Love and War Meddle in a Small Town Romance
Helen weighs love and duty as wartime pressures rise at the plant. She plans Sunday dinner with Zoe Wentworth and contemplates Paul Wentworth, Philip, and Aggie returning home. Aunt Minerva urges caution while Helen seeks clarity on romance and a safer future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Philip
Zoe
Miss Minerva
Aney
Philpene
United States
Minerva
Paul
Sodhod
Paul Wentworth
Zeke
Zoe Wentworth
Aggie
Willow Street
Wentworth Plantation
Alread
Reeducation of Germany After War Looms Large Task
War analyst DeWitt MacKenzie argues Allied policy should focus on educating Germans to foster peaceful relations. News access via press and radio, avoiding censorship, is key to reducing suspicion among allies including America Britain and Russia. He warns against using force alone and stresses gradual, humanized reporting during occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Reich
Hitler
United Nations
America
England
Britain
Russia
A Mother Worthy Of Praise On A Special Day
An editorial reflects on the enduring value of mothers and the effort they invest. It shares a parable about two mothers and their sons to illustrate sacrifice, care, and pride, urging readers to honor mothers beyond a single day. The piece ends by noting the continued presence of those with mothers.
Flashes of Life In Oregon Town Show Youth Dreams
In Eugene two teenage girls envy college couples as they wait to be freshmen and hope to date seniors. A red riding Chanticleer II trains in San Francisco due to a tunnel crowing myth. Sgt John Hoedl returns from Bastogne to a Christmas gift tree with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Ore
University of Oregon
Chanticleer
San Francisco
Deene
Chanticleer II
Los Angeles
Yuletide
Kansas City
John Hoedl
Hoedl
Bastogne
Joe Hoedl
Birthday Dinner for Mrs. Harvey Andrews in Juda
A birthday dinner honored Mrs. Harvey Andrews in Juda with guests including Viggo Nielson and Emmerson Kessler. Local events listed include Baptist Mission Aid, Mother's Day service plans at the Baptist church with Rev. Tingley as speaker, a Baccalaureate service, and a 500 card party with scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Andrews
Indian Ford
Mesamies
Viggo Nielson
Juda
Alen Ross
Brodhead
Emmerson Kessler
Orfordville
Merrill Waelti
Hebron
Wis
Bert Meracle
Baptist Mission Aid
Ira Johnson
C. J. Tingley
Abbie Newman
Johnson
Tingley
Baptist Church
Bessie Lake
G. H. Martin
Ramona
Andrews
Ted Newman
Russel Carter
Navy to spend vast 1945 budget on ships planes and ordnance
The United States Navy plans spending about 50 billion dollars in 1945 half on ships aircraft ordnance shore facilities and supply items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Milwaukee Strike Ended by War Labor Board Order
The sixth regional war labor board ordered idle Milwaukee warehousemen teamsters and longshoremen to return to work immediately ending a walkout that began May 3 affecting 10 warehouses and 200 employees. The stoppage halted 90 percent of cigars 40 percent of smoking tobacco and tied up canned goods eggs and meat in cold storage across Milwaukee and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sixth Regional War Labor Board
Milwaukee
Dickens It Is Cobham Post Office Still In Use
The Cobham post office in Kent England, built over 300 years ago, remains in regular use as the spot Charles Dickens reportedly visited to buy stamps ink and paper and to post his manuscripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Dickens
Cobham
Kent
England
Charles Dickens
War News Mail for a Service Man From Monroe
Dear Mac, news from home includes Capt. Fred F. West’s death in Monroe at 70 from Co H WNG, Lt Robert Amans killed in action on Jolo, Dean H. Kuebli dies from elevator injuries, Second Lt Wheeler A. Searles awarded Purple Heart. Warnings of Germany surrender flashes and a victory edition. War bond leaders set Seventh War Loan for May 14 with Monroe quota $442,422 and county $1,635,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dear Mac
Monroe
Fred F. West
Co. H. Wng
Conrad Pilz
Waverly Beach
Beloit
Associated Press
Germany
Times
Court House Square
Robert Amans
Jolo Island
Co. K
Dean H. Kuebli
Henry Kuebli
Wheeler A. Searles
Brodhead
Eto
Just Take His Word for That Chicago Puzzle
A math column recalls a race against time in a 20 mile trip. A messenger starts at 8am from the rear of a one mile long marching column moving at 3 mph to reach a town 20 miles away and return at 10 mph. He meets the front of the column at 11 o'clock, per Lester Ford Jr. and others in a high school math tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lester Ford, Jr
Home Accidents Cause Major Fatalities in 1944
Report shows 30 500 deaths from home accidents in 1944, about one third of all accidental deaths, plus around 5 000 000 disabling injuries, roughly half of all such injuries.
Monroe Evening Times Boys and Girls Club Coupon
Invitation for boys and girls up to 12 to join the Monroe Evening Times Club. Fill out the coupon and mail to the Evening Times Club in Monroe Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Evening Times
Evening Times Club
Monroe
Wis
Birthdays listed for Evening Times Club members
A list of birthdays by name and address arranged by date from May 14 to May 19. It names Beverly Rose Dunaway into her fifth birthday in Monroe route 2 and many other youths with ages from 1 to 12 in Albany Argyle Monroe Juda Brodhead Brown town and related routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Rose Dunaway
Monroe
Majorie Lillian Stoll
Albany
Armin John Daubert
Monticello
Sherwood Carlson
Milton Wolf
Browntown
Donna Lou Clark
21St Street
Allan Pagel
Leona Johnson
Theodore Edward Gerber
Dorothy Jean Senn
Robert A. Kohler
Argyle
Harold Elmon Blum
Charlotte Mae Indergand
Roger Franklin Isely
Gary B. Coplien
Janesville
Paul Edward Maas
Evansville
William Lee Riese
Leona Mae Johnson
Luan Miller
Juda
Kenneth Norton
Alice Broughton
Peggy Ann Kildon
Florence Nyborg
Cayla Stamm
Lyle Harvey Baumgartner
Donald Louis Dunaway
Rosa Kopp
Marjorie Collins
Delores Mae Feldt
Judith Saucerman
Leon Schmidt
16Th Avenue
LaVon Broge
9Th Street
Judith Ann Wieland
Brodhead
Patricia Saucerman
Albany Community Notes and Local Obituaries
Albany social updates include moves and visits among residents from Jay Lewis to Mrs Krauss and daughter, plus births, a Sewing Class meeting, and recreation planning. POW return news for Lt Charles Lease is noted, along with local greenery planting and a Veterans Day program. Funeral rites for Mrs Anna Keefe Martin are reported with pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Lewis
Bowman House
Krauss
John Thurman
David
Madison
Louise Thurman
Leslie Partridge
Tesla Griffen
Kenosha
George Lee
South Beloit
Nora Trow
James Drucker
Chicago
Sandra Jean
Howard Ware
Stanley Lease
Charles Lease
Germany
Lieutenant Lease
Clayton Burt
Albany-Monroe Road
Baptist Church
Richard C. Werner
Anna Keefe Martin
Albany Catholic
A. J. Klas
Brodhead
St. Patrick's Church
Albany
James Carroll
Louis Roberty
James Houghton
Janesville
Jack
Pat Ryan
Louis Sisson
Footville
Mmes. Heath
Steinmetz
Cunnier
Goddartz Fof Madison
New Club Members Show Local Family Ties
New members join the Browntown Wisconsin club including Larry Meinert who turns 9 on August 26 and his sisters Jacqueline who will be 10 on May 23 and Linda who is 8 with a March 31 birthday. Carl Edward Halverson of Beloit joins this week and turns 25 on May 2. James Swiggum of Browntown will be 1 tomorrow and Phyllis Walters living at 1623 16th Avenue joined this week and will be 7 on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Meinert
Browntown
Wis
Jacqueline
Linda
Carl Edward Halverson
Beloit
James Swiggum
Phyllis Walters
16Th Avenue
Bicycle crash injuries and community notices in Madison
A 14 year old Albany school freshman, Douglas Stephenson, suffered facial cuts eight stitches and bruises when a front wheel support broke, throwing him to the road. He was driven home and then to a physician. The article also lists a Green county Seventh Wave Loan Drive chairmen and volunteers with a May 14 start, local church services, visits, and community birthday celebrations and staff acknowledgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tian Mothers
St. Bernard's Church
Madison
Douglas Stephenson
Byron Stephenson, Jr
Albany
Smiley School
Bert Ketter
Bank of Albany
Green County
Truman E. Sharer
Gloria Dixon
Wayne Peckham
Marilyn Flora
Gladys Jones
H. Dame
Louis Teale
Bennie Cleveland
Dorothy Jacobson
Dell Jones
Kathryn Flaherty
Irene Dustin
Mae Thornton
The
Baptist Church
Richard C. Werner
Albany Methodist Church
W. N. Grandy
Evanston
Ill
Thomas Patton
Boscobel
Juanita Febock
Harold
Mary Fargen
William Dolan
Beloit
A. C. Prochaska
Chicago
Olive Petersen
Monroe
Clayton Stephnson
Stephenson
St. Clare Hospital
Gratiot Band Concert and M Y F Activities
Kathleen Peters reports Gratiot residents attended the annual spring band concert at Pandow hall. The Gratiot M Y F hosted the South Wayne and Woodford division with a potluck supper, devotions, and games. The Gratiot division earned Methodist church honor roll and will dedicate the church on May 16 at 8 pm. From Gratiot, several men left for pre induction physical exams in Milwaukee and Madison for the Army and Navy. most are draftees, with Sargent and Zuberbuehler senior class of 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratiot
Pandow Hall
Gratiot M. Y. F
South Wayne and Woodford
Methodist Church
Army
Navy
Milwaukee
Madison
Edward Gille
John Bishell
Joseph Stietz
Pat Robinson
Duane Engebretson
John Sargent
Laverne Zuberbuehler
Engebretson
Sargent
Zuberbuehler
South Wayne Defeats Shullsburg In Baseball Record
South Wayne high school base ball team beat Shullsburg 16 to 10. Mrs. L. S. Adair visits relatives at Gays Mills. Mrs. Minkc Rood and Viola visit Madison. Mrs. John McDonald Gratiot visits relatives. Mrs. Kenneth Mahikuch and Patsy Marie visit A. H. Mahikuch family, returning to Dubuque. E. R. Doyle Browntown makes a business call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Maddrell
South Wayne
Shullsburg
L. S. Adair
Gays Mills
Minkc Rood
Viola
Madison
John McDonald
Gratiot
Kenneth Mahikuch
Patsy Marie
A. H. Mahikuch
Dubuque
E. R. Doyle
Browntown
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Curces
Wisconsin
Adwadidy
Itis
Iocei
Elen
O. D. Curtis
DeWitt MacKenzie
Charles R. Marty
Gilman Schmid
Loretta
Anton Hefty
Walter Wyss
Ladies Aide Society
Zwingli
Nona Babler
Hazel Becker
Katie Stauffer
Marie Hammerly
Emma Voegels
Herman J. Klassy
Robert Duerst
Clarence Itten
Rosa Brink
Mesdames
Frieda Thompson
Sophia Wyss
Rose J. Voegeli
Rose B. Voegeli
Lotta Walters
Zeller
Louise Klassy
Forrest Smith
Marty
Washington Reformed Ladies’ Aid Society
Ed Gempler
E. W. Marty
R. W. Woelffer
Betty Jane
C. D. Kennedy
Howard Kennedy
Kennedy
Charles Niles
Lois
Ruth Stauffer
C. M. Staufer
Brooklyn
Alfred Voegels
Anna Stauffacher
Royal Neighbors
Etta Butler
Oracle
Lucille Brokenhagen
Hanover
Loretta Eldred
Emma Wirth
Inez Steinmann
Bessie Youngreen
Elsa Zimmermann
Merlee Zurbuchen
Don Trow
John H. Baebler
Hollis
John Marty
Mary
Fred Hammerly
A. R. Achtemeier
Cleveland
Leo Fahey
Belleville
Wichser
Etta Baker
Fred Blumer
Bennet Legler
Walter Tyron
Joan Darfield
Earl Feldt
Nona
Edna Babler
John Lehr
Fred Abbott
Charles Purinton
Florence
Harvey Milbrandt
Hollis Baebler
Bruce Babler
Ronny
Lena Babler
Wilbert Zurbuchen
Canton Paulson
Henry Stauffacher
Kenneth St
C. M. Stauffer
Marie Blum
W. A. Loveland
Adam Schuler
Donald
Beth Ann
James Dooley
Ralph
Kubly
Abraham Kubly
Henry Krueger
Robert Wild
Ned
Werner Blumer
Kenneth Johnson
Richard
Platteville
Robert Holcomb
Matt Zentner
Wilbert Moesly
New Glarus
Charles Eastman
Orangeville
Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Adams
Arthur Holcomb
Sam Duerst
Albert Gempeler
Frank Loveland
Waldo Zimmerman
Clarence Elmer
Alice Runkle
George Legler
Henry V. Babler
Emery Silver
Wilbert Christen
Clifford Riese
Willis Babler
John Dooley
John Elmer
Ralph Kubly
Wilbert Strahm
Ben Feldt
J. W. Barlow
Emil Voegéli
H. F. Stoll
Marvin Freitag
W. D. Elmer
Charles Puritan
Emil Elmer
William Klassy
John Wittenwyler, Jr
Fred Burgy
Matt Bissig
Roy Bissig
Lester Schulz
Regula Hoesly
Regula Voegeli
Ernest Wittner
J.P. Zweifel
Jake Thompson
Wilbert Hoesly
Florence Purintun
Missionary Society of Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed Church
Irene Marty
Lillian Stauffer
Postville Memorial Sunday School
Herman Feenie
Jule Elmer
Lester Bleiler
Orville Bleiler
Herman Feenje
Missionary Fund
Sunshine
Feenje
W. J. Abe
Appleton
Pfc
Harris
Lawrence G. Marty
C. Harold Nicolaus
Cudahy
A. Muechlmeier
Muehlimeier
Nicolaus
John Gaterman
Charles Rolph
C.M. Stauffer
Jacob Voegeli
Lydia Voegeli
Achtemeier
Nebraska
Hazel Kundert
Kenny
Bertha Keller
Kathryn Stauffer
Fairview
Pleasant
Albert
Dorothy Preuti
Willis
Robert
Jeanette
Frederick Zurfluh
Gilbert Zweifel
Delores Blumer
Carol
Marilyn Milbrandt
Bernice Anderson
Walter Preuti
Magdalene Schnurr
Carroll College
Waukesha
Mary Margaret
Jacob Ratzel
Hudson
Ora Prisk
Dick Freitag
Henry D. Freitag
Regula Hefty
Editorial
Whistler
Denver
Samuel Parr
Esta D. Parr
Ivan
Rik Thien
Thenor Geer
Christiana
Norwey
F. N. Miller
Postoffice
Lulu Silver
Kathleen Peters
Cor
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