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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
2
Fragmentary notice from Monroe Wisconsin periodicals shows absorbtion by a Daily Journal in 1927 and indicates association with the Associated Press license. Details are garbled but reflect early 19th and 20th century newspaper publishing notes andmasthead branding.
The seamen's wage dispute shows how government manipulation through the wage stabilization board shifts costs to taxpayers. The two month election pressure forces a neutral ruling, yet the burden lands on the public as prices rise to cover higher wages, a bluff benefiting other unions and limiting private industry.
The Monroe High School Cheese makers, under Coach Don Huddleston, begin the 1946 football season at Darlington. Huddleston returns from navy service and builds a capable squad with spots of experience. Fans are urged to give full support as the team develops in early games.
Mrs Clara Gertech and John Kiessinger wed. Rudy Frei tag dies from car strike injuries. Monroe and teams clash with locals losing 12 to 6. Monroe painters seek lower wage scale deem 50 cents an hour fair. Fred J. Pratt, Monticello native, murdered in Miami by bludgeon.
Mary Patten confronts Hedley Benning about a housing project article that taints her associate James Muir. She pressures him to shield Muir, hints at retaliation via the Star, and secures a lunch meeting to push his newspaper to drop the attack. Benning laughs off a direct accusation while signaling potential favors andIsland dealings.
Visitors to the seaside town of Carmen Sylva faced a 40 percent surcharge amid a two day fiesta to raise funds for the government democratic bloc. Hotels restaurants and druggists imposed the levy and lovers on the cliff road paid tolls. About 10 000 visitors yielded roughly $50 000 for government election funds. Opposition party visitors were unhappy.
A retrospective on the Sept 18 1931 Mukden incident that opened Manchuria to Japanese conquest and set a course toward World War II. It notes Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Cheng in Mukden, aims to seize Harbin and Inner Mongolia, and the broader Sino Communist struggle amid global tensions.
Three young platypuses from Australia will soon live permanently in the United States without housing problems. The note hints at relocation plans and mentions the duck-billed marsupials.
In Jacksonville a motorcycle officer stops a driver who ignored a no left turn sign, the man claiming he was from out of town. Separate notes mention a race where a big bird outpaced a stork, and a family story of Waters rushing to birth their fourth child, a daughter arriving before the father could start the car.
An ad claims a fungicide named THOL kills athlete's foot germ in one hour. It advertises nine percent alcohol and rapid germ penetration. The promotion appears at Kempfert Pharmacy with strong language for concerned customers.
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