Monroe Evening Times Organizational Note
The Monroe Evening Times announces its founding date October 13 1896 and absorption of the Monroe Daily Journal in 1927. It lists associations with the Associated Press Inland News Service and the Audit Bureau of Circulation and details subscription rates and office hours.
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Associated Press, Inland Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Benson County
Holiday Driving Dangers Rise Despite Observances
Editorial notes that holiday travel brings higher fatality risk on roads not designed for mass traffic. It cites relaxation of vigilance during holidays and urges individuals to plan for safer observances as next year’s period looms.
Truman Campaign Called Out For Fear Tactics In Turbulent Era
The speaker criticizes Mr. Truman for reviving New Deal rhetoric and blaming opponents amid overseas turmoil and domestic economic confusion. The piece argues the campaign relies on fear and deflection rather than presenting a clear record or fresh ideas.
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Mr. Truman
Roosevelt
Republican Congress
Truman
General Groves Testimony on Atomic Secrets and Russia
The nation awaits Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves testimony on whether Russia obtained atomic secrets. Groves has hinted of discord within the inner circle during the atomic program and his evidence could reveal how close the government came to exposing sensitive data to a potential enemy.
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Leslie Groves
Russia
Gen. Groves
Sai
Aedge
Milwaukee Teachers Aid Draft Registrars
Forty six public grade school teachers will assist draft registration today due to a polio quarantine. Mrs Waneta Wilson May leads the effort to ease early morning bottlenecks for the rest of the week.
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Milwaukee
Selective Service
Waneta Wilson May
Sudeten-Germans Break Off Talks and Local News Digest
Glancing Backwards reviews events from Sept 8 1923 to Sept 8 1938 including Sudeten Germans breaking off talks with Czechoslovakia, a high school football turnout, a New Glarus milk plant worker injured by a pulley, and storm damage to roads. Also notes 25 and 40 year recaps with local deaths, purchases, and civic happenings from Jefferson Township and county fairs.
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Clarence Ro
New Glarus
Mrs Truman Likely to Join Campaign Train
Washington report notes Mrs Harry Truman may accompany her husband on campaign trips as a quiet supportive wife. At home in Independence Missouri she keeps to routine and long friendship circles, enjoys bridge, and speaks rarely about a second term.
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Sigrid Arne
Washington
Harry Truman
White House
Mrs. Truman
U.S. O
Red Cross
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Truman
Independence
Bess
Missouri
Trumans
Constitution Hall
Kohli To Direct Monroe Yuletide Decorations
Louis H. Kohli was named chairman of the Christmas decorations committee at a Monroe chamber meeting. The program calls for Yuletide decorations at city entrances. A credit rating plan was discussed with Harold Wingebs and Robert Richardson guiding the credit committee. A bureau services setup was reviewed but a final plan was deferred. Josef J. Benkert and Robert W. Kramer joined a committee to arrange observance as Alvin H. Babler presided. Other attendees included Robert E. Tschudy, Robert J. Tracy, Archie H. Schneider and Walter L. Day.
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Louis H. Kohli
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Ludlow
Harold L.wingebs
Robert H. Richardson
Credit Committee
Josef J. Benkert
Robert W. Kramer
Alvin H. Babler
Robert E. Tschudy
Robert J. Tracy
Archie H. Schneider
Walter L. Day
Chamber
Mitchum Faces Court on Marijuana Charges
Los Angeles actor Robert Mitchum starlet Lila Leeds and two others are to be re booked on narcotics charges after grand jury indictments accusing possession of marijuana and conspiracy. The group was arrested after a raid on a Hollywood cottage rented by Leeds. they posted $1000 bonds and await habeas corpus hearings.
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Los Angeles
Robert Mitchum
Lila Leeds
Vickie Evans
Robin Ford
Hollywood
Miss Leeds
Mitchum
Recreation pool finals tally shows 1597.25 receipts
Lawrence L. Kitchen announced total park pool receipts for the season reached 1597.25 dollars as the pool closed. Average swimming class attendance stood at 273 with class gear totals and several life saving tests completed. the summer featured water polo and the first aquacade in Monroe.
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Recreation Park
Lawrence L. Kitchen
Red Cross
Monroe
John Hammer
Joe Keegan
Michael Bellahan
Ronald Elmer
Jerry Stauffacher
Owen Hefty
Genese Dwyer
Borden Milk Purchases Reach 58 Million Pounds in Wisconsin
Borden's evaporated and powdered milk plants in Wisconsin bought 58,814,455 pounds of milk from Wisconsin producers for 2,508,979.17 dollars in the three months ending June 30, 1948. Producers averaged 2,023 pounds. Browntown and Orfordville plants are included in the totals.
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Borden’s
Wisconsin
Browntown
Orfordville
Labor Day Car Raffle Halted Then Auctioned
A Wilton Labor Day picnic raffle prize car was halted by state action and sold at auction for 2450 dollars Monday night. The event supported by the local community club aimed to fund a new building project.
Prisoner Beats Sennett at Waupun After Labor Day Row
Buford Sennett, a confessed kidnapper and murderer, was injured in a Labor Day ball game at Waupun State Prison. Tony Bruno, a former Milwaukee boxer, struck him and was placed in solitary after guards separated them. Sennett and Robert Winslow were given life terms last fall for the murder of Carl Carlson, and Sennett claimed involvement in kidnapping Georgia Jean Weckler whose body was thrown into the Wisconsin River and never found.
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Waupun
Buford Sennett
Sennett
Tony Bruno
Milwaukee
Bruno
Kenosha
Wis
Robert Winslow
Carl Carlson
Georgia Jean Weckler
Wisconsin
Knights of Columbus Pick Bowling Teams
At the Knights of Columbus meeting teams for the bowling season were chosen. Plans were set for the Columbus day banquet and a Halloween party. William Kane reported on the national convention in Texas. Entertainment featured piano by Walter A. Miller and songs by Harlan Rinehardt with his 6 year old son Dennis. Lunch was served by John Share, Henry Bauman and Harry Keegan.
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Knights of Columbus
William Kane
Texas
Walter A. Miller
Harlan Rinehardt
Dennis
John Share
Henry Bauman
Harry Keegan
School Opening Awaits Health Officer Decision
Milwaukee reports seven new polio cases bringing city total to 129 and non-resident total to 39. A 34 year old Milwaukee man died, raising the year's polio deaths to 21 city residents and eight non-residents. Dr E R Krumbergel may decide tomorrow if the public gathering ban for children under 12 can be lifted by Monday.
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Milwaukee
E. R. Krumbergel
Krumbiegel
Evjue Trial Set For Court Oct 6
Madison editor William T. Evjue faces a nonjury trial October 6 before Superior Judge Roy Proctor over publishing a woman's identity in a possible rape case. Evjue, arraigned on the charge, waived preliminaries and entered a plea of innocence with bond set at 500 dollars. The case cites a state law once upheld by the supreme court, then ruled unconstitutional by the same court on appeal.
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Madison
William T. Evjue
Roy Proctor
Evjue
Madison Capital Times
Supreme Court
Evjne
W. Wade Boardman
Carl L. Carlson
University of Wisconsin
Buford Sennett
Robert Winslow
Waupun Prison
Milwaukee Officials Plan Gravel Pit Search for Missing Woman
Sheriff George Hanley and District Attorney William McCauley announced a joint effort to locate the body of Cecilia Lemay, a 54 year old housewife missing since June 15. Deputies moved five tons of coal from her basement in hopes of revealing a grave, but the search yielded no results.
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Milwaukee
George Hanley
William McCauley
Cecilia Lemay
Hanley
Sheriff records missing wife case in Newark
Mond, 52, moved to Newark on June 25. Lemay told deputies his wife left June 15 with a note saying she was going west. He later admitted writing the note himself and said he did not report the disappearance out of embarrassment. Neighbors notified authorities.
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Mond
Newark
N. J
Hanley
Lemay
Orangeville Receives District Fire Truck
The Orangeville Fire Protection district has received a new fire truck and an addition to the fire station will be completed this month. The chassis was purchased locally and trucks equipment installed in St. Louis. The vehicle carries 500 gallons of water with high and low pressure pumps. The district includes the village of Orangeville and prior to delivery the old truck remains in village limits.
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Orangeville
St. Louis
Sixty seek state post for Waukesha boys school
Sixty applicants will sit written exams Saturday for the job of superintendent of the state school for boys at Waukesha. The tests will be held in Milwaukee Eau Claire and Madison.
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Madison
Waukesha
Milwaukee
Eau Claire
New Yorkers Attend Wilhelm Tell Pageant
Out of town guests attending the Wilhelm Tell play over the weekend include Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cardell of Macomb Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ambord of Whiting Indiana Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stoffel of Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Anken of Williamstown New York Mr. and Mrs. Chris Zeller and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Eisenhut from Aleansboro New York Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Eisenhut of Albany New York Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anken of Holland Patent New York Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Von Matt of Rome New York Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Peterson of Moline Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson of Genoa Illinois I E Jens Dr and Mrs H L Kastner Mrs Ella Raths Mrs Edward Wagner George W Rapps Mr Walter Bubbert Alma Kay and Max Weber Mr and Mrs Carl Hub of Milwaukee Mr. and Mrs H B Krebs of Waukesha Mrs L R Junglehuth Emil Bemm of Madison Mr. and Mrs Harry Rubin of Gary Indiana Mr. and Mrs James Bradbury of Oregon Illinois Prue Schafer and Beverly Schafer of Ripon and Edwin Barlow of Ripon.
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New Glarus
Richard Cardell
Macomb
Joseph Ambord
Whiting
Ind
Joseph Stoffel
Chicago
Fritz Anken
Williamstown
N. Y
Chris Zeller
Alfred Eisenhut
Conrad Eisenhut
Aleansboro
Charles Anken
Holland Patent
Adolph von Matt
Rome
L. E. Peterson
Moline
Ifill
Rivers in North America primarily flow southward
About 95 percent of rivers in North America run south or drain into streams that flow southward, showing a general southward direction of drainage across the continent.
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North America
Snakes kill and eat other snakes across species
Various snake species prey on and kill fellow serpents. Some target vulnerable individuals or subdue competitors as part of their feeding habits.
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