Southern Bloc Claims Victory Over Farm Price Bill
Senate debate centers on a conference report on price supports for cotton peanuts and potatoes with a southern advantage. Senator Russell says four previously absent Democrats back the measure though opponents like Wherry predict defeat. votes hinge on who attends as northern areas fear reduced potato supports and renewed price controls.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Senate House Conference Committee
House
North
Wisconsin
Wiley
McCarthy
Vandenberg
Michigan
Ferguson
Cheese Day Label Put on Shipments
Cheese Day gains momentum with a five inch label stamped on all tubs and boxes. Rodney O. Kittelsen announces new green and gold stickers featuring a Swiss cut wheel cheese maker. Stickers, shown on letterheads and envelopes, will be ready within ten days.
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Ine Iyor
Rodney O. Kittelsen
C10 Turns Down Chrysler Offer in Pension Fund Proposal
Chrysler offered a $30 million pension fund to back promised pensions for striking workers, proposing $100 a month including Social Security and a five year contract. The CIO unit rejected the offer as inadequate, pursuing an end to a 59 day strike that idled 89,000 Chrysler workers and 50,000 indirectly.
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Aretryn
Vass Zanet Corp
CIO
United Auto
Chrysler
Lieutenant Governor Candidates Enter Race in Wisconsin
Wrex L. Sucur of Sparta and state Senator William Schmidt of Milwaukee announced bids for the Republican and Democratic nominations respectively. Sucur, former speaker of the state assembly in 1949, declares for lieutenant governor at a Madison event. Schmidt stated his decision to run as a Democrat in Milwaukee.
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Wrex L. Sucur
Sparta
Madison
William Schmidt
Dmilw
Newly Bought Car Damaged in Crash Near Monroe
Mrs. Ruth Allen of Sterling bought a used car last evening and quickly crashed it near the Gapen Store on highway 69 south of Monroe. Rodney Wells, a tavernkeeper and former Green County resident, was fined 65 dollars for driving while intoxicated after the collision. Wells pursued, and both cars were damaged, with Wells only sustaining a dented front fender.
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Ruth Allen
Sterling
Wells
Gapen
Monroe
Allen
Green County
Eivenmack
McConnell
Recreation Park
12Th Street
Green County Highway Police
Active Trade Sends Grain Prices Higher on Board of Trade
Demand pushed grain futures up as wheat and soybeans led gains. Wheat deliveries reached new highs with prices above 2.00 dollars at peak. May and July soybeans and July to December corn also posted record highs on active trading and steady commission house orders.
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Board of Trade
Woman Slayer Freed From Prison To Await Death Within 10 Days
Mrs Minnie Lambert, 61 and mother of 10, freed from a life sentence after 18 years in prison. Dying of cancer and heart ailment, doctors say she has about 10 days. She will spend her remaining time at a convalescent home in the area rather than a Detroit hospital ward. Governor Williams granted clemency amid pleas from her children. an ambulance trip to Flint was avoided for safety. Her son Raymond, 25, expressed relief that death could wait a little longer.
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Minnie Lambert
Detroit
G. Mennen Williams
Flint
Republican backs Jessup in dispute in Senate
Senator H Alexander Smith of New Jersey defended Ambassador Philip C Jessup amid McCarthy charges that Jessup shows unusual affinity for communist causes. Smith said there is no ground for questioning Jessups loyalty while investigators await a decision on access to government loyalty files. The issue centers on McCarthy's claim that Jessup is Russia s top spy in the United States. The mans time has not been published.
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Aican
Philip C. Jessup
McCarthy
R-Wis
H. Alexander Smith
Senate
Jessup
State Department
Russia
Voorhees Resigns as Army Undersecretary Amid Loyalty Claims
Tracy S. Voorhees reluctantly accepts resignation as undersecretary of the army. President weighs a senate request for loyalty files on state department employees accused by Senator McCarthy of pro communist leanings, chaired by Tydings of Maryland.
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Casey Wes
Fryman
Tracy S. Voorhees
Army
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Foreign Relations
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
Million Dollar Blaze Destroys 200 Trucks Garage
A massive fire ripped through an International Harvester Co. truck garage on Archer Avenue Thursday night, exploding gasoline tanks of 200 trucks in sequence. The one story brick sales and service garage was nearly leveled and all vehicles, both used and new, were destroyed.
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Nicago — Or
International Harvester Co
Senate panel OKs vast military construction bill
The House Armed Services Committee voted to authorize a $689.058 million military construction program aimed at strengthening air defense. The bill, amended from a Senate measure, moves to House action as the Senate had approved a smaller public works bill. Defence allocations favor the Air Force with $257.98 million, Navy $243.54 million, and Army funds rising to $187.54 million plus $12.44 million for the Army’s special weapons project.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
United States
Senate
House
Defense Department
Air Force
Army
Navy
12 Airmen Die as B 50 Mishap Rocks Arizona Flight
A B-50 bomber exploded at 17 000 feet above the Arizona desert killing 12 airmen. Two survivors parachuted to safety, Lt William T Gentry of Kokomo Indiana and Capt John H Lee of Gaastra Michigan. Witnesses say the plane broke apart in flight as one wing may have torn off. Lee was in the gunner's compartment. Gentry was in the copilot seat.
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Ngner
Art
Air Force
Arizona
William T. Gentry
Kokomo
Ind
John H. Lee
Gaastra
Mich
Lee
Gentry
Chesney To Fight Charge in Slayings
Chesney faces two counts of first degree murder for the farm slayings of uncles Long Jack Fanning and Little Pat Fanning after allegedly bludgeoning them over money. He expressed a wish to waive a preliminary hearing, with attorney Roscoe Grimm denying a plea of guilty and indicating plans for a hearing. Chesney was arrested in Rockton Illinois and later returned to Janesville, where Judge Ralph Gunn appointed Grimm.
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Janesville
Thomas Chesney
Roscoe Grimm
Chesney
Robert Daniel
Grimm
Miles Sweeney
Long Jack” Fanning
Little Pat
Johnstown Farm
Ilinois
Sweeney
Gunn
Dance To Close 22nd Monroe Turn and Schwing Show
The 22nd annual Monroe Turn and Schwing exhibition at Turner hall closes this evening with a Jolly Schweitzers orchestra performance. Exhibitions begin at 8 15 with eight woman and twelve men drill teams. Instructors include LeRoy Wuethrich Edward Krattiger Sebastian Laeser Jr and Mrs Edward Krattiger. Freddy Roethlisberger from Milwaukee to perform a specialty act. New balance beam debuts for the women. The midwest meet moves to Cleveland Ohio this year. Accordionists Mrs Edward Krattiger and Miss Yvonne Metz provide between acts music.
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Jolly Schweitzers
Monroe
Turner Hall
LeRoy Wuethrich
Edward Krattiger
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Donald Alston
Freddy Roethlisberger
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Monroe Club
Yvonne Metz
Times Directory Series Tracks 65 Years of Monroe Listings
The Monroe Evening Times archive chronicles 65 years of city directories from 1885 through the 1950 edition. Early volumes were small. later editions grew, introducing rural routes and telephones. Key publishers include F F Turner Booth Ed S Hanson I M Stautfacher and Emery A Odell with various printers across the era.
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E.cry
Monroe
Monroe Evening Times
F. F. Turner
C. A. Booth
Turner
Booth
Miles T. Gettings
W. D. Schoenfield
Woodie and Turner
County Journal
Ed S. Hanson
I. M. Stautfacher
Emery A. Odell
the Times
Jesse Prunps
Mrs Weiss 73 Dies in Berkeley
Mrs. Weiss born Daisy Wescott of Monroe died Tuesday in a Berkeley hospital where she and husband Gottfren Weiss lived at 2315 Ashby Avenue. Funeral scheduled at 3 pm in Little Chapel of the Flowers with cremation to follow. She earlier lived on 15th Street near St Johns Church with family. Survived by children Minnetta Bohall Leroy Weiss Norman Weiss and grandchildren Gail Hilary Judith Robert Dale Weiss.
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MMTS
Gotuted Wesco
Monroe
Berkeley
Calif
Mr. Weiss
Ashby Avenue
Chapel of the Flowers
Weiss
Daisy Wescott
Sarah E. Wescott
15Th Street
St. John’s
Gail
Hilary Bohall
Judith, Robert and
Dale Weiss
Rain and Snow Mix Lingers In Spring Forecast
Rain and snow appeared on a spring scene as mild temperatures continued after the debut last Monday night. The forecast calls for more rain or light snow tonight in the southern part of the state with no immediate sharp temperature drop expected.
Clarence Widmer To Get Bronze Star
Monroe World War II veteran Clarence Widmer will receive a Bronze Star at the first annual Military Ball on April 10, hosted by Company K of the National Guard. Widmer, a former Private First Class with the 504th Parachute Infantry, earned the award for rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy shelling in Holland on October 2, 1944. He served in Italy France and Holland, was wounded in Italy, and earned multiple campaign and service medals.
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Monroe
Co. K
National Guard
Clarence Widmer
Otto Widmer
O. A Moldenhauer
128Th Infantry Regiment
C. A. Grimm
Madison
Widmer
Holland
504Th Parachute Infantry
Italy
France
Anzio
Belgium
W. Elmer Fourragerre
Beatrice Paulson
Blanchardville
Barbara
Craig
Cheddar Values Dip in Plymouth Cheese Market
Cheddar values fell on the Wisconsin cheese exchange with a weak trading tone. The report notes 23 cars of cheddars at 30 cents, three cars of single daisies at 32 cents, and several other small lots with mixed pricing, including three cars of cheddars at 29.34 cents and offers uncovered on daisies at 32 cents.
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Plymouth Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Debusk Mother Drowns Two Children in North Carolina
Winston Salem sheriff reports E R Debusk drowned two of her six children yesterday and, after losing nerve, did not complete a plan to kill a third or commit suicide. Debusk was estranged from her husband, according to Sheriff Ernie Shore.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
E. R. Debusk
Ernie Shore
Shore
General's Talk Warns of Threat To U.S. Security
Senators voted unanimously to compel Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to testify on his view that America has disarmed beyond safety in the current world tension. Eisenhower, addressing Columbia University, warned that peacetime disarmament cannot ignore other nations and urged a fourfold path to peace with a strong police power to enforce it.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Senate Appropriations
Chavez
Repor Eisenhower
Columbia University
New York City
Eisenhower
United States
Europe
Columbia
United Nations
Russia
Third Firm Named For Cold Drug Ads
The Federal Trade Commission accused a third company of false and misleading advertising to boost sales of anti cold drugs. The latest action targets the antihistamine sold as Krytin by Whitehall Pharmaceutical Co.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Whitehall Pharmacial Co
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