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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times was founded October 15 1898 and later absorbed the Monroe Daily Journal in 1927. Published daily except Sundays by Monroe Evening Times Co. Rumery A Odell served as president. The paper carries Associated Press material for publication use.
The piece critiques federal housing policy and rent ceilings, arguing private enterprise lagged, wartime housing declined, and bureaucracy created inefficiencies. It notes price ceilings harmed renters and landlords, displaced buyers, and kept houses scarce, urging red tape removal to unlock housing.
The Milwaukee Journal argues Wisconsin politics have shifted after the decline of La Folletteism. For decades party labels blurred goals and created misaligned state and federal actions. The piece claims the era produced confusion, opportunism, and fragmented governance rather than steady policy.
An editorial argues for a true two party system in Wisconsin and the nation. It warns against machines and narrow cliques while endorsing principled, moderate parties that educate voters and uphold integrity, with reference to the Walter S. Goodland nomination as evidence of public desire for honest leadership.
The column muses on weather lore and cross border roads funding, noting Kansas dry voting habits and Missouri road gains amid Pendergast era ties. It hints at a forthcoming referendum and the belief that morality improves more by example than by preaching.
Evening Moscow reported that Russian jet propelled planes appeared at an aviation show last Sunday. The pulsating jet system mirrors German flying bomb tech and the paper says the aircraft are rapidly improved to extend reach and conquer more distance.
Mary Patten, widow and business executive, discovers through an anonymous letter that her younger daughter Charie secretly married Trent Renner a week earlier. Charie confides in sister Flo who marries Doug to escape poverty. Trent moves Charie into his room at Mrs. Riggs' boarding house while Charie plans a party to reveal the marriage to her mother.
Charie notes Flo’s reckless driving and watches her pass. Trent’s demeanor signals tension. Charie persuades him to dinner at her house to impress her mother, who probes the Peach Place plan amid a looming city charter vote and questions the couple’s living arrangements.
The August 22, 1936 section notes Willard Zurbuchen of Monticello with a broken nose after a truck incident. Mrs. Frank Reasa of Albany collapses from heat at the fairgrounds. Edwin Swenson and William Grenzow, cattle attendants, win neatness prizes. Henry Kundert Sr. dies at 74. Co K soldiers return from large military maneuvers. A 1921 item reports a schoolmates reunion and Kiwanis notes on lowering prices.
South Wayne High School opens registration on Labor Day with grades starting Tuesday September 3. New hires include Everett Hill as principal and mathematics, Miss Ida Cooper in home economics and science, Miss Lilian Getchell in English and library, Miss Rosemary Mitchell in social science and girls physical education, Gerald Fritz in music, Arnold Olson in agriculture science and coaching. Lower grades greet Mrs. Lillian Adelman in upper grades Mrs. Verna Kelley.
Associated Press analyst DeWitt MacKenzie argues Manchuria will become the main battlefield in eastern Asia as Chinese communists consolidate control with Russian backing. He notes the 86 delegates forming a communist administration and a joint railway venture that links Manchuria’s fate to Moscow and the Soviet orbit.
Miss Jacque Lee, winner of a recent contest, chose a publicity stunt in Hollywood. She requested a sky inscription of her name a mile high, and a skywriter sponsored by radio will carry out the wish.
Col. Ralph A. Densmore, 51, completed a 24-hour civilian leave yesterday marking the end of a 28-year term of service. The unusual short civilian return came as his period of terminal leave concluded.
Sergt. Steven Berkowitz tracked a temporary patrolman who stole a bouquet from the lice station. The officer confessed he sent flowers to a young woman on his beat who always returned them.
Morgan Phillips reports Stalin backs the British Labour government's socialist approach after a two hour meeting in Moscow. Phillips and Harold Laski, with party officials, were granted the interview during a nine day Russia visit.
An advertising notice promotes a five minute test for athletes foot itching relief. The sale is advertised at C. FF. Kempfert's drugstore with claims of penetrating full strength treatment and rapid comfort.
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