Monroe PTA Opens 1946-47 With Guidance Plans For Pupils
The Monroe Parent-Teacher Association begins its 1946-47 season with a panel on university guided pupil assistance. Mrs. Perle Guess becomes president and Miss Anna McElroy sec retary. Dr. T. L. Torgerson to address on Nov 20. Open house set for Nov 13 with grade programs at 7 PM and junior high at 7 30 PM.
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Guess
Monroe Parent- Teachers Association
University of Wisconsin
Perle Guess
Anna McElroy
Irene Quinn
East School
Prin. F. B
Harold S
Effie Wenger
County Welfare Department
Juvenile Court
E. C. Dallman
Cochairman
Dieston
T. L. Torgerson
University
PTA
LaVon Jones
Pew
Social Science
O. G. Kimball
Christmas toy glut expected as war shortages ease in 1946
Chicago manufacturers forecast a bigger Santa load than 1941 with electric trains skates construction sets bicycles and metal wagons back in stock though in limited quantities first come first served. Mail order houses Sears and Montgomery Ward publish large toy catalogs. Cannons guns and tanks fade from shelves while Jeep models and new electronic items appear including a model train with automatic whistle and an electric kitchen range. A “magic skin” baby doll returns along with a metal chime rattle for infants.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
Merchandise Mart
Papa
Sears, Roebuck& Co
Montgomery Ward
Livestock Flood Hits Green County Markets After Price Ceiling Lift
Stockyards struggled to move a huge hog and cattle surplus as freight car shortages and missing trucking hindered shipments in Monroe and Green County. Receipts rose with hogs leading, while prices tracked below Chicago levels amid production notes and a cement shortage complicating dairy and construction.
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Green County
Farm Bureau
Oscar Mayer
Monroe
Argyle
Chicago
Roosevelt push on lend lease shocks U.S. war plans
The 1942 White House demand that Russia receive lend lease supplies regardless of other war needs drew concern from the War Production Board. WPB directors instructed Donald M. Nelson to inform President Roosevelt that this stance was causing a drastic disruption to the overall American production schedule. The Civilian Production Administration released the related official data today.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Civilian Production Administration
Truman urged special session on housing bill by AFL request
The AFL convention pressed President Truman to summon Congress for a special session to pass the Wagner-Ellender-Taft housing bill, amid a shift in housing markets with rising apartment rents and fewer single-family homes for sale.
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AFL
Truman
Congress
Washington
Youth Driver Dies in Highway Crash in Highland
Carl Kite 15, son of Mr and Mrs Beauford Kite of Highland, was killed when the car he drove left the road and overturned last night.
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Dodgeville
Carl Kite
Beauford Kite
Highland
Mother of 3 Suffering Polio
Mrs. Cecil Meacham of Monroe route 2 was diagnosed with polio after transfer from St. Clare hospital to the orthopedic clinic at Wisconsin General hospital Madison. This district’s first confirmed case in three weeks, her family plans to move to Ketchikan Alaska where her husband will run a dairy. The Meachams have postponed their trip and the home is under two week quarantine.
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Cecil Meacham
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Hera
Meacham
Ketchikan
Alaska
Newsprint Situation No Better Hike to Cost 40 Millions
W G Chandler president of the American Newspapers Publishers Association told the first full postwar Audit Bureau of Circulations meeting in New York that there is no sound reason to expect immediate or substantial increases in newsprint supply. He said the $10 per ton rise adds about 40 million to U S publishers costs and urged publishers to maximize net paid circulation while avoiding competitive practices.
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Chicago
W. G. Chandler
American Newspapers Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Chandler
New York
Frank Knox
Keitel’s suicide attempt linked to wallet mishap in prison
US officers disclose Keitel planned to kill himself to avoid execution, using a metal tool concealed in his wallet. guards intervened after noticing a fold in his clothing. Details about burial sites for captured Nazis remain unclear as rumors spread in the prison.
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Nuernberger
Wilhelm Keitel
Hermann Goering
U. S. Army
Goering
Col
B. C. Andrus
Keitel
Adolf Hitler
Cremations Reported For Goering And Other Nazis
The bodies of Hermann Goering and ten hanged Nazi war criminals have been cremated and the ashes dispersed secretly, an official statement announced. In Chicago, the AFL closed its two week convention with a pledge to push for a 30 hour work week in industry.
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Nuernberg
Hermann Goering
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Wyoming Plane Wreck Kills 13
A chartered eastbound passenger plane crashed in a heavy snowstorm near Laramie killing all 13 aboard. The two engine craft operated by NATS air transport service was en route from Oakland to Chicago with no refueling stop in Cheyenne. Acting Coroner E L Knight said the crash happened around 2 am on a level field near the airport, with 11 bodies recovered and eight passengers identified as sailors.
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Laramie
Wyo
Level Plains
Civil Aeronautics Adminstration
Nats Air Transport Service
Oakland
Calif
Chicago
Cheyenne
CAA
E. L. Knight
Albany County
Knight
Sewing Instructor Vacancy At Monroe High School
No successor has been named for the sewing instructor position at Monroe High School. The vacancy followed the resignation of Miss Ruth Baumgartner due to ill health after 15 years in the post. Mrs. Henry Tschudy is filling the vacancy temporarily.
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Monroe High School
Ruth Baumgartner
Monroe
Miss Baumgartner
Henry Tschudy
Tree Planting Covers Wide Acreage in the Midwest
The lake states forest experiment station reports public agencies in Wisconsin have planted 305000 acres since 1944 while private groups contributed 94000 acres. About 1100 trees per acre on average. Species totals in Wisconsin excluding private plantings include 138904000 jack pine and 131340000 Norway pine. Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota have planted 1 1/3 million acres.
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St. Paul
Wisconsin
Lake States
Michigan
Minnesota
LaFollette attic files draw interest from historians
Senator Robert M. LaFollette and his late father fought over tax and foreign policy issues during long careers. The attic of the senate office building holds hundreds of boxes of papers, speeches, and correspondence, sought by the Library of Congress and Wisconsin groups for preservation and study.
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Washington
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Senate
Bob” Lafollette
LaFollette
Joseph McCarthy
Library of Congress
Wisconsin Historical Society
la Follette
Library
House
Byrnes Returns From Paris With Warning On Soviet Bloc Ties
Secretary Byrnes arrives from the Paris peace conference to brief President Truman and address the nation. He notes intensified U S Soviet tensions and reports the U S canceled a 40 million dollar surplus property credit to Czechoslovakia and suspended a 50 million dollar rehabilitation loan, shaping a tougher line on Eastern Europe. Senator Vandenberg says Paris produced both peace credits and debits, but a net peace advantage overall.
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Washington
Byrnes
Truman
Mr. Truman
Paris
State Department
United States
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Ani
Vandenberg
R-Mich
President Praises Nuernberg Verdict And Jackson's Work
President Truman lauded the Nuernberg verdicts as a historic beacon against international brigands and said the precedent justifies the wartime effort. He praised Justice Jackson and noted he would review recommendations for pursuing German militarists and officials, promising careful consideration.
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Washington
Truman
Nuernberg
Robert H. Jackson
U. S
International Military Tribunal
Jackson
Truman to Address U N Opening Session
President Truman will address the opening session of the United Nations assembly in New York on October 23. The White House announced after a conference in which Truman praised Secretary of State James F. Byrnes for his work at the Paris peace conference.
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Washington
White House
Truman
United Nations Assembly
New York
Mr. Truman
James F. Byrnes
Paris
Charles G. Ross
Byrnes
Recruiter Wolfmeyer Inspires Friends To Enlist
Sanford Wolfmeyer, eager for army life, returns home on furlough and shares tales of military life. Seven of his friends sign up and depart for Chicago for physical examinations.
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Manitowoc
Sanford Wolfmeyer
Wolfmeyer
Chicago
Veritable Flood of Livestock In Chicago Leads Markets
A massive influx of 35 000 hogs into Chicago Union Stockyards signals a record stream this week with 135 000 hogs, 86 800 cattle, and 74 400 sheep across western markets. Traders report high prices yet limited absorption as cows, hogs, and sheep flood yards in Omaha and Kansas City markets amid broader price decontrols.
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Chicago
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Omaha
New York
Board of Trade
Agriculture Department
Truman
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Kansas City
Coffee Price Controls Eased In Decontrol Move
Washington agency lifts price lids on green and roasted coffee across all distribution levels as part of a broader push to decontrol prices. OPA acts as White House plans to end wage controls and food price ceilings while freeing all vegetables.
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Washington
OPA
White House
No Soap New York Outlook Gloom After Price Controls
Soap makers faced a renewed gloomy outlook as the Office of Price Administration restored price restraints on edible fats and oils while keeping inedible fats used for soap under control.
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New York
OPA
OPA Lifts Coffee Price Ceilings Amid Decontrol Push
Federal price controls ease on coffee after OPA finds supply and demand roughly balanced. The move, requested by the Coffee Industry Advisory Committee, speeds decontrol pace ten days after petition acceptance. La Guardia criticizes meat control rollback as industrial risk grows. Officials foresee swift wage stabilization action and broader removal of price caps as ceilings fall.
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OPA
Coffee Industry Advisory Committee
UNRRA
Fiorello H. la Guardia
la Guardia
Oklahoma City
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
White House
Dreamboat Chicopee Flight Sets Trans Atlantic Record Claim
A U S Army B-29 Pacusan Dreamboat flew from Orly Paris to Westover Mass in 12 hours 25 minutes and heads to Washington. The current trans Atlantic record is held by a TWA Constellation Paris New York at 14 hours 13 minutes.
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Chicopee
Mass
Orlyfield
Paris
Westover Army Airfield
Washington
TWA
New York
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