Oil Parley Fails Ignite Nationwide 250000 Strike
A government sponsored conference on the 35 000 oil workers strike sparked a threat of a nationwide work stoppage authorized by the CIO Oil Workers International Union. If talks fail, 250 000 more workers could join idle idling gas supplies and affecting major cities including New York Detroit and Akron.
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Concil el
O. A. Knight
Fort Worth
CIO Oil Workers Inter-national Union
Bame Netional Executive Council
Nee
New York City
Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Corporation
CIO United Rubber
B. F. Goodrich Company
Akron
Pacific Northwest
AFL
Go Apl
The
Pacific
United Mine Workers
Welcome for Burgess Battery Plant Moves Discussed
Officials at Freeport reassured Monroe Chamber of Commerce members that Burgess Battery Co. will be welcomed here. Dwight Crandall and Roy Burmeister urged Burgess to continue manufacturing batteries in Monroe, noting a move from the south side plant employing 165 is likely by November first. Some sub-assemblies may stay. future tied to the south plant. Chamber also discussed a potential promotional booklet on Monroe and a drive to discredit fund-collecting solicitors for disabled veterans aids. Chamber membership reaches 131 with new members Ninneman Coal and Ice, Tow Store, V. A. Stauffacher, and M. J. Gonstead listed among officers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Batl
Freeport
Ee Company
Monroe
Dwight A. Crandall
Chamber of Commerce
Crandall
Roy F. Burmeister
Burgess Company
Pree
Burgess
Ges
Chamber
Mon—roe
Ralph J. Kundert
V. A. Stauffacher
M. J. Gonstead
Chire- Present
Laroy Dodge
Day
Rall H.C. Roth
D. A. Crandall
Paul Baltzer
Alvin F. Bolgrien
N. Johnson
Fire Department Monthly Meeting Presided By Buenser
Mayor Frank A. Buenser served as presiding officer at Monroe’s monthly firemen meeting held Tuesday evening in Chief Otto H. Kundert’s absence. Thirty five members attended. Those who responded to Friday’s false alarm were listed for payment. The mystery of automatic alarm remains in box 73 at 17th street and 14th avenue, though the box had not been opened. The alarm system operates on a closed circuit to sound and alarm the connecting wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Buenser
Monroe
Otto H. Kundert
17Th Street
14Th Avenue
Monroe backs plan for northeast airport site
Monroe leaders push rapid action on a class I airport northeast of the city with backing from state planning board and Civil Aeronautics Administration. CAP officials and Army Air Forces support aim to establish a Monroe wing of the Civil Air Patrol. federal aid and local financing are anticipated to fund initial construction and operations.
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Monroe
State Planning Board
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Civil Air Patrol
Frank A. Buehler
CAP
John Stratton
Madison
R. H. Jackson
Major Payne
Army Air Forces
Schaeffer
Buehler
Major Jackson
H. G. Kuitu
Ing
Department of Commerce
St. Paul
Frankfurt On Maine
Eisenhower
George 8. Patton
Bavaria
Isolation swing warning from Truman press remarks
President Truman warned that an isolationist swing in the United States would lead to ruin, urging patience to assess the London foreign ministers council results and noting no plan to recall General MacArthur. He said Russians have a representative with MacArthur and can convey views through him.
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U.S
Truman
Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers
London
United States
David Lawrence
Washington Star
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
U. S
Japan
MacArthur
General MacArthur
Green County Publishes First Atlas and Plat Book in 15 Years
Green County releases a new atlas and plat book with innovations in material and design. County Clerk Clarence Lengacher, a compiler, previewed the volume in the courthouse. The 14 by larger format book lists 85 cheese factories, farm lands with acreages, village and city plats with lot dimensions, and a clear school district map. A smaller edition with maps will be sold to traveling firms. Total cost to producers about 2500 dollars.
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Green County
Clarence W. Lengacher
Court House
Madison
Lengadher
Tthem
Gruenewald patriarch dies at 92 in Monroe county
Gruenewald Sr a prom er cheesemaker in the county died at his home 620 14th avenue at 245 p m Tuesday from old age and heart trouble. Born in St Stephan Switzerland May 13 1853 he came to America at 16 and lived in Milwaukee Oshkosh Green County since 1883. Survived by son Jacob J Gruenewald Monroe two daughters Mrs N H Durst and Mrs Wilmer Coates five grandchildren two great grandchildren and a grandson Pfc Willis F Gruenewald stationed in California. Funeral arrangements pending. Delinquent real estate tax delinquen cies may total 1701 13 with seven townships and three villages paid. notices posted today and Oct 3. If not paid by Oct 16 properties will be sold to Green county.
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Gacoo Gruenewald
Promer
14Th Avenue
St. Stephan
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Jacob and
Luanna Stoker Gruenewald
America
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Green Country
Katharina Gempeler
Monroe
Hitz
Goodrich
Meythaler
Jordan
Gruenewald
Jordan Township
Jacob J. Gruenewald
N. H. Durst
Wilmer Coates
Juda
Pfc
Willis F. Greuenwald
Marci Field
Calif
England
France
AAF
William
Fred
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Concordia LO. O. F
California
Manuel G. Stauffacher
Albany
Clarno
Jefferson
Washington
York
Brooklyn
Browntown
Monticello
Green County
Stauffacher
Stauf Facher
Cadiz
Decatur
Exeter
Mt. Pleasant
Spring Grove
Sylvester
New Glarus
Brodhead
Tigers clinch tie in league title race by beating Cleveland
Detroit Tigers defeated Cleveland to at least secure a share of the American League championship. Senate hearings featured Sen Ellender urging wage restraint and price cuts over raises. Foreign administrator Lee Crowley announced plans to resign all government posts by Oct. 15 to become an independent citizen. In China, Wu said Communist forces in North China are assaulting Japanese positions near the central government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Tigers
Cleveland
Washington
Lee Crowley
Crowley
United States
Chungking
China
Son
Clouds Bring Damp Weather Threshold Overcast Skies
Clouds gather with a damp forecast as morning temperatures hover in the mid 50s. By noon a drop in thermometer and barometer signals deterioration of weather amid heavier clouds after a sunny spell that pleased the Monroe high football squad.
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Monroe High
Senate approves reenlistment for six month service soldiers
The Senate voted today to allow soldiers with up to six months of service to reenlist for a minimum period of one year. The move widens options for short term reenlistments amid ongoing manpower needs.
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Washington
Senate
Hirohito to Meet MacArthur at Yankee Embassy in Unprecedented Talk
Unconfirmed reports say Emperor Hirohito may meet General MacArthur tomorrow at the U S embassy residence. Officials say correspondents will receive instructions on coverage. Japan's army and navy are stripped of weapons with stocks diverted to aid civilians facing famine.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
MacArthur
U.S
Japan
Monroe
Imperial
Korea
House of Peers
Yoshichika Tokugawa
Russia
Jacob Malik
Malik
Moscow
Kuzma Nikolaevech Derevyanko
Polio Threat May Be Virtually Over
Polio threat may ease as autumn brings cooling weather. No new local cases for a week while polio patients in Rockford and Milwaukee receive treatment. Leland Space, 13, Monroe, shows signs of improvement at St. Francis hospital Freeport.
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Manuue
Peter Reque
Paul S. Reque
Orfordville
Madison
Rockford
Winnebago County
Milwaukee
Lelanid Scace
Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Hazel Space
9Th Street
Leland
L. A. Moore
Minois
Edwin Frederick
Monroe High School
Walter Schroeder
Frederick
Schroeder
Clarno
Beer Bottle Used To Shatter Glass In High School Gym
Police investigated damage at Monroe high school gym where a beer bottle was hammered against two south side windows. Chief Jerome H. Schwaiger said the bottle was not hurled but struck the panes, with fragments collected as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Gymnasium
Monroe High School
Jerome H. Schwaiger
Schwaiger
Doolittle Raider Executions Confirmed by Japan
Washington AP reports three Doolittle raid fliers were executed by Japanese captors on October 15, 1942 in Kiangwan China. Lt William Farrow Lakewood Ohio Lt Dean Hallmark Dallas Texas S/Sgt Harold Spatz Lebo Kansas identified by the War Department. Others survived or were freed and later returned to the United States. Milwaukee Wisconsin links note Lt George Barr Northland College star and 1938 39 40 seasons.
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Washington
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
The
War Department
Toda
Kiangwan
China
Department
International Red Cross
Doolittle
Robert J. Meder
Lakewood
Nanking
George Barr
Pittsburg
Kas
Chase J. Neilsen
Hiram
Robert J. Hite
Earth
Tex
Jacob D. de Shazer
Madras
Ore
United States
Barr
Shanghai
Farrow
Hallmark
Spatz
Milwaukee
Doolittle Raider
Wisconsin
Northland College
Ashland
Next Draft Call in County Set for Oct 4
The draft call announces the next local induction with pre inductees and inductees reporting at the local draft board at 5 45 AM. They will receive breakfast from the canteen corps before departing to Milwaukee for examinations.
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Etober
Nas Deve
Milwaukee
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Patton
New Green County
Lakeside Heights
Davis- Becker
Lakeside
Hyde's Pond
Recreation Park
Jacob Gruenewald
Associated Press
Mashington
Etender
D-La
Senate Labor Committee
Ellender
Yankee Embassy
Gen. MacArthur
Richew
Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster
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