Monroe Cheesemakers Face Brodhead In WIAA Sectional
Monroe high schools Cheesemakers seek a second straight state bid at 7:30 pm against Brodhead, a 20‑win team, after both squads won regional and district titles. Cuba City meets Beloit at 9 pm with Cuba City riding 19 straight victories. Officials Alf Hohler and Armin Kraeft prep the night as Beloit radio rights gain WIAA approval.
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Monroe
al Erickson
Brodhead High School Cardinals
Brodhead
Sharon
Norton Strommen
Dick Markham
Sanford Erickson
Bob Bliss
Steve Stair
Stuessy
Bruce Timm
Walt Guggisberg
Keith Christensen
Phil Brager
Janesville Gazette
Cheesemakers
Cardinals
Bob Rieder
Lee Mitchell
Marshall
Dan) Markham
University of
Beloit
Ossie Barth
Cuba City
Cliff Kirk
Bob Olson
Lloyd Ware
Harry Segerstrom
Jim Faherty
Keith Haug
Mt. Horeb
Alf Hohler
Armin Kraeft
Milwaukee
T. R. Holyoke
WIAA
Committee Okays Truman Labor Bill
The senate labor committee approved the Truman labor bill by 8 to 5 after a bitter vote. It would repeal the Taft Hartley act and replace it with Wagner labor relations proposals backed by Democrats. All Republicans on the committee opposed it, and Taft labeled the vote as high handed.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Bright Sun Brings Spring Like Warmth
A bright sun burst out today, lifting temperatures into the 40s after a night near freezing. Yesterday reached 36 degrees with light drizzle, and the forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow.
Atwater Kent dies aged 76 in Hollywood
Hollywood claims the passing of Atwater Kent, renowned radio builder, longtime manufacturer, donor, and social figure. In frail health, Kent had spent years in retirement and charity work before his death today.
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Atwater Kent
Hollywood
Kent
Wisconsin Dairy and Livestock Update Shows Mixed Trends
Wisconsin farmers report 50 000 fewer milk cows year over year bringing total milk cows to 2 432 000 while total state cows reach 3 766 000. Milk output rises seven percent in first two months. Wisconsin supplied 13 percent of national milk in 1948. Hog numbers up four percent with 30 000 more sows. egg production in January sets a record at 223 000 000. Butter and cheese stocks stay low though evaporated milk stock rises. poultry and egg stocks decline last month.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Federal-State Crop Reporting Service
15 Month Extension Set on Rent Control
Washington house banking committee approves a compromise bill by 20 to 4 to extend rent controls for 15 months beyond March 31. The panel defeats a civil rights amendment by 16 to 9 and backs a provision to prevent mass evictions. The measure advances to the house next week. President Truman had sought a two year extension, which the committee rejected.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
House
Truman
Sen
Robert Tehan
Milwaukee
Gettelman
Senate
Assembly
Department of Taxation
Runoff Elections For Judge and School Posts Approved
Madison action completed on runoff elections for the state supreme court and superintendent of public instruction if no candidate exceeds 50 percent. The bill, sent to the governor, sets May 3 runoffs for the two races with a March primary and April elections proposed for future contests.
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Madison
State Supreme Court
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Assembly
Senate
Knowles
New
Richmond
Supreme Court
Marvin B. Rosenberry
John Callahan
O’connell
Milwaukee
Lab explosion injures Texas pupils at Graham High School
Sixteen students and an instructor were burned, five seriously, when a glass retort containing sulfuric acid exploded during a first year general science class at Graham high school. The acid sprayed faces and eyes of those in the room.
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Graham, Tex
Graham High School
Zimmerman Won't Run for Supreme Court Justice
Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman said he would not be a candidate in the spring election. Nomination papers had been circulated for Zimmerman.
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Zimmerman
Madison
Fred R. Zimmerman
Supreme Court
Storting
Norway
Morgenstierne
Halvard M. Lange
State Department
Russia
Finland
Helsinki
Russians Give Up In Frankfurt Siege
Eight Russian soldiers abandoned the siege of the repatriation mission in Frankfurt after two days of blockade by American MPs. The Russians left the big yellow house, one truck driver spat at a bystander, and U S troops began restoring gas, electricity and water as Berlin ordered US graves registration to depart the Soviet zone.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Big Yellow House
Berlin
U. S
U.S
Soviet Zone
U. S. Army
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Russia
Yalta
Teheran
U. S. State Department
Mission Building
Norway joins North Atlantic defense talks amid Cold War pressure
Norway formally joins negotiations for a North Atlantic defense alliance with the United States and other sponsors. Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne represents Norway at the talks, while Denmark signals potential entry. Parliament approves the move despite minority communist opposition as Moscow pressures Norway and Finland.
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Washington
Norway
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
State Department
Morgenstierne
United States
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Russia
Denmark
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Morgentstierne
Truman Aide Johnson Slated to Succeed Forrestal as Defense Chief
Washington reports indicate Louis A. Johnson, 58, West Virginia native and former assistant secretary of war, will succeed Forrestal as secretary of defense. Johnson, backed by President Truman, has urged stronger military readiness and aims to gain broader unification of the armed services.
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Truman
Forrestal
New York
Johnson
Defense Forrestal
Congress
The
American Legion
Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
Lucas
Harry Woodring
Woodring
White House
West
Mr. Truman
Polio Cases in Early 1949 Hit New Highs
Washington report shows January and February infantile paralysis totals reaching new peaks for 1949. Public Health Service notes the excess likely carries over from 1948 and should not forecast a national epidemic, citing last year’s 27,677 cases as the second-worst on record behind 1916.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Sailor Says French Legion Held Him After Ship Loss
James Patrick Ryan a 24 year old U S Navy sailor from Huntington Pa says he was shanghaied into the French foreign legion after missing his ship the U S Dickson at San Remo Italy July 2 1947 He describes a long flight to Canton via Morocco and North Africa ending in Indochina and says two others a Czech and a German are jailed in Canton He reports being kept in irons and held for months with little help from the U S legation and that naval authorities will have him returned to the Philippines command for action.
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Canton
China
James Patrick Ryan
Mediterranean
French Foreign Legion
Ryan
Huntington
Indochina
U. S. Dickson
San Remo
Italy
Nice
France
U. S
Paris
Foreign Legion
Marseilles
Irons
North Africa
American Legation
Tangiers
Legion
Morocco
Legation
Sahara
U. S. Navy
Philippines
First of County Caucuses Held In Green County
The first Green county caucus to nominate candidates for the April election was held at 2 PM in Spring Grove town hall with William Meinert and L M Hartman on the caucus committee. Additional sessions Friday and Saturday will cover Decatur New Glarus Albany Browntown Adams Exeter Jordan Sylvester Clarno and Monroe townships and villages with various clerks named.
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Green County
Spring Grove
Town Hall
William Meinert
L. M. Hartman
Decatur
New Glarus
Congregational
Brodhead
Jennings Christensen
A. L. Miller
New Glarus Township
Albany
Browntown
T. E. Sharer
Albert Loeffel
R. G. Grossman
Adams
Exeter Township
Vincent Conway
M. Smith
J. D. Bechtolt
Carl Meckerly
Cadiz
Town House
Sylvester
Clarno
Jordan
New Glarus Village
Prion School
C. R. Burt
F. R. Probst
Jordan Center School
Henry Rebly Jr
Harvey A. Ott
T. A. Hefty
J. Ivan Elmer
Monroe Township
Court House
Gilbert Dettwiler
Clarke Bechtoldt
Davenport Tribute Paid at Adler Rites
A large memorial service honored E. P. Adler publisher of the Daily Times and Lee syndicate president. Friends and businessmen filled Temple Emanuel and overflowed into Trinity Episcopal Cathedral across the street as a public address system broadcast the funeral rites.
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Davenport
E. P. Adler
Daily Times
Lee Syndicate
Temple Emanuel
Jewish Tabernacle
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Cardinal Spellman Leads Priests in Grave Digging at Calvary
About 100 young priests and seminary students returned to grave digging under Cardinal Francis Spellman at Calvary cemetery Queens amid a strike by CIO United Cemetery Workers seeking a five day week for $59.40. The cardinal vows daily work until nearly 1000 bodies are cared for as a court weighs an injunction against the union and picketing at the cathedral cemetery.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Calvary Cemetery
Queens
State Supreme Court
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Cardinal Spellman
Local Air Reserve Sub Flight Formed in Green County
Green county becomes a sub flight of the Rockford unit within the 220th Composite Squadron after an air force reserve meeting at the armory. S/Sgt Jack Batuska spoke on keeping commissions active and reserve pensions while Lieut. Col. Charles B. Marvin will command the new sub flight. Monroe group plans bi monthly meetings with officials noting 25 more officers and men needed locally.
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Green County
Rockford
220Th
Air Force Reserve
Jack Batuska
220Th Squadron
Air Force
Charles B. Marvin
Monroe
Marvin
Alaska and Hawaii Statehood Approved by House Subcommittee
The House public lands subcommittee approved a bill to grant statehood to Alaska by unanimous vote, with Hawaii's similar legislation passing the previous day. The moves push Alaska to become the 49th state and Hawaii to the 50th, advancing to full consideration.
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Washington
Hawaii
Alaska
House Public Lands
Fraternity Fights Move of Wisconsin Campus House
Phi Delta ta, oldest fraternity on the Wisconsin campus, vows to resist removal of its chapter house for a campus expansion project costing 5 million dollars. The fraternity demands a new house at a site as desirable as its current location before moving.
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Madison
Phi Delta Theta
Wisconsin
University Foundation
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