Social events and engagements fill village notices
The Browntown Homemakers club picnic at Eagle Point park and a Universalist Aid meeting in the vestry feature Swiss costumed performers Ernest and Rose Ammon and accordionist Bill Guetner. The week includes circle meetings, bridge luncheons, a Yass club gathering, and multiple betrothal and engagement announcements from Brodhead Evansville and landardville, with dates and attendees listed.
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Universalist Aid Society
Browntown Homemakers Club
Dubuque
Eagle Point Park
Messrs
Mmes
Jacob Tuescher
Oscar Nybroten
Ray Rackow
Ivan Ellingson
Frank Stark
Frank Larson
Gerald Swiggum
Roland Aitchison
Ernest Foulker
Ervin Bechtoldt
J. D. Bechtoldt
LeRoy Crago
Ward Merritt
Browntown
Judith Krupke
South Wayne
Avery Yost
Warren
Fay Tuescher
Gratiot
Hartley Plans Investigation Into Labor Movement Infiltration
Rep Fred Hartley announces an investigation into alleged communist infiltration of the labor movement to begin in Washington next Wednesday. Classified want column reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fred Hartley
R.nj
Washington
Vacationer Home Security Tips From J Edgar Hoover
J Edgar Hoover outlines practical home security steps for vacationers noting burglaries in the United States and offering 14 concrete measures. He urges minimizing signals of absence, coordinating with neighbors, securing doors and windows, stopping deliveries, holding mail, and avoiding public notes about travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edgar Hoover
PBL
Associated Press
United States
Mrs E C Hamilton Heads Monroe Concert Drive
Mrs. Edmund C. Hamilton is named general chairman of the Monroe Community Concerts Association for next season. Judge Harold J. Lamboley announces the appointment after a member drive decision delayed until her return from Canton, Ohio. Four concerts are planned, one more than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund C. Hamilton
Monroe
Association
Norman Nelson Chooses New Badger Petroleum Station
Norman Nelson of Hollandale formerly of Blanchardville will operate the Badger Petroleum Co. station on Highway 7. The Nelson family will move into the new living quarters with a service station behind. Ernest Spring, Monroe branch manager, will service the station. he is the son of a former Hay Hollow cheesemaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Nelson
Hollandale
Blanchardville
Badger Petroleum Co
Highway 7
Nelson
Ernest Spring
Monroe
Hay Hollow
Reds Aim to Produce 500000 Autos in Five-Year Plan
Moscow reports that by 1950 the Soviet Union will reach 500000 automobiles annually, triple the prewar rate, with doubling total vehicle output during the plan. Ten large plants plus four assembly factories are active or under construction, producing models such as Zis 110 Pobeda and Moskvich. U.S. auto production is about 5 million annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Moscow News
Soviet Union
United States
Scholastic Honors Awarded to Dahms and Vanms at Platteville
Iris Vanms and Dean Dahms of Monroe earned high scholastic honors for the second semester at Platteville State Teachers College. Mrs Dahms was among 14 students making straight grades. Dahms graduates in May with a bachelor of science in elementary education and a 2.76 GPA. It notes Minnesota lake depletion projected within 50 years.
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Iris Vanms
Dean Dahms
Monroe
Platteville State Teachers College
Dahms
New uniform dairy statements ordered by state official
Milton H Button head of the state department of agriculture orders dairy plant operators to require all producers to issue a detailed statement at each regular payment date. The form includes period, total milk weight, butterfat, price, deductions and additions, and net due. Records must be kept for two years. Maylimburger cheese 42 cents a pound at the factory. Visitors from WGN Chicago toured Kraft plants and local dairy farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Steari
Milton H. Button
State Department of Agriculture
Truman Signs Naval Appropriation Bill to Expand Navy
President Truman signed a naval appropriation bill totaling 3.749 billion dollars for the coming year starting July 1. The measure funds construction of a 65,000 ton aircraft carrier estimated at 127 million dollars, the largest of its kind afloat, and with wartime reserves and prior appropriations the navy will have over 5 billion dollars to spend in the next 12 months.
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Truman
Navy
Marine Corps
Blanchardville Social Notes Echo Local Visits
Mrs. Leland Van Matre is seriously ill in St Marys hospital Madison. Many neighbors and relatives travel for visits and attend reunions including Lindokken at Chris Prestbroten home and the Martins annual gathering at Recreation Park Monroe. Visitors also include Dr. and Mrs W D Scott Sioux City Iowa and Mrs F C Spellman Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland van Matre
St. Mary's Hospital
Madison
Merlin Lee
Margo
Birmingham
Ala
Marie Finbert
Mel
Regna Mabry
Robert Jackson
Anne Finbert
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Betty Kneubuehl
New’ Glarus
Hollywood Row
John Gilbertson
Jeannette
Gladys Koppen
Mercy Hospital
Janesville
Homer ‘McManus
Ella Ulsrud
Argyle
Lars Haugland
Chris Larson
Paul Rohner
Racine
Chris Hanson
Roger
Chris Weck
Vernell Weck
Fricker
Blue Mounds
Frank Hughes
Hollandale
L. F. Gunneson
St. Charles
Iil
Martin
Recreation Park
Monroe
Henry Martin
Curtis
Harold
Kenneth
John Marty
Henry Alfred
M. W. Cummings
Sandra
Ray
Raymond Alfred
New York City
Bernard Schaefer
Virginia
Diane
Stoughton
Joe Martin
Clayton, Sherman and Alton
Elmerson
Perry Phi
Henry Laufenberg
Montfort
Ronald Sakife
E. J. Barber
Maybelle
H. B. Marshall
Harry
W. E. Gould
Delores Risser
Lloyd Johnson
Louise
Rice Lake
Myron Rice
Oxford
Rice
Jerry
Orville Engstad
Dodgeville
Engstad
Lena Engstad
T. Engstad
Columbus
W. D. Scott
Sioux City
W. F. McGuigan
C. Spellman
McGuigan
Harold Jaegers
Lucille
Margaret Vagan
Milwaukee
Thomas Kammerude
Jerome
Arthur Nybroten
Gertie Severson
Carl Hogan
Tommy
St. Paul
Clifford Albertson
William Beeman
David, Des Moins
Peace At Last From PERSISTENT ITCH
Advertisement notes relief from persistent itch with Resinal Oin products featuring six active soothing agents. Claims quick action from first moment and lasting peace, urging readers not to settle for less effective options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mere
Harvester Union Members Accept Tentative Contract
The United Auto Workers tentatively accepted a contract with International Harvester Co. for 25,000 members across six plants. Wages rise 11 cents per hour, frozen for one year, with no further bargaining during the term, subject to member approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnicage
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
International Harvester Co
Teacher Resigns Over Wage Dispute At Ft Atkinson High
Agriculture instructor Merril F. Ross resigned from Ft. Atkinson High School amid a wage dispute. Board member Lyman Jeffries said Ross, earning about $4,000 yearly, sought $5,000, prompting the withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Atkinson
Merrill F. Ross
Ft. Atkinson High School
Lyman Jeffries
Ross
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Wilson Poff
Wilbert
Poff
Bluff View Park
Brodhead
Ralph Hanson
Peter Valenti
Harry Macy
Howard
Woodford
Beloit
Waukesha
Reedsburg
Michigan
Carl Gilbertson
Oscar Johnson
John Johnson
George Torkelson
Nedra
Kjersti Knutson
Paul Olson
Dean Collins
Women’ Society For Christian Service
Myron Stair
9Th Street
Elvira Gorham
H. H. Holland
17Th Avenue
Margaret Holland
Yass New Glarus
Margaret Hefty
Yass
Fred Tschudy
John Kundert
Thomas Hefty
Fred J. Marty
Oswald Altman
William Schell
Marty
Fred Kraus Jr
Marie Widmer
Benjamin Knouse Jr
John P. Derning
Kathryn Joanne
Francis Ivan Taylor
Long Island, N. Y
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Lake Leota
Evansville
Havana
N. D
Landardville
Thorvald Wamstad
Iona Beatrice
Eldon H. Ott
Peter Ott
Berlin
U. S
E. C. Hamilton
Alfred
England
Aunt Agatha
Studer
Ernie Studer
Draulic
Ervice
Reds
Mrs. Dahms
Minnesota
Jerry Walker
al Tibbeny
Harvey S. Stauffacher
White Block
Lipson
Paul
Lawrence Steiner
Van
Lloyd Martin
Theresa Martin
Blanchardvil
Chris Wahl
Harold Gerry
Stanley Freitag
New Glarus
New Glarus Woods
Harold Schindler
Ram
Albert A. Ten Eyck
Brodnead
Wisconsin
Walgreen Agency Drug
DR. Edwards
EPSOM
Ersal
Fim
Magnesia
Woodbury Soap
Walgreen Cas
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