Monroe Legion honors junior baseball players at banquet
The Monroe American Legion post hosted a banquet at the Monroe Hotel recognizing the junior baseball team for a successful season. Henry McCormick praised the local athletic program, while team members received gold baseballs from Monroe Sales Co. A large trophy for third place in the state tournament was also awarded.
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Glen Zilmer
American Legion
Monroe American Legion
Monroe Hotel
Monroe Sales Co
Henry McCormick
Madison
Don Huddleston
Monroe
The
Bruce M. Blum
Legion Post
Paul Baltzer
H. C. Roth
Bob Ableman
Dick Markham
Bill Purcell
Bill Moon
Allie Stauffacher
Jerry Dwyer
Fred Huber
Ken Ross
Ernie Vogler
Herm Christen
Dan Markham
Lefty) Andrews
Charley Niles
Loren Elmer
Beets Rabe
Record bid tops 59c for Swiss cheese at Lafayette plant
Highest bid ever for Swiss cheese at a Lafayette county plant reached 59 cents a pound amid reports of a 57 to 60 cent top bid in sealed offers. Officials say reinstating OPA controls could follow, while dairy leaders push for a free competitive market despite fears of a black market and price manipulation. Milk prices rise to record levels with July and August at 3.65 plus bonus giving about 4.30 per 100 pounds of milk. future September prices expected higher without a bonus.
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Lafayette
Te Eft
OPA
Gairy
Mey
Meat Shortage Lingers Yet Fresh Provisions Arrive
The article notes a worsening meat situation while markets see fresh fruit and vegetables arriving in 1946 packs. Canned apricots peaches and fruit cocktail are available in good supply. new peas and tomatoes are high quality. tomato soup common. white flour back, cake flour scarce. pancake flour rising, pie crust mixes easing. Substitutes like chopped ham and sausage help. Sap Sago cheese briefly available but quickly sold out. Idaho Russets and rutabagas show up. stores report 75 percent of hard to get items still out of stock, including gels pudding soap dressings and marshmallows.
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Switzerland
Bothell Elected to Lead Wisconsin Frozen Food Locker Group
Bothell Elected to Head Locker Group Milwaukee L E Bothell Monroe was elected president of the Wisconsin Frozen Food Locker association at the group s ninth Other J Cooper Walworth vice president and Alfred Cory Fort Atkinson secretary treasurer.
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Milwaukee
L. E. Bothell
Monroe
Wisconsin Frozen Food Locker Association
J. Cooper
Walworth
Alfred Cory
Fort Atkinson
Interpreter Sought for Uruguayan Dairy Remedies Shipment
Clarence F. Kempfert cannot read a Spanish air mail merchandise order dated Sept 11 from Montevideo Uruguay. The item, received for dairy remedies, appears to be for distribution in the eastern United States.
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Clarence F. Kempfert
Moentevide
Uruguay
OPA Reviews Cafe Price Policy Amid Price Rollback Fight
OPA moved to review meal price policy as restaurant operators brace for potential court actions over the August 16 rollback to June 30 menu prices. George R. Le Sauvage of the National Restaurant Association says profits are not the agency’s concern and cites 525 000 operators. A Milwaukee group won a temporary injunction against OPA enforcement, to be argued Monday.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
George R. le Sauvage
National Restaurant Association
Su Sen
le Sauvage
New York
Milwaukee
Parley Upholds Trieste Proviso at Paris Peace Talks
The Paris peace conference upheld the big four frontier agreements on the Italian Yugoslav boundary and the Trieste free state. The Italian political and territorial commission defeated all proposed frontier revisions in eleven votes, with Russia opposing boundary changes despite Slav bloc sponsorship. Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister Edvard Kardelj lamented the vote over conciliation.
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Paris
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Duino
Cool Wave Shifts East Brings Seasonal Temps Back
A cold air mass cut temperatures by up to 25 degrees in parts of the Mississippi Valley then moved eastward. By Monday morning the Midwest should return to normal readings as autumn arrives, with showers and continued cool weather forecast from Iowa through Indiana and Ohio.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Road Crash Kills 2 near Chippewa Falls in rain
Two people died and four were seriously injured when an automobile and a truck collided during a rainstorm on Highway 58 just outside Chippewa Falls. Victims were June M. Gibbs 18 of Thorpe Wisconsin a student at Eau Claire Teachers College and Gerald Ledikure 26 of Norfolk Virginia.
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Chippewa Falls
Highway 58
June M. Gibbs
Thorpe
Wis
Eau Claire Teachers College
Gerald Ledikure
Norfolk
Dick Bong’s First Jap Downed by Co K Men Echoes of War
Co K veterans and Richard Bong Memorial foundation workers recall Bong’s first aerial victory in 1942 over Buna New Guinea as they fundraise for scholarships and a Poplar Wisconsin memorial. Hugo Voelkhi recalls meeting Bong in Australia and praises his modest, hardworking nature. Bong died in 1945 testing a jet plane.
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Monroe
Richard Bong
Dick Bong
New Guinea
South Pacific
Buna
Bong
Hugo Voelkhi
20Th Street
Co. K
Tallangatta
Australia
Voelkn
Voelkli
Voelkh
Bong Fund
Poplar
Wis
Lester G. Forcade
Drive Milwaukee extension funds for Bong memorial
Norman H. La Pole chairman of Bong memorial fund campaign announced the drive will be extended at least until the late start caused the delay. The campaign aims to raise 320000 dollars in Wisconsin for a monument at Poplar to the late Maj. Richard J. Bong.
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Milwaukee
Norman H. la Pole
Poplar
Bong Memorial Fund Campaign
Wisconsin
Maj
Richard J. Bong
Niagara Falls rock face collapses in dramatic plunge
A large segment of the brink of the American Falls broke away, plunging 168 feet into the gorge and creating earthquakelike shaking in Niagara Falls. Witnesses saw a 120 foot by 30 foot section tumble after 10 am with a roaring impact. In New York, 18 survivors from a Belgian airliner crash near Gander reported by the coast guard have broken bones and severe burns.
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Niagara Falls
New York
Gander
Newfoundland
Coast Guard
Dairy Decision Tonight Targets Abnormally High Prices
The price decontrol board plans to announce whether dairy prices have risen unreasonably in the past month. If prices are too high the panel could pare OPA ceilings on specific dairy items or restore controls on all listed products. The decision follows actions a month earlier on Aug 20 and comes amid broader price control debates.
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Washington
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Logan
W. Va
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
Krug
Lewis
Wisconsin GOP Voluntary Group Maps Campaign Plan
The Wisconsin Republican state central committee met in Madison and outlined plans to raise funds adopt by laws and appoint officers. Robert L. Pierce of Menominee was elected chairman with Edward King Watertown and Mrs. Roy Hogan Ashland as vice chairs Harold A Meyer Shawano secretary and Charles Weasley Milwaukee treasurer. Wesley chaired the finance committee aiming to solicit ten thousand dollars, the statutory limit.
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Madison
Wisconsin Republican State Central Committee
Robert L. Pierce
Menomonie
Edward King
Watertown
Roy Hogan
Ashland
Harold A. Meyer
Shawano
Charles Weasley
Milwaukee
Wesley
Retailers forecast ample men’s clothing this winter
Morris K. R. Myers of the National Association of Retail Clothiers & Furnishers said stores will have enough suits topcoats and overcoats within 6 to 9 months as production is already above 1939 levels. He cited labor shortages in needle trades as the main bottleneck.
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Chicago
National Association of Retail Clothiers & Furnishers
Morris KR. Myers
Springfield
Associaton
Myers
Wisconsin supreme court weighs McCarthy ballot challenge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to consider Wettengel Appleton insurance adjustor's bid to block McCarthy from the November 5 ballot. The case questions whether state rules can disqualify a federal office candidate, while clerks continue printing ballots with McCarthy listed.
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Madison
United States
Wisconsin
State Supreme Court
Senate
Fred Felix Wettengel
Appleton Insurance
Wettengel
Supreme Court
Joseph KR. McCarthy
Appleton
Marine Capiton
U. S. Senate
McCarthy
Robert M. LaFollette
U.S. Senate
Secretary of State
Burkhalter Sr. 78 Dies After Yearlong Illness in Monroe
Fred Burkhalter Sr. of Monroe aged 78 died at St. Clare hospital at 5 30 am after a serious operation a year earlier and ongoing complications. Born in Canton Bern Switzerland November 14 1867 he immigrated to America in 1889 and lived in Monroe most of his life. He and Anna Streiff celebrated a long marriage with a golden anniversary in 1939 and 57th occurring this year. Surviving are his wife three sons Bert Ralph Fred and three daughters Mrs Frank May Mrs Pearl Mau and Mrs Florence Potter plus one brother Jacob 15 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Last rites are at Shriner Neuschwander funeral home Sunday. burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Fred Burkhalter Sr
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Canton Bern
Switzerland
John and
Elizabeth Luthy Burkhalter
America
Anna Streiff
Monticello
Wittenwyler-Burgy
Mt. Pleasant Township
Mr. Burkhalter
Wayne Township
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
17Th Avenue
Bert
Ralph
South Wayne
Fred
Browntown
Frank May
Pearl Mau
Florence Potter
Jacob
Darlene May
Shriner- Neuschwander Funeral Home
Paul C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Porter among early contenders for commerce secretary role
Washington reports list Paul Porter and William S. Clayton as early guesses for Henry Wallace's successor. Porter met with President Truman to discuss OPA problems and declined to comment when questioned about the post. Clayton's duties at State focus on international economics.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
Secretary of Commerce
OPA
Paul Porter
William S. Clayton
Porter
Truman
Commerce
Clayton
State Department
LaFollette attacks Wallace Pepper on foreign policy
U S Senator Robert M. LaFollette denounces Henry Wallace and Claude Pepper for advocating appeasement and imperialism. He argues against war with Russia and warns that backing dictatorship risks a global conflict, calling such views dangerous to freedom and democracy.
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Madison
Henry A. Wallace
U. S
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
U.S
Robert M. LaFollette
Wis
Progessive
Wallace
Mr. Pepper
Soviet Union
Russia
Mr. Wallace
Pepper
United States
Truman Asks Wallace Resignation And Sturdy Foreign Policy
President Truman requests Lee Wall Wallace resignation today and says the U S government must stand united in foreign relations with no change in policy. Any public foreign policy statement by a government member must be cleared with the State Department and Truman will referee disagreements. Byrnes policy goals receive full presidential endorsement.
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Washington
Truman
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Byrnes
Congress
Roosevelt
Harry
Leeves
Paris
Wallace resigns as secretary of state in surprise move
President Truman accepts John L. Wallace resignation effective immediately. Alfred Schindler heads the department on the west coast. Bruce Catton says Wallace will not campaign but may appear on radio. The move ends Wallace’s influence on labor and left wing voters this fall.
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Wallace
Department
Alfred Schindler
Bruce Catton
Catton
Washington
Dutchess County
N. Y
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