Poplar Receives Funds for Major Bong Memorial
Poplar Wisconsin clears start of construction for the Richard I Bong memorial after receiving 47 546 42 from three fund raising bodies. Ceremony attended by Mr and Mrs Carl Bong. Maple school district awards 110 000 in contracts for memorial addition at Poplar school and a P 38 aircraft display is planned.
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Poplar
Wis
Richard I. Bong
Carl Bong
Wisconsin
VFW
Major
Poplar School
Major Bong
South Pacific
Elna Erickson
Community Notes From Orangeville Area Socials and Visits
Orangeville residents report visits and travel including Mrs. Glen E Bolender and Seaman 3/c and Mrs. Robert S Gross in a 20 day vacation pattern. State judging contest participants in vocational agriculture list Harold Leverton and others with chaperone Thomas Daly. Various family gatherings and travels to Erie Illinois Florida and Peoria noted along with Geysers named from Iceland by Vikings.
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Seaman
Robert S. Gross
Lonnie
Ruth Campbell
Key West
Fila
Urbana
Harold Leverton
William Schwarze
Steve Switzer, Jr
Robert Blankenhorn
Edward Enzinger
Larry Heck
LaVerne Barker
Albert Bilgin
Larry Cline
Robert Switzer
Marvin Dunaway
Thomas J. Daly
Roy Hefty
Kenneth Martin
Cedarville
Nate Martin
Kathryn
Alice Siegmeier
Jon
Devils Lake
John A. Jensen
Erie
Ill
John
Vicki
Russell Reed
Peoria
Home Bureau
Geneva Hortsmeier
Pasadena
Calif
E. M. Reeser
Fla
Keotis J. Campbell
Orangeville
Francis H. Campbell
Winslow
Harry J. Campbell
Monroe
Pearl Campbell
Lena
Red Oak
Lula Belle Whitmer
Freeport
WCTU President Attacks Beer Advertising Tactics
Mrs. Glenn G. Hayes of the national WCTU testifies before a Senate sub committee against interstate beer advertising. She cites the United States Brewers Foundation guide aiming to enlist mothers to promote home drinking and portray drinkers as respectable. Her testimony backs Sen. Langer’s bid to ban alcohol advertising across media.
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Washington
Glenn G. Hayes
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
House Commerce Committee
Dairy Promotion Sign Erection Begins in County
County agent Myron E Jeglum said dairy promotion road signs were placed in two locations with more to be set up today and tomorrow. Signs line Highway 81 between Monroe and Argyle and Highway 11 between Monroe and Browntown assisted by O N Johnson and Grant Allen. Slogans from last year’s contest winners were used for the signs.
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Myron E. Jeglum
Monroe
Argyle
Browntown
O. N. Johnson
Thn County Dairy Proho Committee
Grant Allen
VFW Summer Parley Opens in Racine This Week
The annual state convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars starts in Racine on Thursday and runs four days. More than 6,000 delegates auxiliary members and visitors are expected. Gov Kohler will speak Saturday and a parade closes the event Sunday.
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Racine
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kohler
VFW
Farm scene sale of Holstein cow to Mexican buyer
R M Bennetham of Freeport sold and shipped the registered Holstein-Friesian cow Wilben Os borndale Della to Ing Jose Pel fin i of Mexico.
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R. M. Bennetham
Freeport
Wilben Osborndale Della
Ing. Jose
Weed Result Meeting Set Thursday Morning
Joseph Riedweg county weed commissioner announced a weed result meeting at the Clark Dooley farm five miles southeast of Monticello at 9 30 a m Thursday. The session follows a fall demonstration using 24D on leafy spurge.
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Joseph Riedweg
Clark Dooley
Monticello
Similarities Noted Between Egyptian Writings and Gospels
The article highlights striking parallels between ancient Egyptian religious texts and portions of the Gospels, suggesting shared themes and motifs. It discusses methodological questions for scholars examining onomastic terms, ritual phrases, and moral concepts across both traditions.
Congress' Word Final President Finds Study Group Can''t Pass Laws
James Marlow reports that President Eisenhower learns Congress can act independently when commissions falter. The Randall commission urged extending the Reciprocal Trade Act and tariff reductions, drawing Republican criticism from Reed and Simpson. Eisenhower backs a one year extension, with Senate expected to approve.
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James Marlow
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Clarance Randall
Randall
Randall Commission
Commission
Rep
Daniel A
Reed
New York
Richard M. Simpson
Pennsylvania
Simpson
House
Ways and Means
Republican Commission
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Finance Committee
Senate
Reed-Simpson Committee
Hoover
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Woman recounts healing from crippling rheumatism and arthritis
Mrs. Lela S. Wier describes renewed activity after severe rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatism left her hands deformed and ankles set. She invites further correspondence to share the relief she received and asks readers to write back for details of her method.
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Lela S. Wier
Cyclist Fatally Struck in Sturgeon Bay Incident
Edgar Lackershire, 17, was struck by a car as he emerged from a driveway on a bicycle. Doctors rushed to the scene with plasma and treated the youth who lay by the road before he could be moved by ambulance.
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Sturgeon Bay
Edgar Lackershire
Nurges
Death of Jay McNair at 74 in Brodhead
Jay D. McNair 74 of Brodhead died at his home after a month of illness. Born April 29, 1880 in Brodhead, he married Laura Jones in 1910. He lived on a Bluff View Park farm before moving to Brodhead in 1951. Survived by three daughters Vale Young and Emerson Hughes and Walter Robinson, a son E. D. McNair, and eight grandchildren. Services Thursday 2 p.m. at Newcomer Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Jay D. McNair
Brodhead
Mr. McNair
Montgomery
Lavina Ten Eyck McNair
Laura Jones
Mott
N. D
Bluff View Park
Newcomer Funeral Home
Wilbur Leatherman
Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral
Dubuque Trucker Charged After Fatal Head-On Crash
Edward Rupp, 29, of Dubuque was charged with negligent homicide after a head-on collision on Highway 15 near Prospect Hill. A mother, Frances Malitz, 25, and her son Carl Malitz Jr., 4, were killed when his truck struck the Malitz auto driven by Carl Malitz, Route 3, Mukwonago. Rupp said he dozed at the wheel and awoke to find his truck in the other lane.
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Waukesha
Edward Rupp
Dubuque
Rupp
Carl Malitz
Mukmonago
Highway 15
Prospect Hill
Frances Malitz
Carl, Jr
Malitz
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Jackson 7
Mississippi
FritzCleaners
Jay McNair
Dubuque Trucker
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Ed Sullivan
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