Safety and Paint Wisconsin on Highway Blockades Near Juda
The opinion argues for heart to heart talks between Safety and Paint Wisconsin and the state highway maintenance division over one way blockades on highway 1181 east of Juda. It notes the barriers are necessary for repairs but would benefit from bright yellow paint better lighting and clearer signaling, especially at dusk and night. It urges improved flagging and a night flagman on steep grades with state funds.
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Wisconsin
Motor Vehicle Department
State Highway Department Maintenance Division
Juda
State Highway Department
Green County
Annual Stampede in Congress Drives Unchecked Defense Spending
As Congress nears adjournment the annual stampede of spending soars with fifteen and a half billion dollars for armed services. Debates focused on air force group size while critics question budget oversight and future funding. The rush to finish saved faces but offered little talk of where funds would come from next year or possible budget cuts elsewhere.
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Congress
Armed Services
White House adviser Dr Nourse resigns from economic post
Dr Nourse quits as a White House economic adviser claiming the outlook is bleak and critics gain influence. He criticizes coal czars farm subsidies and crop surpluses and warns against overreaching wage demands while urging a shift to saner policies.
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Edward G. Nourse
White House
Thourse
Truck Crash Kills Floyd Crary in Wisconsin Rapids
Two-truck collision late yesterday on highway 54 east of Wisconsin Rapids city limits killed Floyd Crary, 49, of Wisconsin Rapids. His wife Blossom, 52, was hospitalized with injuries. Crary pulled from a driveway as a Model A pickup struck a heavier truck driven by July J. Kuhnert, 37, of Fall Creek. Kuhnert was unhurt.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Floyd Crary
Blossom
Crary
Highway
July J. Kuhnert
Fall Creek
Wis
Kuhnert
Television Receiver Vacuum Tube Demand
The television receiver is a heavy user of vacuum tubes, requiring 20 or more. This note highlights the tube usage as a key design characteristic.
Oct 19 1939 corn husking champion named in Sylvester contest
Ernest M Hoesly of Brooklyn township wins the county corn husking title on George Jones farm in Sylvester with 1,000 witnesses. Lee Lewis of Jefferson places second and Russell Wolf of Cadiz third. Also note obituaries, Legion auxiliary conference, and other historical items from Monroe area.
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Ernest Mhoesly
Brooklyn Township
George Jones
Sylvester
Lee Lewis
Jefferson
Russell Wolf
Cadiz
Herman Falk
Browntown
American Legion Auxiliary
KP Hall
Purge Targets Czech Middle Class As Missing Relatives Grow
In Prague thousands of Czechoslovak citizens disappear as the communist purge widens to the middle class. A 20 year old Yugoslav born woman on a date was seized by police and later details of her fate remained unknown. Relatives waited in tears at Bartolomejska prison for news, told only to leave food packages if their loved ones were being held.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Frague
Bartolomejska
Yugoslavia Receives World Bank Loan for Timber Output
The World Bank approved a total $50 million loan to Yugoslavia and Finland to raise timber production for Western Europe. Yugoslavia receives $2.7 million and Finland $2.3 million as part of the funding. The loans come amid U.S. backed efforts to bolster Marshal Tito against Russia.
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Washington
World Bank
Yugoslavia
Finland
United States
Marshal Tito
Russia
WUS
Tito
John Dewey Turns 90 at Honorary Dinner Gift
John Dewey, the renowned philosopher, will celebrate his 90th birthday with a dinner attended by statesmen and educators. The event includes a gift of ninety thousand dollars, one thousand for each year of his life, to be used as he sees fit.
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John Dewey
New York
Auto Firms Rush Into Steel Blight
Detroit reports the U.S. auto industry faces steel shortages as strikes drain supplies. With inventories depleted and replacements halted, three week shutdowns loom for GM Chrysler Ford, threatening next year model changes and months of idle workers. Some firms produce own steel but not enough to cover demand.
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Quits in School Row Over Superintendent Choice
Emil Rassmiassen resigns from the Eau Claire board of education in protest after the board selected Willard E. Pynn as superintendent. The note mentions home workshop storage jars for bolts and nails.
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Eau Clairé
Emil Rassmiassen
Board of Education
Willard E. Pynn
Utah Convict Forges Metal Cutter Firm In Prison
McCoy, a 57 year old convict serving a life term since 1924 for murder and a bank holdup, forms McCoy Tool Corporation with $100 000 capital. Murray City Judge W Douglas Allen and former officials join as officers and incorporators. The plan centers on a so called revolutionary metal cutter built from scrap at the prison plate shop. McCoy is eligible for release in December after two escapes and two paroles.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Adrian B. Pembroke
State Board of Corrections
Leonard S. Ralph
McCoy
A. Roy Heath
Bountiful
Davenport to Speak at State Swine Cooperative Meeting
Robert E. Davenport, Monroe high school vocational agriculture instructor, will join a panel at the state swine selection cooperative annual meeting on the UW campus November 12. Other panelists include Orrin Meyer, David McDowell, R H Grummer, and speakers from the university livestock department led by A B Chapman and D H Williams with Charles Maas serving as cooperative president.
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Robert E. Davenport
Monroe
State
Orrin Meyer
Calumet County
David McDowell
Moniello
R. H. Grummer
University
A. B. Chapman
D. H. Williams
Theiversity Livestock Department
Charles Maas
Evansville
American Market Last Export Hope
An analysis notes Americans increasingly use domestic goods to offset rising prices abroad. Editors argue high coffee costs encourage export shifts toward the United States, benefiting exporters in Malaya and Bolivia as US consumers drive demand for tins and beverages.
Distillers Protest Shipments of Scotch Abroad
Distillers express ire over plans to export three quarters of their Scotch stock. They argue this move would hurt domestic markets and prompt price shifts.
Blair, Blair Blamed in Wisconsin Divorce Suit
Blair veteran Wisconsin communist leader faced a divorce suit filed yesterday by his second wife Elizabeth Blair formerly Elizabeth Smith of Milwaukee. She charged he was indifferent to her.
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Sett Blair
Wisconsin
Winter Furs and Halloween Decor Promised by Local Stores
Lee’s store promotes mouton lamb and other furs with low prices and payment plans. Baker’s Book store offers Halloween decorations including candles napkins crepe paper and novelty candles such as witch ghost and jack o lantern figures.
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Lee’s
Baker’s Book Store
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Monroe Evening Times
Monroe, Wisconsin
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Emery A. Odell
Maeree Daily Journal
the Associated Press
Inland Press Association
Audit Bureau
City of
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Wiskenson County
Lll
Editorial
Dr. Nourse
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Fred Kunz
Dawson Factory
Brodhead
Alex Abplanalo
Health Valley Factory
A.C. Davis
John Elmer
Texas
Ed Walters
Chrystal Theater
Linois Central
Stearns
Milwaukee Road
Belmont
Richard Gibbons
Frank
Arthur Drake
Kilbourn
G. S. Soseman
Charles Ludlow
Peter Woodle
Bushnell
Monroe Telephone Co
County
F. M. Confer
Park Monroe
Henry Hoehn
Sooliday
Watertown
Co. H
Frank Nee
Freeport
Chiropractic
M. J. Gonstead
NEW Body CO
Dewey Boyd
12Th Street
Burkhard Electric Co. Bldg
Davenport
Oldsmobile
Studebaker
New Point
Dearth Motor Sales
Sam Dawson
Coffee Boys
Sears
Atom B
Malaya
Bolivia
Nome
Avergreen
KI Ibourn
Umad
LU Cust
Hiltop
Evergreer
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Herbeimer Anti
Becker’s
Allen
Becker’s Leader
Leader Store
Zuteger Zuteger Mitten E
Zulka
Ignatius C . Zulka
Joba i Zulke
Louis Zulkowski
Zulkowski
Jo Zulkowskii
Ro Zulkowski
Walter
Taylor
Humboldt
W. Lincoln
Zumach
Chas
Louise
Zumbach Helmut
Ba Zumhagen Walter
Zummach
Gustave
Zimmach
Olive
Evergreen
Woodruff
Lass
Mitchett
Ibourn
Carlton
Vision
AMJ
Edward F Furrier
Kinnie
Zurkof
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Zurkowski
Zueman
Max
Zurn Albert
Zurn J
Chicago
Zurn
Robert
Willm
Ber Zurowski
Zurowski
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Roland
Steve C
Wilbur Zur
Zutowsky
Aaron
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Zutz Otto Zuyk
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Zeposit
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Coca-Cola Company
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