Wisconsin Milk Output Sets All-Time 1945 Record
Wisconsin farmers produced 15.816 billion pounds of milk in 1945, a new record, revised upward from estimates. The previous Wisconsin record was 14.643 billion pounds in 1944, with an increase of about 1.2 billion pounds. Milk prices averaged 2.61 to 2.74 per hundred pounds with federal subsidies. Tobacco yielded a record 683.20 dollars per acre, four times the 1938–42 average, and onions and other crops also saw higher values. Oat stocks reached 109 million bushels on farms, while prices rose across farm products.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Crop and Livestock Reporter
Wisconsin School Music Association installs new officers
The Barnard Director Music Association reports officers elected in a mail poll for the Wisconsin School Music Association were installed at the midwinter clinic. Plans for district high school festivals were set and May 25 was chosen for the statewide event in Madison. New officers include Theodore Mesang Ashland Steinmetz president and Theodore Portage vice president with H C Waupun secretary treasurer Joseph Liska Wisconsin Rapids Allan Barnard Monroe Fred Parfrey and Davies Eau Claire as directors.
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Madison
Wisconsin School Music Association
Theodore Mesang
Ashland
Steinmetz
Theodore Portage
H. C. Es Waupun
Treas
Joseph Liska
Wisconsin Rapids
Allan Barnard
Monroe
Fred Parfrey
Davies
Eau Claire
Direc
Allies announce plan to smash German war industries
The United States and allies unveil a general agreement to outlaw nine key German industries including synthetic fuel and rubber. The ban covers heavy tractors and machine tools along with primary aluminum and ammonia production. Exports and world market considerations may adjust enforcement.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Germany
Allied Control Council
Potsdam
William H. Draper, Jr
American Economics Division
Congressional probe into dairy shortages to begin February
Washington AP reports Chairman Pace of a special House committee announced a probe into shortages of butter and dairy products. The hearings will include testimony from dairy groups, the agriculture department, the OPA and the office of economic stabilization, with additional hearings on wheat grains and sugar plans to follow.
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Washington
Pace
D-Ga
House
Agriculture Department
OPA
Office of Economic Stabilization
Cut Meat Feeding To Save Dairying
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson urged farmers to cut feeding of hogs beef cattle chickens and turkeys to protect milk production during the grain shortage. He warned against keeping cattle in hopes of higher prices and stressed the need to keep meat production up by using feed more efficiently.
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Washington
Anderson
Possible return to meat rationing due to grain shortage
Washington sources report a potential shift in foreign food allotments and possible domestic meat rationing as grain shortages grow. Secretary Anderson said a full cabinet review is planned for next Tuesday at the White House. Chairman Pace announced a House inquiry into butter dairy, grain and sugar supplies starting February 14 with producer and government testimony invited.
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Washington
White House
Anderson
Congressional
Pace
D-Ga
Special House
Car Without Garage Damages Lehnherr Home
Fred Lehnherr reported a hit and run overnight when a motorist rammed the front of his garage at 2123 13th street. The driver fled without reporting, leaving Lehnherr unable to retrieve his car and seeking carpenter repairs to restore the door.
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Fred Lehnherr
13Th Street
Lehnherr
Series of Crashes Kill Two and Injure Seven Near Kenosha
A sequence of three crashes on highway 42 two miles south of Kenosha left two dead and seven injured. The first wreck involved five cars and Racine high school students returning from a basketball game. Fatalities were James Diester 15 and Irvin Klapproth 17. Injured include David Hay 16 David Lewis 17 David Vander Zee 17 Frank Porcora 16 George Kohls 32 John Dibble 24 and Lois Foulds 17. A later collision and a third crash added to the toll as responders battled flames and ice hazards through the early hours.
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Kenosha
James Diester
Hansche
Irvin Klapproth
David John Hay
Milton Laviolette
Kenosha County
Klapproth
Kohls
Lawrence Cooper
Floyd Tunistra
Route 3
Racine
Frank Bouse
Sturtevant
Government maps plan to end steel strike crisis
President Truman spearheads a new strategy to settle the 13 day steel walkout affecting 750000 CIO workers. Feinsinger says the president expects action soon while Bowles returns from vacation for talks on steel pricing. CIO's 18.5 cent wage boost clashes with Steel Corp view that prices must rise sharply. Case bill debate continues amid push for compromise.
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Truman
CIO
Allied Industries
Steel
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Mr. Truman
Feinsinger
Chester Bowles
South Carolina
OPA
United Steel Workers
U. S. Steel Corporation
Beloit College Grants 11 Honorary Degrees at Centennial
Beloit College began its 17 month centennial celebration by conferring 11 honorary doctorates in a ceremony at the First Congregational church marking its 100th anniversary since charter as a nonsectarian school.
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Beloit College
Beloit
Beloit __ college
First Congregational Church
Cripps Hints Congress May Reject U S Britain Loan
Birmingham England St Stafford Cripps president of Britain's board of trade declared it looks as though Congress might turn down a proposed American loan to Britain. New Delhi crop failure due to drought foreshadows famine exceeding Bengal 1943. Cleveland fire rages through Jennings Hall residents' home. reports say several occupants burned to death.
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Birmingham
England
St . Stafford Cripps
Britain
Board of Trade
Congress
New Delhi
India
Bengal
Cleveland
Jennings Hall
Garfield Heights
Japanese pleas for clemency in Hirswa case reach Tokyo
Letters from Japanese civilians urging clemency for Pfc. Joseph E. Hirswa, condemned by court martial for the fatal stabbing of two Japanese, were reported today by General MacArthur's headquarters. None urged his execution. Hirswa of Wallington, New Jersey, was sentenced to be shot after conviction of bayonet slayings during a drunken celebration of his approaching return to the United States.
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Tokyo
Joseph E. Hirswa
MacArthur
Wallington, N. J
Groundhog Day Lesson from Little Johnny Woodchuck
In a playful tale, Chucky Woodchuck prepares his son Junior for Groundhog Day duties. The father instructs how to check for shadows, avoid disapproving photographers, and signpost the coming of spring, all while dodging rocks tossed by people in winter wardrobes.
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Johnny Woodchuck
Chucky Junior
Son
Chucky
Junior
Punxsutawney Groundhog Sees Shadow Signals Six Weeks More Winter
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club reports at 7 52 a m the animal emerged from Gobblers Knob and saw its shadow predicting six more weeks of winter with rain sleet wind cold and snow. A club spokesperson confirmed the forecast and offered brief explanation.
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Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Gobblers Knob
Vets rally to Bradley as Legion calls probe
The American Legion seeks Bradley's removal as Veterans Administration chief but faces opposition from other groups led by Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Veterans. President Truman and Eisenhower back Bradley, while Bradley welcomes a congressional review and notes progress in six months. The Legion shifts to supporting a seasoned businessman to head the VA.
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Washington
American Legion
Omar N. Bradley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Bradley
Eisenhower
Legion
Congress
Crary
John Stelle
New York
Stelle
National Representatives of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Military Abled American Veterans
American Veterans Committee
Amer- Order of the Purple Heart
Dishan Veterans of World War II
CIO Veterans Committee
Drake Captures Foxes in County Fox Bounty List
County Clerk Clarence W. Lengacher released a fox bounty list. Clarence Drake of Monroe led with four foxes while Ira Holcomb of Monticello and Chester Jones of Albany each had three bounties. In total 24 bounties were paid to Green county residents across several towns.
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Clarence Drake
Monroe
Clarence W. Lengacher
Drake
Green County
Ira Holcomb
Monticello
Chester Jones
Albany
Ivan Hartwig
Harold B. Baltzer
8Th Avenue
Edwin O. Friedli
Fred Werner Blum
Joe C. Hoesly
Herman C. Blum
Argyle
Victor Tollakson
Ed Dunlavy
Gordon Olson
W. Douglas
Belleville
Joseph C. Briggs
Adjourned County Board Session Opens Tuesday
The annual adjourned county board session starts Tuesday February 5 at 10 a.m. in the courthouse. County Clerk Clarence W Lengacher says the meeting should last at least two days as departments present final year reports. The board will act on the resignation of Earl L Dockhorn serving as county service officer since 1941.
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Court House
Clarence W. Lengacher
Earl L. Dockhorn
Riedwegs Seek Return of Police Dog Mickey
Mr and Mrs Joseph Riedweg of 1803 11th street report their German police dog Mickey missing since a Dogs for Defense notice said he would graduate with a 5 dog platoon at Camp Buckner North Carolina in September. The dog was turned over to the service in May 1943 and the owners petitioned Lawrence H Smith to locate and secure his discharge now that the war is over.
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Joseph Riedweg
11Th Street
Mickey
Dogs For Defense Council
New York
Camp Buckner
N. C
Lawrence H. Smith
Wisconsin
Congress
Wisconsin District Attorneys elect new officers
Lee Young of Barron was chosen president of the Wisconsin District Attorneys association at the closing session. Other officers named include William S. McCauley of Milwaukee as first vice president Ward Winton of Washburn as second vice president Rudolph P. Reger of Green County as third vice president Elmer Honkamp of Appleton as fourth vice president and Fred Crosby as secretary treasurer.
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Milwaukee
Lee Youngman
Barron
Association of Wisconsin District Attorneys
William S. McCauley
Ward Winton
Washburn
Rudolph P. Reger
Green County
Elmer Honkamp
Appleton
Fred Crosby
Frigid Arctic Air Grips Northern United States
A sharp cold front spreads across the north with sub zero readings in several cities. Devils Lake North Dakota records 24 below while La Crosse Wisconsin sees 17 below and Rice Lake 20 below. Minnesota and Iowa report heavy frost and light snow across the upper Mississippi valley.
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Plains
Devils Lake
N. C
Duluth
Minneapolis
Bismarck
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Iowa
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
U. S
Milwaukee
Appeal filed to keep control of railroad by preferred stockholders
Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific holders of 75000 preferred shares filed a notice of appeal seeking federal court retention of control after the court rejected a petition for federal retention. The filing also asks reestablishment of preferred holdings erased in a reorganization plan.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Federal District Court
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