George S. Parker resigns as president of Parker Pen to become chairman of the board, and his son, Kenneth, becomes company president. Seventy-five members of the 32nd Tank Company and 121st Field Artillery Band, also based here, are mobilized to quell potential violence in the Wisconsin farmers' statewide milk strike called to protest low prices. Milk dumping is the chief strike tactic. The next day, Pvt. Rock County Normal School, the teachers' training institution, closes as an economy move.
County supervisors refuse to allocate any county money or to accept state help.
State orders retail milk price raised from 8 to 9 cents a quart with most of the increase earmarked for farmers. Farm buildings burned, crops flattened, telephone lines damaged in sudden electrical and hail storm. Within two weeks, the number hits 200, but employment will fluctuate for months. Harry F. Jones, builder and original owner of Franklin Gardens, buys back the building, known as Chateau LaMar. Janesvile cops smash 15 slot machines seized at local bars.