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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1948
Page
2
The notice lists subscription prices for Monroe and surrounding counties, with rates for Wisconsin and Illinois. It also cites advance payment requirements and office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with after hours contact numbers for news and business calls.
Editorial highlights rapid soil conservation progress in Green County with 32 miles of terracing and 14 000 acres in contour strips. It notes free county wide planning and instruction under federal programs, aided by aerial photography and expert analysis to guide farmers in protecting land and preventing further losses.
The piece notes Switzerland aims to keep armed forces and equipment alert while preserving neutrality. Commandant insists readiness from first shot, reflecting global peace pressures and Swiss confidence in self defense as the insurance against attack.
Attendance at the county fair fell short of the 1946 record by 429 admissions though Sunday drew 15 484 visitors. Large crowds Saturday night and Sunday were dampened by a rainstorm that hit the fair on Thursday night. Hazards from empty bottles and calls for better refreshments were noted as concerns for next year.
Darlington Special Miss Mabel Jackson Blanchardville has been named chairman of the Lafayette county chapter American Red Cross She replaces Norbert DeMuth Darlington who resigned Other officers include Miss Ina Haeffle Shullsburg vice chairman Mrs Edward Johnson Grandl treasurer and Miss Mary Runde Darlington reelected secretary
Scientists estimate the sea contains about 32,000 trillion tons of salt. The figure reflects vast ocean salinity and the long-term balance of evaporation and precipitation, affecting marine chemistry and global cycles.
Douglas Corrigan receives a rousing August 4 1938 homecoming on his mad solo flight to Ireland with critics and crowds at the airport. The feature notes Theodore J. Burgy opposing Clarence W. Lengacher for county clerk and mentions re enlistments of Wendell Day and Herbert Steffen in Co. K along with marriage licenses issued to Roy St. John and Mary Lewis Brodhead Arnold Meier Monticello and Emma Rowe Cuba City.
City reports July permits total 11 for 52 250 dollars in new work. Through midyear 1948, monthly average 59 033 33 dollars. Residential permits dominate with 39 plans totaling 243 200 dollars, plus 11 commercial permits at 136 450 dollars and 21 residential garages at 16 800 dollars.
The Lafayette county fair runs August 12 to 15 with Centennial Day Friday August 13 featuring a 1 pm exposition parade. Bands floats and costumes await as the Lafayette Centennial queen is chosen from the parade and crowned at 8 pm. A livestock parade Sunday at 12 45 precedes races including a derby. Twenty five Albino horses from Napier Nebraska close activities Sunday evening.
James Cullen aged 59 of Darlington is in serious condition at Shullsburg hospital with a skull fracture after his car crashed into a concrete bridge abutment on Highway 11 near Shullsburg. Passenger Patrick Graham, 51, Darlington, suffered cuts and bruises and was treated and released.
The Oregon Territory covered a mammoth expanse from which Oregon and Washington states, plus Idaho and portions of Wyoming and Montana, were later carved. This historical scope reflects how early governance defined regional boundaries.
The public learns of wartime spy rings inside the government, though the FBI and congressional committees have long known the names. Elizabeth Bentley, a self confessed Soviet spy, testified before Senate and House committees naming individuals. Grand juries have not indicted anyone yet, while Thomas seeks a special grand jury in Washington to continue the probe.
Lena, a polio patient from Lena, Illinois, was admitted to St. Francis hospital as the eighth polio case this year. He is the fourth from Stephenson county with others from Carroll county.
Many Arabian horses are light gray at birth and become white by four or five years old. The trait progresses as they mature, with coats darkening from birth hues to pale white by early adulthood.
Mrs G M Gunderson of Woodford and her sister Mrs Elizabeth Wycisk of Platteville depart this week by air for Europe to visit relatives. They leave Chicago for New York and board a Royal Dutch Airliner to Basel Switzerland arriving Saturday noon. In Basel they will be met by relatives including Cpl Severin Gunderson and Lloyd H Rooney with U S military court ties. They plan to return October 15 and stay in the British zone at headquarters in Nord Ak Provinz.
Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama cover nearly a million square miles of territory with about 18,000,000 people.
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