Monroe Board Approves Teacher Salary Schedule Boosts
The Monroe Board of Education voted increases for all 61 teachers for the 1953-54 contracts, raising the salary budget to about $219,700 from $211,000. Superintendent E O Evans gains a $400 rise to $7,100. The action, taken after a four and a half hour session, requires absorbing boosts within the budget, including debt retirement reallocations and adjustments to match similar Wisconsin districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Board of Education
E. O. Evans
Wisconsin
Leslie G. Kindschi
Perle Guess
Arthur Wagner
Edmund R. Anderson
Fred R. Simpson
Lillian Gernets
Doris Messmer
Kathleen Sheehan
Roosevelt Seeks Removal of Velde as UN-American Chair
President Roosevelt asked the House to remove Rep. Velde from chairing the Un American Activities Committee. He introduced a resolution citing false charges against Agnes Meyer and a lack of consultation with fellow members. Velde had recently floated examining Communist influence in churches, provoking clergy protests and committee opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Roosevelt
D-Ny
House
Velde
R-Ill
Un-American Activities Committee
Agnes Meyer
Danish ships freed from Polish detention at Hela port
Six Danish fishing vessels detained since Sunday at the Polish port of Hela near Gdansk were released early today according to an official announcement. Skipper Aage Kjoeller of one ship messaged that all had been released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
Hela
Gdansk
Danzig
Aage Kjoeller
Simpson Listed For Fellowship
Fred R. Simpson a Monroe high school social problems instructor was chosen from four applicants by a local seven member committee for a National Committee on High School Teacher Scholarships fellowship financed by the Ford Foundation. If approved by the national organization he will study and travel for a year visiting Columbia University New York Washington D C Atlanta and New Orleans to improve teaching and broaden his liberal education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Wisconsin
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Fred Simpson
Louis R. Wolleson
County Fair Society
Shullsbury
St. Clare Hospital
Masonic Chorus
Fred R. Simpson
Monroe
Simpson
National Committee On
Ford Foundation
United States
Columbia University
United Nations
New York Stock Exchange
Washington, D. C
Council Studying One Way Streets Plan for 10th and 11th
City Council's safety committee plans within a month to move traffic on 10th street westbound from 20th to 13th avenues and on 11th street eastbound from 13th to 20th avenues. A possible side parking restriction on state trunk highways is also studied, with action likely at the March 24 or April 8 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Police and Safety Committee
10Th
11Th Streets
10Th Street
20Th
13Th Avenues
11Th Street
13Th
20Th Avenues
Floyd W. Matzke
12Th Street
Mercury Reaches 54, Year’s High For Green County
Weather records show Green County reaching 54 degrees today, the warmest so far this year since last November. Skies remain overcast with light rain possible tonight or tomorrow, though temperatures may dip no lower than near 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dame Weather
Green County
Mercury
Heintzleman Named As Alaska Governor
President Eisenhower nominated B. Frank Heintzleman of Juneau Alaska as governor of Alaska and sent the Senate the nomination of Frederick Billings Lee of Woodstock Vermont as administrator of the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Lee has been deputy administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
B. Frank Heintzleman
Juneau
Alaska
Senate
Frederick Billings Lee
Woodstock
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Lee
Swiss Cheese Delegation Seeks PMA Aid in Market Steadying Efforts
A Wisconsin Swiss cheese delegation met with PMA officials in Washington to draft a brief for school lunch and armed forces purchases and to explore import restrictions. The group, including Galli and Kopitzke, discussed storage stocks and planned further talks with Defense and Agriculture officials to break the market stalemate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G. Fred Galli
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Evening Times
E. M. Norton
Norton
Don Anderson
PMA
Raymond R. Kubly
Lakeshire Marty Co
Florida
Galli
Fred Escher
Monticello North Side
Wilbur Witte
State Department of Agriculture
Frank Bow
Canton
Ohio
Anderson
Defense Department
Morrow
August Andresen
R-Minn
Benson
Witte
Philadelphia
New York City
Kubly
Wausau
Kraft Foods Co
City Treasurer Reports $533 041 Real Estate Personal Property Tax
City Treasurer Helen Gempeler reported $533 041.74 collected yesterday on real estate and personal property taxes. Delinquent totals and remaining to be collected were noted with final figures and planned distributions to city, county, schools, state, and vocational schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen L. Gempeler
Eight Still Missing In Wreck of Tanker Angy
The Coast Guard reported 28 crew rescued from the Liberian tanker Angy with at least eight missing, including all officers and the captain's wife. Three cutters and a plane searched 400 miles southeast of St John’s Newfoundland for the forward half of the vessel amid storm conditions. the ship blew up and caught fire three days earlier with no immediate cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Coast Guard
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Privacy shift in Wisconsin income tax returns
A bill from the Wisconsin Assembly seeks complete privacy for income and gift tax returns, restricting access to tax officials, committees and courts. Penalties would range from 100 to 500 dollars fines and up to six months imprisonment. The measure notes Wisconsin now allows public inspection, unlike the U S government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
State Chamber of Commerce
Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Assembly Taxation Committee
U. S
Hardie
Taylor
Wicklund
Gile
United States blames Soviet policy for imperialism at UN
U S Delegate Lodge Jr charged Moscow with imperial aims driven by fear of its own people. The General Assembly applauded as he rebutted Soviet claims the U S prolongs Korea. Eden warned against World War III while Gromyko accused U S atrocities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
U. S
Russia
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
Lodge
Andrei A. Gromyko
Anthony Eden
Gromyko
Korea
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Europe
Eden
Army Sets May Draft at 53,000
The Army issued a draft call for 53,000 men in May, the same figure as February, March, and April. This brings the total drafted or earmarked for service to 1,414,430 since Selective Service resumed in September 1950. The Army has led in drafting after the Marine Corps stopped using the draft last May, following 81,430 Marines drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Marine Corps
Rubinoff to Play at Monroe Concerts Tonight
Violinist David Rubinoff arrives from Oshkosh and plays five free Monroe grade school concerts today at North East South Lincoln and St Victor's. Lions Club officials Archie Myers Jr Harold L Jacobs and Lester M Johnson accompany him at school shows and a noon luncheon. Rubinoff will headline 3 p m and 8 15 p m programs at the high school auditorium with Clifford Souze and other artists as part of a fundraiser for a community band shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Rubinoff
Oshkosh
Monroe
South
Lincoln
St. Victor's
Archie Myers Jr
Lions Club
Harold L. Jacobs
Lester M. Johnson
Rubinoff
Swiss Wheel
Parking Meter Fine Increase Fails to Curb Violations
Police report a five cent rise in parking meter violation fines from nickel to ten cents has not yet reduced tickets. Chief J. H. Schwaiger ordered the increase after a study showed ticket volume at high levels. A single officer issued over 140 tickets Saturday evening and more than 100 the previous day.
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J. H. Schwaiger
Mrs. Lilian A. McCready Dies in Rockford
Mrs. Lilian A. McCready, 67, formerly of Brodhead, died yesterday at a Rockford niece’s home. Born May 25, 1885 in Dayton, she married Nelson McCready in 1909 and lived in Brodhead until 1950. Survived by three sisters in Janesville and Evansville. preceded by husband and four siblings. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Newcomer funeral home. burial Greenwood Cemetery. calling hours Thursday evening.
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Brodhead
Lillian A. McCready
Arthur Birkholz
Rockford
McCready
Dayton
Wis
John and
Elizabeth Sequire Losey
Nelson McCready
Janesville
James Bovie
August Dinse
Sam Pinnow
Evansville
Baptist
Newcomer Funeral Home
J. C. Robertson
Greenwood Cemetery
Albany Caucus Nominates Slates for Village Office
Albany special report says Edward Killingstad and Everett Peckham were nominated for village president, with A H Partridge not seeking the post. Five trustees were named M L Barton G E Heitzman Ralph Luedy Leon Marty and T E Sharer. Contests develop for assessor J H Rhyner vs Cecil McCreedy and for two justices of the peace Stanton Steurs with Lawrence Landis and Donald McMurtie with F D Gaarder. Incumbents renominated were Killingstad supervisor Robert G Grossman clerk Shirley Crooke treasurer and William Patchen constable. Truman Sharer served as caucus chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Edward Killingstad
Everett Peckham
A. H. Partridge
M. L. Barton
G. E. Heitzman
Ralph Luedy
Leon Marty
T. E. Sharer
J. H. Rhyner
Cecil McCreedy
Stanton Steurs
Lawrence Landis
Donald McMurtie
F. D. Gaarder
Killingstad
Robert G. Grossman
Shirley Crooke
William Patchen
Truman Sharer
Stocks Edge Higher As Steel And Motor Shares Rise
Stocks gain on a steadier opening led by steel and motor shares. Prices advance in small fractions as trading volume increases and the market turns higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senate hearing weighs Korea ammo shortages amid new offensive talk
The Senate Armed Services Committee recessed a probe into Gen James Van Fleet's claim of ammunition shortages in Korea as Secretary of Defense Wilson said stocks have been built up enough for a more active operation if decided. Army Secretary Stevens noted borrowing 685000 rounds and increased production of heavier shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Armed Services Committee
Washington
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Robert Stevens
Joseph Collins
Wilson
United Nations
Senate
Eighth Army
Probers
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Far East
Stevens
Navy
U S Air Force Vows Firm Response After MIG Down F 84
Two Soviet built MiG 15 jets from Czechoslovakia shot down an American F 84 near the German Czech border. Lt Warren Brown and Lt Donald Smith parachuted and survived. Prague protested saying American jets violated Czech territory while Washington considered apology and indemnity and warned future action if fired upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
U. S
Czechoslovakia
U.S
George Wadsworth
Prague
Europe
Wadsworth
Czech
Warren Brown
Henderson
Colo
Donald Smith
Marysville
Air Force
MI6
Washington
James B. Conant
U. S. Air Force
Korea
Georgi Malenkov
Brown
Smith
Arena Woman Dies In Mt Horeb Crash
Miss Emma Schaefer, 78, of Arena, was killed Tuesday when the automobile she rode in left Highway 78 near Here and plunged down an embankment at Mount Horeb.
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MT. Horeb
Emma Schaefer
Arena
Highway 78
Soybean prices rise on Chicago Board of Trade gains
Soybeans surged with March and May contracts crossing the $3.00 level as prices climbed nearly five cents in active trading on the Board of Trade today.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
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O’connell
Mertz
Milwaukee
Kiwanis Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Clifford Souze
Los Angeles
West Coast
NBC
Ford Symphony
Mt. Hereb
Beck
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