Monroe Friday Music Festival in Five Auditoriums
The district music festival will be staged in five Monroe locations on Friday to run all events in one day. The United Brethren church auditorium was added, with Ruth Angliker named contest manager. Other sites include the high school auditorium and band room.
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Monroe
United Brethren Church
Ruth Angliker
Immanuel Evangelical
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed
Oregon
Brodhead
Willard A
Beloit
Otto W. Weller
Verona
J. L. Sones
Gratiot
Gerald F. Fritz
Monticello
New Glarus
Rosemarie Rolph
Allan F. Barnard
Eugene Bohrnstedt
Einar Cannelin
New Giarus
Evansville
Albany
South Wayne
Belleville
Argyle
Gerald Fritz
Parade Day No-Parking Signs To Clear Courthouse Square
Officials announce no parking on curbside outside margins of the courthouse square Friday afternoon to widen space for marching bands and spectators. A judges’ stand will be placed on the south side to improve view for the thousands expected.
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Court House Square
Promotion Theme In Chamber Meet
Monroe Chamber of Commerce directors meet to review promotion efforts and Farmers Night. praise for organizers and plans to boost tourism with Green County publicity tied to New Glarus centennial. Reports on Southwest Wisconsin Scenic association, chamber activities, and future county projects discussed.
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Monroe
H. C. Roth
Glarus
Southwest Association
Eagle Cave
Muscoda
A. F. Bolgrien
Gilbert Ott
New Glarus
Green County
Association
Robert L. Rote
Monroe Chamber
United States Chamber of Commerce
Dwight Crandall
Haworth
Day
State Chamber
Milwaukee
Paul Baltzer
Chamber
London scientist jailed for secrets act breach
Dr Alan Nunn May was sentenced to 10 years for violating the official secrets act by disclosing restricted atomic information to Soviet Russia. The attorney noted the espionage involved atomic energy. Paris reports say Truman pledged an American loan to France and assistance to meet food needs, especially wheat, in the next two months after a telephone talk with Foreign Minister Georges Bidault.
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London
Alan Nunn May
Soviet Russia
Paris
Truman
Georges Bidault
France
United States
Subcommittee Backs St Lawrence Seaway Legislation
A Washington subcommittee report favoring approval of legislation authorizing the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project was filed today with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The committee postponed release until tomorrow to allow minor revisions in the text.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
April marriage licenses and divorces reported by county offices
Sixteen marriage licenses were issued by the county clerk in April while six divorces were granted in the county court during the same period.
Government Orders May June Set asides for Cheddar and Dried Milk
The agriculture department ordered cheddar cheese producers to set aside 40 percent and spray and roller process dried skim milk to set aside 60 percent for government sale in May and June to support military and famine relief. A further 20 percent creamery butter set aside for May to Army and Navy. Government purchases expected to ease but July and August rates pending. Civilian availability remains high with projected 1946 consumption higher than 1945.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Army
Navy
Department
Swiss cheese leader visits Monroe to study U S dairy scene
Paul Mauerhofer of Burgdorf Switzerland toured Monroe and nearby counties meeting Green County cheese leaders. He cautioned Switzerland may not export cheese outside Europe for years, cited wartime handicaps and European famine, and discussed lessons for American cheesemakers before traveling to Mt Horeb with Rudolf Faehndrich.
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Green County
Paul Mauerhofer
Burgdorf
Switzerland
America
Monroe
Mauerhofer
Europe
Mt. Horeb
Rudolf V. Faehndrich
New York
Wish Bank Well on its 90th Birthday
Floral tributes and congratulatory messages filled First National Bank as hundreds of patrons celebrated the 90th anniversary. The open house featured old pictures, excursions through business houses, and a penny guessing contest with prizes, while employees and schoolchildren toured the bookkeeping department.
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First National Bank
Federal Airport Aid Bill Heads to Truman for Signature
A half billion dollar federal airport aid program for state and municipal construction cleared Congress. The Senate approved 49 to 32 yesterday. the House had passed the measure on April 2. Local governments may apply for matching funds from the federal government to support airport projects.
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Truman
Washington
President Truman
Congress
Senate
E House
Wisconsin crops struggle after hard freeze with needed rain
Despite a hard freeze and heavy frost, progress in Wisconsin farm work continued last week. U. S. meteorologist Howard J. Thompson reported a dry topsoil and slow crop growth, while meadows and pastures remained in good condition. Seeding of small grains continued as early oats and spring crops grew, but some damage from frost on peas was uncertain. rainfall was anticipated to aid germination and soil warmth.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Howard J. Thompson
U. S
Milwaukee
Thompson
Green Bay
Door County
Ilinois
Indiana
Springfield
Ill
St. Louis
Carbondale
Terre Haute
Evansville
Ind
Dakotas
Nebraska
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Wisconsin Parents Teachers to Hold Sheboygan Convention
More than 1000 delegates are expected to attend the annual convention of the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers in Sheboygan tomorrow, announced by Mrs. George Chatterton, the organization’s president.
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Madison
Wisconsin Congress of Parents & Teachers
Sheboygan
George Chatterton
Whisky Makers Slash Output to Aid Grain Relief
Whisky producers restricted distilling by 40 percent as part of a government effort to gather grain for famine relief. The move marks the sharpest postwar cut since distilling partially resumed, aligning with relief aims amid wartime scarcity.
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Washington
Anderson warns on meat price controls in 90 days
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson told the Senate banking committee that if meat shortages and black market conditions persist, he would favor removing price controls in 90 days. He hopes new slaughter quotas for packers and anti black market efforts can salvage meat control. He called it the last effort to see if the program will work.
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Washington
Anderson
Senate Banking Committee
Grains Shortage Keeps Liquor Limits Through May
A fresh official warning signals the world food crisis will persist into 1947 as the agriculture department cuts distillers’ grain use to three days in May from five days. Industry sources say no liquor shortage is seen, with limits likely to extend through June and possibly into summer and fall. The department may buy at least 400 million bushels of wheat from the 1946 crop to ease cereal shortages into the next year.
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Agriculture Department
New York
Injured Passenger in Monroe Route Crash Involved Two Collisions
Naaman Bechtolt of Monroe route 4 sustained facial cuts when the car his father Clarke Bechtolt drove collided with a truck driven by John Pluss of Monticello route 1 at the 18th Avenue and 4th Street intersection. In a second police-involved crash, cars driven by George Schneider and Mrs. Inez Trickel, both of Monroe, were heavily damaged.
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Naaman Bechtolt
Monroe
18Th Ave
4Th St
Clarke Bechtolt
John Pluss
Monticello
George Schneider
Inez E. Trickel
Mothers death interrupts Mazomanie stage show
Two grade school girls continued their parts in a local musical as their mother Mrs Cyrus Jordan 45 a farm wife suffered a fatal heart attack in the audience. She was stricken after the show opened and the daughters Elaine and Lois were not told until near the end.
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Mazomanie
Cyrus Jordan
Stalin Warns Russians on May Day and War Threats
Stalin urged vigilance against international reaction on May Day warning that forces are hatching plans for a new war. He called for strengthening the armed forces and advancing military culture while pursuing peaceful socialist construction under the 5 year plan.
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London
Stalin
Soviet Union
Moscow
Lenin
Quarrel over Tyrol and Italian sovereignty at pact council
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov and U S Secretary Byrnes clashed over Austrian Tyrol status as the British, French and American coalition discussed Italy's treaty provisions. Molotov shifted to oppose any general commission and favored no commission at all, while Byrnes defended treaty sovereignty. Deputies to meet this afternoon to set agenda for further talks.
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Paris
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Italy
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Austria
Tyrol
Byrnes
Molotov
South Tyrol
Russia
Trieste
Istrian
Britain
France
United States
Monroe High Alumni Plan Gala Dance May 24
Final plans for the 1946 Monroe high school alumni dance and reunion have been completed. Classes 1943 through 1946 will be welcomed at the gym in a special theme. A guest register will be arranged and tickets are on sale at local shops.
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Monroe High School
T. J. Burgy
Burgy
W. R. Schuetze Clothiers
Burkhalter Music Store
Benkert Clothing Store
Kempfert Pharmacy
Danarson
May Day Delights And Dreads Across Varied Attitudes
A May Day column muses on the holiday's meanings from political zeal to molting weather, garden plans and sugar shortages. It notes April rainfall in Monroe, the corn borer threat, lawn schemes, and plans for flowers, picnics, and graduations while warning of a possible May snowstorm.
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Monroe
Market Value Placed On Wisconsin Hydro Assets
Madison witnesses testified at a public service commission hearing that the market value of Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Co. properties was substantially 3,449,000 dollars. Jay Samuel Hartt, Chicago consulting engineer, said eight dams in the Hydro system valued at 1,234,791 dollars could continue operation despite being over 20 years old. The Badger Electric Cooperative seeks commission approval to purchase Wisconsin Hydro. extended hearings have been held in Madison and other Wisconsin cities.
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Madison
Jay Samuel Hartt
Chicago
Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Co
Boedeer Electric Cooperative
Amery
Wis
Badger Co-Op
Wisconsin Hydro
Wisconsin
Hartt
Monroe Firemen to Attend Conclave in Cassville
Monroe firemen accepted an invitation to the annual meeting of the Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Firemen's Association to be held Sunday May 19 in Cassville. About 10 Monroe members are expected to attend. Officers elected include Harry Albright secretary Otto B Kundert department treasurer Chester Pfund amusement fund treasurer and Ben Hollemanple trustee for a three year term.
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Monroe
Sothern
Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Firemen’s Association
Casceville
Harry Albricht
Otto BH. Kundert
Chester Pfund
Amusement Fund
Ben Holeanple
Prices Rise to New Postwar Peak in Mid March
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a national rise in average retail prices to a new postwar high in mid March. Rent costs increased for the first quarter of 1946 by 0.1 percent, the first rent hike since December 1944. The consumers’ price index climbed 0.05 percent from Feb 15 to Mar 15, reaching 130.2 percent of the 1935–39 average as prices for major family-budget items also rose.
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Washingeton
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
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Herbert Hoover
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Earle
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P.T.A. Conclave
Austria-Italy
OPA
Hydro
Cassville
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