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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1946
Page
2
The fragment notes the Monroe Evening Times founded in 1698 and absorbed Monroe Daily Journal in 1927, published daily except Sundays in Monroe Wisconsin. It lists Emery and Odell as presidents and mentions copyright and Associated Press dispatch rights.
Editor notes the Green County Agricultural Society and Mechanics Institute fair is near with full preparations and high hopes for record crowds in 1946. Officials like Louis R. Wolleson and W. R. Schuetze report expanded departments and eager demand for amphitheater tickets as weather risks loom.
In Shanghai, Lieutenant-Commander Denton and Major Kilgour pursue Luther Adams after Larousse's room shows signs of struggle. North orders a search of Louie Larousse and Marya Gallian, and hints Adams may be killed or missing. The crew learns Adams may sell a great secret, triggering urgency across international intelligence.
The piece argues the federal government will not balance the budget while suggesting most wage dollars go to government workers. It notes more federal civilian workers in Wisconsin than combined state and local workers, and compares payroll cuts in armed services to civilian and wartime agencies, blaming job persistence on the peace to war transition.
A large blaze leveled the Albert and Zola Barbecue Co in Los Angeles causing extensive damage to nearby buildings and totaling about 80000 dollars in losses. Fire officials investigated the cause as they protected adjacent structures from further damage.
A Holstein heifer leaped into the Hudson and required a tugboat crew longshoremen a police launch a police emergency squad and an electric crane to haul it ashore. In Warrenton Oregon Mayor F M Wilson failed a driving license test his car rolled backward into a store desks and safety exits. No injuries reported. Richard J Wagner born in Leipzig in 1813 is noted.
Albany notes the Meindort American Legion post 144 elects new officers including ad jutant and finance officer G Roy Phelps and historian Cliffe Gelbach. Veterans Curtis Sisson and Maurice Ringhand also serve as sergeants at arms. The report lists local residents and social visits tied to the meeting.
Mrs. F N Miller reports social visits across Juda Monticello Racine and Adams County with relatives and friends. Farmers indicate a strong grain yield as threshing and combining continue in the Juda area.其他 names include Hartwig Feldt Matzke Lahr Leopold Shaff Clark Arnsmeier and Newman among local households.
Miss Jean Schuett visits relatives in Keystone Iowa while in California six boys stage a nickel cone protest at a malt shop. Richard Price 11 leads a plea for 5 cent drinks, arguing 50 cents weekly allowance halves living. Owner W J Reagan offers a remedy with a devil's dip, ending the picket.
A list from The Evening Times Boys and Girls Club details birthdays across multiple dates late July to August. Names include Etha Pauline Walter Leonwood R Potts Marilyn Kubly Beverly Voegels Alice Ruth Thomann Lucretia Diane Road Gerald Roy Schwartzlow Duane Lehr Lois Evangeline Holland Ronald Kubly Judith Elaine Whitehead Evelyn Marie Rose Nathan Beach Carl Bernard Fritz Charles Leroy Martin Susan Kay Waterman Rosemary Klassy Jeanine Ann Goecks Robert Leland Heitz Gene Knouse Willie Flood James McGuire Sharon Kay Coplica Shirley Sylvia Kummer Lowell Roy Roderick Kay Meinert Edward Algot Riese LeRoy Marvin Frauchiger Elaine Ann Rubi Eileen Marceda Kraus.
Mrs Glen E Bolender reports visits by Mrs Clarence Chapman Freeport to Miss Effie Shelly on Sunday. Erwin Gruber Monroe spent the day with his parents Mr and Mrs John Gruber.
Mrs. C. L. Crate hosts a Browntown gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Jack Williams residence. Attendees include Mrs. Doris Kempfert and Mary Margaret from Chicago, Mrs. Paul Kempert from Freeport, and Mrs. June Wonder with Susanne and Stewart.
Invitation for boys and girls up to 12 to join the Moo roe Evening Times club. Fill the coupon carefully and mail to the Evening Times lab in Monroe Wisconsin. Include the child's name age last birthday and address.
About three million Polish children aged seven to fourteen return to elementary schools this year to catch up after Nazi destruction. Schools lack buildings desks and textbooks with up to five million books burned. Paliste instruction is banned and classrooms are overcrowded forcing shifts and limited daily teaching. Teachers earn about seven dollars monthly.
In Sheridan Wyoming Billie Lou Sweet aged 18 months was playing near a dirt pile beside the driveway when her mother began backing the family car. One wheel passed over the child's legs but doctors found no bone fractures and she suffered no other harm, attributed to the soft bones and loose dirt cushioning.
The notice lists new members Myron Charles Rundle David LeRoy Rundle Phillip Roger Rundle Marilyn Ann Kiessinger and Joseph John Kiessinger with Woodford addresses and birth dates in August July and September. A stray ancient Greece remark about increasing warmth toward the south is included.
A compact recap of 1926 items notes Alvin Babler and Milo Turner winning the men’s doubles tennis championship. Evangelist H Gordon Bennett becomes pastor of First Christian Church in Madison. Teaching staff changes include Walborg Lien and Margaret Wernecke resignations. Mrs. Henry E. Becker of Monroe dies in Beloit. Eleanor R. Johnston forms county homemakers clubs. 25 Years Ago 1521 Alvin F. Rote, educator and businessman, dies suddenly. Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arnold dies. Herman F. Ringhand dies from a runaway accident. Discher and Schneider buy the Hoehn block.
Spring Grove residents Mrs Herbert Mohns and family report visits and illnesses. Otto Mohns remains seriously ill at home in Brodhead. Jessie Drafahl returns to work at Swedish-American Hospital in Rockford others visit, travel and family events noted across Rockford Belfort Beloit Monticello and Perry. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Joe Luick at St Anthonys Hospital Rockford.
Mrs Luick, former Annabel Schleuter, and Mrs John Gill spent recent weeks with relatives. Families including the Hawkins Roshei Clark Meinert Mohns Montefest Pela Horstmeier Huggiehoffer and Swanberg clans visited or hosted gatherings in Davis Juda Rock City Beloit and Rockford with several Wednesday and Sunday calls and dinners. Galen IL is named for a newborn.
Five state chapters of railroad brotherhoods endorse Sen. Robert M. LaFollette for reelection. William McCabe, Superior chairman of the council, announced the joint endorsement signed by the Engineers, Firemen & Enginemen, Railway Trainmen, Conductors, and the Railway & Steamship Clerks. The statement cites LaFollette's attitude and record as aiming to improve the common people and his strong influence.
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