Limit on Catfish Size Gets Approval At County Session
Green county sportsmen at the annual fish and game hearing favored a 13 inch catfish size limit. A state congress delegation was chosen: Myron Stair, Dr. H.F. Zingg, Ben Mad Grell, with alternates Harry Thurman and Stanley Knight. The group also voted on deer, bear, raccoon, grouse, pheasant, waterfowl, and rabbit seasons, opening dates and bag limits, and approved live bait on set lines in Green and Lafayette counties.
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Green County
Court House
State Congress
Madison
Myron Stair
8Th Street
H.F. Zingg
New Glarus
Ben Mad Grell
Browntown
Harry Thurman
Albany
Stanley Knight
Brodhead
Norman Hicks
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
State Department
Green
Lafayette
Wisconsin
Conservation Congress
Larry Whiffen
Milwaukee
Congress
Floods Ravage Northwest as Red River Rises Across Regions
The Red River of the North, swollen by 24 hour rains, floods parts of North Dakota and Minnesota forcing thousands from homes. Grand Forks reports crest at 45.5 feet as National Guardsmen are deployed. Winnipeg and southern Manitoba endure evacuations with over 12,000 displaced in the past week.
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Associated Press
Red River
North Dakota
Minnesota
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Grand Forks
N. D
East Grand Forks
Minn
Minto
Bowesmont
Grafton
Pembina
Oslo
Warren
Aitkin
Mississippi River
Duluth
St. Louis River
Exeter Farmer Carl Kradolfer Dies of Heart Attack at 47
Carl Kradolfer 47 of Exeter township died at 9 15 this morning at his farm home four and a half miles northeast of Monticello from a heart attack. He was born Sept 28 1902 in Switzerland and came to Monticello in 1919. He married Alice Clark in 1930 at New Glarus. Surviving are his widow two sons Jacob and Fred a sister Selina in Switzerland. Services Thursday at Voegeli funeral home with Rev A R Achtemeier officiating burial in Greenwood cemetery Monroe.
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Ucco
Carl Kradolfer
Exeter Township
Monticello
Herman W. Stuessy
Switzerland
Jacob
Selina Tanner Kradolfer
New Glarus
Alice Clark
Blanchardville
Richard Rettig
Clark County
Milwaukee
Green County
Monroe
Kradolfers
Joe Milz
Fred
Selina
Voegeli
A. R. Achtemeier
Zwingli Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Senate panel rejects mail delivery cuts upheld
A Senate post office committee approved a resolution directing Postmaster General Donaldson to drop economy cutbacks. The vote was 9 to 0. He had reduced residential deliveries to one per day and trimmed business area routes, cut window hours, and curtailed night handling. Protest flooded postal unions as Congress debates rates and funding.
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Wasme Gtsee
Ase
Senate Post Office Committee
Thay
Donaldson
Congress
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Committee
Districts vote to build new rural school near Monroe
County 12 wnaves in two room rural school led to a decision at a meeting of Monroe and Jordan township districts. Construction will begin soon near the Four Corners Cheese factory five miles northwest of Monroe. A building committee includes Ernest Scheidegger William Leopold and Kenneth Digman. Liberty and Dolan districts closed Liberty schoolhouse sold Valley View burned Feb 21 1950 pupils now study at Normal school gymnasium Temporary plan has two teachers and about 45 students.
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Monroe Township
Jordan Township
Four Corners
Monroe
Ernest Scheidegger
Valley View
William’ Leopold
Dolan
Kenneth Digman
Liberty
Normal School
Fair, Cooler Seen After Day's Showers
A day of showers brought .60 inches at night and light rain at mid day. Prairie du Chien reported 1.59 inches of rain. Tonight brings clearing and cooler air with tomorrow forecast fair. Temperatures hovered around 58 to 65, with a Monday high near 62 and a low of 50.
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Prairie du Chien
Ellis Chalmers expands Springfield tractor works
Springfield Illinois Ellis Chalmers Manufacturing Co begins a 3.5 million dollar expansion and modernization program at its Springfield tractor division works to upgrade facilities and increase capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Ellis-Chalmers’ Manufacturing Co
Springfield
Truman Revives Teapot Dome Theme In Wyoming Blast
President Truman vows to push western development opposing safeguarded by critics linked to Teapot Dome era scandal. He rails against privilege and greed, cites Kortes dam as example of government enterprise and wealth for the world. He warns against isolationism and socialism in Midwest speeches as Wherry mounts a counterattack in Washington.
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Casper
Wyo
Truman
Here
Rocky Mountain
Kortes Dam
Natrona County High School
Chapman
Michael Straus
Andrew Kortes
Kortes
Lincoln
Neb
Pacific Junction
Iowa
Illinois
Midwest
Wherry
Nebraska
Washington
Senate
GOP
United States
Twining Brother Promoted to Brigadier General in Marine Corps
Merrill S. Twining, formerly of Monroe, advanced to brigadier general in the Marine Corps and sent to Congress by President Truman. A colonel during wartime, he is brother to Lt. Gen. Nathan Twining who leads the Alaskan defense command. The new general serves as senior resident member of the Marine Corps board at Quantico.
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Wavan
Emen Oi
Merrill S. Twining
Monroe
Marine Corps
Congress
Truman
Nathan Twining
Alaskan Defense Command
Twining
Marine Corps Board
The
Corps Schools
Quantico
Embargoes Ordered as Rail Strike Affects Routes
Four railroad unions call a walkout, halting freight and passenger traffic starting today. The Pennsylvania Railroad plans to stop west and north of Harrisburg tonight with midnight freight curtailment and phased passenger service. Southern and New York Central also impose embargoes, potentially affecting 38,000 workers. The mediation board cites limited optimism for preventing the strike.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania — Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive
PRR
Harrisburg
Washington
Southern Railway System
Southern System
Southern
Indianapolis
New York Central
Indiana
St. Louis
Cleveland
Cincinnati
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Santa Fe
Western
Pennsylvania
Ani Nally
Cheese Day Plans Cheese Special Trip to Washington
Cheese Day Inc directors discussed tying a Cheese Special delegation to the Washington Swiss cheese contest on May 19. Dwight Crandall authorized inviting New Glarus Yodelers to join the trip, planning a 17 passenger plane with costs shared by Cheese Day and other groups. Nine members could go, ceremonies on Capitol steps would gain color with the yodelers present.
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Washington
Cheese Day, Inc
First National Bank
Dwight A. Crandall
Glarus Yodelers Club
Capitol
W. B. Gnagi
Chamber of Commerce
Crandall
Lawrence H. Smith
Janesville
Wisconsin
Ohio
R. H. Schoonover
Green County
Donald W. Janke
Monroe
Russell W. Prien
Robert F. Marty
Raymond R. Kubly
Clinton S. Pierce
Brodhead
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Fred Glauser
Fred Feutz Jr
Skaff Report Cites Danger State Again On Green County Jail
State welfare investigator M A Skaff reiterated the need for a new Green County jail and said officials expect county construction soon. He warned of fire risks from a single second floor exit and noted a temporary window exit from the women's unit. The report praised cleanliness and morale but urged repairs and painting to brighten the jail.
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Green County
M. A. Skaff
State Welfare Department
Skaff
Flood Hits Lincoln After Truman Train Passage
Lincoln suffers its worst flood since 1908 as water inundates low income housing and warehouse districts shortly after President Truman’s special train. Two highways are blocked and rail lines flooded. passenger service Lincoln to Omaha suspended. Rain totals around the area include 1.5 inches in Lincoln and higher nearby towns. Police rescue several residents from flooded homes. Salt and Antelope creeks overflowed after torrential rains.
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Wacom
New
Vey
Lincoln
Truman
Burlington Dispatcher
Omaha
Sprague
Roca
Panama
Bennett
Hickman
Mrs F L Schultz Magnolia Dies After Illness
Mrs F L Schultz of Magnolia township dies at 9 45 p m after a three week illness. Born Emma Marie Alt in Verdean Germany on December 5 1888 she came to America at age two with Julius and Louise Fenrick Alf. She married Frank L Schultz September 7 1910 and lived on the Magnolia farm for 35 years. Survived by husband a daughter Mrs Willis E Mitchell Monroe a son Hilbert Magnolia township two sisters Mrs Frank Schumaker Janesville and Mrs Louis Wilke Footville a brother Richard Alf Beloit and two grandchildren. A sister preceded her in death. Funeral Thursday 2 30 p m at Everson Funeral Home with Rev G W Zimmerman officiating burial Greenwood cemetery Brodhead. Friends may call Wednesday evening.
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Schultz
Magnolia Township
Verdean
Germany
America
Julius
Louise Fenrick Alf
Emma Marie Alt
Center Lutheran Church
Plymouth Township
Frank L. Schultz
United Brethren
Greenwood Cemetery
Brodhead
Light Poles On Square Undergoing Installation
The O. T. Harvey Co of Madison continues work on the public square mounting ornamental street light poles. Workers have removed old poles and installed new bases in sidewalks left from last summer. Green boxes around the square identify the new bases designed to hold transformers and electrical connections for advanced lighting. Mercury vapor lighting is not yet installed but may be considered later as equipment improves.
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Public
O. T. Havey Co
Madison
Truman Proposes Mobilization Czar
President Truman proposes to name the chairman of the National Security Resources Board as war mobilization czar and to move the RFC under the Commerce Department. He also outlines four reorganizations affecting housing, lending, and industrial mobilization, with Hoover Commission alignment.
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Washington
Truman
National Security Resources Board
W. Stuart Symington
Air Force
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Department of Commerce
RFC
Commerce Department
Commission On Government
Herbert Hoover
Senate
House
Symington
NLRB
Sawyer
Federal National Mortgage Association
Housing and Home Finance ‘Agency
J Raymond M. Foley
Foley
Frank Trumpy Injured in Oneco Highway Crash
Frank Trumpy a veteran Holstein cattle breeder aged 6 residing at 2212 16th street sustained a fractured right collarbone and several right rib fractures after a collision with H W Biffle of 1309 9th street on highway 69 at Oneco Last evening about 5 30 He is in St Clare hospital with expected several days recovery Mrs Biffle suffered head cuts and bruised knees Their son William and Miss Diane Snyder were not hurt Trumpy was alone in his car The accident occurred when Trumpy made an sudden U turn according to Biffle Both cars were badly damaged Redacted to preserve clarity.
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Frank Trumpy
16Th Street
H. W. Biffle
9Th Street
Oneco
Trumpy
St. Clare Hospital
Freeport
School Committees Plan June 20 Parley
The Green and Rock county school committees schedule a joint meeting for June 20 at Brodhead to discuss districting problems. They met yesterday in Janesville but took no action.
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Green and
Rock County
Brodhead
Janesville
Mrs Stauffacher Named Treasurer at Green County Court
Mrs Louis B Stauffacher 2004 7th Street was named acting Green County treasurer at a special county board meeting after the death of Emanuel G Stauffacher. The former deputy, sister in law of the late treasurer, was chosen over Charles B Bolender with bids upcoming for the county directory booklets.
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Louis B. Stauffacher
7Th Street
Green County
County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Emanuel G. Stauffacher
Stauffacher
Charles B. Bolen
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Prairie City
Red River Valley
Exeter
Wyoming City
Merrill Twining
Union
President Truman
Galesburg
Ill
Harold Jennings
Robert Howe
F.L. Schultz
Magnolia
Czar
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