City Officials Study City Limits and Speed Sign Needs
The city safety committee and Police Chief J H Schwaiger review the extent and placement of city limit and speed limit signs. They consider Welcome Monroe City Limits and End Speed Zone Thank You signs, study approaches, and potential suppliers to secure stock for delivery in 40 days to months.
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Police and Safety Committee
City Council
J. H. Schwaiger
J. Rorton
L. G. Forcade
Frank A. Buehler
William F. Beckman
Monroe City Limits
Schwaiger
Dallas
Tex
Buehler
Mrs. C. A. Belleville Winslow Dies at 62
Mrs Chester A Belleville 62 of Winslow died after a long illness at her home last night. Born Emma Martha Riemer on February 12 1887 in Cadiz township she married Chester A Belleville in 1907. She leaves four daughters two brothers six grandchildren and was predeceased by her husband and parents. Funeral services Saturday at 2 pm at Evangelical United Brethren church Winslow with interment in Staver cemetery Clarno township.
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Winslow
Chester A. Belleville
Emma Martha Riemer
Cadiz Township
Frederick and
Augusta Wendorf Riemer
Chester Arthur Belleville
Staver Church
Anna Foss
Edith Klontz
Minnie Stamm
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Staver
Clarno Township
Cardascio Funeral Home
Cool Area Weather Forecast Through Friday
After a shaky start the day brightened with sun by mid morning as highs reach 62. Tonight parts of Wisconsin may dip near freezing with continued cloudy, windy, cool conditions into Friday.
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Wisconsin
City workers search for missing manhole on courthouse square
Water department crews checked valves after cementing over a manhole believed buried under the last concrete slab on the Montgomery Ward corner. Superintendent Z A Gorder ordered a full valve survey to ensure no leaks and that the square’s new water lines function properly. No action decided yet.
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City Water Department
Court House Square
Water Department
Z. A. Gorder
Montgomery Ward
Gorder
Green County Red Cross budget group named at county meeting
A budget committee for the Green County American Red Cross was named at a 20 member gathering in the courthouse chaired by County Chairman Dr. Alfred E. Leiser. Members include Mrs. F B Luchsinger Arthur C Benkett Dr Benjamin Brunkow Alvin H Rabler and others from Monroe with additional members from Monticello and New Glarus. The group will meet Friday at the Luchsinger home to draft recommendations for the national office to set the county quota.
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Green County
The
American Red Cross
Court House
Alfred E. Leiser
F. B. Luchsinger
Arthur C. Benkett
Benjamin Brunkow
Alvin H. Rabler
Leiser
Monroe
J. W. Barlow
J. L. Norton R. N
Genevieve Arensdorf
Lois Faubel
National Red Cross
Atlantic City
N. J
Madison
Benjamin Brurkow
Faubel
Elderly Men Injured As Car Hits Calvert
Preston J. Reed and Archie Ostrander, both elderly residents of Juda, were treated at St. Clare hospital after a late night collision one and a half miles south of Juda near the old Riley school site. Reed was the driver of the car that struck a cement culvert rail head on, causing chest injuries and a possible left hand fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston J. Reed
Archie Ostrander
Juda
St. Clare Hospital
Browntown
Hepatitis Claims Third Vickers Boy
A third son of Mr and Mrs William H Vickers Jr died of the same liver disease that killed his two brothers all three boys died at age 14 at St Clare hospital James Vickers 14 died at 1240 am hospitalized since July 24 he suffered fluid buildup in legs and abdomen The state medical laboratory collaborates on the case The first death was Ivan Alden in April 1944 John Wesley died March 25 1948 All deaths occurred at St Clare hospital Born February 17 1935 he was the son of William Harrison and Effie Schneider Vickers Surviving include five sisters and four brothers Funeral arrangements are handled by Hanson Funeral Home South Wayne
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William H. Vickers Jr
Winslow
St. Clare Hospital
James Vickers
Vickers
State Medical Laboratory
Ivan Alden
John Wesley
St. Clare Hospvital
William Harrison
Effie Schneider Vickers
Phyllis Hough
South Wayne
Lawrence Martin
Blanchardville
Lawrence Rowe
Apple River
Willis G. McKee
Apapie River
Fllen
Ferr
Monroe
Charles
Duane
Naternal
Thomas Vickers
Rockford
Hanson Funeral Home
Snyder Acquires Freeport Leather Goods Co
Harold T. Snyder announces purchase of Spencer Leather Goods Co of Freeport with Warren LeBar on. Spencer Leather Goods Co has operated since 1897 and will transfer early next month. Located on Exchange Street near Stephenson County Court House, it serves leather goods retail and leather findings clients in northern Illinois eastern Iowa and southern Wisconsin. Snyder ends partnership with Clifford H. Snively on Oct 15.
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Harold T. Snyder
14Th Avenue
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Snyder
Clifford H. Snively
Milwaukee Borden Increases Milk Price This Week
The Gridley division of Borden Co announces a one cent rise in milk price effective Monday. Regular home delivery will cost 16 cents a quart, with no similar hikes from other large dairies reported.
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Milwaukee
Gridley
Borden Co
Pool Fire Strikes New London Facility in Winter
A municipal swimming pool in New London caught fire yesterday. Firefighters responded to a blaze in hay stored in the drained pool to protect it from winter rain and snow.
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New London
Denver's Exile Returns Blackmer Will Face Tax Action
80 year old Henry M. Blackmer, once a Denver oil magnate, returns from 25 years abroad to face six federal income tax evasion charges. He lands in Boston then heads to Denver, accompanied by his wife soprano Eide Norena, amid echoes of Teapot Dome era scandals and lingering ties to Doheny Fall and Sinclair.
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Denver
Mountain
Henry M. Blackmer
Europe
Boston
Chicago
Eide Norena
Teapot Dome
Blackmer
Edward L. Dohner
Harry Sinclair
Continental Trading Co
Cheyenne
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Harding
Fall
Dohney
Sinclair
Sinclair Oil Corp
New York
U. S
France
Geneva
Switzerland
Paris
Deadlock on Coal Delays Settlement Talks
The coal strike stalemate lingers as southern mine owners hint at restoring back pay to the United Mine Workers Welfare Fund amid fund deficits. Northern and western operators press time with John L. Lewis as steel dispute talks loom, while Bluefield negotiations focus on 20 cent royalty payments.
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White Sulphur Springs
Southern
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
UMW
Welfare Fund
Northern
Western
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Bluefield
W. Va
Southern Coal Producers Association
Agencia
Illinois High Court Refuses To Release Slaying Case Figure
The Illinois supreme court denied Tony Marino's petitions for habeas corpus and a new trial. Marino, an Italian immigrant, was sentenced to life in 1925 for killing a janitor during a holdup in Winnebago County and is held at Stateville prison. He claimed lack of counsel and language barriers at trial.
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Illinois High Court
Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Tony Marino
U. S. Supreme Court
Illinois
Marino
Winnebago County
Stateville
South Wayne Votes Another Fall Festival
South Wayne approves an annual fall festival with Oct. 13 tentatively set for the event. W. O. Bruns is named chairman and committees will be named shortly.
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South Wayne
W. O. Bruns
Wisconsin Cheese Market Reports Mixed With Light Demand
Federal state market news notes Wisconsin American cheese demand light and trading quiet. Prices show varied ranges including single daisies and longhorns with multiple figures and color descriptors.
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Madison
Wisconsin
E. L
House Chiefs Abandon Plan To Seek Labor Act Changes
House leaders abandon efforts to repeal Taft Hartley this session and foresee no action in 1950. Lesinski says no report on labor bill and no immediate change in stance, despite anticipated strikes and political campaigning. The Senate passed forms of Taft Hartley but the House has not acted. President Truman declares fight to end the law.
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House
Washington
Congress
Lesinski
D-Mich
House Labor Committee
Senate
Truman
Mr. Truman
Cyrus Ching
Murray
Mass walkout of 150 at Norris City pipeline project
More than 400 unidentified outsiders disrupted a Texas Eastern Transmission Corp and a government sponsored corn storage project in Norris City Illinois ordering about 150 workers off the job. Estimates of the crowd range up to 3000 with 100 cars arriving from several roads. No violence reported and leaders could not be identified. Some said workers were told to stay off until organized and others that the group would return tomorrow for checks. Norris City lies about 110 miles southeast of St Louis and 46 miles west of Evansville Indiana.
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Norris City
Ill
U. S
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Southern Illinois
Texas Eastern
Anna
Here
St. Louis
Evansville
Ind
Mrs Kunzelman Dies in Darlington at 27
Mrs. George Kunzelman aged 27 of Darlington died at 10 15 am at St Clare hospital after a brain infection following sinus trouble. Survived by her husband a Van Matre school teacher near Wiota. Body at Stuessy funeral home with arrangements pending.
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George Kunzelman
Darlington
St. Clare _ hospital
State's Polio Total Climbs to 715 Cases
Six more polio cases were reported in Wisconsin bringing the 1949 total to 715. The state health board cited Arcadia Trempealeau county and Grant townships as new cases, with additional cases in Clark county Dunn county Wilton Monroe Mt Pleasant Racine Farmington and Washington counties.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Arcadia
Trempealeau County
Grant
Clark County
Dunn
Dunn County
Wilton
Monroe County
Mt. Pleasant
Racine County
Farmington
Washington County
Wisconsin Farm Land Values Slip in 1949 Report
An Agriculture Department bulletin shows Wisconsin farm land values fell four percent for the four months ending June 30, while Michigan dropped three percent and Ohio remained unchanged. Illinois New York Iowa New Jersey Maryland Delaware saw firm or rising values, and Indiana valued 149 percent above the prewar 1935-39 average.
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Washington
Iowa
Minnesota
Agriculture Department
Ohio
Wisconsin
Michigan
U. S
Illinois
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Indiana
Power Firm Crews To Start New Line
Wisconsin Power and Light Co. crews of 75 to 80 men will arrive in Monroe next week to begin a half million dollar project. The Beloit to Monroe 69 000 volt transmission line will run from the new substation site in Monroe to the Beloit generating station. Poles are stockpiled in Brodhead Juda and Monroe with setting to start Monday. Completion is targeted for December to improve Monroe voltage and service.
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Monroe
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Beloit
W. S. MacDonald
Brodhead
Juda
MacDonald
Ends This Sunday as Daylight Saving Time Reverses
Daylight saving ends this Sunday affecting about 50 million Americans. Clocks are set back one hour in almost all fast time zones at 2 a.m. Sunday, restoring standard time and shorter evenings.
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New York
Crucible Strike Ends After 81 Days at Milwaukee Plant
An 81 day strike at Crucible Steel Castings Corp in Milwaukee ends as 200 CIO united steel workers return to work. The settlement includes wage adjustments of 1 to 15 cents per hour.
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Crucible
Milwaukee
Crucible Steel Castings Corp
CIO
United Steel
Murray
Pittsburgh
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel
Big Steel
Ching
Murray Accepts Plan To Resume Pact Conference
The CIO United Steel Workers suspend a nationwide strike for a week and press United States Steel Corp to resume talks. Murray backs Truman peace plan extending the truce and reopening bargaining in Pittsburgh while wildcat stoppages idle nearly 2,500 workers and workers demand company financed pensions.
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Murray
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers
United States Steel Corp
Truman
Philip Murray
U. S. Steel) Corporation
Vandalism Reported At Davis School House
Vandalism at the Davis school in Spring Grove township is under investigation by Green County sheriff. Three windows were smashed and the yard was littered with bottles and paper.
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Davis School
Spring Grove Township
Green County
Sheriff’s Office
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C.A. Belleville Winslow
County Red Cross
Freeport
Borden
Rhine
Givors
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Doheny
Santa Fe
Liberty
Throng
Illinois Pipeline
Pariey
Davis
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