Guard Welcomes High School Boys to National Guard
Capt Theodore J Burgy commander of Co K Monroe national guard unit announces a fall recruiting drive open to high school students. Plans include a military ball, a winter job program with pay, 15 day summer vacation, and a remodeled armory hosting athletics and social activities for a new youth center oriented program.
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National Guard
Theodore J. Burgy
Co. K. Monroe
National gAllard
Wisconsin
Cemetery Expansion Work Started Here
Surveyors began expansion of Calvary cemetery west of the current grounds aiming to add about three acres and increase the lot by roughly half the size of the adjacent field. Rev. E C McCollow noted playground fences rising along 20th avenue and 15th street. A new flagpole foundation was completed Saturday and new swing equipment is due this week.
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Calvary Cemetery
Juda Road
E. C. McCollow
20Th Avenue
15Th Street
Cooler Weather Brings Frost to Southern Region
The Monroe area enjoys fair, cooler conditions with a noon temperature around 63 after a high of 74 yesterday. Light frost is expected in the southern part of the state tonight with continued fair skies tomorrow. the 5 am low was 49.
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Mercury
Monroe
Army girl faces death for sergeant husband murder
A 21 year old British army wife and sergeant Montague were involved in a fatal July killing in Austria. The defendant Margar et Williams was sentenced to death today after the case concluded in a London court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Margaret Williams
Montague
Austria
New Diet Treatment May Free Diabetics From Use of Insulin
Atlantic City Daily reports a 14 year study by the American Chemical Society and Dr Michal Somogyi finds 99 percent of adults with diabetes can live normally on a diet based plan. The diet keeps weight ideal, permits starches sugars and proteins but reduces fats.
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Atlantic City
American Chemical Society
Michal Somogyi
Jewish Hospital of
Somogyi
Long Illness Fatal To Bert C Collins
Bert C Collins 75 of 733 15th avenue died at 3 35 am yesterday at St. Clare hospital from heart complications after five years of poor health. Born Feb 19 1874 in Sylvester township he married Hattie Edwards Sept 26 1893 in Albany. He lived in Sylvester and Colorado before settling in Monroe and Juda. He is survived by two sons a daughter four grandchildren one great grandchild a brother and a sister with services set at 3 pm tomorrow at Shriner Neushwan der funeral home.
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Bert C. Collins
15Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Sylvester Township
Augustus A
Kate Luther Collins
Madison
Albany
Hattie Edwards
Colorado
Green County
Juto
Monroe
Collins
Gerald A
Kenneth
Beloit
Robert Walton
L. V. Dodge
Brodhead
A. E. Collins
Pittsburgh
J. W. McElwee
Juda
Woodmen of the World
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral
Peter Retzlaff
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Nowatzke Held After Parking-Lot Collision
Paul W. Nowatzke 27 of 2709 6th Street was to appear before Justice of the Peace L A Koenig on charges of failing to stop after an accident. He was arrested after his car struck William McArdle 2242 6th Street as the McArdle vehicle was parked at home. McArdle followed Nowatzke and provided the license plate. Both cars sustained heavy damage.
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Paul W. Nowatzke
6Th Street
Justice of the Peace
L. A
Toll Dropped Death Toll From Noronic Fire Stokes Hope
The Noronic disaster near Toronto has 121 known dead with 84 missing. Divers search sunken cabins as Red Cross officials anticipate most of the missing may be found alive in the United States. officials plan an interdenominational memorial and city burial arrangements for unclaimed bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
S. S. Noronic
Red Cross
W. S. Stanbury
Canadian Red Cross
United States
Noronic
Great Lakes
Illinois Officials Seek Monroe Youth
A 17 year old from Monroe, missing from the Waukesha state school for boys, is being sought by Illinois authorities in connection with a robbery. Green County officials say he worked on a Stockton construction job and left before Labor Day while on vacation with his parents. A Buena Vista woman reports an apparent stomach wound after he sought food, and a Freeport rail worker says he treated another man for a wound in the same area.
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Monroe
Waukesha
Illinois
Joe Daviess
Green County
Stockton
Buena Vista
Freeport Rail
Three Engine XB-51 Bomber Built for Air Force
The Glenn L. Martin Co. builds the XB-51, the first three engine bomber for the U S Air Force. The design features a long fuselage swept wings and a tail mounted horizontal stabilizer, with two engines on pylons and a third in the tail. Wings may adjust angle to optimize airflow. Estimated top speeds exceed 600 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Glenn L. Martin Co
Baltimore
Air Force
Three Car Crashes Reported in Green County Weekend
Green county highway police investigated three traffic accidents over the weekend with no injuries. In one rear end collision at a key intersection four miles east of Juda, Anton Ommodt and John Rosheisen were involved as a third car turned out. A Monroe driver, John Grimm, left the road on highway 104 north of Brodhead and overturned near a culvert. A third rear end collision occurred three miles south of Juda at the Lawrence Klentz farm with Burrell and Swiggum in the lead vehicles.
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Green County
Anton R. Ommedt
Brodhead
John C. Rosheisen
Juda
Juta
Rosheisen
Ommodt
John Grimm
Monroe
Norman C. Burrell
Clifford M. Swiggum
Lawrence Klentz
Roberta Breed
Rock City
Burrell
Roger Dunwiddie
Charles Butts
Swiggum
Bradley May Head Pact Defense Unit
Gen. Omar N. Bradley is expected to lead the American member of the Atlantic pact military organization. The 12-nation council outlined a defense planning setup to be created Oct. 5, aiming for unified plans within six months to guide Western Europe and North America. The move supports possible U S arms aid to Europe and positions Bradley to influence the bloc's strategy. Secretary Acheson was chosen as first year chairman of the foreign ministers council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Atlantic Pact
State
Defense Departments
Congress
Europe
Senate
Defense
Bradley
Council of Foreign Ministers
United States
Acheson
Marshfield Firm Buys Armour Cheese Plants in Wisconsin
Marshfield based Pape Cheese Corp announces purchase of Armour Co central Wisconsin cheese plants in Marshfield Greenwood and Prentice. New Mid-State Corp co affiliated with Steve J. Miller will run operations with Robert W. Nisbet and Victor E. Hallman in key posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Armour Co
Wisconsin
Pape Cheese Corp
Marshield
Steve J. Miller
Mid-State
Greenwood
Prentice
Miller
Robert W. Nisbet
Armour Enterprises
Frank Morgan dies at 59 veteran actor of stage and screen
Hollywood mourns Frank Morgan a noted stage and film comic and radio star who died in sleep at 59. Born in New York City as Wupperman he appeared in 68 films including Keys to the City The Stratton Story The Great Ziegfeld Naughty Marietta and Green Dolphin Street. He enjoyed yachting and once slept through Dolphin IIs Honolulu race victory.
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Hollywood
Frank Morgan
Honolulu
Alma
Morgan
Clark Gable
Loretta Young
Stratton Story
Ziegfeld
Wupperman
New York City
George Wupperman
California Honolulu
Pound Devaluation Sends Global Markets Into Turmoil
Britain's drastic 30.5 percent pound devaluation drops the pound from 4.03 to 2.80 per dollar, halting London banks and stock exchanges while Europe and beyond suspend foreign exchange. Governments convene emergency sessions as Britain aims to boost dollar earnings and move toward self sufficiency by 1952.
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London
London Stock Exchange
France
Holland
Greece
South Africa
Europe
Sterling
Asia
Britain
America
Stafford Chorps
Soviet
Kremlin
Australia
India
New Zealand
Ireland
Israel
Norway
Denmark
Malaya
Egypt
Burma
Italy
Sweden
Finland
Canada
U. S
Douglass Abbott
Klassy Dies At Belleville Farm Home
Henry I. Klassy aged 61 was found dead on his Belleville route 1 farm. Green County Coroner Herman L. Stuessy ruled a heart attack as the cause with no inquest. Son of Henry Jr. and Anna Schraepfer Klassy, his funeral at Becker funeral home Belleville with services the next day.
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Belleville
Henry I. Klassy
Route 1
Green County
Herman L. Stuessy
Monroe
Henry Jr
Anna Schraepfer Klassy
Becker Funeral Home
Dirksen Enters Race to Oppose Lucas for U S Senate
Everett M. Dirksen of Pekin formally enters Illinois GOP race for U S Senate against incumbent Democrat Scott W. Lucas. Dirksen announces Sunday after Lucas, of Havana, is expected to seek another six-year term. no opposition yet in the April primary.
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Peoria
Everett M. Dirksen
Pekin
U. S. Senate
Illinois
Scott W. Lucas
Ill
Lucas
Havana
Dirksen
Coal Walkouts Spark National Mining Strike Mood
John L. Lewis led united mine workers in a strike over welfare fund payments as southern operators halt 20 cent per ton royalties. Roughly 480000 miners nationwide participate with about 80000 Pennsylvania anthracite workers quitting in sympathy. Above ground coal reserves total about 56 million tons, enough to power industry for over a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Murray Issues Steel Ultimatum
CIO leader Murray warned a nationwide steel strike could begin next Sunday unless pensions talks are settled now at conciliator sessions. The presidential board proposed a package of company financed pensions and social insurance costing up to 10 cents per hour. U S Steel and its president Fairless showed openness to social insurance up to four cents an hour but resisted full pension costs.
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Washington
Philip Murray
Cio-Steel
Murray
CIO
Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless
Mrs Robert Weiss Dies at Sylvester Farm Home
Mrs Robert Weiss age 51 died after a lingering illness at 1230 am Sunday at her Sylvester township farm home three miles northeast of Monroe. She was born May 18 1898 in Washington township and married to Robert Weiss January 25 1923 at St Johns church. Surviving are the husband one daughter Mrs Harry Feldt her father Jacob Altmann a sister Mrs Albert Heinzelman and four brothers Fred Theodore Henry and William. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery after services at St Johns church led by Rev Paul C Kehle.
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Robert Weiss
Sylvester Township
Monroe
Washington Township
Elsbeth Barbara Altmann
Jacob
Margaret Marty Altmann
St. John’s Church
Otilla
Shriner - Neushwander Funeral
Paul C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Miners Strike Widespread Amid Pension Fight
John L. Lewis leads a coal miners walkout with 1,000 pickets and 13 truckloads dumped as, in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, nonunion pits shut down. Union leaders decry lack of royalty payments to the welfare fund, while operators suspend their contributions.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
West Virginia
Strin
United Mine Worker
UMW
Pension and Welfare Fund
Lewis
Mississippi
Tnited
States Steel Corp
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Steel Corporator
Springfield
Retirement and Welfare Fund
Polio Emergency Fund Reaches $500 in Green County
Voluntary contributions of $500 were received in Monroe and Green County as the national fund drive for infantile paralysis expands. Leland Lamboley, Green County chapter chairman, announced centers will operate Friday and Saturday in Brodhead and local villages with donations left at banks and post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Leland L. Lamboley
Green County
Brodhead
Madison Legion Club Safe Blown by Robbers
Three men blew open two safes at the American Legion clubhouse early today after tying up the night watchman. Club manager Urban H. Linden said an audit would determine how much was stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
American Legion
Urban H. Linden
Labor leaders accuse Allis-Chalmers of bad faith bargaining
Five plant leaders at Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. accuse the company of failing to bargain in good faith. They charge the firm across its facilities in La Crosse and beyond with stalling and not engaging earnestly with union demands.
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la Crosse
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
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Guard
Pact Defense Unit
Marshfield Firm
Armour
England
H. J. Klassy
Madison Legion Club
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