Unusual Ohio State coaching swap shocks Buckeyes
Ohio State announces a rare head coach exchange as Paul O. Bixler moves from assistant to head coach and Carroll C. Widdoes returns to assistant role. Board approves three year contract with Bixler while Widdoes remains as coach and selects remaining staff. Widdoes resigns as head coach citing preference for assistant duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State’ University
Paul O. Bixler
Carroll C. Widdoes
Bucks
Purdue
Michigan
Widdoes
Ohio State Athletic Board
Bixler
Ernie
Godfrey
Brown
Ohio State
Paul E.brown
Navy
Francis Schmidt
Owit Brown
Paul Sarringhaus
Starling
Bixter
Louisville
Mt. Union (Ohio) College
Local residents note visits and travel over holidays
Juda and surrounding area residents report visits by family and friends during the holidays. Travelers include Roger Zimmerman visiting grandparents in Juda and plans by Julius Heyn to travel to Bridgewater Iowa then Arizona. Other entries list gatherings, army service, and relatives visiting homes in Monroe Freeport New Glarus Brodhead Madison and Rock Grove with many local names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Zimmerman
Fran Arnsmeier
Footville
Julius Heyn
Bridgewater
Arizona
Paul, Spangler
Lester
Brodhead
Marvin Ault
Judith
Cliffton Ault
Monroe
Ault
Herbert Bizer
Betty
Hancock and Tomah
Leland Boyer
Carol
Henry Pauli
New Glarus
Donna Adlemann
South Warne
Iwan
Arnsmeier
Ervin Goecks
Alfred Buhlmann
Freeport
Oliver Miller
Great Lakes
Ben Miller
Lillian Adlemann
South Mayne
Stanley Fleck
Ivan Arnsmeier
W. C. Matzke
Esther Larson
John
Harry Newcomer
Larry Kloepping
Rock Grove
Herbert Andereck
Violet. Mohns
Madison
Reno Mohns
Vivian Johnson
Ira Johnson
Derringer Seeks Big League Job After Cubs Release
Former major league pitcher Derringer, 39, released by the Chicago Cubs, seeks another big league berth. In a 15 year career he recorded 223 wins and 212 losses, including 16 and 11 with the Cubs in 1945. He began with St Louis in 1931 and played for Cincinnati before joining Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Derringer
State
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Reds
Durocher Retains Post in Brooklyn Dodgers
Leo Durocher resumes as Brooklyn manager for 1946 and predicts the Dodgers will finish in the top eight. He spoke with Branch Rickey, aims to win a pennant, and signs a strong mound corps with Branca Head Gregg Lombardi and rookie Hatten among others. Training starts February 8 at Daytona Beach with Durocher joining February 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Leo
Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodger
New York
Branch Rickey
Rickey
Dodgers
Duracher
Ralph Branca
Ed Head
Hal Gregg
Vic Lombardi
Joe,Hatten
Rex Barney
Kirby Higbe
Rube Melton
Daytona Beach
New Glarus Social Notes Recap Local Visits and Travel
New Glarus and nearby towns report visitors and homecomings. Families such as Appolonia Zwelfe, Geraldine Matzinger, Lena Kaech, and Norman Marty are noted with relatives in Belleville Madison Monroe Basco and Chicago. Several residents travel for New Year and holiday gatherings with extended kin.
MacArthur Report Details Japan Occupation Policy
General MacArthur asserts use of the existing Japanese government to execute orders and guide reforms, noting limited interference but a shift toward democracy through Japanese initiative. He cites efficiency and fewer personnel needs, while warning democracy may not rapidly take root. He also highlights Korea’s division at the 38th parallel and calls for U S Soviet cooperation on a provisional Korean government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
MacArthur
War Department
Japan
Moscow
Korea
United States
Soviet Union
Bowling Women Group Scores With Handicaps And Totals
Women bowlers across teams Goetz Theaters Rees Construction Monroe Hotel Crystal Tower and Snively and Snyder posted individual scores ranging from the mid 300s to over 450 with team totals between 1 956 and 2 151 including handicaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Davis
Dorothy Stauffacher
Betty Ladner
Bonnie Miller
Leona Loveland
Goetz
Inez Kubly
Ethel Jones
Margaret Kundert
Frieda Wuetrich
Agnes Becker
Rees Construction
Myrtle Fritz
Sylvia Bennett
Lulu Rees
Snively and Snyder
Merle Erickson
Silvia Thayer
Alice Forbes
Carol Holcomb
Violet —Snyder
Maryville Teachers Beat Fi Leavenworth In Scores
Scores show Maryville Teachers 44Fi Leavenworth 30. St Louis 53 Loras 49. Lawrence College 42 Chicago Evansville Nebraska 46 44. Kansas State 37 Michigan State 76 Syracuse 48 Notre Dame 50 Purdue 48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryville
Fi Leavenworth
St. Louis
Loras
Lawrence College
Chicago
Evansville
Ind
Marsha
Nebraska
Kansas State
Michigan State
Syracuse
Notre Dame
Purdue
Social Dinner Guests Trace Big Monticello Cluster
Monticello and nearby towns host a long list of dinners and New Year visits featuring families such as Curtis Freitag Babler Dahnke and Freitag in Monticello New Glarus Monroe Belleville and Belleville with hosts including Mr and Mrs Henry Kubly Mrs Barbara Freitag Mrs Lena Babler and many others. The notes mention Capt Russel Howard on terminal leave and multiple households hosting dinners and card parties across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Freitag
Henry Kubly
Jacob F. Freitag
Monroe
Bruce Babler
Ronney
John N Marty
Lena Babler
John Dahnke
Dorothy
Mary Lou
Nancy
Beth Ann Becket
New Glarus
Florence Allen
Claudia
Georgia
Belleville
A. Walters
Henry C. Elmer
Jacob Legler
Walter Brink
Vernon
Henry V. Babler
Sam. Duerst
Karl
John C. Babler
Roger
Ruth Ann
Herbert Duerst
Harlan
Graf Ace
Emma Freitag
Russel Howard
Allie Howard
Lynette
Henry Schuler
Dayton
Fred A. Blum
Fred Becker
Arpin
Wis
Fred Meier
Adams Township
John Meier
Leon Voegels
Charles Niles
Charles, Monroe
Roswell S. Richards
C. M. Stau
Casper Hefty
Anna Stauffacher
Conrad Stauffacher
Elisa Roethitsberger
Fred Roeth- Hisberger
Delma
Werner Stauffacher
John Christopher
Anbany
Elmer Duerst
Madison
Fred Blum
Marie Blum
Dave Brink
Carl Bringold
Bernice Babler
Fred Haddinger
Fort Atkinson
Bernice Schneider
Platteville
Emil Escher
Henry 'C. Elmer
Robert Holcomb
O. Dd. Curtis
Fannie Loveland
Anton Helty
Wallace Barlow and Son
W. L. Zweifel
Fred H Marty
J. A. Becker
J. J. Voegeli
Caroline Voegeli
Fannie G
Frieda Benkett
Rosa Roth
Elizabeth Blum
Jack Haskins
Lydia Voegeli
Caroline
Robert Wild
Emanuel Stueif
Barbara Beesly
Fred Wild
Frederick
John
Richard
Bobby
Stanley Dixon
Vast Troup Holds Up Car Production
Detroit reports the Automobile Manufacturers Association says 1945 output included 75,000 passenger cars and 15,000 civilian trucks as war-demand shifts. President Alvan Macauley warns price controls, materials shortages, and strikes hinder recovery but aims for near 500,000 passenger cars monthly and 570 million dollars monthly automotive output by June if constraints ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Alvan Macauley
Association
Macauley
Social notes from regional families and deployments
A dense roundup lists guests and visits across Brodhead and nearby towns. Compiled reflections note service members in transit, promotions in the Philippines, and holiday gatherings with relatives in Rockford, Stockton, Monroe, and Merrison.
Get Together EvangSunday School Attends Big Local Party
Mrs Paul Foss and families join the Get Together class at Evangelical Sunday school hosted by Mr and Mrs Truman Olin. Guests include newlyweds Mrs George Bernstein and Mrs Rodger Bermeta and many area residents from Janesville Lake Mills Evansville Madison Chicago Brodhead and Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Foss
Orville Lee
Evangelical Sunday School
Truman Olin
George Bernstein
Rodger Bérmeta
Harry Ebinnow
Heubner
M. Schwerin
Harvey Mauerman
Olin
A. W. Hintzman
Ross Roderick
Ed. Hintzman
Ray Borge
Juda
Charles Lee
Leo Hofmeister
Monroe
Lester Peckham
Albany
Cecil Stone
Janesville
Letha Roderick
Lake Mills
Forest Lee
Orangeville
Clifford Hintzman
A.W. Reasa
Maurice Bernstein
Gerald Reigle
John Pinnow
Jack
Frank Dulles
This City
Jessie Waterman
Chicago
H. J. Haagensen
Barr
T. M. Haagensen
Harold Haagensen
F. L. Cotton
Madison
Donald R. Haagensen
e/c
Naval Repair Base
San Diego
Calif
Brodhead
William Benjamin
Midvale
Ohio
John Carter
Clarence
Fred Kramer
Esther
Giese
May Wheeler
Woodward
Local residents share holidays and travel notes across Wisconsin
The column lists extended family visits and military moves. It notes new duties for a bookkeeper at Machesney Airport beginning January 14 and Lt. R. M. Mitchell sailing for New Caledonia January 4. It recounts gatherings at Bethlehem church and visits among families in Beloit Monroe Orfordville and Madison along with several arrivals and departures amid wartime separations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machesney
R. M. Mitchell
Lednard Wood
San Francisco
EB. J. Mitchell
New Caledonia
Philadelphia
Lara Stair
Pfc
Sidney Stair
A. A. TenByck
Ian
Janis
R. J. Sachtsen
Clara Holcomb
Will Wall
Lake Geneva
Mary Wall
Dottie Reimer
Earl Knudson
Gail Reimer
Madison
Ben Reimer
L. G. Sanderlin
W. J. Stephenson
Woodrow Corbitt
Beloit
Julius S. Gritzmaker
Clayton Ross
J. D. Hahlen
Anna Theiler
Stockton
Robert Hahlen
Hahlen
Paula Ann
Eunice Hahlen
Houston
Texas
Lena St. John
LeRoy St. John
Mmes
Anna Hartman
Edith Trousdale
Katherine Durner
Will Durner
Gloria Lunde
Bethlehem Church
Joseph P. Robinson
Mary Jo
Clarence Robinson
John Carter
Monroe
Clarence Carter
Brodhead
Hugh Carter
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. N. Milter
Brooklyn
Ernest Matzinger
Geraldine
Belle-ville
Arnold Kehrn
Lena
Frieda Kaech
Katherine Kaech
Norman Marty
Willard H. Marty
Henry Stuessy
Robert Kubly
Paul Kubly
Jacob J Kubly
Anton Hefty
Andrew C. Hoesly
Alving
Raymond Christen
Jacob Zwickey
Emil Legler
Irma
Basco
Alda Arn
Monticello
Fred Arn
Otto Puempel
Jeanne Mae Disch
Day
Jon
Diana Bartle
Warren
Ray Frederickson
Roger Helty
Norfolk
Tom A. Hefty
Barbara L. Klassy
Will| Klassy
Martha Jenny
Elsabeth Jenny
William Krassy
Ed Meyers
William Figg
Art J. Theiler
Jacob S. Disch
Jacob S. Urben
Ray W. Meythaler
C. H. Bartle
Will Kilassy
G. E. Electric
Pike
Richardson Electric Co
O. D. Curtis
Cor
Guernsey
Green Meads Sargon
Hardwick
Artificio
Wayne A. Munn
Mixter
Green County Fair
F. L. Buchsehacher
G. N. Swartz
Albert A. Tenkyck
Vast Troup
Donald L. Collins
Harry Benjamin
Rockford
K. J. Hammell
Fred. Michaelis
Mary Pinnow
Roger Keen
Martha Brandt
Arlene Cowell
Lee Reasa
Lois
E. E. Swoboda
D- S. Laufman
Beatrice
Neb
Emma Pinnow
Faith Pinnow
Howard Dittmar
Robert Reed
Orfordville
Nobel Reed
Harold Guttmer
Ill
Leonard Hegi
Philippines
Ernest Hegi
C. A
Edward Kotthaus
Rochester
N. Y
Ed. Kotthaus
Pvt
Howard Olson
Chanute Field
Ella Olson
R. W. Sachtjen
C. J. Sachtjen
Merrison
Earl Horswille
Black Earth
Ed Stuessy
Jefferson Township
Bank of Judo
First National Bank
T Monroe
Twin Grove
Glen Dunwiddie
Brennan Decorating Co
Farm Service
Olson Farm
Woodford
McC
Deering
Deere
John Deere
Buchsehacher
Calvin C. Schmid
Peter C. Hanson
Casper Aebly
Kes
Gape
Columbia Pictures
Pied
Russell
Bowman
Dele Jergens
Charles Wianingem
Purity Square
Bugs Bunny
Incer
Eer Rare Tra de
al Ieee
John Kleckner
Juta
Poplar Grove School
Spring Grove
Green County
P. O
LH. C
Oil Bath McC.d
New Ideal
Hayes Corn
Farm Auction Service
F.L. Buchschacher
Audt
Alvin C. Schmid
Dist
Monrog
Frank Wendlandt
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