Decontrol Board Advances Toward Major Price Decisions
The Decontrol Board and OPA race to restore ceilings on meats dairy grain cottonseed and soybeans with a 6 p m tomorrow ruling aimed at reversing last week’s congressional deadline. They plan June 30 ceilings on meats with milk set to rise about 11 cents a quart while subsidies are reassessed to explain recent price climbs.
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Congress
OPA Opa
OPA
Alson
Agriculture Department
Porter
Se Eee
Five Green County Musicians Named to All-Star Band
Five Green County high school students join 163-member all-state band for the first North-South all-star prep football game at Camp Randall stadium Madison The picked musicians are Lawrence and David Heyardahil Brodhead Donald Rufenacht Harley Streiff and Russell Reuter New Glarus Dick Wainwright Monroe is listed with the South football team.
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Green County
Camp Randall Stadium
Madison
Lawrence
David Heyerdahil
Brodhead
Donald Rufenacht
Harley Streiff
Russell Reuter
New Glarus
Dick Wainwright
Monroe
County 4-H Takes State Blue Ribbons
Green County 4-H entrants win seven blue ribbons at the junior State fair food preservation exhibits led by a group exhibit of 24 jars entered under Miss Madge Dahms. Individual winners include Shirley Rosheisen Rosemary Cotherman Marian Busjahn Ruth Geigel and others across fruits vegetables tomatoes and meals.
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Green County 4-H Club
Marlys Richert
Green County
4-H Club
Madge Dahms
Shirley Rosheisen
Spring Grove
Rosemary Cotherman
Washington
Marian Busjahn
Clarno
Ruth Geigel
Dutch Hollow
Marlene Flannery
Browntown
Ruth Hartwig
Joyce Hinghand
Brooklyn
Wisconsin
Joyce Ringhand
Rosemary Catherman
Refrigerator Price Hike Authorized by OPA
Washington OPA today authorized a roughly six percent price increase for household mechanical refrigerators. A standard box price will rise from 10 to 12 dollars under the new authority.
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Washington
OPA
Nellie Treat Improves Slowly After Hospital Stay
Miss Nellie Treat of 1222 11th Street remains confined after leaving the hospital and shows slow improvement with a nurse still in attendance.
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Nellie Treat
11Th Street
Centennial Ends At New Glarus Completes Centennial Celebration
New Glarus wraps up its 101st anniversary event with sunny weather and strong turnout. Chairman Gilbert Ott praises local and outside volunteers, notes a near miss from rain, and reports the centennial as a financial success though final accounting will come weeks later. The Wilhelm Tell pageant and Alpine motifs drew record crowds, with the Saturday night show exceeding 6,000 attendees.
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New Glarus
Times
Gilbert Ott
Chicago Monarchs
Dorffs
Kenosha
Ott
Switzerland
America
John A. Schindler
Monroe
Mullikin Infant Dies Hours After Birth
Phillip Harry Mullikin infant son of Mr and Mrs Harry Mullikin of Mr Horeb died at St Clare hospital shortly after birth. Survived by parents and grandparents Clara Danielson Verona George Mullikin Rice Lake. maternal grandfather predeceased. Graveside rites set for 1 pm tomorrow at Primrose Lutheran cemetery Mt Horeb with Rev J A Lavik officiating. Body at Stuessy's funeral home.
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Phillip Harry Mullikin
Harry Mullikin
Horeb
St. Clare Hospital
Harry
June Danielson Mullikin
Clara Danielson
Verona
George Mullikin
Rice Lake
Primrose Lutheran Cemetery
Mt. Horeb
J. A. Lavik
Primrose Lutheran’ Church
Stuessy
City Dumps Tighter Rules Spark Health Alert
The Monroe board of health warns dump users to follow strict rules for rubbish disposal. Notices emphasize no garbage brush or loose papers, gate hours, gun prohibition, and limited access, with inspections by attendants. Board members listed include Meythaler Forcade Beckman and Schindler.
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Board of Health
Monroe City
George J. Meythaler
Lester Forcade
William Beckman
Herman Schindler
Holy Land quiet after weekend of tension and threats
A broad Palestinian offensive failed to materialize by evening while a Jerusalem post office was evacuated for 40 minutes after an anonymous bomb threat. London reported Moscow radio claiming British troops occupied two Iraqi towns near Abadan and warned of war danger in the Middle East.
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Haifa
Palestine
Holy Land
Jerusalem
London
Moscow Radio
Abadan
Middle East
Negro gunmen hunted after Magee shooting incidents
Magee mayor C J Biglane said a posse of 200 to 300 officers and citizens hunted a Craft family of 7 or 8 Negroes after shootings in Sullivan Hollow. A Craft brother was captured by state police. two other Craft members remained at large as bloodhounds aided the search near Mize and Mt Olive.
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Magee
Miss
C. J. Biglane
Sullivan Hollow
Albert Craft
Biglane
Craft Brothers
Jackson
Craft
Ellis Bishop
Highway 20
Smith- Stimpson County
Mize
Smith County
Glynn Hester
Ree Ainsworth
Glaston Sullivan
Mt. Olive Road
Sullivan
Hester
State Highway Patrol
Mt. Olive
Flames Destroy Barn at Theodore Altman Farm
Fire swept the southeast end of a barn on the Theodore Altman farm at the east end of 13th street Saturday afternoon. Damage estimated at $2,000. Viola Altman spotted the blaze and alerted others. the Monroe fire department doused it an hour and a half later. About 900 bushels of oats and a large amount of straw burned. a purebred Holstein bull, several calves, and four horses were saved. Faulty wiring is suspected.
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Theodore Altman
13Th Street
Altman
Viola
Monroe
West Coast Trip for Miss Jean Jones and Michael Gage Hasley
Miss Jean Jones and Michael Gage Hasley departed Chicago by air for San Diego California. Michael joins his parents Lieut and Mrs M L Hasley former Monroe residents while Miss Jones takes a week leave from St Clare hospital. Michael, 11 months old, has stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Earl Hasley and great aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Ray T Bast of Monroe.
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West Coast
Jean Jones
Michael Gage Hasley
Chicago
San Diego
Calif
Michael
M. L. Hasley
Monroe
Hasley
Headquarters Marine Aviation Base
Miramar
Calcutta Riots Ravage City Amid Famine and Deaths
Amid escalating sectarian violence in Calcutta, 2000 to 3000 corpses lie in the streets over four days as Moslems and Hindus clash over Britain's independence. Looting, fires, and mass casualties spread fear of an epidemic while troops restore order and relief networks falter.
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Calcutta
Woman and three children drown at Lake Koshkonong
A 14 foot rowboat capsized in rough water near Fort Atkinson killing Mrs. Julia Swinner 33 and her daughter Sharle 2 and Laura Jean Smart 7 and Jan Richard Smart 21 months. Five others were saved including Vernon Smart 35 and his wife 32 and Rob ert Skinner 37.
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Fort Atkinson
Lake Koshkonong
Here
Rockford
Burgdorff Dies at Blanchardville After Illness
Herbert Ray Burgdorff 63 formerly of Monroe and Blanchardville and Royal Blue store operator dies after a nine week illness. Survived by wife Pearl Billings a daughter Mrs Fred Warren two sons Harold Alden and a brother and sister. Funeral 2 Wednesday at Blanchardville Methodist Church with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Madison.
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Herbert Ray Burgdorff
Montgomery Ward
Blanchardville
Fred
Alice Burgdorff
New Chester
Wis
Pearl Billings
Burgdorffs
Royal Blue
Monroe
Wisconsin Dells
Fred Warren, Dixon, III
Harold
Madison
Alden
New Glarus
Omar
Grand Marsh
Ethel Atkins
Blanchardville Methodist Church
Belleville
Forest Hill Cemetery
Two Democratic County Nominees May Miss November Ballot
County Clerk Clarence W. Lengacher announced that two Democratic nominees for county clerk and register of deeds must obtain court orders to qualify for the general election after failing to file final expense statements by the deadline. If the court denies late filing, their names will be excluded from the ballot.
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Clarence W. Lengacher
Ralph F. Ross
Roy St. John
Register of Deeds
Harry A. Keefan
Rudolph P. Reger
Wisconsin
Lengacher
Ross
St. John
Demos
Max I. Armstrong
Diplomatic Row of Great Consequence Emerges Over Fire Incident
An American army transport near the Yugoslav border reported fire from anti aircraft guns amid speculation Tito’s forces attacked a U S plane intruding into Yugoslav territory. A British plane failed to contact the crippled craft as tracer fire and gunfire were reported.
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Trieste
Marshal Tito
U. S
Austria-Italy
Yugoslavia
European Air Transport Service
Vienna
Klagenfurt
Austria
Udine
Venezia Giula
Vast Wheat Pile May Go to Waste in Northwest
Spokane reports three million bushels of wheat stored in open piles due to lack of storage and railroad car shortages. Spillover from Big Bend and eastern Washington adds about two million more, with Umatilla Oregon housing 60,000 on the ground and 50,000 in warehouses. Officials warn of ongoing accumulation as harvests near completion in the Palouse region amid a bumper crop and strained transport.
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Spokane
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Big Bend
Washington
Umatilla
Ore
Willard N. Crawford
Portland
Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Assocation
Oregon
Palouse
Idaho
Washington — State Production and Marketing Administration
PMA
Trip Takers Return After 7500 Mile Western Tour
Mr and Mrs William Tuescher and their son Frederick arrived home after a three month journey through 15 western states and parts of Mexico. They covered 7500 miles visiting Grand Canyon Grand Creek Canyon near Flagstaff Ariz Red Wood National Park Hollywood Bowl Mt Rainer and Tijuana.
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William Tuescher
Frederick
Mexico
Grand Canyon
Grand Creek Canyon
Flagstaff
Ariz
Redwood National Park
Hollywood Bowl
Mt. Rainer
Tiajuana
Madison Wisconsin milk output equals 13.6 percent of nation
State reports Wisconsin total milk production for year ending June 30 1946 at 15 737 000 000 pounds about 13 6 percent of U S output. For 12 months ending March 31 Wisconsin dairy farmers received 66 087 965 dollars for about 14 million pounds of milk under a dairy feed program. Dane County led with 2 727 745 dollars in subsidies covering 90 percent of eligible milk.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Office of the Production and Marketing Administration
Dane County
AAA
Midwest Weather Clears After Storms With Cooler Highs
Monroe and vicinity saw calm conditions after an early Sunday storm dropped .15 inch of rain. The day began with a low of 56, a high near 80 yesterday, and noon reading around 72.
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Monroe
Diplomatic furor over downed American C-47 in Yugoslavia
The United States accuses Yugoslav fighters of machinegunning the US transport after a forced Aug 9 descent over Yugoslav territory. Capt. William Crombie said the plane entered a storm blind and was attacked as it surfaced from clouds. One Turkish-nation occupant was wounded. crew interned in Yugoslavia as logs are held.
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Isonzo
Venezia Giulia
RAF
Vienna- Udine
Udine
Belgrade
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Patterson
Yugoslavia
U.S
William Crombie
East Longmeadow
Mass
Vienna
Italy
Foreign Office
Crombie
Kranj
Yugoslav Troops Enter Trieste Zone Fire On U S Forces
The United States charges Yugoslav troops illegally entered the Allied zone around Trieste on July 12 and fired on American forces without provocation. The State Department released a note delivered to Belgrade last Thursday rejecting Yugoslavia’s earlier distortion of evidence.
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Washington
United States
Trieste
State Department
Yugoslavia
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