Bronze Palm Award Highlights Scout Honor Ceremony
Karl Bregenzer, of troop 113 Monroe, received the Bronze Palm the third highest Boy Scout award at a spring court of honor in Recreation Park. The event, led by Harvey H. Holland, included presentations of Eagle Star Life and other badges to Scouts from Monroe Albany New Glarus Brodhead and South Wayne with over 90 families attending a picnic supper and awards ceremony.
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Karl Bregenzer
Monroe
Boy Scouting
Recreation Park
Harvey H. Holland
James Frautschy
Arthur C. Frautschy
Young Frautschy
Bregenzer
Edward Bregenzer
Emil F
Kaeser
New Glarus
Theodore Thorp
Groep
Lever Gaarder
Albany
Palmer Duerst
H.C. Roth
Charles Ferguson
Brodhead
South Wayne
Selvits
Alveny
Whenes
Grant Council
Glen Garvin
Garvin
U. S Grant Council
Wisconsin
Green Lafayette
Grant
Richard Lebetsamer
Henry Kurert
N. G Preston
McVey
Glarus
John Burt
Thomas Goetz
Harold Wagner
Daryl Davenport
Keith Wilson
Leon
Schmidt
Durward McVey
Courtney Matzinger
Roy Neuensch
OPA Drops Price Ceilings on Ollas and More
WarSengener AP reports that price ceilings end for large outdoor vases called ollas and for various household items. The OPA also lifts controls on electric curling irons perfume atomizers cocktail mixers and other goods. Also included are decorative metal articles ironing board pads and mats rubber fabrics stair treads and related supplies.
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Warsengener
OPA
Wisconsin crops benefit from generous rains in week
Moisture from a two to four day wet spell drenched Wisconsin, deep soil soaking 3 inches at some stations. U. S. meteorologist Howard J. Thompson reports broad crop progress with corn and soybeans planted or emerging, wheat and rye healthy, pastures improving, and potatoes and garden crops developing. La Follette filed Republican senatorial nomination papers in Madison.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Howard J. Thompson
U. S
Milwaukee
Thompson
Green Bay
Sturgeon Bay
Door County
Byrnes Announces U S Aim To Limit Arms Worldwide
Secretary of State Byrnes told Congress today that the United States will push for limitation of arms among nations in the world. He said specific details are not yet worked out but the government will pursue a program to curb armaments.
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Washington
Byrnes
Congress
United States
Liquor and Gas Tax Receipts Rise as Others Drop
State Treasurer Smith reported increases in liquor and gasoline tax receipts from March to April 1945 while beer and cigarette taxes fell. For the 1945-46 ten months, liquor and gasoline revenues exceeded the prior year, with beer and cigarettes showing declines. The general fund stood at 33.39 million May 1, versus 18.02 million April 1, not counting 10 million invested in government bonds. The highway fund held 8.68 million with 30 million in bonds on May 1.
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Mayssve—Vey—Wonn
Om. Smith
Apt
Cigettes
Smith
General Fund
State Highway Fund
U.N. Says Lie Won't Bring Siamese Issue to Security Council
A United Nations spokesman said secretary general Trygve Lie would not present a Siamese claim to the Security Council alleging French forces have seized Siamese territory in unjustified aggression. The statement reflects U.N. stance amid Asian regional tensions and the ongoing dispute.
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New York
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Lie
U.N. Security Council
No Agriculture Vacation In Busy Monroe Vocational Program
No vacation days for 64 Monroe students in vocational agriculture under Robert E. Davenport. The 12 month program runs summer and winter, with students applying classroom lessons in field projects. Each boy must maintain a farming program with phases in productive enterprise improvement projects and farm skills, earning full year credit.
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Monroe
Robert E. Davenport
Davenport
East Floods Ravage Pennsylvanians and New Yorkers
Torrential rains unleashed a four day flood of the Susquehanna and Chemung Rivers, drowning at least 10 people and causing more than 3 million dollars in damage. Williamsport, Elmira, and surrounding communities faced widespread flooding, with factories, homes, roads, and utilities crippled and thousands made homeless.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
New York
Susquehanna
Williamsport
Elmira
N. Y
Harrisburg
Ead ‘ Ie
New York State
Past Commanders Night at Glen Zilmer Post Honors 128th Battalion
Past commanders of the Glen Zilmer American Legion post gathered for the annual Past Commanders night before Memorial Day. Robert E. Hardell chaired the program. A resolution urged the adjutant general to retain Third Battalion of the 128th Division, including Monroe’s Co. K, in the unit despite reassignment to the 426th Division, which saw no postwar action.
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Wenty
Glen Zilmer
American Legion
Robert E. Hardell
Adjutant General's Office
128Th
Monroe
426Th
Co. K
Natural Gas Plans Expand Michigan Delivery Capacity
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline seeks $27.3 million in pipelines and facilities to raise gas delivery capacity by 90 million cubic feet daily to Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. operations. O W Morton, rate expert, testified to the state power commission yesterday. In Madison, Mrs. Chester A Fowler, 8, wife of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Fowler, died at home after six weeks of illness.
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Washington
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Michigan Consolidated Gas Co
O. W. Morton
The
Power Commission
Justice Fowler
Madison
Chester A. Fowler
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Memorial Day Observance In Monroe Sees Busy Shopping
Holiday showers unlikely to dampen Memorial day crowds in Monroe as stores report brisk buying for picnic lunches flowers and supplies. Chief Schwaiger urges careful driving. Greenwood cemetery traffic plan directs one way in and out for the ceremonies. Memorial program includes flowers at WWI graves and a speech by Louis A. Koenig.
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Monroe
J. H. Schwaiger
Greenwood Cemetery
Times
Louis A. Koenig
Hangman Martin Weiss Among Dachau Camp Executions
Weiss the Dachau commandant and 14 associates were hanged at Landsberg prison after US army war crimes verdicts. Twenty eight convicted inmates were executed in total for murdering over 300,000 on Dachau. Officials in Wiesbaden weighed reprieve options as 13 more victims faced execution. Paul Grossman, a former inmate and hospital cook, testified Weiss acted to aid prisoners.
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Landsberg
Martin Gottfried Weiss
Dachau
Weiss
United States Army
War Crimes Branch
Wiesbaden
Paul Grossman
U. S
Bad Weisse
Germany
Vote Funds to Bring Home War Dead Bodies
The House appropriations committee approved a 9 percent million dollar fund to help the war department return 275000 war dead. The measure is part of a 461,520,510 deficiency supply bill sent to the House floor, with 416,656,000 earmarked for expanded Veterans Administration activities and 41,250,000 in contract authority to finish 76 facilities, boosting the package beyond a billion dollars.
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Washington
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
House
Veterans Administration
France Hopes $1.37 Billion U.S. Loan Rebuilds Nation
France and the United States announced a credit agreement backing a loan of 1.37 billion dollars. President Truman and Felix Gouin disclosed the plan after weeks of talks. Officials say the funds will finance at least a year of France's four year rehabilitation program.
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Wfas Mytos — Wey — E
Senate Narrowly Divides Over Draft Labor Provision
Washington reports a Senate vote by 5 p.m. on removing the draft-strikers clause from Truman emergency labor legislation. AP poll shows 44 of 62 senators oppose the provision with 18 backing it, amid ongoing coal dispute and pending House action on the Case bill.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Associated Press
House
Capper
Kansas
Hawkes
News
Indiana
Barkley
Nator LaFollette
United States Army
Lucas
John L. Lewis
Ellender
D-La
White House
Congress
UMW District 6
United Mine Workers
District 6
Columbus
Efuse
Unidentified Woman Found Injured on State Highway 81
A woman, later identified as a patient who escaped Green County asylum, lay injured on State Highway 81 in front of the Glenn L. Hasse residence Monroe Route 3 at about 4 30 this morning. Mrs. Hasse telephoned police who took her to St. Clare hospital with leg lacerations. She claimed to be from Milwaukee seeking work.
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Eeene
Green County Asylum
St. Clare Hospital
Glenn L. Hasse
Monroe
Hasse
Newspapers Slash Advertising Quota Amid Paper Shortage
Across the nation editors reduced page sizes and limited advertising to conserve scarce newsprint. Strikes and transport halts disrupted paper mill deliveries, with observers noting coal and pulpwood protests, and several papers including The Observer News Memphis Commercial Appeal Press-Scimitar and Kankakee Daily Journal halting ads. The Des Moines Tribune reduced ads to obituaries but planned a return to normal the next day.
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Associated Press
British Columbia
Observer & News
Chalotte
N. C
Commercial Appeal
Press
Six Candidates File for Office at Green County Clerk
Veteran Green County treasurer Samuel G. Stanton has filed for reelection on the Republican ticket, bringing to six the total candidates who have filed nomination papers at the county clerk's office. With Memorial Day observance tomorrow, only one day remains before the 4 30 p.m. Friday deadline for filing.
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Snanuel G. Stanton
Green County
Push Flood Control Bill Advances in June Session
Congress eyeing a 2 billion flood control bill approved by House committees aims to push the measure through in June. The package includes construction projects and surveys of potential works, among them the Pecatonica river in Wisconsin and Illinois, studied by the Army engineers.
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Congress
House
Army
Pecatonica River
Wisconsi
Illinois
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Erie Railroad
Chemung River
Corning
LaPollette
Robert M. LaFollette
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Bulletin
Monroe Vocational Agriculture
Legion
Hang
France
U.S
T. J. Price
Lewis
UMW
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis’ Unions
Federal Bureau of Mines
Public Health Service
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
Pecatonica
Bradford
Wiport
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