Trend on Profits Again Swings Up
Trend on profits shows the nation’s corporations likely to post higher first half totals than last year barring strikes or war jitters. Chrys ler strike settlement may lift profits, boosting dividends and job prospects. About half of leading firms have reported first quarter results with 13 of 22 industries up and 9 down. Aircraft and parts rose 65 percent and drug, soap, and cosmetic firms gained 53 percent.
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New York
Chrysler
National City Bank of New York
William Rose Benet Dies at 64 Poet Editor
William Rose Benet, 64, Pulitzer prize winning poet, critic, and editor, died after collapsing on a street following a National Institute of Arts and Letters meeting. Police cited natural causes. a heart condition had been treated. Benet was Yale educated, served in World War I, and was brother to Stephen Vincent Benet. He was four times married.
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New Aut
Ry — Winam Rose Benet
Benet
Council of
The
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Stephen Vincent Benet
Yale
Prairie Mayor Balks At Villa Louis Shift
Prairie du Chien mayor William Carroll refuses to transfer Villa Louis ownership to the state historical society. He cites repayment of about 90 000 dollars spent on the mansion. City council earlier voted to move the agreement with the Bigelow foundation to the society, but Carroll warns the transfer would revoke city rights after 16 years of upkeep.
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Prairie du Chien
William Carroll
Villa Louis
State Historical Society
Bigelow Foundation
Carroll
Monroe Receives Safety Plaque For Traffic Record
Monroe city officials announce another National Safety Council honor for 1949. Fifteen Wisconsin cities with populations between 5 000 and 10 000 will get plaques for a year without a fatal traffic accident. Monroe notes only four deaths in 24 years, the last in 1945, per Police Chief J H Schwaiger.
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Wisconsin
National Safety Council
J. H. Schwaiger
Monroe
Four County Holstein Herds Classified Excellents Given
Four Green county herds of registered Holstein-Friesian cattle have been classified. The herds of H. Otto Elmer Monticello John W. Ruti Sylvester township W. G. Timm Clarno township and W. C. and Paul Baumgartner Sylvester township gained excellent ratings. Excellents range from 90 points up with very good 85 to 90 and other grades detailed.
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Green County
H. Otto Elmer
Monticello
John W. Ruti
Sylvester Township
W. G. Timm
Clarno Township
W. C
Paul Baumgartner
Timm
Stone
Elmer
Elmer Brook
Elaine Inka Pieve
Ruff
Bessie Ollie Hoesly
Baumgartner
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Whisky Beer Tax Reduction Rejected
Washington committee rejected cuts to whisky and beer taxes proposed in a tax-cutting bill. A $9 per gallon liquor tax would have dropped to $7.50, saving about $20 million, and an $8 per barrel beer tax would fall by 50 cents, easing beer taxes by about $40 a year. No wine tax reduction was proposed.
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Washington
Nouse Ways and Means
Jefferson Township Approves Bangs Vaccination Program
The state agriculture department authorizes a Bangs vaccination plan for Jefferson Township after a petition from cattle owners, representing over 75 percent of the township’s livestock, was filed on April 24.
Church News Highlights for Monticello and Nearby Parishes
A mosaic of worship schedules unfolds across multiple churches. Roy Berg and Howard Cowan lead Miller area congregations with services, Sunday school, and rehearsals, as Dr. Morris Wee and Beth teams visit. May brings Mother’s Day events, state synod meetings, and rural life observances with 4‑H, Future Farmers, and farm groups invited to join in worship and programs.
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Morris Wee
Carthage College
Newell Mendenhall
Evangelical
Farm Bureau
Church activities outline for week schedule
Families invited to Sunday school at 10 a m. The Woman's Society meets with Mrs Ervin Bechtolt on May 12 at 2 p m. Youth fellowship at the church Friday at 7 30 p m.
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Christian Science
Union Presbyterian Church School
Moses
Westminster Fellowship
Manse
Missionary Society
Mamie Bleiler
Ina Gill
I. E. Dooley
Dallas D. Landrum
Lutheran
Children of the Church
Woman's Society
Ervin Bechtolt
St Victor's Church Sets Summer Masses
St Victor's Church begins summer Masses with 6:30, 8:30 and 10:30 a m services Rev E C Mc Collow announces the 11 am Mass moved to 10:30 to ease traffic congestion The note mentions the first photo electric cell developed in 1888.
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St. Victor's Church
St. Victor’s
E. C. Mc Collow
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