Truman clashed with reporters over merger and cabinet talks
President Truman sparred with newsmen at the White House briefing over the army navy merger and cabinet sessions. He declined to confirm court appointments while confirming ongoing searches for the economic council and noting no new announcements. Meanwhile rail unions in Chicago demanded wage increases and threatened a strike if talks fail, following a recent arbitration settlement.
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Washington
Truman
Harlan F. Stone
Supreme Court
White House
Economic Council
Bert Andrews
New York Herald Tribune
Andrews
Porrestal
The
Herald Tribune
Forrestal
Chicago
Carl J. Goff
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
Harry W. Fraser
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
Thomas C. Cashen
Buffalo
N. Y
Switchmen's Union of North America
Woman escapes train wreck with minor injuries in Pomona
Mrs. Pera Gonzales, 25, escaped serious harm after an automobile she rode in was struck by a train and 26 railway cars passed over it. Thrown onto the tracks she lay face down until the train passed, then was helped to her feet by trainmen. She asked police to call her Ontario family and say she left the gas stove burning.
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Pomona
Calif
Pera Gonzales
Rain holds off for Monroe parade of bands
Hopeful Monroe residents and about 1100 festival participants watched overcast skies as the annual parade of bands opened at 8 am and continued into the afternoon. Beloit’s late entry disrupted the schedule, prompting extra judges and last minute smoothing while audiences thronged churches and the courthouse lawn for performances and picnics. The festival closes with a 7 to 8 pm lineup featuring Evansville, Beloit and Monroe bands.
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Monroe
Beloit
Whitewater
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Immanuel Evangelical
United Brethren
Boy Scouts
Union Church
Monroe Square
Lincoln Gym
Evansville
Beliot
Monroe Band
Panfish Season Opens in 26 Northern Wisconsin Counties
The panfish season opens tomorrow in 26 northern Wisconsin counties, two weeks before pike and muskie season. Crappies, perch, white and rock bass, bullheads, sunfish, bluegills and roach will be sought with a 25 fish daily bag limit for most species and no size limit for perch. The move aims to reduce overabundant panfish and improve overall fishing. G. E. Sprecher notes it targets balance, not elimination.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Conservation Commission
Commission
G. E. Sprecher
Rural Life Sunday Draws 4-H Clubs in Green County
Rural Life Sunday is scheduled for May 5 with 4-H clubs across Green county participating. Monroe area members will gather at 10 45 AM outside St John’s Evangelical and Reformed church before entering together. Juda Jolly Juniors will attend at 11 AM at Juda Evangelical church. other clubs join services at their communities including Brooklyn Busy Bees and the Clarno Smiley and Oakley 4-H clubs. A Washington town hall 4 H club formed last night with about 25 attending, led by Mrs. Clarence Itten with Don Blum Jr. and Peter Graber Jr. as project leaders. Officers elected include Peter Graber president Dwight Zimmerman vice president Rolland Karlen secretary treasurer and Edward Marty club reporter. A naming committee was appointed with Rolland Karlen Frederick Blum Howard Voegels and Gene Lynn. The finance committee includes Gloria and Dwight Zimmerman Royal and Rolland Karlen and Edward Marty Jr.
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Rural Life
Green County
Monroe
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed
Juda Jolly
Juda Evangelical
Brooklyn
Washington Town Hall
Clarence Itten
Don Blum Jr
Peter Graber Jr
Peter Graber
Dwight Zimmerman
Rolland Karlen
Edward Marty
Frederick Blum
Howard Voegels
Gene Lynn
Gloria
Royal
Edward Marty Jr
Seven Yearold Kathryn Myers Dies After Illness
Kathryn Jean Myers seven daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell J Myers died at 8 30 am in St Clare hospital after long respiratory illness that Mayo Clinic visits failed to cure. She was a student at East school and member of Universalist church. Survived by parents grandparents and several aunts and uncles. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev D Andrew Howey officiating. Interment Greenwood Cemetery.
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Kathryn Jean Myers
Russell J. Myers
19Th Ave
St. Clare Hospital
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Kathryn Jean
East School
Universalist Church
Archie S. Myers Sr
Monroe
C. Fred Disch
Monticello
Shriner- Neushwander
D. Andrew Howey
Universalist
Greenwood Cemetery
Ray Kubly Ventures Abroad on Nonstop Chicago Route
Monroe resident Raymond R. Kubly departs Chicago tonight for an inaugural TWA nonstop to Gander Newfoundland. The journey continues to Shannon Ireland and Paris France arriving about 24 hours after takeoff. He plans to visit Geneva Bern and Zurich during the Swiss leg.
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Raymond R. Kubly
Monroe
Chicago
Switzerland
TWA
Gander
Newfoundland
Shannon
Ireland
Paris
France
Kubly
Geneva
Bern
Zurich
Truck strikes Milwaukee child on way home
Ten year old Laverne Salinger was fatally injured after being struck by a truck while walking home from school yesterday in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Laverne Salinger
Eastern Star Observes 50th Anniversary in Monroe
The St. Omar chapter No. 90 marks its golden 50 year milestone with a Sunday reception in the Masonic temple from 2 to 5. Living charter members honored include Miss Leslie H. Miller and other 50 year members, with a historical style revue "Vignettes of Old" at 3 featuring gowns from the chapter’s early days.
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St. Omar
Order of the Eastern Star
Monroe
Masonic Temple
T. R. Holyoke
Fred J. Bolender
Nellie Treat
Mae Hood
Tessa Stearns
Leslie H. Miller
Milwaukee
Anna Weber Cleveland
Chicago
Henrietta
Arthur C. Benkett
Adah
Clifford M. Fritz
Ruth
Zenno A. Gorder
Martha
Harold C. Heimann
Electa
E. B. Lux
Marie Blum
O. N. Johnson
Otto A. Lanz
Mother Saves 3 Tots From Fire Then One Returns to Perish
A Franklin Park mother rescued three children from a six room home as flames driven by wind spread through most of the house. Four year old Tommy Cristie escaped but returned to the fire and perished. Eleanor Cristie 32 and two younger children Kenneth 1 and Leonard 2 were critically burned. Father had left for work moments earlier.
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Chicago
Franklin Park
Tommy Cristie
Eleanor
Leonard
Paris delegates doubt peace treaties at the four-power talks
Bulletin reports high ranking delegates expect little chance of peace treaties at the four power foreign ministers conference barring a spectacular unforeseen development. Also AFL pilot union chief says strike plans forced across Transcontinental & Western routes at 11:59 p m Tuesday.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Conference
Chicago
David L. Behneke
AFL Airline Pilots Association
Transcontinental & Western Airlines
Bread shortages ease as Monroe eyes comeback aroma
In Monroe reports show bread shortages easing with curtailment of allotments ending soon. Stores struggle to restock while flour remains plentiful and bakers anticipate a return of home baked loaves. Local markets also feature strawberries from Tennessee and Louisiana, plus California potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes, and other staples for the Sunday menu. Pineapples are back for the dinner table and potato chips sell for festival traffic.
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Monroe
Tennessee
Louisiana
California
Progress on Grain Buying Reaches 10 Million Bushels
George Bradley of the Midwest Commodity Credit Corp office reports over 10 million bushels of corn sold to the government in the nationwide grain campaign for famine areas abroad. He says the goal of 50 million bushels is within reach and expects to obtain the corn soon.
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Chicago
George Bradley
Midwest Commodity Credit Corp
Agriculture Department
Bradley
Osteopathic Association Elects Milwaukee Leader President Elect
The Wisconsin Osteopathic Association concluded its 48th annual meeting with Dr. A. M. Klechner of Milwaukee named president elect and Dr. O. E. Meyers of Kingston installed as president.
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Osteopaths
Milwaukee
A. M. Klechner
Sullivan
O. E. Meyers
Kingston
Wisconsin Osteophic Association
Police Close 13-Week FBI School in Janesville
City and county police wind up the 13 week FBI school held in Janesville. County highway officials George Armstrong and Wilbur Deininger attended. Most city officers participated including Chief J H Schwaiger and officers Alvin Martin Henry Hefty Sid Pokorny Kenneth Hendrickson Roy Kleckner and William Tertin. Brodhead chief Roy Ties and Elmer Emminger also attended.
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FBI
Janesville
George Armstrong
Wilbur E. Deininger
J. H. Schwaiger
Alvin Martin
Henry Hefty
Sid Pokorny
Kenneth Hendrickson
Roy Kleckner
William Tertin
Roy Ties
Elmer Emminger
Brodhead
Russia Calls for 20 Billion Ruble War Rebuild Loan
Moscow radio reports Soviet Russia urges citizens to subscribe to a 20 year tax free bond loan of 20 billion rubles to fund restoration and development under the five year plan and to strengthen military and economic power. The nominal ruble value is 18.87 cents, but diplomatic rate yields about 8.33 cents, lowering the U.S. dollar equivalent to roughly 1.67 billion.
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London
Russia
Moscow Radio
Arseny G. Zverev
Council of Ministers
Green Delegates to GOP Conclave Leave for Oshkosh
Green county Republican delegates elected at a countywide meeting will depart tonight for the state convention at Oshkosh arriving for preliminary sessions ahead of the convention. Notables include Rudolph P. Reger county chairman Harry A. Keegan R H Schoonover John Geigel Mrs William F Thurber and others from Monticello Brodhead Clarno Blanchardville and Monroe.
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Green County
Oshkosh
Rudolph P. Reger
Harry A. Keegan
R. H. Schoonover
John Geigel
William F. Thurber
W. F. Dreibelis
Fred Donner
Rodney Kittlesen
F. A. Wagner
Evan C. Chambers
B. H. Lynch
P. Frank Thorpe
Mina E. Williams
H. B. Caradine
Monroe
J. Wendell Barlow
Monticello
Frank Mauerman
Paul Zimmerman
Brodhead
Walter Timm
Clarno
L. H. Arnes
Blanchardville
Nimitz Proposes Modified Merger Plan Flawed Says Navy
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz told the Senate naval committee that the proposed army navy merger has basic defects that could weaken national security. He criticized plans for a supreme chief of staff and agency status for the services, saying unity and details are not yet provided.
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Washington
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Army
Navy
Nimitz
Senate Naval Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
No Matches Barberton Strike Hits National Production
AFL match workers' strike cuts about half of the country's match production and threatens to curb 85 percent of nationwide output, according to National Union President F B Gerhart.
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Barberton
AFL
National Union
F. B. Gerhart
Illinois railroads ordered to curb nonessential service
The Illinois Commerce Commission announced a general order to curtail all but essential railroad service to conserve dwindling coal supplies. The order, expected this afternoon, follows an emergency session on a petition from the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Alcatraz Rioting Still Unchecked In Second Day Clash
Reinforced marines attacked Alcatraz with 60 mm mortars to breach the cell block as convicts who killed two guards and wounded others held the block. Seventy-three guards and munitions crews were deployed with grenades shape charges bazooka shells and police escort from nearby arsenals.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Denver
Federal Correctional Institution
Englewood
Alcatraz
E. B. Swope
Swope
James W. Bennett
Bureau of Prisons
Washington
Rock
S” Arsenal
Francisco Bay
Benicia
Bay
Monroe Scouts Qualify for U S Grant Council Air-O-Ree
Six Monroe Boy Scout first aid teams earned spots for the Freeport meet as part of the U S Grant council air-o-ree. Qualified teams from Green Lafayette and Grant counties in Wisconsin and Carroll Jo Daviess and Stephenson in Illinois will compete, with only eight teams total and six from Monroe.
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Monroe
Freeport
U. S. Grant Council
Council
Green
Lafayette
Grant Counties
Wisconsin
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Illinois
Benton
Platteville
Wolf
ODT Orders 50 Percent Passenger Cut On Coal Burners
The Office of Defense Transportation ordered a 50 percent reduction in passenger service on coal burning locomotives effective May 15 with a 25 percent cut from April 1 levels from May 10 to May 15. Railroads may cancel reservations and take necessary steps to enforce the order as the coal strike enters its 33rd day.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation Today
ODT
J. Monroe Johnson
Truman
Charles O'Neill
Bethlehem Steel
Carnegie-Illinois Steel
Louis J. Bosse
Associated Industries of
Kentucky
U. S. Steel Corp
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
AFL United Mine Workers
Iron ore shipments drop over 90 percent on Great Lakes
Iron ore cargoes from upper lake ports fall sharply as coal and ore miners' strikes reduce ships in service. W J McGarry notes only 64 vessels on Lake Michigan and Lake Erie versus 270 last year. Lake Superior Iron Ore Association cites April 1946 loads at 652,762 gross tons, over 90 percent below last year’s 7,235,142.
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Cleveland
Upper Lake
Great Lakes
W. J. McGarry
The
Coal & Iron Exchange
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Superior Iron Ore Association
Wisconsin Passes Through Power Cuts Without Wide Impact
Wisconsin remains largely unaffected by power curtailment, though officials fear severe rail traffic disruption if government cuts persist. Freight moves largely in dairy products and foods, with Monroe seeing only a single daily passenger train mainly carrying freight. most large plants along Lake Michigan are on strike.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Power & Light Co
Monroe
Lake Michigan
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Ray Kubly
Eastern Star
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Associated Press
Reuters
Cairo
Abdul Rahman
Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Palestine
C. M. Galvin
James E. Bennett & Co
Board of Trade
Hopeka
Leavenworth
ATC
Topeka Army Airfield
C. H. Looney
Federal Prison
Monroe Scout
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