Legion Auxiliary Delegates Gather for Spring Meeting
Mrs. E A Janke presided at the annual spring meeting in the Methodist church with 300 guests. State officers attended and corsages of poppies were given as officers were elected for the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Janke
American Legion Auxiliary
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Doran R. Zwygart
Legion
Zwygart
Robert E. Hardell
Grace Lutheran Church
Roy Strange
Horeb
Third District
John E. MacMartin
Nina Rockwell
Richland Center
Myron Elbertson
Department of Rehabilitation
C. O. Wingom
Madison
New Madison
Veteran's Hostal
Mineral Point Man Examined at Court
Mineral Point man Dale Kundert, 26, was to be examined by two local physicians reported to Dodgeville County Judge James O Neill. Kundert held Mr and Mrs Frank Fine at gunpoint Sunday night and fired several shots at Officer Willard Frantz, who, with Sheriff Bernard Collins, subdued him and placed him in the Dodgeville jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memil Dacia
Dale Kundert
Mineral Point
Wilson Brue
Dodgeville
James O'Neill
Kundert
Willard Frantz
Frantz
Bond Issue Wins 313 17 Addition to School Voted
Monticello voters approve 136000 in bonds for a district school addition and modernization. The project includes a gymnasium with stage, shop area, five classrooms, and updated heating. Joining Klassy Elmer Voegels districts boosted the district evaluation to 2 736 050 enabling the bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monticello High School
Klassy, el
Mer
Voegels
Surgeons Group to Meet in Monroe for Spring Session
The Wisconsin Chapter of the International College of Surgeons will hold its first Monroe visit on Thursday May 15 for a full day meeting hosted by Monroe Clinic and St. Clare Hospital. An operative clinic runs 8 to 10 15 am with case reports by Drs Fencil Gnagi and Witte followed by luncheon and afternoon papers by Bear Gnagi Schindler Eckstam Brunkow and Peters. The day closes with an informal gathering at the Monroe Clinic library and a dinner program at Monroe Country Club featuring Dr Schindler speaking on The Internists Responsibility to the Surgeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
U: International College of Surgeons
Monroe
Monroe Clinic
St. Clare Hospital
Wayne J. Fencil
W. B. Gnagi
Keith B. Witte
N. E. Bear
Gnagi
John A. Schindler
Eugene Eckstam
Ben H. Brunkow
Erwin E. Peters
Monroe Country Club
Schindler
Excellent Conservation Tour Responses Reported by County Agent
The county agricultural office notes highly favorable reactions to conservation field trips for upper class rural and state graded schools. Trips run daily with morning and afternoon sessions. about 50 to 60 students attend each ride. Myron E. Jeglum calls the project highly worthwhile and says impressions of conservation are forming.
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County Agricultural Office
Myron E. Jeglum
Gambling Stamp Law Held Invalid
U S District Judge George Welsh ruled the six month old federal gambling stamp tax law unconstitutional as a police measure. he dismissed the action against Joseph Kahriger amid an appeal by him and noted the ruling does not decide the 10 percent earnings tax. The case follows challenges reaching the Supreme Court, which declined to rule on its constitutionality.
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Philadelphia
U. S
George 4. Welsh
Welsh
Congress
Joseph Kahriger
Kahriger
U. S. Supreme Court
Hayes L. Combs
Washington
U. S. District Court
Supreme Court
Stock Prices Slide After Early Upturn
New York stocks opened with a brief rally but soon fell back, with only a handful of issues contributing to a modest gain as most sectors shuffled. Steel shares stayed flat to slightly weaker amid a generally mixed market pattern.
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New York
Pool Repair Bid Chosen For July 1 Opening
Leck contracting firm won the bid to repair the Recreation Park pool at 3,271.60 with only other bid from Stauffacher at 4,479.70. Work begins this week, aims to finish by July 1, with city paying the remainder after 1,500 from the Park Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford
Leck
Recreation Park
Board of Public Works
W. U. Stauffacher Construction Co
Park Board
Police and Safety Committee
Pillar of Community Banker Held in Embezzlement Case
William C. Horley a 50 year old Jersey banker described as a pillar of respectability faces charges of embezzling more than 450000 from First Bank. Investigators say he used bank funds for stock market speculation to cover bad loans over about three years. Horley is married with three children and active in civic groups including the Community Chest Red Cross Boy Scouts and St. Peters Church.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
William C. Horley
First Bank
Churen
Ana
Harley
Community Chest
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
American Institute of Banking
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Eber
Horley
Sheriff Partners In City County Car Safety Drive
Sheriff Matt Sollivan announced county deputies join with city officials to curb speeding and reckless driving to prevent youth injuries. Mayor Brooks Dunwiddie Police Chief J H Schwaiger and Solbida pledged a crackdown as Monroe enforces a 25 mph limit where posted. Fines were given for speeding reckless driving and allowing minors to drive with several defining cases: Werner Buholzer 33 fined 19 dollars, Eleanor Frederick 27 fined 10 dollars, Victor Ingwell 17 fined 10 dollars for operating without a license, with Ingwell linked to a car owned by Frank Selinow who was fined last week for permitting the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Sollivan
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
J. H. Schwaiger
Solbida
Monroe
Min Jors
Werner W. Buholzer
30Th Avenue
Eleanor B. Frederick
17Th Avenue
Victor M. Ingwell
29Th Avenue
Ingwell
Frank F. Selinow
Selinow
Attorney Admits Double Corn Fee in Grain Case
Weston B. Grimes testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee that he arranged a contract allowing his client to collect 37500 from the government twice for loading the same coin. He denied taking advantage of the government and said he negotiated the deal for his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Weston B. Grimes
Senate ‘Agriculture Committee
Grimes
TWA Pilot Leads Lake Michigan Rescue After SOS
An alert Trans World Airlines pilot on a Washington to Chicago flight spotted a disabled 25 foot cabin cruiser three miles off Chicago’s south shore. He signaled an SOS, alerted Midway Tower, and the Coast Guard dispatched a lifeboat to save three men who were unharmed.
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Lake Cruiser
SOS
Chicago
Trans- World
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Chiago
Jess E. Henslee
TWA
South Bend
Ind
Henslee
Chicago Midway Airport
Pioneer California railroad developer A J Schindler dies
Andrew J. Schindler 89 a Monroe native died April 27 at Stanford University Hospital San Francisco after a long illness. He founded Kern County Land Development Co 25 years ago and was a pioneer railroad and land developer in California. He never married and is survived by nieces and a nephew. Services held in San Francisco and burial at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
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Andrew J. Schimuser
Monroe
Stanford University Hospital
San Francisco
Kern County Land Development Co
Santa Fe
Bohemian Club
Commonwealth and Commercial Clubs
American Society of Civil Engineers
Charles F. Stauffacher
Lydia Kneisley
Portland
Ore
Weltha Dunwiddie
Linfield College
McMinnville
Clara Stauffacher
23Rd Enue
St. Clare Hospital
Margaret Bryant
Washington, D. C
Mary Knight
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
Ironworkers End Strike With New Pact
Ironworkers union reaches a new pact ending a strike that kept construction sites idle for weeks. The agreement addresses wage increases, worker protections, and overtime rules, signaling a return to normal operations for major projects nationwide.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Invalidates County Dam Authority
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a 1947 county dam approval law is unconstitutional, striking down a decision by the Namekagon Hydroelectric Co. and upheld as conflicting with statewide public rights to hunting, fishing, and scenic beauty. The PSC must assess Namekagon without county-law influence. The case involved the Izaak Walton League and Washburn County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
High Court
Herman Sachtsen
Izaak Walton League
Namekagon Hydroelectric Co
Namekagon
Washburn County
Public Service Commission
PSC
W. J. Muench
Circuit Court
Sachtsen
Commission
League
Supreme Court
Attorney General's Office
Rennebohm
High
McCoy Soldier Dies Three Hurt in Oakdale Crash
A McCoy soldier Pfc. Donald R. Morris, 22, died in a crash at Oakdale overpass in Tomah. Sgt 1-C Federico V. Sauter, 28, of Chicago, and Pvt George D. McCollom, 2, of Dixon, were injured along with Morris. Army officials delayed details pending kin notification.
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Tomah
Oakdale
Donald R. Morris
Army
Federico V. Sauter
Chicago
George D. McCollom
Dixon
Wilson urges curbing Wage Stabilization Board authority
Former mobilization chief Charles E. Wilson testified to the House Labor Committee that the Wage Stabilization Board overstepped proper wage and price policy in steel disputes. He argued steelworkers deserve only a nine cent an hour catch-up raise and warned the industry cannot absorb higher costs. The hearing inaugurates a broad probe into WSB operations as the steel dispute remains stalled amid court actions and presidential seizures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Mobilization
Wilson
House
House Labor Committee
Barden
D-Nc
Rep. Allen
R-Ii
Truman
Supreme Court
Philip Murray
CIO
Allen
Congress
Mrs. Alvin Fredrick Dies in Madison Hospital
Mrs. Alvin Fredrick 33 died at 3 a.m. in Madison Methodist Hospital after a medical stay since March 12. Born in Clyman, she was daughter of Robert and Martha Steffen. She married Alvin Fredrick Feb 23 1941 in Oak Grove. They had daughter Barbara Susan, 4, and farmed in Dodge County before moving to Jefferson and then to their home the past three years. She leaves her husband, daughter, parents, and two brothers William and Clarence. She was a Mt. church member.
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Monticello
Alvin Fredrick
Methodist Hospital
Madison
Clyman
Dodge County
Robert
Martha Gutsman Steffen
Hustisford Lutheran
Oak Grove
Barbara Susan
Jefferson
Glarus
Fredrick
Juneau
William
Clarence
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Green County
State Highway Commission
Juda
Schwarzenberger Hill
Legion Auxiliary
E. J. Shellman
Oconto Falls
Harriet M. Hass
Milwaukee
Methodist Church
B. R. Bennett
Ralph Stauffacher
Glenn H. Kubly
Herman D. Fritz
Burton H. Lynch
Mmes
Roy Chesebro
Thomas W. Reilly
Harold B. Carradine
Victor I. Carson
Walter L. Day
Frank Kantro
Eva Ga Tusha
Leffo
Works Board
State Highway Department
Stauffacher
20Th Avenue
13Th Street
16Th Street
16Th Avenue
South School
North School
East School
19Th Street
12Th
13Th Avenues
13Th Avenue
Normal School
Claude L. Conley
Rockford
Schuetz Corners
Browntown
Conley
Small Claims Court
Times
Jersey
A.J. Schindler
California
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