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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1946
Page
2
An older wartime reminiscence recalls workers, including part timers, loading 120 millimeter shells and 1000-pound bombs. Describing safety fears and brutal labor, the piece notes long shifts, risky boxes, and the contrast with foremen who had done the heavy work before. The tone hints the war profits probe and unresolved tensions linger.
North and Spurr push ahead to meet Luther Adams as tension rises over a secret project. A room near Adams prompts a tense interview plan while a violent ambush unfolds, revealing German agents and a dangerous undercover chase across Shanghai.
Paris sources report that immediate admission of 100,000 Jews to Palestine could be the price for any Jewish acceptance of a British American cabinet plan to partition the Holy Land. The final stance hinges on the Jewish agency executive meeting in Paris Monday and whether refugees can be accommodated within designated Jewish areas under the scheme.
Mrs Henry Pauli, Mrs Mathilda Kubly and Mrs Dave Kundert Jr were visitors at the Walter Hammerly home in Monticello. Dr and Mrs E D McQuillan and daughter Marian who spent time in the West have returned home. Miss Janette Pauli was in Monroe Saturday. Mrs Earl Willouby and Bobby were in Madison. Mrs Mathilda Kubly also visited her daughter Kathleen in Madison where she is employed.
DeWitt MacKenzie notes anxiety at the Paris peace conference as Byrnes leaves for talks with Molotov. He cites De Gaulle warning that security rests on U S Russia relations and weighs Hungary reparations Austria seizures and Balkan disputes. The core question is Soviet aims for expansion or spreading communism.
President Truman signed two bills authorizing flood control navigation and hydroelectric projects costing up to 2 billion dollars. The nationwide program covers major river basins with long term work and annual peacetime appropriations around 300 million dollars. Engineers estimate 75 percent of river and harbor spending goes to labor, with Illinois Waterway at 21 million dollars among first federal costs.
Illinois police on a rural road found Douglas N. Lott experimenting with rocket power for cars. He plans sensational tricks to go beyond previous wrecking feats, aiming for a Denver Fourth of July premiere, though he struggles to find obsolete cars to smash.
Triplet brothers Lewis James and Curtis Erdmann from Watetown enlisted in the army together and were in camp at Ft Sheridan. They trained at Chanute Field Illinois and are slated for service in the Caribbean air force. They left high school a year ago and work in foundries. their mother died four years ago and their father, now remarried, lives in Columbus Ohio. A sister Caroline studies at the University of Wisconsin.
Eugene R. Princeton of St. Croix Falls walks Tower avenue with a lighted kerosene lantern announcing his independent bid for the 10th district. He needs 3,000 signatures in 30 days to appear on the November ballot and urges write in support at the August 13 primary. Princeton calls himself a progressive Republican and cites wartime government service to explain his run. In the same district Rep. Alvin E. O'Konski is unopposed on the Republican ticket, while Democrat Henry Berquist of Rhinelander seeks the nomination.
Henry Moeller known as Herr Louie of Louis and the Gang died of a heart attack at home in Chicago. He was 52 and had led his orchestra at Old Heidelberg for 12 years, playing Friday night and set to begin a vacation Sunday morning.
Frank Shearer 21 of Menomonie drowned in the Red Cedar River while wading yesterday afternoon. His body was recovered about three miles north of here.
The item notes that purchasers confront heavy work for limited earnings when selecting a Want Ae option. It highlights the imbalance between effort required and compensation, signaling a cautious view of value.
Owen M. Richards of the American Dairy convention argues that concealed food subsidies cost about 2 billion dollars yearly and 18 dollars per person. He explains subsidies masked consumer costs, how OPA veto ended subsidies, and how milk and dairy prices rose, revealing true living costs under supply and demand.
Manuel Alvert of Hartford was returning from New York when he discovered his wallet with $580 missing after alighting at Bridgeport. Railroad Policeman Gustav Kolb Jr. found the pocketbook between two seats on the same train and will return it to him.
County Detective Lawrence Haggerty faces a man who bragged he would vanish into a Uniontown cinema to avoid alimony payments as officers close in with a warrant.
A historical note recalls that Spanish noblewomen of the 1500s wore perfumed gloves when appearing at court, combining elegance with fragrance as a courtly custom.
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