First National Anniversary Draws Full House in Monroe
The First National Bank celebrated its 90th anniversary with a full house open house. A portrait of Arabut Ludlow drew praise while a penny jar contest and prize drawings engaged visitors including children. Bank officers and regional bankers attended as floral tributes arrived for the city’s music festival.
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First National Bank
Friends of
Monroe Concern
Arabut Ludlow
Register
Green County
Wisconsin
Greenw Cemetery
Charlies E. Varney
Universalist Church
Rodney Brewer
Brodhead
Dorothy Locher
Monroe
Miss Gettings
Alice Schmid
16Th St
Mary J. Saver
11Th St
Emil Buholzer
11Th
Luella Goodman
16Th
Hannah Bindschaecier
12Th
Selma Woelfle
Frank Collentine
Fred Schindler
Juda
F. B. Luebchow
Kathryn Johnson
Newell Rumpf
Barris Trust & Savings Bank
Arthur B. Adams
Robert Wieland
Girl Scouts Send 25 Friendship Bags to Friends in Russia
Monroe Girl Scouts contribute 25 handmade friendship bags to the American Society for Russian Relief. Bags include sewing thread, bobbie pins, toothbrushes, toothpaste, buttons, notebooks, candy, combs, ribbons, crayons, washcloths, toys, and trinkets. Each bag carries a donor card requesting acknowledgment.
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Russia
Monroe
American Society For Russian Relief
International Friendship Project
Rain Drenches Midwest Farmland Boosting Dried Lands
Substantial rains fell in Indiana Illinois Nebraska and western South Dakota in the last 24 hours aiding dry farm lands and gardens. Indiana and Illinois saw heavy rainfall except along the northern borders where sprinkles were light per the Chicago weather bureau.
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Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Nebraska
South Dakota
Chicago Weather Bureau
Arab committee rejects Palestine recommendations ultimatum
An Arab higher committee official said the body delivered to Britain a letter calling the Anglo American Palestine recommendations unacceptable and announcing Arabs will prepare all means for defense to resume the national struggle. Secretary Patterson urged quick reestablishment of the national guard as a key element of national defense.
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Jerusalem
Britain
Palestine
Washington
Patterson
National Guard
Madison Woman Pleads Guilty in Edgerton Assault Case
Ella Garness of Madison 51 pleaded guilty in municipal court and waived preliminary hearing on an assault with intent to do great bodily harm charge filed by her estranged husband Adolph, who said she beat him with a club on a street in Edgerton April 20. Judge Agnew deferred sentence to May 9, when sentence also would be imposed on Everett Knutson who pleaded guilty April 23 to assault and battery in the same case.
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Janesville
Ella Gunness
Madison
Adolph Gunness
Edgerton
Ernest P. Agnew
Everett Knutson
Fees of Loan to Britain Gaining Ground in Senate Debate
The administration backs a 3 percent billion dollar British loan but fears a senate showdown this week amid possible delays from draft and OPA extension bills. Sen Aiken proposes tying further funds to a British report on lifting trade barriers after drawing one billion, while Sen Wherry predicts a test vote on a parliamentary point raised by Sen Johnson who says the loan is a revenue-raising measure needing House action first.
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Washington
Senate
Aiken
Wherry
Nebraska
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Johnson
House
Monticello Newsman John Baebler Sr Dies at 79
John H Baebler Sr prominent Monticello and Mt Pleasant township figure died at 2 30 Wednesday of a heart ailment He was born in 1866 in Natt Switzerland arrived in 1886 and lived on farms before settling in Monticello He served as township clerk county supervisor custodian of Zwingli church and a longtime rural road pioneer Survivors include wife Anna two sons John H Jr and William V a daughter Barbara Pagel and two other daughters plus four grandchildren and one great grandchild The body lies at Voegeli Funeral Home then at Zwingli church for viewing prior to rites burial in Highland cemetery
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John H. Baebler Sr
Mt. Pleasant
Monticello
Mt. Pleasant Township
Switzerland
Baebler
Baeblers
Counery Board of Supervisors
Zwingli
Natt
Canton Glarus
Vinzenz
Maria Stauffacher Baebler
America
Anna Rhyner
Montcello
LaVerne
Evergreen Home
John H. Jr
William V. Baebler
Edward Stone
Washington
Vincenz Baebler
Pleasant
Barbara
Fair of 4-H Clubs Promises Best of Exhibits This Year
Green county 4 H fair in Monroe Aug 1 2 3 4 aims to be among the finest with state board approval for new exhibit rules. Foods division revised with age groupings and emphasis on milk and eggs. dress revue adds two winners. health and home grounds displays featured. Brown Swiss awards noted. Willard Baker and Richert lead junior fair plans.
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Green County
Monroe
State Fair Board
Green County Fair
Marlys Richert
Foods and
Don F. Willard
Aseistart
E. O. Baker
Miss Richert
Yugoslavs to receive Dalmatian islands from Italy
Four Allied foreign ministers reportedly awarded Yugoslavia a string of Dalmatian islands along the eastern Adriatic coast. The leaders Byrnes, Molotov, Eden, and Bidault continued to push for agreement on the Italian peace treaty amid conference in Paris.
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Paris
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
James F. Byrnes
Monroe Prepares for First District Music Festival Since 1941
About 1,500 students and parents are expected for Monroe’s district music festival, the first since 1941. Sight-reading is dropped but the event will be elaborate with local merchants welcoming visitors. Restaurants hire extra staff to handle the crowd, and families may picnic in Recreation or Lincoln parks as merchants decorate storefronts.
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Monroe
Recreation
Lincoln Parks
New Hike in Milk Butter Subsidies
The agriculture department announced May and June dairy subsidies of 45 to 75 cents per hundred for milk and 15 cents per pound for butterfat. The increase follows Economic Stabilizer Bowles directive, though May June payments are 15 cents lower than September to April levels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chester Bowles
Department
Pril
Butter production in Chicago to drop below a billion pounds
Chicago reports butter output this year will dip under one billion pounds for the first time since 1920. Officials say as much as 80 percent of production may be diverted to the black market, per Owen M. Richards, general manager of the American.
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Chicago
Owen M. Richards
Co F Wins Intercompany Rifle Meet Over Baraboo and Platteville
Co F outshot battalion teams from Baraboo and Platteville to win the inter company rifle meet. A squad led with 700 points, B squad 646, as Monroe squads topped the event. Capt. George F. Armstrong reported Maj. Lloyd Olsson supervised the meet. Benkert and Nondahl led with top scores.
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Co. F
Louis Benkert
Arthur Nondahl
Carl Schlittler
Dwight Coplien
Leslie Schwitz
Oliver Sied- Seeen
Gilbert E Wenger
Forest Kubly
Hilton Kirch
Illinois Industry Tieup Order With Scarcity of Coal
The Illinois Commerce Commission ordered immediate, state wide cuts in electricity use to conserve coal during a 32 day soft coal strike. The plan restricts industrial and commercial power to 24 hours weekly Monday through Friday, bans Saturday Sunday operations, and limits stores theaters and offices to 2 6 pm weekdays with Sunday outages. Exemptions include essential public health and safety facilities. The commission expects a weekly coal savings of 47 020 tons, about 69 600 000 kilowatt hours.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Commerce Commission
Commission
John D. Biggs
Coal Strike Dragging On With Five Day Delay
Washington ad hoc talks stall as John L. Lewis blocks settlement for at least five more days amid fuel shortages crippling Illinois factories theaters and taverns to 24 hours of power weekly. In New York acting Health Commissioner Israel Weinstein calls the period grave and warns on subway curtailment brownouts and disaster board convening if no end is seen within a week.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Illinois
New York
Israel Weinstein
Lewis
Teachers Cooperate in Bike Safety With 10 Commands
Monroe and Green County pupils learn the 10 Commandments of Bicycle Safety as teachers and the state motor vehicle department join to reduce accidents. Commands cover obeying signals, lights, bells, staying right, two hands on bars, straight riding, no hitching, dismounting at dangerous crossings, safe loading, and staying fit to ride.
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Monroe
Green County
16Th Ave
Motor Vehicle Department
Rail unions bolt mediation talks to avert nationwide strike
Chicago representatives of the Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and Railroad Engineers walked out of negotiation conferences with carriers. A. F. Whitney said the unions bolted the sessions which began Monday to head off a strike set for 4 p.m. May 18 because operators offered nothing substantial.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods of Railroad
A. F. Whitney
Northern States Power Seeks Wisconsin Hydro Purchase
Madison reports Northern States Power Co. vice president FE Cotton testified before the state public service commission that NS Power remains interested in buying Wisconsin Hydro Electric Co. despite Badger Electric Cooperative’s higher bid. Cotton noted Hydro’s 593 percent condition and about 40 percent of usefulness remaining, and recalled a 1944 bid of 3.1 million dollars, saying improvements would be needed but integration could benefit both firms.
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Madison
H. Cotton
Eau Claire
Northern States Power Co
State Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Hydroelectric Co
Hydro
Badger Electric Cooperative
Amery
Wis
Co-Op
Cotton
Northern States
No Hopes for Court House Reroofing in Near Future
The county property committee reported no imminent reroofing project for the court house due to material and labor shortages. Contractors offer no start date, so the panel expects only repair work for now, if at all, as persistent rains threaten water intrusion in weathered areas.
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Court House
County Board
William Hahn
Frank Priewe
Joe E. Zweifel
Clarence Lengacher
Monroe Hosts District Music Festival With 14 Schools
Monroe will host 14 entrants including Monroe and 13 other schools for a district music festival starting at 8 AM and continuing to about 8 30 PM tomorrow. About 1,100 students will participate as the event resumes normal operations.
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Monroe
Parade of bands to highlight festival draws thousands
Thousands are expected for the festival parade in the square tomorrow afternoon. Bands from 11 schools will march from the high school at 4 pm down 17th Ave to the courthouse square, disbanding at the post office with Albany leading and Monroe last. Judging stands will review Albany Argyle Brodhead Gratiot Belleville Evansville Monticello South Wayne New Glarus Verona and Monroe. No parking on outer curbs after 4 pm.
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17Th Ave
Courthouse Square
Albany
Monroe
Argyle
Brodhead
Gratiot
Belleville
Evansville
Monticello
South Wayne
New Glarus
Verona
T. R. Holyoke
Beloit
Brooklyn
Beloit Band
Monroe Band
Lincoln Gym
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Immanuel Evangelical Church
United Brethren Church
Festival sets pace for postwar school music events at Monroe
The 1946 state school music festival at Monroe, with Beloit leading entries and 171 musicians, launches new class rules allowing any school to enter any class. Events span bands orchestras choruses and solos across three venues before a post‑event dance.
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