Credit is Due for War Bond Drive Leaders in Oregon and Wisconsin
The piece honors Ted Gamble of a theater chain who led war bond drives in Washington and Oregon, noting his four years of service yielded $1 checks per year and lasting public impact. It also credits Green County leaders Russell W. Prien, G. N. Schwartz, Bert Ketter, Fred Bolender, and H. C. Roth for organizing drives and delivering strong results across city and county levels.
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Oregon
Washington
Ted Gamble
Gamble
Green County
Russell W. Prien
G. N. Schwartz
Brodhead
Bert Ketter
Albany
Fred Bolender
H. C. Roth
Roth
Ketter
Wisconsin Teachers Shortage Hits Rural Schools Hard
The Wisconsin Education Association warns about 1 100 teachers will resign by term end with only 350 replacements next autumn. Net loss 750, worsening rural education as 40 percent of rural schools are taught by underqualified staff. The situation hinders rural students from advancing to high school or college.
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Wisconsin Education Association
Wisconsin
Delayed German reparations inventory slows postwar plan
The German reparations committee delays a full inventory of industries to be destroyed or removed for payment to claimant countries. The United States has yet to submit a plan, while Russia advances its zone policies. The delay weakens American bargaining in European settlements and raises costs of postwar duties.
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Germany
United States
Russia
Washington
Pension hearing schedule set for Milwaukee January
Senator E A Heden chairs the joint interim pensions committee and announced hearings in Milwaukee January 16 and 17. They will examine the Milwaukee county sheriffs annuity fund the Milwaukee public school teachers retirement fund and judges retirement bills.
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Madison
E. A. Heden
R-Ogema
Joint
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Sheriffs
Milwaukee Public School Teachers
Occupying Germany: A wartime view on postwar duties
DeWitt MacKenzie argues the Allies must maintain a long term occupation of Germany to re educate the population and prevent future aggression. He contends homesick GIs will need replacements and that a peacetime occupation is essential to world peace and preventing a resurgence of German power.
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Paris
Uncle Sam
Europe
Germany
America
Reich
Tulsa officer seeks $16 for damaged clothes after restraint incident
Police jailer Ray Cowan told the city commission the incident was very embarrassing in a letter requesting $16 for broken glass, a ruined shirt, and ripped trousers incurred while helping subdue a woman prisoner. The claim was allowed.
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Tulsa
Ray Cowan
Hungarian Lab Drives Industrial Comeback in Hungary
In Fuzfo Hungary Dr Laszlo Demny a former Rockefeller fellow at the University of California heads new industrial laboratories set up by Hungarian oil companies in a modern factory. The aim is to aid Hungary’s faltering industry by producing sugar from starch alcohol from cheap grapes acetylene from methane gas and sunflower hulls for surfural lacquers.
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Fuzfo
Hungary
Laszlo Demny
Rockefeller
University of California
Demeny
Monroe Wisconsin Common Council January 2 1946 Proceedings
Monroe Wisconsin January 2 1946 Common Council met in the council chamber. Mayor Buehler presented Mrs Minor Anderson for reappointment to the park board and the council confirmed the appointment unanimously. A street light petition was referred to water and lights. Housing for ex service men was referred to public works, city attorney, and public property committee. Licenses for S A Freeman Eugene hotel George W Divan Ludlow hotel Leo Keegan were referred to licenses. State Industrial Commission communication on Rolland Eley was read. Bills presented for payment were endorsed by the claims committee. A street vacate resolution for twenty fifth avenue was adopted after public hearing. Salary ordinances for clerk treasurer assessor and city attorney were enacted effective January 1 1946. John Hauser license refund petition denied. Claims approved for payment. License committee issued class B licenses to Rudy A Krebs and Forrest H Riese and granted operator licenses to Charles Divan S A Freeman and Leo Keegan while denying Frieda Kramer and Clarence Ginner. Other actions included disposal plant operator salary set at 1980 per year and contract with current operator. Zoning ordinance copies for public distribution referred to public property. Council adjourned.
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Council
City of
Monroe
Wisconsin
Frank A. Buehler
Forcade
Woeffler
Schindler
Tschudy
Beckman
Fritz
Evenson
Meythaler
Buehler
Minor Anderson
Park Board
Ernest Schwarze
Chamber of Commerce
Director of Public Works
Public Property Committee
Committee
S. A. Freeman
Eugene
George W. Divan
Ludlow
Leo Keegan
13Th Street
State Industrial Commission
Rolland Eley
Gamewell Company
Byl
F. A. Buehler
A. F. Rote Company
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Ninneman Coal and Ice Company
Monroe Fire Department
Solomon Coal and Iron Company
W. A. Becker Company
Wisconsin League
Ka Lanz Hardware Company
Carter Machine Shop
Monroe Sales Company
Green County Lumber and Fuel Company
Anyorate
Cetee
State Department—Taxation
Red’s Texaco Service
K. H. Schoonover
Mayer Oil Company
Monroe Evening Times
Common Council
Twenty-Fifth Avenue
Green County
Office of the Register of Deeds
Alderman Woeffler
Waeffiler
Finance and Taxation Committee
Committee of Finance and Taxation
Alderman Schindler
Alderman Meythaler
Rudy A. Krebs
Forrest H. Riese
17Th Avenue
Howard Lundy
Frieda Kramer
Clarence Ginner
Alderman Beckman
Waeffler
Public Works Committee
Interesting Items From The Evening Times Files
Ten year old recap notes a Jan 12 1936 burglary at United Brethren church where two men robbed and a janitor surprised them. Monroe Lumber and Fuel also robbed. Burnell Bondele 24 of Gratiot reported dead. Ralph Niffenegger cut above eye in hockey. Mrs Edward F Simmons died in Wyoming.
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Harold Beach
United Brethren Church
Monroe Lumber and Fuel Company
Burnell Bondele
Ralph Niffenegger
Edward F. Simmons
Wyoming
Flashes of Life Items From Associated Press
In Spokane Stanley Hedrick a hotel head bellman seeks a birth certificate from Oregon vital statistics for a life insurance policy but receives a death certificate instead. In Salt Lake City a woman calls Deseret News after lipstick smudge on a man on a bus prompts her to apologize and hope his wife sees the story.
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Nevile
Tressilian
Mr. Treves
Matthew
Miss Aldin
Mary
Alphonse Jacobs
Jacobs
Spokane
Wash
Stanley Hedrick
Oregon Vital Statistics Department
Salt Lake City
The
Deseret News
Chief Recommends Buffalo Mountain Kiowa Birthday Ride
Kiowa chief Hunting Horse, in blue and gold, celebrates his 100th birthday Tuesday with a bow and arrow display alongside General Custer era memories. He quips that annual Buffalo barbecue keeps him alive, urging others to eat buffalo to live long.
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Oklo
Custer
Jurors Spend Quiet Day Off Jury Duty in Illinois
In Geneva, Illinois, jurors in a murder trial, confined due to a sick attorney, protested confinement by walking to a local theater but left without tickets to avoid possible verdict influence. They chose to play pinochle in the jury room after returning.
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Geneva
St. Charles
Confederate Bonds Make Dutch Treat
New York bonds issued by the Confederacy during the Civil War rose to about 440 dollars in value as the government no longer existed. The bonds and czarist Russian bonds financed Dutch underground families and striking railway workers under German occupation. Receipts for government loans were hidden to shield subscribers from Nazi persecution, with Germans misrecording them as worthless.
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New York
Holland
Netherlands
Ba rium Sulfate Production in U S Reaches 60 Million Pounds
About 60 million pounds of barium sulfate are produced annually in the United States. The compound is used mainly as a filler in paints plastics rubber and paper.
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United States
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Herman L. Schindler
Fred A. Fritz
William Beckman
Alderman Forcade
25Th Avenue
John Hauser
George W. Divatm
Leo Richard Keegan
George J. Meythaler
L. G. Forcade
Ernest C. Waeffler
William F. Beckman
T. Roy Evenson
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