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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1945
Page
5
The Giants and Dodgers kept their fast starts alive as New York led the league with a strong run. Weintraub hit a key homer. Munge and Adams closed the win on the mound while Chicago couldn't capitalize with runners on base.
National League results show New York 5 over Chicago 4 and St. Louis 8 over Boston 7. Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh 3 with Cincinnati topping Philadelphia 7. American League postponed all games. Milwaukee 4 Columbus 3 noted as rescheduled. Tomorrow’s NL matchups include Chicago at New York and St. Louis at Boston.
Don Hendrickson silenced threats in the late innings while Otto Denning delivered a run and RBI as Milwaukee overcame Columbus 4-3. Denning also scored, with Hendrickson driving in two on a sixth inning double. St Paul remained six games back in the standings.
Wiola Mollrud and Amos Olson wed at the Lutheran parsonage. Several Milwaukee and Beloit residents visited family. cadet nurse Marily Johnson stayed with her parents. A son was born to Clayton Larson of Beloit. Health notes mention Gordon Johnson recovering from pneumonia and Anton Ommodt ill at home. Brazil’s name linked to a crimson dye wood. care tips advise cleaning before storing stained garments.
Orangeville and surrounding area residents made trips to Chicago Dubuque and Jacksonville while local events included a Oneco school picnic set for May 20 and Mother’s Day gatherings at the Saunders home. The Orangeville W C T U reported on national efforts and war mail disruptions from Japan and Asia.
Madison notes Dean Goodnight the longtime dean of men and director of the summer session at the University of Wisconsin plans retirement. The 70 year old counselor and former German instructor is famed for his pipe and billiards prowess on campus.
The guide recommends hash browning potatoes by chopping with the edge of a turner and frying in a small amount of hot fat. The skins should remain on for extra texture and flavor.
Washington imposes voluntary travel curtailment for athletics under ODT program. Most post season events and many high school tournaments are canceled or limited, with exceptions for hardship cases and New Year’s Day events if travel conditions improve. The plan localizes schedules and restricts trips, bands excluded, and ticket sales limited to local areas.
Marinette official Paul F Neverman says he will discuss the future of the May 25 Wisconsin state high school track meet in Madison with the WIAA board after an Office of Defense Transportation travel curtailment order. Sectional meets this weekend are in Racine Milwaukee Appleton Neenah Wisconsin Rapids Eau Claire Madison Port Washington.
Great Lakes hosts its first home game as the American Association team faces the Louisville Colonels. Walker Cooper of the St. Louis Cardinals will catch, and Bob Feller manages the Colonels, aiming to avenge past losses to the Sailors across three seasons.
Versailles Ky. Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler outlines plans to equip sandlot programs with balls bats and gloves. He envisions district and national championships, possible funding from baseball revenue and cooperation with American Legion YMCA and other groups. Equipment may begin as early as next spring with surplus Army gear postwar.
Lt. A. L. David of Madison was among three officers to board and take control of the German submarine U-858 after it surrendered in the Atlantic 720 miles northeast of Cape May. The vessel, escorted by two American destroyers, was brought to Fort Miles Delaware for examination. The crew, about 60 strong, was interned at Fort Miles with processing and medical checks underway.
Social notes from Gratiot list guests at the E L Geach home including the Burmeister Bale and Geach families and friends from Warren Monroe and Dubuque. Gratiot junior prom crowned Richard McGinnis as king and Virginia Wahler as queen. Gus Fuhrman Orchestra to play at Pandow hall Friday.
A long list of visits and homecomings fills the page. Residents including Mrs. Masey Olson, Mrs. Clay Stephenson, and James McCue return from Verona. others host or visit relatives in Beloit Milwaukee Dubuque Freeport Rockford Janesville Madison and Monroe. A birth is noted for Clayton Larson Beloit. The Murphy Products Company hosted a supper for managers and employees in Freeport with attendees from here.
Milwaukee police report Margaret Denneau aged 26 of Oconto and Dorothea Coats aged 22 of La Crosse, two inmates at Taycheedah State Prison who escaped Monday for a second time, were nabbed by detectives at a tavern. Coats had escaped after three weeks and was recaptured in November 1944. Denneau had escaped in November and was recaptured in January.
Rev. Arthur Snell will move from the 20-room rectory in Chillesford Suffolk to a cottage formerly rented at three shillings weekly. The change follows his stance against treating his wife as an unpaid domestic drudge.
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