Steel Deadlock Persists as Midnight Strike Looms
Pittsburgh reports show a nationwide steel strike looming as Big Steel and the CIO, aided by federal mediators, fail to resolve a pension insurance dispute. U S Steel rejects the Truman board plan, proposing employee contributions, while one plant yields. Pickets rally at Crucible Steel’s Midland plant as talks continue.
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Pittsburgh
Big Steel
CIO
Gulf
Philip Murray
United Steel Workers
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Peter Seitz
U. S. Steel
Murray
Truman
U. S. Steel Corp
Telephone Hearing Set by PSC for Oct 18 in Madison
United Telephone Co officials seek clarification of a public service commission order to appear at a rate investigation hearing October 18 in Madison. The PSC probes rates charged after August 1 and the lawfulness of those rates amid potential retroactive wage increases and a revised wage schedule.
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United Telephone Co
Public Service Commission
Madison
PSC
Evening Times
United Telephone
Paul J. Weirich
Injured Driver in Wreck Near Schuetz Corner
Robert Emmenegger, 712 20th Avenue, is hospitalized at St. Clare with a broken left shoulder and head cuts after a car struck a steel bridge rail on a township road east of Schuetz corner on Highway 11. The 6:45 p.m. crash yesterday sent the car skidding, rolling, and tearing a woven wire fence on the Robert Patterson farm.
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Robert Emmenegger
20Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Schuetz Corner
Highway 11
Monroe
Robert Patterson
Monroe PTA District Two Rally In Monroe Tomorrow
Ten counties participate as the Par ent Teacher Association District Two holds an all day session starting 9:30 am at the high school auditorium. More than 250 attend panel discussions workshops and addresses with officials from Green Jefferson Dane Lafayette Iowa Sauk Juneau Adams Columbia and Marquette present.
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Parent Teacher Association
PTA
Green
Jefferson
Dane
Lafayette
Iowa
Sauk
Juneau
Adams
Columbia
Marquette
E. R. Davis
Howard L. Orians
Immanuel Church
Monroe
E. O. Evans
Woods Dreyfus
Milwaukee
E. K. Steul
Madison Council
Grace Lutheran
Methodist
Edwin C. Dallman
President Truman presses Fair Deal in Capitol showdown
President Truman vowed to keep Congress in session until enacting his Fair Deal program. He warned Democrats will win in 1950 and 1952 if the measures fail, pledging to push income growth and a $4 000 per family yearly target. About 9 000 attended a Kansas City testimonial dinner for William B Boyle Jr with many officials present.
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Kansas City
Truman
Congress
William B. Boyle Jr
Barkley
Carleton Hadley
St. Louis
Boyle
Washington
Dr. Reese 91 Dodgeville Physician Dies After Six Months Illness
Dr. William Reese a 91 year old Dodgeville physician who practiced over fifty years died after a six month illness. He served as town health officer for more than thirty years and founded the first hospital above a store. He owned a stable of trotters and pacers and held affiliations as a 32nd degree Mason Shriner and Odd Fellow. The doctor’s birthdays once sparked community celebrations.
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Dodgeville
William Reese
Reese
Nation's auto toll hits 19290 for 1949 eight months
The National Safety Council reported 19,290 traffic deaths in the first eight months of 1949, including 2,750 in August. The toll was two percent lower than the same period in 1948.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Boston Photographer Killed in Mock Marine Battle
Boston Post photographer Morris Fineberg, 56, was killed and four others injured during a mock amphibious assault at Carson Beach, Boston, staged for the Marine Corps League convention. James L. Callahan noted the fatal shrapnel hit as 1,500 marines landed. Police Commissioner Sullivan called the event an outrage and criticized officials for bringing children to watch the display.
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Boston
Morris Fineberg
Boston Post
Fineberg
Carson Beach
James L. Callahan
Boston Globe
Thomas F. Sullivan
Sullivan
Highway Opened To Browntown South Wayne In Monroe Area
The Browntown to South Wayne relocation on highway 11 west of Monroe opened to traffic at 3 p m after more than a year of work. Four new bridges over Skinner creek Pecatonica river and related stretches were completed to improve alignment and prevent high water disruptions. Ray Millis of Black River Falls won the relocation contract for 410753 05. Contractors for the bridges were L G Arnold Co Eau Claire. Project cost was 570500 with funding from federal 265000 state trunk highway 60000 urban 120000 and state funds 125000.
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Browntown Hill
Highway 11
Monroe
Skinner Creek
Pecatonica River
Browntown
South Wayne
Rennebohm
Ray Millis
Black River Falls
Lafayette County
aé_é
Milwaukee Road
Skinner
Jordan Creeks
L. G. Arnold Co. Eau Claire
Local Dairy Student Honored at University
Fred Stauffacher son of Mr and Mrs Glenn F Stauffacher 1421 22nd avenue received sophomore honors at the University of Wisconsin He is a junior in the college of agriculture dairy division and was among 37 to receive freshman and sophomore honor awards.
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Fred Stauffacher
Glenn F. Stauffacher
22Nd Avenue
University of Wisconsin
College of Agriculture
UMW Walkout Shifts as Lewis Orders Break in Pits
John L. Lewis orders 102000 striking miners back in the pits marking a first break in the 12 day coal walkout. He directs 80000 eastern Pennsylvanian anthracite miners and 22000 western bituminous diggers to return Monday, while others stay out.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine
UMW
United States
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Progressive Mine Workers of America
Illinois
PMW
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Retirement Monticello marshal H J Wirth dies at 55
Herman J Wirth 55 retired Monticello village marshal died at his home after a three year ill health period He was born July 19 1894 in Hanover Rock County and married Emma E Elmer Feb 22 1923 The couple lived in Monticello since marriage Funeral at 2 pm Monday at Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed Church burial in Highland cemetery He leaves widow three sons one grandchild three brothers two sisters and other relatives
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Monticello
Herman J. Wirth
Mr. Wirth
Hanover
Rock County
John
Anna Bablet Wirth
Janesville
Emma E. Elmer
Belleville
Wirth
Ford
Cecil S
Long Island
N. Y
Carl
U. S. Marines
Oceanside
Calif
Richard
Highland Cemetery
Voegeli
Car of Cheddars Sold Plymouth Price Steady
The Wisconsin cheese exchange held steady trading. One car of Wisconsin state brand cheddars sold for 30.34 cents. Bids remained unfilled on one car of cheddars at 30 percent and one car of Wisconsin state brand single daisies at 30 percent.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Wisconsin
Tokyo Rose Convicted of Treason by Weary Jury
A federal jury of twelve found Iva Toguri D AQuino, known as Tokyo Rose, guilty on one count related to a 1944 Radio Tokyo broadcast about the Leyte gulf battle. Sentencing set for October 6 with a possible range from five years and a $10,000 fine to death. prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Leyte Gulf
Pacific
Iva
Los Angeles
John Mann
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
James P. Welsh
Angry Citizens Chase Soldiers Out of Town in Othello
Enraged townsfolk armed with pitchforks and pick handles chased four car loads of Moses Lake air force base soldiers from Othello. Mayor Clyde Matthews estimated 18 to 25 air force enlisted men involved, with about the same number of townsfolk. The clash followed a prior incident a week earlier when two air force men were driven from town after a disturbance.
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Wash
Moses Lake Air Force Base
Clyde Matthews
Air Force
Madison Divorce Case Appeal Filed
A notice of appeal to the state supreme court is filed in the alimony case of Maria Kant now Mrs. Wellrood Nesbit against Fritz Kant, Madison residents. The Green County judge modified the May 31 1946 divorce judgment to discontinue alimony as of Jan 27 1949 after finding a substantial changed condition and noting the plan of support by two partners.
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State Supreme Court
Maria Kant
Wellrood Nesbit
Fritz Kant
Madison
Nesbit
Harold J. Lamboley
Green County
Berlin
Germany
Lamboley
Juda Youth Pays Second $100 Fine
Wayne Audrey Shelton, 20, of Juda, paid a second $100 fine and costs after a chase in which he was cited for speeding at 75 mph and running five stop signs. He had forfeited a $100 bond in city court and was jailed on a state warrant while leaving the first court, later paying the first fine and being released. Three companions who rode with him posted the initial $100 bond.
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Wayne Audrey Shelton
Juda
Stephenson County
Shelton
Freeport
Seven Billion Aid Bill Passed For European Recovery
Congress sent to President Truman two measures totaling 7.124 billion dollars for foreign recovery and military aid. The Senate approved 5.8099 billion for western Europe and allied nations without opposition, while the House earlier backed the program with minor criticism. Arm shipments begin within days with first car to Atlantic pact countries by mid November as American measures support occupation costs and economic cooperation in Europe and Asia.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Russia
Senate
Europe
House
Marshall Plantations
Germany
Austria
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Turkey
Greece
Economic Cooperation Administration
L G Ritter Dies At Verona Home
Lee George Ritter 55 of Verona died at his Verona home yesterday at 11 45 am He was born in Superior October 23 1893 son of John and Lettie Ritter Married Cleora Beach October 24 1910 in Freeport He worked as a auto salesman for Geiger Scha ad and Marty and lived in Monroe area Survived by wife four daughters three sons two brothers one sister and five grandchildren Services Monday 1 30 pm Shriner Neushwander funeral home Rev Lawrence A Brown officiating Burial Bethel Cemetery Monroe
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Lee George Ritter
Verona
Monroe
Superior
John
Lettie Nichols Ritter
Freeport
Cleora Beach
Geiger, Schaad and Marty
Vicinity
Doris Ritter
Milwaukee
Gordon Hunter
Rockford
Leon Rockow
Browntown
William Davis
Covington
Tenn
Russell
California
Guam
Army Air Force
Paul Ritter
Stanley
Navy
Arlington
Hartford
Shriner-Neushwander
Lawrence A. Brown
Bethel Cemetery
Professor Weinberg Named Scientist X in Atomic Spying Case
The House Un American Activities Committee named Joseph W. Weinberg a University of Minnesota professor as the elusive "Scientist X" who allegedly passed atomic secrets to a Soviet spy. Weinberg denied the charge and said he had nothing to do with secret information or espionage, while the panel urged prosecution for perjury regarding 1948 testimony.
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Joseph W. Weinberg
University of Minnesota
Merle Hoesly
New Glarus
House
UN American Activities Committee
Justice Department
Weinberg
Communist Party
Young Communist League
Steve Nelson
Nelson
Bernadette Doyle
Minneapolis
Associated Press
Gilbert Hoesly
University of Wisconsin
University of California
Milwaukee
FBI
American Activities Committee
Scientist X
Radiation Laboratory
Washington
James Sterling Murray
San Francisco
Harold Zinde
George Rathman
New Society Board Plans First Meeting
The Green County Historical Society board of directors will meet this evening at 7 30 in the offices of president Marshall L Peterson. Directors named at Sunday's open house will elect officers and map plans for the coming year.
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The
Green County Historical Society
Marshall L. Peterson
Idle Hour
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