Monroe Evening Times (Newspaper) - January 3, 1951, Monroe, Wisconsin Associated Press News and Wirephotos M 1898 GREEN JANUARY 1951 Green Countys Home Newspaper PRICE FIVE CENTS Loss Estimated Orfordville Area Blaze Hits Church Special The Luther Valley in the finishing process of was burned to the ground this morning at an estimated loss of The picturesque frame five miles southeast of just off highway the Beloit was owned by the second oldest Norwegian Lu theran congregation in The fire was discovered at by nearby neighbors and in 90 minutes the church was reduced to The Or fordville volunteer fire depart ment was There was no j ed the addition of a 16 foot extension to the The additional space was to include the office and study on the main floor kit boiler two Sunday school rooms and toilets in the A new heating sys tem had been installed as well as new floors and interior No set time had been an for the first services in the remodeled Lewis said The the fire was un The heating plant remained intact today and was practically ruled out as a cause the When firemen ar e e en remen ar damage to the nearby new par rived from the tall sonage about half which contained a bell Marcus church cast 50 years had and his family are reThe a Wisconsin land siding in a farm tenant was built in 1871 re north of the church while re modeling has been going The church services have been held in temporary quarters in at the old opera since remodeling began the latter part of The cost of the repairing and additional construction at the placing the original stone church built in three years after the congregation was or congregation num bers close to persons in a The church and congregation were known throughout south ern Wisconsin and northern II church was then estimated at j linois for the famous Norwegian The remodeling Congress Starts Sessions New Members Take Oaths at Opening Washington The congress convened at noon to day in colorfully refurbished Crowded bright with feminine figures in their best contributed a gay note as did the handshaking and ex change of greetings among the legislators on the Vice President Barkley bang ed down his gavel promptly at the hour to convene the The senate Fred erick Brown asked di vine guidance for the New Senators Sworn In The vice president then began swearing in new and those reelected to new in groups of In the first group were Sena tors Aiken Bennett R John Butler RMd and Capehart In the next group to be sworn in was Senator Dirksen He defeated former Senate Democratic Leader Scott Lucas in the November The only new senator not present was republican James Duff of He plans to delay taking his seat until after his term as gov ernor expires in Just 38 minutes after conven the senate recessed until In the the memoers stood and recited the Lords Prayer with their There were a score of small children on the and daughters of members who had brought them to see their dads take GOP Gained Ground As everybody Sam Texas was elected Stronger in both houses be cause of their victories in the November republi cans gave clear signs that they will move to force a reassess some possible chan American relations with Harrison Will Head New Defense Agency To Coordinate Work Washington Truman today set up a new defense production adminis tration tying together the governments scattered emer gency production The powerful new DPA is to be headed by William now chief of the national production Under Trumans execu tive Harrison will have authority over industrial out min and Harrison will report be subject to the direction and control director of defense mobiliza who recommended the new agency and suggested Harrison as its other Senator Taft of sched uled for reelection as chairman of the GOP policy told a reporter he thinks the ma jor problem of the new congress will be to bring about a deter of military and foreign Senator McFarland of Arizo elected yesterday as senate democratic told report ers he thinks the chief thing to be accomplished now to achieve national Final Rites Held For Russell Prien Services for Russell of 1925 8th cashier of the First National bank since were held today at in the der funeral home with Howard Orians Bur ial was in Greenwood Pallbearers at the rites were Red Richard Ben Paul Lochner and Herman The First National and Com and Savings banks were closed from to so officials and employes could participate in the final rite Members of the Green County Bankers association also attend ed the services The throng at the filled available on both floors of the funeral John New Dies John died at the Masshardt convalescent home here He had been ill several Duerst was an early Glarus area prac the trade upon his ar rival in in He settled on a farm about foui years later where he continued to live until moving to New Glarus in Born in Canton Swit his parents were John and Rosina Voegeli He married the former Ida in Canton Switzer May They came to the United States 14 years The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in May of She died sudden ly July 25 of the same Duerst was 72 at the time of her He leaves one Peter New Glarus two John Barne and Fred Madi son 17 grandchildren and sev en In addition to his Duerst was preceded in death by a Baltz Services be held at tomorrow at the Zentner funeral New of the Swiss Evangelical and Reform church where Duerst was a Burial will be in the church Friends may call at the Zentner funeral George Kohl Cut in Accident 807 received a minor chest cut in a headon collision at the tion of highway 11 and 5th av enue at 2 The front of his car was demolished in the going west on highway started to turn south onto 5th avenue when his car ed with one driven by Arthur Spaight was going His car received considerable damage to the front door and Three vehicles were involved in an accident in the 1800 block of 10th street at 5 yes A truck driven by Fred erick route Monti and a car driven by Fred 1402 14th collid ed when they tried to pass going opposite directions in a place where cars were parked on eith er side of the A third owned by Sanford Han son 2346 was the parked car damaged in the Vogts car was 20 County Men Answer January Draft Call Here Enlistment Jump May Cut Future County Quotas Green countys Jan uary draft group left on sched ule from draft board ters at 2 The Green county men were joined here by 19 men from La fayette The Monroe group left here on schedule at 2 on the same bus with the Lafayette county In sendoff ceremonies attended by about 75 Joseph VFW Arthur American Legion past and John Burk Red Cross representative and head of the local citizens committee addressed the urging them especially to keep in close touch with their home com Green Group Listed Green countys group included Kenneth route Mon roe Holland route Newman route Juda Curtis Brodhead Laverne route Brodhead Raymond route Leland Browntown Delbert and Donald Met avenue Gerry Albany Jack Goz route Brodhead David Kermit route Monticello Virgil route New Glarus Gordon route Juda Paul route Brodhead Keith route Al bany William 2400 14th avenue Donald Flan 1610 17th and Donald route Lafayette Sends Men The Lafayette county group Donald Ralph Sherman Mau rice Pederson and Daniel all of Argyle David Floyd and aul Benton Glenn and John Woodford Norman Bel mont Kenneth al Point Paul burg Paul East Du and Edward Halver William Edward Kenneth Ai red Mueller and Robert Schuett all of Bentley state selective serv ce said the rush of Wisconsin volunteers for the rmy will mean a reduction in ocal draft He said the effect probably would not be felt for several volunteers in any branch of the service are cred ted to their local draft boards he Enlistments Followed Yule The number of state eers in the army and air force n Milwaukee stepped up after Last Thursday there were 123 volunteers and on Fri day there were An upsurge of applications for enlistment in the army and air force was noted today by Walter local re He said the number of appli cations and requests for infor mation jumped the last few days and more were coming in every He sent five appli cations to Milwaukee Latest enlistees by Helgesen are Gerald son of and Casper Rhy Eugene Uf Advance Chinese Troops Reach Outskirts After Plunge PROUD PARENTS and Henry route parents of Master 1951 at Clare hospital smile proudly as their born at New Years snuggles com on his mothers He had not been named yet His parents operate the former Adolph Schmid farm on high way 11 west for Charles The engraving was delayed yesterday by icy Times staff son of route Dora Both enlisted in the air force last week for four They have reported to air force San Helgesen announced that he will be in his office each day from 8 to 5 except Wednesdays to handle the in creased number of He will be in surrounding towns on Booth Gives Advice Charles draft board emphasized this morn ing that a notice to report for preinduction physical examina tion makes a person ineligible for Men should begin straighten ing their affairs when they re a notice for a tion physical Booth It is a tion that they may enlist in the national guard or some other branch after they have receiv ed this He added that three reasons may be utilized by the draft board for granting a postpone ment of He listed them as 1 college students who may be deferred until the end of the academic year ac cording to present 2 members of the national guard unit or 3 a sudden ex treme emergency over which the selectee has no MACY LOSES BATTLE Albany ff N e w York states highest court today re fused to grant Kingsland Macy a court examination of his defeat for reelection in New Yorks First congressional dis Snow Hits Area After Ice Storm Utilities Watch Gleaming Wires More nearing five fell on Green coun y this morning after rain and mist built a thick coat of ice on ields and highways yesterday and last The ice was of greatest dan jer to utility wires which would start snapping if a wind should With utility wires already coated with ice from yesterday nd last nights a wind would whip the heavy causing breaks and curtailment if electrical and telephone serv Snowfall Continues A heavy snowfall continued his afternoon bringing more han four inches of snow in five Snow flurries shortly be ore 8 quickly changed to a heavy wet A wind would ile high The forecast was for rising winds and cold and clear tomor The winds already were ginning to stir the heavily laden utility lines and All snow plows of the county are out on the Sand ing operations in the county were spotty last night after 8 when the big sanding units came off the One big transport was stalled near the highway northeast of short ly after Green countys traffic was re somewhat yesterday af ter the fall of hail shortly be fore noon roughened the icy con Mail Got Through Star mail routes operating in the county were running some what behind schedule today but reported no unusual Rural mail carriers made their routes yesterday despite the icy Bus service was restored practically to normal today af ter several runs were canceled Were in good shape now if Truman Signs For Tax on Warns More To Come Washington President Truman signed today the new tax slapping cent on cor excess It raises collections to or a It lifts the nations tax col lections to the highest dollar figure in but Tru man said the task ahead of us will require more and much heavier He added in a statement I in due sub mit to the congress recom for substantial tax congress action on this Truman had made known he would ask still further re measures from the new Treasury experts are study ing various They have given out no but whose income taxes were raised last may be called on to pay still larger John New Dies John New died last night at Clare He was admit ted last Thursday and under went surgery He was born in Canton the son of John and Elisa Grogg He came to Ameri ca in and has since lived in the New Glarus Monticello The past eight years he was employed at the condensary at New He leaves a Ida Canton Switz erland four Otto Bur Rockford and Monroe two Ernest and Bertha Services will be held Friday at 2 at Allied Defense Cracked in Fury Of Red Offensive Full Scale Attacks On Burning Capital Anticipated Soon Tokyo Leading ele ments of seven Chinese commu nist armies early today report edly surged to the outskirts of Seoul and began reforming for the assault on the ancient capi Associated Press Correspond ent Stan Swinton reported from an Eighth army post that the dying citys fall depended upon how soon the Chi nese units could lighted by unheeded fires which devoured still was held by and al lied They were fighting to hold their withdraw al line against overwhelming Reds Ignore Lasses The Chinese in the onslaught used some but the main assault was borne by commu nist The reds struck in wave on heedless of hea vy Eighth army field command ers expected a full scale assault on the ancient city at any President Syngman Rhee and his cabinet fled only a few hours before the reds crashed through a second line of defenses seven to 10 miles to the north and This was during the morning and about Communications with Seoul went dead at But a dispatch by fil ed via Eighth army ters at quoted front line intelligence officers as say ing the earlier although in were only a nary to a final all out assault on His dispatch was badly cut up by Air Traffic Halted AP Photographer Jim Pringle reported from an air base in southern Japan that air traffic going to Kimpo 10 miles northwest of the capi was suspended AP Correspondent William Waugh made the last commer cial telephone call from He reported the latest military developments and the pitiful exodus of the remaining civi Until he was cut Waugh relayed the word that there was little opposition to the Chinese advancing on the city from abandoned 12 miles The reds swept through a gap in the defenses of the 24th Two other American divisions First cavalry and the a British brigade were committed to the battle for the battered old Heavy casualties on both sides were Pour Through Break The communists struck first before dawn in light MY like a New Years eve celebrant the morning popeyed Sir Bess Hormsby Fobes breeding at Cedar poked his head through the roof of his barn with his Sir Bess wasnt necessarily Cattlemen say the wellbred bulls often do such things for their own The bull is a temporary resident of the breeding AP Wirephoto Group Admits Korea Truce Effort Was Complete Flop Lake Success IP The ceasefire committee announced today it had aban hope of getting a truce in The report of the fch r e e member body laid before the general politi cal committee by Indias Sir Senegal After review ing the ceasefire efforts dur ing the past two the re port said The group regrets that it has been unable to pursue dis cussion of a satisfactory cease fire It there fore feels that no dation in regard to a cease fire can usefully be made by it at this As soon as Rau finished his Soviet Delegate Jacob Malik repeated his pre vious assertions that the ceasefire move was designed to let United States forces continue fighting in They punched tween British an opening be and American the high winds dont come district manager of the Wisconsin Paul Kehle of Johns church Burial will be in Greenwood Torn fo Back Two Officers Chicago Chief Eyes Of Police Captains Chicago Two said that liv police captains who were expenses such as the by the senate crime month for rent for his hotel were suspended are obviously out of Police Commissioner to his thy OConnor announced police captains have suspension of Captains annual salaries of Goldberg of the Sheffield Before that they nue station and Harry paid a nell of the Pekin the OConnor said The commissioner said his captain has assets estimat tion was the result of at more than and sev before the senate others were shown to have headed by Senator amounts ranging Committee about to tors have questioned 16 city already had claimed police distinction of having the OConnor gave Mayor Martin Kennelly a on t h e financial status of the richest cop in Captain Daniel He retired two months ago after losing the election Cook coun His assets were reported to The report listed exceeded He said Goldbergs assets at amassed the wealth in stock added that he had received in cash and stocks totaling Louis Capparelli least the top man on OConnors assets were He worth at about The than units and poured through the line 10 miles northeast of Seoul and two miles south of aban More and more reds swarmed through the They steppedup the intensity of attack with fresh The rigidly disciplined enemy moved down open roads against the blazing strafing runs of low flying allied Carrier planes of task force 77 Fifth air force fighters joined and bombers in supporting the with drawing United Nations ground The Eighth army reported the entire stretching 150 miles across was pulling back an unspecified In eastern the reds had pushed as far as 27 miles south of parallel old boundary be tween North and South Cleveland Browns Owner May Testify Cleveland Arthur Mickey owner of the professional football Cleveland has been subpoenaed to testify at a senate tion into crime the Plain Dealer McBride was one of 20 whom the newspaper said were want ed as witnesses by the ver crime of them still have not been served with the Plain Deal er The Kefauver committee al ready has held hearings in er cities of the hunting for information about various No date has been for a Cleveland set New Rates Open In Guard Company A new table of organization for an raising ratings of platoon sergeants and squad leaders was announced last eve ning by Joseph K at weekly drill at the Platoon sergeants are to be raised from sergeant first class to master sergeant and squad leaders will hold ratings of ser geant first The latter and L were corporals and ser This leaves many opportuni ties for members of K and any and all recruits that enlist Viney said today in reporting that company en have fallen off the last 30 For the information of t h e K has received no call for federal Viney And there is no reason to believe they will be called in the immediate Classes were conducted on the 75 rifle by Dwight Coplien and on platoon tac tics by Glenn Clarence Goecks was in Platteville yesterday to get the 75 rifle issued to the unit for training Promotions announced last night were Harold Lehn herr to sergeant Werner Marti to sergeant John Faville to corporal Arthur Tschudy to corporal Robert Rear to private first class Eugene Zoller to private first class Wal lace Weiser to private first class and Walter De Remer to Armory visitors last night were WE sec ond battalion administration Theodore third battalion executive and Howard regi mental Aldermen Study City Garage Plan Valuable Parking Space now Used Immediate planning and ac tion on clearing the city from Spring leveling that parking area and complet ing the Chandler parking lot re firm support in council discussion last A council commit tee was named to study the plan and report back soon with defi nite The com are the board of public works and the police and safety The action was taken after Al derman Floyd M a t z k chairman of the finance and taxation requested expression on whether the past years parking meter receipts should be invested for future use or applied to more imme diate Valuable Space Occupied Alderman Hare answer ed positively that he feels that the city garage should not be al lowed to remain on Spring square where it takes up val parking Other al dermen agreed and none op posed the Its a crime that as progres sive a city a Monroe should use such valuable space for a city the pres ent building is inadequate for proper storage and maintenance of the expensive machinery we now Alderman William Beckman Income from the meters has CHEESE usr mat Madison Federal State market news service re ported today Wisconsin Ameri can cheese market firm de mand state 44 square prints mid gets I in the past two years maintenance and allied es of operating them has beer about is avail able The sum of is in short term bonds and the rest is on hand as Present Garage Inadequate The present which is small and poorly is used by the street department for storage of heavy rent am for It has suggested chat E new garage Be buil on the in cinerator owned by the Stockpiles of material are there and the location is termed Aside from removing the building from the city employes cars also would be taken from the downtown area It was suggested that a major portion of the cost of building the new garage could be from the parking meter income since it would be providing ad parking space to move out the old It also was suggested that parking meter money be taken for completion of the property lot from which the house Is being If cits crews are too outside con tractors should be employed push the project to early com with the city crews hela ing where they Immediate Study Ordered Alderman Emmett council who conduct ed the meeting in the absence of Mayor Frank who is referred the project to the committee with in to study plans with public works di have a report ready
