Power Shifts Shape Presidency Through History
The piece traces how presidential power evolved from Jefferson to Truman. It notes the 12th amendment after the Burr Jefferson tie, rises from Jackson and Roosevelt, the Johnson clash with Congress, Wilson’s wartime policies, and FDR’s wartime programs, all leading to Truman’s postwar battles with a hostile Congress.
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Aaron Burr
Thomas Jefferson
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Andrew Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Forest Service reports 1945 fire season damages
A forest service report estimates total timber and property damage from the 1945 fire season at 26 million 726 thousand nine hundred nineteen dollars. The note hints at scarce pay despite extensive work.
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Forest Service
Discrimination in Toy Selection for Christmas Gifts
Madison toy guidance urges careful choice of gifts for children. It stresses safety with sturdy materials and large parts, non toxic paint, no sharp edges, and washable infant tops. The article notes educational benefits of doll houses, toy kitchens, building sets, and sports gear for varied development and early training.
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Madison
Beauty and liquor outpace education in national spending
Dr. Charl Ormond Williams of the National Education Association told the 4 H club congress that Americans spend 13 billion dollars yearly on beauty barber shop tobacco and alcohol while education receives only 2 billion. She called the disparity a national disgrace and warned it affects the next generation.
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Chicago
Charl Ormond Williams
National Education Association
4-H Club
Monticello Socials and Visits Round Weekend in Madison
Monticello residents and guests gathered for dinners and visits across Madison and nearby towns. Families from Browntown, Monroe, Belleville and New Glarus joined Saturday and Sunday gatherings as church events and club meetings occurred. Deliberately set fires caused 27 percent of 1945 forest-fire losses.
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Jacob Voegels
Howard
Kathryn Weiss
Charles Schnetzler
Madison
H. A. Becker
H. Hoesly
New Glarus
Wallace P. Barlow
Virginia Barlow
Robert Kissling
Allen Heikle
Carl Heikle
Winslow
Alfred Wyss
Wilbert Marty
Whitewater
Albert Marty
Henry Duerst
Fred Duerst
Walter Duerst
Herman Duerst
Belleville
Clarence Duerst
Chicago
Adam Duerst
Elmer
Harris Babler
Jill
Browntown
Willis Babler
Herman Kubly
Eugene
Abraham
Ralph
C. M. Stauffer
Alvin Ott
St. Clare Hospital
Carl Sipple
Rosemary
Judith
Carol
Bernice Babler
Pat McGowan
Laverne
Schmeuzer
Deaconess Hospital
Milwaukee
Zwingli
L. Woelffer
Mata Benkhe
Helen
Lake Mills
R. W. Woelffer
Lydia Voegeli
Caroline
Jacob Voegeli
Muehlmeier
Arthur Raich
William Baebler
Billy
Mary
John Richards
John Jr
A. Muehlmeier
Charles Rolph
Monticello
Herman Meiers
C. Harold Nicolaus
Cudahy
Ewald Muehlmeier
A. Muehlimeijer
Jack Hoskins
Royal Voegeli
Wallie Barlow
Monroe
Robert Holcomb Sr
Kenneth Johnson
Ronney
Platteville
Robert Holcomb Jr
Gary
Nancy
O. D. Curtis
Doris Curtis
Bob Wagner
Fred C. Marty
Lawrence
Mission House College
H. L. Karlen
R. H. Dugdale
Tommy
Sheridan
Ind
Robert
Ellen Stauffer
Lena Schuler
Susae Elmer
Hazel Becker
Ida Hoesly
Bessie Younggreen
Anna Pagel
Rose Spring
Sylvia Curtis
Mata Lynn
Hilda Karlen
Christian Church
Martha Richards
Masonic Lodge
Clarence Keehn
Erwin Spring
Wilbert Stauffer
Frederick Voegels
Otto Bently
Adam Schuler
Albert Knobel
Edward Wild
Redfield
S. C
Thomas Voegeli
John Duerst
Delmar Kubly
Henry J. Elmer
W. S. Hoesly
Hazel Kundert
Margaret Blum
Four Communicable Diseases Increase in Wisconsin
Wisconsin state board of health reports increases in at least four communicable diseases for January through November this year, versus 1945. mumps totals reach 16,349 by November 30, measles rise to 46,187 overall with 2,123 on November 30, and polio cases exceed 1,300 this year, up from 541 by December 1, 1945.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
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