The Public Career of Senator Alben Barkley
A retrospective look at Alben Barkley’s public career from the Old South to the modern nation. The piece highlights his opposition to Roosevelt court plans in the 1930s, his resignation as Senate majority leader, and his later stature as a statesman and vice president.
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Alben Barkley
Old South
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Sen. Barkley
Senate
Alben
Barkley
Father Time
Organized Labor
Marine Corps leadership admits fatal recruiting tragedy showed bad leadership
Gen. Randolph Pate acknowledged the sergeant in charge of a march to a swamp led men under liquor influence and ordered drownings. Six recruits died, prompting a full inquiry of training practices and discipline of the recruit center commander at Parris Island.
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States Marine Corps
Corps
Marine Corps
Randolph Pate
Pate
Parris Island
Motorists Warned To Watch for Deer
Wisconsin Conservation Department warns drivers to expect deer sightings in the coming weeks as spring greens appear along roadways. Automobile deer collisions totaled 1,472 highway accidents last year, more than double the prior year, based on deer carcasses collected by wardens.
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Wisconsin Conservation Department
Wisconsin
Green County hosts Swiss cheese expert May 2 1946
Green County cheese industry leaders plan a May 2 1946 event welcoming Paul Mauerhofer of Burgdorf Switzerland who travels to America to study cheese production and inspire ideas for his homeland firms.
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Green County
Paul Mauerhofer
Burgdorf
Switzerland
America
John C. Chapple
Wisconsin
John H. Baebler Sr
Mt. Pleasant
Monticello
Monroe
Bank of Brodhead
Raymond R. Kubly
TWA
Chicago
Newfoundland
Wisconsin Adopts New Minimum Wage Rules For All Ages
Wisconsin Industrial Commission enacts state wage act covering adult women and youths under 21 and specifies new minimums for domestic service and jobs at restaurants theaters stores and drive ins with rates based on community size. The rules apply to baby sitting and home chores and are administered by the labor department with further details on canning and telephone work to be announced.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Industrial Commission
Woman and Child Labor Department
Clara M. Hoskins
Labor rules for minors and domestic workers in 1930s policy
The document details minimum wage provisions for minors and adult women in various sectors. It cites thresholds for hours triggering protections, weekly minimums by community size, and different rates for board only, board and lodging, and washing. It defines industrialized agriculture and states a 50 cent per hour rate for women and minors in that sector.
Miss Grommes to Talk to Kiwanis Tomorrow
June Grommes city school nurse will speak at the Kiwanis Club noon meeting in the Swiss Wheel. Her topic, aspects of Mental Health in community and schools, aligns with Mental Health Week. A Kiwanis board meeting follows at 8 tonight in the Clinic Library for attendance regulation discussion.
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Wass
June Grommes
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Board of Directors
Clinic
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Monroe Evening Times
Emery A. Odele
He Associated Press
Toland Daily Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Stephenson County
EDI
Evening Times
First National Bank
Sol Levitan
Louis Hirsig
Ulrich Ruf
Rock Grove
Monroe Rifle Club
Freeport Club
Robert Maurer
Carl Wehinger
John Klein
Roy Zinser
Ernest Eisenhut
IOOF
Lincoln’ School
St. Victor's Parochial School
Immanuel Church
Register of Deeds
F. E. Carson
Leon Goetz
Crystal Theater
F. W. Galle
S. Galle and Co
New York
St. Omar
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Lena Klassy
Washington Township
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Bently Bros. Co
United Telephone Co
Albany
Attica
Freezer
Brands
Hotpoint, Westinghouse, Frigidaire and
DeLaval
Richardson Electric
Monroe, Wis
Robbin
Singer
Thomas
Mulligan
11Th Street
Singer Sewing Center
State Street
Beloit
Wis
BUDGS
Sunbeam Small
Miss Grommes
Kiwanis
Monroe 143
Blum’s
Rexall Drugs
Square
Prescription Chemists
Avon
John Davies
Roper
Monroe Gas Division
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