Councilmen Hear Parking Meters Story With No Action
Monroe officials report parking meters can be self financing over time and fund an officer, while police urge strict enforcement. The council also approves licenses and sewer projects and notes a new chlorination plant arrival for the city disposal system.
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M. H. Rhodes, Inc
Hartford
Duncan Meter Corp
Chicago
Monroe
J. H. Schwaiger
Monroe Sales Co
William F. Beckman
Board of Public Works
WL. Dobbs
Ernest C. Woeffler
Larry W. Vincent
Francis W. Cook
Carl Shiess
Paul S. Hanson
John H. Vo
21St Street
29Th Avenue
10Th Street
13Th Street
Board of Health
16Th Street
12Th Avenue
11Th Avenue
15Th Street
I Ae Ee Es
Early hunting season warnings rise in Jefferson township
A car near Fairfield school in Jefferson township was struck by a stray bullet as hunters prepare for the season. Floyd Stuckey and two passengers escaped injury, while reports spread of hunters from outside the district moving into Green County.
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Fairfield School
Jefferson Township
Floyd Stuckey
Stuckey
Miss Betty McGrath Dies in Madison Hospital
Miss Betty McGrath 28 died at 2 15 AM in a Madison hospital after a gallant battle with a serious heart ailment. She had been hospitalized three weeks under a specialist’s care and a blood clot on a lung precipitated her decline. Born February 17 1918 in Monroe she was survived by her mother and twin brother William Howard McGrath. Funeral arrangements by Stuessy funeral home will be announced.
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Betty McGrath
Madison
William H. McGrath
10Th Street
Arizona
Mary Elizabeth McGrath
Monroe
William Howard McGrath
Nell Miller
University of Arizona
Tucson
Chicago
Miss McGrath
Monroe High School
Delta Gamma Sorority
Women's Athletic Association
American Steel Foundries
Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Company
Wrigley Building
Stuessy Funeral Home
Bolender Jr Elected Wisconsin Universalists Leader
Fred J. Bolender Jr. of Wausau elected president of the Wisconsin Universalist organization at the 93rd annual convention in Monroe. Dr. Alfred W. Swann delivered the keynote address, with remarks from Dr. Robert Cummins. The anniversary dinner followed the night session, honoring the church’s 85th year.
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Fred J. Bolender Jr
Wausau
Monroe
Wisconsin Universalist
Alfred W. Swann
Madison
Robert Cummins
Boston
Emery A. Odell
Myles F. Pember
Dr. Swann
Robert Tschudy
Ned Walker
Herbert Ainsworth
Bruce Blum
Laroy Dodge
State Association
Fred J. Bolender Sr
Jessie Moore
Stoughton
D. Andrew Howey
R. J. Harvey
Racine
Edward Hoerner
Willis Ludlow
C. W. Warner
Augusta
Howey
Cummins
Alice
Marian Signer
Robert E. Hardell
Ray A. Young
Walter L. Day
A. S. Myers
OPA Maintains Meat Policy Enforcement Amid Decontrol
Washington reports that the OPA will keep a large staff and continue enforcement against price control violators even after meat decontrol. Richard A. Frank says there will be no holiday on enforcement of past violations and agents may shift to autos rents and lumber cases.
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Washington
OPA
Richard A. Frank
Wage Stabilization Board Meets Truman Advisers
Washington reports say public members of the wage stabilization board conferred with President Truman's economic advisers as the administration drafts an order to speed the ending of wage controls. Chicago AFL urges no compromise with Russia and backs Baruch plan for international control of fissionable materials and research to curb atomic war use.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
Chicago
American Federation of Labor Today
Russia
U. S
Fine Record Set as Green County Agent Leaves
Marlys Richert, Green county home demonstration agent for nine years, ends duty yesterday to become Waukesha county home agent. Her departure leaves two county vacancies with no replacement. Richert boosted 4‑H club growth from 18 groups and 325 members in 1937 to 30 groups and 800 plus members now, with potential new groups in Cadiz township and Monroe. She outlined 1946 47 programs and will return to Monroe weekends while seeking a new home in Waukesha.
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Marlys Richert
Green County
Waukesha
Waukesha County
Mildred Kuelling
Miss Richert
Cadiz Township
Monroe
Wisconsin College of Agriculture Extension
Odd Fellows Elect Wisconsin Grand Officers
Rev. F. J Smith of Augusta was elected grand patriarch. Other officers named include Marvin C. Sorenson Neenah grand high priest Robert Chapman Wausau grand seniorwarden Van Bailey Blue River grand junior warden Frank E Roll West Allis grand scribe R A Aspinwall Fort Atkinson assistant grand scribe J H Burmeister Waupun grand treasurer and Hans Mortensen South Milwaukee trustee.
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Odd Fellows
Rhinelander
F. J Smith
Augusta
Wisconsin
Marvin C. Sorenson
Neenah
Robert Chapman
Wausau
van Bailey
Blue River
Frank E. Roll
West Allis
R. A. Aspinwall
Fort Atkinson
J. H. Burmeister
Waupun
Hans Mortensen
South Milwaukee
Hirohito Visits MacArthur in Subtle Tokyo Meeting
Emperor Hirohito met General Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo without fanfare. The hour long talks touched on Japan’s new constitution reducing imperial power and the distribution of food aiding living conditions.
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Hirohito
MacArthur
Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
General MacArthur
Nuernberg
Japan
End of Price Controls Loom in Meat and Food Wages
Washington reports swift decontrol momentum as Truman acts to remove meat ceilings and consider lifting all remaining price limits. Officials foresee early end to most controls, with dairy and food ceilings under review and wage curbs easing under reconversion plans.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Truman
United States
White House
Wage Stabilization Board
Eben Ayers
Truck Crash At Milwaukee Crossing Sheds Light On Miracle
At a highway 10 crossing in Pewaukee a collision threw driver Conrad Stark from his truck, which then was struck by a train. The impact scattered truck debris for yards. Stark suffered only bruises while train windows were broken but passengers escaped injury. The Milwaukee Association of Commerce party on board resumed their tour within an hour.
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Pewaukee
Milwaukee Road
Highway 10
E. Conrad Stark
Marvin Christopherson
Eau Claire
Stark
Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Goering Takes Cyanide to Escape Hanging
Herman Goering, Nazi leader and Hitler ally, fatally poisons himself with cyanide hours before the scheduled executions of ten other top regime figures. The condemned men were hanged in a grim prison setting as Goering died in his cell, his parting flair evident to observers.
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Nuernberg
Herman Goering
Goering
Pudgy
Adolf Hitler
E. W. Reese Dies Of Heart Attack At 55 In Monroe
Eugene W. Reese 55 a Monroe businessman died at St. Clare hospital after suffering a heart attack at his home Thursday morning. He had been a Metropolitan Insurance salesman in the area for 19 years and is survived by his wife four daughters two sons and several siblings. The body was taken to Stuessy funeral home with arrangements pending word from Germany where his son serves in the army.
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Eugene W. Reese
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Reese
14Th Avenue
Dodgeville
Henry
Jennie S. Jones Reese
Spring Green
Reese
Baraboo Business College
Artie Snyder
Metropolitan Insurance Co
Union Presbyterian Church
Glen Hoff Jr
David B
Stuessy Funeral Home
Germany
Mayer
Greeley
Meat Prices Rise as Controls Lifted Across Nation
The first day after meat controls ended shows continued short rations and prices well above ceilings. Live hog prices hit all time highs in some regions while surveys in major cities vary on when ample supplies will return, with New York quoting as high as a dollar per pound.
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Paul J. Leitheuser
Carl Tarantino
New York
Associated Press
New York City
Record cattle and hog prices surge at Chicago stockyards
Livestock traders push cattle to a new high as red steers reach 35.25 per hundredweight and hogs top 27.50 before easing to 26 as demand outstrips supply. Nationwide receipts volume rises while buyers struggle to move stock. Lamb prices show potential to break yesterday’s peak.
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Chicago
Goering Death Mystery at Nuremberg Jail
Hermann Goering, once Hitler’s top ally, killed himself with potassium cyanide in his Nuremberg prison cell less than two hours before his execution. An official three man inquiry was formed to determine how he obtained the poison amid intensive guard, with amateur detectives and a rival lawyer offering theories.
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Nuernberg
Herman Goering
Goering
Hitler
International Military Tribunal
Bodies of Goering and associates moved from Nuernberg prison
Two sealed vans a.ibid under armed escort carried the bodies of Hermann Goering and 10 hanged satellites from Nuernberg prison. Officials refused to reveal the destination, stating secrecy. The convoy may have used planes, passing through Forth and Erlanger airfields while military police blocked roads in pursuit.
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Nuernberg
Hermann Goering
Samuel Binder
Forth
Nuremberg Trials Execute 10 Nazi Leaders at Dawn
Ten convicted Nazi leaders including Joachim von Ribbentrop Arthur Seyss Inquart Wilhelm Keitel Ernst Kaltenbrunner Alfred Rosenberg Hans Frank Wilhelm Frick Julius Streicher Fritz Sauckel and Alfred Jodl were hanged in Nuernberg after their war crimes sentences. Witnesses reported no coffins but audible executions and van convoy departures at dawn.
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International Military Tribunal
God Save
Germany
von Ai
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Poland
Wilhelm Frick
Bohemia and
Moravia
Julius Streicher
Fritz Sauckel
Alfred Jodl
Furth
Nuernberg
Goerings
Kingsbury Smith
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E. W. Reese
United States Army
Richard McConnell
Army Public Relations
McConnell
Friedrich Bergold
Martin Bormann
Bergold
Bormann
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
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