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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1947
Page
2
A notice from the Associated Press confirms republication rights for local news printed in the newspaper and all AP dispatches. The memo reinforces control over content use and distribution for editorial staff and readers.
The United States offered to mediate a Java war truce between the Netherlands and Indonesia. By accepting U.S. mediation and a cease fire demand the Dutch’ stance signals a potential shift. Global imperial powers discuss decolonization amid Java’s bid for independence and rising US emphasis on self-rule.
Local items note a strike halting burial of Kansas cites dead. An obituary line mentions Mrs Ellen Croak Giew at Croak s Settlement. Agricultural note reports oats yield on Christ Strauss farm at one bushel per acre. Fort Sheridan honors Jack Murray and Dean Yost with shipshooter medals. Derius A Brown noted.
The mining bureau announced a broad search for metals and minerals in 19 states and Alaska. The effort targets eight commodity groups identified by the army navy munitions board as critical. Platteville Wisconsin is noted as one area where work is already in progress.
A. W. Madole of Kenosha Motor Coach Lines said the state public service commission has ordered abandonment of the Racine Kenosha interurban line. Service will cease within days, with the new Milwaukee and Lake Shore Lines set to begin bus service between the two cities.
Abby Wallace, 22, confronts her domineering father Norman Wallace over attending a private party at Madge Duncan’s home. Craig Emerson, cousin and would-be curator, accompanies her reluctantly as Abby asserts her independence amid a rigid household and unspoken tensions. The scene progresses through the Wallace mansion’s gallery and morning room as Abby weighs love, fear, and social expectations.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania thirty two head of Hereford steers sold at a record price of 32.25 dollars per hundredweight. The cattle were fed on dry feed for ten months on a Lancaster county farm.
Chicago pilot William Odom aborted his around the world solo attempt after about one sixth of the planned 19 600 mile route. He cited jammed ailerons and stability issues from a heavy fuel load as the cause and returned to Chicago and planned a new start the next day with a lighter fuel load.
Two Republican senators attacked Acting Gov. Rennebohm at the Wisconsin Paid Firemen’s association convention. Sen. Edward Hilker urged sending Oscar back to his drug stores to pass a 72 hour work week bill for firemen. Sen. Bernard Gettleman echoed the attack and criticized the veto of the 72 hour work week bill saying the league of municipalities acts as a lobby.
The U S rubber industry has nearly doubled in five years and shifted largely to synthetic rubber production, reflecting major growth and modernization in the sector.
Mrs. Millard Tschudy notes visits across Renwick LaVerne and Ripon while Madison and Monticello residents attend events. Families from Blanchardville Janesville Chicago and Green Bay frequent host homes, attend funerals and birthdays, and enjoy picnics and club gatherings as spring social life continues.
Ruth Gighter and Ruth were in Milwaukee while Mr and Mrs George Gibbons and Jeanne visited at Monroe Miss Betty Burgdorff visits her grandparents near Blanchardville Mrs Ernest Hoesly and Janet were Madison visitors Friday Mr and Mrs C M Stauffer of Monticello visited relatives here Monday Harvey Itten visited the Anton Hefty home in Monticello Miss Elizabeth Kneubuehl shopped in Monroe Friday Mrs Rudy Vollenweider plans a Switzerland trip and will return to New Glarus around October 15 Grace Colney Helen Zurkirchen and Lucille Duerst attended the Green County Fair in Monroe Thursday
Fond du Lac fire chief Harry L. Glaser estimates the July 30 blaze at Fond du Lac Hill Brothers department store caused about 750000 dollars in damage. The building will be rebuilt at its present site.
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