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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1947
Page
2
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The article notes Winston Churchill and Prime Minister Attlee proposing a "more work less to eat" program for Britain. It says the plan means longer hours and work for those who refuse to comply, with the letter described as a hard order.
Local public hearing gathers pushback from Foreign Type Cheesemakers as Lawrence H. Smith of Racine is elected state American Legion commander. Monroe produced the Gon ner band by a Legion press report.
Ready Jack, a two year old tag colt by Pilate Jacob, is a full brother to Phalanx and owned in part by C. V. Whitney with breeder Abram S Hewitt. Though Phalanx was the Kentucky Derby favorite and Belmont winner, Ready Jack shows promise to step up when Phalanx tires.
Mrs Helen Andrews visited Monroe while Mrs Ellsworth Rosheisen helped cook for threshers Tuesday. Several families and visitors from Brodhead Monroe Moline and Beloit attended fairs and gatherings including a miscellaneous shower for Carolyn Ostrander in Judo.
Canberra reports a plan to enlist youths aged 13 or 14 as cadets to form a permanent air force. Authorities say this marks a shift from rushed wartime training to a comprehensive, long term training system for both air crews and ground organization.
Dr. Waldo H. Kliever of the Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co. explains skin acts as an evaporative cooling system with about 18 to 19 square feet exposed. He notes high humidity restricts cooling and new automatic controls aim to hold indoor humidity within a fraction of one percent.
Invitation for boys and girls up to 12 years to join the Monroe Evening Times club. Fill out the coupon with name address birth details and mail to the Evening Times club in Monroe Wisconsin.
Mrs. William Steindorf reports a busy Albany week with funeral, relatives visiting from Wisconsin and beyond, and a picnic near the new bridge. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wilburn of Memphis Tennessee and Dr. Edward Fritz returning from Belleville for a month.
Wayne Vanderbilt leads interior decorating at the G B Lahr department store. The W M S society of the Evangelical church meets Wednesday Aug 3 with Mrs William Meinert. Russell and Lois Jean Miller visit Naperville to join their father Ted Miller returning from a three nation Happy Hour tour.
A wild elk calf wandered into a pack horse pasture in Yellowstone Park. The horses attacked the calf, kicking and biting it. The mother elk guarded the scene for hours before realizing the calf had died.
Sandy informs his mother that Birdie the oriole will stay nearby as she begins rebuilding a nest in the big tree. The tale recounts how Birdie was rescued after a storm damaged her first nest and later vanished, only to reappear singing when called by Sandy and his mother.
The Swiss government ends frontier formalities for Liechtenstein residents entering Switzerland. The policy will be reciprocal once Liechtenstein's parliament approves a Swiss Liechtenstein agreement.
In old navy days the cook held exalted status as bribes could gain extra rations. Sailors with injuries found the galley a haven, and lack of refrigeration made fresh meat scarce. Ships relied on hunting parties in foreign ports to obtain food.
Mrs. O. D. Curtis reports visits and gatherings with the Blum and Dish families in Madison and New Glarus. Mrs. Wallace P. Barlow attended a shower for Miss Charlotte Tollefson. Several locals traveled to Chicago for visits and stock shows.
Development of low cost steel and petroleum for lubrication appeared almost simultaneously in the infancy of modern machinery.
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