Social events mark Disch family farewell and more
Social notes list surprise farewell for Mr. and Mrs. Willis F. Disch and sons in New Glarus as they move to the Emil Christen farm. Attendees include local families. 500 and 8 were played with refreshments served. Also reported are marriages, engagements, and club notices across Belleville, South Wayne, Browntown, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disch
Willis F. Disch
Larry and
Willis
New Glarus
LeRoy Butt
Mary Lou
Leo Wassmer
Kathryn
Sam Mann
Delmar Zeniner
Gilbert Duerst
Herman Hefty
Alvin Elmer
Randall
Alvin Marty
John F. Disch
Polish Guards Train Warsaw Trains Against Bandits
Polish soldiers have been posted as escorts on most passenger and freight trains on main lines in Poland to curb a wave of robberies by bandits in red army uniforms. The move follows a crackdown that mirrors wartime security measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Homma Seen Ordered Death March Probe Opens
Testimony at the war crimes trial alleges Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma ordered or knew of the brutal 1942 Bataan death march. Maj. Gen. Toshimitsu Takatsu testified that Homma’s headquarters were near the route and he toured 20 miles along the highway as prisoners were driven. He cited daily death rates at Camp Condell and shortages of food water and medicine, with Takatsu stating he reported conditions to Homma without action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cdonnell
Takatsu
Homma
Benjamin F. Swartz
Los Angeles
Philippines
Paul W. White
Lincoln
Neb
U.S. Army
White
Bataan
Corregidor
Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Selmer Thompson 54 Dies in Madison
Funeral services set for Selmer T Thompson 54 found dead at Madison Bus Station December 31 at Adame Lutheran church with Rev A P Anderson officiating Burial in adjacent cemetery His widow four daughters three brothers two sisters and three grandchildren survive He was born January 19 1891 in Adams township and formerly lived in Argyle prior to three years in Madison
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Glarus
Selmer T. Thompson
Madison
Adame Lutheran Church
P. Anderson
Zweifel
Thompson
Argyle
Adams
Thomas and
Toneta Severson Thompson
Lena Disch
Jacob Brandli
Barneveld
Lester Bleiler
Monticello
Floyd Ulsrud
Wallace Swingen
Blanchardville
Theodore
Horeb
Alve
Teddy
Amelia Saalsan
Monroe
Everett Soper
Social Roundup of New Year Guests and Travels
Local notes recount numerous visits and gatherings across Blanchardville Monroe Argyle Madison Beloit Janesville New Glarus Hollandale Barneveld and Verona. Families including Gould Olson Lyngaas and Johnsons hosted dinners and receptions while Pvt Henry Gruenenfelder returned from Japan on furlough and Mrs Swiggum underwent hip surgery at Wisconsin General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Gould
Rose Ryan
Robert Gould
Lloyd Johnson
Monroe
O. T. Olson
L. A. Skaalen
Argyle
Carl Hanson
Dorothy
Sigurd Nelson
Kenneth Lyngaas
Julia Lynga
John Gilbertson
Victor Lyngaas
Beulah Wentworth
Madison
Julia Lyngaas
Betty Bolender
Rockford
Bernard Jaegers
Eugene. Scott
Janesville
Martin Paulson
J. L. Steensland
Orvin Phillipson
Jeglum
Marshall
Ingwell
Beloit
F. W. Ingwell
Vivian
Grant Ingwell
New Glarus
Emil von Arx
Thomas Curran
Manston
H. T. Saether
Colette Saether
Milwaukee
York
Lloyd Emerson
Dodgeville
Otto Hegland
Hollandale
Milton Skaife
Todd Hewes
Oscar Olson
Orxine Olson
Ellen Hegland
Max Theobald
Barneveld
Sam Swiggum
Belleville
Martin Johnson
Walter Swiggum
Wisconsin General Hospital
C. T. Olson
Sgt Marian J. Olson
Arlington
Minot
N. D
H. ¥. Hanson
Family and social visits mark New Year period in Madison area
The report lists numerous gatherings and visits across Madison and surrounding towns. It notes illnesses and death of Mrs Emma Thorson and mentions many families visiting, hosting, or traveling to homes in Argyle Hanover Madison Milwaukee and Excelsior Springs. It closes with Yank Army magazine’s three million paid circulation and a want ad pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorson
Emma Thorson
Hanson
Madison
V. A. Marshall
Eloise and Allen
C. E. Johns
H. J. Erickson
Patsy Kurth
E. J. Barber
Susan
L. E. Barber
H. B. Marshall
Rose Ryan
W. E. Gould
Elmer Erickson
Argyle
Carl Ayen
Alvin Carden
Hollandale
Raphael
Betty
Vérnus Cassidy
Mineral Point
Joe Spani
Janica
Velma Buckingham
Milwaukee
Lorna Buckingham
Oscar Paulson
Milford Updike
Monroe
Milford Up
Lord Haw Haw Dies On London Gallows
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was executed at Wandsworth Prison for high treason. The 40 year old American born broadcaster for Nazi Germany died shortly after 9 a m on the gallows as a small prison staff witnessed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Joyce
Haw Haw
Wandsworth
Joyce
Adolf Hitler
John Amery
I. Pierrepoint
Albert Pierre Point
Amery
England
Joseph Goebbels
Pay 15 More Fox Bounties Paid in County Ledger
Fifteen additional fox bounties were paid by county clerk Clarence W. Lengacher today. The payments cover several residents including George Beach, Fred Werner Blum, Ira Holcomb, Herman Klassy, Monticello, Owen Miller, Torval Moon, Manley W. Douglas, Brodhead, Rodney Arnsmeier, and Vern Jones with multiple bounties noted. Some payments await signatures by city and township officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. Lengacher
George Beach
Monroe
Fred Werner Blum
Ira Holcomb
Herman Klassy
Monticello
Owen Miller
Torval Moon
Manley W. Douglas
Brodhead
Rodney
Wisconsin pig crop to total about 312000 head in 1946
Walter H. Ebling predicts Wisconsin spring pig crop will reach 312000 head in 1946 from a December survey. The figure is slightly below 1945 but 3 percent above the 1934 43 average. The national spring pig crop is estimated around 4 per million?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Walter H. Ebling
U. S. Departments of Agriculture
Ebling
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Vicinity
Casmer
William Broege
South
Wayne
William Stark
Millie
16Th Avenue
Cpl
Clifford Stark
Corporal Stark
Norma Jean
Kenneth
Frank Stark
Maynard
Gary
Gerald Swiggum
Joan
Janet
James
Browntown
Schrepfer
Fred Schrepfer
Pauline Schrepfer
William Fahey
Robert E. Fahey
June Schrepfer
Gordon Sardeson
L. C. Sardeson
Sardeson
South Pacific
fFomen of the Moose
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Hazel Koehner
Lena Baltzer
Susan Benkert
Harold E. Scherer
Lodge
Mae Knight
Emma Dettwiler
Kathryn Brookover
Fred Beckman
Clarno
Grace
Vivian Wright
Elizabeth Wagner
Freeport
Lauretta Howe
Lois Davis
Bonnie Bolender
Orangeville
Orville
Iva Gifford
WSCS
Methodist Church
W. G. Bear
Col. Benjamin Harrison
Fred L. Kohli
T. L. Durner
Abraham Lincoln National Park
Hodgeville
Albert D. Geigel
Christen-Blaser
Edwin Christen
Luane Claudine
Herbert Blaser
Carl Blaser
Buckley
Blumer Phey
Kempfert Phey
Ford Hopkins Co
Frank Kubly
Trow
Albany
Paul Kruesi
Marian McGuigan, Cor
Scooters
Witl
Paint Store
Yank
Army Magazine
Lord Haw Haw
Newfoundland
Willard
Blumer
Kempfert
OUR
SWAN
Ivory
Ewerecay
Nellie
Clapp’s
Florida
Lerge
National Food Stains
Mackinaws
Peskee
Shoe Shop
Old Smokey
Kroger
Kroger's Country Club
Country Club
California
Lux Soap Beauty Care
Rebbler
Nat. Bisct. Co
Pillsbury
KOTEX
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