Monroe Council Allocates 2000 for Youth Center Lease
Monroe city council votes 2000 to rent space at the old Citizens Bank building to house a youth center. County Judge Harold J leads a committee assuring supervision and no further funds are needed, with support from OPA HQ\'s pending move and lease-owner Marshal Peterson pressing for a quick decision. Judge Lamboley argues the sum is high but reasonable to provide proper space for juveniles and supplement Recreation Park.
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Monroe
Citizens Bank
Harold J
Judge Lamboley
OPA
Marshal Peterson
Ration Board Holds Back on Youth Center Move
Mrs. Caroline Cunningham says no information on when the OPA might move. Marshall Peterson, building owner, expects a lengthy organizing period for the youth center with no definite start time. The ration board rents the HQ on a month-to-month basis.
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Caroline Cunningham
Ration Board
OPA
Marshall Peterson
Youth Center Plan Moves Forward At Park Board Meeting
A park board meeting backed a youth center project with strong support from Ray Beckman and Rev Mendenhall. Members praised social training and location, proposing a $500 fund from $1 memberships for ages 13 to 19, and naming a diverse committee led by the mayor to advance the effort.
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Peter S. Solomon
Ray Beckman
Effie Wenger
County Welfare
Newell Menden
C. H. Snively
Beckman
Laner
Judge Lamboley
Solomon
Ruth Geigel
Robert F. Marty
Lorraine Schumacher
T. R. Holyoke
E. A. Birschbach
Henry Kundert
T. Etter
Alvin C. Rabehl
Wenger
Mendenhall
T. F. Ransdell
Back Page Polio Campaign Plans For Green County
The Green County Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis executive board met to organize a June education and prevention campaign. New members Mrs Myles F Pember and Sherman Hodgson joined, with other members listed. A May 21 meeting will plan the program, including a parents meeting and a physician address on poliomyelitis research and parental steps.
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Green County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Court House
Myles F Pember
Sherman Hodgson
Mildred Kuelling
Russell J. Myers
Leland Lamboley
Ed Fuhrman
New Glarus
E. O. Osborne
Albany
Chris Stauffer
Monticello
Roy McBride
Brodhead
Dog in Love Sets Neighbors at Odds in Local Tale
Alexander the dog pines for Inky, a neighbor’s dog, causing tense stares between the Haworths and Maurers. The creature cannot eat or sleep, bound by his master while longing for his beloved. A dramatic canine romance disrupts street harmony.
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Alexander
Inky
Haworths
Maurers
Rudolf Maurer
Lassie
Harold Haworths
Peace Parley May Start on June 15
British informant says James Byrnes proposed a 21 nation peace conference in Paris starting June 15 to discuss postwar treaties. Ministers may not agree yet on the treaties but deputies will draft lists of points of agreement and disagreement.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
Britain
Russia
France
United States
Byrnes
Great Britain
Ernest Bevin
Judge Evans Improves Amid Serious Illness at Memorial
U S Circuit Judge Evan A Evans of Baraboo aged 70 was hospitalized a week ago for observation after feeling unwell. He later became seriously ill and was reported slightly improved today and not in immediate danger. The illness was not disclosed.
Price Controls Tightened on Typewriters and Salt
Washington announces higher ceiling for typewriters and removal of price limits on table salt and baking soda along with many minor goods. Both steps take effect immediately under OPA policy changes.
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Washington
OPA
Wisconsin Faces Butter Shortage Threat as Autumn Looms
Wisconsin dairy officials warn of a looming butter famine by next autumn due to OPA price ceilings and milk diversion to other products. Production has fallen about 50 percent from last year and 64 percent below the 1940-45 average, with several creameries closing or scaling back.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
OPA
Harvey Weavers
State Department of Agriculture
Weaver
Sheboygan
Walter Grasse
Sheboygan Dairy Products Co
Grasse
Oscar A. Damrow
Sheboygan Falls
Midwest Creamery Co
Plymouth
Edgar E. Peters
Eau Claire
Fall Creek
Washington Creamery
Eau Claire County
Foster
Ludington
Russel Corners
Pleasant Valley
Extracurricular Duties of Police Handling Lost Articles
Monroe police daily recover stray bicycles and store them in the station basement. About 200 bicycles are on file under owner names and serial numbers, with registration often compulsory when a bike is picked up. The lost and found includes wallets licenses plates cement ties and even rubber boots, while owners sometimes fail to update information leading to mix ups.
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Monroe
Bob Ryan
Joe
Mike
Bill
House panel approves equal terminal pay rights for enlisted
The House military committee backed legislation granting enlisted service personnel the same terminal pay rights as officers. In Seoul the American-Soviet commission adjourned after the Soviet delegation refused to consult with Korean political parties opposing Moscow’s decision.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Seoul
Sinc
Moscow
Leaders condemn Palestine inquiry as betrayal in Riyadh
King Saud of Saudi Arabia denounces the British American inquiry on Palestine as betrayal and says Arabs can no longer stay silent. In Bratislava outlawed bands create terror in border regions near Poland Slovakia and Ukraine, prompting a state of emergency. Czechoslovak authorities suspect the bands are led by several fugitive German generals.
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Saudi Arabia
Tbn Saud
Inquiry Committee
Palestine
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Carpathian
Poland
Slovakia
Ukraine
Monroe Kiwanis party marks 5th anniversary fete
Monroe Kiwanis Club prepares a silver anniversary dinner at St. John's vestry with 100 guests. Clemens E. Lueck of Ripon will speak as 1946 Wisconsin-Upper Michigan district governor. Ten charter members remain active and receive 25 year certificates. district officers and numerous honorary members will attend. Membership began with 18 in April 1921, leading to a formal charter in July 1921.
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Monroe
M. E. Baltzer
H. M. Place
Monroe Club
Walter J. Bauman
W. G. Bear
John A. Becker
Laroy Dodge
Fred L. Kohli
L. A. Moore
Roy G. Rottler
W. E. Trukenbrod
K. L. Bucher
Ripon
Edward J. Lamp
Madison
Moore
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Monroe Lyceum Bureau
Hugh Wilson
Darlington
Lester Creutz
Arthur C. Frautschy
Rev
A. A. Krug
Creutz
Elting Elmore
Kiwanis
Wisconsin
Monroe Evening Times
Kiwanis Club
Citizens Bank
G. W. Wilkinson
F. J. Blumer
Frautschy
Circuit Court Room
Louis H. Kohli
W. F. Turner
H. W. Tuttle
Ray Crowe
R E. Knoff
Ees
Rat's Garden
Lo.o.f
Walter Johnson
Huffman Wins Democratic Nomination in Ohio Primary
Sen James W Huffman 51 a lawyer and former appointee to a Senate vacancy led in Ohio with about 18 500 votes over ex Rep Stephen M Young The CIO PAC backed Marvin C Harrison trailed by 36 000 in Cleveland and Edward A Huth was far behind Bricker Republican nominee will face Huffman in November In Alabama CIO PAC choices led fields and others were renominated while Florida former Gov Spessard L Holland won the Democratic nomination voting was light beyond Alabama Negroes voted statewide for first time in white primaries with 32000 voters in Florida and no clear tally in Alabama
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Associated Press
James W. Huffman
Senate
Ohio
Huffman
Stephen M. Young
Marvin C. Harrison
Cleveland
CIO Political Action Committee
Edward A. Huth
Joseph Torok Jr
Youngstown
Thomas J. Herbert
Albert E. Payne
Indiana
Charles Halleck
House Republican Campaign Committee
Alabama
Florida
Senator Brooks to Wed in Quiet City Ceremony
Senator Brooks Weds Mrs. Arthur J. Peavey Jr in a Metropolitan Memorial Methodist ceremony with only immediate family due to the death of the bride’s father Senator John Thomas.
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Brooks
Wayland Brooks
Ill
Arthur J. Peavey Jr
Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church
Sen
John Thomas
Ida
Kerr State Democrat Keynoter to Address State Convention
Gov. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma will be the keynote speaker at the 1944 Democratic state convention at the Pfister hotel in Milwaukee next Saturday afternoon. Democratic national committee man Robert E. Tehan announced. Other speakers include Mayor Hubert Humphrey of Minneapolis and Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas of California.
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Milwaukee
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Pfister Hotel
Robert E. Tehan
Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Albany figures lead Green county delegates to Milwaukee convention
Max Armstrong of Albany will chair the Green county delegates at the weekend convention in Milwaukee. Attending are M. J. Moyer of Albany, Ralph McGuire of Monticello, Alfred Lein hardt, F. J. Marty of New Glarus, Leland C. White, Mrs. Helen Marty of Monroe, and Dr. A. N. Lawton of Brodhead.
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Max Armstrong
Albany
Green County
Milwaukee
M. J. Moyer
Ralph McGuire
Monticello
Alfred Leinhardt
F. J. Marty
New Garus
Leland C. White
Helen Marty
Monroe
A. N. Lawton
Brodhead
April drought threatens Wisconsin crops despite cherry blooms
The region faced persistent drought with April precipitation at 0.83 inch the lowest in 56 years. Frosts spread across several states, but Wisconsin sees some fruit bloom while general moisture remains scarce and farming awaits warmer weather.
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Howard J. Thompson
U. S
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Coal Strike Paralyzes Industry Railroads and Utilities
The 38 day coal strike widens to disrupt automobiles, railroads, and utilities with 800000 idle workers. Ford suspends nearly all operations affecting 110000. GM and Chrysler face closures. Railroads cut schedules as 50000 to 150000 workers idle. utilities set up emergency offices to keep power and water. Violence erupts in Kentucky mines as 400000 idle miners await action.
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Associated Press
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
la Grange
Kit
Chrysler
Association of American Railroads
Civilian Production Administration
UMW
Harlan
Benham
International Harvester Co
Afl-United Mine Workers Policy Committee
John L. Lewis
Detroit
Chicago
Washington
Indiana Municipal League
Hoosier
Truman
John S. Lewis
New Grain Price Plan Aims to Free Wheat for Food
Washington reports the agriculture department will unveil a new price formula to curb heavy feeding of grain to livestock and free more wheat for human consumption. The plan, likely announced before nightfall, would raise ceiling prices for corn wheat oats barley and grain sorghums to discourage livestock feeding and hit the 1946 export shortfall.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Clinton P. Anderson
Bishop Meyer Installed as Milwaukee Superior Diocese Bishop
Al bert Gregory Meyer was installed as bishop of the Superior diocese at Cathedral of Christ the King in Milwaukee during today’s ceremony. He succeeds the retiring bishop and assumes leadership of the Catholic diocese.
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Albert Gregory Meyer
Milwaukee
Superior
Cathedral of Christ the King
Iran Stalemate In U N Session
At the United Nations Security Council Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko hedged on attending the afternoon session and said he knew of no Russian report on Iran. Iranian Ambassador Hussein Ala said no new government information was available. The council meets amid Russia Iran withdrawal tensions and a Franco Spain inquiry panel outlined a nine point program for evidence from all 51 members.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Security Council
Council
Hussein Ala
Azerbaijan
Iran
Francisco Franco
Spain
United Nations
Wood couple marks 70th wed ding anniversary
Platteville residents Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Wood quietly observed their 70th wedding anniversary yesterday. The couple, both 91, were married at Ellenboro, Wisconsin, on May 7, 1876. Mr. Wood is a retired cabinetmaker.
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Platteville
Malcolm Wood
the Woods
Ellenboro
Wis
Wood
Weed Commissioner Named for 4 Months in Green County
Green county will have a weed commissioner for four months starting June 1, announced by County Agent Edwin O Baker. Applications are accepted in the county courthouse office in Monroe through 3 pm May 15. The salary is 150 dollars per month with a car allowance for June July August and September, duties include weed information distribution infestation location and usual law enforcement tasks.
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Green County
Edwin O. Baker
Court House
Monroe
Agricultural Committee
County Board of Supervisors
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