Green County notes Aug 18 1945 and other era items
Local notes reflect wartime ration changes and casualty tallies with World War II ongoing in 1945. Other items include a Monroe area picnic invitation, agriculture production agency creation, and a seaman reported killed in the Pacific.
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Green County
Monroe Trade Area
Recreation Park
Agriculture Anderson
Agriculture Department
Herman Lisser
Wiota
Pacific
Judgment on USDA cheese deals sparks political clash
Rep Fountain criticizes the USDA for "poor judgment" in purchase resale deals on support price cheese. The comptroller general labels the procedures unauthorized and improper under the 1949 Agriculture Act, while not alleging illegality. Fountain urges Benson to recover about 2 million dollars from over 100 firms as proof of sincerity.
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Fountain
House
USDA
Benson
Rep. Fountain
Fifth Amendment use blocks congressional Communist inquiries
The piece argues that witnesses frequently invoke the Fifth Amendment to avoid questions on Communist ties. It contends the committees act for the public good and that silence hinders investigations. It warns that claiming protection may imply guilt but notes protection remains a democratic paradox in such probes.
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Nee
Bank Robber's Car Found in Cornfield
The car used by the Embarrass State Bank robber on August 10 and carrying $4,060 was found abandoned in a corn field ten miles northwest of Embarrass. Shawano County Sheriff Ted Eul identified it as the getaway vehicle and the search for the robber continues.
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Embarrass State Bank
Cornfield
Shawano ‘County
Ted Eul
Fred Born
Postmaster Etter elected Wisconsin Postmasters vice president
Monroe's Postmaster Robert A. Etter is chosen second vice president of the Wisconsin Postmasters Association at the LaCrosse meeting on August 18 1905. Dr W D Gouse of Orangeville is transported to Chicago for mouth and face injury treatment after being struck by a mallet during a croquet game. Monroe is placed in the Knights of Pythias Second District in Wisconsin. Weather brings rains and wind causing grain crop damage across the area. O E Smith of Freeport visits Monroe waterworks for the German Insurance Co inspection.
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Robert A. Etter
Monroe
Wisconsin Postmasters Association
LaCrosse
W. D. Gouse
Orangeville
Chicago
Knights of Pythias
Wisconsin
O. E. Smith
Freeport
German Insurance Co
Corn and oats top county plantings in 1954 census
The 1954 Census of Agriculture shows Green County harvesting 67,395 acres of corn and 48,869 acres of oats. It records farm counts, grain and silage figures, and yields for corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, and other crops, comparing with 1949 data. The report notes increased corn grain harvest and higher bushel totals alongside shifts in silage acreage.
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Green County
U. S. Department of Commerce
Boy dies shielding dog from farm dogs in Bracebridge
A 6-year-old boy, Wayne Baker, was killed by a gang of 14 farm dogs while attempting to save his pet. Police say he wandered from a summer home near Matthisville and was found in bushes on a neighboring farm about an hour later. Owner Vera MacDonald had left for the store nearby.
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Bracebridge
Ont
Wayne Baker
Matthiasville
Vera MacDonald
Educator Jesse Red to Retire After 33 Years in Office
Jesse M. Red, Oneida County superintendent of schools for 33 years and the oldest in state service, will retire in October ending a long tenure overseeing local education.
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Rhinelander
Jesse M. Red
Oneida County
T-4-L Fungicide Ad Claims Fast Athlete's Foot Relief
An ad promotes T-4-L as a powerful pocket fungicide that sloughs tainted skin and kills embedded germs on contact. It promises amazing results within one hour and offers a money back guarantee at Kempfert Pharmacy.
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Kempfert Pharmacy
Orangeville School Staff Filled for 1955-56 Year
Orangeville and district schools announce a complete 1955-56 faculty led by John Jenson as superintendent and Glenn Keuler as high school principal. New social science teacher Eric joins a long roster including Roy Hefty Tom Daley and Lawrence Staas among others across junior high and elementary grades.
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Orangeville
Times
Eric
DeMar
University of Illinois
Chicago
John Jenson
Glenn Keuler
Roy Hefty
Tom Daley
Gerald Abraham
Robert Schulthess
Verl Barmore
David Bostian
Chester Laible
Milton Bostian
Ruth Lindeman
Ralph Anderson
Quinton Denny
Clifford Jordan
Wisconsin’s $240000 electronic brain dedicated at Madison
A new alternating current network calculator described as a $240,000 electronic brain was dedicated at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The Wisconsin Utilities Association funded the device, which occupies a large lab room in the engineering building and will enable research across multiple fields, said Dean Kurt Wendt.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Utilities Association
Kurt Wendt
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