Monroe Churches Plan Christmas Eve Services
Monroe churches prepare 13 Christmas Eve services highlighting the Nativity story and Christ’s birth. Protestant programs begin at 7 30 with St Johns candlelight mass and Catholic midnight mass at St Victor s, plus school and choir offerings at Grace Lutheran Mt Olive Union Presbyterian First Methodist and others in observance of Yuletide meaning.
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Moats Socelas
Monroe
Yuletide
Inta Claus
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
St. John’s
Union Presbyterian
First Methodist Church
Drill Pay Cut Off For Reserve Units
Washington reports the army will stop drill pay for 78,464 enlisted men and officers in 2,866 reserve training units. The cutoff begins January 1 for at least six months as funds run tight from a surge in paid drill participants. Reservists may drill unpaid while the army seeks authorization to restore pay.
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Washington
Army
Congress
Dodgeville Bakery Operator Dies at 47
Laverne W. Crabaugh, 47, operator of a bakery in Dodgeville for 22 years, died Wednesday night at St. Joseph hospital after a heart attack while returning from a high school basketball game. He is survived by his widow and six children. Funeral services will be Saturday morning.
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Dodgevile —Ury
Laverne W. Crabaugh
St. Joseph Hospital
Spirit of Season: Robots Guide Missiles to Target
The Defense Department outlines semiactive homing guidance in a glossary edition. A pamphlet describes missiles following a radar beam aimed at a city or factory, then guided to the target to detonate a warhead.
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Defense Department
Research and Development Board
Saturday Noon Mail Deadline Set
Fast post office windows close Saturday noon as mail volume tapers. Postmaster John J. Burkhard says lobby remains open with stamp dispensers and in coming mail delivery continues. Money taken is ahead of last year, possibly due to postage increases and more greeting cards. A peak of 935 bags of gift cheese were shipped yesterday from the Denny building with daily loads around 800 recently.
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John J. Burkhard
Burkhard
Denny
Ee Senneng
Wisconsin cheese market shows steady demand and price ranges
Federal State market news reports Wisconsin American cheese market with steady demand and no buying interest. Selling prices and assembly points include single daisies 34 to 35 percent, longhorns 35 to 36 percent, square prints 35 to 35 percent, and midgets 36 to 37 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Assembly
U S Forecast for Good Year in 1950 for Consumers
A Washington report says 1950 will bring easier installment terms and growing money supply. Department of Agriculture expects a record peacetime pork supply and eggs priced eight to ten cents a dozen lower. Farmers projects show larger crops and egg output rising, while luxury tax cuts could cut costs on several items.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Agriculture Department
Ecx
Lord Stanley Of Alderley Grants Divorce To Sylvia Hawkes
Sylvia Hawkes wife of Clark Gable was divorced in London on June 15 1948 by Lord Stanley of Alderley on grounds of desertion. She did not obtain the divorce herself, contrary to an earlier AP dispatch.
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Nouywooa
Clark Gable
Sylvia Hawkes
London
Lord Stanley of
Alderley
Associated Press
Gable
Ange Moller
Sylvia Stanley
Solvang
Calif
Gabe
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Generous City Joins Christmas Stocking Drive for Needy
About 70 Monroe children will receive filled stockings with clothing toys and goodies thanks to city organizations and the Woman's club welfare department. Distribution began with 26 baskets of food for local families and ten more Christmas cheer packages to be given. The effort is backed by Kiwanis St Johns aid society Pythian Sisters DAR Methodist WSCS and many more community groups contributing funds and goods.
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Monroe
Woman's Club Department of Welfare Service
BS A
Lana
Ae Eee
Adolph Abplana
Burton E. Bacon
George Barry
Rolland R. Etter
Lee Mitchell
Robert G. Rote
Myron I. Stair
J. A. Rouch
Leon 0. Schmidt
Margaret M. Baker
Kiwanis Club
St. John's Aid Society
Pythian’ Sisters
DAR
Methodist Wscs
Green County Shrine Club
Rebekahs
Grace Lutheran Aid
Universalist Aid Society
the American Legion and Auxiliary
Union Presbyterian Aid Society
Eastern Star
VFW
WRC
St. Andrew's Aids Society
Court Approves Drainage Project Between New Glarus and Monticello
Green County Judge Harold J. Lamboley ordered the formation of a drainage district between New Glarus and Monticello and directed the farm drainage board to proceed swiftly. The ruling follows hearings with remonstrances from the Illinois Central Railroad and Howard D. Kennedy of Monticello Woolen Mills. The project may require condemnations if settlements fail. State official R Zeasman testified to potential gains in soil and crop yields from the district’s operation.
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Green County
Harold J. Lamboley
New Glarus
Monticello
Green County Farm Drainage Board
Farm Drainage Board
Illinois Central Railroad
Howard D. Kennedy
Moncello Woolen Mills
Lamboley
Kennedy
Fileid
Ilinois Central
R. Zeasman
Soils Conservationist
State Department
Feed Grains Lead In Price Comeback
Grains recover from early shakiness on the board with feed grains leading the rally. Wheat improves after lagging at the start. gains accelerate toward the close. Economic aid totals include 1.143 million dollars to Trieste for wheat and wheat flour and 1 million dollars to Norway for wheat flour.
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Board of Trade
Economic Cooperation Administration
Trieste
Norway
Letter confirms Dewey will not seek 1952 nomination
Governor Thomas E. Dewey stated in a letter to Oregon campaign manager John C. Higgins that he will not run for the presidency again. He reiterated his decision is final and would not become a GOP nominee in 1952, echoing his post election stance from last year.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
White House
Oregon
John C. Higgins
Dewey
Miss Haren Dies After Third Stroke
Florence Louise Haren 47 died at 6 15 am at her home 2121 11th street after another stroke following two in six months She was born February 17 1902 in Monroe and educated at Monroe high school and Denver business college She is survived by her mother two brothers two sisters and a nephew A funeral will be held Saturday at 9 am in Stuessy funeral home and 9 30 am at St Victor s Catholic church Burial will be in Calvary cemetery Rosary will be offered at 8 pm Friday at the funeral home
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Knights of Columbus
Daniel H
Anna McCorry Haren
Florence Louise Haren
Monroe
Monroe High School
Business
Denver
Colo
Milwaukee
George B. Erwin Jr
Marquette University
Haren
George B. Erwin
Arthur W. Haren
France
Hodges
Slippery Roads Slow Traffic in South Wisconsin
A sub zero cold wave swept into the region bringing hazardous traveling across Wisconsin and into Illinois. Freezing rain glazed highways with multiple minor crashes and several injuries as semis and heavy trucks struggled on icy grades. Two snowfalls eased surfaces, but zero to five below temperatures were forecast for the southeast and as low as 15 below in the north with more snow flurries.
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Wisconsin
Chicago Weather Bureau
Monroe
Illinois
Prairie du Chien
Green Bay
Robert E. Coulter
Manchester
Bechtolt Farms
Lester C. Camfield
Janesville
Camfield
Coulter
Santa Claus Leads Radio Broadcasts to Russia this Christmas
The jolly old gent will play a leading role on Voice of America broadcasts to Russians this Christmas season. Officials expect the Soviet Santa Claus to serve as a mouthpiece of communist propaganda, while Christmas's religious significance is also emphasized in Russia.
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Agin
Santa Claus
Russia
Voice of America
Harry Mahley Dies After Heart Attack at 61
Harry Mahley aged 61 died at 6 20 p m yesterday in St Clare hospital after a heart attack at Monroe Chickeries where he worked at 3 p m He was born July 25 1888 in Monroe township son of Gottlieb and Ella Mahley married Merle Geiger December 24 1911 They moved to the city 27 years ago He leaves wife a son Ralph Monroe a brother C W Mahley Monroe township a sister Mrs Elizabeth Pickett Monroe and two granddaughters Survived by parents a sister and a brother He was employed at Shickeries 25 years Services 1 30 p m Saturday Shriner Neushwander funeral home Rev Newell Mendenhall officiating Greenwood cemetery."
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Harry Mahley
16Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Monroe Township
Gottlieb
Ella Smith Mahley
Merle Geiger
City
Mahley
Shickeries
Ralph
C .W. Mahley
Elizabeth Pickett
Shriner- Neushwander Funeral Home
Newell Mendenhall
Greenwood Cemetery
Shallmar Sets Christmas Example by Sharing Gifts
Poverty stricken Shallmar Maryland forms a charity wave spreading to nearby mountain areas. After its mine closed, 200 residents faced hunger and cold but outside aid arrived from all states. Now $2000 plus six and a half tons of clothing and food feed 80 children and 70 neighboring families as Shallmar shares its bounty for Christmas.
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Shallmar
Maryland
West Virginia
FBI Joins Probe of Detroit UAW Dynamite Plot
FBI agents joined the investigation into a dynamite plot aimed at the CIO United Auto Workers in Detroit. The action marks the bureau's first formal intervention in the UAW-CIO turmoil amid guarded union headlines and a growing reward fund. Police noted no clear origin for Tuesday night’s blast at the union headquarters, as they pursued slim leads and checked with dynamite manufacturers and retailers.
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United Auto Workers
Detroit
FBI
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Federal
McGrath
Howard McGrath
Fhe
Uaw-Cio
Union
UAW
Reuther
Victor
Tne
Detroit Times
Wilmington
Del
Jack Harvill
Ten in Families Die In Two House Blazes
In Charleston West Virginia early today five people including two children perished in a rooming house fire. Victims were Mrs. Katie Cora Winston 38 and her children Sammy 3 and Beatrice 2. Henry James 42. Eugene Clark about 30. In Houston a mother Claudia Holcomb 44 and four children Lillie Mae 10 Floradene 9 Louise 5 Willie Lee 2 burned to death in a fire that destroyed the family shack. Four other children suffered burns.
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Charleston
W. Va
Katie Cora Winston
Sammy
Beatrice
Henry James
Eugene Clark
Houston
Claudia Holcomb
Lillie Mae
Floradene
Louise
Willie i Lee
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Miss Haren
11Th Street
South Wisconson
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