Fun Day Award Winners Highlight Park Activities
Recreation park held its annual Fun Day with afternoon games and morning events continuing until Labor Day. Parade awards recognized individuals for originality, best buddies, most work, and top floats, bicycles, doll buggies, and other contests. The event featured prizes, thanks to sponsors, and honors from the park committee and local groups.
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Recreation Park
Ray A. Young
Ernest Hayes
W. R
Michael Bellahan
Shirley Councilman
Billy Foesch
Judith Kably
Karen Lengacher
Karen Kindschi
Elsa Schindler
Peter Johnson
Kay Wouetrich
John Maurer
Nate Lindsay
Donny Brennan
Silver Twins
Belgrien
Darlene Johnson
Suzanne Blumer
Larry Peter
Don Fritz
Faye Stauflacher
Virginia Geil
Helen Stauffer
Dick Bruni
Joan Koenig
Paul Frenzel
Billy Lanz
Chester Goetz
Pat Knaack
Gladys Gibbons
Event Times
Wisconsin Power & Co
Sybil Blumer
Carol Schindler
Elaine Beckman
Peg Angliker
Janice Lindsay
Van's
Melchair Denny
Wesley Timmons
Jane Stauffacher
Donna Ridge
Jim Hardell
Vincent Oflaherty
Ken Davis
Mary Ann Huber
Maribeth Holcomb
Richard Kundert
Don Timmons
Ernie Vogler
Dan Courtney
Helen Waelchli
Mildred Stauffer
Karen Bender
Richard McArdle
Dorothy Cavitte
Bob Turner
Melvin Ehlert
Barbara Foley
Tommy Marty
Marieah Kiel
Shirley Bruni
Sondra Stivers
Sally Stivers
Marion Rufenacht
Carlos Babler
Eileen Estherly
Mary Robinson
Ruth Foulker
Colleen Vinge
Diane Horlick
John Mueller
Tommy Hartwig
Mary Anderson
Patty Whalen
Kenneth Baker
Cheese Quotations Bid Prices For Various Cars
Market notes show bids for 20 cars at 41 cents, five cars single daisies at 43 cents, five cars junior grade cheddars at 40 cents, and five cars cheddars at 41 percent cents.
Aid allocations for Washington Wisconsin Michigan announced
Washington Wisconsin received 67142 for planning and 1622925 for hospital aid under federal programs. Michigan was granted 124372 for planning and 2172000 for construction in the latest allocations.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Michigan
Green County Dominates Wisconsin Brown Swiss Show
Green County Brown Swiss cattle shine at the Wisconsin state fair with three first prizes in open class and eleven in Wisconsin class, led by Franlo Chip Montvic Royal a 2-year-old Holstein bull owned by John W. Ruff Monroe who also earned the Jerry Riordan memorial trophy. Marjorie Schmid Monroe and Alfred Meier Monroe post notable winnings as top entries from Curtiss Candy Co Chicago and Judd's Bridge farms Cleve land and Lena.
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Green County
Wisconsin
Middlewest
East Coast
John W. Ruff
Monroe
Jerry Riordan
Marjorie Schmid
Alfred Meier
Curtiss Candy Co
Chicago
Lee's Hill Farm
Morristown
N. J
Judd’s Bridge Farms
Cleveland
New Milford
Conn
Lena, Ill
John Re
Four Nations Press for Easier Italian Peace
A bloc including France China Australia and Canada plans a softer stance on Italy's peace treaty. They argue Italy should gain greater credit for aid to the Allies after Mussolini's overthrow. More than six representatives met in secret to draft the pro Italian campaign and a formal statement may be issued at the Italian political and territorial commission.
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Paris
France
China
Australia
Canada
Organrat
Italy
Mussolini
Geigel Hardware Sold To Wenger and Kramer in Monroe
Announcement states Geigel hardware store on the square will be sold effective Sept 1 to Ernest E. Wenger and Robert W. Kramer both WWII veterans and former Montgomery Ward department managers. The Geigels keep the farm implement and milking equipment business at 1614 9th Street with family members as partners.
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Geigel Hardware
Ernest E. Wenger
Robert W. Kramer
Montgomery Ward
Geigels
9Th Street
William M. Geigel
Albert D. Geigel
Marie D
Madison
Wenger
Ward's
Kramer
County Teachers at Institute Held in Circuit Court Room
Rural teachers from Green county gathered in the circuit court room for a full day training institute ahead of opening rural schools next Monday. The morning speakers included W A Stolen on spelling, Mrs Marty T Ryan on library culling, Miss Margaret Baker on new books, and Mrs Herman Legler Jr on Junior Red Cross. Afternoon sessions featured J F Powers on manuscript writing, H F Moore on playground and indoor recreation, Russel Prien on government bond sales, and Arthur Simpson on WEA membership. Most rural schools start fall term Monday August 26 and all open by September 2.
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Green County
Circuit Court Room
W. A. Stolen
Stoughton
Marty T. Ryan
Madison
Margaret Baker
Monroe
Herman Legler Jr
Red Cross
Busy Season for Housewife With Canning at Its Peak
The piece notes a peak in home canning with bumper fruit and vegetable crops. It mentions Labor Day weekend, school reopenings in 10 days, Monroe markets stocked with pears peaches lemons grapes and Italian prunes, and discusses sugar shortages and homemakers canning without sugar. Local grocers offer canning supplies as rural schools prepare nourishing, affordable meals. Green County recipes are being collected for weekly ads.
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Monroe
Green County
Yugoslavs Free Yanks but Hold Turk Under Detention
A Yugoslav spokesman said the Turkish officer on the U S transport shot down on August 9 is being held because his overflight of Yugoslavia was not accidental The Yugoslav claim follows the release of passengers and most crew with the Turkish officer remaining under detention as part of the investigation.
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Paris
U. S
Yugoslavia
Ljubjana
Kosanovic
Trieste
Venezia
Giulia
Italy
Austria
Ante Pavelic
Europe
Quisling
Croatia
Axis
Tito Orders Air Force Not to Fire on Foreign Planes
Tito rejects the American ultimatum while ordering the Yugoslav Fourth Army not to shoot at foreign planes over Yugoslavia even without clearance. Seven American citizens remain interned in Ljubljana as U S officials seek satisfaction within 48 hours or UN action.
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Belgrade
Tito
United States
Yugoslavia
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Ljubljana
Bled
Patterson
United Nations
Associated Press
New York Times
Fourth Army
Yugoslav Ships Held by United States at Danube
Yugoslavia filed a complaint with the United Nations Security Council over ships impounded in the upper Danube by U.S. forces in Austria and Germany. The Moscow radio cited Belgrade as saying six Yugoslav passenger ships and other vessels are detained, along with 16 tugs and 18 tankers, 119 barges, seven pontoons, a crane and four other objects. The note seeks agenda inclusion for Aug 31.
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London
Yugoslavia
United States
United Nations Security Council
Council
Moscow Radio
Upper Danube
United Nations
New York
Moscow
Belgrade
Stamper
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Security Council
Danube
Austria
Germany
Weber Yields Dealer Permit Amid Price-Fix Allegations
Racine automobile dealer Edward L. Weber surrendered his dealer permit to the state motor vehicle department before a scheduled hearing on charges by the Harvey E. Hanson post of the American Legion that he sold used cars to veterans at over ceiling prices. Weber pleaded innocent in a Milwaukee federal court to an OPA price violations complaint. bond set at $500.
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Gouger
Racine
Edward L. Weber
State Motor Vehicle Department
Harvey E. Hanson
The
American Legion
Weber
Milwaukee
OPA
CIO union files 30 day strike notices against four meat firms
Chicago reports 30 day strike notices filed by the CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America against Swift Armour Wilson and Cudahy. Nanking Chiang Kai-shek approves a last chance plan to place disputed Chinese areas under American trusteeship pending final settlement with the communists. Frankfurt ammunition blast drives 50 American families from Bremerhaven. no casualties reported.
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Chicago
Ralph Helstein
CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America
Swift, Armour, Wilson and Cudahy
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Frankfurt
Bremerhaven
Hope Wanes for 5 Yanks Shot Down
U S authorities report Yugoslav Fourth army doubts any of the five airmen downed Aug 9 parachuted to safety. Seven Americans and two Hungarians released. Turkish passenger hospitalized. Visit to the crash site postponed due to weather. peasants may have mistaken debris for parachutes. Diplomatic notes note Tito's quick reply as a sign nations in the Soviet sphere resist a major showdown now.
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Washington
State Department
Fourth Army
Harold Shantz
Belgrade
Hohenthal
Theodore Hohenconsul
Zagreb
Morgan Line
Marshal Tito
Iowa County Girl Crowned Wisconsin Dairy Queen
Betty Gene Gardner of Ridgeway Iowa County aged twenty one was chosen as Dairy Queen of Wisconsin at the state fair. She was selected from 57 county dairy queens based on health appearance personality and photogenic qualities after a dinner and a breakfast judging event. The queen was crowned at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Milwaukee
Betty Gene Gardner
Ridgeway
Iowa
Wisconsin
Milwaukee youths banned from government piers after drownings
Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution banning anyone under 18 from government piers. The move follows three boys drowning Wednesday and empowers the county park commission to enforce the order.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors
County Park Commission
Monroe merchant ponders pudding directions for customers
A Monroe shopkeeper studies a fresh pudding supply, reading directions and ingredients to answer customer cooking questions confidently. He aims to know exactly what he sells to assist patrons with any queries about preparation or flavor.
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Monroe
Cool Weather Spreads East as Midwest Warms
A cool front stretching from the Great Lakes to the plains moves eastward, dropping temperatures 10 to 15 degrees and expected to reach the Atlantic coast within 36 hours. Forecaster FP Sutton notes gradual warming resumes in the Midwest after the chill. Lows this morning ranged from 32 to 60 across Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Indiana the Dakotas and Ohio.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Plain States
Atlantic Seaboard
F. Sutton
Midwest
Sutton
Upper
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Dakotas
Ohio River
Cadillac
Mich
Poles Claim Britain Interfering in Poland Affairs
A Polish embassy spokesman accuses Britain of open interference in Poland's internal politics over the June referendum and elections while London demands free general elections and notes conditions for returning 16 million dollars in Polish gold. The United States also protests Polish electoral irregularities under the Yalta framework.
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London
Britain
Poland
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Potsdam
United States
Russia
Yalta
Wash admits setting fire that destroyed barn in Faithorn
Sheriff Edward J. Reindl of Menominee County said Joseph Wash, a Faithorn township farmer and ex mental hospital patient, surrendered and confessed starting the blaze that caused about a $5,000 loss to his barn and granary after a family quarrel.
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Menominee Mich
Edward J. Reindl
Joseph Wash
Faithorn Township
Reindl
Wash
Misunderstood signals blamed for downed U S transport flight
Captain William Crombie of East Longmeadow Mass says Yugoslav fighters misread signals that urged landing as assembly and attacked the U S Army transport over Marshal Tito's country. He was released with crew and passengers after an American ultimatum.
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Gorizia
Italy
U. S. Army
Yugoslavia
William Crombie
East Longmeadow
Mass
Brewers Seeks More Grain for Beer Amid Crop Bumper
Brewers urged the agriculture department to expand grain allocations for brewing. They say a bumper crop allows greater output, as current limits cap production at 70 percent of last year. The discussion occurred in a closed meeting with grain officials and a brewers advisory committee.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Seder
Tanjug
America
U. N
Economic and Social Council
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Bulletin
John P. McKnight
Vienna-Udine
Crombie
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