Rural school pupils stage skit using recorder at picnic
Atwood school pupils presented a recorder skit later aired at a national education meeting in Cincinnati, with Grant Ritter of Janesville operating the instrument. The closing picnic featured performers including Mrs. Walter Streul and several local youths and teachers amid multiple district school picnics and staff announcements.
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Atwood School
National Radio Education Committee
Cincinnati
Grant Ritter
Janesville
Walter Streul
Gertrude
Switzerland
Marilyn Ziltener
Ruth Nussbaum
Maribeth Riese
Mary Ann Olin
Judith Kundert
Maribeth
Monroe
Walter Gartzke
Russell Pinnow
Forrestal’s Death Stirs Debate Over Governmental System
The article reflects on former Secretary James V. Forrestal’s fall from a hospital window and frames his career as a casualty of a conflict in merging military power. It condemns political interference and portrays his resignation as triggered by an overburdened executive system and personal strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
Oural
Arrestal
White House
Soviet Reversal Explained Ahead of Paris Foreign Ministers Meet
Western observers see signs of a shift in Russian diplomacy as voters in East Germany rebuff the Soviet aligned positions and West Germans approve a new federal state constitution. Allies prepare to press a stronger line in Paris aided by the airlift and a tougher U S policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Pari
East Germany
Russia
Uncle Joe
Clay
State Department
Polio Season Warns For Early Peak And Precautions
Warmer weather signals polio season and officials urge strict sanitation and health rules to prevent a major outbreak. National and state groups report progress in preparedness with community efforts and funds improving hospital facilities, while the public remains urged to participate in the fight against infantile paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation
Submarine Squalus Trapped Off New Hampshire Coast
News items note a 62 crew aboard the U S submarine Squalus trapped at 240 feet offshore near the New Hampshire coast. Other briefs mention unlawful shooting of song birds, a cheese sales drive dates set for Plymouth challenge, and local school and civic notes from Monroe including graduations, anniversaries, and band events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New Hampshire
O. J. Schwalbe
Monroe
Plymouth
Asa M. Royce
Platteville Teachers’ College
Biography of John L. Lewis Refutes Popular Impression
The official five-and-a-half page Allied Syndicates biography portrays John L. Lewis as modest and affable. It notes his Iowa birth on February 12, 1880 and credits his wife for intellectual and rhetorical influence in his labor leadership and battles with operators and government agencies.
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Arthur Edson Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Allied Syndicates, Inc
United Mine Workers
Lucas
Iowa
Lincoln
Mr. Lewis
John
Egg Surplus Seen In U S Next Year
The Agriculture Department warns of a coming egg surplus in the United States as 1949 output suggests enough chicks to meet farm needs. Charles Hawks urges farmers and hatcheries to stop flock replacement by mid June, noting April 1 chicken counts show a 32 percent rise from last year and that the laying flock is already too large.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Charles Hawks
Midwest
Department
Poultry Branch
Mother of Sullivans Receives $2000 Veterans Bonus
Des Moines reports a $2000 veteran’s bonus payment goes to Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan of Waterloo Iowa. Her five sons died when the cruiser Juneau sank off Savo Island in the Solomons on November 13 1942. The board approved $500 bonuses for George Francis Joseph Madison and Albert and noted a widow for Albert.
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Des Moines
Thomas F. Sullivan
Waterloo
Juneau
Pacific
Sullivan
George
Francis
Joseph
Madison
Albert
Savo Island
the Solomons
Cedarville Salutatorian and Dakota Valedictorian Named
Cedarville special report notes Miss Mary Kaiser daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Kaiser near Cedarville named salutatorian of the Dakota high school senior class. Miss Pauline Graybill daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Graybill Dakota is valedictorian. Baccalaureate exercises were held last evening and commencement will be Thursday evening.
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Cedarville
Mary Kaiser
Paul Kaiser
Dakota High School
Pauline Graybill
Paul Graybill
Dakota
VFW Order of Cootie Initiation Held In Monroe
A group of 14 men were initiated into the Military Order of the Cootie in Monroe by Racine Pup Tent No 5. Ten newcomers came from Be loit Janesville and Racine while four joined Monroe Pup Tent No 14. New Monroe Cooties named Fred P Good Glenn L Kubly Matthew Solbran and Emil Boesch.
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VFW
Racine
Monroe
Pup
Beloit
Janesville
Fred P.good
Glenn L. Kubly
Matthew Solbran
Emil Boesch
Monroe Pup
Rodney
Wisconsin field worker shortage forecast in Beaver Dam areas
State labor report shows adequate in plant food processing but possible field and inner worker shortages in Beaver Dam Eau Claire and La Crosse districts due to farming needs. Seeding mostly done peas fair in dry areas asparagus harvests advancing in Fond du Lac and Green Bay other crops progressing with general labor balance across districts.
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Madison
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Beaver Dam
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Fond du Lac
Green Bay
Janesville
Kenosha
Lancaster
Milwaukee
Argyle Offers 12 Month On-The-Job Agricultural Course
Argyle High School will host a full year long agricultural course for veteran on the job training starting July 1. Raymond Farrey, to receive a University of Wisconsin BS degree June 1, will lead the program and relocate with his wife and two children once housing is ready. Twenty four farm veterans can enroll, with a few vacancies remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argyle
Argyle High School
Raymond Farrey
University of Wisconsin
Seven Million in Life Insurance Paid to State Families
Madison reports $7,117,000 in life insurance death benefits paid to 4,970 policies in the first quarter, with $5,268,000 from 2,082 ordinary policies, $1,260,000 from 648 group certificates, and $589,000 from 2,240 industrial policies, compared with the prior year period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Institute of Life Insurance
Plaque Honoring FDR Placed at Roosevelt School
A bronze plaque honoring Franklin D. Roosevelt was installed in the granite Roosevelt school building where the late president first attended school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt School
Wisconsin AP Managing Editors elect new leadership
Leo Gannon of the Green Bay Press Gazette becomes chairman of the Wisconsin Associated Press Managing Editors association. George Kalvelage of the Janesville Gazette serves as vice chairman. Harry Maier of the Sheboygan Journal is named general chairman of the continuing study committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balvelage
Marvin Podeweltz
Stevens Point Journal
Arthur Bystrom
Madison Bureau
The
Associated Press
Blanchardville Homemakers Attend Stoughton Hobby Show
Blanchardville homemakers Mrs W F McGuigan and Mrs C Spellman and daughter joined at Stoughton hobby show sponsored by the rural homemaking classes of the Stoughton vocational school. Attendees included Mrs Carlton Chandler and N A Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. McGuig
C. Spellman
Daugh
Blanchardville
Stoughton
Mies
Carlton Chandler
N. A. Nelson
Art Juve
Local residents names and travels listed in clipping
Mrs William Ingwell returns from Batavia Illinois after a ten day visit with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs. The clipping also mentions Fred Fankhouser Chris Guidhaug Oscar Disrud H B Marshall Albert Erickson Erickson Guinheus en Th ug Lyngaas Arthur Larson and A J Holt among listed individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fankhouser
Chris Guidhaug
Oscar Disrud
H. B. Marshall
Albert Erickson
Erickson
Guinheus
Lyngaas
Arthur Larson
A. J. Holt
William Ingwell
Batavia
Warm blooded animals traced to the Permian period
A viewpoint asserts warm blooded animals originated in the Permian era through geological study. This emphasizes deep-time origins and the evolutionary emergence of endothermy among early amniotes.
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Henry Trumpy Jr
Clinton Street
Monroe Military Band
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Mother of Sullivans
Order of Cootie
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