Officials Favor Metered Center to Move Traffic on Square
City aldermen informally favor meters as the main answer to center square traffic while delaying center lane meters to allow Monroe Courtesy League to propose an alternative. The group urged education and police assistance to keep cars off the square, aiming to preserve shopper parking and curb congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police and Safety Committee
E. J. Norton
L. G. Forcade
Herman L. Schindler
Floyd Matzke
Sebastian Laesser Jr
Kempfert
Chamber of Commerce
Front Line Ag
Buehler
League
J. H. Schwaiger
Scherer
Monroe Clinic
Air Crash Laid To Slaying Plot In Quebec Jewelers Arraignment
Quebec jeweler J Albert Guay was arraigned on a murder charge connected to a bomb aboard an airliner that killed 23, including three New York executives. His wife Rita Morel Pitre was detained after delivering a package she believed contained dynamite to the plane. Police hunted a mystery woman who delivered the package and died in the crash. Mrs Pitre overdosed on sleeping pills after the probe began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
J. Albert Guay
Guay
Arthur Pitre
Rita Morel
Pitre
Canadian Pacific Airways
New York
Driver Hitch-Hikes 700 Miles for Trial
Francis M. Bergeron 27 of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin was charged with reckless driving after a milk truck struck a curb and damaged a park fence on September 11. He hitch-hiked 700 miles to attend the police court trial and was freed yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Francis M. Bergeron
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Teen-agers Held By Milwaukee Police After Street Battle
Milwaukee police detained 11 youths after a crowd milling near a street corner sparked a near riot. Inspector Hubert Dax told Civil Judge Robert Cannon that residents and shopkeepers complained of loitering and rowdiness. The judge released the cases with orders for home confinement after 7 p.m. for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Hubert Dax
Robert Cannon
Cannon
Slot Machine Heist Hits Hammond Club
Eight armed men hijacked eight slot machines from Woodmar Country Club in Hammond Indiana this morning. The leader warned managers to stay quiet or risk harm as six accomplices followed. Police noted recent statewide raids on slot machines in Whiting and Gary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Woodmar Country Club
Whiting
Gary
11 Billions Paid To Newer Veterans
The Veterans Administration reports total World War II veteran benefits near 21 billion dollars, with July 31 totals at 20.98 billion and a 15.2 million veteran population. Education and training via the GI bill account for about 7.87 billion, with disability and readjustment supports adding hundreds of millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Fall claims life of roofer Harold Zaun near town
Harold Zaun, 30, died when he fell from scaffolding while shingling a roof on a residence outside Waukesha. The accident occurred today as he worked on the home’s exterior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Harold Zaun
CIO Expects Reds To Form Own Unit
New York dispatch reports high CIO officials expect pro communist union leaders to split from the CIO and form a new labor federation. The Times cites factional struggles in the New York teachers union and preparations for the Cleveland convention as indicators of an imminent split affecting up to 11 affiliates with about one million members led by the Electrical Workers division at roughly 600,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
New York Times
Communist Party
Washington
the Times
Philip Murray
CTO
Murray
Times
Cleveland
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
Farm Equipment Workers
United Automobile Workers
Electrical Workers
White House tight on further Russian bomb data
The United States asserts it holds a vast lead in atomic weapons and will not lose it. Officials say Russia needs years to build a sizeable A bomb stockpile while the U S has pursued the program since 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
United States
Russia
Truman
Omar N. Bradley
United States Chiefs of Staff
Association of American Scientists
Britain
Burgess Co. Starts To Dismiss Workers
Twenty two employees of the Burgess Battery Co. were laid off at shift end as the firm moves toward a Sept. 30 shutdown date for local operations. The remaining 42 will be laid off next Friday as the Monroe plant closes and equipment is moved out by Nov. 1. The plant began as a wartime operation in October 1943 with over 100 workers at peak production for the armed services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Battery Co
F. J. Kirkman
Freeport
Monroe
Armed Services
Miss Kathinka Einbeck Dies at Masshardt Nursing Home
Miss Kathinka J. Einbeck aged 83 died at Masshardt Nursing Home at 1 30 p m today. She was an aunt of E C Einbeck of Lansing Michigan born in Frankfurt Germany. Survived by sister Mrs Charles Olin who was with her during her last illness. Body is at Shriner Neushwander funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathinka J. Einbeck
Masshardt
9Th Street
E. C. Einbeck
6Th Street
Shriner-Neushwander
Miss Einbeck
Charles Olin
Lansing, Mich
Frankfurt
Germany
Olin
Clocks Set Back Across Regions As Daylight Time Ends
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, turning clocks back to 1 a.m. in areas on fast time. The change affects about 50 million Americans and returns clocks to standard time, concluding daylight time first observed last April 24.
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New York
Steel Conference To Resume Monday In Pittsburgh
Five of the largest steel firms including United States Steel face renewed talks with the CIO United Steelworkers in Pittsburgh to avert a nationwide shutdown. The deadline is October 1, with five days left of the six day trace. President Truman's fact finding board recommended a ten cent hourly rise for pensions and insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
Steel Corporation
Murray
John Stephens
Stephens
Truman
Steel
New Museum Open House Marks Revival of Society
Green County Historical Society hosts an open house at Idle Hour farm carriage house this Sunday from 2 30 to 4 30 p m. Members explain museum items and invite the public while Mrs E N Churchill and Mrs Arthur C Frautschy label exhibits from Monroe pioneer history. A 3 30 business session will present proposed by laws led by Marshall L Peterson with Dr Clifford Lord. Citizens with historic items may contact Arthur Frautschu Route 5 to loan or donate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Historical Society
Idle Hour Farm
Society
E. N. Churchill
Arthur C
Announcement Stirs Demand to Share Atomic Secrets
Washington reports Truman's disclosure of the Soviet atomic blast erases congressional opposition to sharing A bomb know how with Britain and Canada. Lawmakers call for tighter defense ties among NATO nations and centralizing A bomb production in the United States. Senator Lucas leads calls for allied cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly
New York
Mr. Truman
Russia
Washington
Truman
Britain
Canada
United Nations
Stalin
Europe
Lucas
Illinois
White House
State Department
Military
Central Intelligence
Senate
Reasa Fined In City Sign Speeding Case
Albany resident Harry D. Reasa paid a $7 fine and costs plus two witness fees after pleading to a speeding charge in justice court. He argued the charge lacked justification due to allegedly unmarked city limits, admitting he passed a squad car and slowed at the city sign on 6th Street. Justice L A Koenig noted a city limits sign issue could have raised the maximum penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Reasa
Albany
Justice Court
Reasa
Justice of the Peace L. A
Justice Koenig
Sion
Browntown Anglers Injured in Accident
George W. Campbell aged 78 of Browntown along with three fishing companions were hospitalized in Mercy hospital Janesville after Campbell’s car ran into a ditch and overturned on county trunk highway M east of Fulton. Campbells brother Edward and other travelers George E. Goetz and George Beach were present. None were seriously hurt. Deputy Floyd Stone said Campbell lost control at a curve while en route to Indian Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Campbell
Browntown
Mercy Hospital
Janesville
Campbell
Fulton
Indian Ford
Edward
Los Angeles
George E. Goetz
Monroe
George Beach
Rock County
Floyd Stone
Lowell Thomas Injured In Himalayan Horse Ride
The Air Force said it may fly author and radio commentator Lowell Thomas out of a remote Himalayan village after he was thrown from a horse while returning to India from Tibet. He is 57 and was injured in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Thomas
Washington
Air Force
Himalayas
Thomas
India
Tibet
Europe Reacts to Russia Atomic Blast Amid Unease
London reports show nervousness across Europe as governments weigh the implications of Russia's atomic test. Observers note the U S leads in stockpiling while calls grow for international atomic controls. Seismic readings suggest blasts in Siberia and surrounding regions, with officials in Paris Athens Lund and Rome weighing the event's meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Russia
White House refuses comment on new Russian atomic explosion report
Washington reports that President Truman’s disclosure of an atomic explosion in Russia drew no further light from the White House. Press Secretary Ross said no additional statements are planned today and could not confirm a Stockholm radio claim of a Sept. 4 blast near the Crimea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Truman
Russia
Charles G. Ross
Stockholm
Crimea
Ross
Blair House
McMahon
D-Conn
Frost Marks County With Ember Prediction
White frost covered Green county areas last night and lingered in lowlands with leaves shedding flakes at 7 am. Temperatures dipped to 35 in the eastern part while frost was widespread across the northern half of the state. Today is an ember day signaling a hopeful December. fair weather tonight and Sunday should bring warmer temperatures after a high of 60 today following yesterday's 48.
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Green County
State's Dairy Queen To Be Wedded Sept. 30
Madison Wisconsin 1949 Dairy queen Donna Mae Lavonne Hermann two and Chester M Nesheim 20 applied for a marriage license in Mt Horeb both natives of Mt Horeb Miss Hermann studies as an X ray technician at Wisconsin General hospital Nesheim employed in Indianapolis the couple expect to marry Sept 30 in Mt Horeb
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Donna Mae Lavonne Hermann
Chester M. Nesheim
Mt. Horeb
Miss Hermann
Wisconsin General Hospital
Nesheim
Indianapolis
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U.S
Ernest Bevin
United Nations General Assembly
Flushing Meadows
Vishinsky
Burgess Co
Kathinka Einbeck
Paris
Paul Ramadier
France
Athens Observatory
Soviet
Afghanistan
Lund
Sweden
Siberia
Rome
Pietro Nenni
U. S
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