House Sends Weak Housing Bill to Senate in 357 24 Vote
The administration’s proposal narrowly cleared the House after stripping subsidies and price ceilings. The bill passed 357 to 24 with 19 Republicans and 5 Democrats voting against, sending it to the Senate as debate over housing subsidies and targets continues.
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Washington
Eeam Secky
House
Senate
Jessie Sumner
Truman
Wilson Wratt
Keefe
R-Wis
Benmes
Spear Rayburn
D-Tex
World Prayer Day Observed by Churches Across Regions
Churches across the world join in a focused hour of prayer at 3 p.m. Friday as World Day of Prayer, coordinated from Fiji to Alaska, with services in Union Presbyterian Church and participating Grace Lutheran St John’s United First Methodist Union and Immanuel Evangelical congregations.
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Fiji Is
Alaska
Union Presbyterian Church
Grace Lutheran
St. John’s Evant
Reformed
United First Methodist
Union
Presbyterian
Immanuel ‘Evangelical
Canada Grants Britain One Billion Dollar Credit
Ottawa announces Canada will extend Britain credit of 1 billion dollars on terms matching the American British loan. The grant equals one third of the U S package still awaiting Congressional approval.
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Ottawa
Canada
Britain
W. L. Mackenzie King
Jean
Congress
Open on-Job Training for 40 Vets in Monroe Area
Monroe area committee reports 20 veterans already in on-the-job training across 14 accredited Monroe firms. Government funds 40 to 60 percent of wages initially with employer, and role shifts as the veteran gains experience and earns higher wages. Additional openings in marketing conservation banking butchering dry cleaning baking and other fields are planned.
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Monroe
Theo. J. Burgy
Monroe Area
Churches Propose Firm but Sympathetic Treatment of Reds
Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America urged Americans to practice voluntary rationing of foods to aid starving Europeans and Asians amid wartime shortages. The call emphasized firm policy with sympathetic aid as the war expands.
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Coumour—arty
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Europe
Asia
Seniors Choose Case Of Springtime for Their Annual Play
The Gee High School seniors select a spring comedy titled Case Of Springtime for their annual production. Robert W and a friend star as high school students navigating adolescence in a lively onstage drama.
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Ene Case Ak Gee School
Tering
Robert Wi
Bob
First Major Postwar Highway Contract Approved
Governor Goodland approving the first major postwar road improvement contract for the state trunk highway system. The project carries a cost of 319,685 dollars with federal participation and details pending.
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Goodland Madison
Goodland
Flood Threat on Highway 11 Near Dill
Flood danger on Highway 11 between Browntown and Dill persists with water near the roadbed at Dill. Traffic remains open with patrolmen and barriers ready, while Sugar River road remains closed south of Brodhead. Darlington area recedes as water drops. rail service to Darlington to resume today.
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Browntown
Dill
Dill J
Brodhead
Sugar River
Arlington
Darlington
Lafayette County Sheriff's Department
Times
Mineral Point
Kohn
Pecatonica
Highway 11
Wisconsin
Cardinal Lines Pursues Bus Route on Highway 81
Bus Service Northwest seeks a certificate to operate a new bus line along Highway 81 serving listed points. A hearing on the application is set for March 20 at 10 o clock in the Darlington courthouse. Citizens interested in the extension of local transportation facilities are urged to testify at the hearing.
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Eee
Cardinal Bus Lines
Highway 81
Darlington Court House
Von Papen Peace Overtures Mentioned in Trial
The tribunal plans to hear defense testimony starting tomorrow with Hermann. A Stockholm foreign office spokesman cited von Papen's 1939 lecture to the Swedish-German association and said he knew nothing of Papen's claim that he asked King Gustaf V to intervene for peace.
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Nuernberg
Ote Papen
Adolf Hitler
Setoea
Gustaf V
Hermann
Stockholm
Foreign Office
von Papen
Death in Aspirin Sedative Mixup
Madison officials report 30 children fell ill from a disease outbreak tied to aspirin labeled tablets that were actually phenobarbital. Two children died. Investigations by the public welfare department, state health board, and University of Wisconsin are underway, including postmortem exams and Minnesota laboratory analysis to determine whether deaths were caused by virus pneumonia virulent influenza or the drug mixup. The source notes the aspirin supply had been purchased around February 6 and the tablets were immediately withdrawn. The full report is expected within days.
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Madison
A. W. Bayley
Department of Public Welfare
Bayley
Public Welfare Department
State Board of Health
University of Wisconsin
University of At University, Wisconsin
Acm
Minnesota Laboratory of Hygiene
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Franklin R. King
Gains in Monroe Girl Scouting Highlight Leader Training Plan
Miss Betsy Ross, regional Scouting director from Chicago, praised Monroe's Girl Scout progress and proposed a leaders club for troop leaders in the area. She outlined a volunteer trainer plan to address leadership shortages and improve program delivery with a two week course over a year. The Monroe council list includes Mrs Perle G Guess and several current chairmen and officers.
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Monroe
Betsy Ross
Chicago
Perle G. Guess
Girl Scout Council
Perle
G. Guess
T. F. Ransdell
Henry Tschudy
Walter J. Hammer
Juliet Lowe Fund
Minor W. Anderson
Harold A. Blumer
Ralph H. Wenger
Jerome J. Howe
Montgomery Ward Changes At Local Store
Montgomery Ward announces a manager change at the Monroe store. W. A. Thayer leaves after 16 months to become manager of the Freeport store and move his family there. F. A. Stivers will take the Monroe post arriving Saturday and moving his family when quarters are ready. He previously headed Montgomery Ward in Peru Indiana and two other locations.
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W. A. Thayer
Freeport
F. A. Stivers
Mr. Stivers
Peru
Ind
Montgomery Wards
Telephone Strike Canceled Minutes Before Deadline
Agreement reached minutes before a 6 a.m. deadline ends a nationwide telephone strike with pattern wage increases of 5 to 8 dollars weekly lasting to March 6 1947. Pickets appeared in Washington Philadelphia Ohio and Michigan while Wisconsin reported no interruptions.
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Washington
United States Conciliation Service
Philadelphia
Ohio
Michigan
Baltimore
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Federation of ‘Lines Telephone Workers
Long Lines
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Long Lines Union
NFTW
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Brotherhoods of
Truman
A. F. Whitney
Alvaniey Johnston
Johnston
Monroe water department reports 1945 net income
The annual water department report shows a net income carried to surplus of 13 846 54 dollars after revenue deductions. The full report and balance sheet were submitted to the mayor and common council. Additional details appear in another Times notice. An unrelated item notes Max Schroeder dies from injuries after a street collision in Oshkosh Mercy hospital.
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Water Department
Monroe City Water Department
Suet, Gancae
Schneider
The
Times
Oshkosh
Max Schroeder
CIO
United Auto Workers
Mercy Hospital
OPA Studies Move to Replace 1 Price with B Price for Swiss Cheese
A representative of the Office of Price Administration will study recommendations to switch from the 1 price basis to a B price scale for Swiss cheese. The proposal, from Swiss cheese groups and state and federal agriculture officials, aims to set ceiling rates around 35 cents for two feet of cheese while maintaining the 1944 pricing framework.
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Madison
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Departments of Agriculture
National Cheese Institute
Suring
GPA
Monroe High Takes Forensic Entries In League Meet
Forensics students from Monroe High school were chosen to represent the school in a league contest with Brodhead and Milton Union to be held Tuesday. Two representatives per class were selected across extemporaneous speaking, oratory, and extemporaneous reading with further choices for humorous and non humorous declamation and victory speaking.
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Monroe High School
Brodhead
Milton Union
Maxine Crandall
Tina
Ray Beekman
Dorothy Benkett
Harriet Towell
Lois Stauffacher
Dolores Mayenchien
Roland Shamburek
Marion Bo
Jane Bender
Jane Calder
Karl Bregenzer
Lourie Schmid
Barbara Kane
Vic Krauss
Jean Babler
Nancy Bishop
Charlotte Etter
Jean Schoonover
Audrey Babler
Gene
Eleanor Streisand
Corinne Swanson
Helen Hurd
Robert Witt
Katherine Olthafer
Miss Hurd
Fred Simpson
Olthafer
Russians Accuse Soviets of Damaging American Oil Wells in Hungary
Budapest reports from Feb 19 indicate anonymous American sources claim Russians ruined one oil well and threaten further damage to Hungarian American Oil Company properties. The total damages cited approach 25 million dollars with ongoing operation feared to collapse pressure and devastate the area. A US diplomatic note to Marshal Voroshilov was reportedly anticipated, while a US legation spokesman said no state department word had been received. A Hungarian politician warned Europe watches the US response and urged not to lose face.
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Jack Gumn
Budapest
Lispe
Hungary
American Oil Company
Klementi Y. Voroshilov
Moscow
U. S. Legation
State Department
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
National Assembly
Europe
United States
Precision Tools Bought for Students at Low Cost
Monroe mgn scout students gain top quality micrometer calipers and vises from surplus military supplies in Madison. Supt. E. O. Evans Prin. T. R. Holyoke and Robert Davenport personally toured warehouses to select articles for wood and metal working classes at a fraction of value.
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Monroe Mgn
Madison
E. O. Evans
Prin. T. R. Holyoke
Robert Davenport
Probe Efforts to Steal Atom Data
Officials discuss attempts to obtain atom data with cooperation from other government agencies including the department. The remarks reference ongoing security concerns and interagency coordination amid potential theft risks.
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Department
War
Wood
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