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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1945
Page
2
An editorial reflects on 1945 with satisfaction over ending the war and returning comforts. It anticipates a calmer postwar world, potential economic recovery, and gradual political normalcy. It urges labor stability, fewer controls, and renewed constitutional powers, ending with a hopeful New Year wish.
In a tangled fiction page a husband Nevile reveals jealousy toward Audrey as Kay admits fear of her. The couple discusses visiting Gull's Point with Audrey and Ne ville's guardian Lady Camilla, while a police incident ends with a bear cub captured after prowler calls.
Nevile argues that Camilla has no say over the money left by Sir Matthew which was held in trust, and Kay laments being treated as an interloper. They discuss Audrey, Camilla's age and attitude, and the strain between affection and ownership as family tensions surface.
The piece notes Britain's postwar shift toward a socialist government amid wartime scars. It stresses resolve to repair damage, improve living standards, housing, and food, while cautioning against extreme leftism and the need for the new administration to deliver.
Fire at a Cuba City area farmhouse leaves seven members of the Floyd Dent family near death. Other items note Hulda Voelkl placed on C. W. Wolihardt home, William J. Figs of Jordan winning a Green County Bankers 4H scholarship, and two weddings: Susan Duerst of New Glarus with Fred A. Karlen of Monticello, and Mae R. Blumer with Frank J. Holtshopple of Albany.
D S O girls stage a unique leap year progressive dinner. B Mackey succeeds Blunt as police chief. Germany faces final demand to disarm. Wholesale commodity prices see greatest crash since 1873. Press representatives barred from milk association meeting in Elgin Illinois.
A cheeky notice promotes placing a classified ad for selling items. It highlights quick exposure and simple steps to reach local buyers through the newspaper's classifieds.
City Manager Edward Hen kle used a local radio broadcast to warn New London residents that anyone who neglects snow and ice removal from sidewalks faces prosecution. A pedestrian trudged through deep snow near City Hall late yesterday, highlighting the hazard in downtown.
Two 23 year old twins enlisted in the air forces and trained in Texas and Ohio then went overseas together. They served in the Bismarck archipelago New Guinea and the Philippines and were together on Okinawa when Japan surrendered. They returned home to Leavenworth and were discharged together. In a separate item Jae Swim from Milaca Minn reports spotting a mink like creature that turned out to be a civet cat. Schmitz earned 75 cents for the pelt and faced a larger dry cleaning bill.
Sadie the dog trailed a B 25 as it prepared to take off at Jefferson City airport. The aircraft rolled 25 feet on the turf runway before the dog stood braced with ears erect and a puzzled nose.
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