Monroe Youth Return To School For 1948 49 Term
About 1 200 Monroe youths resume classes Tuesday opening the public school term. Junior and senior highs start at 8 28 with grade schools at 9. St Victor's parish school begins 8 30 Wednesday. New teachers total 11 in the district with 39 returning teachers across junior, senior, and grade schools.
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Monroe
E. O. Evans
North
Lincoln
East
South
St. Victor’s Parish
Evans
Gwenith Hanson
Edgerton
Helen Christiansen
Appleton
Floriana Bender
Harriet Baldwin
Mountain
Wis
Ann Marty
Virginia Peck
Baraboo
Alvin C. Rabehl
Noted historian Charles Beard dies in New Haven
Charles A. Beard, 73, renowned historian and author of about 30 books on American history, died today at New Haven Community Hospital after a period as a patient.
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New Haven
Charles A. Beard
New Haven Community Hospital
Banker Szymczak urges continued support for Marshall Plan
M. Os Szymczak of the Federal Reserve urged continued backing of the European recovery program despite potential early-year shortfalls. He warned against tariff reinstatement that would hinder Europe’s ability to sell exports and stressed the need to control inflation while maintaining production.
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Madison
Federal Reserve System
M. Os Szymczak
Washington
University of Wisconsin
School of Banking
Szymczak
Europe
United States
Green County School Committee Seeks Tuition Hearings
Green county high school principals urged a tuition hearing as rates vary by operation costs and enrollment. Lafayette Dane and Green counties set differing payments from 130.32 to 216. The district organization meeting is planned for October 11.
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Green County School Committee
Florence Wartenweiler
Green County
Lafayette County
Dane County
Two Tropical Storms May Dissipate Selves
Miami reports two tropical storms likely to dissipate with minimal damage. The first storm that moved from below Puerto Rico toward the mainland appears to be dying out in the north Atlantic after brushing North Carolina. The second storm heads west into the Caribbean at 12 to 16 mph with winds of 35 to 40 mph.
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Miami
Fla
Puerto Rico
North Atlantic
Caroline
Caribbean
Voter Registration For Primary Election To Close Here Sept 8
City Clerk G S Soseman reminded Monroe voters registration for the September 21 primary closes at 5 p m on Wednesday September 8. Registration to date is light due to lack of local issues. The only county race is in the Republican column with incumbent R H Schoonover facing Harry A Keegan. Two absentee ballots for Monroe servicemen in Japan have been sent. five more applications remain on file.
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G. S. Soseman
Monroe
R. H. Schoonover
Green County
Harry A. Keegan
Schoonover
Japan
City Hall
New Students Enroll at Green County Normal School
Ten new students join Green County Normal, with 10 more expected for the demonstration room and a county project under Mrs Alma Stark of Martintown. The program will start next Monday, aims for at least 10 enrollees, and state funds reimburse Mrs Stark’s salary.
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Green County Normal School
Alma Stark
Martintown
the Normal
Gloria L. Erickson
Blanchardville
Mabel Hanna
Verona
Audrey Kolden
Delores Krupke
Orangeville
Gloria Marty
New Glarus
Joyce Montgomery
Woodford
Alice T. Saunders
Monroe
Johanna Waelchli
Montecello
Ripon College
Jo Anne Elmer
la Crosse State Teachers College
The
Normal
Otto W. Lund
Alice Linehan
Leilah Gribble
One-Year-Old Child Hurt in Car Accident
Audrey A. Beach one year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duane J. Beach of Monroe suffered head bruises when a car driven by her father collided with a vehicle driven by Mrs. Fred A. Augsburger on 16th avenue. The child was treated and released after striking the windshield. Damages were reported to both vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey A. Beach
Duane J. Beach
Route 1
Monroe
Fred A. Augsburger
16Th Avenue
Beach
Communist Infiltration Via U N Charge Denied
Washington three man inquiry group told Secretary of State Marshall that hundreds of subversive aliens have entered the United States under United Nations credentials. Marshall named a committee of private citizens to review admission rules for U N officials and safeguard security.
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Washington
Marshall
United Nations
Senate
State Department
U. N
Spy Investigators Probe Links to Wartime Soviet Rings
Washington investigators pursue a lead linking Whitaker Chambers claims of a prewar underground to wartime espionage networks. Rep Nixon says a man with Chambers’s superior name may share a long communist record and government service under Nathan Gregory Silver master, potentially tying the Chambers network to Bentley rings.
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Washington
Rep
Nixon
Chambers
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Bentley
Time Magazine
Reds
George Silverman
Irving Kaplan
New York Liberals Back Truman Strength In 1944 Race
The New York liberal party is expected to endorse the Truman Barkley ticket with CIO backing, led by Adolf A Berle Jr after a Tobin speech. Republicans plan a Sept 15 campaign start with Warren hitting 12 states on a 10 day swing beginning Sept 16. Wallace faces ballot-strike in Illinois and segregation issues in Alabama as the race tighten. Local and southern races unfold with Stevenson Johnson tight in Texas and Long Kennon contest in Louisiana.
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Jack Bell
Washington
New York
Liberal Party
Roosevelt
Trumaean-Barkley
CIO
Administration
New Dealer
Adolf A. Berle Jr
Maurice J. Tobin
Earl Warren
California
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
South
Progressive Party
Illinois
Springfield
North Carolina
Asheville
Alabama
Birmingham
Truman-Barkley
AFL
Truman
Senate
Texas
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
Stevenson
Louisiana
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Robert F. Kennon
John H. Overton
Long
Kennon
Fire Marshals Probe Into Fitzgibbons Building Fire
State Fire Marshal J. A. Krug and Deputy Harry Katz continued their investigation into the cause of the Fitzgibbons building fire that occurred Saturday morning. No findings have been reported yet as authorities assess the $100000 loss while ruins continue to smolder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Krug
Harry Katz
Fitzgibbons
J. L. Sickinger
Winter Recreation Plan Outlined For City
The city recreation director presented a tentative winter program to the chamber of commerce. Plans include a municipal basketball league at the senior high gym, gym classes, possible manual arts classes, and a push for a permanent Youth Center as a community building. The board invited Cheese Day Inc. for next meeting and formed a committee to study a permanent public program platform. A letter of thanks was approved for the Monroe volunteer fire department for the recent Fitzgibbons building fire response.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Lawrence L. Kitchen
City Hotel
Kitchen
Chamber
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Monroe Public Forum
Board of
Cheese Day Inc
Monroe
Allie Holtshopple
W. C. Bender
Harry J. Bellahan
Walter L. Day
Park Board
Green County Fair Association
Monroe Volunteer Fire Department
Fitzgibbons
Andrei Zhdanov Death Shocks Moscow Public
Andrei Zhdanov, a leading Soviet politburo member and cominform founder, died at 52. Moscow flew red and black-bordered flags as the public learned of his death, with Stalin and Molotov named among the era's top leaders.
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Andrei Zhdanov
Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Politburo
Cominform
Mikhail I. Kalinin
Zhdanov
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Zhanov
Molotov
L. P. Beria
Communist International Information Bureau
Nine Nation
Poland
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Council of the Union
Leningrad
Ashland Committee Supports Governor Rennebohm Effort
A tenth district committee formed in Ashland praised Governor Rennebohm for his administration and conservation actions while naming local members Olaf Johnson Mrs George Sundquist Julius Sherfinski Harry Simon Dr R G Arveson Thomas McAll and John Moreland.
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Rennebohm
Ashland
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
Olaf Johnson
George Sundquist
Superior
Julius Sherfinski
Harry Simon
R. G. Arveson
Frederick
Thomas McAll
Park Falls
John Moreland
Hayward
Chester G. Roberts
Madison
Ralph M. Immell
Thomas R. Pattison
Durand
Immell
P. F. Quinn
Racine County Voluntary Republican Committee
Chicago
Carl W. Thompson
Stoughton
Midwest
Midlands
Republican Congress
Large Barn Burns in Van Dyen Wisconsin Farm
A two story barn measuring 100 by 40 feet on Mrs. Fred Finder’s farm in Van Dyen, Wisconsin, burned last night with an estimated loss of 17000 dollars. The structure held hay and straw, and five heifers plus a shepherd dog perished. Cause of the fire was undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Dyen
Wis
Fred Finder
Finder
Women Better Credit Risks in Reserve Board Study
The U S Reserve Board reports women are better credit risks than men. Men’s clothing stores show a 56 cent loss per $100 in sales on credit last year, while women’s apparel stores incur only 34 cents. The board cites theories from credit managers and notes differing spending patterns within households and married couples.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
August Rainfall Totals and Weather Notes in Monroe
August closed with a heat wave after a cool start as Monroe recorded 3.82 inches of rain, despite Milwaukee at 0.22 inches for the month. Temperatures ranged from 59.38°F on Aug 9 to 86.77°F on Aug 24, with an average of 6.04°F below the 1947 record. Rain this morning measured 0.19 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Thompson
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Monroe
Missing Argyle Youth Sought by Authorities
Area police hunt for 16 year old Argyle boy Lawrence Purcell who disappeared from his home last Saturday in Monroe. He is described as five feet ten inches tall, 150 pounds, with auburn hair and brown eyes. He left wearing grey trousers, a white shirt and brown oxfords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argyle
Lawrence Purcell
Monroe Saturay
Strike Threat Lifted at Creamery Package Plant
Creamery Package Manufacturing Co. in Ft Atkinson canceled an imminent strike by 200 employees represented by AFL Local 10935. Workers demanded a 10 cent hourly wage increase and six paid holidays, with today serving as the strike deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Atkinson
Creamery Package Manufacturing Co
AFL Federal Labor Union
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Grace Anderson
Allan F. Barnard
Margaret Bloodgood
Werner W. Blum
Olga Ruth
John C. Calder
Robert E. Davenport
Arthur T. Edwards
Edward M. Ensch
Veterans Agriculture
Lillian Gempeler
William E. Gregorich
T. R. Holyoke
LaVon Jones
U.S
Franklin Luebchow
Lee Mitchell
Kathryn Gruenewald
Virgil Potter
Nat G. Preston
Margaret Reuhl
Fred R. Simpson
Patricia Tobin
R. W. Witt
Lincoln School
Clara Zum Brunnen
Edna Mackey
Hannah Bindschaeder
Mildred Schneider
South School
Kathleen Sheehan
Betty White
Viva Stauffacher
North School
Doris Messmer
Rachael Walter
Erma Thurber
My Cunningham
Mary Ann Beard
Corning
Calif
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Yolo Causeway
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Berlin
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Landon
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Robert Schuman
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