Meat supplies steady as milk and vegetables rise in Monroe markets
Worries over milk persist for Monroe housewives while meat supplies improve due to northern Illinois milk flow and packaged dairy products. Condensed milk prices climbed to three for 35 cents as beef sales slow and pork becomes cheaper. Hogs reach quota in Monroe stock yards with steady prices, cattle decline amid lower market. Truckers note efficiency. buyers report stable stock car deliveries as quotas limit purchases.
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Monroe
Illinois
U S and British Barrage at Reds Reopens Palestine Policy
The report notes United States and British bombardment on Reds as the U N renews focus on Palestine. A statement declares no definite British policy for the Holy Land and outlines ongoing tensions in the region.
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U.S
Reds
U.N
Palestine
Holy Land
Expect to Select Homecoming Queen At Meeting Today
The event centers on electing the homecoming queen at a school meeting. The parade will be led by the pep band as part of the festivities.
Death of famed author Ernest Thompson Seton
The world renowned author of wildlife works Ernest Thompson Seton, age 86, died at his home in Seton Village south of Santa Fe this morning.
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Santa Fe
Ernest Thompson Seton
Seton Village
Orates
Eugene Hotel Sold to Schuetze in Eugene
The 21 year old Eugene hotel changes hands from Grace Mc Grath to Edwin and W R Schuetze. Sears Freeman remains lease holder. four in-building shops continue unaffected. The property has a history of steady service and comfort since 1934 with prior leases tracing back to Leland C White and Eugene White.
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Eugene
Grace McGrath
Edwin
W. R. Schuetze
Schuetze Brothers
Sears Freeman
Aggee
Freeman
Freeport
Goodland Urges Lean Budgets For 1948-49 Plan
Governor Goodland warns state departments to submit only items essential to the 1947-49 budgets and avoid 1948 activities. He cites false prosperity in 1946 incomes, urges budget hearings after the November election, and notes institutional costs have risen sharply, saying last two sessions’ appropriations won’t cover planned improvements.
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Madison
Goodland
Pheasant struck by speeding object near Dean's Sporting Goods
Police report an incident near Dean's Sporting Goods as Erwin Karnatz heard a whir and saw a pheasant hit the building and fall to the ground. Clerk Cliff Hanson seized the bird first, and Karnatz will face lines at the butcher counter.
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Milwaukee
Dean
Sporting Goods
Erwin Karnatz
Karnatz
Cliff Hanson
Prepare for Vet Housing Barracks
Monroe moves forward with seven metal bar rack units for veterans housing though not yet arrived. Sewer mains are being installed on 12th avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets while water mains sidewalk service drive and fence remain. The project will house 14 veterans and families and units were shipped from Ogden Utah the week of Sept 30.
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Monroe
12Th Avenue
22Nd
23Rd Streets
Zenno A. Gorder
Gorder
Janesville
Ogden
Safety Conference Set for November 7 in Mineral Point
Kenneth Voge of Burgess Battery heads area general committee for the sixth annual Southern Wisconsin safety conference to be held November 7 in Mineral Point. Attendees include E F Kaeser New Glarus C A Katthaus Brodhead N H Salis Darlington and others from Lafayette Green Iowa and nearby counties. The event features morning and afternoon sessions at the Mineral Point community building a meal at the Hilton church a driver clinic by the state motor vehicle department and school fire prevention programs with E R Swanson of Wisconsin Power and Light as general chairman.
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Kenneth Voge
Burgess Battery
Mineral Point
E. F. Kaeser
New Glarus
C. A. Katthaus
Brodhead
N. H. Salis
Darlington
Dr. H. S. Huxtable
Mineral Int
Green
Lafayette
Iowa
Wisconsin
Fional
E. E.ly
Monroe
E. R. Swanson
Wisconsin Power & Light Company
Strike Tension Rises as Walkout Delayed in New York
Industrial tension grows with a postponed strike of New York Western Union operators to Oct 30 after CIO official and deputy mayor appeal. Other events include TWA furloughing 15,000 employees, wage threats at American Airlines, Lewis pressing for coal concessions, and ongoing AFL MMP and Hollywood labor actions.
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Associated Press
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Joseph P. Selly
CIO Communications Association
Thomas L. J. Corcoran
Corcoran
United Nations
Trans-World Airlines Today
TWA
Jack Frye
American Airlines
John L. Lewis
J. A. Krug
Lewis
Krug
Washington
National Maritime
AFL
Atlantic
Gulf
MMP
Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
Conference of Studio Unions
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
State Sorority Convention To Open In Monroe Next Weekend
Miss Gretchen Colanick of Milwaukee will address the first state convention of Epsilon Sigma Alpha in Monroe. The event, with the Monroe Alpha Zeta chapter as hostess, runs Saturday registration at K C hall, a 6:30 dinner at Eugene hotel, jewel service, and a formal dance. Sunday includes a president's breakfast and state officers election.
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Evelyn Drake
Alpha Zeta Chapter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Business Girls’ Sorority
Monroe
Gretchen Colanick
Milwaukee
Interior Decorator
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Alpha Zeta
K. C. Hall
Eugene
Lodge
Helen Altman
Erma Klassy
Virgil Petter
Berniece Holsapple
Lois Miller
Janet Hillbrand
Marge Bloom
Betty Trickel
Wanda Ableman
Lorraine Benge
Marion Freitag
Charlene McGinnis
Jewel Service
Elva Fritz
Kathryn Share
Florence Gerber
Evelyn Bloom
Lois Fritsch
Helen Klassy
Doris Robb
Margaret Kuster
Kathryn Johnson
Doris Kueng
Corrine Hanson
Lena Rubi
Wilma Pfeiffer
Ida Casanova
Olga Voegeli
Helen Burkhard
Frieda Dettwiler
Red Cross Green County outlines 1947 budget plan
The executive board met last evening to discuss the 1947 budget as recommended by committee chairmen. The estimate of needs for the next year will be forwarded to national headquarters where the county quota will be fixed.
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Green County Red Cross Chapter
Some Relief for Blumer Brewing From Grain Increase
The Blumer Brewing company gains initial relief from a government grain increase, though manager Joseph B. Huber warns figures remain uncertain. He says the extra grain helps but does not satisfy the brewery’s full needs, noting a Monroe distributor could still use far more beer given steady demand.
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Blumer Brewing Company
Joseph B. Huber
Huber
Chicago
Monroe
Dal uege hanged for Lidice crimes in Prague prison
Associated Press dispatch reports Colonel Kurt Dal Uege, nicknamed the butcher of Lidice, hanged in the Pankrac prison courtyard after a Czechoslovak Peoples' Court conviction on war crimes charges. President Truman flew to New York to address the U N General Assembly opening.
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Prague
Kurt Daluege
Lidice
Pankrac
Czechoslovak Peoples’ Court
Washington
Truman
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Pheasant Hen Parades Down East 8th Street
Residents watched a pheasant hen roam the east end of 8th Street shortly after noon. The bird strutted into Mrs. J. P. Heitz’s yard where neighbors gathered as it hid in bushes. Later the bird took flight toward a nearby farmer’s field.
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8Th Street
J. P. Heitz
Embargoes Suppress Livestock Receipts Across Markets
Embargoes curb new livestock receipts at major marketing centers as hogs cattle and sheep volumes shift and prices stay high. Early trading slowed until transport logistics clarified, with 47 800 hogs 51 200 cattle and 54 200 sheep moved to markets today compared with prior days and weeks. Meat production rose as price controls were lifted with 20 markets reporting near doubling of arrivals in two days and weekly output at 265 million pounds.
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Chicago
Denver
Department of Agriculture
Packer
Milwaukee embargo modified on calves and sheep shipments
Milwaukee stockyards said yesterday that the livestock embargo was eased to exclude calves and sheep from the ban. The truck and rail embargoes remained in effect with no lifting time set, prompted by arrivals exceeding local packing plants capacity and a labor shortage hampering slaughter capacity.
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Milwaukee
Dark Thanksgiving Forecast From Milwaukee Expert
Litchfield Minnesota executive Leo L Baumgartner vice president of the International Baby Chick association warned at a joint Wisconsin hatcheries and poultry improvement meeting that many American families may struggle to obtain a turkey this Thanksgiving. He raises about 28000 turkeys annually and noted much of the crop was sold early amid a meat shortage.
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Milwaukee
Leo L. Baumgartner
Litchfield
Minn
International Baby Chick Association
Wisconsin Hatcheries Association
Wisconsin Poultry Improvement Association
Baumgartner
Finance Committee Meets to Consider County Budget
The Green County board of supervisors finance committee met today in the county clerk office to discuss budget matters. Members listed include F. F. Hartwig chairing, Percy Lichtenwalner, and Harry C. Young.
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Green County Board of Supervisors
F. F. Hartwig
Monroe
Percy Lichtenwalner
Clarno
Harry C. Young
Sugar Controls Lifted Except for Sugar and Rice
Washington OPA nearly ends wartime price limits on foods and drinks. Price ceilings vanish for most items including flour bread canned fish and fruit while sugar syrups and rice stay regulated to curb shortages and prevent price spikes. Restaurants lose controls as decontrol spreads yet sugar and rice remain tightly managed.
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Washington
OPA
Sugar Shortage Eases as Refineries Reopen Coast to Coast
Sugar supplies loosen with Baltimore and Louisiana refineries restarting operations. Union strikes allow 17 million pounds of raw sugar to move toward grocers by Friday. OPA zoning limits keep beet sugar from the East, harming bakers and candy makers. Washington weighs extending October 31 sugar canning stamp deadlines due to the shortage.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf
Baltimore
Louisiana
OPA
American Sugar Refining Co
Daniel L. Dyer
B. W. Dyer & Co
Michigan
Midwest
Washington
Open House Nov 15 For Parents in Monroe Schools
Parents of Monroe school children are invited to visit all schools Friday evening November 15 during an open house for National Education Week. Teachers explain student work and answer questions while pupils are not present. Grade schools run 7 to 9 and junior and senior high from 7 30 to 9 30.
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Monroe
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