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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1947
Page
2
A horse attached to a buggy led into Elmer Titus’s Richland enclosure reveals a 50-pound box of 60 percent dynamite hidden in the vehicle. The discovery comes amid Wisconsin hunting season reports noting heavy deer harvests and numerous fatalities in open regions and nearby Michigan.
Washington coverage notes Congress lays groundwork for broad changes to the wage hour law. Business and labor clash over a 40 hour week and 40 cent minimum wage for interstate workers. Debates hinge on a wage floor, overtime penalties, and potential inflation from raises. Labor supports higher minimums and broader coverage. employers fear inflation and bargaining disruption.
Marian Martin sewing pattern 9486 offers a stylish midriff-baring dress with pockets and pleated hips for growing girls. Includes illustrated chart and sizing 6 8 10 12 14, size 10 requires 2% yards of 39-inch fabric. Send 25 cents to Monroe Evening Times Pattern Dept New York 11 NY with name address size and style number.
Funeral for Mrs. Frank Rabe in Winslow drew a large gathering including Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foulker and Verna, Emil Mann, Frank West, Otto Barrel t, Fred Weis brood, Albert Bidlingmaier, Farmer East, Leck, F. A. Zunker, and Rollie Rhode. Mrs. Jake Tuescher a patient in Freeport hospital. Ward Merritt family and Ronnie and Marilyn visited Milwaukee for Thanksgiving at Lee Van Matre’s home. Roland Aitchison family spent Thanksgiving in Epworth Iowa with Nellie Aitchison.
Congress faces a March 31 decision on a long range synthetic rubber program amid security concerns. A House Armed Services subcommittee toured rubber and rubber goods plants to guide policy as peacetime demand nears 1.07 million tons and world production nears 1.6 to 1.8 million tons natural rubber.
A young hitchhiker on a southbound stream of traffic displayed a large cardboard sign reading Outer Drive and Grand Ave rather than signaling with voice or thumb. The unusual method drew attention from motorists as he waited for a ride.
The Life magazine report says the communist parties in Italy and China topped 2,000,000 members each, with France around 1,000,000 and Romania rising from 1,000 in 1944 to 700,000 in 1947. Russia’s party was not remeasured. an official estimate lists about 6,000,000, plus 3,000,000 youths in the Komsomol.
A wartime publication lists large increases in party memberships across China, Japan, and eastern Europe. It notes China rising from 600,000 in 1942 to over 2,000,000, Japan from 1,000 in 1945 to 10,000 now, and the Czech and Slovak parties expanding from 85,000 in 1935 to 1,250,000 in 1947.
In Berlin a community of German residents faced persistent thefts of produce. They posted signs reading Thieves are asked to leave something in each garden plot to deter pilfering and protect their harvest.
A survey by Dr. Armin Rotzel, Frankfurt municipal medical officer, found that more than half of 1,051 examined school children were seriously undernourished. The study supported by an American voluntary relief agency listed 851 children born in 19 were underweight with underdeveloped constitutions and deficiency signs.
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