Sign Pact on Battleship Missouri Aug 31 Wartime Rules
British move to extend wartime emergency controls seeks five years to peg prices and regulate services and supplies. The measure aims to secure fair prices, equitable distribution, and industry readjustment, while aiding distressed dominions and foreign countries. It would ban trials by special courts. Attlee says arrangements are being made for the Japanese surrender in Hong Kong to be accepted by a British commander.
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Safesty
Hongkong
Attlee
County Teacher Institute Here All Day Friday
Armour Nann principal of Waukesha junior high will open with parent teacher relations at the annual teachers institute. About 110 teachers from county schools expected at an all day session in circuit court room. Other speakers include Miss Alice Legler on the Red Cross and more. Miss Irene Olson and Miss Mildred Kuehling among health presenters. Under supervision of Miss Florence Wartnehmer county superintendent. Also notes Truman to award 28 Medal of Honor recipients at White House ceremony on south lawn inviting families.
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Armour Nann
Waukesha
Circuit Court Room
Alice Legler
Red Cross
Clarence W. Lengacher
Margaret Baker
Conservation
E. N. Robinson
Madison
Phonics
Wisconsin Educational Association
Ferne) Bridge
Juda
Green County
Cancer Control
Mildred Kuehling
Irene’ B. Olson
Howard Teasdale
Rudy Burkhalter
County Normal
Florence Wartenweiler
Washington
Truman
White House
Pugh tops trapshooting in rain at Vandalia
BE T Pugh broke 199 of 200 targets in a rain sparing performance to win with a near perfect card at Vandalia. Mrs Hall also excelled, hitting 192 of 200 as the event drew strong field and damp conditions.
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Vandalia
BE. T. Pugh
Pugh
Mrs. Hall
Canning Sugar Applicants Urged to File At Once
Green County war price and rationing board urges immediate filing of canning sugar applications buried in second half allotment paperwork. No more first half allotments will be issued unless blanks are filed before Sept 1, except for discharged veterans.
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Green County War Price and Rationing Board
Green County finances shown as strong by clerk report
Clarence W. Lengacher, county clerk, presents a July 31 financial statement for Green County. The report portrays a healthy balance with reserves for highway projects, assets of about 450 32.47 million, liabilities equal to assets, and large revenues from income taxes and unrealized items while awaiting utility tax proceeds. If the county ceased operations and collected all revenues, it would be over 100000 ahead.
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Green County
Clarence W. Lengacher
Aeenth
Goodland Denies Clemency for Kenneth Ruff
Governor Goodland denied clemency for Kenneth Ruff a 21 year old Monroe youth serving a life term at Waupun State Prison. Recommendation came from Executive Counsel Francis Lamb after a July 25 hearing by Edward J. Dempsey Oshkosh. Ruff was 19 at sentencing November 25 1942 by Circuit Judge Jesse Earle in Monroe for Ned Hartwig cattle buyer slaying alleged over a $1000 debt.
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Kenneth Ruff
Monroe
J Waupun
Goodland
Francis Lamb
Edward J. Dempsey
Oshkosh
Rufi
Lamb
Jesse Earle
Ned Hartwig
Hartwig
Push Sale Surplus Plants to Provide Jobs and Trains
The army offered 252 war plants to industry to build civilian goods and create jobs. Reconversion aims to sell or lease these plants, costing 1.1 billion to build, at cheaper prices to private manufacturers. Relaxed transportation controls allow more deliveries and holiday trains to resume, while households will see appliances arrive sooner.
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Nashington
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wisconsin Property Valuation Rises 1943 to 1944
Wisconsin state tax reports show general property valued at 5 015 568 173 in 1944, up from 4 807 363 225 in 1943. Real estate rose from 4 024 040 290 to 4 473 482 035, while personal property increased from 783 322 935 to 842 186 138, per Wisconsin Department of Taxation.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Taxation
Iso
Tax Department
Dismissals Hit OPA Staff Across Midwest Region
Rae E. Walters regional OPA administrator announced about 600 of 8,548 OPA employees in the region will be dismissed. The cut spans Illinois and states in the region with larger reductions anticipated later. About 15,000 to 18,000 voluntary rationing board workers remain for price panel and related tasks. Enforcement actions for ration violations will continue with plans for larger enforcement forces.
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Chicago
Rae E. Walters
OPA
Price Administration
Ilionis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Neebraska
North Dakota
Dakota
Walters
Turner and Schwing Program plans at Monroe picnic
The Monroe Turn and Schwing club schedules an event Sunday at Lehr's Grove west of the city. Under Ernest Iseli and Mrs. Marie Hoesly, athletes include Walter Schuetz LeRoy Wuethrich Mark Hoesly Adolph Ruef Fredrick Krattiger Otto Graber Permin Graber Lawrence Gissing Clarence Gissing Robert Wuethrich Marvin Wuethrich Ernest Ammon Donald Ruf Walter Ruf Dee Grand Miller Glenn Miller Donald Stackhouse Alfred Groge Mar Schneider Lawrence Schneider Rudy Kopp Duane Schwartz Robert Niffenegger Roland Kuehl Alfred Meier, and under Mrs Hoesly are Misses Marie Rose Ammon Elsa Rattin Erma Stocker Lillian Neuenschwander Esther Balziger Frances Kopp Hedwig Kopp.
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Schwing Club
Lehr’s Grove
Ernest Isels
Marie Hoesly
Mr. Iseli
Walter Schuetz
LeRoy Wuethrich
Mark Hoesly
Adolph Ruef
Fredrick Krattiger
Otto Graber
Permin Graber
Lawrence Gissing
Esther Balziger
Frances Kopp
Hedwig Kopp
Green Countian to Attend Missouri Surrender Ceremonies
Specialist Optician 2/C Robert Neil Jackson of Woodford, aboard the battleship Missouri, will be present for Japan's surrender papers signed for American officials. He joined service January 21, 1942 and has served since the Missouri’s shakedown. His relatives in Woodford and Browntown await news of the surrender events. He married in Tales, New Mexico, December 8, 1943. his wife resides there.
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Japan
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Robert Neil Jackson
Woodford
Mare Island
Farragut
Oscar Jackson
B. J. Rugh
Browntown
Jackson
Portales
N. M
Fair and Warmer Weather Friday Forecast
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with rising temperatures. After a frosty start in the north, readings reached 70 at noon and may approach 75 today with a trend toward summer levels by tomorrow.
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Eury
Vast Quantities Clothing in Fall
Government and industry officials predicted a large return of clothing and textiles to stores within two months. A cautious note warned households must not buy too quickly or shortages of some items could reappear before year’s end. Federal textile leaders cited wartime production surges and U S postwar adjustments as manufacturers adapt to reduced military orders and ongoing priorities.
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ODT
WPB
Januray
Washington
Associated Press
Federal
Surrender in Field Goes On
Allied and Japanese capitulation accelerate as MacArthur says formal surrender will occur August 31 aboard Missouri near Tokyo. Occupation plans unfold in Luzon Mindanao Cebu as hundreds of thousands await entry of U.S. British Russians and Chinese leaders. Salvation efforts include evacuation of prisoners of war and aid from Red Cross teams in Tokyo bay and Sagami bay zones.
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Japan
Tokyo Bays
Missouri
MacArthur
Luzon
Mindanao
Cebu
Isl
Marcus Island
Marcus
Tokyo
Red Cross
United States
United Kingdom
Kuzma Nikolaevech Derevyanko
Russia
Hsu Yung-chang
China
Sir Thomas Blamey
Australia
L. H. van Oyen
Netherlands East Indies
Jacques le Clerc
France
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Nippon
American Red Cross
Australian Red Cross
Australian Comforts Fund
M. M. Marcus
Philippines
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
U. S. Fifth Fleet
Central Pacific Surrender Begins on Bypassed Islands
The surrender of about 120000 Japanese on bypassed central Pacific islands is under way, with 2500 troops 1000 naval personnel and 1000 civilians on Mili in the eastern Marshalls signing papers aboard the destroyer escort Levy. American occupation of Mili will follow in a few days as the Navy calls this first act a trickle that may grow into a flood.
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Swam
Central Pacific
Mili
Marshalls
Caroolines
Truk
Solomons
New Ireland
New Britain
Rabaul
Melbourne
Bougainville
Canberra
Ammon to Direct Centennial Fair Scheduled in 1948
Aaron Ammon former state department of agriculture director and state fair manager has accepted management of the 1948 Wisconsin centennial and fair announced by the state Board of Agriculture. The centennial observance of Wisconsin admission to statehood will be at the state fair park in Milwaukee with a 67 acre addition to be started soon. Ammon served as state fair manager from 1930 to 1942.
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Mackson
Aaron Ammon
State Department of Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Ammon
Speaker on GI Bill of Rights Tomorrow at Court House
Walter F. Wisconsin, supervisor of apprenticeship, will speak on the GI bill of rights and lization procedure at a gathering for Green county businessmen and veterans. Sponsored by the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, the meeting will be held in the courthouse here.
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Walter F
Wisconsin
Green County
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Court House
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