Monroe Daily Journal: Subscription Rates List
The Monroe Daily Journal outlines subscription rates: by carrier in the city of Monroe $1.70 per year, by mail to Wisconsin and Stephenson County $2. per year, and outside Wisconsin and Stephenson County, Illinois $ ver year. All subscriptions must be prepaid to comply with postal rules.
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Associated Press
AP News
Monroe
Wisconsis
Stephenson County
Lil
Wiscousa
Editorial Note to McCarthy's Loyalty Questions
The editorial argues that political battles often derail public service, criticizing Senator McCarthy and the state Department over charges of communist influence. It suggests he pause public remarks, let his critics rebut, and awaits the subcommittee loyalty report to judge whether the probes are biased or fair.
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MicCarthy
State Department
Sate
Rochester
McCarty
McCarthy
Senate
New Delusions About U N Tensions Easing
The piece questions optimistic claims that the United Nations can ease cold war tensions. It cites Trygve Lie and Premier Stalin, suggesting Stalin may still manipulate the situation through direct talks with the U N chief. It echoes Herbert Hoover’s warning that the U N’s authority is vulnerable to political maneuvering.
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Trygve Lie
United Nations
Lie
U.N
Stalin
U. N
Kremlin
Herbert Hoover
America
Moscow
Mr. Hoover
Mrs. Roosevelt
Cheese Exhibit Proposal For 1950 Cheese Day
The Green County Historical Society may set up a pioneer cheese display for the 1950 Cheese Day program. Authentic equipment and methods could become a highlight, showing eighty years of foreign type industry in Green County alongside gleaming modern factory accessories.
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Green County
Alabama Banker Edward Norton Nominated to Federal Reserve
President Truman nominates Edward Lee Norton of Birmingham Alabama to the Federal Reserve Board for a 14 year term at 16000 dollars a year. Norton is an investment banker and radio station owner likely to replace Ernest Draper whose term expired January 31 but he remains until a successor is chosen. A separate 1824 note recalls U S Marines quelling a riot in a Massachusetts state prison.
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Dasmingwon — Wry — Frvonent Truman
Edward Lee Norton
Birmingham
Ala
Federal Reserve Board
Norton
Senate
Ernest Draper
Draper
Monroe high school's golf team wins state May 27 1940
Ten years ago Monroe high school's three man team captured first place in the Southern Six golf tournament held in Stoughton. Administration and congressional readers plan to raise three billion dollars in five years to cover national defense costs. Honorary Lafayette Escadrille membership for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is withdrawn due to a speech opposed to the group.
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Monroe High School
Stoughton
Lafayette Escadrille
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
The Big Desk Drawer and the Editor's Lasting Lesson
In a 1960 General Features column the author recalls how a large desk drawer became a quiet tool for truth. A gambler and a reporter named Sam navigate threats and leverage strong character to avoid exposing a woman to danger. The tale ends with Frank Gannett’s humor and a practical hiring moment.
Firemen of Albany Plan Annual Frolic Committees
Albany Special. Committees named for the annual Firemen's Frolic to be held the weekend of July 22. Walter Althaus chairs frolic. parade by William Hein. dance Leon Marty. water fight Eugene Doyle. horse pulling Robert Atkinson. free attractions Eugene Krueger. tag day Stanton Stears. groundsman Larry Kopp. advertising Althaus. booster trip M. L. Barton and Robert Greensman. finance W. K. Dehmer. ball game Lester Arnold. queen contest with attendants from the second and third places. A soap box derby is under study for nearby youths on request to Walter Althaus.
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Albany
Walter Althaus
William Hein
Leon Marty
Eugene ’ Doyle
Robert Atkinson
Eugene Krueger
Stanton Stears
Larry Kopp
Althaus
M. L. Barton
Robert Greensman
W. K. Dehmer
Lester Arnold
Monroe
Browntown Residents Visit Friends and Attend Firemen Event
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Buster and daughter Jo visited with Joseph Dale and Mr and Mrs Charles Rockow. Fireman convention attendees at Monticello Sunday included Ward Merritt fire chief Neil Swiggum Roy Crago John Rothlisberger and Ernest Soddy. Mrs Edwin Dallman and daughter Carla with Mrs N B Chapin visited friends in South Wayne Sunday. Arthur Anger Mineral Point was here Monday on business.
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Lloyd Buster
Lovell Dale
Arnold Achie
Clinton
Joseph Dale
Charles Rockow
Monticello
Ward Merritt
Neil Swiggum
Roy Crago
John Rothlisberger
Ernest Soddy
Edwin Dallman
Carla
N. B. Chapin
South Wayne
Arthur Anger
Mineral Point
Australia Leads Britain to Pull Troops From Japan
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Robert Menzies ordered all Commonwealth forces home. The remaining 2,500 troops under British occupation are Australians now returning home.
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Tokyo
Japan
Robert Menzies
Australia
Coal Firms Plan New Parley Setup
New York and western interests back a permanent industry wide group of soft coal mine operators to negotiate with the United Mine Workers. George H. Love of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co said the aim is to educate both sides on coal economics, strengthen the industry, and police existing contracts. About 150 million tons of the 600 million ton annual soft coal capacity are signed up. captive mines like U S Steel have not decided. Major mines will be represented from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois with some from West Virginia and Indiana.
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New York
United Mine Workers
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation
O al Co
American Iron and Steel Institute
UMW
Love
U. S. Steel
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
West Virginia
Indiana
South Africa Builds Secret Uranium Area
South Africa builds a secret uranium program using by products from gold production. Pilot plants along the Witwatersrand gold reef near Pretoria and Johannesburg pursue top secret experiments that could keep the West dominant in atomic energy.
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Fretoria
Union of South Africa
South Africa
Witwaters Rand Golf Reef
Pretoria
Johannesburg
New Glarus Social Roundup Hosts Weekend Guests
A flurry of visits and calls from Chicago Milwaukee Madison Stoughton Jefferson Oregon Janesville Monroe Rockton and Belleville mark a busy weekend in New Glarus. Notables include Mr and Mrs Millard Tschudy Mrs Barbara Marty and Mrs Mary Luchsinger among others plus funeral attendance details for Mrs John Kundert and related out of town visitors.
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Walter Mills
Margaret
Chicago
Mmother
Barbara Marty
Margaret Solliran
Stoughton
Arthur Marty
Milwaukee
Ray Marty
Warren Ruesel
Dwight Elm ‘Er
Nathan Figi
Madison
Elmer Figi
Millard Tschudy
Mary Lou Dahnke
Nathan
Figi
Horeb
Mary Luchsinger
Monticello
John Kundert
Frank Brown
Oconomo
Earl Zweitel
Oscar Osmundson
Roy Schmidt
Jefferson
Henry Hefty
Oregon
Ill
Mary Helegson
Janesville
Alma Kundert
Palmer Kundert
Lester Blumer
Fred Buerki
Robert Taplick
George Wright
Otto Kundert
Monroe
Melvin’ Becker
Raymond Scott
Minnie Voegeli
Warren Rolfe
Jacob Hoesly
Casper Thorn
Belleville
Willis Zwickey
Rockton
John Danielson
Lloyd Hershberger
South Pasadena
Calif
John Dahnke
Roger Hefty
Thomas Hefty
Birthday greetings list and a humorous farm picnic tale
The page lists names with dates May 28 to June 3, including Roger Burnett Legler and others across towns like Monticello and Browntown. A long comic anecdote follows about a family picnic on a farm with Aunt Tweedy and Uncle Snort, a bird nest incident, a green snake, and a chaos-filled cleanup ending with pigs escaping.
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Roger Burnett Legler
Nant
Monticello
John Robert Beutel
Vicki Ann Svendsen
Route Argyle
Carol Jean Koelling
Freeport
New Members Add to Local Roll From Albany and Davis
Patricia Lou Wyss of route 1 Albany joined July 17 1943. Ray Albert Wyss of route 1 Albany joined April 21 1949. Joyce Mae Helland of route 1 Davis joined May 31 1949.
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Marian Jean Welz
Natalie Lynn Bruegger
Browntown
John Kueng
Janice Sue Matzke
Judy
Carol June Priewe
Marilyn Ann Phillips
Blanchardville
Judith Ann Hartwig
Judy Ann Rothenbuehler
16Th Avenue
Judith Elaine Kuhl
Lawrence Louis Stuessy
Brodhead
Ronald Dettwiler
Warren
Donna Lee Kubly
Iith Street
Gary Lee Brugger
Pauline Rosa Beer
Marlene Martha Egger
Juda
William Escher
Monticarlo
Judith Lea Weiss
Albany
Joyce Mae Helland
Davis
Larry Gene Wells
15Th Avenue
Gky Armin Loetfel
Monticello
Sharon Rose Scheidegger
Caledonia
Terry Thomas Runkle
Jerald Wendlandt
Nancy Lee Norder
S. Cherry Avenue
Freeport
Enid Joyce Zimmerns
Roger Lee Gempeler
Richard Arnold Albright
Patricia Lou Wyss
Ray Albert Wyss
Al_bany
Twin Grove Social and Sports Notes
Mrs. J. H. Beightol spent last Thursday in Madison with her daughter Mrs. E. C. Barton. The Jefferson Center softball team will play the Gempeler Tire shop team of Monroe Friday night at Twin Grove Park. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Morgan of Chicago and granddaughter were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Orton. J. H. Beightol and William Plate attended a feedmen's meeting in Madison Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Walters visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zee in Monroe Sunday. Mrs. Zee has been ill. Mrs. Casper Lanskie of Bensonville Indiana visited Mr. and Mrs. Preston Reed Sunday.
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J. H. Beightol
Madison
E. C. Barton
Jefferson Center
Gempeler Tire Shop
Monroe
Twin Grove Nent Park
Ben Morgan
Chicago
Bert Orton
William Plate
Oscar Walters
Charles Zee
Zee
Casper Lanskie
Bensonville
Inl
Preston Reed
Mam Foe Evening Tunes Club invites all youth
AIL pos and girls up to 12 join the Mam Foe Evening Tunes Boys and Girls club. Mail the coupon to Monroe Evening Times in Wis. The scene describes a rustic picnic lunch with Uncle Snort and relatives noting a playful, nonsensical exchange about a “Pignic” as Sammy agrees.
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Mam Foe
Evening Tunes
Evening Times
Monroe
Uncle Snort
Tweedy
Tooky
Sammy
PSC Will Weigh Phone Hike Plea
Madison Wis public service commission weighs Wisconsin Telephone Co request to raise annual rates by 340000 to cover recently agreed wage increases. Commission overruled municipalities motion to deny. Company filed to add this amount to a larger 5863000 request. Testimony on the larger request ended April 6. Municipalities oppose the 340000 as a reopened case. Briefs due by June 1 opponents by June 15. Oral arguments set for June 19.
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Madison
Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Telephone Co
League of Municipalities
Spring Grove Society Notes and Local Births
The YHC club took a bus trip to Chicago Monday visiting the Breakfast club among other stops. Mr and Mrs Walter Robinson Janesville are the parents of a son born May 22 at Mercy hospital there. The Spring Grove Friendly Farmerettes held their last meeting of the season at the Dale Young home last Wednesday. Mrs Baltz Hefty has returned home after visiting relatives in Iowa. Douglas Hughes of the San Fernando valley region of California arrived to spend the summer with Mr and Mrs Jay McNair. Mrs John Robertson returned home from St Clare hospital where she was a surgical patient. Mr and Mrs Bernard Clark are the parents of a son born at St Clare hospital May 18. Mrs Charles Cleveland has also returned from St Clare hospital. A group of 30 homemakers and guests visited Milwaukee on Wednesday by bus.
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YHC
Chicago
Walter Robinson
Janesville
Mercy Hospital
Spring Grove
Dale Young
Baltz Hefty
Iowa
Douglas Hughes
San Fernando Valley
California
Jay McNair
John Robertson
St. Clare ‘Hospital
Bernard Clark
Pool Might Hit U S Export Rate
European coal and steel proposals could lower costs and boost production, potentially loosening American dominance in world steel. Nations from France to the Benelux contemplate a union with Germany to curb U S exports, while U S Steel remains a dominant but not sole producer. Crime note indicates a major crime occurred every 18 seconds in 1949.
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U. S
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