Census figures signal swelling school roll at Monroe district
The Monroe school census shows 1 982 young residents from infant to age 20, up 151 from last year and suggesting five more classrooms will be needed. The district adds ground floor rooms at North School and plans enlargements at East and South schools with future Central building expansions to handle tuition demand and growth.
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Sneans
Board of Education
North School
Uncle Sam
Monroe
Wisconsin Swiss cheese region tops production records
State data show Wisconsin hit an all time cheese output of over 500 million pounds in 1949. Green county led with 15 839 000 pounds and Lafayette produced 11 995 000 pounds. Together they reached 27 834 000 pounds or 58 percent of the state total. Including Dane Grant and Iowa raises the regional total to about 40 000 000 pounds, underscoring the area's role in Swiss cheese production and consumer demand growth.
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Wisconsin
Green County
Lafayette
Dane
Grant
Iowa
New Job for Jimmie Byrnes Leads to Governorship Nomination
The article portrays Jimmie Byrnes as a longtime public servant now nominated by South Carolina voters as the Democratic candidate for governor. It notes his varied career including U S senator supreme court justice and top war mobilization official, and suggests his return to public life after retirement.
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Jimmie Byrnes
Byrnes
United States
Supreme Court
Washington
South Carolina
Dummie
Obs
This Might Be True But We Don't Like Em
The Smithsonian Institution notes the starling is a nuisance in cities due to flocking and noisy habits yet provides benefits by eating pests like weevils Japanese beetles potato beetles and caterpillars.
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Washington
iPi
Smithsonian’ Institution
Deaths and notes from multiple decades around July 13
A collage of brief items notes Adolf Abplanalp's death from heart ailment amid cheese industry circles. proposed Monroe airport and other fields for defense. Anne McDonnell and Henry Ford II wed at Southampton. Earlier entries recall Scopes trial objections, heat deaths, and local accidents. later items mention post office mailboxes, farm accidents, and family funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Abplanalp
Citizens Jely
Martin W. Torkelson
State Planning Board
Monroe
New Glarus
Darlington
Anne McDonnell
Henry Ford II
Southhampton
L. I
Clarence Darrow
Mercury
Minnesota
Arthur Legler
Colorado
William Grossman
Louis Schuetze
Clarno-Cadiz
Post Office Department
John Grenzow
John D. Karlen
Jacob Karlens
Buffalo
John L. Stauffacher
Jasper Chryst Farm
First Ward
Shooting Park
Congress Economy Stopped Cold by Pork Barrel Raids
Washington diary by James Marlow notes Rep Furcolo from Massachusetts analyzes yearly Senate over-spending versus House limits and the pork barrel practice. He urges local legislatures and citizens to record views on federal projects to reveal public mood on spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
James Marlow
Washington
Foster Furcole
Yale
House
Massachusetts
Senate
Furcolo
Waukesha School Will Be Rebuilt
The Wisconsin school for boys in Waukesha will stay at the current site as antiquated buildings give way to new structures. State Board of Public Welfare approved plans and instructed John W. Tramburg to seek plans from the state building commission. He cited ample farm land, staff housing needs, and strong location for hiring as reasons to abandon the old structures.
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Madison
Wisconsin School For Boys
Waukesha
State Board of Public Welfare
John W. Tramburg
Tramburg
State Building Commission
Polio Cases Fall Across Nation in Disease Year
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports 2,053 polio cases since March 1949 218 fewer than the 2,271 recorded by the same point last year. The decline follows the start of the disease year in March.
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New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Wayne South Wayne voters approve rural district merger
Acceptance of two rural districts into joint school district No 9, South Wayne, was approved by village electors in an adjourned meeting. The plan awaits final approval from district 3 and district 6 and involves consolidation proceedings toward a single district with budgets of 15000 for graded and 18000 for high school.
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South Wayne
A. H. Mahlbuch
Clarence Homb
Paul Lawrence
Wesley Chapman
Chapman
Richard Kincade
Margaret Austin
Agnes Burke
Prin
E. J. Hill
Gerald L. Fritz
James Kavanaugh
Rosemay Mitchell
Ruth Lippoldt
Plattev Ille
Patricia Stratton
Akron
N. Y
Anthony Wayne
Milwaukee
Margaret Fisher
Fred Larson
T. J. Lacey
John Chapman
M. J. Olson
South Wayne Rites Held for W R Bixby
Funeral services for William R. Bixby 78 former local resident were held July 8 in Genoa Illinois. Relatives attending included Royal Bixby and son Douglas Mmes Nancy Bixby Marie Dixon and Clara Williams. He was born March 2 1882 and buried in Blaisdell Cemetery.
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South Wayne
Genoa
William R. Bixby
George Bixby
Royal Bixby
Douglas
Mmes
Nancy Bixby
Marie Dixon
Clara Williams
William Bixby
Blaisdell
Elected to Board of Advisers for Midwestern Order
Chicago based Rev. C. Ead ward Stengel from Oconomowoc is named among four priests elected to the board of advisers of the Midwest Province of the Augustinian order.
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Chicago
Rev. C. Eadward Stengel
Oconomowoc
Midwest
Augustinian Order
50 000th New Patient Registered At Monroe Clinic
The Monroe Clinic marked its 50 000th patient file when Janesville resident Allen H. Center, Parker Pen Co. public relations director, arrived for a sinus checkup. Center and his wife were treated as celebrities with a home call to announce they would be late for dinner.
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Monroe
Janesville
Allen H. Center
Parker Pen Co
Mr. Center
Red Underground Increasing in U S
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reports a record level of internal security and national defense investigations in the year ended June 30 as communists expand underground activities. Hoover says the increased workload is the heaviest the agency has faced.
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Washington
U.S
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Communist Party
Tides Reach Hudson River To Troy Head of Navigation
The Hudson river is affected by tides up to Troy New York, where navigation begins 150 miles upstream.
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Hudson River
Troy
N. Y
Head of Navigation
Wiley Assails Brannan Over Dairy Price Support Stance
Washington senator Wiley accused Secretary Brannan of misstatements about his dairy voting record in a Jeffer son Jackson Day address. He released a letter claiming Brannan misstated a Wisconsin vote on a bill to expand price supports and credit programs for farmers, urging defense of American farmers.
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Washington
Wiley
Brannan
Milwaukee Auditorium
Wisconsin
Commodity Credit Corporation
Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate
Cce
Gas knockouts staff at Wilmington bank
More than 40 Security Trust Co. employees were sent to a hospital after tear gas released from a burglar alarm system trapped about 60 people inside the bank building. Firemen in gas masks carried the injured to the street for treatment.
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Wilmington
Del
The
Security Trust Co
Linda Van Wie Surrounded by 11 Grandparents
Darlington special notes Linda Van Wie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Van Wie. Her paternal side includes Del Van Wie and Abraham Van Wie as great grand father. Maternal side features Lawrence Stout C. E. Nelson and George Poole with extended generations listed as great great grandparents.
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Darlington
Linda van Wie
Howard van Wie
del van Wie
Abraham van Wie
Linda
Lawrence Stout
Stout
C. E. Nelson
Nelson
Two Cities Face Water Shortages
The Green Bay and LaCrosse water departments warn of conservation needs as pressure fails and demand climbs. Green Bay pumped 9 million gallons on Tuesday to break a prior record while LaCrosse faces pumps unable to meet hot weather use and funds are approved for new wells.
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Green Bay
LaCrosse
LaCrosse Water Department
John Barth
Driverless Truck Crashes into Oil Station Canopy
A Rubi and Leuenberger Electrical Co. truck rolled unattended from 1208 9th Street and struck the canopy supports at a highway service station near the corner of street and 10th avenue. The canopy collapsed but the truck sustained little damage while crews freed the vehicle and restored the canopy.
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Rufenacht
10Th Avenue
Rubi and Leuenberger Electrical Co
Rubi
9Th Street
FBI Nabs Slaying Figure in Milwaukee
FBI agents arrested Benjamin F. Chears alias Willie Lee Brown in Milwaukee on a Chicago murder and theft indictment from 1948. The case stems from a $5,000 robbery of a real estate firm in which salesman Merritt Ramstead was killed. Four other suspects, described as Negro, were indicted in the robbery slaying.
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Milwaukee
Benjamin F. Chears
FBI
Chicago
Chears
Willie Lee Brown
Merritt Ramstead
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Monroe Evening Times
Postati Pa
Cane Ae
Mery A. Odell
Monroe Daily Journal
Associated Press
Inland Daily Press Association
Audit Bureau of Istion
City of
Stephenson County
Ill
Eqitoqrial
Jimmie
Evening Times
Ferdinando Ingold
St. Louis
Jacob Steffen
James O’connor
John
Bert Markel
San Diego
James Blunt
Miss Pearl Blunt
Ipswich
S. D
Monroe Telephone
United Telephone Companies
Citizens Bank
Waukesha School
Wayne
W.R. Bixby
Holland
Meythaler’s
Calif
California
Yacht Club
Olives
Monarch
Ceanser
Oscar Mayer
Round — Sirloin
T-Bone —. Porterhouse Steeks
Swift
Monroet Clinic
Red Underground
Blumer Pharmacy
Royaltex
Ma Coultirg
U.s.royals
United States Rubber Company
CRAND
Texaco
Curley’s
Dearth Motors
ME OW Co., Inc
Kingdon Service
Monroe Fay Jones
Albany
Wis
Brodhead Motor Service
Brodhead Zweifel
Buick
New Glarus Eggen Motor Service
Orfordville
Steel Service
Gratiot
Andereck
Chevrolet
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