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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1945
Page
2
The Monroe Wisconsin Evening Times lists Dr. Ewery A Udell as president and is published daily except Sunday. It notes Associated Press news dispatches credited to AP and local news by Sisco, with rights reserved for republication of special digests.
The piece condemns the OPA for cracking down on sugar use for canning while noting a late sugar shortage discovery and prior stamp cancellations. It argues the enforcement creates inequality between early buyers and later applicants and blames OPA bungling for food program inefficiencies.
The article argues that France has shown little to deserve imperial power in the last quarter century while praising guerrilla efforts during WWII. It notes a fragile confidence in de Gaulle and suggests France must regain leadership before reclaiming a prominent seat in world governance, amid Britain and America’s Pacific and Mediterranean stakes.
In Agatha Christie style, Elinor and Roddy Welman discuss Aunt Laura Welman's wealth and the threat of inheritance as a mysterious letter sparks plans to visit Hunterbury. They recall Mary Gerrard, a former au pair, and weigh love, money, and future control of the estate amid family tensions.
Herman Schmitz of Monroe has acquired a Holstein Friesian bull from Ben Zimmerlin of Brodhead. The transfer for Fayne Pontiac Inka Skylark 927400 is officially recorded by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America in Brattleboro Vermont.
The article notes hundreds of thousands of school and college graduates will receive war bonds as graduation gifts, asking readers if their son or daughter is among them.
All boys and girls up to 12 are invited to join the Monroe Evening Times Boys and Girls Club. Fill out this coupon and mail to the Evening Times Club Monroe Wisconsin.
Birthdays listed for the Evening Times Club across June days. Names include Diane Zwygart, Bryan Quinn, Nola Marty, Roberte Fouthar, Doris Mueller, Sherry Coplien, Norman Crouch, Patricia Moyer, Walter Graber, Alfred Thoman and others with ages and locations such as Monroe Route 2 Jefferson Avenue Janesville and Rice Lake.
Camp McCoy reports the last two of three escaped Japanese prisoners of war were captured near West Salem Wisconsin. Hajine Hashimoto and Kohei Tanaka, both 23 and 24, wore prisoner garb and carried packs. The trio’s escape began May 21 and is part of a larger FBI coordinated search across western Wisconsin eastern Iowa and eastern Minnesota.
The House appropriation committee cut funds for most war born agencies in a 1946 spending bill, leaving intact only 325 000 for state marine schools. The panel called the measure the beginning of the end for wartime offices created to manage production and civilian aid. OPA FEPC and certain other programs were withheld or pending actions. The bill totals 769 764 850, cut 111 812 650 from estimates and 209 348 880 from current year funds.
Four representatives of Britain's dairy industry visit the University of Wisconsin college of agriculture. J. L. Davies, L. G. Troup, A. S. Foot, and J. B. Douglas observe farms, dairy plants, herd-testing labs, and artificial breeding work in the state.
Stephenson County imposes a rent freeze effective yesterday, restoring all dwelling units in Freeport to the basic maximum rate. Arthur A. Thorsell of Rockford will direct rent control for the county, with a branch office at 207 South Galena Avenue in Freeport. The move follows sharp rent hikes and tenant displacements tied to war industry employment, part of broader inflation controls.
Brief column summarizes events from June 2 1935 including Miss Leone Noth resigning from normal faculty John Stocker suffering a head gash in an auto accident the French liner Normandie setting a cross Atlantic record Jacob Meier Monroe township farmer death and Rev Alvin C Rabehl addressing rural graduates.
Henry Bartlett caught a bull head containing a white sapphire valued at 75 dollars. Dogs registered for city licenses in Binghamton include Snafu Ike and Jeep as the dog war heats up.
Steve Gogo of Salt Lake City sues the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad for 24420 dollars claiming a horse shoe from another employee struck him during a company horseshoe game.
Pfe. James J. Bishop now in Belgium says his husband could be the youngest grandfather in the armed services. He became a grandfather last year at 36 when a daughter was born to his son in law and daughter Pfe. and Mrs H R McBroom of Kansas City.
In Lincoln Nebraska a gunner at the army airfield reports a novel sales pitch by War bond sellers. A gunner saw Helen printed inside a telephone booth and, calling the number, heard a female voice urging listeners to save nickels and buy war bonds.
Abtweiler Germany August 15 date of the attack recounted by witness Nicholas Nespes 74 who testified three Germans beat an American airman to death after parachuting from a burning bomber near Trier The witness said John and Gierson used a 3 foot stick and a hammer as about 20 people watched Then the body was buried in straw in an unmarked grave and later exhumed for identification efforts fail
Eau Claire prosecutors said 11 local boys and nine younger youths admitted stealing 18 sticks of dynamite and blasting caps from a construction trailer. They described plans to blow up an unnamed island in the Chippewa River, using a map and a time clock. Some claimed prior thefts included a rowboat and storing explosives for July 4. Federal authorities were involved.
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