Weather Summary For The Region On March Twenty Fourth
Snow tonight ends as the sky becomes partly cloudy by Saturday with little temperature change. Low readings tonight near 25 to 30 north and around 30 south. high Saturday 35 to 40 north and near 40 south. Yesterday’s high 44 and low 31. Warmest city yesterday Yuma Arizona at 92 and coldest International Falls Minnesota at 14. Sunrise 5 59 sunset 6 15. Barometer 29 38 at 1 am and 29 20 at 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Yuma
Ariz
International Falls
Minn
Estates Probated for I G Newman In Juda
Judge Harold J Lamboley issues letters testamentary to William S Newman as executor of I G Newman, who died March 16. Will dated May 2 1945 divides estate among four sons and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Lamboley
William S. Newman
I. G. Newman
Driving Under Influence Case In Rodney Wells County Court
Rodney Wells McConnell Illinois pled guilty to driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He was fined $65 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Lamboley
Rodney Wells
McConnell, Il
Divorces Granted in Green County Court Ruling
Theodore Portman of Monroe was granted a divorce from Rose Portman of Boston New York on cruelty grounds. A property settlement was set, custody awarded to Rose, and three children noted with one daughter employed at the American consul in Zurich. The couple married November 13 1926, Hamburg New York, separated January 1 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Lamboley
Theodore Portman
Monroe
Rose Portman
Boston
N. Y
Portman
Rose Oberli
Albany
Wis
Hamburg
Zurich
Switzerland
Mary Cordelia Kraus
William Kraus
York Township
Green County Court
Justice Cases Resolve Auto License Guilty Plea
Justice L A Koenig and Donald F McGibbon face conviction for operating an automobile with an expired driver's license. Verdict: guilty with a $5 fine and costs. Obituaries note Mrs Gottfred Weiss of Berkeley California aged 73. News records births in Belleville and homes in Horeb and Milwaukee area with new son and daughter announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Koenig
Donald F. McGibbon
9Th ‘Street
St Clare Hospital Tonsillectomy and Dismissals
List of patients and medical staff from St Clare Hospital including James Fahey Belleville Surgical Mrs Martha Sam ek Janesville and others who underwent tonsillectomies. Dismissals include Joseph Staub Paul Domedes Mrs Fred Dig man Dr L L Robertson and numerous others. no further details.
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James Fahey
Belleville
Martha Samek
Janesville
Fred Discher
Route 1
Jesse Beach
14Th. Street
James Igon
Brodhead
Maynard Losey
Charles W. Doyle
Winslow
Arthur Schauer Jr
Ida Mae Heisler
New Glarus
Charles M. Larson
Browntown
Joseph Staub
Paul Domedes
Fred Digman
L. L. Robertson
Harry Larson
Harry Tony
William Hein
Harry Harnock
Isaac Alderman
Robert Fernsteadt
Robert Paulson
Edward Huber
John Henne
Russell J. Myers
John P. Meichtry
Dennis Swiggum
Percy E. Holloway
Air Force Captain Dies in C-47 Crash Near Griffiss Base
Four survivors were questioned as investigators probed the C47 crash that killed Capt. POSIE M. CLINTON of Graham Texas. The training flight plane dove into a snowstorm bursting into flames near Griffiss Air Force Base, about 50 yards from Mohawk River.
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Nome
N. x
Posie M. Clinton
Graham
Tex
Griffiss Air Force Base
Mohawk River
Cooties Vote Fund For New Band Here
The Military Order of Cooties voted a $100 donation to Monroe Community band at the armory meeting to support the group and its members. They also backed $25 for Co. K's Easter Military ball, and finalized plans for the Avril Fool dance at Bluff View park a week ahead. W. E. Deininger led the session in Commander J. H. Schwaiger's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Military Order of Cooties
VFW
Co. K
Bluff View Park
W. E. Deininger
J. H. Schwaiger
Jefferson building wired for election light in township
The Monroe motorcycle club clubhouse, the former Jefferson Center school house, was wired for electricity and will be lit for the first time for Jefferson township elections. The township rents the building for elections. Blanchardville census enumerator Floyd Helsdon appointed for Blanchardville and the town. Edward O. Anderson and Ole Brattrud of Argyle sailing to Norway on the Stavangerfjord. Christine Tregoning returns home after visit with Darlington friends. Constance Louis named for newborn daughter born March 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Staedt. Mrs Edna Drake remains critical but improved at St. Clare Hospital after a heart attack. Lenwood Monte of Carthage choir on 17 day Midwest concert tour. Mr. and Mrs. Guy B. Earleywine return from month in southwest. Mrs. Russell J. Myers dismissed from St. Clare Hospital. Chester Strehlow and Joyce Fey Strehlow welcome a son born yesterday at St. Clare Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Monroe Motorcycle Club
Jefferson Center
Jefferson Township
Edna Drake
10Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Strehlow
Chester Strehlow
Belleville
Joyce Fey
Claro
Cleaveland Couple Welcome Son At St Clare Hospital
A son was born this morning at St Clare hospital to Mr and Mrs Lee S Cleaveland of 2214 18th street The mother is Pauline Gerber before marriage and the father works at the Four Corners cheese factory.
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Cleavelands
St. Clare Hospital
Lee
S. Cleaveland
18Th’ Street
Cleaveland
Pauline Gerber
Four Corners
Newell Smith
Personal mentions fill Monroe area with visitors and travelers
Local society notes list visitors and callers arriving in Monroe from Beloit Janesville Ashton Juda Shirland Pecatonica Belleville and Chicago among others. Individuals include John Derning Roger Stephens Herbert Mohns A W Schwabe Claudia Allan Charleen McGinnis and families. Notices mention trips to Delavan Freeport Evansville Milwaukee Barstow and New York with plans to return or depart soon.
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John Derning
Beloit
Roger Stephens
Janesville
Herbert Mohns
Brodhead
Monroe
John Gonnerman
Ashton
A. W. Schwabe and Son
Werner Sturzenegger
Helen
Freeport
Howard Erickson
Shirland
Til
Burton Lynch
Wausau
Milwaukee
Lynches
Burton H. Lynch Jr
Fred Meythaler
Chicago
Barstow
Calif
Mary
Meythaler
Meythalers
Verle Pyle
Richard Allen
Floyd Pyle
Verle
New York
Funeral for William Faye Newman Held at Juda Baptist Church
Services were held at 2 p.m. in the Juda Baptist church for William Faye Newman 79 who died Wednesday in a Brodhead nursing home. Rev. C. T. Tingley officiated with burial at Mt. Vernon cemetery Juda. Pallbearers were I. G. Newman Jr. Myron E. Newman Jr. Theodore James Newman Jr. William Hafen Jr. Robert Preston and Duane Heiland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Faye Newman
Juda Baptist Church
Brodhead
C. T. Tingley
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Juda
I. G. Newman Jr
Myron E. Newman Jr
Theodore James Newman Jr
William Hafen Jr
Robert Preston
Duane Heiland
Utility Walkout Ban Invoked in Phone Case
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board invokes state utility anti strike law in Telephone Co dispute. Board also invites federal mediators to conciliation meetings between the company and CIO Division 23. Wage negotiations were stalemated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulwaukee
The
Wiscon~sin Employment Relations Board
Wisconsin ‘Telephone Co
Division 23
CIO Communications
WERB
Expansion plan for Victory Memorial Hospital approved
Washington report says an application to expand Victory Memorial hospital at Stanley Wisconsin to add 12 beds has been approved Rep Hull of Wisconsin announced Thursday The action paves the way for increased patient capacity in Stanley and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital Aid
Washington
Victory Memorial Hospital
Stanley
Wis
Hull
Rwis
Poison Case Widow Scott Home Fund Response
Albany Special donations for the Neil S. Scott trust fund are being left at the N. Roy Bowman barber shop as plans go forward for a house for Scott's widow and children. Mrs Scott's father donated land for the home site. The family became homeless after Mr Scott died saving two children in a rural fire. Various contractors and firms have pledged materials and labor. Funds will support the children until adulthood with the house sold if she remarries.
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Albany
Neil S. Scott
N. Roy Bowman
Magnolia
Scott
Mercy Hospital
Janesville
Janesville Brick and Fuel Co
Insulation Industries of
William Kennedy
Ata Footville
Rock County
Teacher Placements Stay High Across State Colleges
The board of regents reported 92 percent of state normal college graduates secured jobs from Feb 1 1949 to Feb 1 1950. Marriage, business entry, and graduate study lowered placements. Elementary grads earned 2567 while secondary 2644. more men in secondary education boosted averages. Rural teachers averaged 2203.
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Emison—U
Board of Regents of Normals
Eugene R. McPhee
McPhee
LaCrosse Again Boils Water for Drinking
LaCrosse officials urged boiling drinking water after Dr. Garland Weidner, health officer, reported eight of ten samples showed gas indicating possible intestinal bacteria. Source of gas unknown and authorities ordered continued chlorination. no confirmed waterborne outbreak.
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Lacrosse
Garland Weidner
Weidner
LaCrosse City
Platteville Library Receives Eight Thousand Dollar Trust
The Platteville public library will receive eight thousand dollars from the estate of Bernice E. Littlefield of Philadelphia the last member of the Funk family. The bequest directs the library to use income from investments to buy books and periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latteville
Platteville Public Library
Bernice E. Littlefield
Philadelphi
Funk
Here
Pickups Along The News Beats Hat Ornamental Swan Vanishes
An ornamental swan on the radiator of the H. W. Biffle car disappeared overnight. It may have fled with a flock of geese heading north, leaving residents puzzled about the lost trinket’s fate.
Italian Says Hitler Duce Tried Saucers
An Italian scientist claims flying discs were designed and studied in Germany and Italy as early as 1942. He states Hitler and Mussolini were interested in the instruments, developed concurrently in both nations. Sightings of saucers have been reported worldwide with no scientific confirmation of their purpose.
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Germany
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Firemen Plan Dance in New Glarus Banquet April 28
The annual New Glarus firemen banquet and dance will be held April 28. On the dance and banquet committee are Jacob Bruni Cecil Thacker Henry W Hefty Gilbert Ott and Willard Marty.
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Glarus
Jacob Bruni
Cecil Thacker
Henry W. Hefty
Gilbert Ott
Willard Marty
Mother Nature Aids New York with Heavy Rains
Rain from the Catskills boosted New York City reservoirs, aiding a city cloud-seeding project. Upward of one inch fell, improving the water supply more than the program had hoped. The Catskills shed rain as the day continued with more rain and snow mixed weather.
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New York
New York City
Catskill
Pastor H C Culver to retire in June
Platteville announces retirement of Dr H C Culver pastor of the First Methodist Church after seven years in town. He previously led churches in Iowa South Dakota and Appleton and will end active service this June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platteville
H. C. Culver
First Methodist Church
Iowa
South Dakota
Appleton
Brussels Rioting Over King Leopold Abdication Demand
A 24 hour socialist general strike sparked a 15000 strong Brussels parade that turned violent downtown. Streetcars were stoned and burned, a motorman injured, as miners and industrial workers joined the demonstration demanding King Leopold III abdicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brusselsbury
Leopold
Brussels
Leopold III
Socialist Party
Petenwell Lake Set For Spring Flooding
Wisconsin Rapids reports Petenwell lake nearly ready for spring flooding as part of the Wisconsin River Power Co. hydroelectric project. The 23,000 acre lake will fill next month with spring rains and ice breakup. It will be 15 miles long and 4.5 miles wide at the widest point, reaching 30 feet depth at the center with a full head of 43 feet at the dam.
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Petenwell Lake
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin River Power Co
Deaths Close Schools After Meningitis Deaths
Neenah and Menasha closed Roosevelt and Kimberly in Neenah and St Patrick's in Menasha as health officials act on a precautionary basis after two children die from a meningitis like illness. The Neenah health officer Dr F C Brunkhorst leads the inquiry to determine the exact nature of the fatal illness.
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Neenah
Neenah- Menasha
F. C. Brunkhorst
Roosevelt
Kimberly
St. Patrick's
Menasha
Housing Authorities Pegging Cost Too High
Madison reports the state board of veterans affairs heard local housing authorities are overpricing grants for new units. Harrison L. Garner of the housing division said costs exceed local construction levels, with one example above $10,000 per unit. The department will consider applications with more detail, as seven communities filed brief grant requests by March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State Board of Veterans Affairs
Harrison L. Garner
Veterans Department
Wadsworth Services Scheduled Tomorrow
William Wadsworth eight year old funeral services are set for 2 30 p m at Allen funeral home in Evansville The deceased was a retired area farmer who died Wednesday at the Roethlisberger home He was born in Edinburgh New York and moved to Evansville in 1879 Survived by sister Elizabeth Wadsworth Drake of Bronxville New York Rev James Saunders will lead services with burial at Maple Hill cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home
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Evansville
William Wadsworth
Allen
Wadsworth
Jacob Roethlisberger
Roethlisberger
Edinburgh
N. Y
Elizabeth Wadsworth Drake
Bronxville, N. Y
James Saunders
Methodist Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
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Péity
Gottfred Weiss
Berkeley, Calif
Chester Strehtow
Everett J. Kitteson
Horeb
Lee S. Cleaveland
13Th Street
Air Force
Ee Ee
13Th Street Yard
Sahara
White Rocks
New Hampshires
Barred Rocks
Austin Whites
U.S
New Castle
R.O.P
Cockerals
Monroe Feed and Seed Co
Joe Blanchardville
Floyd Helsdon
Blanchardville
Blanchard
Norway
Edward O. Anderson
Ole Brattrud
Argyle
Stavangerfjord
Constance Lou Constance Louis
Robert Staedt
Veterans Housing
Lenwood Monte
Marie Monte
Maple Grove Inn
Carthage College
Monte
Southwest
Guy B. Earleywine
Douglas
Tucson
Phoenix
Flagstaff
Old Mexico
Nogales
Oak Creek Canyon
Flag
19Th Street
Cale
Portis
America
45 RPM
Goetz Theatre
Scott Home Fund
Elsie Wrosch
Barnhard
Wrosch
Roland J. Steinle
Howard Johnson
Orfordville
A.C. Olmstead
Platteville Library
Ats
Suleee
Luscious
Dorothy Gray
Hitler
Duce
Mother Nature
Harvey S. Stauffacher
White Block
Mason's Tavern
V.F.W
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