Wisconsin man wins early fame as greyhound breeder
Loren L. Hare of Wisconsin, age 64, arrived in Florida with hundreds of greyhounds, triggering skepticism then rapid success. Nearly 50 dogs qualified at two tracks, boosting his reputation as demand grows nationwide for his kennels poised to become a top breeder.
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Florida
Loren L. Hare
Hare
Usettos
Arizona
Ohio
Wisconsin
Kansas
Mr. Hare
Sandra Martin
L. L. Hare
Savoy Dies in Illinois Car Crash
Herman M. Savoy 42 formerly of Monroe is killed when a car overturns on Antioch main street in St Joseph. Passenger H. M. Lomaniuk 32 dies. driver Harry E. Quilty and owner Arthur C Hawkins Jr. injured. Savoy’s wife Frances and children reside in Badger Village. he recently moved toward Antioch. Surviving are wife, son Robert, daughter Cecilia, and Swiss relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman M. Savoy
Monroe
Antioch
Joseph W. Lomaniuk
Harry E. Quilty
Arthur C. Hawkins Jr
Badger Village
Maurice Savoy
Switzerland
America
Frances Eley
Harry el
John A van Wagenen
John Eley
Rev Mendenhall to Lead Monroe Bible School Sessions
Newell Mendenhall is elected dean of the Community Vacation Bible School in Monroe. Four churches Methdist United Brethren Grace Lutheran and Union Presbyterian plan May 27 to June 7 sessions with daily classes for ages 4 to 14. A staff of 12 to 20 will run sessions in Methodist and Lutheran buildings, expecting about 225 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell Mendenhall
Monroe
Methodist
United Brethren
Grace Lutheran
Union Presbyterian
Eos
Boots and Saddle Club holds first trail ride in Monroe
Boots and Saddle Club in Monroe held its first trail ride on Sunday with 21 members and guests attending. A fairgrounds contest awarded winners Arlene Wells Vern Krause Eddy Bill Eddy Gary Malkow Jack Burton among events musical chairs corn race pony express race.
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Monroe
Boots and Saddle Club
Fairgrounds
Arlene Wells
Vern Krause
Eddy
Bill Eddy
Gary Malkow
Jack Burton
Lucille Alston
Grace Brugger
Ruth Wells
Fred B. Eddy
Vern Krauss
Richard Dietmeier
M. W. Maikow
Leo
Genevieve Dulles
Vera Swanton
Dewey Dwyer
Barbere Fritz
Arden Voegely
Ray A. Voegely
Eddie Trickel
R. D. Trickel
Conrad Bosshart
Temperature climbs to 70 after night dip to 39
The report notes a 39 degree low overnight and a daytime rise to 70 by p.m. as a cold snap loosens. Forecasts predict possible showers tonight and tomorrow, with lingering effects on garden conditions.
Veterans Urged to Sign Housing Questionnaire
Ex servicemen facing a housing shortage are asked to file a housing questionnaire at the county veterans service office in the courthouse by May 24. Service Officer T. J. Burgy announced. Eleven small and four large units are planned under the emergency federal housing project in Monroe with rents of 26 and 30 dollars monthly. So far 58 veterans have applied for 15 units, but many have already found adequate housing. The city veterans allocation committee will select the 15 families based on urgency, with T. J. Burgy, Wesley representing the American Legion, and Mayor Frank Buehler on the panel.
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Veterans’ Service
Court House
T. J. Burgy
Monroe
Veterans’ Allocation Committee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wesley
The
American Lion
Frank Buehler
Tire and Wheel Theft Reported in Monroe
Monroe police investigated a theft of a spare tire and wheel from Roland J. Ostrander on 11th Street in the 1800 block. Ostrander reported the tire in fair condition after it was removed from his Chevrolet coach yesterday.
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Monroe
Roland J. Ostrander
11Th St
Ostrander
Youth Center Aims for September Opening
The city youth recreation committee elected Harold J. Lamboley as chairman and Mrs. Effie Wenger as secretary at a Saturday meeting in the courthouse. They hope to take possession of the old Citizens Bank building by August 1 with formal opening by September 1 and plan to form executive and permanent committees including a teenage member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Harold J. Lamboley
Effie Wenger
Citizens Bank
Ray Beckman Jr
Lamboley
Illinois Editor and 2 Children Die in Blaze
Princeton Illinois publisher John W. Bailey 38 and his two children Nancy 7 and John 4 died in a fire that destroyed their southeast Princeton home. Bailey trapped while trying to rescue the children. he pushed his wife Mary out a window, she suffered shock but escaped unharmed. Bailey was UW alum 1930.
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Princeton
Ill
John W. Bailey
Bureau County Republican
Here
Bailey
Nancy
John
Mary
University of Wisconsin
New Bogus Check Angle Hits Monroe Bank Scene
A 12 year old boy presented a pencil drawn check on a City Bank issue with no city name at a Monroe filling station. The check, tied to a fictitious paper box company, prompted officials to probe whether this local scheme is part of a wider cross country racket.
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Monroe
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
H. C. Roth
Roth
Michigan Strawberry Crop Ruined by Frost in 1946
Michigan's 1946 strawberry prospects were badly damaged by weekend frost in parts of the state. C A Boyer of the agriculture department said the crop was very serious and some varieties were wiped out, while peaches and pears showed relatively little damage after an inspection through the southwestern fruit belt.
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Lansing
Michigan
C. A. Boyer
State Agriculture Department
Plant Industry Bureau
Boyer
Explosion in Waukon fuels large gasoline fire
An explosion near Waukon Iowa sparked a roaring fire fed by about 50 000 gallons of high octane fuel. Local fire departments from Waukon and four nearby towns battled the blaze threatening half the city of 3 000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
Purchase-Lease Plan Halts Beer Shortage Fallout in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Tavern Keepers association will vote in Milwau kee on an option to buy a brewery to secure beer for taverns amid shortages. Syndicates are buying small breweries and prepping keg to bottle conversions, affecting local supply and distribution. Fort Atkinson reports Carl Ebner Brewing Co sold to Crescent Commercial Corp of Los Angeles to operate as Louis Zeizler Brewing Co Beaverdam with 15 000 barrel capacity, locally 70 percent, rest to California.
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Wisconsin Tavern Keepers Association
Milwaukee
Hilltop Inn
Sheboygan
Beer Depot Operators Association
Stork Brewery
Ger
Wis
Monroe
Fort Atkinson
Carl Ebner Brewing Co
Crescent Commercial Corp
Los Angeles
R. H. Hamilton
Louis Zeizler Brewing Co
Beaver Dam
California
Fort Announcement
Tax Refunds Seen For Most 1945 Returns
Internal Revenue officials estimated that about three of five filers will receive refunds averaging over 40 dollars. Around 30 million of 50 million taxpayers are expected to get back about 1.0 billion dollars, with payments likely completed by July 4. Last year 21 million received 1.1 billion dollars, after a 744 month process costing 17 million in interest. This year aims to cut interest by at least 10 million through faster refunds. Interest began accruing April 1 on 1945 returns filed by March 15.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Red Cross to Elect Nominating Committee Leader Tonight
Green County Red Cross chapter will hold its annual election and meeting in the county courthouse courtroom at 8 p m Russell Carter of Juda will preside as nominating committee chairman succeeding John J Burkhard The final report of the 1946 war drive also will be presented at tonight's session.
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Red Cross
Russell Carter
Juda
Green County
Carter
John J. Burkhard
Army pilot Lt Harold Wilson salutes Monroe with flyover
Lt Harold Wilson based in Washington buzzed Monroe in an army plane saluting his family. He landed at Badger airport and gave a ride to Bonnie Rae Wilson 3 and his wife, then escorted friends and relatives over the city.
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Bonnie Rae Wilson
Harold Wilson
Monroe
Wilson
Badger Airport
Washington
Hoover Accepts South America Food Mission From Truman
President Truman names Herbert Hoover as food ambassador to South America to secure aid amid a global grain shortage. Hoover will travel in coming weeks while Morrison rejects any plan for U.S. rationing and Pillsbury’s Minneapolis mill closes amid dwindling wheat supplies.
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Washington
White House
Herbert Hoover
South America
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Hoover
Ross
United States
Herbert Morrison
British Council
Morrison
Pillsbury’s
Minneapolis
Pillsbury
Truck Overturns Injures Juda Driver Near Monroe
Frederick Tschudy of Juda was treated for a cut above the left eye after his truck overturned in a ditch on a rural road six miles southwest of Monroe near the Whitehead farm. Two passengers, Russell Kundert and Glenn Flannery, were shaken up as the box detached and the vehicle slid along the ditch bruising a tree and clipping a fence post.
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Frederick Tschudy
Monroe
Whitehead Farm
Russell Kundert
Glenn Flannery
Tschudy
Fender Damage from City Truck Collision
A city street flushing truck backed into a car near the city garage yesterday morning. Driver Chester R. Johnson failed to stop at a sign, causing body and fender damage to Walter Dahler of Mineral Point.
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Flushing
Chester R. Johnson
Walter Dahler
Mineral Point
State Withholds Any Coal Orders
A set of United States and state actions discuss coal policy across wartime and postwar periods. The Far East tribunal heard Japan's defense attorney challenge Allied jurisdiction while Tokyo politics show Shidehara seeking Emperor Hirohito’s backing amid socialist pressure and food shortages. In Wisconsin, Milton Button withholds coal rationing orders as a miners truce and fuel supply concerns loom, with public service and legal officials warning of potential emergencies.
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Tokyo
Japan
Far East
Ichiro Kiyose
Joseph B. Keenan
Kiyose
MacArthur
Madison
Milton S. Button
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Public Service Commission
William F. Ehman
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Coal Bureau, Inc
Button
George P. Steinmetz
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
PSC
Walter J. Mattison
Stewart Honeck
Immell resigns as Wisconsin adjutant general to run for governor
Ralph M. Immell announced his resignation as Wisconsin adjutant general effective May 11. He said he would seek the Republican nomination for governor and had informed Governor Goodland of his plan. Immell noted he has received only the adjutant general salary and has drawn no state income since October 8, 1942.
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Madison
Ralph M. Immell
Wisconsin
Immell
Goodland
Safety Patrol Congress Draws Delegates in Wisconsin Dells
About 1,600 delegates are expected to attend the third Wisconsin school safety patrol congress in Wisconsin Dells. The event, first since 1942, is sponsored by the state safety division with the Kiwanis club of Wisconsin Dells and the Wisconsin division of the American Automobile Association.
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Safety Patrol Congress
Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin School Safety Patrol
State Safety Division
Kiwanis Club of
Wisconsin
American Automobile Association
State Conservation Meets In County Seats Tonight
John Public can voice views on Wisconsin conservation at meetings in county seats. Each county will select three delegates for the Madison conservation congress June 10-11 to study field recommendations and relay public opinion on regulations. Topics include deer and duck seasons, trapping, dip nets, and panfish year round. The deer study and related issues will be discussed at Minocqua and Trout Lake, with Green County’s session in Monroe’s circuit court.
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Associated Press
John
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
Conservation Congress
Madison
State Department
Department
Commission
Minocqua
Trout Lake
Green County
Circuit Court
Monroe
Canvass in Washington on Coal Negotiations and Holiday Pay
President Truman reviewed the soft coal situation with Congressional leaders as operators and John L. Lewis close in on miners demand for 3 million dollars in back holiday pay. McCormack said the matter was studied in a general way and no progress was reported after a brief session. Most striking miners returned to work under a two week truce as Edward F. McGrady eyed a possible night session to speed a new contract.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
House
McCormack
Mass
White House
United Mine Workers
Edward F. McGrady
Coal Producers’ Committee
Lewis
Death of Gabriel Lee 73 in Town of York
Gabriel Lee 73 a resident of Town of York since his marriage died at St. Clare hospital about 5 a m Sunday after heart trouble following cataract surgery. Survived by wife five sons six daughters and 33 grandchildren. Funeral services set at the Lee home and York Lutheran church with burial in church cemetery.
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Gabriel Lee
York
St. Clare Hospital
Lee
Ole
Barbara Lee
Adams
Orville
Raymond
Obert
Glenn
Kermit
Herman Hendrickson
Ray Hartwig
Percy Peterson
Raymond Peterson
Thomas Knudtson
Leroy Foslin
Fijelstad
Horeb
Erickson Funeral Home
Argyle
York Lutheran Church
Torgney Klevin
Church
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H. M. Savoy
Illinois
Rev. Mendenhall
Blaze
Princess Elizabeth
Lord Rupert Nevill
Life Guards
Royal and Merchant Navy
Dorchester Hotel
London
House Military Committee
Selective Service Organization
Congress
National Selective Service Headquarters
Selective Service
Paris
Ruhr
Germany
Shidehara
Hirohito
Kyodo
Social Democratic Party
Tetsu Katayama
Geeeral
Ralph Immell
Town of York
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