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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1945
Page
2
A Monroe Wisconsin post office records a notice indicating second class matter for news dispatches. The item references full leased wire reports from The Associated Press and mentions exclusive rights to use for all news dispatches.
The piece recalls Herbert Hoover’s rise and repeated electoral rebuffs from 1932 through 1944 and argues Truman should have summoned Hoover to Washington years earlier. It praises Truman for calling an expert on food economics for a crucial conference.
A mass burial without a coffin concealed in an unmarked grave prompts the epitaph remarks about worms and a British Tommy who helped throw dirt in Himmler’s face. The anonymous soldier’s words echo as Himmler’s epitaph in this stark wartime moment.
Despite low overall first third 1945 production compared to 1944 Wisconsin hutchery shows April as a historic record. The surge in demand for baby chicks in May reflects statewide efforts to sustain national food supply leadership.
Commencement exercises for the class of 1945 will be held Thursday at 8 o'clock in the Brodhead high school gymnasium. The graduates include Mary Lou Collins Iva Mae Covert Arlene Hazell Cowell H Roberta Dixon Elmo Earleywine Laura belle Earleywine Carl Joseph Ebenter Stanton Lee Heuer Elizabeth Colleen Lehnherr Barbara Faye Milks Dorothy Mae Nenneman Annabel Gaasdan Homer Partridge Evelyn Pinnow Faith Pinnow Marjory Pratt Dona Louise Robinson F Clayton Ross Marcella Janette Sellow Donna Jean as Mancy Annette Stair Nancy Rae Stephens Elizabeth Jane Swartz Florence Helen Tobler Robert Wolfe Ruth Carol Woodward Forrest Zimmerman Dorothy Ann Zimmerman.
Zoe questions marriage prospects with Mike as they plan a future together amid a government award ceremony. At the plant, Philip, Helen, Aggie, and Miss Minerva organize the gala while Miss Minerva warns Helen about potential trouble from a torn love triangle, and Helen frets over Zoe and Paul amid warnings of gossip.
Helen, Aggie, and Aunt Minerva prepare for a station meeting with a senator and a top official. The group surveys bunting at the plant and plans a Main Street canopy-top ride to dramatize wartime support. Paul will fly in after the E is handed to Aunt Minerva for photo opportunities.
Monticello and Footville residents visit relatives in Sterling and Madison. Travelers include Mrs Anna Gempler and family from Pocahontas California, Miss Ruth Stauffer, and Mrs Jacob Voegeli group meeting in Madison. S/Set Stauffer reassigned from Denver to Honda Texas. Eastern Star held a picnic and initiation planned next meeting.
The piece urges women to save every bacon fat and meat scrap, not discarding trimmings. It explains melting small amounts into fat salvage cans can quickly fill reserves, stressing urgent wartime needs for battlefield and home-front essentials.
MacKenzie's News Views argues Allied air superiority could devastate Japan, noting Tokyo’s destruction by incendiaries and the shift of heavy bomber fleets toward the Pacific. It discusses Okinawa, Doolittle leadership, and the uncertain path to Japanese surrender while highlighting Chinese gains at Nanning and strategic rail lines.
NRA codes wiped out by the U S supreme court and the Frazier Lemke act invalidated. Last rites held for Mrs Patrick Teehan 73. Dionne quintuplets birthday observed with recorded voices broadcast. Mrs Charles S Morris founder of Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs dies in Berlin Wisconsin. 25 years ago May 28 1920 Green County normal play The Blossoming of Mary Anne draws packed house at Turner Hall. Miss Louise Nardin dean of women addresses Woman's club on Woman's Part in Making a Democratic World. John Babler fractures rib when team runs away. Charles Coomber killed and Albert Coomber injured when car struck by train at McConnell.
Antwerp port workers faced hunger and shortage as thousands of laborers eyed rations and cigarettes. U S Army MPs search depots and ports to curb pilferage, with a dedicated pilferage room storing stolen goods, from cigars to meat cans, while workers devise clever methods to steal.
Mrs Florence Babler of Madison, formerly Monticello, was notified by the war department that her son Pfc Carl Babler had been slightly wounded on Okinawa April 19. He had served in Leyte and Okinawa campaigns since enlisting December 7, 1942.
Flashes of Life profile of Robert L. Schreiber a World War II veteran on convalescent furlough in North Hollywood California. He describes his 57th birthday at Anzio and recounts trading a Grand Cross Knight's Cross with a British soldier in Naples after wine and dine sessions and paying with 30 medals from Italy Romania Bulgaria and Ethiopia.
Milwaukee official Owen Murphy notes YMCA cafeteria marking day-old pie cuts with toothpicks to indicate half-price sales. He also observes a diner using his own toothpicks to claim fresh pie at half price.
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