Monroe Daily Journal History and AP Affiliation Notes
The Monroe Daily Journal, founded October 13 1898 and continuously under the same management, details its absorbtion in 1927 and AP affiliate status. It lists associating bodies Inland Daily Press Association Audit Bureau of Circulation and outlines subscription rates and office hours.
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Monroe Daily Journal
The
Associated Press
Inland Daily Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Era of Consolidation for Wisconsin Law Enforcement
A subcommittee of the state legislative council proposed consolidating Wisconsin law enforcement under a single public safety division. The plan targets 1 861 jurisdictions with 10 000 arresting personnel and would centralize traffic safety, potentially abolish the coroner, and create county traffic police under sheriff authority, requiring careful study to protect local power.
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Wisconsin
Division of Public Safety
State Legislative Council
Wisconsin Farms Reach 100 Percent Electrical Service
A state-wide utilities survey shows 89 percent of Wisconsin farms have electrical service with most remaining nonpowered farms near lines for hookup. Many未 farms are run as single business holdings and rural electrification marks a milestone as the state celebrates a century of statehood.
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Wisconsin
America
Ridiculous retort on Soviet spy inquiry noted
The piece mocks Moscow’s claim that the U S naval attache at Moscow was caught obtaining secret information. The Kremlin’s April 23 explanation delays the accusation and adds a flimsy note to espionage investigations. The writer warns the incident could provoke further reactions.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
Grandmother Charged In Missing Beloit Boy Case
Pearl Brown a 50 year old Whitesburg Kentucky grandmother was named in a warrant charging her with taking and detaining three year old Curtiss Allen Pietrowski son of Francis and Mrs Pietrowski Beloit. Authorities said the child was reported missing Saturday and had been taken from a bus by Indiana police with a deputy en route to return him. The boy had previously spent time with his grandmother.
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Janesville
Pearl Brown
Whitesburg
Curtiss Allen Pietrowski
Francis Pietrowski
Beloit
Notable Aug 17 dated items span deaths and milestones
The column lists events from August 17 across years 1938 1923 1908 including Edna Frehner fatal tonsillectomy Madison dancing master Frederick Kehl death in Chicago a torso killer case in Cleveland weddings Max Gehrke Elsie Kranig Anne Low nurse and other civic notes and appointments.
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Edna Mae Frehner
Frederick Kehl
Madison
Chicago
Cleveland
Max Gehrke
Milwaukee
Elsie Kranig
Anton Baumgartner
Ina Park
Anne B. Low
Edge Memorial Hospital
Nathaniel G. Preston
Gladys Stabler
Brodhead
Monroe
John J. Burkhard
State Legion
Henry Traxler
Janesville
Winners from Green county vie in state junior fair contests
Four Green county junior fair winners travel to West Allis for state contests at the Wisconsin centennial exposition. Green county also earns several ribbons including blue in dairy cattle and placings across cattle classes with notable exhibitors from Monroe, Clarno, and Monticello clubs.
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Green County
West Allis
William Leopold
Monroe Ffa
Andrew Hartwig
Clarno
Jerry McGuire
Mamie Tillema
FFA
FHA
Green County Rural Youth Centennial Committee
Robert E. Davenport
Monroe High School
Faith Cattle Department
Herbert Scherer
Monroe
Paul Marsh
Brodhead
Donald Timm
Route 5
Howard Voegels
Monticello
Frances Mae Ruff
Betty _ Timm
Gary Malkow
Decatur
Truck Driver Gamble With Employer Funds
Herman Boyd a 33 year old Detroit truck driver admitted to embez zlement as he told AUSA Carl Runge I guess my lucks all bad He traveled to Duluth and Tomah for a card game risking 300 of his employers funds and lost it He is jailed in Dane county federal custody.
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Madison
Herman Boyd
United States
Carl Runge
Detroit
Duluth
Tomah
Dane County
U N Police Staff Size Limited to 49 Guards
A 1945 report notes the United Nations civilian guard force at Lake Success totaled 49, unarmed beyond fists, and sent to Palestine to bolster a four week truce. The piece argues the MSC deadlock over a world police force, with Russia veto power, hampers progress toward a robust UN security system.
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Sigrid Arne Washington
United Nations
U. N
Lake Success
Palestine
Paris
MSC
United States
Britain
France
China
Russia
U. S
Security Council
Minister Speaks to Albany Methodist Youth Group
Rev Robert Harrison a Benton Methodist minister spoke to a sub district Methodist Youth Fellowship rally in Albany. His talk titled Whats Cooking compared youths lives to recipes in cookery. Next gathering will be in Monroe in October with officer elections. Albany Fellowship hosted the event with games a pot luck supper and short meeting. Members came from Monroe South Wayne Woodford Brodhead and Albany.
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Robert Harrison
Benton
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Albany
Monroe
Albany Fellowship
South Wayne
Woodford
Brodhead
Scientists urge UN conference on world tensions
Scientists from ten countries recommend the United Nations convene a scientifically qualified conference. The group calls for social science and psychiatry experts appointed by governments to study current international tensions and propose feasible measures.
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Science London
United Nations
Social Science
B-29 Flies Record 5792 Mile Simulated Bombing Mission
A B-29 superfortress flown by Maj. Ralph R. Taylor with the 509th Bomb Group at Walker Air Base Roswell New Mexico completed a simulated 5792 mile bombing mission from MacDill Florida to the San Francisco area and back. The test carried over 10000 pounds of bombs to the turnaround point and lasted 23 hours 30 minutes with an average speed above 250 mph.
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Washington
Strategic Air Command
Ralph R. Taylor
509Th
8Th Air Force
Walker Airbase
Roswell
N. M
MacDill
Florida
San Francisco
Eckie the missing Beloit stone figure
A 12 inch gray stone effigy named Eckie, once used to prop open the Logan museum door at Beloit College, is reported missing from campus. The Ecuadorian artifact dates back about 400 years and has been part of campus lore for years.
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Eckie
Beloit
Beloit College
Logan Museum
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U.S. Marshal
Monroe Gas Co
Ernest Schurerch
Monroe Township
Martha Maag
Switzerland
Alfred P. Schuh
St. John’s
Board of Education
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Sheboygan
Betty Timm
Leo Stauffacher
Monroe Agricultural
Mary Timm
ROTE
Council
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Uvewater
Frigidaire Electric Ironer
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First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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