New York Seeks Return of Couple in First Degree Murder Case
New York authorities seek the return of a couple to face a first degree murder charge in the slaying of Mrs. Janet Fay, a former Albany resident, in Valley Stream. Details are unclear as the report appears garbled and portions are unreadable.
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Raymond Fernandez
Martha Beck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Byron Center
Janet Fay
Albany
N. Y
Roger McMahon
James Toohey
Fernandez
Clarence Randel
Beck
New York
Albany, N. Y
Valley Stream
Johnson May Get Forrestal's Post
Washington reports James Forrestal age 57 may resign as secretary of defense and be the first to hold the newly created post. He would succeed as secretary of war and previously chaired war-related committees, with Forrestal seen as replacement for the role.
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Johnson
Forrestal
Washington
James Forrestal
Ot Ae Lee
City Manager Talks Mapped by Committee
Paul E. Baltzer chairs the subcommittee that mapped the schedule of talks and counts, outlining the plan for city discussions.
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Paul E. Baltzer
Monroe Cheesemakers favored in sectional cage tourney
Tickets for the WIAA sectional at Monroe quickly sold out with 233 general public seats gone after a day. Monroe meets Brodhead in the opener as Cuba City faces Beloit in Friday night games. Cuba City holds 22-1-1 records and was No 1 in the latest little sixteen ranking, while Brodhead sits near top among small schools.
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Monroe High School
Cheesemakers
Monroe
Lee Mitchell
Brodhead
Cuba City
Wisconsin
Beloit
al Erickson
Cardinals
Sharon
Tragic Lakewood Michigan Fire Kills Ten
A mother Maude Clover and eight children aged 3 to 15 died as flames engulfed a Lakewood home north of Muskegon after an oil stove exploded. Deputy sheriffs found victims in the ruins, a roomer Taskey and two grown sons survived badly burned. The estranged husband of Clover is in Grand Rapids. two other children were not at home.
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Maude Clober
Lakewood
Muskegon
Roomer
Taskey
Vica Clover
Grand Rapids
U S Leaders Join In Pledge to Reds
New York report states American communists vow to oppose any war driven by Wall Street interests and to not take part in an unjust aggressive war. The statement from William Z. Foster and Eugene Dennis says they will cooperate with democratic forces to defeat prerogative war aims and seek a speedy democratic peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Wall Street
Peace Vs. of America
William Z. Foster
Eugene Dennis
Cardinal Leads Digging Crew at Calvary Cemetery
Cardinal Spellman escorting ten seminarians and priests through picket lines to oversee burial work for about 600 unburied bodies during a seven week strike. He denounces the strike as communist dominated while not digging himself but directing assignments from the cemetery.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Seminarians
Calvary Cemetery
Cardinal Spellman
Mild Weather Persists with Light Drizzle in Monroe
A light drizzle fell in Monroe and Green county as temperatures stayed mild. Early readings showed 31 degrees, up 11 from Wednesday, while Federal Weatherman H J Thompson noted cooler readings elsewhere in the state. Land O Lakes registered three above zero versus 17 yesterday. The forecast calls for continued cloudiness tonight with brighter, warmer conditions by Friday.
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Monroe
Green County
H. J. Thompson
Land O’lakes
Consolidation Bill Foes Rally At Rural School Hearing
A rural education bill spurred a record crowd at the state assembly hearing with about 1,000 in attendance and roughly 800 registration against the measure. Assemblyman Kostuck and Joseph Walsh led opposition as rural groups mobilized to oppose consolidation plans.
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Madison
Assembly Education Committee
Assembly
Arthur May
Assembly Chamber
State Education Commission
Clertk
Capitol
Assemblyman
Kostuck
Stevens Point
Joseph Walsh
Wisconsin Rural School Association
Walsh
No Decision Reached on School District Boundaries
Green and Dane county school committees held a joint Brooklyn meeting with limited attendance. M. Stauffer and C. P. Morgan led the Green county contingent. A March 14 session in Belleville is planned to set a districting boundary.
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Green and Dane _ county
Brooklyn
M. Stauffer
Monticello
C. P. Morgan
Green County Committee
Belleville
Madison
Green and Dane
Rural counties oppose education consolidation bill in Wisconsin
About 50 counties rallied against the proposal as hundreds of Wisconsin farmers urged continuation of pre room schools. They argued against a top down reorganization and urged local choice. Testimony showed strong opposition to abolishing city systems and shifting costs with new referendums and county superintendents.
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Wisconsin Farms
Kostuck
M. G. Toepel
Toepel
Milo K. Swanton
Wisconsin Council of Agricultural Cooperatives
Red Cross Drive To Begin Sunday in Green County
The Green County Red Cross fund drive opens Sunday with a $3750 quota. Monroe chair Roland W. Blaha reports a one week, volunteer run, with church announcements and 32 shifts at banks and post office lobby. Quotas vary by town and township, with leaders named for Albany, New Glarus, Monticello, Brodhead, Juda and others.
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Green County Red Cross
Roland W. Blaha
Monroe
County Drive
First National and Commercial
Post Office
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Brodhead
Albany
Monticello
New Glarus
Adams
Brooklyn
Cadiz
Browntown
Clarno
Decatur
Exeter
Jefferson
Juda
Jordan
Mt. Pleasant
Spring Grove
Sylvester
Washington
York
Cliffe Gelbach
Harvey Ott
J. W. Barlow
B. H. Roderick
Ben Maddrell
Louis Lehnherr
Bank of Juda
Russell Carter
Garage Equipment Stolen in Brodhead
Green County sheriff's deputies assisted Brodhead police in a breaking and entering at Highway Motor Sales on the city's northeast edge. A one third horsepower motor and a portable air compressor were stolen after entry through a broken glass door and forced night lock.
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Green County Sheriff's Department
Brodhead
Monroe Wins Special Service for Christmas Seal Sale
Monroe led Wisconsin cities with 5,000 to 10,000 population in per capita Christmas seal sales for last year at 31.5 cents, raising $1,954.74. The state association will grant Monroe a free service, with selection pending, while nationwide results show Madison and other cities leading in higher brackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Ft. Atkinson
Rudolph P. Reger
Monroe Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Lorraine Noll
State Association
Noll
Reger
Monroe Society
J. T. Etter Jr
Wilma Heimann
Madison
Appleton
Neenah
Burlington
Galesville
World Circling Crew Out of Quarantine
The Lucky Lady II crew, the first to fly non stop around the world, landed at Carswell air base after 94 hours 1 minute aloft. Four mid air refuelings and 23,000 miles completed a globe circumnavigation but one B 50 trainer and a B 29 crew remain missing in Luzon after advancing the mission.
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Carswell Base
Fort Worth
Tex
Carswell Air Base
Chance
James Gallagher
Air Force
Azores
Manila
Wisconsin Assembly Adopts Tax Unit Transfer
Wisconsin assembly passes 88 to 10 bill moving beverage and cigarette tax and oil inspection divisions from the treasurer to the Department of Taxation. Also approved a housing authority extension to villages and other fiscal measures. matters await senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
State Department of Taxation
State Treasurer
Senate
Assembly
State Senate
State and
Installment Curbs Relax Monday Boosts Credit Sales
Washington reports relaxations on installment credit for consumer items from cook stoves to automobiles. The Fed easing lowers down payments to 15 percent for most items, keeps autos at one third, and extends repayment to 21 months, following a January drop in overall installment credit.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Edgar Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazier Corp
Patman
D-Tex
Reserve Board
Four Candidates File Nomination Papers for City Offices
City Clerk G S Soseman announced four candidates have filed nomination papers for the spring election on April 5. Nominees include William Beckman and Louis R Wolleson both incumbents from the third ward, Charles B Marvin for second ward alderman, and Arthur C Benkett seeking re election as city attorney.
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G. S. Soseman
William Beckman
Louis R. Wolleson
Charles B. Marvin
Soseman
Arthur C. Benkett
Ford Seeks Early Talks With UAW On Pensions
Ford Motor Co. asked the CIO United Auto Workers for early informal contract talks amid economic conditions. The letter questions the advisability of the union's proposal for $100 monthly pensions for 106000 Ford workers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Ford
UAW
Wisconsin guard plane makes emergency landing on Albany farm
First Lt. Howard Counselman, a Monroe resident and veteran of 45 WWII missions, parachuted to safety from 400 feet after fog prevented landing. His light L 16 aircraft skidded about 100 feet near Roland Hasse farm five and a half miles northwest of Albany. He was uninjured aside from losing his hat. The crash marks Green county's fourth airplane incident with no casualties. prior fatalities occurred in 1946 1947 and 1948 in nearby areas.
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Wisconsin, National Guard
Roland Hasse
Albany
Monroe
Howard Counselman
19Th Avenue
Counselman
National Guard
Milwaukee
Badger
Europe
Fourth County
Hasse
Caqunselman
Green County
Ben King
Earleywine Brothers
Derald and
William
Brodhead
Harland Johnson
Mooresville
Ind
New Glarus
Doolittle Raider and Two Others Die in Crash
Sheriff A E Steinmetz said a missing C 47 crashed in the Colorado mountains south of Del Rio Texas and all aboard were killed The plane was missing from Hamilton Field California to Kelly Field San Antonio It was last reported over Wink Texas Maj Lucian N Youngblood Capt George N Pennington and D H Stewart were named as those aboard The wreckage lies about 100 miles southwest of Del Rio in Tierras Coloradas country
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Houston
Jimmy Doolittle
Japan
George N. Pennington
Chicago
D. H. Stewart
del Rio
Tierras Coloradas
Liner Lands in Farm Field Near Pittsburgh
A two engine Capital Airlines plane made a forced landing in a farmer’s field 12 miles from Pittsburgh. No injuries to passengers or crew were reported. Flight 40, from Chicago and Akron, destined for Newark, landed in a cow pasture on Frank Myers’s farm near Fort Springs after both engines failed.
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Pittsburgh
Capital Airlines
Here
Greater
Frank Myers
Frankfort Springs
Flight 40
Chicago
Akron
Newark
Capital
County Airmen Plan Reserve Unit Meeting in Rockford
Green county air force reserve officers and enlisted men will discuss forming a Monroe flight of the 220th Composite Squadron with headquarters in Rockford. A 7 45 p m meeting at the armory will decide if 25 people are available to form a full flight or a partial unit joining the Freeport squad. There are 35 reserve officers and 13 enlisted airmen in Green county, Charles B Marvin said.
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Monroe
220Th Composite Squadron
Rockford
Air Force Reserve
Green County
Charles B. Marvin
Freeport
Marvin
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Michigan
Cardinal
Bill Foes
Red Cross
Doolittle Raider
Liner
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