Monroe Daily Journal History and Rates Card
Founded October 13 1896 the Monroe Daily Journal has long been under the same management. It lists subscription rates by carrier in the city 12 50 per year by rail to Wisconsin and Stephenson county 7 per year outside Wisconsin and Stephenson county 38 per year all subscriptions must be paid in advance and office hours are 830 am to 530 pm with telephone service listed.
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Monroe Daily Journal
City of
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson County
Ill
Wisconsin Vacation Tragedy Prompts Safety Call
An editorial notes a deadly weekend with 22 fatalities in Wisconsin from traffic and drownings, calling for better watercraft respect and enforcement. It highlights a boat wake incident on Lac La Belle where three people drowned after a speedboat swamped a rowboat. Authorities hunt the operator as a warning to all boaters to respect others on the water.
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Wisconsin
Lac la Belle
America
Army casualty totals in Korea under scrutiny and public trust
The Army released a total of 153 killed 1590 wounded and 873 missing since fighting began. The piece argues against hidden figures stressing that officials must be accurate to protect families and maintain public confidence in military reporting.
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Far East
Chronicle of local notes and social items from Aug 8
A collage of older society notes and incidents: engagements and weddings in Sheboygan and Dubuque, a governor’s post in the Bahamas, addresses by Don Thayer on Loyalist history, a 25 year old accident and a 25 year old window incident in Browntown, Klansmen parade with Marines in Washington, remarriages in Freeport, funeral rites for Monroe jeweler Albert Miller, a Monroe loss to Stoughton, Pike Treat estate data efforts, and a broken wrist in a prior play at William Heinzelman home.
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Margaret Blocki
Sheboygan
Dubuque
Green County Children’s
Dorothy Bissig
Robert Wittwer
Harriett B. Lyland
Edmund S. Engen
Duke
Patricia Burgin
Browntown
Jack Burgin
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C
Florence F. Blunt
Stanley H. Ditzler
Freeport
Albert Miller
Monroe
Anton Miller
George H. King
Stoughton
Albany
Board of Review
Walter Wyman
Grindstone
William Heinzelman
Mosquitoes and camp life anchor Aug 8 1900 items
The August 8 1900 note bundle recalls Monroe guardsmen’s camp trials from mosquitoes to daily routines. Gen Jeremiah Rush plans a Knights of the Globe program to confer ranks on about a dozen candidates. C R Shepley hurries between Lake Kegonsa and business, while M E Robinson arrives to lead a Queen Esther home talent production by the Royal Arcanum.
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Evening Times
Grace
Monroe
J. Dietz
Matti Oehman
Harnden
Jeremiah Rush Garrison
Knights of the Globe
C. R. Shepley
Lake Kegonsa
Lake
M. E. Robinson
Galena Junction
Queen Esther
Royal Arcanum
Army Pay and Allowances by James Marlow
The article explains army pay scales and allowances as a model for all branches. It details non commissioned, warrant, and commissioned ranks with monthly pay ranges, plus lodging and food allowances, and notes a general’s extra $5 000 yearly expense allowance.
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Washington
Armed Services
Army
Sabotage Considered But Not Found in B 29 Crash
At Fairfield Suisun Air Base California investigators examined wreckage from a fatal B 29 crash that killed 17 and injured 60. A high officer said sabotage was discounted and the bomb laden plane stalled on takeoff when engines 2 and 3 failed. debris was studied for clues to prevent future accidents.
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Fairfield-Suison Air Base
Calif
Division To Gather For 32nd Convention In Madison
Green and Lafay ette county residents travel to Madison for the 32nd division convention over Labor Day weekend. Swiss cheese from Green county will be served at the event.
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Green
Lafayette County
Madison
Green County
Moe the veteran combat dog retires from air war
Moe America’s most veteran combat dog is retired after six years with the U S Air Force in Korea His first pickup was in Australia by Lt Jack Coghlan and he flew 25 WWII missions aboard a Douglas Havoc His owner Sgt Daniel Kinney says he has combat fatigue and no longer wants to fly He remains attached to Kinney as he endures teasing from soldiers and his dog tags remain on him A separate note recalls Cpl Richard Whitson’s desire to re enlist despite the war and a Mustang pilot’s near disaster and emergency landing near the base
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U. S. Air Force
Korea
Moe
America
Air Force
Australia
Jack Coghlan
Longview
Texas
Pacific
Sgt
Daniel Kinney
San Francisco
Sgt. Kinney
Fred Hook Dies Publisher of South Milwaukee Journal
Fred S Hook 71 publisher of the South Milwaukee Journal for 44 years died at home. He sold the paper May 1 with partner C A Fish and remained active as editor after. He led Wisconsin and National Editorial associations efforts and provided weekly news to servicemen during wartime. He was born in South Milwaukee and educated at the University of Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Fred Sh. Hook
South Milwaukee Journal
C. A. Fish
Hook
Wisconsin Press Association
National Editorial Association
South Milwaukee
Oak Creek
The
University of Wisconsin
Marines Move to Expand Force and Call Up Reserves
The Marine Corps plans to call up all 80,000 volunteer reserves to raise active strength toward 200,000 and mobilization near maximum. A possible January request seeks 500 million dollars to lift overall Marine strength, with support from Rep Mansfield urging a permanent 300,000 minimum. First 50,000 reserves to active duty between August 15 and October 31.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Service Committee
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Mansfield
D-Mont
Marine Volunteer
Free bus rides boost church attendance in Jacksonville
After two Sundays, most Jacksonville ministers report higher church attendance due to complimentary rides offered by the Jacksonville Coach Co. Some ministers say the uptick is modest but expect growth as more residents learn of the program.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jacksonville Coach Co
Rock River victim found near Indian Ford dam
Police recovered the body of Henry Reed a 35 year old Chicago man who drowned last Saturday morning. The sheriff's department found him Monday afternoon wedged between logs along the riverbank about a half mile downstream from the Indian Ford dam. Reed's fishing boat was sucked through the dam locks and shattered.
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Janesville
Henry Reed
Chicago
Frank E. Rayhorn, 73, Dies in Winslow
Frank E. Rayhorn of Winslow, lifelong resident, died Sunday. Services are at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Winslow Methodist Church, Rev. Richard M. Harding officiating. Burial in Rock Lily Cemetery. Arrangements by Leamen Funeral Home, Lena. Born February 12, 1877, in Winslow to Miles M. and Caroline Stewart Rayhorn. He never married. Surviving: one brother Cummings, Winslow. sisters Mrs. Sarah Wait, Winslow, and Mrs. Josephine Mueller, Freeport.
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Winslow
Frank E. Rayhorn
271 Now Reporting War News in Korea
Far East command announces 271 credited correspondents from 19 countries assigned to cover the Korean War, a 250 percent rise from 77 reporters at the start of the conflict. The total includes 12 in Manila and excludes about the same number in Formosa, with others in Japan or Korea.
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Tokyo
Far East Command
South Korea
Totl
Manila
Formosa
Japan
Korea
Lattimore Seeks U N Seat for Communist China
Peterborough New Hampshire Owen Lattimore urged seating a communist China delegation at the United Nations as a step to make Asiatic countries allies in stopping the Korean War. He supported Nehru’s proposal and warned that the spread of communism must be checked in Asia while noting the U S cannot hold the line without Asiatic allies.
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Peterborough
N. H
Owen Lattimore
China
United Nations
Father of Argyle Resident Stricken
Argyle special report funeral notice for Andrew Leuthold Jr. 81 father of Mrs. Henry Peterson Argyle died yesterday at his daughter’s home in Barneveld. Survived by four sons Andrew Mineral Point Albert Darlington Ernest Arnold Barneveld two daughters Mrs Paul Hinterberg Eau Claire Mrs Asa Snider Wheeler four sisters and a brother in Switzerland 26 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services Tuesday at 1 p m Lulloff funeral home Dodgeville and 2 p m Barneveld Congregational Church Verona officiating burial White Church cemetery Barneveld.
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Argyle
Andrew Leuthold Jr
Henry Peterson
Robert Schaller
Barneveld
Andrew
Mineral Point
Albert
Darlington
Ernest
Arnold
Paul Hinterberg
Eau Claire
Asa Snider
Wheeler
Switzerland
Lulloff
Dodgeville
Barneveld Congregational Church
Walter Clausing
Verona
White Church
First Aid Training Expansion Advocated
Governor Rennebohm urged expanded participation in Wisconsin first aid defense training. Red Cross chapters run classes under civil defense rules in Washington. In 1949 Wisconsin trained 11,438 residents. the target is 418,625 in two years as part of a broader 20,000,000 worker defense effort.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Red Cross
Washington
Dewey Won’t Run for Governor Again Say Ives
Senator Ives of New York said Dewey has decided to retire and will not seek a third term as New York governor. He added that no persuasion could alter the governor’s decision to leave public life.
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Dewey
Washington
Ives
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
GMC Board Approves Extra 100 Million Dividend
General Motors Corp. voted to pay an extra 100 million dollar dividend to stockholders, 2.50 per share, added to the 1.50 regular third quarter dividend. This brings total 1950 dividends to seven dollars per share for three quarters, a record compared with 1949. First-half 1950 earnings totaled 485 million, a new six month record and far above last year's 656 million.
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New York
General Motors Corp
France to Get Ships Under U S Aid Schedule
Washington reports France will receive its first two U S warships through the foreign military aid program on August 12 in Philadelphia.
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France
Washington
U. S
Philadelphia
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Monroe Evening Times
Monroe, Wisconsin
Congress
Emery A. Odell
the Associated Press
Inlar Daily Press Association
Audit Bureauf
Associated Press
Editorial
By James Marlow
Koil
Hal Boyle
Richard Whitson
Rockport
Whitson
Michael Sparks
St. Louis
Fred Hook
American Diamond Guild
Bulova, Elgin, Hamilton, Gruen, Yavennes Watches
Macdal
United States
Rock River
Frank Rayhorn
Lat
Superior
Ruup
Bryant
Lattimore
Red
GMC Board
Sonotone Sonotone
D. F. R. Rice
T. E. Thoresen
Eugene Hotel
California
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