Council Adopts Retirement Plan For City Workers
Monroe council approves a city workers retirement plan with pension eligibility effective Jan 1, 1948, set by a 7 0 vote pending possible referendum. Other actions include raising the city assessor salary to 2500 yearly, road renamings in Lakeside Heights, and a new sidewalk sign permit proposal. The meeting covered city finances, water department balances, bond status, and rezoning hearings for Ed Walter's northeast Monroe property to light industrial use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Benkett
Monroe
Henry Tschudy
Country Lane
Lake Drive
Lakeside Heights
25Th Avenue
16Th Street
Tath Avenue
13Th Streets
County
Board of Public Works
Duncan Meter Corp
Chicago
Frank A. Tie
The
Which
George J. Meythaler
Freeport
Madison
Beloit
Janesville
Sraceers
ePore
Charles B. Borender
Bolender
Water Department
U.S
Ed Walter
G. S. Soseman
City Planning Commission
Walter
Arthur C. Ben
Private pond to be stocked for youth fishing fun
Area supervisor Clifford Hills of the state conservation department approves stocking old Freeze pond west on Highway 1 now privately owned by Alice Holtshopple with big bull heads giant perch and crappies for youngsters. Catch expected from three-quarters of a pound up. Hill suggests Green County Red and Gun Club run a youth fly casting project. Planting to begin once blanks are returned to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Hills
State Conservation Department
Highway 1
Alice Holtshopple
Hill
Green County Red and Gun
Co K to replace Co F in 128th Infantry muster
Co K of the 128th Infantry Wisconsin National Guard takes over duties from Co F 32nd Infantry Wisconsin State Guard as Co F is mustered out after a federal inspection. Capt Wilbur E Deininger leads Co K with Lt Theodore J Burgy as executive officer. Capt George F Armstrong placed on inactive list. May 22, 1947 discharge for Co F personnel. Public invited to ceremony with colors presented and lunch served by Sgt John Tschanz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. K
128Th Infantry
Wisconsin National Guard
Co. F
32Nd Infantry
Wisconsin State Guard
Wilbur E. Deininger
Theodore J. Burgy
George F. Armstrong
5Th Army
Co. E
Scott A. Cairy
Platteville
Armstrong
Deininger
Green County Fair Association
State Guard
John J. Burkhard
O. A. Moldenhauer
128Th Infantry Regiment
Cairy
John Tschanz
Lynch Case Goes To 12 Man Jury
A Greenville county jury was summoned to decide the fate of 28 southern white men accused in the Willie Earle lynching case. Prosecutors urged a murder verdict without death penalty while defense contends lack of proof and cites northern interference. The judge began a lengthy charge urging jurors to discard racial issues and render a truthful verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
8. C
J. Robert Martin Jr
Martin
S. C—P
South Carolina
Samuel Watt
Robert Ashmore
Willie Earle
Pickens County
Thomas Wofford
Washington
First of Rearing Ponds is Underway
The Green County Rod and Gun Club sponsors the first of as many as six bass rearing ponds on the Louis Benket farm near Monroe. Dredging is under way, 50,000 fingerlings will be planted in three weeks, pond depth and spawning gravel planned, fingerlings to grow to seven inches by fall before transfer to local creeks. Donations and support aid the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Green County Rod and Gun Club
Louis Benkett
Monroe
Richmond Creek
Richland
Skinner Creeks
Oakley
Sugar River
Aliie Holtshopple
Arthur Stauffacher
Argyle
Five Arabs and One Jew Killed in Night Raid
In Tel Aviv five Arabs and one Jew were killed during a raid on the Arab village of Taga. Hagana claimed responsibility saying the counterattack was a retaliation for a Sunday raid by Arabs dressed in military uniforms on the Jewish settlement of Petah Tikva. Two buildings were demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fel Aviv
Pale —Yry
Taga
Magana
Hagana
Petah Tigna
Plan Homemakers' Achievement Day
Miss Mamie Tillema county home agent announced Plan Homemakers Achievement Day will be held Wednesday June 11 in Turner hall. A coat and suit review will be part of the program followed by tea and a social hour. More than 500 women of Green county are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Hall
Mamie Tillema
Green County
Ford Foremen Strike Begins At Detroit Area Plants
About 3 800 Ford Motor Co foremen walked out at 10 in the Detroit area. Rouge and Lincoln plants reported first effects with Highland Park unit unclear. FAA leader Robert H Keys said union backed the walkout unanimously after talks collapsed over renewal terms and wage issues. Production could halt within 10 days as the strike continues without company comment.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Rouge
Lincoln
Highland Park
Foreman’s Association of America
Ind
Robert H. Keys
Ford
FAA
Keys
Henry Ford II
Telephone Industry Asks Congress to Repeal Excise Tax
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company and partner firms urged Congress to repeal the communications excise tax, a move expected to save taxpayers about 400 million dollars. The request was submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee as part of broader tax revision efforts ahead of a 1948 reform bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asmington— i
Senate
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
A.te
Associated Companies
United States Independent Telephone Association
Knutson
Rminn
Telephone
Earhart Case: Earhart Mother Claims Daughter Held by Japan
Boston woman Amy Otis Earhart, 79, insists Amelia Earhart was captured by Japan after her 1937 Pacific flight. She cites letters and documents and urged investigations, while noting oral radio remarks from 1987. U.S. intelligence disclosed no evidence Earhart landed or was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earhart
New York
Amy Otis Earhart
Boston
Amelia Earhart
Pacific Ocean
Equator
House Leaders Hail Navy Cut Clear Way for 1947 Agriculture Finance
The House appropriations committee recommended further cuts to trim the agriculture department budget for 1948 by about 40 percent. Subcommittee leaders met in closed session to map reductions. Speaker Martin and party leaders had urged deeper cuts. The Navy bill was approved at 11 percent below Truman’s budget, clearing the way for the 1948 supply measure and possible Senate battles over agriculture funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations —Committee
Agriculture Department
House Republican Steering Committee
Martin
House
Truman
Senate
Appropriations
Rep
Dirksen
R-Ill
Dairy Improvement Group Meeting At Turner Hall Tonight
The Dairy Improvement Group, a community improvement cooperative, meets at 8 tonight in Turner Hall. The session serves as the official sign-up, with officer elections and fieldman interviews. Temporary officers include Vic Marean of Monroe as chairman and Leo Scheberle of Brodhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Hall
Ureen Coumunary Improvement Cooperative
Brodhead
Vic Marean
Monroe
Leo Scheberle
Brod
Fluid Milk Demand Falls After Wartime Peak
USDA reports consumer demand for fluid milk is dropping from wartime highs as higher prices and competition from manufactured goods trim purchases. First quarter 1947 intake 8.1 percent below 1946, March down 3.6 percent year over year, with price controls ended last July boosting home delivery prices to 20.3 cents per quart. Production diverts to butter, cheese, evaporated milk, and ice cream mixes as prices for manufacturing milk fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Former Green County Swiss Cheesemaker Returns From Utah
Jacob Vornes a former Green county Swiss cheesemaker long connected with the Swiss cheese promotion in Smithfield Utah returns to Green county and takes charge of Swiss cheese operations at Ball's mill factory owning the tools and equipment. He bought Fred Bahler's interest who moves to town planning to relocate in the west for Mrs Bahler's health. The Volderman family has two sons as production restarts with five drums and new milk deliveries from a wider area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Vornes
Green County
Smithfield
Utah
Ball's Mill
Fred Bahler
Mr. Voldermann
Natural Gas Bids Made for 14 Wisconsin Cities
An amenable application by five Wisconsin utilities to the public service commission lists 14 cities for conversion from manufactured to natural gas. The cities are Appleton Beloit Fond du Lac Green Bay Janesville Kenosha Madison Manitowoc Milwaukee Oshkosh Racine Sheboygan Stoughton and Two Rivers. The filing firms are Milwaukee Gas Light Co Madison Gas and Electric Wisconsin Fuel and Light of Manitowoc Wisconsin Public Service Corp. and Wisconsin Power and Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Utilities
Public Service Commission
Wisconsin
Appleton
Beloit
Fond du Lac
Green Bay
Janesville
Kenosha
Madison
Manitowoc
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Racine
Sheboygan
Stoughton
Two Rivers
Milwaukee Gas Light Co
Madison Gas and Electric
Wisconsin Fuel and Light of
Seven Die in Illinois Army Plane Crash
Two top Army flying officers and five other soldiers were killed when a B-25 crashed in a cornfield during a violent thunderstorm. Col. Raymond E. O'Neill, 52, a 30-year Army veteran, and Col. George A. Whatley, 45, headed Chanute field units and had long Army careers. The plane was en route to Chanute field from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Windsor
Ont
Wrightfield
Dayton
Selfridgefield
Mich
Illinois
Champaign
Army
Raymond E. O'Neill
George A. Whatley
Chanute Field
O'Neill
Mrs Truman's Mother Sees Slim Recovery Hope
Grandview Missouri Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham said Martha E Truman, 94, has a chance for recovery if her gradual improvement continues. The president’s presence at her bedside is cited as a key factor while he handles affairs from Kansas City. Graham called her condition strengthened after a weekend setback and noted her worn-out body and tired heart as major impediments. If progress holds another two days, a return to Washington might be possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Martha E. Truman
Rer
Graham
Kansas City
Washington
Pilot Loses License for Landing on Highway
Albert Luff of Milwaukee had his commercial pilot license suspended for 30 days after landing on a Juneau county highway last September to pick up a friend. Robert Johnson, Washington civil aeronautics commission examiner, ordered the suspension following a hearing. Johnson noted it was Luff’s first complaint in 800 flight hours since 1941 and stressed highways are not landing fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munwounee
Yey
Juneau
Albert Luff
Milwaukee
Robert Johnson
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Commission
Johnson
Luff
Authorities Link Soft Spots to Postwar Economy
The BLS reports April declines in industrial and nonfarm jobs with a 140000 drop in manufacturing and 358000 total nonfarm losses, offset by farm gains. Construction starts lag, with about 2000 new permanent dwellings begun, 4000 below April 1946 levels, signaling slow postwar readjustment per Commissioner Ewan Clague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Ewan Clague
Clague
Airmen Jump From Burning B-29 Before Merkel Crash
Twenty Army airmen parachuted from a burning B-29 before it crashed near Merkel Texas sixteen miles west of Abilene. Thirteen were injured in landing nine less seriously four with broken bones. The crash occurred as the plane passed over Sweetwater at dusk with the No. 3 engine blamed for the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Tex
Merkel
Here
Rosw: M
Sweetwater
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Seven Die As Army Plane Crashes In Iowa Field
Last night an army airship crashed in Ekke Flesner’s cornfield near Burlington Iowa. Seven bodies were found with the wreckage scattered across the field and engines several hundred feet away. News of kin was pending for five victims as authorities warned it could take hours to notify relatives. The crash occurred shortly after 11 p m eastern standard time after the craft was last heard at 10 47 p m. A lone eyewitness described an awful thump and a rain soaked night as pieces of the airship were located abandono.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Towa
Ekke Flesner
Flesner
Bie
Jury rules May used wartime power for munitions favors
Washington district court heard that Rep Andrew J May acted as House Military Committee chair to intercede with the War Department on behalf of Henry and Murray Garsson's munitions interests. Evidence included resolutions empowering the committee to probe war program areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
War Department
Henry
Murray Garsson
May
Kentucky
House
Military
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Huck Finn
Lynch
Rennebohm
University of Wisconsin Alumni _ association
Ford Company
Union
Tokyo
U. S. Army
Navy
USDA
S. C
Negireurt
J. Robert Martin
Mrs. Truman
Doctor
Bulletins Isolated Press
Ft. Worth
Ardmore
Okla
Oscar Lett
Fred Harvey
W. C. Brown
Herbert Steffes
John Lewis
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Lewis
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