Rain Aids Hinders Square Construction Progress
Rain helped the paving crews pack gravel on the south side of the square while ditch diggers on the west side cleared more water main work. O T Havey completed street lighting ducts and set light base bolts as new poles may be added. A six inch drain tile at the southeast corner will channel seepage water to storm sewers to reduce frost heave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wendorf
Vinton Construction Co
Monroe
O. T. Havey Electrical Contracting
Court House
U S Business Census Underway in Green County
Charles A Booth of Monroe and Mrs Delta Fleming of Brodhead lead a county wide business census for Green County. Eight districts are surveyed with Monroe including two districts and Brodhead one. The tally supports the U S Census Bureau and must finish by end of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Charles A. Booth
Monroe
Delta Fleming
Brodhead
New Glarus
Bureau of Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
34 Bus Passengers, Driver Hurt in Crash
A Greyhound bus carrying 35 passengers and a driver left U S 40 near Baltimore at dawn. All but one or two passengers were injured. none listed as critical. The bus struck culvert fenders, crossed a creek, and lodged in an embankment 10 feet below the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
U.S. 40
First Sale Since May Reported at Plymouth Lake
The Wisconsin cheese exchange reported first sales since May 6 at Plymouth Lake. Two cars of cheddars sold at 30 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Strauss Sees Isotope Supplied Overseas Aiding Jet Research
Atomic Energy Commissioner Lewis L. Strauss again protests that an iron 59 radio isotope sent to Norway over his objections could aid jet warplane development. He notes Norway aims to develop jet turbine alloys for high temperatures and asserts jet turbines are mainly used in high speed military aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
McMahon
Senate House Atomic Committee
Norway
SEC
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Carl A Kuhnke 81, Monroe farmer, dies after heart attack
Carl A Kuhnke 81 of 829 19th avenue died at 3 p m yesterday at St. Clare hospital after a heart attack Saturday. Born in Germany March 10 1868 he came to America at 14 and farmed in Sylvester and Clarno townships. Survived by daughter Mrs William Hartwig son Albert and three grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev Newell Mendenhall officiating. Burial in Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl A. Kuhnke
19Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Germany
August
Ernestine Lentz Kuhnke
America
Green County
Monroe
Sarah Albright
C. W. Wellso
Sylvester Township
Clarno
William Hartwig
Jordan Township
Hartwigs
Kuhnke
Grace Lutheran Church
Albert
Clarno Township
William
Sutton
Neb
Castle Rock
Colo
Charles Linder
Hastings
Otto Schneider
Louis Schneider
Belleville
Roy
Elmer
Emil
Herman
Charles Behring
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home
Newell Mendenhall
Greenwood Cemetery
Monticello Legion Escorts Marty Casket Home
Representatives of the Amstutz Marty American Legion post of Monticello met the flag draped coffin of S Sgt Melvin A Marty as it arrived at the Milwaukee road depot and escorted it to Voegels funeral home in Monticello Final burial rites with full military ritual will be at 2 30 p m tomorrow at Highland Cemetery Monticello Sgt Marty died in action in the European theater
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amstutz- Marty American Legion
Monticello
Melvin A. Marty
Milwaukee Road
Voegels
Highland Cemetery
Sgt
Marty
Labor Bill Test Ballot in Senate Set for Tuesday
The Senate votes Tuesday on a labor bill issue whether court orders can block national emergency strikes. The dispute centers on Taft Hartley injunctions versus plant seizure proposals in a chamber already narrowing choices between the Holland and Lucas amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Lucas
Holland
D-Fla
Hoey
DNC
Bricker
Schoeppel
R-Kas
Rain Soaks Dry Brodhead Area and Surrounding Counties
Heavy statewide showers last night brought .60 inch in Brodhead and .74 inch in Monroe. Monticello felt storms with lightning while Albany saw a two hour deluge and the season's greatest downpour. Temperatures cooled briefly then rose toward a humid, partly cloudy pattern tonight and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Green County
Monroe
Monticello
Albany
Four Safes in Dane Reported Blown Open
Four safes were blown open in Dane County with a total loot of 839 dollars. Sheriff Herman Kerr reported five thefts including four safe cracking jobs in Deerfield and Nora villages and Madison area. Cash from a cigaret vending machine at Taylor Oil Station plus various store losses were cited with several establishments hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Herman Kerr
Deerfield
Nora
Taylor Oil Station
Deerfield Farm Co-Op
Brittingham and Hixon Lumber Co
Deerfield Edwards Auto Co
Coplon Girl Denies Frameup in Espionage Trial
Judith Coplon shouted that she had been framed during cross examination, denying being a communist and naming several prosecutors and a FBI arrest figure. Prosecutor Kelley pressed how many people participated in the frameup as she insisted on her innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Judith Coplon
John M. Kelley Jr
Kelley
Raymond Wearty
Judy
Justice Department
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Gubitchev
FBI
Wearthy
H. P. Shapiro
William E. Foley
Kewaunee Jurist Attacks Welfare Subsidy for Illegitimacy
Milwaukee County Judge Aaron G. Murphy of Kewaunee accuses the Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare of subsidizing illegitimacy in a speech at the Eagles state convention. He attacks welfare policies funding prenatal care, housing, and monthly allowances for unwed mothers, and condemns facilities for mentally disabled children as inhumane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Aaron G. Murphy
Kewaunee
Wisconsin State Department of Public Welfare
Eagles
Murphy
State Department of Public Welfare
Wisconsin
Department of State
Chippewa Falls
Orrin Larrabe
Calcutta
Hiss Denies Giving Data to Chambers
Alger Hiss testified he last saw Whittaker Chambers in late May or early June 1936 and denied supplying any restricted government documents to Chambers. He said he first met Chambers in late 1934 or early 1935 while serving as counsel to the Senate munitions committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Chambers
Hiss
Senate Munitions Committee
Stryker
George Crosley
Carl
Senate
Washington
du Pont
Lightning Blamed for Beloit Barn Fire
A barn two miles northeast of Beloit was destroyed by fire today, caused by lightning, with damage estimated at more than 10000 dollars. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Here
Income Levy Boost On Calendar For Monday Debate
The Wisconsin legislature plans a 3 p.m. Monday special order on a finance bill adding a 25 percent surtax to individuals and a one cent per pack cigarette levy. Senate actions included reorganization of the public welfare department with a nine member board and nine divisions, plus abolition of the youth service commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Madison
State Department of Public Welfare
Senate
Assembly
Youth Service Commission
Finance Committee
Bubolz
Rappleton
Wisconsin
Congress
Highway Department
Department of Health
Mrs Stoll 93 Celebrated by Family and Friends
On her 93rd birthday Sophia Stoll born Sophia Albert in Germany is honored by relatives in Monroe area. Her children live in Monroe Kanilworth Madison Portage and more as neighbors send messages and visit while housekeeper Mrs Kubly assists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoll
Sophia Stoll
14Th Street
Germany
Sophia Albert
Carl Stoll
America
Stolls
Green County
Monroe
Frank
Theodore
Emil Tschabold
John Ross
Monroe Vicinity
Dora Montenaro
Kanilworth
Ill
Augusta Deininger
Portage
Delbert Cook
Madison
Arthur Durand
O.H. Kubly
New Glarus
Cook
Deininger
Local Medical Unit Ready for McCoy Trip
The 128th Infantry Regiment medical company has packed for two weeks at Camp McCoy July 9 to 23. Army trucks from Camp Douglas will transport them to the camp. The dispensary will serve the 127th and 128th regiments on a 24 hour basis for practical training. Major Wayne J. Fencil announced promotions from private to private first class for Robert Cleaveland and from recruits to privates for Russell Kundert LaVerne Sommers Arthur Spoerry Robert Spoerry and Charles Kummer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
128Th Infantry
Camp McCoy
Camp Douglas
127Th
128Th
Wayne J. Fencil
Robert Cleaveland
Russell R. Kundert
Laverne R. Sommers
Arthur R. Spoerry
Robert R. Spoerry
Charles F. Kummer
Cost of Living Index Dips Slightly in May Report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the consumer price index for large cities fell three tenths of one percent for the month ending May 15. Fluctuations varied by city while most major groups eased, led by fuels, house furnishings, apparel, and retail foods. The overall change over two months remained small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mutilation slaying suspect captured in Iowa field
Ward J. Beckwith, 27, Morrison, Iowa, admitted to his mother he killed and mutilated Irma Jean Stahlhut, 22, whose body was found in a walk in refrigerator at the tavern she and her husband Harvey operated. Beckwith was seized by a four man posse in a corn field near Morrison and is held for first degree murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Grundy
John A. Meyer
Dward J. Beckwith
Irma Jean Stahlhut
Harvey
Beckwith
Stahbut
Iowa
Meyer
E. M. Beckwith
Eight Hurt in Blast at Waukesha Bakery
Eight persons were injured when a gas oven exploded at a Waukesha bakery. The blast wrecked the single story concrete building, blew out walls, and collapsed the roof. Two seriously hurt were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scobel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Richard Scobel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monroe Ready Mix and Material Co
E. M. Scheflow Construction Co
Elgin
ZumBrunnen
Hinders Square
U. S
Monticello Legion
Illinois
Senate Democrats
Dane
Fuller Warren
Florida
Los Angeles
Barbara Manning
Coplon
Hits Welfare Unit
Kenneth Booth
Judiciary Committee
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Duffy
D-Greenleaf
Lucey
D-Ferryville
Kostuck
Stevens Point
Clark
R-Vesper
Nicol
R-Sparta
Rules Committee
Mrs. Sophia Stoll
Waukesha Bakery
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