Hunterbury sale moves with Maidensford bye election
Elinor Carlisle visits Maidensford as Hunterbury is sold to Major Somervell and furniture is discussed with Mrs. Bishop. Letters reveal sale offers, probate, and funeral arrangements while Elinor sorts affairs at the house and prepares to move items to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roddy
Seddon
Messrs. Seddon, Blatherwick & Seddon
Elinor Carlisle
Bloomsbury Square
Carlisle
Major Somervell
Hunterbury
Gerrard
Mary Gerrard
Edmund Seddon
Dr. Lord
Miss Carlisle
Peter Lord
Mary
Somervell
Nurse Hopkins
Father
King's
Maidensford
Mrs. Bishop
Elinor
London
King’s Arms
George Kerr
Miss Elinor
Mrs. Welman
Gerrard’s
Hopkins
Mr. Abbott
Giles Author of Goering Surprise
Lt Gen Barney M Giles age 52 is named commanding general of the army air forces Pacific Ocean Areas and deputy commander of the 20th Air Force. He recalls how he helped engineer the Goering surprise by expanding ranges for P 38 P 47 and P 51 fighters to flood bombing missions. He plans rest and recreation centers for Superfortress crews and a mission threshold for home leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Hermann Goering
Reichmarshal
Barney M. Giles
Army Air Forces
Pacific Ocean Areas
20Th Air Force
Millard F. Harmon
Goering
Germany
America
Britain
Giles
H. H. Arnold
Mineola
Japan
Signal Corps
Pacific
States
Editorial scooped by verbiage and war time snarl
The piece argues newspapers fear of scoops vanishes with rapid communications and ponders the postwar stakes. It notes Moscow’s influence on policy, Berlin as a conference site, and a creeping diplomatic tangle as Britain and Washington react to rumors about a big three meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Washington
London
Berlin
Vindication of the GI Favorite Game Volleyball
GIs from the Aleutians to Australia were surveyed on games they play most. Football sees heavy use but softball is the main baseball item. Volleyball emerges as the prime favorite among soldiers, finally vindicated after years of ridicule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleutians
Australia
Westbrook Pegler and Eleanor Roosevelt split over communism
The piece notes Pegler and Eleanor Roosevelt shifted positions on communism. It contrasts Pegler's long critical stance with Roosevelt's recent apparent change, suggesting Washington now regards American communism as dangerous as fascism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
Westbrook Pegler
Eleanor Roosevelt
Peg
Eleanor
White House
Washington
Queensland Premier Seeks British Settlers for Postwar Population Boost
Frank Cooper said Australia needs greater population and will welcome settlers from Britain after the war. He spoke during government business in Queensland, stressing the goal of expanding settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Frank Cooper
Queensland
Australia
Local Social Roundup From Monroe and Surrounding Areas
South Wayne visitors frequent the Rolle Arnot and Mrs. Ethel Olson home while Mon roe hosts see calls from Mrs. Lester Schuldt and Mrs. Charles Rachow. Families from Woodford Warren and Monroe share dinner visits and friend calls as Seattle visitor Robert Warren arrives. Milwaukee and Chippewa Falls residents are noted, with a critical illness in Dubuque and Alma Penniston visiting Gordon Penniston’s family. Times Want Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Reese
Green Bay
Rolle Arnot
Ethel Olson
Lester Schuldt
Birdette
Donie
Monroe
Charles Rachow
Charles Cline
Irvin Anderson
Woodford
Gordon Penniston
Harold Chapman
Knute Andrews
Warren
Frank Crotty
Jennie Chapman
O. B. Fulton
Robert Warren
Seattle
Wash
Mmes T. J. Lacey
Mabel Chambers
Dubuque
Mabel Cook
Chippewa Falls
John Hart Sought
S. J. Johnson
Lena Schaefer
Milwaukee
St. Mary’s Convent
Alma Penniston
Peacetime draft urged as best defense by Freeman
Historian Douglas Southall Freeman said compulsory military service, properly administered, is the surest most democratic and economic system of national defense. The U S Chamber of Commerce backs a peacetime draft with 12 months training. He warned against cycles of disarmament and war scares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Douglas Southhall Freeman
United States Chamber of Commerce
House
Freeman
Richmond
News- Leader
Flashes of Life: Calf in Taxi Sparks City Traffic
In Denver, a calf fell from a truck and caused a traffic snarl after a taxi driver, Jerry Scaglione, loaded it into a cab. Police offered no quarters, and the calf was eventually moved to the stockyards. In Chicago, June 4 births at Lincoln Park Zoo included two coyotes a guanaco and 100 mixed birds thriving in incubators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Jerry Scaglione
Scaglione
Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
R. Marlin Perkins
Guanaco
Evening Times Club Membership Coupon List
A fragment shows a membership coupon form for the Evening Times Club listing Name and Age last birthday fields. It appears to be a registration prompt or eligibility check with blank spaces for participant details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Times Club
Local Births and Addresses List by Date and Route
A compiled roster lists names and ages of individuals with dates from Sunday June 17 to Saturday June 23, including Jimmie Carroll 11 Albany and Doris Bohren 5 Juda, with several others in Argyle Monroe Juda Monticello and Be loit routes, along with routing details and street references. The document reads like a community register of residents and route assignments for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Carroll
Albany
Doris Bohren
Juda
Clarence Herman Pluss
Henry Blumer
Monroe
Henry Schmid
Monticello
Donald Dunlavy
Winslow
Carol Jean Seliiow
Robert Neuenschwander
Robert H. Marty
11Th Street
JoAnn Jeremaison
Argyle
James Jeremiahson
Barbara Friedli
Vincent Hauser
New Club Members List From Judo Route Area
The club welcomes Ronald James born May 8 1945 Jeannine Ann Goecks who will celebrate her birthday August 1 and William Arnold who will be 12 on October 25. Three Meinert children Joyce Kay and Peter Buholzer and siblings Wallace and Merikay Wilson join Browntown Juda Blanchardville areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald James
William Arnold
Jeannine Ann Goecks
Judo Route 2
Jeanine Ann
Meinert
Browntown
Joyce Meinert
Kay
Peter Buholzer
Blanchardville
Wallace Lyene Wilson
Merikay Louise Wilson
Juda
Wallace
Merikay
Further Sugar Cuts Ordered for Industrial Use
The OPA cut industrial sugar allotments for the July to September quarter to about 37 percent of the 1941 base. Most industrial users including ice cream and beverage producers face a maximum cut to 50 percent of their 1941 base, bakers and cereal makers to 60 percent, pharmaceutical firms to 110 percent, and fruit canners to about 20 percent below 1944 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Bakers
Monroe Council Approves Licenses at Special Meeting
Monroe Wisconsin common council held a June 12 1945 special meeting to review licenses. The license committee recommended granting class B malt beverage and A wholesale licenses to numerous applicants including Turner Hall Club Blumer Brewing Co and Monroe Country Club with pharmacist permits and wholesale licenses. A second report proposed withdrawing two existing licenses to permit class B licenses for Howard Lundy and Delbert Glenn Scott, with approval by mayor F A Buehler and all aldermen voting affirmative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Chamber
City of
Monroe
Wis
Frank Buehler
Michael
Woeffler
Tschudy
Beckman
Fritz
Evenson
Ernest Schmid
17Th Street
Gottfried Zumbach
17Th Avenue
Walter Francis Baumgartner
16Th Avenue
B. Louis
Raymond Wolleson
B. Turner
Julius Hofer
Mgr
Leona
Catherine Hyland
Roy Mark Grant
9Th Street
B. Louis Pfund
10Th Street
Edward Herman Scharer
11Th Street
B. Reubin
Leroy Kingdon
Harvey William Mason
John T. Hauser
Fred Louis Roth
Oe Strauss
Charles
William Scharer
Gebhard Hauser
Grace McGrath
Arthur Robert Spoerry
15Th Avenue
Peter John Babler
Louisa Celia Steffen
12Th Street
Edward J. Becker
Ernest A. Meyer
16Th Avenue, B. B
Louis J. Felder
B. B
Fred Lengacher
B. B. Monroe Country Club
James Forbes
21St Street
George Lee Redman
Blumer Brewing Co
Joseph Huber
14Th Avenue
John Tschanz
18Th Avenue
Ralph William Haberman
James Green
Robert Jared Bowen
William Ernest Trukenbrod
Olga Marian Voelkli
Clarence F. Kempfert
Lester J. Michael
Ernest C. Waeffler
Alderman Michael
Alderman Waeffler
Common Council
Fred Strauss
Charles William Scharer
16Th Ave
Monroe Country Club
B. Lee Redman
Howard Lundy
Delbert Glenn Scott
F. A. Buehler
Waeffler
G. S. Soseman
Rain and cool weather delay swim pool opening
Interesting items from the files highlight a 1935 scene where 200 delegates from a two day state congress for unemployment and social insurance protested outside Governor La Follette and he agreed to meet them. Also noted are a library training start for Mildred Andrews and other local items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
la Follette
Mildred Andrews
South Wayne
Wisconsin Library
Camp Grant Guardhouse
Leroy Moss
H. B. Gifford
Juda
F. F. West
Baraboo
Otto Meyer
Armin Eichenberger
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Nurse O’brien
Roderick Welman
Thomas Cook
Dubrovnik
MacKenzie
5Th Avenue
Cassino
Burma
Saipan
Okinawa
Ile
Aachen
Leyte
Cherbourg
Attu
San Francisco
France
Poland
Polish Telegraph Agency
Warsaw
Lidice
Krupps
Paris
Andre Vienot
French Consultative Assembly
Middle East
Associated Press
Guard of
Editorial
Peg and
Harry T. Maddrell
Lidity
Jack Benny
Monroe Evening Times
Postoffice
Larry John Klassy
Kenton Paul Potts
Luann Rose Prien
Russell Edward Berg
Jackie Halverson
Gene Robert Frauchiger
Roger Eldon Saalsan
Oo Harriet Pilz
Beloit
Nancy Columbine Kern
David Charles Riese
Howard Flannery
LaVerne John Schmerse
John Hefty
Peter Alois Buholzer
Harlan Harry Prechel
Lth
Charlene Tourdot
Brooklyn
Philip H. Moe
Elaine Evelyn Moe
William Pick
Proceedings of Common Council
Evening Times
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