Bridal Shower Honors Miss Arlene Webber at Madison Home
About 35 friends and relatives attended a bridal shower for Miss Arlene Webber hosted by her aunts Mrs. Joe Moosen of Appleton and Mrs. Arthur Hohlstein of Madison at the Hohlstein home in Madison. Bunco and games were played, gifts given, and a luncheon served with many attendees including Mrs. Donald Kellesvig and Miss Arlene Webber.
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New Glarus
Arlene Webber
Joe Moosen
Appleton
Arthur Hohlstein
Madison
Hohlstein
Donald Kellesvig
William Alder
Donald Krassy
Arthur Hanson
Christ Holborn
Herman Brown
Pauline Webber
Della Brown
Ed Nieman
Benne ii
Bertha Hohl
George Kluge
Portage
Fred Hohlstein
Carol Hohlstein
Lodi
Arnie Anholt
Erna
Clare Anholt
DeForest
Anton Uselman
Middleton
William Schultz
Cottage Grove
Edward Webber
Lee Syse
New Giarus
St Omar Eastern Star Initiates Six At Regular Meeting
The St Omar chapter O E S held a regular meeting at the Masonic temple and initiated six candidates. Guests included Lee White, matron of the Janesville chapter, and nine members of that chapter. The Monroe group donated five dollars to the cancer control drive and conduct proceeded as usual.
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St. Omar
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Aoe Ae Lee White
Janesville
Monroe
J. A. Rouch
Marriage Banns Noted for Miss Mary Fargan and Lawrence Dun
Banns of marriage were announced Sunday in St Patrick's Catholic Church for Miss Mary Fargan and Lawrence Dun. The notice appears in Albany Times Special Service with no further details available.
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Albany
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Mary Fargan
Lawrence Dun
Court Street Lodge Speaker Returns From Camp Visit
Corporal Lawrence H. Courtney of the Bekah Lodge No 1 addressed attendees at a local lodge gathering. Guests included members from South Orangeville and other nearby communities.
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Cpl
Lawrence H. Courtney
Bekah Lodge
Courtney
Orangeville
Rockford Nurse Geraldine Staver Completes Training Enlists
Miss Geraldine E. Staver daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Staver 1012 11th Street completed nurses training at Rockford Memorial hospital last evening She has enlisted in the army nurse corps and expects to depart soon A 1941 Monroe High School graduate she is prepared for service.
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Rockford
Geraldine E. Staver
Henry Staver
11Th Street
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Army Nurse Corps
Miss Staver
Monroe High School
Mrs Barbara Zumkehr Dies at Home in Mon day
Mrs Barbara Zumkehr 71 died at her home 903 10th avenue Monday after a lingering illness. Funeral services are set for 2 p m. Henry River Falls with two sisters Mrs Rosa Duerst New Glarus and Mrs Maggie Niederhauser River Falls among survivors. Also seven grandchildren survive. Her parents and one brother John are deceased.
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Barbara Zumkehr
10Th Avenue
Henry River Falls
Rosa Duerst
New Glarus
Maggie Niederhauser
River Falls
John
Birth Notice for a Newborn Girl
A baby girl named LaMarra was born early today weighing seven percent pounds. The brief notice records the birth of a new daughter in an informal, fragmented transcription.
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Ae LaMarra
Wena
V-12 Waiting Class Members Faces San Diego Base
Brand Franz W Brand son of Mr and Mrs Franz Brand Monroe is in the V-12 waiting class at the San Diego naval base California. John Bussman Jr Warren Illinois writes a letter home from a rest camp describing life with Marines and doughboys and recounting war experiences including shrapnel wounds and encounters with native tombs and pill boxes.
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Brand
Franz W. Brand
Franz Brand
Monroe
San Diego
Calif
Huggler-Seaman H. Robert Huggler at Home on Leave
Seaman first class H. Robert Huggler son of the Ulrich Hugglers Juda is spending a leave at his home. He was brought to the United States by the coast guard after surviving fierce action off Okinawa in the Ryukyu islands where his LST was sunk. He helped sink four of five Japanese planes before the vessel went down.
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Huggler
Robert Huggler
Ulrich Hugglers
Seaman Huggler
United States
Coast Guard
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Son Donald C Kegan Reported In Allied Hands
Mr and Mrs Charles Keegan of Belleville received a war department telegram confirming their son Donald C Keegan is in Allied hands after release from a German prison camp. He attended Monroe High, served nearly five years, and was captured in the African theater after 26 months as a German prisoner.
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Keegan
Charles Kegan
Belleville
War Department
Donald C
Monroe
Maher-Pic swimmer places second in New Caledonia event
Edward M. Maher brother of Mrs. Glen Brecklin of Monroe route 1 finished second in a swimming tournament on New Caledonia. The first prize went to an army private from Sioux Falls South Dakota who received a plane trip to New Zealand. Igen W. Prien of Ft. Sill Oklahoma is spending a 10 day stay with his wife and child.
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Maher
Pic
Edward M. Maher
Glen Brecklin
Monroe
New Caledonia
Sioux Falls
S. C
New Zealand
Igen W. Prien
Ft. Sill, Okla
Chil
Rieder-Petty Officer William C Rieder Returns Home
Petty Officer William C. Rieder has returned to the naval base at Shoemaker California after spending a leave with his parents Mr and Mrs William C Rieder Swartz Captain John Swartz son.
Crew recounts crossing the International Date Line at sea
A shipboard letter from Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. describes crossing the International Date Line. The crew supposedly lost a day and now face six days in a week until return when eight days loom. The ship resembles a floating city with barber, dental offices and a cinema. Captain Swartz, the on board dentist, says he joined the Royal Order of the Golden Dragon.
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Harry C
Swartz
Williams Family Informs Son Buried On Tarawa
Mr and Mrs Fred R Williams of Monroe report their son Pfc Clyde R Williams was killed in action on Tarawa and buried on Betio Island Tarawa Atoll Gilbert Islands The Marines letter dated February 6 1945 notes his body may be brought home for burial after the war if the family wishes
Discovery of the Electric Current by Volta
A concise note credits Italian physicist Alessandro Volta with discovering the electric current. The statement identifies Volta as the key figure in early electrical science.
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Alessandro Volta
Want Ad: Sell Your Items Quickly
Local newspaper notes a ready platform for selling items through want ads. Readers are invited to place brief notices advertising goods, services, and opportunities with clear contact details.
Kansas Air Crash Kills 13 Airmen
Thirteen airmen died when two navy Liberator bombers collided near the Hutchinson naval air station last night. Names of the dead were withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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Kansas
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Naval Air Station
Rye Lake airport HQ at Bar Building in White Plains
The Rye Lake airport headquarters are housed in the Bar Building in White Plains New York. The facility serves as the central hub for airport operations and administration in Westchester County.
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White Plains
N. Y
Rye Lake Airport
WPB Boosts Construction as War Constraints Ease
The War Production Board announced a major relaxation of controls to accelerate civilian building. Builders of homes plants and facilities gain broader price limits and priority for essential goods including 700 000 washers and 530 000 refrigerators. Earth moving work may begin for highways mills airports and major projects as reconversion advances.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Aluminumware controls eased to boost production
Controls on aluminum cookware and household articles were released today allowing increased output as war contracts wrap up. Through July 1 any rise must come from idle inventories, but after that date manufacturers can secure aluminum not needed for war.
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Washington
Postwar building controls eased by WPB
The War Production Board raised ceilings for home projects from 200 to 1000 dollars and civilian factory upgrades from 5000 to 25000 dollars allowing remodeling and expansion of dwellings and postwar factories without prior WPB permission. Material shortages remain a constraint and no guarantee of supply is provided. Controls will ease when resources allow.
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WPB
Otto von Guericke and the first electricity generating machine
A historic note credits German physicist Otto von Guericke with inventing the first machine to generate electricity around 1663. The item appears in a Want Ad notice for archival reference and public interest.
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Otto von Guericke
Pleads Guilty to Illegal Gas Ration Coupon Deals
Milwaukee court records show Paul Nielsen a 39 year old bakery route salesman was sentenced to three months in a federal facility after pleading guilty to buying and selling counterfeit gas ration coupons. Judge F Ryan Duffy placed Nielsen on one year probation following the sentence. Nielsen testified he bought coupons for 5 to 6 cents per gallon and sold them to bakery customers for 8 cents per gallon.
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Milwaukee
Paul Nielson
F. Ryan Duffy
Nielsen
England Returns to Normal After Loch Ness Sighting
NBC correspondent Chester Morrison reports Scotland’s Loch Ness monster sighting again as England returns to normal amid sensational headlines.
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New York
NBC
Chester Morrison
England
Scotland
Comet Records Traced to Early Chinese Observation
Records of comets go back to the start of the third millennium B C with an observed sighting in China, illustrating ancient astronomical accounting.
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B. C
China
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Jake Lindsey
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Lexington
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AP Wireoto
Durfee Bros
Roofing CO
Rhea CC
Myers, Met
18Th Ave
The
House of Health
10Th Street
Riversides
Wards
Mre
UMC Aa
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City, N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of
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New York Life
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N.Y
James Quinn
Royal Liddicoat Telephone
Uae
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