Wisconsin Assembly Seeks Senate Accord On Expense Limits
The Wisconsin Assembly names a conference committee to bridge differences with the Senate over the room and board bill. Senate action included pro rating daily allowances for special sessions and rejection of Assembly amendments. Other items touch juror pay, licensure of foreign doctors, and voter registration debates.
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Assembly
Senate
Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Thomson
Richland Center
State Board of Health
Waukesha Daily Freeman
Sol Bloom Dies After Heart Attack at Bethesda Hospital
Sol Bloom longtime House leader and chairman of the foreign affairs committee died last night at the Naval hospital in Bethesda Maryland from a heart attack. The New York Democrat who built a public career from poverty to prominence was 78 going on 79 and would have celebrated his birthday with two parties for friends and underprivileged children. Funeral services are planned for Thursday afternoon in New York City.
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Nicol
Sparta
Romell
Adams
Youngs
Oconto
Duffy
Greenleaf
Senate
Thomson
Wisconsin
Edward Hilker
Racine
Washington
Sol Bloom
New York
Truman
House
Martin (Mass
Bloom
Pekin
San Francisco
U. N
Bay City
United Nations Organization
Maine
Cuba
Chicago
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Vera
New York City
Council To Study Plant Bids Tonight
City council meets at 7 30 pm to review city engineers recommendations on awarding the disposal plant addition contract. Bids on construction and equipment ranged from 140 222 to 365 393 with eight bids on the general contract and an official plant cost estimate of 250 000 by Jerry Donahue Engineering Co.
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Jerry Donahue Engineering Co
Sheboygan
Applicants Heard by Committee for Green County 4-H Agent
Several applicants for the Green County 4-H club agent position were interviewed this afternoon by the Green County agricultural committee in the courthouse. A replacement is needed for Kenneth D. Slocum who resigns March 15.
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Green County 4-H
Green County Agricultural Committee
Court House
Kenneth D. Slocum
Wisconsin Cheese Market Edges Up amid Light Demand
Federal market news notes Wisconsin cheese trading steady with lighter demand. Prices quoted for varieties such as daisies at 32 to 33 cents, longhorns 32 42 to 33 54, and square prints 32 42 to 33 42 per pound at state assembly points.
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Madison
Wisconsin
I.c.l
State's Milk Output Of 7 Billion Quarts Sets Production Mark
Wisconsin produced 14.914 billion pounds of milk in 1947 7.0 billion quarts enough for six quarts per resident daily Sixty eight percent used for manufacturing fifteen percent shipped to other states six percent consumed in cities three percent used by farm households the rest for calves and other purposes Production per cow averaged 6420 pounds up 50 pounds from 1947 a new high.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Rufener Dies at 2609 8th Street After Six Month Illness
Jacob Frederick Rufener 66 died at his home in Monroe area after a six month illness. Born May 19 1882 in Canton Bern Switzerland he came to America at 23 and farmed in Monroe. Survived by wife seven sons and three daughters and ten grandchildren. Funeral at St John s church with burial at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Jacob Frederick Rufener
8Th Street
Mr. Rufener
Canton Berne
Switzerland
Christian
Magdalena Tschanz Rufener
America
Monroe
Elise Janzi
Clarno
Emil
Armin
Monroe Township
Jacob W
Erwin
Walter
Fort Lewis
Wash
Ernest Belleville
Franz
P. A. Kehkle
Greenwood Cemetery
Soviets Refuse Shore Visit Aboard Milwaukee Refit
Russian crew of the cruiser Milwaukee renamed Murmansk refuse to land in Lewes Delaware. About 800 officers and men remain aboard as the ship will be returned to the United States Friday. They will sail the Molotov back to the Soviet Union after that handover.
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Lewes
Del
United States
Milwaukee
Murmansk
U. S
Soviet Union
Fire at Cambridge Destroys Two Buildings
Fire of undetermined origin early today gutted a food warehouse and a blacksmith shop in Cambridge. Estimated damage around 30000 dollars. The Russells' Foods Co. warehouse operated by Russell Olson and a nearby smithy owned by Edward Kubina were destroyed.
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Cambridge
Russells’ Foods Co
Russell Olson
Edward Kubina
Ohio Group Buys Fitzgibbons Site
The former Fitzgibbons property at 10th street and 18th avenue, scene of Monroe’s $100000 fire last August, changes hands to a Cleveland area syndicate. Leland L. Lamboley Milton and Lester Johnson bought it via attorney Elmer J. Rabin and will deliver a completed Woolworth Kroger building by about August 1. The deal runs around 150000 dollars with lease transfers and basement arrangements tied to Woolworth and Kroger. Construction by Freeport Construction Co. under Paul Rubendahl is underway though some contracts are still pending.
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Fitzgibbons
10Th Street
18Th Avenue
Monroe
Cleveland, O
Register of Deeds Office
Leland L. Lamboley
Milton
Lester Johnson
Lamboley
Cleveland Group
Elmer J. Babin
Ruth W. Rabin
Johnsons and Lamboley
F. W. Woolworth Co
Kroger Food Co
Lamboley-Johnson Group
Court House
Woolworth
Kroger
Johnson Brothers
Freeport Construction Co
Paul Rubendahl
Truman Proposes Tax On All Military Pay
President Truman urges that all military pay be taxed and that armed forces members contribute to their own retirement in a March 5 letter to Secretary Forrestal. The idea was read to the House Armed Services Committee during hearings on a bill to raise pay about 14 percent and overhaul retirement.
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Washington
Truman
Secretary of
Defense Forrestal
House Armed Services Committee
Protests Leaders Hit With Prison Terms in Bulgaria
Fifteen Protestant leaders in Bulgaria were sentenced to prison terms as part of a crackdown drawing international attention. The report details the charges and the authorities’ stance in a tense political climate.
Four Protestant ministers receive life terms in Bulgarian spying case
In Bulgaria 15 Protestant churchmen were convicted of spying and black market activities. Four were given life sentences, others from 1 to 18 years, with confiscation of property and civil rights loss. Several defendants released for time served, while all declared no appeal.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Vassil Ziapkov
Socialist Republic
Ziapkov
Yanko Ivanov
Nikola Naumov
Georgi Chernev
Angel Diven
Alexander Zahariev
United States
Britain
Two Milwaukee trains collide injuring seventeen
Seventeen people were hurt, none seriously, in a head on collision at the Milwaukee depot entrance. The northbound Chippewa rammed the southbound Hiawatha as both trains slowed. passengers and crew were standing when the impact occurred. Officials said both engineers saw danger and applied brakes.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Hiawatha
Chicago
Williams Bay Peterson to Speak at Farmers Night
Williams Bay businessman and former mayor Mike Peterson will headline the Monroe Farmers Night on March 22 at Turnerhall. Herman J. Lehmitz functions as master of ceremonies, with Russell W. Prien as general chairman. The program includes a Monroe high school band concert, turning demonstrations by Turn and Schwing, and a long minstrel show led by Louis Kohli and Henry Kundert. Refreshments follow.
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Monroe
Turnerhall
Mike Peterson
Williams Bay
Wisconsin
Peterson
Herman J. Lehmitz
Russell W. Prien
Monroe High School
Allan F. Barnard
Bill Odom Reaches Non-Stop Hop Goal
Bill Odom landed at Teterboro New Jersey after a 36 hour non stop flight from Honolulu setting a 5000 mile world record for light planes. The 29 year old former WWII ferry pilot carried 288 gallons of fuel and may have flown 4999 to 5010 miles depending on instrument check. He praised the homecoming as an easy trip despite weather, and noted a dry fuel tank once prior in a different record attempt.
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Teterboro
N. J
Bill Odom
Honolulu
North Jersey
Odom
New York City
Hudson River
Waikiki Beach
New York
Red Cross Drive Reaches $537.75 In Monroe
The first day of the Red Cross drive in Monroe brings in 537.75 toward a 1600 goal. County drive chairman Roland W. Blaha reported funds from voluntary and special receipts. Workers at two banks and the post office lobby collected 145.25.
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Red Cross
Monroe
Roland W. Blaha
Rail talks continue on five day week plan for railroads
Conference discussions persisted on applying a five day work week to the railroad industry. The committee representing major lines and 16 brotherhoods of 1,000,000 non operating employees met again to tackle the issue.
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Chicago
New Cedarville Span Folds Drops Truck Into Icy Creek
A new bridge on Red Oak road west of Cedarville collapsed at 6 20 pm yesterday, dumping a 5000 pound truck and a hog into Coon creek. Trucker Woodrow Linderman 45 was thrown from the cab and swam to safety as the hog was rescued. The span replaced a prior bridge that failed under a large semi truck last spring.
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Cedarville
Red Oak Road
Coon Creek
Woodrow Linderman
Linderman
4-H Soil Projects Outlined for Clubs
I O Hembre state soil conservationist outlined three soil conservation projects for 4-H clubs at a Juda district leaders meeting. He urged even 10 year olds to start with soil samples and soil type comparisons. Myron Jeglum discussed other club projects and a tractor maintenance session in April. Mamie Tillema spoke on minerals health and food in relation to soil conservation.
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I. O. Hembre
Juda
Juda School
Court House
Monroe Center
Hembre
Wisconsin
Myron E. Jeglum
Mamie Tillema
Two Exiled Cardinals Sue Major League for 2.5 Million
Former St. Louis Cardinal pitchers Max Lanier and Fred Martin filed a federal suit seeking 2.5 million dollars in damages from organized baseball. They claim their banishment after jumping to the Mexican league was unlawful.
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New York
St. Louis Cardinal
Max Lanier
Fred Martin
Dynamite Clears Pecatonica Ice Jam at Martintown Bridge
Green county highway workers dynamited an ice jam on the Pecatonica river near the Martintown bridge, breaking a key chunk to start the jam flowing downstream. Traffic on Highway 11 at Dill remains restricted as water recedes, with rerouting planned tomorrow if runoff continues and nearby rivers return to banks after days of high water.
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Pecatonica
Martintown Bridge
Illinois State Line
Green County
Highway 11
Dill
Sugar River
Albany
Darlington
Iowa
Nebraska
New Glarus Township To Vote on New Road
New Glarus township voters will decide a road referendum at the spring election. A petition seeks a new township road starting at highway 39 near the beacon light and running east into New Glarus. Current officers listed include Chairman Nic H. Kubly and Supervisors Ernest W. Zentner Melvin M. Streiff, Clerk Morris Marty, Treasurer Clarence J. Hoesly, Assessor Mike F. Hoesly. Marty is completing the late Avrol Berge’s term as clerk.
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New Glarus
New Glarus Township
Beacon Light
Nic H. Kubly
Ernest W. Zentner
Melvin M. Streiff
Morris Marty
Clarence J. Hoesly
Mike F. Hoesly
Marty
Avrol Berge
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Fred Sharpe
Methuen
Mass
Jacob F. Rufener
Ohio Group
Republican Bloc
Rules Committee
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
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D-Pa
Senate Banking Committee
CIO
House Banking Committee
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Ill
Taft
Ohio
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Hawaii
Navy
Henry Kundert
Glarus
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