Beloit College
Beloit High School
Univrsity of Wisconsin Law School
Burr Jones
Milwaukee
Lenicheck, Boeser and Wickhem
Univeristy of
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Mary Luella Carroll
Watertown
John C
Janesville
Robert J
Valerie C
Chicago
John O’meara
Wauwatosa
Wage Case Defense To Take Depositions
Attorneys for Joseph Huber Brewing Co. served on counsel for Lee Thompson seeking a $7,958 wage hour judgment. Depositions will be taken Friday morning in county court. earlier federal court had authorized depositions by the plaintiff next Saturday in the offices of Fitzgibbons Elmer and Viney. Defense firms include Reger and Johnson of Monroe and Wilkie Toebaas Hart Kraege Jacksorf Madison.
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Joseph Huber Brewing Co
Aotive
Lee Thompson
Fitzgibbons, Elmer and Viney
Reger and Johnson
Monroe
Wilkie, Toebaas, Hart, Kraege and Jacksorf
Madison
Truman Proposes Seven Actions to Streamline Government
Veterans to share a $2.8 billion dividend on national service life insurance with about 16 million WWII veterans. The average payment is estimated near $175 with checks expected starting January 1950 and completion in early 1950. beneficiaries include policyholders in force for at least three months, plus survivors of deceased holders. Eligibility excludes post‑1948 policies, which may receive future dividends.
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Washington
Carl R. Gray Jr
Gray
Veterans’ Service Organizations
Budget Bureau
Burglars Break Safe at Elkhorn Express Office
burglars blasted a safe at the Elkhorn express office Saturday night escaping with nearly 1000 in traveler’s checks money orders and a small amount of cash manager John Mahoney said the loot included negotiable items and travelers checks
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Elkhorn
American Railway Express
John Mahoney
Mills Brothers Circus Arrives With Legion Backing Tomorrow
The Mills Brothers three ring circus comes to town tomorrow under American Legion auspices with near 100 motorized units arriving tonight. Performances are at 2 and 8 pm tomorrow, doors open 1 and 7 pm for the wild animal menagerie inspection. Advance tickets are available to Legion members and sponsors for a day of circus for local needy children.
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Dean Peterson
Legion Circus Committee
Wallabies
England
Les Rosettis
Rolling Globe
Legion Circus
George Cook
Legion Group
Czech Archbishop Heckled in Church
Communist security police tightened guard on Archbishop Josef Beran's palace as crowds heckled him at St. Vitus cathedral during Corpus Christi services. He left the pulpit amid shrill interruptions while police blocked visitors and calls, and he sent a pastoral letter insisting there would be no compromise with church state negotiations.
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Prague
Josef Beran
Strahov
St. Vitus
London
Vatican
Czechoslovakia
Victim of Shooting Had Local Relatives
Mrs. Juliana Saviano, 33, of Menominee Michigan, shot and killed by her former husband James in a Friday night incident. She was a divorcee with Monroe cousins and niece of the late Mrs. Willis Blossom. Saviano confessed to firing three shots after she refused to talk.
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Juliana Saviano
Menominee, Mich
James
Chicago
Monroe
Saviano
Willis Blossom
Warm Weather Persists with No Rain in Forecast
The Monroe area expects continued warm humid conditions with only scattered thunder showers limited to far north and west central regions. Temperatures near 90 persist in southern Wisconsin while Higher temps reach 93 at Prairie du Chien and rain inches fall around Green County, Menomonie, and Land O Lakes.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Superior
Prairie du Chien
Green County
Menomonie
Land O'Lakes
Several Injured In Highway Mishaps
Green county highway police investigated a head on collision a sideswipe and a motorcycle upset over the weekend. Injuries ranged from cuts and bruises to a broken arm and head injuries as drivers Paul Vederman Kenneth Knaub Bertha Knuebuehl and riders including John Schneider Jr were treated at local hospitals and by physicians. A separate sideswipe on highway 39 caused no injuries but resulted in a $5 fine for John Albright.
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Green County
Paul W. Vederman
Juda
Kenneth C. Knaub
Lanark
Junction House
Monroe
Voderman
Knaub
Bertha Knuebuehl
Viota
Herbert Wild
Peggy Andrews
St. Clare Hospital
John Schneider Jr
Brodhead
Sugar River Bridge Crossing
Schneider
Highway 39
John Albright
Route 1
Burnell
Halverson
Mt. Horeb
Albright
Gray Takes Army Job
Gordon Gray, formerly an infantry private seven years ago, assumed today the Army's top position as secretary of the army.
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Gray
Washington
Gordon Gray
Army
Truman proposes tenth cabinet post plus welfare dept
President Truman asks Congress to create a new cabinet level Department of Welfare and to shift public roads to the Commerce Department. The plan forms part of Hoover Commission reforms and would realign seven federal units to boost economy and efficiency, with a 60 day window for approval unless vetoed. An undersecretary and three assistants would head welfare, absorbing duties from the Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Department of Welfare
Commerce Department
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
Federal Security Agency
Hoover
Commission On Government Organization
Herbert Hoover
Bureau of Employment Security
Labor Department
Post Office Department
Civil Service Commission
Maritime Commission
House
White House
Hoover Commission
Senate
Welfare Department
Federal Security
Oscar Ewing
Ewing
Welfare
Federal Security Administrator
Burgess Battery Announces Employee Pension Plan nationwide
Burgess Battery Co of Freeport announced a new pension plan for about 1,300 employees in the United States and Canada, with 100 workers in Monroe and others in Mineral Point and Platteville. The plan combines with social security to provide about 25 percent of the average pay over ten years before age 61, with a company employee matching scheme. US workers contribute two percent of pay up to $250 monthly.
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Burgess Battery Co
Freeport
United States
Canada
Monroe
Mineral Point
Platteville
Burgess
Galena
Antioch
Lake Zurich
Illinois
Niagara Falls
Dleare
U. S
Robbers Sentenced in Denmark State Bank Heist
Two Green Bay men who admitted robbing the Denmark State Bank on March 4 were sentenced in federal court. Robert E. Cleary, 33, appeared without an attorney and received eight years, while Donald Miller, 30, with no prior record, drew a four-year term.
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Milwaukee
Green Bay
Denmark
Robert E. Cleary
Donald Miller
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Monroe Country Club
Civil Works Administration
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the Times
Franklin Luebchow
Lawrence L. Kitchen
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Arizona University
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Green
Nathan F. Burgy
Green-Lafayette
Burgy
Darlington
Earl D. Kennedy
Benton
Joseph E. Sullivan
Shullsburg
William Arthur McCauley
New Diggings
Constance Arden Gensler
Clyde W. Penniston
Penniston Coal Co
Ray W. Schwartz
Curry Bros
John Glindinning
Furrer Bros
Clarence Morgan
Al’s Trucking Co
Kenneth Zimmerman
Arlo Kraus
Ardell Micheal Troy
Earl L. Thompson
Rufenacht Oil Co
Leon W. Klassy
Monticello
Andrew L. Legler
Alvin Kranig
Route 4
James John Maples
Manitowoc
Vinton Construction Co
Court House Square
Victor Radloff
Bonduel
Debban Transit Co
LCL Transit
Percy Heggestad
William Rees Construction Co
LaVerne Rule
William Rees
Henry Staver
John George Colby
Dr. Pepper
Rudy Schiess
New Glarus
W. A. Schell
Roy Hoesly
Wilton W. Marty
Stanley R. Freitag
J. C. Babler
Arthur William Palmer
Ralph
Mary Elizabeth
Betty) McGrath
Miss McGrath
Shriner-Neushwander
St. Victor’s Church
Rev
E. C. McCollow
Calvary Cemetery
Jean Marie Henderson
Spokane
Justice Wickhem
Mills Brothers Circus
American Legion
Burgess Battery
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