Belleville Election Sees Six Supervisors in Opposition
Belleville faces six contested supervisor races in the spring election on April 7. Ray G. Fritz, the Green County supervisor, is not on the ballot due to late filing. Write-in options exist as Green County electors may name Fritz or another candidate. if none are named, the Village Board must appoint.
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Ray G. Fritz
Green County
Belleville
Fritz
Florida
Thomas Dunphy
Albany Township
Roy King
John W. Deininger
Monroe
Milton K. Johnson
Edward Killingstad
Albany
Everett Peckham
H. J. Ellis
Brooklyn
Sybil Graves
Dean Rinehart
Cadiz
John Krebs
Louis R. Wolleson
Harry C. Young
O. L. Hare
Belleville Village
H. S. Hoesly
E. E. Gillette
Glen Wood
L. P. Glenin
Wayne Palmer
Winnifred Webber
George Willoughby
Theodore Argue
R. F. Smith
Justice of the Peace
F. B. Sauer
Norman Buss
Browntown Village
Richard Binns
Russell Sandley
New Glarus Village
Harold Gerry
Henry M. Schmid
Syril Graves
Brooklyn Village
Maurice Smith
William Tilley
Arthur Chandler
Leonard Smout
R. A. Woodruff
C. M. Stauffer
Monticello
William Spring
Alfred Isley
Brusveen
D. L. Zentner
Walter Hadinger
Thomas Brusveen
Lawrence G. Marty
C. M. Wittenwyler
J. W. Barlow
Dave Brink
A. H. Partridge
Cecil McCreedy
J. Henry Rhyner
Rhyner
Larry Landis
Tanton P. Steurs
Donald McMurtie
F. D. Gaarder
M. L. Barton
G. E. Heitzman
Ralph Luedy
Leon Marty
T. E. Sharer
Ces
Oscar Nybroten
Adams Township
Vern Jones
Nick Quint
Justice of the Peace Post
George Kittlesen
Fred Baertschi
Kenneth Klossner
Jacob Hoesly
Evert Green
Spring Grove
Leon Hauser
Will Meinert
Albert Nolty
Ben Deininger
Howard Newcomer
L. M. Hartman
Rosheisen
Earl Pinnow
Ed Ruef
Roger Douglas
Rueben Goecks
Monroe Township
J. B. Scher
Robert Hoesly
Alvin Itten
New Glarus Township
Melvin Streiff
Cadiz Township
Rolland J. Rohde
H. J. Meyers
Exeter Township
Fred Crooks
F. W. Viney
York Township
Christ Waelti
Alfred Barth
Leland Heitz
Marvin Siedschlag
Arthur Mahlkow
Siedschlag
LeRoy Peterson
Brooklyn Township
Leonard Elmer
Arthur Moshe
Leslie Best
Leon Gempler
Robert Zimmerman
Washington Township
Mt. Pleasant
Ray T. Silver
Decatur Township
Jordan Township
William Boetker
Glenn Lewis
Henry Rebly Jr
Frank Bloom
Floyd Flannery
Fred Probst
Leland Hartwig
GOP Chief Quits In Kansas Uproar
C Wesley Roberts resigns as national GOP chairman amid Kansas lobbying probe. He faced criticism for aiding a $110000 hospital sale and accepting an $11000 fee while insisting he acted as a public relations man. Eisenhower called it a wise decision amid factional Kansas politics.
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Washington
C. Wesley Roberts
Kansas
Wayne J. Hood
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Roberts
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
Alf M. Landon
40-hour frontier route opens for heavy trucks
A 40-hour approval by frontier authorities allows heavy trucks to proceed along a 100-mile Allied highway through the Russian zone today, easing transport restrictions and enabling longer commercial hauls.
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Mberuin
Tna
Solemn Season Opens Tomorrow With Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week with union services planned across Monroe churches. Highlights include Maundy Thursday and Good Friday observances, sunrise services by the Monroe Christian Youth Council, and Easter ceremonies at multiple parishes led by Rev. Hulburt, Rev. Kehle, Rev. Gibson, and others. Palm blessings, confirmations, and Holy Communion announcements occur throughout churches in town.
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Jerusalem
Methodist
St. John’s Church
Monroe Council of Churches
Monroe Christian Youth Council
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
IOOF
Richard F. Hulburt
Harold Witte
13Th Street
Eugene
Hulburt
St. Victor’s
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed
Paul J. Gibson
Bethel Church
Adult Fellowship
Christ
Howard L. Orians
Immanuel Church
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
R. F. Bittorf
Clarence C. Warfel
Grace Lutheran Church
John E. MacMartin
The
Universalist Church
Paul J. Bicket
Assembly of God Church
Rudolph Scharnweber
New Apostolic Church
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Christian Science Group
Lady Astor Invites Jail If McCarthy Goes Peacefully
Lady Astor offered to go to jail for a year with Senator McCarthy to stop bothering President Eisenhower. McCarthy quipped he had not met her and would not join. A Wisconsin editor sought her arrest for incitement. the U.S. attorney said no offense was found.
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Washington
Lady Astor
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Robert Taft
Charles M. Irelan
U.S
District of Columbia
Chapple
Red Cross
Virginia
Gen. Marshall
Senate
Gen
George C. Marshall
21 Feared Dead In Triple Wreck On NYC Main Line
Conneaut Ohio witnesses describe a dramatic collision as two New York Central passenger trains and multiple freight cars derail in a chain reaction on the NYC main line. Rescue teams worked through mud in rain as authorities reported 21 believed killed and scores injured.
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Conneaut
New York Central
Wallace C. Mulligan
Erie
Ashtabula
Mulligan
Here
Red Cross
NYC
Southwest Limited
St. Louis
New York
Buffalo
Queen Juliana asks Eisenhower to lead world refugee task
In The Hague Queen Juliana urged U.S. President Eisenhower to assume direct responsibility for the global refugee crisis. She pressed for immediate personal leadership to coordinate relief and resettlement efforts.
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Eisenhower
The
Hague
Netherlands
Juliana
Bohlen Confirmed as Ambassador to Russia after Senate Vote
The Senate approved Charles E. Bohlen 74 to 13 for ambassador to the Soviet Union ending a month of bitter dispute. Bohlen, a Russian language expert, faces a Moscow posting as critics warned the Truman era policies could linger. He planned to be sworn in early next week and depart soon after.
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Washington
Senate
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Moscow
Eisenhower
Russia
Bohlen
Truman
Bryn Mawr
Wisconsin
FBI
Yalta
Edwin Johnson
Colorado
Johnson
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kremlin
Wiley Observ
Marines Retake Vegas Hill Amid Fresh Chinese Assault
Battle weary U S Marines withdrew briefly from Outpost Vegas on Saturday night as Chinese forces attacked with heavy artillery and ground fighting resumed. Vegas, 25 miles southwest of Old Baldy, had changed hands earlier in the week with heavy air and ground battles continuing along the western front.
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Seoul
U. S
Vegas
Reds
Bunker Hill
Old Baldy
Forrest Edwards
Baldy
Fifth Air Force
Spring Settles Floods Hit East
Temperatures in the low 50s return as Green County enjoys a calm spell. Night lows near 35 and clear skies forecast a weekend with little rain. Farther east, floods isolate communities in Maine and New Hampshire, threatening homes and causing outages described as the worst since 1936 with damage estimates around 25 million dollars.
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Green County
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Androscoggin
Saco
Rural Grass Fire Evicts Coon From Hollow Tree
A grass fire on the Ralph Lichtenwalner farm south of Monroe burned a hollow tree where a raccoon lived. County workers cut the tree to extinguish the blaze, it fell across Highway 69 blocking traffic from 5 to 7. Traffic was rerouted while lines were disconnected and the tree cleared.
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Ralph Lichtenwalner
Monroe
Highway 69
Bus Firm Plans Studies in Area
Mayor C S Fierce of Brodhead reports that Best Coach Co plans to study the Monroe Janesville area for a possible franchise. Officials will meet with Brodhead and Monroe leaders and explore a joint session after firm contacts Janesville representatives. No service has run since Cardinal Lines halted in January 1952.
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Monroe
Janesville
C. S. Fierce
Brodhead
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Best Coach Co
Racine
Pierce
Brodhead-Monroe
Cardinal Lines of
Nine Men To Report For Selective Service Induction
Nine Green County men will be ordered to report at the armory at 6:30 a.m. April 27 to leave for Milwaukee for induction into the Armed Forces. The draft quota is the largest since October 1951. Seventeen men will depart that day: nine for service and eight for pre induction physicals.
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Green County
Milwaukee
Early Mist Wins Grand National at Aintree
Early Mist captured the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree over four miles and 856 yards. Mont Tremblant finished second and Irish Lizzard trailed in behind. The race results determined the winner of the Irish Hospital Sweep stakes.
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Aintree
England
Early Mist
Mont Tremblant
Lizzard
Mild Message Accepts Clark’s Feb 22 Proposal
The State Department called the Communist acceptance of a sick and wounded POW exchange proposal from Gen. Mark Clark an unconditional nod to the UN plan. The move, tied to Geneva Article 109 on voluntary exchanges, could ease stalled armistice talks, with Tokyo reporting a conciliatory tone from Pyongyang and Peiping radio.
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Washington
State Department
Korea
United Nations Command
Department
U.N
Mark Clark
United Nations
Tokyo
Reds
Panmunjom
U. N
Peiping
Joseph Stalin
Red
Clark
London Paper Warns Lady Astor Against Flirting with Murder
The Liberal News Chronicle joked that Lady Astor should mind her party manners after noting her remark about a cocktail party drink not being poison. The piece mocks the idea of a murder plot and suggests authorities might be forced to act in response to the overheard claim.
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London
Liberal News Chronicle
Lady Astor
Senator McCarthy
Washington
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