Declare War on Weeds in Green County Meeting
A Wisconsin gathering led by Henry Lunz, seed and weed supervisor, urged strict county and township weed control with county highway involvement. Deputies heard that weeds cost farmers five dollars per acre locally, and state and federal programs fund control with quarantine options and new chemicals derived from military research.
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Wisconsin
Henry Lunz
State Department of Agriculture
Thhe County Court House
E. J. Hoesly
New Glarus
Board of Supervisors
County Highway Department
Green County
Lunz
United States
AAA
Green
Minnesota
Japan
Plans Set for Cub Scout Reorganization Meeting
A citywide parents meeting for Cub Scout age 9 through 11 is planned for June 26 at 7 45 pm in K Hall. The event features a movie on the Wolf and Bobcat requirements, a home life film, and a Q A period led by Rev D Andrew Howey and other local leaders.
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Pythias Hall
Roy
Gg Alder Floyd
K. Phall
Glenn S. Garvin
U.S. Grant Council
Herman Stuessy
D. Andrew Howey
Kingston
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
L. B. Hastings
Warren W. Sutton
F. J. Sakes
Homegrown Strawberries On Market Here At Last
The long awaited homegrown strawberries are on Monroe markets this weekend in limited supply and at above average prices. Berries are mostly small due to dry weather and early frosts with Wisconsin fruit also present. Local prices hover just over 50 cents a pint. First plums arrive along with Texas black seed watermelon cantaloupe. Bing cherries small pineapple and oranges round out fruit. Merchants offer homegrown onions radishes leaf lettuce spinach peas cauliflower celery head lettuce and tomatoes at high prices and good display.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Texas
Mechanic Ashcraft faces murder charge in wife death
Ford Hollis Ashcraft a Zion garage mechanic 40 is accused of murder in the death of his wife Lucille 38 killed when a train struck their car on a crossing. The coroner's jury said he should be held on the charge after he testified the couple planned a joint death pact but he leaped from the car before impact. He claimed marital quarrels since his military discharge led to the plan and noted their tavern discussion near Lake Michigan. Funeral services are set for Saturday in Janesville with burial there.
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Watinwnan
Daniel J. Dalziel
Ford Hollis Ashcraft
Ashcraft
Zion
Ford Hollis -Ashcraft
Lucille
Janesville
Lake Michigan
Thomas Black
Envoy at Vatican to Stay Till Peace Signed
President Truman announced in a news conference that Myron Taylor will remain as ambassador to the Vatican until world peace is secured and peace treaties are completed. He said he told Protestant clergymen this tenure would last until treaties are written, after which there would be no official Vatican representative.
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Washington
Myron
Taylor
Vatican
Truman
Made in Japan goods head for American dime stores
About three tons of sample items including bath toys Christmas tree ornaments and ivory carvings will be shipped soon for display to American merchants. This marks the first such shipments since prewar days though silk exports to the United States have been restricted for some time.
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Tokyo
Japan
Paris Conference Seeks East West Global Unity
Bulletin reports Secretary Byrnes, Molotov, and Bevin arriving for a four power meeting to decide Europe’s fate. Wimbledon Wightman Cup opens with the United States sweeping all three singles without dropping a set. In Belgrade General Mihailovic faces treason trial with prosecutors showing a letter of collaboration. In Madison Mrs. Conner’s manslaughter trial moves forward as Dr. Hughes testifies to her sanity based on June 1 examination and case facts.
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Paris
Byrnes
Europe
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Ernest Bevin
United States
Madison
la Vera B. Conner
Marlowe
Byron Hughes
Winnebago State Hospital
Hughes
Conner
OPA Cuts Sugar for Bakers and Canning Stamp Valid
OPA orders a sugar ration cut for commercial bakers to curb pastry output and confirms a new five pound canning stamp valid July 1. Bakers will receive 60 percent of their 1941 base use for July through September, down from 70 percent, aligning with other industrial users. Retail sugar prices may rise about 0.2 cents per pound, or one cent per five pound package, to offset wage increases in refineries.
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Asnangiiatar
OPA
Washington
Grassland seed demand outstrips supply
Wisconsin agronomist Victor Burcalow said farmers request grassland seed three times greater than ever before. He attributed the demand to profitable strip farming operations and stated the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture can meet all requirements.
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University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Victor Burcalow
University Agronomist
Burcalow
Steelman Named Director of War Mobilization Office
President Truman announced the appointment of John R. Steelman as director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Steelman will oversee wartime mobilization efforts and postwar conversion planning.
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Teelman
Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Farmers Debate Strike Proposal Across States
Prairie Farmer editors report a mass of letters on farming strike ideas. Minnesota farmers favor strike two to one, Indiana is split, Wisconsin and town oppose. About 25,000 letters monthly discuss working hours and strikes. many oppose action as impractical. One Wisconsin farmer warns a dairy strike harms producers and livelihoods.
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Chicago
Prairie Farmer
Indiana
Wisconsin
Arthur E Moore
Moore
W. B. Wilson
Jefferson County
Wis
D A R Flag Day Service at Greenwood Cemetery
D A R members held a Flag Day service at 9 a m in Greenwood Cemetery to decorate nineteen graves of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution with flowers due to unavailability of flags. Participants included Mrs Ray T Bast Mrs Albert D Geigel Miss Harriet Carson Mrs E N Churchill and Misses Mary Durner and Priscilla Kohli.
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Greenwood Cemetery
Ray T. Bast
Albert D. Geigel
Harriet Carson
E. N. Churchill
Mary Durner
Priscilla Kohli
OPA Bill Clears Senate Narrowly Before Conference
The Senate approved a one year extension of price controls by a 53 to 11 vote but stripped away many wartime ceilings on meat dairy and tobacco items. The House had rejected the Senate reforms, sending the bill to a House Senate conference to harmonize differences. President Truman’s veto fate looms as Bowles and Porter may quit over the changes.
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Senate
Bowles
Porter
Huff
Washington
OPA
House
Price Agency
Truman
Chester Bowles
Paul Porter
White House
Barkley
Baruch Urges World Atomic Authority to Ban Bombs
Bernard Baruch, leading U S envoy to the UN atomic energy commission, proposed an international atomic development authority to oversee all atomic energy. He called for the renunciation of the atomic bomb, stop of bomb manufacture, disposal of existing bombs, and full disclosure of know how, with enforceable sanctions and no veto for this issue. He warned sanctions must come with international law and a world security program to ensure peace and deter mass destruction.
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New York
United States
International Atomic Development Authority
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Baruch
Baruch Anid
Inter[national Atomic Development Authority
Fathers Day Gift Window Shopper Preview
Still time to shop for Fathers Day with advice on suitable gifts. The piece notes diverse options from cigars and lighters to monogrammed handkerchiefs and watches, and jokes about dads choosing their own ties and socks while cautioning about gifts like a white shirt.
United States Lend Lease Costs and China Aid Details
President Truman reported total wartime lend-lease aid from March 11, 1941, to December 31, 1945 reached 49.096 billion dollars. China received 1.336 billion. post V J Day aid rose, with 1.243 billion lent to American allies and 7.346 billion lent from others. Major recipients included Britain 30.753 billion and Russia 11.141 billion.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
China
Far East
British Empire
Russia
France
Brazil
Netherlands
Beltrium
Greece
Norway
Labor Supply for Handling Pea Pack Appears Adequate
United States employment service officers for Wisconsin said the labor supply for the annual pea pack would be fairly adequate this week. Dodge county showed the only probable shortage with 900 extra applicants needed. The industry employs about 30,000 workers at peak. plants in Whitewater Cassville Sauk City Reedsburg Poynette and Astico in southern Wisconsin planned to start this week.
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Madison
United States Employment Service Officers
Wisconsin
Dodge County
Whitewater
Cassville
Sauk City
Reedsburg
Poynette
Astico
Pledge Aid to New Glarus Centennial
The Green County Historical Society discusses a possible bequest of the Ludlow property by Mrs. May Luchsinger to serve as a public monument. President Marshall Peterson noted no action yet and outlined needed community support while preparing for the New Glarus centennial August 16-18.
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Ludlow
May L. Luchsinger
Marshall Peterson
Green County Historical Society
Fern Bridge
Juda
J. Alt Schindler
Monroe
Marie Freitag
New Glarus
Werner Blum
Helen Marty
Lauréne Schumacher
Good Prospect For Truce In Maritime Strike
President Truman said a good prospect exists to settle the maritime labor crisis in time to avoid a shipping tieup tonight. CIO longshoremen leader Harry Bridges would accept a 22 cent hourly wage increase, with war shipping chief Capt. Granville Conway briefing the labor subcommittee. Bridges warned of another crisis in about three months.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Granville Conway
Harry Bridges
CIO
Conway
House Labor
Bridges
Kroger Fined 48000 and Costs in Price Contempt Case
Kroger Grocery & Baking Co was fined 48000 dollars plus costs for criminal contempt of a federal court injunction against ceiling prices. Federal Judge P Barnes ruled for the Office of Price Administration after a 10 day trial yesterday in Chicago U P.
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Chicago
Kroger Grocery & Baking Co
P. Barnes
Office of Price Administration
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