RFC Director Rowe Denies Plot to Oust Dunham in Senate Probe
Washington reports that RFC director C Edward Rowe told a senate banking subcommittee he suggested Walter L Dunham resign to be the target of charges in a probe of a government lending influence ring. He denied wrongdoing, stating his actions were ethical and legal amid calls to withdraw from the inquiry.
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Washington
RFC
C. Edward Rowe
Walter L. Dunham
Senate
Rowe
Senate Banking
Dunham
RFC Board
White House
Harrington and
Richardson Arms Co
Worcester
Mass
Ce Suenun
Subcommittee
Cosgriff
Losgriff
Editor Becomes Kentucky Senator
Editor Rust Underwood of the Lexington newspaper was sworn in as Kentucky's junior senator after Virgil Munday Chapman was fatally injured in a March 8 automobile crash. Appointed by Governor Lawrence Wetherby, Underwood will serve the rest of Chapman's term until 1952 and plans to seek election to complete the term through January 1955.
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Themas Rust Underwood
Virgil Munday Chapman
Kentuc-t
Chapman
Underwood
Kentucky
Lawrence Wetherby
Newsmen
Chain Crash Begun By Headon Collision in New Jersey
A head on collision on the Black Horse Pike near Lansing New Jersey triggered a multi vehicle crash that killed three and injured eight. Two sailors from the USS Cabot were among the injured and two women in the head on crash were identified. Marie Conway 21 of Philadelphia and Norman Everett of Atlantic City were named among the dead. The fourth car escaped injury and state police described the sequence as a three lane crash with a passing lane contributing to the pile up.
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Lansing
N. J
Blackhorse Pike
Marie T. Conway
Philadelphia
Norman Everett
Atlantic City
Wilfred Oliver
Corvallis
Ore
Robert Joseph Somers
Amherst
Wis
U.S.S. Cabot
Swiss born Monticello man Rudy Leuenberger dies at 75
Rudy Leuenberger, 75, died of a heart attack yesterday morning at his home near Kennedy Woolen Mills in Mt. Pleasant township. He was found at 10 30 a m after a neighbor reported a lightburning since Saturday. Born in Switzerland in June 1875, he married Elisa Wagner in 1900. they settled in Greene county in 1906. Survived by two daughters, one granddaughter, and several siblings, he was predeceased by his second wife Bertha Wolcart. Services Tuesday at Voegels funeral home with Rev. A R Achtemeier officiating. burial in Greenwood cemetery, Monroe.
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Monteenio
Rudy Leuenberger
Kennedy Woolen Mills
Mt. Pleasant Township
Charles Kennedy
Howard
Leuenberger
Switzerland
Elisa Wagner
America
Reen County
Bertha Wolcart
Monroe-Monticello
Monticello
Don Best
Davis
Evelyn
Ray
Voegels
A. R. Achtemeier
Land Reformed Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Monroe
Fune
Monroe Hosts Forensics Meet With Local High Schools
Monroe, Brodhead, and Milton high schools compete in a two session forensics event at Monroe High School auditorium. Contestants numbered ten from Monroe, nine from Brodhead, twelve from Milton. Judges include George A. Willey from Beloit College. Winners advance to district at Fort Atkinson April 7 with top ratings going to state at Madison April 14. Public tests proceed this afternoon and tonight.
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Monroe
Brodhead
Milton
Fort Atkinson
LaVon Jones
George A. Willey
Beloit College
Atkinson
Madison
13 Dead in State Weekend Mishaps
Week end accidents killed at least 13 persons in Wisconsin. An elderly Milwaukee couple found dead. a Racine driver and passenger injured after a crash on highway 41. Other fatalities include a Port Washington smoker, a Mukwonago man entangled in a manure conveyor, a Millston woman in a crash, a Daggett trucker from drowning monoxide, Milwaukee woman electrocuted, Wausau panel truck crash, Fond du Lac head-on collision, Milwaukee pedestrian, Beaver Dam trailer fire victim, and Berlin resident who fell at city hall.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
John
Cine
Y Y
Highway 41
Milwkee County
George C. Ness
Racine
Ajury
Martha Billington
Andrew W. Kershaw
Port Washington
Ozaukee
Dr. C
Lawson R. Durban
Mukwonago
Ruth Strozewski
Millston
Harry
Strozewski
P. Mulzer
Daggett
Mich
Marinette
Eliss Bernice Munz
Edward Salzseider
Wausau
Robert Ryan
Fond du Lac
Lester Bowe
William Bont
Beaver Dam
Eugene G. Hayes
Route 3
Berlin
Berlin City
OPS Agents To Be On Job In July
Olympus, U. S. price chief DiSalle said four thousand OPS agents will check price violations by July 1. He outlined plans to expand enforcement from 3,874 to 16,000 and promised prosecution for violators. Two proposed regs would let grocers regain pre Korea profits. a third would restore manufacturers’ pre June 25 markups.
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Olympus
Michael V. iiSalle
Korea
DiSalle
Manitowoc Name Pi Anna Madiean City Judge
Gov Kohler announced Pi Anna Madiean will succeed Osuld T. Bredesen as Manitowoc city judge on June 1 1951. The appointment was disclosed today.
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Madiean
Pi Anna
Manitowoc
Osuld T. Bredesen
Kohler
Koreans Cross Icy Hongchon River in Push Toward 38th Parallel
South Korean troops swam the Hongchon river in central Korea to pursue retreating Chinese forces near the 38th parallel. U.S. Eighth Army held a line 17 miles south of the line as jets claimed multiple enemy kills around Kapyong and Chunchon. Patrols moved north near the 38th parallel amid ongoing clashes and warnings from Lt. Gen. Ridgway that winter campaigning nears its end but future challenges loom.
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Tokyo
Hong- Chon
Korea
Republic of Korea
ROK
U. S. Eighth Army
She Hoks
U.S
Kapyong
Seoul
Chun- Chon
South Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
U. N
Kohler to Review Surtax Proposal in Coming Weeks
Walter Kohler plans a review of his request to extend the 25 percent income surtax. The review will use more current state revenue estimates than the December figures and is to be conducted within a few weeks.
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Madison
Uty
Walter Kohler
Kohler
School bond referendum eyed for Lincoln gym tomorrow
More than a thousand district electors expected at Lincoln school gym for a 360000 bond issue. Voting runs 7 a m to 8 p m with simple majority. Election staff includes Meythaler Matzke Deininger Holyoke Lind Lee and Stair. Absentee ballots already cast as Monroe city and township residents await results after polls close.
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Lincoln School
Board of Education
Fred E. Meythaler
Floyd W. Matzke
E. M. Deininger
Thomas R. Holyoke
Walter J Hammer
Ralph al Lind Lee H.’Share
Myron I. Stair
Joint Common
Monroe
Monroe Township
E. O. Evans
Second Ward Contest Becomes Assured in April Election
Nomination papers for John W. Deininger 1703 21st Avenue were turned in to City Clerk G S Soseman securing a Second Ward candidacy to face incumbent Supervisor F F Hartwig. Other wards show contests with Hare opposing Rundhammer in the Fourth Ward and Forcade challenging Henning in the First Ward. Several incumbents ran unopposed including Matzke Young Wolleson Soseman and Benkett. Trumpy seeks Fourth Ward alderman to replace Hare. Deadline 5 p m today. additional filings possible with Soseman.
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John W. Deininger
21St Avenue
G. S. Soseman
Deininger
F. F. Hartwig
O. L. Hare
Vilas J. Rundhammer
L. G. Forcade
Alfred H. Henning
Floyd W. Matzke
Harry C. Young
Louis R. Wolleson
G. S Soseman
Arthur C. Benkett
Ey H. Trumpy
Hare
Benkett
Soserian
Easter Vacations Start Wednesday Across City Schools
City students begin their Easter vacation after Wednesday classes and will return March 28. St. Victor's schools start Wednesday noon and resume classes on Monday.
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St. Victor's
Palm Sunday Oratorio Led by County Chorus at St Johns
A 700 person audience in Monroe attended the Green County chorus and orchestra at St Johns Church for an oratorio The Seven Last Words by Dubois marking Holy Week opening. Directors were Mrs Lyndon C Viel and Win Schuetze with soloists Christine Gunlangson Donn Weiss Kenneth Jorgesen and harpist Mrs Margaret Rupp Cooper.
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St John’s Church
Green County Chorus
Ad Orchestra
Dubois
Lyndon C. Viel
Orchesta
Win W. Schuetze
Christine Gunlangson
Donn Weiss
Madison
Kenneth Jorgesen
Milwaukee
Margaret Rupp Cooper
Mmes
Viva Stauffacher
Herbert M. Ainsworth
Clarence E. Schroeder
W. G. Timm
Elsie Preston
John G. Bleier
Harry C. Swartz
Anna G. Legler
Robert H. Richardson
Leona M. Becker
Jo Ann Zwygart
Evelyn Schmerse
Betty Timm
Evelyn M. Due
Jo Ann M. Schroeder
Leila Ladwig
Lois E. Miller
Patricia Knaack
Virginia Knaack
Joyce M. Speich
Doctor Books Ride In Ambulance To Cast Vote
Dr Paul W Snowden, recovering at St Clare hospital from a spinal operation, plans to vote on the $300000 school board issue at tomorrow's referendum. He arranged an ambulance transfer to Lincoln school gymnasium during noon to cast his ballot, saying the vote could decide victory or defeat. He will travel on a stretcher.
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Paul W. Snowden
St. Clare Hospital
Herman A. Stuessy
Lincoln School
Snowden
Easter Dates Through History and Future Projections
The article outlines Easter dating, noting earliest possible dates like March 22 and latest as April 25, with occurrences such as March 23 in 1913 and March 24 in 1940. It cites the Nicene formula based on the paschal moon after March 21 and discusses centuries of variation and future projections including 2391.
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Adler Planetarium
Chicago
Nicaea
Asia Minor
Stock Prices Dip Across Major Firms In Quiet Market
Prices slipped modestly in quiet trading as losses mounted to just over a dollar per share. Stocks retreating included Santa Fe International Telephone American Woolen U S Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube General Motors Chrysler National Distillers Philco and Zenith.
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Santa Fe
International Telephone
American Woolen
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
General Motors
Chrysler
National Distillers
Philco
Zenith
MilwaukeE Road moves locomotives to Iron Mountain for ore season
The Milwaukee Road announced it is relocating locomotives including a three unit diesel and five freight cars to Iron Mountain as prep for the upcoming ore shipping season.
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Green Bay
The
Milwaukee Road
Iron Mountain
Death of Hoodlum Abe Reles Probed by Senate
New York, Abe Reles the Brooklyn hoodlum key to Murder Inc and tied to Brooklyn crime bosses, died after falling from a Half Moon Hotel room in Coney Island on November 12, 1941. Senate investigators question William O Dwyer and others about handling of cases and Reles death. Police guard Frank Bals disputes escape theory, noting Reles tethered by sheets and a radio lead wire when he fell 42 feet from the fifth floor.
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New York
Abe Reles
Brooklyn
Senate
Murder, Inc
Reles
Half Moon Hotel
Coney Island
William O'Dwyer
Kings County
Brooklyn Senate
O'Dwyer
Pete Panto
Senate Crime Committee
Anastasia
O’dwyer
Miles F. McDonald
Frank C. Bals
Bals
Town Clerk Dies Shoveling Snow in Linatin
Whitehall obituary records the death of 77 year old town clerk of Linatin for 28 years Mr. died yesterday while shoveling snow. He previously served as manager of the Cooperative Oil and Produce Co. of Whitehall.
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Whitehall
Ole Settingsrd
Linatin
Co-operative Oil and Produce Co
Envoy to Mexico Reports Murder Inc Court Style Testimony
New York mayor William O Dwyer, now ambassador to Mexico, testified before the senate crime committee that the underworld ran its own night court system issuing death sentences for gangland violators. He named Albert Anastasia as directing Brooklyn troops and linked Murder Inc. to multiple slayings.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Senate Crime Committee
Underworld
O'Dwyer
Mexico
Governor Dewey Invited To Speak By Senate Crime Panel
The New York Senate crime committee extended a cordial invitation to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to make any statement he desires. The invitation signals a potential public accounting by the governor amid ongoing senate inquiries.
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Gov. Dewey
New York
Senate Crime Committee
Thomas FE. Dewey
Death of Abe Reles Seen As Complex In Underworld Tale
Senator Tobey described Abe Reles death as a mixed outcome with no single leader in charge of Murder Inc. O Dwyer said the affair involved a combination or alliance. Frank Ball testified Reles tried to reach a fifth floor window and played a joke on guards, while Anastasia was named a suspect as Reles supposedly faced a revolt tied to Brooklyn waterfront power. The hearing included a tense exchange over the events and Reles’s mindset.
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Wwyet Siow Wee Eoles
Tobey
O'Dwyer
Frank C. Ball
Seventh
Reles
Peter Longshoreman
Anes
Brooklyn
Anastasia
PSC Hearing on Phone Purchase in Monroe Exchanges
The public service commission held a morning hearing at the courthouse on United Telephone Co. of Monroe's bid to buy Browntown and Woodford exchanges from Browntown Telephone Co. and to abandon the Woodford line. Commissioners Essey and Reicher led the session with Browntown’s Rudolph P. Regez and United’s P. J. Weirich counsel.
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PSC
Public Service Commission
Court House
United Telephone Co
Monroe
Browntown
Woodford
Browntown Telephone Co
Essey and Reicher
Commission
Rudolph P. Regez
Regez and Johnson Law Firm
Browntown Company
P. J. Weirich
United
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