Social Events Mrs. Grimm Heads St John’s Aid Society
Mrs. Fred Grimm was elected president of the St John’s Evangelical Reformed church Aid Society at yesterday’s meeting. Officers include Mrs. O A Moldenhauer as vice president and Mrs. Fred Fritz as secretary, with Mrs. Rose Martin re-elected treasurer. Delegates to the Women’s Guild were Mrs. Victor Stauffacher and Mrs. Rose Field. A playlet titled Does It Pay featured several members, and the annual birthday luncheon honored attendees while raising 140 50 for the Emmus Home in Missouri.
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Fred Grimm
Aid Society
St. John’s Evangelical Reformed Church
O. A. Moldenhauer
Fred Fritz
Rose Martin
Victor Stauffacher
Rose Field
Women’s Guild
Mies
Charles Stubbe
Fred Fritz Jr
Ross Martin
Winnie Kuebli
Emil Sutter
Emmus Home For
Missouri
Mmes
Isa Ruegger
Carl Marty Jr
Brown
Jacob Ruff
Dinner Held for Amaranth Club Members
A luncheon at 1 p.m. at the Ludlow hotel honored Amaranth club members with committee co chairmen Mrs. M. H. Stauffacher and Mrs. Archie Myers and other officers from Madison. After the meal a business meeting convened at the Masonic temple with several out of town guests in attendance.
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Ludlow
Amaranth Club
M. H. Stauffacher
Archie Myers
Louisa Ruegger
Helen Cass Burn
Erwin Trumpf
Madison
H. F. Cunningham
Paul Patterson
Masonic Temple
Centennial Tea to Be Held by Darlington Women’s Union
The Women’s Union centennial tea is set for Wednesday evening at the Baptist church. A program of music and entertainment will open the event, followed by exhibits of old time articles and costumes.
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Darlington
Women’s Union
Baptist Church
Missionary Society Plans First Meeting After Summer Recess
The Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed church Missionary society in Monticello will reconvene Monday evening at 7. A potluck picnic supper will be served.
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Monticello
Missionary Society of the
Russell Long Captures Democratic Nomination
Russell Long, 29, son of Huey Long, wins Louisiana Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate by about 10,500 votes in the August primary. Official returns show Long 264,143 to 253,668 for Robert Kennon, as announced by Secretary of State Wade O. Martin.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
United States
Louisiana
Wade O. Martin
Russell Long
Robert Kennon
Increasing Orders of Living Birds Documented
A listing notes at least 35 orders of living birds including penguins loons hawks pigeons parrots songbirds and additional species. The record highlights biodiversity and categorizes diverse avian groups within a single survey.
Regular G.U.G.G. Meeting At Turner Hall
Sixty seven members of the G U G G women’s group attended a regular meeting at Turner Hall. New member Mrs Kathrine Gehring joined the group. Honors in 500 went to Mrs Raphael J Daly Mrs Katherine Kundert and Mrs John Brugger. Next meeting set for Sept 23 with the annual state convention planned in New Glarus Sept 28 30.
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U. G. G. Women’s Organization
Turner Hall
Herman Baumgartner
Katherine Gehring
J. L. Babler
Raphael J. Daly
Katherine Kundert
John Brugger
Andrew Klassy
New Glarus
Bride Betty Jane Downer Weds Donald N. Schumacher
Miss Betty Jane Downer daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Pandow of Brodhead married Donald Norman Schumacher from Edgerton on Sunday at St Peters Lutheran Edgerton. She is a Brodhead High School graduate and works in the Highway Trailer office. He is a senior in Milton College School of Music.
Dinner honors Colis L Homme dien before Japan departure
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jordan hosted a Wednesday dinner for their daughter Mrs. Colis L Homme dien who will soon leave for Japan to join her husband. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nelson and their children Carol Jean and Frederic Miss Carol Jordan of Madison and Mrs. Vola Jordan.
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Monticello
Cecil Jordan
Colis L’hommedien
Japan
Ray Nelson
Carol Jean
Frederic
Carol Jordan
Madison
Vola Jordan
Aid Opens Season at Washington Reformed Meeting
The Washington Reformed Aid society started its fall season with a 1 o'clock pot luck dinner at the parish house. Twenty five members and two guests Mrs Mer ven Loveland and Mrs Harvey Gempeler attended.
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Monticello
Washington Reformed Aid Society
Mervyn Loveland
Harvey Gempeler
Miss Sharon Baumgartner to be Honored at Bluff View Park
Miss Sharon Ann Baumgartner daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Baumgartner will be honored on her sixth birthday at a party at Bluff View park at 2 30 p m Saturday. A host of relatives and friends will attend.
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Sharon Ann Baumgartner
Harry Baumgartner
Bluff View Park
Hartman Opens Own Architecture Office In Chicago
Theodore A. Hartman, formerly partner in Howe and Hartman, announces he will open a solo architectural office Monday at 1702% 11th street. The partnership dissolves, with Stanley W. Howe remaining at the White block address. Hartman came from Elmhurst two years ago and previously worked with Schmidt Garden and Erikson on St. Clare hospital plans.
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Theodore A. Hartman
Howe and
Chicago
St. Clare Hospital
Jefferson Youth Given Five Year Prison Term
Federal court sentenced Victory J Ends, 21, Jefferson, to five years in prison after pleading guilty to driving a stolen car from Pocatello Idaho to Milton Junction Wisconsin. Ends claimed to be 55 to avoid arrest. a real 55 year old man identified Ends as a hitchhiker who stole his car and wallet and a companion remained unnamed. Deputy sheriffs found Ends asleep in a car near Milton Junction. Judge Patrick T Stone also placed Russell L Coster, 36, a former Madison post office clerk, on probation for one year after embezzling government funds and falsifying records and ordered restitution. Coster has eight children.
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Madison
Patrick T. Stone
Victory J. Ends
Jefferson
Pocatello
Idaho
Milton Junction
Wis
Robert Hayden
Hayden
Endl
Coster
Todays Markets Report From Chicago Markets
Markets show hog salable 5 500 to 7 500, prices 50 to 75 cents lower with top 29.25. Cattle salable 1 500, calves 300, slaughter steers and heifers up 50 cents, cows and bulls higher. Beef prices reach 34.50 to 39.50 for fed steers, vealers 29 to 31, and butter up to 74 cents, eggs steady with 11,069 receipts.
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Chicago
USDA
F. O.b
Stock Market Mixed as Prices Waver on Light Volume
An irregularly lower price movement with small trading volume marked a hesitant session. Early gains faded as fractions shifted prices, with U S Steel and other leaders dropping while Firestone and Eastman Kodak rose. rails and steels were easy, motors irregular, utilities quiet as bond trading continued.
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New York
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Caterpillar Tractor
American Can
U. S. Gypsum
Firestone
National Distillers
Eastman Kodak
18 Month Old Baby Smokes Daily Cigars
Springfield report notes Lawrence Phillips Jr. at eighteen months smokes cigars daily, preferring a 12 cent cigar over cigarettes. His mother says he began imitating adults, lighting cigarettes, and since switched to cigars, consuming two cigars per day.
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Springfield
Mass
Lawrence Phillips Jr
Quiet Trading Amid Mild Treasury Price Drops
Markets show muted activity in the over the counter sector as U S treasury prices drift lower by small margins and dealers report only slight downticks across issues.
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U. S. Treasury
Infant Boy Burned In Merrill House Fire
A six week old baby boy Allan Bonke died in a flash fire that destroyed his parents two room frame home in Merrill. Firemen said Mrs Bonke was canning peaches and stepped outside for a few minutes. The peaches boiled over igniting tar paper walls. the home burned within half an hour.
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Burns Merrill
Allan Bonke
Henry A. Bonke
Hartman Family Sends Two To Colleges In Illinois And Iowa
Mary Virginia Hartman plans to study art at McMurry College in Jacksonville Illinois this weekend and may attend Layton or the Milwaukee Chicago art institutes later. Theodore A Hartman Jr fresh from duty in the Philippines drives to Ames Iowa to enter Iowa State College forestry. He spent two weeks camping near Ely Minnesota with a friend from Elmhurst Illinois. The Hartmans reside at 1213 11th Street and both parents work as an art instructor and an architect.
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Mary Virginia
Theodore A. Hartman Jr
Theodore A. Hartman
11Th Street
Monroe
Jacksonville
Ill
McMurray College
Layton
Milwaukee
Chicago
Theodore A. Jr
Philippines
Ames
College of Forestry
Iowa State College
Canada
Ely
Minn
Elmhurst
Hartman
Oil Supply Indicates Gains Are Being Made
Gains in meeting U S oil demand are shown on three fronts: domestic production, imports from the Middle East, and plans for synthetic fuels. Whether there will be enough fuel oil to heat all oil burner homes this winter is still debated. Some industry leaders are optimistic while others, including President Truman, are not. All agree the stream of supply is increasing.
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New York
United States
Middle East
Truman
Day of cheap oil may be near says scientists
Five scientists from the U. S. Bureau of Mines told a St. Louis American Chemical Society meeting that domestic production is rising and that fuel oil from coal could be economically feasible soon.
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U. S. Bureau of Mines
St. Louis
American Chemical Society
Albany Schools Open With 219 Enrollees
Albany village schools opened with 219 total students split into 66 in high school and 153 in grades. Freshmen lead high school classes with 24 pupils, followed by 11 sophomores and 11 juniors, and 20 seniors. Grade counts range from 25 in first to 12 in eighth grade. Music director Maynard Sell plans a junior band and a dance band for school functions.
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Albany
Maynard Sell
Sterling Man Held For Further Questions In Firestone Case
Sterling Illinois authorities were to question ex convict Emery Lounsbury aged 39 here today as part of ongoing inquiries.The incident center and local police coordinated with county officials to advance the investigation.
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Sterling
Oregon area killings linked by same pistol
Sheriff Joseph Maas of Ogle County plans to question Lounsbury about the June 25 murders of Stanley Skridla a 28 year old Rockford telephone lineman and Mary Jane Reid a 19 year old Oregon girl found two miles apart both shot with the same .32 caliber pistol in lovers lane.
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Oregon
Ill
Joseph Maas
Ogle County
Lounsbury
Stanley Skridla
Mary Jane Reid
Skridla
Rockford
Miss Reid
Capitalists Bored In Warsaw Communist Party
In Warsaw Poland capitalists reportedly infiltrated the Polish communist party. Hilary Mine minister of industry and commerce disclosed the capitalist infiltration but did not explain how the communists failed to keep capitalists out.
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Warsaw
Poland
Polish Communist Party
Hilary Mine
Industry and Commerce
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