Democratic Leaders Urged to Press for 75 Cent Minimum Wage
President Truman asked Democratic congressional leaders to push federal aid to education and a 75 cent minimum wage. Senate approved 300 million yearly education aid, House silent. Reform plans also seek broader social security coverage and 50 percent benefit increases with higher wage taxes.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Lucas
Illinois
Representative McCormack
Massachusetts
New Cheese Plant Incorporates Here
Articles of incorporation filed by Krause Cheese cooperative route 4 Monroe township. Capital stock listed at 25000 with 1500 common shares and 1000 preferred shares. Founders Edward C Roth George Korn Jr Charles Goecks Fred Vogel and Carl W Wyss all route 4. Authorized to buy sell process manufacture handle transport store and market milk and cream and related farm products.
Wisconsin Supreme Court foe to dismiss dairy utility appeal
The Wisconsin Supreme Court refused to dismiss an appeal from a circuit court ruling that the state utility anti strike law is unconstitutional. A June 8 hearing was set on the merits in the Dairyland Power cooperative case against an electrical workers union at Eau Claire.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Alvin C. Reis
Dairyland Power Co-Operative
Eau Claire
Norris FE. Maloney
Dairyland
Reis
Marvin Kerry
Maloney
Beatrice Lampert
Senberry
High Court
Clara Teuscher Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Clara Teuscher 42 an invalid since birth died at her Clarno township home at 11 this morning after a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks earlier. Born October 13, 1905 in Clarno township, she was a daughter of Jacob and Marianna Mani Teuscher. Survived by sister Mary and brothers John Gottfried Jacob, all at home. parents and two sisters Rosa and Elisa Minnig preceded her. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev. Paul C Kehle officiating. burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Clara Teuscher
Clarno Township
Jacob
Marianna Mani Teuscher
Mary
John
Gottfried
Rosa
Elisa Minnig
Shriner - Neushwander Funeral Home
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Greenwood Cemetery
State Man Discusses Weed Control Problem
Henry Lunz of the Wisconsin department of agriculture weed control laboratory spoke at a county weed commissioners meeting in county court yesterday afternoon. About 30 town village and city weed commissioners attended while George Briggs of the Wisconsin college of agriculture provided technical details stressing chemical controls.
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Green County
Henry Lunz
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
George Briggs
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Truman backs Virden amid loyalty doubts over Tass ties
President Truman defended John C. Virden after he resigned as head of the Commerce Department office of industry cooperation amid disclosure his daughter Euphemia works for Tass. Truman wrote that his faith in Virden is unshaken and praised his public service.
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Washington
Truman
John C. Virden
Commerce Department
Tass
Virden
Cleveland
Rep
Crawford (Reich
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Department
Office of Industry Cooperation
Euphemia
Bender
Ohio
Regez to Retire as District Attorney at Term End
Rudolph P. Regez, finishing his fifth term, announced he will not seek re election as district attorney. He cites private practice duties and pressed schedule, with service history in the navy and radar work in the Marshall Islands and USS Alabama. He is a University of Wisconsin Law School graduate and has chaired the Green County Republican club for nine years.
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Rudolph P. Regez
Regez
Navy
Herbert T. Johnson
Reger
Marshall Islands
Alabama
Monroe High School
University of Wisconsin Law School
Green County
Republican Club
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Four Vehicles Damaged In Two Accidents Here
Two traffic incidents in Monroe damaged four vehicles. In the first collision in the 1500 block of 9th street yesterday afternoon E E Wolf Browntown and Mrs Carl ton E Ashby 2116 11th street had dented fenders as Wolf passed Ashby's car. In the morning a crash at 17th avenue and 6th street involving Mrs Elizabeth Burnt Argyle and a William A Becker Fuel and Feed Co truck driven by Leland S Huntley 903 23rd street left the truck with a damaged left side and torn front bumper.
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Monroe
E. E. Wolf
Browntown
Carlton E. Ashby
11Th Street
9Th Street
Wolf
Leland S. Huntley
23Rd Street
17Th Avenue
6Th Street
Senate approves reserve plan for 254 war plants
The senate armed services committee approved legislation to keep 254 government war plants in a national defense reserve pool. Defense officials told senators the law is needed to prevent wartime plants from being sold or scrapped.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense
Soviet Veto Ends Plan to Investigate Czechoslovakia
The United States urged new methods to publicize the coup in Czechoslovakia after Soviet vetoes halted a three nation investigation plan. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko used a double veto over council rules, blocking substantive moves while Chilean filing for Prague's case traces back to March 17.
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United Nations
Czechoslovakia
United States
Russia
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N
Gromyko
U.N
Ukraine
Chile
Prague
Memorial Day Talk by Rev D Andrew Howey at Greenwood Cemetery
The Monroe Ministerial Association named Rev. D. Andrew Howey as Memorial Day speaker for the service at Greenwood cemetery next Sunday morning. The association met at the Eugene hotel at noon to finalize plans. Dr. Charles A. Briggs described changes in home life and civic attitude from forty years of pastoral work. A county ministerial picnic is set for July 12 at Recreation park with Rev. B W Blackburn and Rev. Peter Retzlaff to organize. A leadership training school was discussed and Rev. Kehle, Rev. Bruzlius, and Rev. Blackburn named to run the cooperative church schools.
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D. Andrew Howey
Monroe Ministerial Association
Greenwood Cemetery
Eugene
Charles A. Briggs
Recreation Park
B. W. Blackburn
Peter Retzlaff
Juda
Paul C. Kehle
David Bruzelius
Blackburn
Senate OKs Farm Appropriation Bill and Lunch Funding
The Senate approved a 1.2117 billion dollar farm appropriation bill including a 10 million dollar boost for school lunches and a 125 thousand dollar increase for forest product research. Debate over soil conservation payments continued with Young’s proposed changes and Russell’s amendment raising the conservation fund to 300 million for the 1949 crop year.
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Washington
Senate
Young
R-Nd
Russell
House
Wiley
R-Wis
Stewart
D-Tenn
Brooks
R-Ill
Are Russell
D-Ga
Senate Appropriations Committee
One-Time Denver Attorney Appointed to Cabinet Post
Charles F. Brannan a 44 year old former Denver lawyer and longtime Agriculture Department employee was named secretary of agriculture by President Truman. He will need Senate confirmation to take over from Clinton P. Anderson who resigned May 10 to seek a New Mexico Senate seat. Brannan has served as regional attorney and since June 1944 as assistant secretary.
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Washington
Charles F. Brannan
Denver
Truman
Brannan
Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Agriculture Department
Department
Anderson
Congress
Texas Conventions Split Over Truman and Taft Factional Fight
The Texas Democratic convention names a 50 vote delegation split among pro Truman anti Truman and middle of the road factions while Republicans pick 33 delegates largely supporting Taft. Contests reflect 1944 party loyalties with Dewey Stassen and Burrus Creager influence and Oregon results cited. Florida Democrats hold a run off for governor with Warren Fuller and Dan McCarty in the race.
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Associated Press
Texas
Truman
Lone Star
Taft
Ohio
Alabama
South Carolina
R. B. Creager
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Suort
Washington
Gov
Dewey
Stassen
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Butte
North Dakota
Florida
Warren Fuller
Jacksonville
Dan McCarty
Fort Pierce
Fisherman Drowns in Wisconsin River Fall
Stevens Point resident Lawrence Bigalke, 33, drowned yesterday after falling from a retaining wall while fishing on the Wisconsin River. His body was recovered within minutes but attempts to revive him failed.
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Stevens Point
Lawrence Bigalke
Wisconsin
Bigalke
U S Rejects Egyptian Syrian Palestine Naval Blockade
The United States said it will not recognize a naval blockade of Palestine proclaimed by Egypt and Syria. Washington instructed American representatives in Egypt and Syria to protest. Lebanon offered to free 41 American citizens seized from the Marine Corp at Beirut if they travel to the United States and not to Palestine.
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Washington
United States
Palestine
Egypt
Syria
State Department
Lebanon
U. S. Steamship Marine Corp
Beirut
Mrs. Keller Heer Dies in Monroe at 64
Mrs. Fred Keller Heer, 64, of 1117 18th Avenue Monroe, died at 6 45 PM at St Clare hospital from heart disease after a year and a half of declining health. She was born August 14 1883 in Adams Township to Henry and Rebecca Mc Gonigal and married Otto Keller in 1901. Surviving are her husband, a daughter s Cecil Wells, Emma Morans, a son Otmar Keller, a brother Arthur McGonigal, four half siblings, two half sisters, 11 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral services set for 2 PM Thursday at Stuessy funeral home with Rev P C Kehle officiating. burial Greenwood cemetery.
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Fred Keller Heer
18Th Avenue
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Margaret McGonigal
Adams Township
Henry and
Rebecca Bowman McGonigal
Otto Keller
Keller
Fred Heer
Henry Ihus
Blanchardville
Cecil Wells
Brodhead
Emma Morans
Rockford
Otmar Keller
Clarno Township
Arthur McGonigal
Browntown
Herman
Carl
Melvin
Olaf Ihus
Charles Erickson
Oscar Homb
Madison
Stuessy Funeral Home
P. C. Kehle
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Arab States Weigh U N Cease Fire Call in Palestine
Seven Arab state representatives meet in Amman to discuss a United Nations request for a Palestine cease fire. The U N Security Council extends the deadline for 48 hours as Egypt and Syria back the extension amid British pressure to halt fighting.
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Cairo
Amman
Trans-Jordan
United Nations
Palestine
U. N. Security Council
Egypt
Syria
Foreign Office
London
Britain
U. N
GM Grants Hourly Wage Boost to Avert CIO Walkout
General Motors raises hourly wages for its CIO production workers by a unique cost of living formula. The plan aims to avert a strike by about 225,000 workers and could set a 1948 wage pattern for the auto industry. Chrysler’s 75,000 workers have a 14 day strike in progress, with resumed bargaining planned Wednesday.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Uaw-Cto
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
Lewis May Land In Trouble Again
Washington reports John L. Lewis faces possible court action next week over refusal to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers association. He and the United Mine Workers have been fined 2,130,000 for ignoring back-to-work orders in 1946. Judge T. Alan Goldsborough will rule on an injunction to curb further snubbing of President Joseph E Moody. NLRB counsel Robert N. Denham seeks immediate restraint and a show cause hearing after last week’s talks collapsed.
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Washington
John‘“L. Lewis
Southern Cart Producers’ Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Apri
T. Alan Goldsborough
UMW
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Moody’s
NLRB
Denham
Goldsborough
No Award Made In Libel Action
Amelia I Pope of Madison sued Belleville vicinity farmer John J Argue for libel over a post card containing allegedly defamatory remarks. The Green County circuit court jury of four women and eight men deliberated 25 minutes and returned no damages. Foreman Robert Wyss of Brodhead announced the verdict before Judge Jesse Earle. The complaint sought up to $10 000.
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Amelia I. Pope
Madison
John J. Argue
Belleville-New Glarus
Green County
Robert Wyss
Brodhead
Jesse Earle
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Reed
Ways and Means
Packinghouse
Armour and Co
Kansas City
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Howey
Union II
Okays
Anthony Dupre
New York
Dupre
Anthony Jr
Emil
Geis Post
Israel
U. S
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