Soviet reshuffles fuel talk of Berlin talks revival
Foreign observers weigh whether new Foreign Minister lineup signals another push to convene the Big Four for German questions. Andrei Vishinsky and Andrei Gromyko gains spark speculation about Berlin and the reactor of Soviet policy, with Menshikov also promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers
Andrie Y. Vishinsky
V. M. Molotov
Berlin
Molotov
Vishinsky
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Maxim Litvinoff
Washington
M. A. Menshikov
Milk Brings $3.83 In November For Swiss Cheese Factories
Sharp declines in deliveries and income hit Swiss cheese factories in the district during November. The average price for November make used in cheese was 3.83 dollars per hundredweight, 2 cents below October and 1.40 under November 1948. Deliveries fell by 2.5 million pounds from October, and net income dropped by more than a third. Butterfat averaged 3.66 versus 3.69 in October. State grade prices ranged 51 to 50 cents, 46 B, 40 for C, and 37 for grinders. December prices will top at 50 cents with a 5 cent cut to 32 for grinders as export demand wanes.
Capone Gang Charged Over Wire Service Monopoly
California crime commission says the Capone syndicate from Chicago built a nationwide monopoly over wire services used by illegal horse racing bookies through threats beatings and shootings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capone Gang
California Crime Commission
Capone Syndicate
Chicago
UW Memorial Event Honors Monroe War Victims
Four Monroe men who died in wartime will be honored at UW memorial concert on March 20 in Memorial Union. Names include John G. Cardine, Byron R. Bennett, Charles H. Krueger, and Ernest J. Stauffacher. Gold Star Roll lists 841 alumni. Concert supported by Centennial committee Wisconsin Union Music and School of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
University of Wisconsin
John G. Caradine
Byron R. Bennett
Charles H. Krueger
Ernest J. Stauffacher
University
Memorial Union
Centennial Committee
Wisconsin Union Music Com
School of Mu
State Union Shop Control Affirmed
The Supreme Court upheld state power to enforce stricter union shop rules than Taft-Hartley, in a 7 to 2 decision. The ruling supports Wisconsin’s contention that Taft Hartley allows states to apply their own union shop laws even in interstate business. A union shop requires workers to join the union. a closed shop is outlawed. Taft Hartley allows union shop with majority vote. Wisconsin requires two thirds approval by employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Royall to Leave Cabinet as Royall Departure Sheds Light
Presidential confidants say Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall will step down within ten to twenty days. The president enjoys a Florida vacation at a naval base as plans for Royall’s successor are unknown. He arrived at Boca Chica and will travel to Orlando then Winter Park for a Rollins College address and degree.
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Royall
Naval
Florida
Boca Chica
Orlando
Winter Park
Rollins College
Two Soldiers Die in Albany Plane Crash
Albany Georgia authorities identified two soldiers killed in a crash of a rented plane Saturday. Pfc William E Steel 19 of Ladysmith Wisconsin and Pfc W L Eberhardt of Kearney New Jersey were named as victims.
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Albany
William E. Steel
Ladysmith
Wis
W. L. Eberhardt
Kearney
N. J
Hoover Report Seeks Mergers to Fold Transport Under Commerce
Hoover commission proposes sweeping reorganization moving rail highways air and sea transport under the commerce secretary. It would absorb eight agencies including coast guard maritime commission public roads administration and part of the presidential office of defense transportation into two main branches transportation service and industrial and commercial service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover Commission
Commerce Department
Congress
Commission
Coast Guard
Maritime Commission
Herbert Hoover
Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Treasury
Customs Bureau
Federal Works Agency
Public Roads Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bureau of Civil Aviation
Interior Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Fisheries
Transportation Service
Weather Bureau
Department
Bureau of Foreign
Clive Kirby Killed When Auto Hits Pole
Grocer V. Clive Kirby a 32 year old WMAQ Chicago announcer died in an automobile crash near Wauconda Illinois as he and colleague George Stone 28 were returning from a Fox Lake trip Stone was critically injured and taken to St Theresa hospital in Waukegan Kirby’s car struck a pole on Route 12 near the town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wauconda, Ill
Clive) Kirby
WMAQ
Chicago
Here
George Stone
St. Theresa’s Hospital
Waukegan
Fox Lake
Kirby
President Warned On Filibuster War
Two southern Democrats Sparkman and Maybank warned that continued White House opposition to the Dixie-led filibuster could end rent controls. They predicted a March-long talkathon as the rent law expires March 31. The president seeks renewal and extension, but the filibuster gridlock may persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate
Sparkman
D-Ala
Maybank
D-Sc
Fred Hartley
House Labor Committee
Hartley
Tool Owners Union
Rep
Bailey
D-W Va
New York State Labor Department
Board of Standards and Appeals
House approves secret bill to strengthen U S spy network
Washington lawmakers advance a broadly worded intelligence bill giving the CIA permanent authority, secrecy on budgets and payrolls, and authority to admit up to 100 aliens yearly for information. Also on the docket three military measures include a national defense undersecretary, a radar net, and a 3000 mile missiles proving ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin
Washington
House
U. S
Mancantonio
Al-Ny
Senate
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
National Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of National Defense
Continental
United States
Truman Picks Zeidler for highway safety committee
Milwaukee mayor Zeidler accepts appointment to the committee on public information for President Truman's highway safety parley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Zeidler
Milwaukee
Committee On Public Information
President Truman
Sheboygan Furniture Plant Razed by Fire
A three story frame plant of Western Furniture Co. in Sheboygan was destroyed by a fire that swept the building in about 30 minutes. Fire Chief August Sokoll put the loss at 15000 dollars. The blaze started around 9 30 p m and the south wall collapsed half an hour later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Western Furniture Co
August Sokoll
County 4 H Enrollment Of 550 Sought In Drive
Green County 4 H enrollment campaign aims for 550 members during National 4 H Week. Last year there were 491 members including 250 boys and 241 girls. Top projects included clothing 171 and dairy 128 with other lines like gardening nutrition handicraft and poultry. Twenty five clubs with 117 leaders active across four districts meet in Albany Juta Monroe and New Glarus. County displays will be shown in cities and villages this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Walter Streiff
New Glarus
Harvey Elmer
Pleasant
Ludwig Signer
Monroe
Albany
Juta
Gas Company
Signer
Ralph Yeazel
Mundt Warns U.N. Shields Spies In U S
Sen Mundt charges the United Nations employs security risks fired by the State Department and cites files from the House Un American Activities Committee. The issue follows the Coplon and Gubitchev spy arrests in New York as Justice Department officials announce the case. Rep Nixon urges a full investigation and possible committee action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
New York
U. S
Department
Valentine A. Gubitchev
U. N
Gubitchev
FBI
Washington
Mundt
United Nations
State Department
House un-American Activities Committee
The
un-American Activities Committee
Miss Coplon
Office of
Alien Registration
Foreign Agents Registration Division
Nixon Assairs
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Walter
D-Pa
Milwaukee Cruiser Return From Soviet Service
The American cruiser Milwaukee, flown with hammer and sickle pennant, is due home tomorrow after nearly five years with the Soviet navy. In Lewes, Delaware, a brief ceremony will return the 26 year old ship to the U.S. Navy amid carrier notes urging Moscow to repatriate 31 more ships. The vessel may be officially retired as newer ships surpass its capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Milwaukee
United States Navy
Lewes
Del
United States
State Department
Moscow
Heart Attack Fatal To Ernest Kundert
Ernest Kundert a 44 year old Monroe native who lived in California for 25 years died suddenly of a heart attack on the west coast. He was employed as a chauffeur for David O. Selznick and was born February 8 1905 in Monroe. Surviving are his mother Katherine Kundert three sisters Mrs Lee Babler Mrs Frank Heinzelman and Margaret and two brothers Ralph and Herbert G. Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Kundert
Los Angeles
Monroe
West Coast
Katherine Kundert
Margaret
10Th Street
California
Kundert
David O. Selznick
John H
Katherine Wichser Kundert
Lee Babler
Frank Heinzelman
Ralph, Monroe
Herbert G. Madison
Installment Buying Regulations Relaxed Across Goods
The federal reserve board relaxed installment buying rules letting consumers buy autos on two months credit and raised limits for refrigerators radios and television sets to nearly two years. The move follows complaints from shopkeepers and dealers as time buying fell in January for the first time in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Floods Close Roads and Halt Train Service in Green County
High water swamped roads across Green County with five feet on Highway 11 at Dill and other routes closed. Train service west of Monroe resumed as water levels receded, while Darling ton and nearby areas faced continued flood threats and snow on hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dill
Here
Green County
Darlington
Pecatonica
Jordan Valley
Brodhead
Rock-Green
Burgy Flats
Monroe
Legler Flats
Monticello
Albany
Gratiot
Milwaukee Road
Sugar River
Flier Odom Nears Coast on New Hop
Distance flier Bill Odom rides a record-seeking Honolulu New Jersey flight under a 25 mph tailwind and nears the California coast near 7:50 am. He enjoyed favorable weather after last January’s aborted attempt when headwinds forced a landing near Oakland with fuel running low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bill Odom
Honolulu
New Jersey
California
Odom
Oakland
Play Tour Held Up By Illness of Lunt
Milwaukee audiences will miss Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in I Know My Love as Lunt is hospitalized in Chicago with a severe ulcer. Production manager Lawrence Farrell said Lunt will receive a week of intensive treatment to continue the 12 week tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Lawrence Farrell
Lunt
Passavant Hospital
Chicago
Miss Fontanne
Stauffacher Named to Monroe Township Supervisor Post
Walter W. Stauffacher will fill the Monroe township supervisor vacancy following Rudy Kundert's move to the city. He will serve the unexpired term through the April election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter W. Stauffacher
Monroe Township
Rudy Kundert
Stauffacher
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Fla
Secretary of the Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Commerce Agency
Clive Kirby
George de Broux
Denmark
Lewis Union
Wint Smith
R-Kas
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mr. Truman
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
O’ Mahoney
Dwye
Boyd
J. Melville Broughton
DNC
Broughton
Sheboygan Furniture
Sen. Mundt
U.N. Shields
Burgy, Legler Flats
Galena
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri Valley
Missouri
Big Blue
Omaha
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