Universalist Church Receives Memorial Organ Gift
The Universalist church will gain a new organ donated in memory of Mrs. Emery A. Odell. The gift was announced by Mrs. Arthur P. Benkert, organ music chair, with committee members naming Mrs. Laroy Dodge and others. The organ, built by the Wangerin firm of Milwaukee, will replace the present instrument after Easter and feature a two manual console, a 61 stop compass, and electric pneumatic action.
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Universalist Church
Emery A. Odell
Ladies Aid Society
Odell
Arthur P. Benkert
Benkert
Joseph Wood
Wangerin
Milwaukee
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Ralph Wangerin
Universalist Group
Aid Society
F. W. Galle
Burton H. Lynch
Roub
E. N. Churchill
John A. Becker
Miss Tillema Elected Officer by Wisconsin Home Agents
Miss Mamie Tillema Green county home demonstration agent was elected vice president of the Wisconsin Home Agents Association as the annual conference closed in Madison. Miss Stasia Lonergan Portage was named president and Tillema was chosen as home agent delegate to the national convention in Chicago next year.
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Mamie Tillema
Green County
Wisconsin Home Agents Association
Wisconsin
Madison
Stasia Lonergan
Portage
Tillema
Home Agents
Chicago
Two Attempts Fail To Lift Glider Off Greenland Ice
Nine airmen aboard a stricken Greenland glider remain marooned after two failed lift attempts by a C-54. Rescue plans include ski fittings or wheel removal to aid sliding, as tow ropes broke through the snow crust. Headquarters says no fear for men’s safety though two fliers became marooned during a prior mission.
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Washington
Greenland
Airforce
La Salle Newspaper Plant Fire Upends Daily News Tribune
Fire at the two story La Salle Daily News-Tribune building caused about 500000 in damage and left only portions of walls standing. Fire companies from four departments contained it in about two hours at 5 a.m. Publishers Mr. and Mrs. Peter Miller vow emergency publication using Ottawa plant and Salle armory offices while investigators probe the blaze. Mrs Miller is Col. Robert R. McCormick’s niece of the Chicago Tribune.
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la Salle
Ill
Daily News-Tribune
News-Tribune
Peter Miller
Republican Times
Ottawa
Salle Armory
Miller
Col
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Light Snow and Cold Snap Forecast for Monroe Area
Federal Weatherman H. J. Thompson predicts light snow and lower temperatures tonight with cloudy and warmer conditions. Sunday brings intermittent snow and colder weather after a warmer spell, as temperatures plummet to as low as 10 below in parts of northern Wisconsin, yet Monroe stays around 22 above zero.
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Monroe
H. J. Thompson
Wisconsin
Land O'Lakes
Slain Girl Found Near Chicago Cemetery
A ten year old girl, described as pretty and blonde, was found murdered in a ditch beside a cemetery between Chicago and Elmhurst. Police say she was attacked and strangled, wearing a pink sweater and blue skirt under a green coat. State police linked her to a missing Brookfield girl.
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Chicago
Elmhurst
Brookfield
Peiping defends amid Chinese civil war amid hopes for spared siege
Amid North China fighting, Gen Fu Tso Yi vowed to defend Peiping to the last man as Nanking’s position worsens and red forces push near the city. Reports say the Reds reached an air field south of Peiping while government troops abandon Hwai river defenses and Li Chi Shen signals possible coalition talks.
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Nanking
Peiping
China
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Fu. Tso-Yi
Hwai River
Yangtze
Chu Hsi-Chun
Hopeh
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
Li Chi-Shen
James D. White
White
Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee
Li Tsung - Jen
Reds
Ned Slocum Stricken at 51 Dies in Two Rivers
Ned M. Slocum, 51, former commander of the Two Rivers post of the American Legion, died yesterday. He taught at Washington High School for 26 years.
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Ned Slocum
Two Rivers
Ned M. Slocum
American Legion
Washington High School
1949 Food Outlook Predicted To Ease Prices
Chicago officials and industry leaders forecast lower consumer prices in 1949 with higher food supplies and greater sales. They expect improved service and high quality food in retail stores, reflecting views from meat dairy poultry fruit and grocery sectors alongside agriculture and commerce secretaries.
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Food Industry Review
National Grocers Bulletin
Natonal Association of Retail Growers
Association
Charles Sawyer
Commerce
the Bulletin
Sawyer
Retaier
Chicago
Meat prices fall in Midwest A and P unit declines
A Chicago spokesman for the A and P chain said wholesale meat cuts reduced retail lists by 20 percent for pork 17 percent for choice beef and 8 percent for lamb in two weeks across Midwest units. Local market shows beef chuck drop from 72 to 57 this week and 51 next Monday.
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Chicago
A and P Food Market
Midwest
Truck Snow Plow Contract Awarded
The board of public works awarded a $4,748 bid to Monroe Sales Co. for a snow plow truck with delivery expected in about 30 days. Ten bids were received and the price is net after turning over a second hand truck. The panel also approved buying an enclosed cab for the street department end loader from Nagle Hart Co. Madison for $175 and approved the weekly payroll of $542.68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Monroe Sales Co
Monroe
Nagle-Hart Co
Madison
Accident Victim To Leave Hospital
Green counties plane crash victim, Mrs. Harland R. Johnson of Mooresville Indiana, is expected to leave St. Clare hospital Sunday for Minneapolis after Thanksgiving. Her husband died in the crash near New Glarus and her mother has stayed with her during long convalescence. The Johnsons plan to visit the crash site en route to Minneapolis.
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Green County
St. Clare Hospital
Harland R. Johnson
Mooresville
Ind
Minneapolis
Jerry
Don Sorenson
Johnson
Fred Murrell
New Glarus
Harland Robert Johnson
Monticello
Jacob Bruni
Green County American Legion Council
Jefferson Center Co operative opens new cheese factory
Cheesemakers farmers and state officials attend the Jefferson Center Co operative cheese factory open house at Twin Grove. Joe Jaeggi expects to start production during the holidays after transferring from the old plant north of Twin Grove before Christmas. The three acre site features a 16 kettle cheese room, brine tanks, heating cellars and a seven to eight hundred wheel refrigerated cellar, cork insulated walls, and upstairs living quarters. Official plaque bears 1947 designation and gifts from Ray and Clifford Fritz. Current officers include John Waeffler and George Pick with Dewey Scott and William Woethrich as directors.
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Jefferson Center Co-op
Twin Grove
Gordon - ZumBrunnen
State Agricultural Department
Jefferson Center
Jefferson Center Co-operative
Ray
Clifford Fritz
Rees Construction Co
Monroe
John Waeffler
George Pick
Russell Carter
Dewey Scott
William Woethrich
Jaeggi
A. B. Hartwick
Andrew Bell
Orangeville Enforces Strict Traffic Laws
Orangeville warns motorists that all traffic laws will be rigidly enforced. Village Marshal Leslie Schwitz will patrol Highway 26 and has already made two arrests in violations. A new school safety patrol has been formed to protect village children.
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Orangeville
Leslie Schwitz
Post Office Extends Hours For Christmas Mail Rush
Mon ro e post office windows stayed open this afternoon to aid holiday mailers. Extra Saturday service and delayed rural carriers reflect a season of heavy mail. Postmaster Burkhard notes continued mail flow as a Milwaukee depot drop facilitates eastward dispatch. Star routes report higher parcel post and first class volumes.
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Monroe
John J. Burkhard
Milwaukee Railroad
Cheese Rally Debates Swiss Cheese Grading Aims
A Turner hall meeting by cheese dealers cheesemakers and producers discussed revisions to Swiss cheese grades. Milton Button head of the dairy department and three state officials presided in an informal session with no official record. The group favored keeping grades the same but noted defects and wide variation in the four grades. Some urge five grades and questioned Wisconsin Swiss sales against non supervised rivals.
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Turner Hall
Milton Button
Dairy Department
Wisconsin
U. S vice consul Etter to return from Shanghai on leave
Willis R. Etter youthful U S vice consul at Shanghai arrives in Monroe for a 60 day home leave with his family and will travel to Washington to confer with state department officers. He says reporters have besieged him and declines comment on the Chinese war situation. He plans to return to Monroe for Christmas.
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Willis R. Etter
U. S
Shanghai
China
Monroe
Washington, D. C
State Department
Etter
America
Joyce Williams
Susan
Stephen
Philip
Rolland Etter
17Th Avenue
Cheese Factory Site Sold on Bid in Green County
August Heller of New Glarus bid $510 to acquire one fourth acre of land and the former Streiff cheese factory in New Glarus township. He was one of three bidders including Conrad Elmer Jr. and Harvey P. Elmer. the county had previously acquired the property on tax deeds.
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August Heller
New Glarus
Streiff
New Glarus Township
Green County
Conrad Elmer Jr
Monticello
Harvey P. Elmer
Taft vows fight to save Taft Hartley labor law
Senator Taft of Ohio pledges opposition to any administration move to repeal the Taft Hartley act. He says repeal would effectively erase the Wagner act and warns Republicans will defend its provisions. Taft returns from Europe and hints at seeking leadership of the Republican minority in the new Senate.
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Washington
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
Rules Committee
Taft
Ohio
Europe
Senate
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Wright
Fred M. Vinson
Rostrum
Ihsonian Institution
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Lindbergh
Universalist
Emery Odell
Germany
Benkett
Becker
Gale Roud
Dicken
Santa Claus
Mrs. K
Mrs. Lynch
Miss Tillema
Afi
GOP
Mrs. Johnson
Administration
John E. Rankin
Miss
J. Strom Thurmond
Rankin
Veterans Committee
Dixie
Jefferson Factory
Cheese Rally
Anchorage
Alaska
Tokyo
Seattle
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