Defense shakeup shifts Johnson out and Marshall in
The editorial notes a dramatic change in the defense department with Louis Johnson leaving and Gen. George Marshall taking over as secretary of defense. Stephen Early departs, and Marshall is praised for his wartime leadership and the Marshall Plan as the linchpin against communism. The piece urges swift, effective reform to avert worsening morale and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Department
Louis Johnson
George Marshall
Stephen Early
Defense
Department of Johnson
James Forrestal
Marshall
America
Roosevelt
Monroe City Park Board Reports Record Recreation Participation
The Monroe city park board states last year’s recreation participation reached 162 241, showing strong use of tax supported facilities. The report notes most participants were residents and their children, with facilities serving nearly every age group and suggesting future surveys to plan for growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroc City
Monroe
Information Bureau At Cheese Day Draws Big Crowd
Information from Cheese Day reports the Information Bureau served many people. Items handed in included bill folds prayer beads and personal belongings. The stand ran from 9 a.m. to 10 30 p.m. by Walter L Day and Victor I Carson. Glasses await claim at Day Brothers barbershop. Over 5 000 parade route maps and 8 000 programs were distributed from the booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Mmes
Walter L. Day
Victor I. Carson
Day Brothers
Stuhldreher Honored At Farewell Reunion
Friends and associates honored Harry Stuhldreher for 14 years as athletic director of the University of Wisconsin. He will leave Oct. 1 to join U S Steel. Guests included Notre Dame star teammates Elmer Layden Don Miller and Chuck Collins and Big Ten commissioner Kenneth Tug Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Harry Stuhldreher
University of Wisconsin
Stuhldreher
U.S. Steel Corp
Notre Dame
Elmer Layden
Don Miller
Chuck Collins
Kenneth
Tug) Wilson
Big Ten
Retired Admiral Blakely Dies in San Diego
Retired Vice Admiral Charles A. Blakely, former Commandant of the 11th Naval District, who served 45 years in the armed forces, died last night in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Adm
Charles A. Blakely
11Th Naval District
Madison Man Killed In Local Auto Crash
Mordovi Harry Foster age 68 of Madison was killed and a Minneapolis woman driver seriously injured in a highway collision here yesterday. Police report indicates a two vehicle crash occurred on the city street with extensive damage and medical evacuation to a regional hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Mordovi
Harry Foster
Minneapolis
Monuments and mishaps mark local remembrance and accidents
Forty years ago Thomas B. Wells bought a cemetery monument to weigh eight tons for a family lot with Vermont quarries to carve it. A lightning strike damaged a Cadiz home while the Karn body was recovered from the Pecatonica river Browntown. Survivors plan a fiftieth anniversary of the Fifth Battery, and marriages like Bertha Schindler and Clarence A Hefty were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Wells
Vermont
W. S. Hawthorn
Cadiz
Alford Morton
Monroe
North Western
Janesville
George Karn
Pecatonica River
Browntown
Old Fifth Battery
O. F. Pinney
Bertha Schindler
Clarence A. Hefty
Freeport
New Glarus
Monticello and Madison Social Roundup
Monticello and Verona residents hosted and visited in Madison and Milwaukee areas. Guests included Mrs. O. D. Curtis, Mrs. Walter Brink, Donald, Elizabeth, Ed -, and Jacob Legler, with other Sunday calls and weekend visits noted among Schuler, Escher, Freitag, Stuessy, Schenk, Estervig, and Dillman families across Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brink
Donald
Elizabeth
Verona
Jacob Legler
Milwaukee
Legler
Chester Schuler
Rochelle
Fred A. Blum
Adam Schuler
Beth Ann
Arthur Escher
Janice
Madison
Nic Freitag
Edwin Stuessy
Herbert Schenk
Jimmy
Victoria
Brooklyn
Ida Schenk
Bonnie
Donna
Ronney Estervig
Baltz Hoesly
Jane Cowl Died Heavily in Debt with Limited Assets
New York. Actress Jane Cowl died last June leaving assets of about 3000 dollars against debts of 15000 dollars. Surrogate's Court disclosed yesterday that she had no known relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Cowl
New York
Surrogate’s Court
Photo Fans Film Frenzy Bores Dealers In Parade Week
Photo fans swarmed streets and rooftops capturing the parade while film dealers struggled to keep stock. A Monroe dealer warned that a supplier cut last week’s order in half and rushed Chicago help as shipments vanished. A $2000 shipment arrived earlier in the week but by Saturday night inventories were depleted. A third dealer sold more film in two days than in the entire year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Chicago
Homemakers Attend Home Bureau Day At Freeport
Nine women from the Orangeville Home Bureau attended the annual Home Bureau day Tuesday at the new American Legion home in Freeport. Attendees included Mmes. Roy Hefty Otto Folgate C B Bridge Donald Leck John Babler Vera Heck Glenn Geiter Fred Zunker and Miss Della Seidel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeville
Home Bureau
New American Legion
Freeport
Mmes
Roy Hefty
Otto Folgate
C. B. Bridge
Donald Leck
John Babler
Vera Heck
Glenn Geiter
Fred Zunker
Della Seidel
Plan Friday Session At Spring Grove Home Makers Meet
The Spring Grove home makers will gather Friday afternoon at Mrs. August Lehnherr's Brodhead home for their first meeting of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
August Lehnherr
Brodhead
Oakley Homemakers Club Opens Season With First Meeting
The Oakley homemakers club will meet on Sept. 20 at the home of Mrs. Willis Stokes for their first gathering of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakley
Spring Grove
Oakley Homemakers Club
Willis Stokes
U S Plywood Production Rises Markedly in 1949
U S production of softwood plywood increased about two per cent to 1 977 000 000 board square feet in 1949, according to industry data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Olson's Orders Delayed For Navy Exam And Training
Dale W. Olson, city policeman, has been delayed for a full day before reporting to Great Lakes naval training for a marine corps assignment. If he passes the physical, he will be sent to Cherry Point, North Carolina, for further duty after rejoining the department on July 17. Morris Styger and wife of Ballentine Mont visit Monroe for Cheese Day with their three daughters and sons-in-law, plus their son Carl Styger, an International Harvester zone manager in Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stygers
Morris Styger
Ballentine
Mont
Monroe
Styger
Carl Styger
International Harvester Co
Billings
John Meichtry
Route 1
Leo Quinn
Bernard Geihart
Argyle
Reverend Kehle Departs for Synod Budget Meeting
Rev. Paul C. Kehle leaves for Cleveland Ohio where 34 synod Kingdom service chairmen of the Evangelical and Reformed church meet for the annual budget planning session. Kehle is Kingdom service chairman of the South Wisconsin synod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kehle
Paul C. Kehle
Cleveland
Synod Kingdom Service
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Rev
Kingdom Service
South Wisconsin Synod
Mrs Kubly in critical condition after stroke
Mrs John A Kubly III of 1608 16th Street remains in critical condition at St. Clare hospital after suffering a stroke last Friday evening. She has not regained consciousness since the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J U. Kubly III
John A. Kubly
16Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Penicillin in milk disrupts cheese fermentation
Small amounts of penicillin remaining in milk after mastitis treatment upset cheese factory fermentation in some plants. The issue stems from antibiotic residues affecting cultures and end products, prompting producers to test milk for residues and adjust processing to maintain quality.
Six Parents Indicted In School Strike Case
Six parents in the Kitzmiller area were indicted by a grand jury on charges of wilfully conspiring to keep their children out of school. The protest followed a Garrett County school consolidation plan causing some students to travel 17 miles to attend classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Kitzmiller
Garrett County
New Glarus People Attended Cheese Day in Monroe
A list of attendees from New Glarus at Cheese Day in Monroe includes Abner Anderson and family Melvin Streiff and Stephen Waldo Freitag and family J A Freitag Thomas Schneider Earl Schneider Harvey Ott Gilbert Ott Arthur Doyle Bobby Giles Wallen Delmer Kubly Rolland Hustad Walter Streiff John Erb John B Blum Kenneth Charles Hoesly Chucky Robert Haldiman Mathilda Burkhalter Margaret Zweifel Emanuel Streiff Fred Ott Nellie Sivesind Lorraine Elmer Anna Streiff Darlene Blum Ruth Streiff G F Klassy Edwin Klassy Clarence Mayer Don Ott Eugene Stussy Kenneth Hoesly Ernest Robert H Zingg Mr and Mrs Clarence Roth and Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Thomas Slotten Belleville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Glarus
Monroe
Messrs
Mmes
Abner Anderson
Melvin Streiff
Stephen
Waldo Freitag
J. A. Freitag
Thomas Schneider
Earl Schneider
Harvey Ott
Gilbert Ott
Arthur Doyle
Bobby
Giles Wallen
Delmer Kubly
Rolland HuStad
Walter Streiff
John Erb
John B. Blum
Kenneth
Charles Hoesly
Chucky
Robert Haldiman
Mathilda Burkhalter
Margaret Zweifel
Emanuel Streiff
Fred Ott
Nellie Sivesind
Lorraine Elmer
Anna Streiff
Darlene Blum
Ruth Streiff
G. F. Klassy
Edwin Klassy
Clarence Mayer
Don Ott
Eugene Stuessy
Kenneth Hoesly
Ernest
Robert
H. F. Zingg
Clarence Roth
Thomas Slotten
Belleville
Community notices of moves and visits across Madison and Milwaukee
Mrs Melvin Streiff and son Stephen visit. Eugene Slotten and family relocate to Madison. Viola Norton leaves for Madison to teach at West High. Ilsa Strickler visits from Milwaukee and teaches in Milwaukee. Violet Duerst visits from Green County normal. Norton family travels to Forest City Iowa to enroll Norene at Waldorf College. Theresa Martin and Ricky host Streiffs. Marie Freitag visits from Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Streiff
Stephen
Eugene Slotten
Lowell Hanson
Debby
Clifford Rear Sr
Jerry
Sylvester Slotten
Ernest Rear
Viola Norton
Madison
West Senior High School
School of Commerce
University of Wisconsin
North Blount Street
Ilsa Strickler
Milwaukee
Eugene Strickler
Strickler
Violet Duerst
Green County Normal
Edna Norton
Ansel Strommen
Norene
Brodhead
Forest City
Waldorf College
Miss Strommen
Norton
Theresa Martin
Richard Streiff
Ricky
Fred F. Streiff
Marie Freitag
J. VU. Freitag
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Monroe Evening Times Co
Emery A. Odell
Foun
Confin
Monroe Daily Journal
The
Associated Press
Inland Daily Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
AP News
City of
Wisconsin
Stephenson County
Ill
Editorial
Information Bureau
Evening Times
Palace
King
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Dover
N. J
Robert Fernstaedt
Irene Driver
Los Angeles
Monroe Country Club
Carl Joseph Steiner
Monroe Baseball Club
Winslow Aggregation
Maud E. Wenger
Homer Curry
Monroe House
Duncan Clark
Illinois Central
Mounds
H. H. Cohn
County Hospital
Scofield
Platteville
Monticello
O. D. Curtis
Harold Estervig
Albany
Shirley Schenk
Harold Kolb
C. M. Stauffer
James Dillman
Fannie G. Benkett
Dillman
C. Fred Disch
Joanne Schneider
News of the Homemakers
Glarus
Arthur A. Doyle
Monroe Clinic
Dodge
Dearth Motor Sales
WLAD
Tschudys
Cheese Day, Inc
Russell W. Prien
First National Bank
Kay
Baker’s Book Store
Lee’s
Becker’s
Leader Store
Ship ‘N Shore
Dan River
Ship ’N Shores
Becker’s Leader Store
Morgan Jones
Becker
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