Laundry Adds New Equipment in Monroe Unit
The Monroe Laundry reports spring installation of a shirt unit and upright ironer. The new ironer increases output to 40 pounds per hour per operator. older gear produced 10 pounds per hour per worker. Two women operate the new machine, doubling capacity from four workers. Ownership by Ralph Fitzgerald since 1948 includes 13 employees and service to area villages Monroe hotels and the Monroe Clinic. An open house is planned.
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Monroe
Ralph Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Jack L. Marty
S. H. Greenwald
Purcell Grocery
Greenwald
Roy Jaberg
Earl Noble
Rudy Steffen
Gottlieb Kraus
Alton Kiel
the Martys
16Th Avenue
12Th Street
Soviet Restores Ambassador Ties With Austria
Vienna reports Russia will appoint an ambassador to Austria and resume full diplomatic relations in the wake of eased Soviet military and economic controls in Eastern Austria. The Austrian government also plans to name a full ambassador to Moscow, noting Western powers moved similarly earlier.
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Vienna
Russia
Austria
Moscow
Assembly Backs Forest Crop Aid and Veterans Loans
The Wisconsin Assembly approved Gov Kohler’s forest crop aid 87 to 0 restoring 470000 in two years. It also backed a veterans loan measure to reallocate paid back loans to needed areas once local quotas are exceeded. A penalties plan for obscene books was approved and Arbor Vitae Woodruff school district praised for penny drive for a new hospital.
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Madison
Assembly
Kohler
Rouse
Senate
Arbor Vitae
Woodruff
Wisconsin district schools costs rise 12.5 percent in 1951 52
Public Expenditure Survey reports operating costs up 12.5 percent while attendance increases under 1 percent. Average cost per child reaches 220.88 with a 22.97 rise from 1950 51. Budgets for 1953 54 set at union free high schools June 29 and other districts July 13. In Green County Albany Monticello New Glarus Brodhead Monroe figures show varied attendance, costs, and staff while total expenditures climb.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Union Free High
Green County
Albany
Monticello
New Glarus
Brodhead
Monroe
Peony Gardens Enter 30th Annual Bloom Season
Rosendale hosts the 30th annual Peony Gardens tourist attraction in Fond du Lac County. Blooms are expected to peak Sunday June 21 and run through Sunday June 28 at the Highways 23 and 26 intersection.
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Rosendale
Fond du Lac
Old Steam Engine Whistle Fading from Badger Scene
Milwaukee reports a shift from steam to diesel locomotives across Wisconsin railroads. The North Western, Milwaukee Road, Burlington Route and others plan or have nearly completed diesel power for most through freight and passenger runs. An Associated Press survey finds railroads moving away from steam, with diesels increasingly dominating operations.
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Badger
Iron Horse
Wisconsin
Badger State
Chicago North Western
Omaha
Chicago, Ilwaukee
St. Paul and
Pacific
Soo Line
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Green Bay and Western
Illinois Central
Ahnapee and Western
North Western
CNW
Paul E. Feucht
Milwaukee Road
Burlington
Freeports
Madison
Associated Press
Noble Iron Horse
Illinois Senate approves local cigarette tax measure
The Illinois Senate on Tuesday approved a bill allowing cities to levy a one cent per package cigarette tax. A separate note mentions Switzerland's founding in 1291.
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OKAYS
Springfield
Ill
Mllinois Senate
President Denies Lewis on Selection for Mine Bureau
The article notes opposition from United Mine Workers president J L Lewis to the appointment of Lyon, a geologist, as director of the mine bureau. Forbes resigns as director but remains head of the mine safety program. Lewis criticized Lyon’s competence in an April 20 letter to the White House. The piece also includes an aside on winemaking astringency.
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Nomed Eisenhower Erat Ofan
Mises
J L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John J. Forbes
Forbes
Lyon
Quincy, Il
Montana School of Mines
Anaconda Copper
International
Lewis
White House
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Mary Jane
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Penney’s
Leno Mesh
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