Veterans of Co H Spanish American War reunite in Monroe
Pictured are seven of ten Co H veterans living in Monroe or nearby towns. The group includes Edwin B. Schoenfield George Walker George Meythaler and Fred T. Odell with Rolland M. Austin who left Monroe to return home with a daughter in Charlestown. The exact number of survivors living elsewhere remains unknown. Meythaler has joined the Janesville camp. Hoesly and Odell plan to join. Monroe high school musicians win major honors at the district music tournament in Evansville with 59 firsts and 33 seconds among 94 entries. The senior band and concert orchestra each took class A firsts. the girls and mixed choruses also won firsts. Solos and ensembles from Monroe advance to the Wisconsin state competition in Madison May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Edwin B. Schoenfield
George Walker
George J. Meythaler
Fred T. Odell
Fred McBride
Edward Bayrhoffer
Samuel Hoesly
Rolland M. Austin
Evansville
University of Wisconsin
Allan F. Barnard
Barnard
Olga Ruth
Peta Eo
Madison
John Stauffacher
Virginia Krauss
Richard Kundert
Joan Davis
John Maurer
Donna Lois Olson
Kathryn Janet Krauss
Heidi Pfaeffli
Gladys Gibbons
Patricia Knaack
Edwin Andereck
Jack Andereck
Jean Babler
Lucille Burkhaltjer
Nancy ‘Thorp
Egyptian Volunteers Penetrate Palestine Amid Cease Fire Tension
Egyptian volunteers advanced about 30 miles into the Holy Land as Jerusalem awaited a cease fire. The U S state department sought navy help to establish communications in Jerusalem while Arab and Jewish leaders urged adherence to the truce terms. A British communique noted Arab league leaders agreed to a noon cease fire and talks for a permanent Jerusalem truce were planned the next day. The Cairo dispatch reported Arab forces advancing to aid in repelling a Jewish attack near Rafa and Suweidan with no casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jerusalem
Holy Land
U. S. State Department
Navy
Washington
Holy City
Jericho
Alan Gordon Cunningham
Palestine
Cunningham
Paris
Truce Commission
Jewish Agency
Cairo
Iraq
Suweidan
Rafa
U.S. State Department
United Nations Commission
United States
Return of Company H No 11 from Spanish American War
Soldiers of Company H No 11 arrived in Monroe on September 10 1898 after serving in Florida and Cuba. Of 110 men 79 came by train and eight were on furlough or at home. Two died from fever and typhoid malaria later, and Sanitation lessons shaped future warfare.
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N. M
Benjamin Pollock
New York
Henry J. Schindler
Waterloo
William Sullivan
Chicago
Camp Cuba Libre
Jacksonville
Fla
John W. White
Monroe
Co. H
Fred F. West
Frank
A. Shriner
Shriner
Cuba Libre
Appleton Taft
Monticello
Andrew Nelson
Browntown
Alfred Murray
Brodhead
Florida
U.S
Monroe Company
Sanita
Wisconsin
Army
Veterans of ’98 Saw Service in Cuba and the Philippines
Anree Coraves, Carl Ruegg, Harry D. Shipman and others enlisted for service in the Philippines after the Florida camp disbanded. Michael Coryell and Edwin M. Thorp served in World War I. Coryell of Cadiz is the sole survivor. Four Green County men not in Co. H saw Spanish American War action. Janet Jennings, Monroe’s likely lone Spanish American War nurse, served aboard the hospital ship Seneca and aided Red Cross pioneer Clara Barton.
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Anree Coraves
Acum Fessenden
Carl Ruegg
Harry D. Shipman
Philippines
Florida
Michael Coryell
Edwin M. Thorp
Coryell
Cadiz
Green County
Co. H
A. E. Mitchell
13Th Avenue
Co. HH
Cuba
Casper Blum
Charles Gerber
Monticello
Henry Rhyner
Ralph Howe
Browntown
Puerto Rico
Howe
France
Blum
Flori
Monroe
Janet Jennings
Seneca
Clara Barton
Red Cross
Suspected hi jackers arrested in Janesville incident
Police chief says two men held without charge after a Janesville stop and looting of a C. S. Pierce Music Co. truck from Brodhead. The theft links a series of recent hi jackings in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Illinois
Jasper Webb
Webb
C. S. Pierce Music Co
Brodhead
Rote Tax Case Reversal Keeps $65,000 Assessment
Judge L L Darling of Jefferson County reversed a prior ruling and reinstated the board of review’s $65,000 personal property assessment for the A F Rote Co. The decision questions the original $182,500 assessment and notes a noncooperating taxpayer cannot abate.
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Board of Review
A. F. Rote Co
L. L. Darling
Jefferson
Darling
Green County
Everett Keel
Harold J. Lamboley
Keel
Lamboley
Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Eel
Swiss Tour Party Arrives Tomorrow for Monroe Visit
Monroe prepares to greet a Swiss business tour party of 30 arriving on the 12:55 train. Hosts include city officials and Swiss leaders. 24 men and 6 women will check in at Eugene Ludlow and Monroe hotels before luncheon at Turner Hall. Planned visits include Wyss Limburger factory and Cheese Producers warehouse with a Swiss family night reception in the evening. Monday plans advance to New Glarus with Lions Club entertainment and luncheon at William Tell hotel, then tours of Swiss historical sites en route to Brodhead and on to Chicago by 4:45 train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Eugene
Ludlow
Monroe
Turner Hall
Fred Glauser
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Chamber
Frank A. Buehler
Wyss Limburger
Cheese Producers Marketing Association
Monroe Center
Kraft
Zimmermans
New Glarus
Lions Club
William Tell
Brodhead
Voegeli
Monticello
C. S. / Pierce farm
Chicago
Chief resigns after Oshkosh drunken driving arrest
Kaukauna Chief of Police James E. McFadden quit his post today following an arrest in Oshkosh on a charge of driving an automobile while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaukauna
James E. McFadden
Oshkosh
Russia Presses U S Hands Over Korea as Election Terror Rises
In Seoul and Pyongyang the Soviet commander G P Korotkov signals plans to withdraw troops to force U S and South Korean concessions amid pre election terrorism. The North South unity conference urged both sides to leave Korea while violence escalates including the shooting of an election official and arson at a newspaper building in Seoul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Russia
Korea
G. P. Korotkov
North Korea
Korotkov
Kim Doo-Bong
Pyongyang
Ongyang
U. S
Soviet Joint Commission
Southeast Korea
Oncheju
South Korea
Light Frost Reaches Green County With Minor Damage
Light frost touched Green county overnight as temperatures dropped to 32. Scattered light damage appeared in low lying alfalfa fields with tipping of upper leaves. Farmers expect the crop to recover. Weatherman predicts increasing clouds and warmer tonight with more frost possible in the north and east areas. Sunday outlook is cloudy with rain in the southern tier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Argyle Principal Denies Resignation After Student Protest
Principal C. F. Thompson of Argyle denied rumors of his resignation amid a student walkout over disciplinary rules. He stated his contract runs through the current year and he has signed for 1948-49. The school board says no written resignation exists. Parents and board members met informally with plans for a Parent-Teacher association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argyle
Runncipal
C. F. Thompson
Times
Ralph Peterson
School Board
Two Girls and Youth Die in Auto Wreck Near De Forest
A car carrying Dorothy McDonald and her brother William K and Margaret Krueger, all 19 to 20 years old from De Forest, collided with a westbound Milwaukee road train near Sun ray me y, eight miles west of the Dane county town. The car was reported to be moving slowly, about five to ten miles an hour, when struck and tossed 64 feet. Deputy District Attorney George Rapp notes witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Rrame— Vey
Milwaukee Road
Dorothy McDonald
William K
Margaret Krueger
de Forest
Dane County
George Rapp
Byrnes to Keynote Wisconsin GOP Convention in Milwaukee
Rep. John Byrnes of Green Bay will deliver the keynote at the state Republican convention in Milwaukee’s auditorium on June 12 and 13. He was chosen by the GOP state voluntary organization’s executive committee. Rep. Glen Davis of the second district will serve as permanent convention chairman, with State Sen. Warren Knowles of New Richmond as parliamentarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Byrnes
GOP
Milwaukee
Johnnes
Green Bay
Glen Davis
Warren Knowles
New Richmond
Steelman Sits in on White House Talks to Avert Railroad Strike
In Washington, Railroad operators and union leaders met at the White House in a bid to settle pay disputes and avert a strike set for Tuesday. Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman announced the talks were not yet successful as the afternoon session continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Perishable Shipments Halted As Rail Strike Looms
Monroe railroad officials today declined to accept perishables for shipment due to a pending railway strike scheduled for Tuesday. At the Milwaukee Road station orders were issued this morning, but IC had not received such orders by noon and local employees were not accepting perishable shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Milwaukee Road
Rail strike looms as union and railroads meet in bid for settlement
Steelman conferred with four railroad spokesmen and leaders of three railroad brotherhoods before a Tuesday morning strike threat. If the walkout occurs, national train service would halt. White House says no loophole exists for agreement. Four carriers named Loomis Enochs Mackay and Farley met Steelman as embargo orders on food and livestock spread to six railroads with many more planning similar action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steelman
White House
Daniel P. Loomis
J. A. Enochs
C. D. Mackay
Western
W. T. Farley
Association of American Railroads
Chamber Granted Authority to Block Inner Lane for Dairy Day
The board of public works authorized blocking the inner lane of the courthouse from noon June 8 to June 9 for the Dairy Day observance. Dairy Day will be on June 9, with June 8 used for preparations. The board also voted to remove shoulders on both sides of 11th Avenue south of 24th Street and approved the weekly city payroll of 497.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Se Chamdel
Commeree
Board of Public Works
Court House
11Th Avenue
24Th Street
Clarno Boy Suffered Facial and Limb Cuts in Car Crash
Clarno boy identified as David Trumpy was treated after a parked car he rode in in the 1100 block was struck by a second car. He sustained facial and hand injuries. two other passengers were unhurt.Driver S. J. Heise of Orangeville, 80, said his car’s front wheels locked after turning from Spring Square onto 17th Avenue. Left front ends of both vehicles were badly damaged.
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Siaeyeatuiu Clarno
Uayad Trumpy
Pai
Alfred Trumpy
David
S. J.heise
Orangeville
Spring Square
17Th Avenue
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