Monroe Good Food News Highlights Seasonal Produce
Tender asparagus from Brodhead prowess and strawberries offer affordable yard flavors as OPA prices ease. Corn syrup returns to shelves with limited restock while fruit market notes point to spring citrus gaps and embrace homegrown bounty. Local grocers list fresh vegetables and meats for weekend meals.
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Monroe
Good
Brodhead Way
OPA
Louisiana
Tennessee
California
Ice Cream Truck Driver Hurt When Freight Engine Hits
Earl R. Holcomb 26, driver for Allen Ice Cream Co., escaped serious injury when a 66 car westbound Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific freight engine struck his truck at a Durand crossing. He suffered two fractured ribs and cuts, and was moved from Rockford to Monroe for treatment after the radiator was pushed under the seat.
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Earl R. Holcomb
Allen Ice Cream Co
Chicago
Holcomb
Rockford
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe Grads Directing School Music Near City
Two Monroe high school graduates and World War II veterans direct music programs near the city. Gerald Fritz leads South Wayne high school band and chorus with a concert last night and another tonight. Gerald von Klein directs Avevie has three concerts scheduled for tonight. Mr and Mrs Fritz attended the South Wayne concert last night with Mrs Bruce Blum and Miss Charleen McGinnis accompanying them.
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Monroe High School
Gerald Fritz
South Wayne
Gerald von Kiein
Avevie
Fred Fritz
Bruce Blum
Charleen McGinnis
Can He Repeat Dr Dinges Trout Feat
Orangeville angler Dr. D. M. Dinges seeks to match last season s triumph as opening day approaches. He previously landed a German Brown near Hefty Creek weighing seven pounds and measuring seventy nine inches, a catch now on display at Lang Hardware in Monticello.
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D. M. Dinges
Orangeville
Dinges
Lang Hardware
Brooklyn Hosts Monday School Workshop on Rural Education
Miss Florence Wartenweiler leads a Brook lyn curriculum planning round table as part of a Wisconsin and Brooklyn education workshop. Lester Madison discusses Book Service in Rural Wisconsin guiding Green county's mobile library plan. A 2 45 p m start features solos, round tables, a pot luck supper, a moving picture, and a panel Q A session with educators and officials.
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Florence Wartenweiler
Brooklyn
Joint Committee On Education
Wisconsin
B. Lester
Madison
Wisconsin Free Library Association
Green County
Delbert Smith
Joanne Brooklyn
R. J. Douglas
Juda
Miss Wartenweiler
Jennie T. Scrhage
John W. Porter
Brooklyn High School
Clarence Greiber
Board of Vocational and Adult Education
Kraft Foods honors six Monroe employees with watches
John H. Kraft, president of Kraft Foods Co., presented 18 jewel Hamilton watches to six Monroe area employees for 25 years of service. Recipients: Ralph Wenger, William E. Wenger, Ray T. Bast, Glenn F. Stauffacher, Daniel H. Stauffacher of Monroe, and Oswald Kohler of Brodhead.
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Kraft Foods Co
Monoe and Vicinity
Jewel Hamilton
John H. Kraft
Ralph Wenger
William E. Wenger
Ray T. Bast
Glenn F. Stauffacher
Daniel H. Stauffacher
Monroe
Oswald Kohler
Brodhead
Doctor C Cremer 83 Dies Richland Wis Veteran Progressive Leader
Dr. C Cremer aged 83 and a long-time physician here died at home. He served over 55 years in Cashton and was a veteran Progressive leader who supported better roads and improved schools. He was a pallbearer for Robert M Follette Sr.
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Cashton
Wis
C. Cremer
Mine Union Demands Concessions From Anthracite Operators
United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis served notice that the anthracite operators face demands similar to soft coal terms and warned of a strike to win them. In Washington, Senate Leader Barkley said the current draft law may expire by May 15 rather than extend on House terms.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Washington
Senate
Barkley
House
Uncertain Harbin Status After Communication Breakup
Reports from the central news agency say disruptions in communications between Mukden and Harbin hinder confirmation if Soviet units have departed Harbin, a key north Manchurian rail hub, as planned.
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Nanking
Harbin
Manchurian
Mukden
Labor Chief Says He Will Reopen Coal Talks Next Week
Secretary Schwellenbach said he would call John L. Lewis and the soft coal operators back into joint negotiations early next week to resume talks.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
John L. Lewis
Fire Fatal to Campbell Family at Birch Lake Farm
Six members of the George Campbell family were killed when a blaze swept their farm home near Birch Lake ten miles west of Cloquet Minnesota. The fire destroyed the residence and the victims were all trapped inside.
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Cloquet
Minn
George Campbell
Bie Lake
New Schedule of Valuations for Farm Livestock and Cheese
County Assessor announces new schedule of valuations for farm animals and cheese. Listed prices include sheep 10, best milch cows 125 to 155, medium cows 100 to 125, heifers 50 to 80, bulls 100 to 130, sows 40 to 75, turkeys 5, geese 3.5, ducks 1.5, chickens 0.75 to 1.25, and cheese averages 26 to 30 cents per pound depending on type.
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Clarence W. Lengacher
Train Wreck Tragedy Feared Fire In Rear Car
Wreck of Burlington Advance Flyer near Naperville traps passengers in the rear car as an Exposition Flyer collides. Survivors report heroism while rescuers fear fire from sparks. Delbert Boon dies after hospital call. Irene Cook and her mother Florence Whitehouse were injured.
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Aurora
Burlington Railroad
Naperville
St. Charlies Hospital
Delbert Boon
Luray
St. Charles Hospital
Frank Boon
Irene Cook
Florence Whitehouse
Schenectady
N. Y
Kahoka
Advance Flyer
Cohoes, N. Y
Copley Hospital
William W. Blaine
Galesburg
Ill
Robert Dolph
Mystery Witness Ties Gisevius to Allied Intelligence
Hans Bernd Gisevius testified at the Nurnberg war crimes trial that he had contact with American intelligence during the war. An American informant said Gisevius served with the OSS in Switzerland and Germany since 1943, a revelation that came near the end of his testimony in the five month proceeding.
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Nuernberg
Hans Bernd Gisevius
International Military Tribunal
Gisevius
U. S. Office of Strategic Services
Switzerland
Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
Former Monroeite Remembers Region With Much Pleasure
Guy F. Holmes a former Monroe resident now based in Fairchild Wisconsin writes of his Monroe days and Green County history. He recalls farm life three miles north on Henry Haberman’s land with schoolmate Fred Faeser and old scrapbooks. Holmes notes Wisconsin deer in the north woods after frosts and muses about visiting Monroe again while describing his ranching and cheese trucking plans from Miami.
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Monroe
Green County
Miami
Holmes
Milton Junction
Guy
Art
New Grade and High School Building Planned in Gratiot
The Gratiot Union Free district will construct a new elementary and high school funded by federal money. Gratiot received a $2,790 advance from the federal works agency to prepare plans and specifications for classrooms offices and facilities for an estimated cost of $87,650. The advance will be repaid without interest when construction starts.
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Gratiot Union Free High
Gratiot
Federal Works Agency
Sadie Hawkins Mixer at Monroe Senior High
Monroe seniors prepare patches for the annual Sadie Hawkins mixer in the Lincoln gym tonight. Sponsored by the student council the spring event follows November tradition to favor better weather and features refreshments.
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Monroe Senior High
Lincoln Gym
Lil Abner
U N Considering Sub Group Probe Of Spanish Case
The United Nations Security Council received an Australia drafted proposal to name a five man subcommittee to probe the Spanish question and defer further consideration until Monday. Mexican delegate Rafael de la Colina urged a vote after Lt. Col Hodgson presented the draft.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Australia
W. H. Hodgson
Rafael de la Colina
Spain Bars Enemy Nations From Entry, Says UN Probe Blocked
Madrid officials comment on a UN Security Council proposal to send an investigative commission to Spain. They declare that representatives of enemy nations would not be allowed to enter the country.
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Madrid
United Nations Security Council
Spain
New Hodgson proposal overpowers council in Franco Spain inquiry
The text outlines a shift granting the sub committee wide powers to decide how and where to conduct the inquiry on Franco Spain while the council remains nominally responsible for decisions. The move follows mentions of moral condemnation from UN debates in San Francisco and London. Big Four foreign ministers press for European peace treaties amid potential Russian opposition to Austrian agenda. Byrnes and Bevin held talks ahead of day two of the negotiations.
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Council
Hodgson
Security Council
United Nations
San Francisco
General Assembly
London
Paris
Russia
Austria
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
James JF. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Remodeling of Old Deaconess Hospital Into Hotel Starts
Remodeling of the Deaconess hospital building into a 20 apartment hotel has begun with workmen on the second floor yesterday. The Gonstead apartments already have a long waiting list and there is no certainty when homes will be completed. Windows on the second floor sun porch were torn out and minor interior alterations were made in preparation for full reconstruction soon.
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Deaconess Hospital
Gonstead
Count 43 Dead in Rail Wreck Near Naperville
Tribute to Monroe's Co. K veterans recalls a gala October 1940 sendoff and a later memorial service at Grace Lutheran. Six members died overseas from Buna battles in 1942, Jolo in 1945, and Hodgkins disease later. Lt Col Roy F. Zinser and others gathered from colleges and cities for the service.
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Naperville
South Pa
Monroe
Co. K
Grace Lutheran Church
Church
Turner Hall
Jake P. Gerber
Walter J. Zimmerman
Raymond E. Matzke
Homer D. MecGettigan
Donald S. Beach
Buna
Robert Amans
Jolo
Battle Creek
Leslie A. Tertin
States
Percy Jones
Mich
Hodgkins
Tertin
South Pacific
Roy F. Zinser
Ft. Benning
Rodney H. Block
Cloyd W. Pickett
Hugo H. Voelkl
Oscar A. Moldenhauer
Lloyd A. Isely
Minor J. Ocker
Herbert F. Orton
Fred A. Ryser
Thomas R. McGuire
Maurice O. Ringhand
Paul Ritter
Robert J. Schneider
Ralph M. Schumacher
Timothy B. Shea
Veril A
Terrifying railroad crash kills dozens near Naperville
Rescue workers count at least 43 dead and 125 injured when Burlington Railroad Exposition Flyer rear-ended the Advance Flyer after a stop in a midwestern city. Engineer charged with manslaughter. bond set at $5,000 as inquest planned.
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Naperville
Burlington Railroad
San Francisco
Burlington
Dupage County
Chicago
Union Station
Advance Flyer
Omaha
Lincoln
Neb
W. W. Blaine
E. H. Crayton
Galesburg
Crayton
Blaine
Heil Considered for U.S. Senate Bid Sparks GOP Drama
Former Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil says he is seriously considering a Senate race as 2-1 betting odds point to a campaign. If he runs, contest could split opposition to Sen. Robert La Follette and challenge McCarthy. Heil plans to attend Young Republicans in Eau Claire and gauge support ahead of Oshkosh and Milwaukee conventions.
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Madison
Julius P. Heil
United States
St. Petersburg
Fla
Heil
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy
Sen
Robert LaFollette
Young Republicans
Fan Claire
Eau Claire
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
County Hearing On Game May 13
A Wisconsin county hearing on duck season regulations is set for Monday May 13 at 8 p.m. in the courthouse. Officials discuss delaying opening to Oct 15 to reduce early migration effects and potential decoy issues. The state conservation department has not taken a position, and public turnout is urged to shape policy on migratory waterfowl concerns.
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Court House
Wisconsin
Canada
State Conservation Department
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Second Full House Sees Senior Cast Offer Annual Play
Monroe high school auditorium hosted a final performance of the senior class play A Case of Springtime. The cast delivered seasoned lines as a magician’s safe trick faltered and jokes about oatmeal and a bobby soxer drew laughter. Russ Kundert presented a gift to director R. W. Witt on behalf of the senior players.
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Monroe High School
Russ Kundert
R. W. Witt
Frost Forecast Repeats Tonight Misses Last Night
Frost again forecast for Monroe and vicinity tonight with a risk to early blooming plants. Previous night saw a low 39 and a daytime high near 50, with damage unlikely unless temperatures dip to 36 or lower for hours despite wind and cloud factors.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Delegates Named to State Democratic Convention
Delegates to the Democratic state convention May 10 and 11 in Milwaukee were elected last night by the county Democratic committee at the Ludlow hotel in Monroe. Max Armstrong of Albany serves as chairman. Also chosen were M. J. Moyer Albany Ralph McGuire Monticello Alfred Leinhart New Glarus F J Marty New Glarus Leland C White Monroe Mrs Helen Marty Monroe and Dr A N Lawton Brodhead.
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Milwaukee
Ludlow
Monroe
Max Armstrong
Albany
M. J. Moyer
Ralph McGuire
Monticello
Alfred Leinhart
New Glarus
F. J. Marty
Leland C. White
Helen Marty
A. N. Lawton
Brodhead
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Kraft
Bulletins
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Associated Press
Mystery Witness
H.S
U.N
Gallant Co
Fas
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