Monroe Hosts Regional Round of WIAA Basketball Tourney
Monroe high school welcomes four teams Edgerton Ft Atkinson Evansville for a regional playoff doubleheader with the winners advancing to Saturday finals in Stoughton. Edgerton led by Ted Downs is favored after a strong Southern Ten finish. Ft Atkinson and Evansville pose threats as Monroe aims to rebound from a rough season.
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Monroe High School
Monroethton
Monroe
Edgerton
Ft. Atkinson
Evansville
Stoughton
Sawenuney
Ted ‘Downs
Tate
Perkins
Bart Wetzel
Fort
Lake Mills
Lake
Tobacco City
MHS
T. R. Holyoke
Gibbs Zauft
Harry Pohlman
Nat G. Preston
William Amstutz
J.T. Etter
Arthur T. Edwards
Don McGibbon
T. R. Ransdell
David Forbes
Doris Kueng
Helen Rosenthal
Edmund R. Anderson
Donna Wenger
Bonnie Kiel
Mary Ann Huber
Rose Setmann
Donald Timm
Lee Mitchell
Fire Threatens Small Home On 23rd Street
Firemen fought a basement heating plant fire at 815 23rd Street last evening as high winds pressed the blaze. Neighbors reported smoke, and three trucks were sent to prevent spread to upstairs rooms and nearby homes.
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Ana
William C. Grinnell
23Rd Street
Leona Latham Dies at Brodhead Nursing Home
Mrs Leona Adell Latham 82 a Brodhead area resident for 22 years died yesterday in Noonan nursing home after an extended illness. Born November 13 1868 in Platteville she married Thomas Latham in 1891 in Mason City IA. Survived by son Edward Latham three daughters 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Last rites tomorrow at 1 pm at Newcomer funeral home with Rev Robert Sacht officiating burial in Fairview cemetery near Platteville.
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Brodhead
Leona Adell Latham
Noonan
Platteville
Amasa
Mary Latham
Mason City
Thomas Latham
Crawford County
Edward Latham
Gertie Miller
Windy Storm Forces Elm to Be Barricaded on Street
A large elm on the terrace of the P. J. Connors property at 11th Street and 18th Avenue was barricaded by the city street department as high winds endangered it. The tree split at a fork and groaned as the pieces rubbed together, but showed no further splitting at the moment.
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P. J. Connors
11Th Street
18Th Avenue
City Street Department
President Puzzled by New Relationship
Rolland Truman, a Democrat and self described third cousin of the president, claims kinship while Presidential Secretary Charles Ross disputes the link noting records are not in the president's possession. Truman says he will run for Congress to rescue Cousin Harry from leftwingers.
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Peacn — Ury
Rolland Truman
Charles Ross
Congress
Harry
Doctor testimony claims patient dead before bedside visit
A fellow physician testified that Mrs. Abbie Borreto was dead before Dr. Hermann Sander reached her. Dr. Albert Sway, who examined the cancer patient December 4, said he found no pulse, no eyeball reflex, and no heart sound, concluding she was dead. Sander faces a first degree murder trial.
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Siancnester N
Abbie Borreto
Hermann N. Sander
Albert Sway
Sander
Snay
British Scientist Gets 14 Year Term For Atom Betrayal
London reports Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison after a one and a half hour Old Bailey trial. The German born scientist admitted betraying top atomic secrets to Soviet Russia over seven years. Only one witness testified as Fuchs confessed, and he thanked jailers for a fair trial while denying other crimes.
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London
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Old Bailey Court
Baron’ God- Gard
United States
Amer
William J. Skardon
Fuchs
Britain
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Los Alamos
N. M
March Arrival Has Lion's Bite
Maren arrived with lion like snow flurries and piercing winds making the temperatures feel Arctic. The noon high briefly reached 20 degrees, 10 degrees above last night’s low. February closed with a 34 degree high and -6 low, two thirds fair with six days of precip. March’s cold persisted with snow flurries while the north central states felt the lion’s roar and the western states saw a milder pattern. Only Land O Lakes and a few spots in northern Minnesota and North Dakota stayed below zero.
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Maren
Mercury
North Central States
Land O'Lakes
Minnesota
North Dakota
Annual Moving Marathon Starts
The annual spring migration of city residents to farms and farmers to the city begins with two days of moving records. The Weckerlys, Haslers, Imhoffs, Niederbergers and others relocate between farms, homes and local factories as utility records and services adjust. The Wirtzes plan a new home on 15th Street while the Argyle Dairy group personnel shift positions.
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Guy Weckerly
14Th Avenue
Ralph Weckerly
How
Weckerleys
Jack Schlichting
Peter Hasler
Ith Avenue
Monticello
Oscar Imhoff
Mth Street
Eldorado Cheese
Orangeville
Tony Niederbergers
Advance
Imhoffs
Neiderberg
Green County
Wirtz
Argyle Dairy Products Co
Wirtzes
15Th
Oscar Tschabolds
Greenwood
Frank Menehan
Argyle
Barbara Springberg
Barbara
Field Day Scheduled By County Farmers Exceed 1949 Quotas
Farmers of the Green county soil conservation district exceeded 1949 goals by four percent. J. B. Scherer notes 1950 workload with field day terracing demos tours for homemakers 4 H clubs and highway committee. 1950 goals include 66 acres contouring 2500 acres contour slips five miles terracing 18000 feet tile drain five miles open ditches 50 acres tree planting two miles shelterbelts 200 acres pasture improvements.
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Green County
Nick Calabresa
Henry Kramers Calf Takes Impromptu Market Ride
A calf leaped from Henry Kramers moving stock truck at a city street curve and disappeared into the icy morning, dazing onlookers. The calf was found waiting in a filling station stall, as Kramer learned at Equity stockyards where police directed him to pick up the animal.
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Henry Kramer
Equity
13Th Street
23Rd Avenue
Kramer
Two Cars Upset In Same Wet Spot
Two crashes occurred on highway 69 near Monroe due to a freezing water patch. Raymond C. Fahs suffered arm and leg bruises after his car overturned in flooded roadway water two hours before a second vehicle also overturned. no injuries reported in the second incident. A separate collision near Preston farm involved Wilton K. Johnson and Dolores B. Friedrick, with one vehicle driven into a ditch.
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Highway 69
Monroe
Raymond C. Fahs
13Th Avenue
Green County
Wilton K. Johnson
19Th Street
Dolores B. Friedrick
Preston Farm
Jutla
Friedrick
Johnson
Five Die in Headon Crash Near Arrowsmith Illinois
Five persons including a farm couple and three teenagers were killed in a Tuesday night head-on collision two and a half miles northeast of Arrowsmith Illinois. A young girl was seriously injured. The deceased were Chalmers Craig 31 Bernadine Craig 26 Ralph Bell 18 Norma Resser 17 and Gal Kirkpatrick 19.
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Arrowsmith
Ill
Here
Chalmers Craig
Bernadine
Ralph Bell
Norma Resser
Gal Kirkpatrick
Wisconsin imposes coal delivery limits amid rationing plan
Governor Rennebohm and Agriculture Director McDowell ordered a state wide coal rationing system in Madison to conserve dwindling stockpiles after mine stoppages. The rule bars deliveries unless inventories cover ten days of normal use and requires a declaration of on hand supply. If emergency persists, officials may seize coal in transit or requisition supplies to distress areas.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Donald McDowell
Department of Agriculture
Final Arguments Start in Federal Contempt Action
Washington reports the United Mine Workers contempt trial entering its final stage as attorneys prepare arguments over whether the union can be held liable for miners’ refusal to comply with a court back to work order. Testimony closed with UMW secretary treasurer John Owens claiming officers pursued an end to the strike.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John Owens
UMW
Richmond B. Keech
Keech
Owens
John L. Lewis
Heart Drive Open for Donations in Monroe
The American Heart Association drive in Monroe closed officially yesterday but continues to receive donations. Chairman Dr. George R. Barry says the city quota of 530 dollars has not been reached and totals will be reported in about two weeks. Alpha Zeta chapter volunteers led by Mrs. Walter J. Kubly will collect plastic heart containers today and tomorrow.
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Furning
American Heart Association
Monroe
George R. Barry
Alpha Zeta Chapter
Walter J. Kubly
Harold J. Lamboley
Barry
Leland L. Lamboley
Virgil Brunkow
Newell Mendenhall
Progressives End Illinois Mine Strike Agreement Reached
Progressives Return Springfield Illinois as 10 000 PMW members agree to extend their contract with coal operators ending the strike that began February 21. Production to resume tomorrow and workers return to the mines.
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Springfield
Illinois
PMW
Miners Row Back to Talks as Contempt Trial Continues
Federal mediation yielded little as two and a half hours of discussions failed to advance a resolution. Union leader Lewis, in Springfield for a funeral, could rejoin negotiations at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow while miners face potential fines for striking past the Feb 1 court order.
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Valley View Rural School
Green County Normal School
Robert Hendrickson
Otto W. Lund
Carlton Treuthardt
Walter Grossen
Virgil Leopold
Harold Blumer
Ronald Rufener
Herman Huber
Statler
Cyrus Ching
Lewis
Springfield
Brother
Owens
H. Graham Sorison
Milwaukee Hospital Aide Resigns to Lead Platteville New Facility
Stuart C. Mount Jr., purchasing agent at St. Luke's Hospital for 15 months, resigned today to become administrator of a new hospital to be built in Platteville, signaling a leadership shift in Milwaukee's healthcare sector.
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Milwaukee
Stuart c. Mount Jr
St. Luke's Hospital
Platteville
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Dick Blanc
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Bud) Pilz
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James Forbes
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Dick Hadden
Carl Bauman
Gene Heth
Earl Wollett
Bill Romoser
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Barton Wetzel
Ray Zecel
Frank Zecel
Jim Ament
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McCarthy
Meredith
Feldt
McCafery
Losey
Kalienborn
Elmer
Easton
Hanson
Deininger
Ferguson
Brigham
Heacox
Rivers
Leona Latham
Defense
Dr. Fuchs
Union
Ameri
Welly K. Hopkins
Hopkins
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