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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1949
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times outlines its founding date 1898 and current ownership details. It lists AP affiliation and subscription rates by carrier in Monroe, by mail within Wisconsin and Stephenson county, and outside Wisconsin and Stephenson county with advance payment requirements and office hours.
The editorial lauds the 12 nation North Atlantic security alliance as the key to making the United Nations work and halting communism. It argues for speedy ratification with clear terms, warns against uneven burdens, and urges steadfast U S leadership and shared effort to win the peace and the cold war.
The editorial argues for including over a quarter billion dollars for soil conservation in the agriculture department budget. It says soil protection must be a prime government activity for decades to boost crop production and prosperity, noting soil loss threatens productive land and that spending will pay for itself through restored ground and future gains.
Items from April through May show officials changing posts in 1939 including Henry Recla named city engineer and Don Lovelace succeeding Wendell Barlow at Monroe Country Club. Other notes record deaths, plays, and local business changes across Monroe County.
The Evening Times partners with 24 local firms to donate daily newspaper copies to St. Clare hospital shut ins. Each issue includes a sticker wishing patients well and lists the donor firm. Participating businesses include Trukenbrod's, the Waffle Shop, Style Shop, Monroe companies, Goetz Theaters, Karlen's Bakery, and others aiding convalescents.
Washington doctors report four year old Michael Rector rests comfortably in hospital with his burned body completely covered in skin for the first time since November. Eight donors contributed skin and doctors say no further grafts may be needed.
Two Democrats Doyle Madison and Lucey charge Republican bosses aim to derail a lobbying control bill in the Wisconsin Assembly. They say the measure strengthens oversight, requires weekly lobbyist expense statements, and tightens registration rules. Governor Rennebohm supported similar provisions, as Republicans prepare to vote.
James Marlow reports Churchill, in a 1946 Fulton talk, argued war is not inevitable due to deterrence by US atomic capability and potential shifts in Soviet leadership. The piece notes Churchill’s shift from calling Russia a menace to urging unity and warning against appeasement as Western nations strengthen together.
A thin coaxial cable between New York City and Albany is described as no thicker than a man's wrist yet capable of handling 1,800 telephone conversations simultaneously.
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