Wisconsin to Name Memorial Highway 32 for 32nd Infantry
Wisconsin will create a memorial highway by renaming a stretch of Highway 42 to Highway 32 in honor of the 32nd Infantry Division. Markers with the Red Arrow insignia will be installed, with a dedication in Green Bay on Memorial Day. Separate action plans for a silent memorial cross highway are noted but not advanced.
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Tribune Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
32Nd Division Association
Highway Commission
Green Bay
State Line
Kenosha
Sheboygan
Laona
Forest County
Three Lakes
Michigan
Veterans’ Organization
Commission
State Department of the American Legion
Neenah Paper Executive Frank B. Whiting Dies Abroad
Frank B. Whiting 66 of Neenah a paper industry executive died Saturday afternoon in Buenos Aires while on vacation with his wife. He was president of George A Whiting Paper Co Menasha and a director of First National Bank of Menasha. He formerly led Whiting Plover Paper Mill Stevens Point. Surviving are his widow a son George Neenah and two daughters Mrs Robert Schroeder and Mrs Thomas Leech both of Stevens Point.
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Neenah
Wis
Frank B. Whiting
Paper Industry
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Whiting
George A. Whiting Paper Co
Menasha
First National Bank of
Whiting Plover
Stevens Point
George
Robert Schroeder
Thomas Leech
Committed to Hospital for Suspected Child Fire Attack
Emma May Blake of Campbellsport was ordered committed to a mental hospital after allegedly tying her four year old son to a bed and setting fire to the home. Circuit Judge L J Fellenz signed the order. The Feb 6 fire led Charles Blake to rescue the boy. She was sent to Winnebago State Hospital Feb 23 for further treatment. Dick Irvine, high school football star, signed with the Detroit Tigers and will join a farm system.
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Emma May Blake
Rt. 1
Campbellsport
L. J. Fellenz
Dick Irvine
Detroit
Detroit Tigers
War bride earns UW degree after 37 years abroad
English war bride Mrs. Etheline Aldous Holmes married U S Sergeant Leonard Holmes in Paris 1919. They settled in Madison where she taught and raised a family before earning a Bachelor of Science at the University of Wisconsin after 37 years of study across London Tours and Madison with support from her husband.
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Wis
University of Wisconsin
Etheline Aldous Holmes
France
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U. S
Leonard Holmes
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Camp Sunrise
Lake Mendota
Public Welfare Department
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Marguerite
UW Law School
Ethelyn
University
Whitelands
Military Service Facts On Enlisting Women In Uniform
The drive to enlist 72,000 recruits for women in the armed forces has added 8,500 in four months. The Women in the Air Force seek 44,000. the WAC 22,150. Navy Waves 4,700. Marines 750. Officers total about 9,000 with varying rules for age education and length of service.
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War
Women’s Army Corps
Wac
Navy
Marines
State Seeks Defense Funds For War Emergency Plan
Wisconsin officials seek 200000 worth of drugs and plasma to aid a potential war emergency. A request to match federal aid is before Governor and State Emergency Board. Brig. Gen. Ralph Olsen and Dr. Carl Neupert lead the plan, forecasting at least 20000 wounded and 100 medical teams needed statewide.
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State Emergency Board
Olsen
Ralph Olsen
Carl Neupert
Wisconsin
Palm Beach cloth made exclusively in Maine
In midwinter it seems unlikely but Palm Beach cloth is produced solely in Maine. The note underscores a Maine origin for a fabric associated with warm climate styling.
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Sanford
Palm Beach
Maine
Girls Club and Gold Coast Women Reach $700 Sale Total
The Gold Coast Women’s Association and Girls’ Club combined efforts raised seven hundred dollars at a recent Sale of Work event, underscoring strong community support and local fundraising activity.
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Gold Coast Women’s Association and Girls’ Club
Museum Exhibits and Personalities Highlight Wisconsin History
Wisconsin visitors to the State Historical Society Museum in Madison will find new exhibits and rotating features. The “Personality of the Week” showcases notable figures with photo highlights and life resumes. Upcoming honorees include Philip LaFollette, Fred Zimmerman, Walter Goodland, and more through May. Vintage farm models, lumbering displays, dolls, and buttons deepen the collection, plus artifacts from American agriculture, Indian maps, and a USS Wisconsin model.
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Madison
Wis
State Historical Society
Wisconsin
Society
Philip LaFollette
Fred R. Zimmerman
Walter Goodland
Robert LaFollette Sr
Frederick Jackson Turner
Paul S. Reinsch
William H. Upham
Olympia Brown Willis
McCormick
Amalia C. Baird
Alice Kent Trimpey
Mary Hickman
McCarthy Foe Eyes Campaign Uncertainty in Wisconsin
State Sen. Chester (Waukesha Jefferson) weighs whether to run for McCarthy’s Senate seat after studying Republican delegate ballots. He tracks if Taft or Warren win signals, noting his own Taft ties and past independent voting as a farmer and former judge.
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Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Joseph R. McCarthy
Chester
Waukesha
Jefferson
Robert A. Taft
Sen
McCarthy
Earl Warren
Dempsey
State Senate
Republican Party
United States Congress
Japanese replicas of Plymouth Rock attract tourists in Boston
Boston report highlights that durable copies of Plymouth Rock sold to visitors are produced in Japan. Gordon L. Reynolds, president of the Massachusetts School of Art, notes the rapid adoption of American traditions by Japanese industry.
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Boston
Mass
Plymouth Rock
Japan
Gordon L. Reynolds
Massachusetts School of Art
Fertilizer-for-Herring Exchange Reported in Germany
Germany's Russian Zone engages in a barter, trading 10,000 tons of fertilizer for 4,000 barrels of British herring. The exchange highlights wartime logistics and allied economic cooperation amid postwar normalization.
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Germany
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