Weather shifts with winds and cool weekend ahead
Strong shifting winds this afternoon and tonight bring showers north and clearing south. Cooler except near Lake Michigan. Saturday partly cloudy windy and cooler with low 35 north west 38-44 south and east. High 40 northwest 45-50 south and east. Precipitation since yesterday trace. Barometer 1 am 29.18 1 pm 28.80. Estates probated Judge Harold J Lamboley letters of administration issued to T F Sharer in estate of Carl Robert Struck Albany died Feb 24 appraisers M L ton Robert Smiley and Edlingstad.
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Lake Michigan
U. S
Harold J. Lamboley
T. EF. Sharer
Carl Robert Struck
Albany
M. L. Ton
Robert Smiley
Edlingstad
Small Claims Court and Deaths Notices
Small Claims Court cases list Robert William Petersen Edgerton cited for driving without glasses with $5 costs. Justice L A Koenig presided over a speeding guilty verdict against Robert Maynard Schultz Route 1 Albany with $12 costs. Notices announce deaths of Dr Eugene T Leonard 60 Rockford and Alfred B Fossum 59 Route 4 Beloit Plymouth township. Also birth announcements: Mr and Mrs Merton Colney New Glarus a son May 5 and Mr and Mrs Donald Rowe Darlington a daughter May 5.
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Small Claims Court
Harold J. Lamboley
Robert William Petersen
Edgerton
L. A. Koenig
Robert Maynard Schultz
Route 1
Albany
Eugene T. Leonard
Rockford
Alfred B. Fossum
Route 4
Beloit
Plymouth Township
Merton Colney
New Glarus
Donald Rowe
Darlington
St Clare Hospital Tonsillecom tain and Dismissals
List of patients and staff at St Clare Hospital with names in Surgical Medical and Dismissals categories. Includes James Brit Mrs Mary Fitzsimons Mrs Edna Lierman Beloit and other patients and relatives across Beloit Mineral Point Gratiot and 11th Street addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fitzsimmons
Mineral Point
Edna Lierman
Beloit
William T. Plate
11Th Street
Arne Bendickson
Thurl E. Carpenter
John Vogel
Paul Alm
Luella Mellen
Roland Scovill
Robert Spoerry
Raymond Indergand
George Collins
Fred Kummer
Howard Nall
Gerald Mayer
Ray Thorpe
Stanley Inman
Harold Kennison
Anthony Hyde
Phillips and Smith Open Remodeled Appliance Store
Ralph Phillips and Kenneth Smith opened a remodeled Phillips and Smith appliance store at 1111 16th Avenue. The grand opening began at 9 this morning and runs until 9 tonight and again tomorrow, marking a milestone for the former air force men who have run the firm since returning from the war.
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Phillips and Smith
16Th Avenue
Ralph Phillips
Kenneth Smith
Air Forces
San Francisco Nuptials Set for Albany Grad
The marriage of Miss Elene Inez Alverado and Moses Sylvester Laughridge will be held Sunday at Holy Cross church in San Francisco. Laughridge, Albany high school class of 1941, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Laughride.
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Albany
Elene Inez Alverado
Moses Sylvester Laughridge
Eugene Laughride
Holy Cross Church
San Francisco
Laughridge
Albany High School
Firms Here Join In A and P Backing
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. listed three Monroe cheese firms in letters protesting a federal antitrust suit to break up its structure. Named were Swiss Cheese Corp. of America, the Cheese Producers' Marketing Association, and the Regez Cheese Co. Walter H. Regez denounced the action as unjust persecution. Swiss Cheese Corp. praised the company for top dairy retail work and stated it supplied quality merchandise at market price. Pasquale Frigo of Frigo Bros. Cheese Corp., ILena, said A and P secured quality cheese and paid market prices without seeking reductions due to large purchases.
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Great Atlantic
Paciffic Tea Co
Monroe
A and P
Swiss Cheese Corp. of America
Cheese Producers’ Marketing Association
Regez Cheese Co
Walter H. Regez
McCarthy
Pasquale Frigo
Frigo Bros. Cheese Corp
Ilena
Park Band Practice Hour Change Planned
With the start of summer schedules the Monroe park band will practice Monday evenings at 8 in the senior high music room instead of 7:30. Forty two musicians were treated to lunch by Patricia O'Brien, chairman, and committee. Weather permitting the city band will give the oft delayed concert on the Green County Farm lawn May 15. if it rains, the concert moves to the home dining room.
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Monroe Park
Patricia O'Brien
Green County Farm
Hyland Surplus Store Opens After Remodeling
Charles Chick Hyland opened a newly remodeled army navy surplus store in the Ruf building off the square on 16th avenue for a two day grand opening from 9 a m to 9 p m. The enlargement adds new stock while An toinette's beauty shop moved upstairs across the street.
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Hyland
Charles “Chick
Ruf
16Th Avenue
Antoinette
Dorothy Block to Take Eastern Tour From Argyle Road
Miss Dorothy Block of Green County Home on Argyle Road leaves Sunday afternoon by train for an Eastern tour starting in Chicago. She will visit Washington DC and sites in Virginia and Maryland before returning after a week. Dewitt Harmon was noted as missing yesterday from local attendance at the Wisconsin Power and Light Pioneer Club meeting where Edwin R. Blair and Carson G. Lowe were welcomed as 25 year service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Block
Green County
Argyle Road
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Maryland
Dewitt Harmon
Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Pioneer Club
Edwin R. Blair
Carson G. Lowl
Personal notes from Monroe city visitors and weekend plans
Arch ie Maske of Brodhead and Howard Truman of Durand were in Monroe for the day while Matt Langley of Durand and Mrs Kenneth Hillary of Darlington were here on business or a visit. Several locals spent the weekend away or visiting relatives in Madison Arena Freeport and Burlington with a Burkhalter Accordion concert at Turner Hall at 2 30 p m Sunday.
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Archie Maske
Brodhead
Matt Langley
Durand
Monroe
Kenneth Hillary
Darlington
Howard Truman
C. W. Pattinson
Ruth Hanson
Lois Fritsch
Freeport
Burkhalter
Turner Hall
Kathleen Sheehan
Jtoday
Arena
Olga Ruth
Richard
Madison
Patricia Tobin
Frank Tobin
Burlington
Gerald Thornton
Tucson
Ariz
Fred Blumer
Chester Jones
Linda Kay
Albany
Rudy Maurer
Ella van Horn
William Nowatzki
Ray Heckman
Rockford
Nora Patterson
Verlene
St. Francis Hospital
Charles Schafer
Rib Lake
California
Denver
Colo
Wisconsin
Robert L. Rote
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Beckley
W. Va
Fred Stansbury
Wisconsin State Housing Loans Reach $993 800 Total
The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs reports 657 of 861 applications approved for veterans housing loans totaling 993 800 since October 1949. Applicants sought 1 285 465 with average loans of 1 491. Maximum loan is 2 000 or 20 percent of home cost for 10 000 or less.
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State Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Wisconsin
Department
106th Birthday Party For Charleroi Woman
Charleroi Pennsylvania Aunt Hannah Carson, a patient hospitalized for a stomach disorder, celebrated her 106th birthday with a cake tasting just hours before likely returning to the hospital. She has spent about a year under treatment.
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Charleroi
Hannah” Carson
Mayor Kronenwetter Critical in Wisconsin Hospital
Mayor Ralph Kronenwetter of Mosinee remained in critical condition at St Marys hospital. Attendants held little hope for the 49 year old mayor's recovery as of today.
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Wausau
Ralph Kronenwetter
Mosinee
St. Mary’s Hospital
Contractor Begins Street Light Work
The O. T. Havey Co. of Madison began installing a new lighting system for the public square. Workers replaced old poles and bases while Wisconsin Power and Light Co. planned inside and outside installations and a test lighting upswing at 12th Street and 16th Avenue for comparison.
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Public Square
Court House
O. T. Havey Co
Madison
W. S. MacDonald
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
12Th Street
16Th Avenue
New Glarus board committees announced by village president
Village President Gilbert P. Hoesly named committee assignments for the year. Finance includes Henry Hefty John C. Erb and Chester Stuessy. Public works includes all board members and Henry Opfermann. Public safety includes Cecil Thacker Hefty and Stuessy. Public welfare includes Harry Schuett Erb Stuessy and Henry W. Hefty. Insurance includes Orville Jorenby Hoesly Schuett. Auditing includes Hoesly Elmer Figi Joshua Hoesly G F Klassy Ray Meythaler. Board of health includes Harvey Ott Schuett and John Kundert. Health officer Ott weed commissioner John H Kundert.
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New Glarus
Gilbert P. Hoesly
Henry Hefty
John C. Erb
Chester Stuesiy
Henry Opfermann
Cecil Thacker
Hefty
Stuessy
Harry Schuett
Erb
Henry W. Hefty
Orville Jorenby
Hoesly
Schuett
Elmer Figi
Joshua Hoesly
G. F. Klassy
Ray Meythaler
Board of Health
Harvey Ott
John Kundert
Ott
John H. Kundert
Albany High Names Valedictorian And Salutatorian
Albany high school announces two students named for top scholastic honors in the graduating class. Fred Hammerly Jr is valedictorian and Kenneth Klossner Jr is salutatorian.
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Albany High
Albany
Albany High School
Fred Hammerly Jr
Kenneth Klossner Jr
Remington Disclaims Knowledge of Manhattan Project
Remington testified today that he did not know during his time at the war production board that the Manhattan project involved atom bomb development. The commerce department economist, repeatedly denied being a communist, told the House American Activities Committee he first heard of the project in early 1944, believing materials used suggested high octane gasoline.
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Ningwwu — Ay
Waiiam W
Remington
War Production Board
Commerce Department
House
American Activities Committee
Tiger skins for sale prompt a buying rush in Sydney
Australian wheat farmer T. J. Carey advertised Indian tiger skins for sale and drew a rush of buyers including a man seeking skins to upholster a new car. Carey represented the rajah of Miraj who sought to sell 100 tiger skins. The piece notes the domestic cat as a descendant of cross bred European and African wildcats.
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Sydney
T. J. Carey
Carey
Miraj
Dewey denounces fair deal gambling at New York dinner
Governor Thomas E. Dewey denounces the Truman administration for tolerating spies and traitors in government. He links the fair deal to a gambling scheme in New York state and claims Republicans will strip the people of gains. Rep William F. Pfeiffer calls the Waldorf Astoria event the largest GOP dinner in state history. Fundraisers at $100 per plate raise about $350,000 for the state campaign.
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New York
Uov
Nomas E. Dewey
New York State
Truman Administration
GOP
Dewey
Kansas City
William F. Pfeiffer
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Plane debris found in Baltic near Lithuania
Stockholm reports Aftonbladet found burnt aircraft wreckage in the Baltic Sea off the Lithuanian coast. The debris is linked to a U S Navy privateer patrol plane with 10 men aboard that vanished on April 8.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Baltic Sea
Cullen and Son Win Elkhorn Construction Contract
Washington The Army announced Thursday that J. P. Cullen and Son of Janesville has been awarded an $827,290 contract for bar racks and miscellaneous buildings near Elkhorn. The notice did not specify the building types to be erected.
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Elkhorn
Joe Washington
J. P. Cullen and Son of
Janesville
Salvation Army Drive Receipts Reported At Monticello
Frederick S. Voegels chair man reports Monticello drive receipts totaling $292.55 to date for the local Salvation Army fundraiser.
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Monticello
Frederick S. Voegels
Salvation Army Drive
Remarriage Sparks Reno Faculty Reception Mixup
Professor Earl W Sheets 62 of University of Nevada and Melba Alice Bold 41, formerly Milwaukee, wed April 5. A faculty reception was set for Wednesday night but Reno courts divorced them Tuesday. Shortly before the reception, the professor obtained another marriage license and he and his new spouse attended the reception.
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Reno
Earl W. Sheets
University of Nevada
Melba Alicebold
Milwaukee
Sheets
Loans Show Gain At First National
A seasonal decline in deposits and rise in loans and discounts was shown in the April 24 statement of condition by First National Bank to the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Reserve. Deposits stood at 9,980,215 on April 24 versus 10,591,711 on December 31. Loans totaled 1,912,026 on April 24, up from 1,677,808 at year end.
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First National Bank
Comptroller of Currency and Federal Reserve
First National
Mine rockfall kills two at Home stake shaft
Kuehl, 22, formerly of Sparta, and George Norton Jr., 22, of Lead, were killed when a rock weighing more than two tons fell on them Thursday at the Home stake Mining Co. gold mine in Lead, South Dakota.
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Lead
S. D
Ponalais
Kuehl
Sparta
Homestake Mining Co
George Norton, Jr
Married in Rome Mischa Auer Weds Susan Kalish in Private Ceremony
In Rome today the actor Mischa Auer and Miss Susan Kalish of New York were married in a private civil ceremony. The ceremony took place away from public view.
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Rome
Hollywood
Mischa Auer
Susanne Kalish
New York
Albany Village Board Holds Organizational Meeting
The village board in Albany organized with Frank Steindorf as the new member, replacing Jack Graves whom Steindorf defeated in April. Re-elected officials include Colonel Dixon and Robert Smiley, with hold-over trustees Barton Schesser and Wilber Dehmer. Committees listed with members. Also note Kit Carson chose Taos New Mexico as his permanent home and resides there in a museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Steindorf
Jack Graves
Colonel Dixon
Robert Smiley
M. L. Barton
J. R. Schesser
Wilber Dehmer
Dehmer
Steindorf
Smiley
Dixon
Schesser
Barton
Relief and
Boards of Review
Schesser, Smiley
Kit Carson
Taos, New Mexico
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Priut BeccRy
TDI
Priday. Sm
Mudie
St. Clare Hospital
James Brit
Dodge
Monroe Lumber & Fuel Co
Dixie Shop
Glarus Board
Joan Tee
Eas Ff
Clara Wong Wiota
Clara Wong
Fred C. Olson
2Nd Avenue
Magdalena Legler
Voegeli
Highland Cemetery
Paul Miller
Forreston
Ill
George Legler
Cuba City
Wilbert Legler
Princeton
Paul Legler
Dubuque
Glenn Legler
Argyle
C. W. Karlen
Howard Steinmann
Oshkosh
Keeley’s
Schrafft’s
Chocolate Shop
Board At Albany
Knitting
Chrysler
Cat Sey Airtemp
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler Airtemp
John A. Eley
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