Park Board Works on Pool Hiring and Repair Plan
Park board last night discussed pool staffing for summer, redecorating the youth center, and repairs to concrete walls and the pool. Joe E. Miller and Lee Mitchell were instructed to hire guards and instructors with salaries to be approved by the full board, and to estimate costs for repair options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe E. Miller
Lee Mitchell
Mitchell
Miller
Wesley L. Dodge
Recreation Park
Ridgway Blasts Red Falsehoods in Korean Talks
Gen. Matthew Ridgway condemned Communist claims as false and said armistice negotiations stalled by Red tactics. He suggested Red accusations of germ warfare may mask failures to prevent or control epidemics amid reports of bubonic plague. Rear Adm. Libby demanded truth as North Korean general Lee accused Allied delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.N
Ridgway
Red
Adm
R. E. Libby
Libby
Lee Sang Cho
Lee
Illness Fatal To Kuban Son Mikie Kuban Dies at 16 Months
Anthony Michael Kuban, 16 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Kuban, died at 8:35 a.m. at St. Clare hospital of araemia. Born in Milwaukee Oct 22 1950, he had been ill since birth and spent months in hospitals. Survived by parents a sister Diane Marie and three grandparents. Services Thursday 9 a.m. Shriner Neushwander funeral home and 9:30 a.m. at St Victor's Catholic church Mass of The Angels. Burial Calvary cemetery. No Rosary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Michael Kuban
Anthony M. Kuban
19Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Araemia
Mikie
Milwaukee
Anthony Martin
Viola Nemcek Kuban
Diane Marie
Julia Kuban
Paul Nemcek
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
E. C. McCollow
Calvary Cemetery
MacArthur Supporters Plan Meeting Tomorrow Night
Supporters of Gen Douglas MacArthur for president will convene tomorrow at 8 p m in the circuit courtroom of the courthouse. Paul W Neubauer third district chairman announced the event correcting an error that earlier listed the date as last night. Grant Ritter, pledged to MacArthur, will speak at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Court House
Paul W. Neubauer
Third District
Grant Ritter
Gen. MacArthur
Circuit Court Room
Firemen Hunted Nonexistent Address In City Fire
Three city fire trucks responded to a blaze reported at 4 35 p m yesterday chasing a nonexisting address. Police and fire crews traced the call to 724 26th Avenue the Rufener residence where a lace curtain and shade were burned but no active fire smoke or damage persisted.
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26Th Avenue
Jacob W. Rufener Jr
Mrs Chesebro 83 Dies After Stroke At Home
Mrs. Eldridge Chesebro 83 of 62 10th street Monroe Iowa died at 6 05 a m after a long illness from a stroke on December 1 Born April 3 1868 in Iowa she was Adah Valzora Morrison married March 13 1890 in Monroe They observed their golden wedding anniversary March 13 1940 and 61st anniversary March 13 1951 She leaves a husband a son Roy E of Monroe two sisters and one brother seven grandchildren eleven great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery Services Thursday at 2 p m at Shiner Neushwander funeral home officiated by Revs Howard L Orians and L E Curtis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridge Chesebro
10Th Street
Iowa
Noah and
Jane Barlow Morrison
Adah Valzora Morrison
Monroe
Benson
Methodist Church
Chesebro
Washington Township
Juta
Roy E
Nettie Baldwin
Half Moon Bay
Calif
Flora Belle Turnbull
Innis Fair
Alta
Canada
James
Oel
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral
Howard L. Orians
Rev
L. E. Curtis
Greenwood Cemetery
Senator Seeks Eisenhower Testimony On Foreign Aid Bill
Sen. McMahon asked that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower be called to testify this month on the 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid program. The motion was made in a closed Senate Foreign Relations Committee session but a decision was postponed due to low attendance. McMahon plans to press for a vote soon as hearings on the Truman backed bill begin Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
McMahon
D—Conn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Truman
Bevan Defeats Moderates in Vote Over Rearmament Stance
Aneurin Bevan today defeated an attempt by Clement Attlee's moderates to censure him for backing the Labour Party's views on rearmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bevan
London
Aneurin Bevan
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Pecatonica River Flood Rising as Snow Melts
The Pecatonica river rose past flood stage in Darlington as warm weather and rain melted snow. The river reached 12 feet last night and stayed above 10 feet today, threatening the business district. County trunk lines southeast of Gratiot were closed and the Lafayette County fair grounds flooded. Milwaukee road tracks between Calamine and Belmont were also submerged.
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Darlington
Pecatonica
Gratiot
Boyle Bridge
Ames Branch
Lafayette County Fairgrounds
Milwaukee Road
Calamine
Belmont
Mrs. Confer 103 Dies in California After Long Life
News of the death from California reaches Monroe area. Josephine Confer born 1848 in New York, widow of John Wesley Confer, lived in Iowa then Ontario California. Survived by sons Clinton, Frank E, Harlan P and many grandchildren. visited by niece Edna Boos. She remembered Green county neighbors before blindness.
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California
Josephine Confer
Simmons Territory
Monroe
F. M. Confer
Confer
Pomona Valley
Chino
la Verne
E. H. Gloege
Green County
Harper
Simmons
Chesebro
Edna Confer Boos
Dearborn
Mich
Balmat
France
St. Lawrence County
New York
John Wesley Confer
Iowa
Ontario
Greece Bans Russian Diplomatic Travel in Athens Pact Move
Athens announces new restrictions restricting Soviet Embassy staff and Tass reporters to 24 miles from central Athens without special permission. Belgium follows with similar limits on diplomats from Iron Curtain states.
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Athens
Greece
Foreign Office
Tass
Belgium
Rail Unions Ordered to End Strike and Halt Spread
A federal judge ordered three rail unions to end the walkout on the New York Central lines west of Buffalo and the St. Louis Terminal line and barred spreading to other lines. About 6,000 workers are striking with 25,000 more NYC employees laid off. The hearing for a permanent injunction is set for March 19, ahead of the 10 day temporary restraining order.
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Cleveland i
Emerich B. Freed
New York Central
Buffalo
St. Louis
Freed
Justice Department
Army
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainment
U. S
Chicago
Washington
Nyc
Marinette Boy Dies After House Crash Injures Family
A 10 year old Marinette boy, James Fredrickson, died at Marinette General Hospital after a car crashed into his family's home last Friday. His brothers Arthur 9 and William 12 were also injured, Arthur in critical condition. The father Louis 57 and Albin Godin 23 of Menominee Mich were hospitalized with bruises after Godin was charged with reckless driving prior to the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette
Marinette General Hospital
James Fredrickson
Louis Fredrickson
Arthur
William
Albin Godin
Menominee
Mich
James
Batista Replaces Cuban President in Sudden Coup
Veteran revolutionary Fulgencio Batista seized power with Army backing after ousting President Carlos Pina Socarró before dawn. Two people were killed in a brief palace clash as Batista promised elections after a cleanup of government corruption and declared himself chief of the revolution. Pino sought refuge in the Mexican Embassy as Batista’s forces controlled police, Army, and Navy stations nationwide during the tense coup ahead of June elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Havana
Carlos Piio Socarras
Batista
Central Police
Carlos Pino
Carlos Pino Socarro
Caribbean
Pino
New Strike Alert Issued by United Steelworkers in Cleveland
The CIO United Steelworkers warned about 35,000 members to prepare for a strike if wage disputes with steel companies are not settled by March 23. William F. Donovan, district director in Cleveland, issued the order under the national wage policy committee’s deadline.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Steelworkers
William F. Donovan
USW National
Cheese Troubles Aired In Chicago Hearing On Milk Shed Problems
William O. Perdue of Pure Milk Products Cooperative asks an open Chicago hearing to raise the fixed differential for the Chicago federal milk order No. 41 by 60 cents for all months. He also seeks a cheese pricing formula and a Wisconsin based condenser reference, plus zone deduction changes to reflect transport costs. The hearing, called by the secretary of agriculture, addresses changes to the order and to conditions in the Chicago milk shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William O. Perdue
Pure Milk Products Cooperative
Secretary of Agriculture
Perdue
Higan
Wisconue
Wisconsin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin-cheese Exchange
Plymouth
Former Kenosha Council President on Trial for Bribery
Felix Olkives, former Kenosha City Council President, stands trial in Circuit Court on a charge of attempted bribery. A six man six woman jury was selected to hear evidence in the case accusing him of offering $1,000 to Police Chief Stanley Haukedahl for protection against gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Felix Olkives
Olkives
Kenosha County
Stanley Haukedahl
Leo Vaudreil
Argyle Mourns Mrs. Catherine DeVoe at 90
Mrs. Catherine DeVoe 90 lifelong Argyle resident died yesterday at Blanchardville home of her daughter in law after four months illness from old age. Born in 1861 in New York state she moved to Argyle as a child with the Wescott family. She married George DeVoe in 1883 he died in 1937. Survived by granddaughter Mrs. Russell Miller of Madison. a son died in 1918. Services Wednesday at Erickson funeral home and Argyle Methodist church with burial in Woodlawn cemetery.
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Argyle
Catherine DeVoe
Alma DeVoe
Blanchardville
New York State
Coleman
Marie Pettis Wescott
George Smith DeVoe
DeVoe
Argyle Methodist Church
Alpha Chapter
The
Eastern Star
Russell Miller
Madison
Erickson Funeral Home
George H. Crow
Methodist Church
C. S. Benson
Blanchardville Lutheran Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
Peterson Opponents File Expense Reports
Peterson the Monroe candidate for the state Supreme Court, filed campaign expenditures of 820 dollars, the lowest total among four candidates for two nominations. The State Supreme Court Club led by Judge Arold Murphy reported 4236 in receipts, 3386 spent, and 89 in debts. Circuit Judge Alvin Reis of Madison and Justice Grove Broadfoot also filed figures, with Reis reporting 3631 in expenditures and Broadfoot 1184. Broadfoot and Murphy were nominated for the April 1 high court election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall L. Peterson
Monroe
State Supreme Court
Peterson
Arold Murphy
State Supreme Court Club
Secretary of State
Alvin C. Reis
Madison
Justice Grove Broadfoot
Broadfoot
Murphy
High Court
Morris Quizzed On Surplus Ships in Senate Inquiry
Washington Senate Investigations Subcommittee hearings probe profits from 31% million earned by a Casey group from a $101000 investment in surplus ships. Morris denies White House involvement in a 1947 meeting, despite senators promising forthcoming testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newbold Morris
Senate
White House
Maritime Commission
Morris
Sen. McCarthy
R—Wis
McCarthy
Sen. Mundt
RSD
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Joseph E. Casey
Casey Group
United Tanker Corp
Soviets Propose United Germany Peace Conference
The Soviet Union urged an immediate Big Four conference to reunite Germany and outline a peace treaty that bars alliances against World War II enemies. Western observers predicted the U S Britain and France would reject the plan as West Germany negotiates a European army linked to NATO against communism. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko delivered the proposal in Moscow citing standard Russian terms.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Buying Picks Up On Chicago Board
Buying activity rose on the Chicago Board as deliveries moved ahead of yesterday's close. Traders cited short covering as the main factor with some buying traced to commercial interests.
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Chicago Board
Geservers
New Hampshire First Primary Returns Stir Contested Race
Early NH results from Waterville Valley Millsfield and Hart's Location show Eisenhower with 13 votes Taft 4 Kefauver 1 in Millsfield and Hart's Location while Truman gains one in Millsfield Stassen and write ins appear in various spots Voters in Manchester and Concord await noon and 3 pm openings Claremont reports a heavy early vote about 500 in two hours indicating a record turnout delegates align with presidential preferences.
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Concord
N. H
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
New Hampshire
Waterville Valley
Millsfield
Hart
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Kefauver
Claremonter
Taft
Stassen
Tennessee
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Harold E. Stassen
City hunts killer after stuntman Arnold Schuster death
New York police pursue a top killer after a pant salesman Arnold Schuster, 24, was shot. Police plan a $25,000 reward for the capture, the largest in 14 years, as death threats surge against Schuster’s mourning family and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Willie Sutton
New York City
Arnold Schuster
Sutton
Vincent R. Impellitteri
City Board of Estimate
Schuster
Brooklyn
George P. Monaghan
Young Schuster
Waubesa Area Family Homeless After Fire
Madison report says a rural couple Richard Jensen and wife lost their home near Lake Waubesa with four children Betty May Elaine Karen and Two in a blaze blamed on a coal stove. The couple were building the home last summer and had four rooms completed. They found lodging after the fire.
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Madison
Pear Lake
Waubesa Yesteray
Richard Jensen
Betty May
Elaine
Karen
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MacArthur
Mrs. Chesebro
Lice
LaVerne
Kenosha Council
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