Monroe Evening Times (Newspaper) - January 9, 1951, Monroe, Wisconsin Associated Press News and Wirephotos MONROE EVENING TIMES Green Countys Home Newspaper 1898 GREEN JANUARY 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTS Allies Strike Back at Surging Red Forces MISSING H e n r y son of Mar garet 1005 13th av is shown above in the most recent picture his family has of Brecklin re word from the secretary of the Saturday night that Brecklin has been missing in action in Korea since Dies In Belleville Fire Mother of Local Man Suffocated Elizabeth mother of Robert 709 died early today after she was overcome by smoke from a fire which de part of her home in Belleville Dane two blocks from the business Efforts to revive Zwei who lived were made by the Belleville fire depart ment volunteers who broke into the home shortly after 5 Coroner Jo seph Bloodgood of Madison ruled the death accidental due to The firemen fought the blaze for two saving a good share of the They said they could not have saved the house if the fire had another five minutes The started in the woodshed and smoke filled the It is be the fire started from hot ashes Zweifel put in the woodshed late last night or at an early hour this Henry who lives block from the Zweifel noticed the flames as he was leaving for work in A native of Zweifel is survived by two and Funeral arrangements are be ing made at the Becker funeral home in Officers Renamed at Bank All directors were reelected and a resolution expressing full confidence in the banks execu tive management passed unani at the annual stockhold ers meeting of First National bank this Directors renamed were John Roy May Emil Cara Roscoe Lew is Frank Shriner end Peter Etter and Shriner were not The stockholders were given a general review of the audit now being undertaken into the accounts of the late Russell cashier for 16 explain ed the irregularities and called in the chief bank examiner Fo give any further Stockholders then voted una their full confidence in administra Following the tors reelected all officers ex cept for the post of cashier which was left They are president Mr Etter and Oscar John vice presidents Miss Ma rie trust officer Darrell C auditor and con and Zuercher and Frank cash iers formerly assistant has retired due to ill Stock List Makes Comfortable Gains New York W Virtually nothing blocked the path today of an advancing stock were some obstacles here and and losses dot ted the but for the part comfortable plus were the Gains ran from a few cents to a little more than a dollar a but losses were Legislators Balk At Civil Defense Requests by Council Holds Up Plans To Qualify For Federal Aid Madison Fears that a proposed civil defense law in Wisconsin would give too much authority to federal officials were expressed by legislative council members Were not infants who need to be led by weve got talent and facilities to help Frank Panzer said in joining sev eral other council members in criticism of requests the federal government has made on Wis The council in November ap proved civil defense but since that time the federal government requested changes and additions Washing ton officials at helping Wisconsin qualify for federal fi Plans More Study The council took no action on the new agreeing that more study is Ralph state civil defense said he would try to get more informa ion concerning the These involve setting up author ty to cope with disasters of natural assistance or di rection for local community ef orts and necessity of a loyalty oath by civil defense Under the proposal Wisconsin would be expected to raise bout for shelters in order to qualify for shel er construction Other unds would be raised on a state The council was unanimous in ejecting a plan to impose an ther tax on Okays More Deductions The council also Approved a measure permit ting higher deductions from in come taxes because of sickness or personal injury Tabled a proposal to exempt radios and other items from personal property Gave unanimous approval to bills affecting in come taxes and their govern ment The automobile tax proposal would permit villages or towns to levy a annua stamp tax on the It was offered by the councils tax ation committee at the request of the League of Wisconsin Mu The council liked the idea permitting deductions up to 000 from income taxes for ex penses arising from sickness or personal The first in medical expenses is not deduc The present limit in such cases in Percentage Plan Fails The tax committee had pro posed that medical deductions be three per cent of the total income but this was rejected and the figure put in by motion of assemblyman Molina ro The tabled measure would ex empt television fire arms and paintings from per sonal property The council sanctioned bills that would exempt income of servicemen under a year WARNS WORLD President Truman We will not en gage in as he de livers his state of the union speech before a joint session of congress at AP Wirephoto Turn to Back Pare School District Revision Studied Herbert president of the board of re ported today that a Chicago firm of bond specialists is ex aming the proposed revision in the Union school district setup before the plan is submitted for legislature The change from operation under the special charter re vised in 1897 to that of a com mon school district is being sought to permit financing of the proposed building additions and a firmer basis for budget It decided to seek the change when it was discovered the old charter placed a limit of threequarters of one per cent of assessed valuation on the levy for any one Un der a common school the limit is raised to one and one half per cent of the equalized valuation in line with the gen eral Johnson said today the change in district will not in volve any revision in the oper ations as carried on here in the The only change involves the financing The board contemplates a bond issue this year to cover the work planned in additions at East and South Eisenhower Hears Plans of Belgians Stops in Brussels On Europe Swing Brussels IP General Dwight Eisenhower arrived here today on the second leg of his visit to Atlantic pact nations which will provide the interna tional army he is to He flew here from a inspection visit to where he talked with French ci vil and military authorities and studied the Brussels pact defense headquarters at which may form the nucleus of the Atr latic Red Protest Balked An attempt by communistled demonstrators to march on Ei temporary head quarters near the Arc de Tri fizzled out just before the general left After meeting French dent Vincent Auriol in Paris early in the er made an unannounced stop in Versailles to inspect his world war II headquarters in the Hotel Both Versailles and Fontaine bleau have been mentioned as possible sites for the generals headquarters as lead er of the At Ike got a briefing on air defense in Western Europe in a confer ence with Air Chief Marshal Sir James chief of the Brussels groups air Plans Extensive Tour Eisenhower plans to go also to West Germany and be fore returning to Then he flies home by way of Iceland and Canada to complete the cir The general spent yesterday talking to military leaders oi one of the 12 Atlantic pact nations which are building an international defense wall against possible aggression by An authorized source said all the problems of de fending Europe were discuss Eisenhower said Sunday he would return in to set up his permanent head quarters somewhere near Along with the military as of the Atlantic wes tern world officials have begun discussions here on who will pay for defense and Heal Wave Hits State after Cold A young heat wave hit Green county about 9 last night and gradually pushed the cutting curtain of cold from the By 1 today the mercury stood at 29 and the prediction for tomorrow is a high of The mercury fell to its low point of last night between 8 and 9 and then headed staying almost constant during the early morning then heading up toward 29 after the sun came The cold wave of the past several days kept moving south last night and hit northern Flo rida with a low of 31 at Jack had The weatherman quent temperature for this area in the next five days with temperatures 24 de grees below a normal high of 28 and normal low of Little snow is sees fre New Tax Boost Proposal Slated For Study Trumans Byrd Reply Hints At Sales Levy IP tentative agreement to begin considera tion of a new multibillion dol lar tax 1 was reached today by Secretary of Treasury Snyder and congressional man agers of tax This new measure may raise taxes as much as a There were these other de on the tax front Truman wrote Senator Byrd DVa that it is necessary to tax until it to build up the free world military might in t h e face of communist of a na tional retail sales tax began buzzing about capitol Any hope sizeable new federal deficits could be avoid ed by increased taxes appeared to be fading as members of the new congress sized up probable outlay and came to a tentative conclusion that the government will need somewhere in the re gion of in the coming fiscal That is more than the record collections of this Letter Stirs Reports The president gave his warn ing that it is necessary to tax until it hurts in a conciliatory letter to Senator Byrd with whom Truman has often The senator made the letter pub lic The letter immediately aroused talk of a possible national re tail sales or other forms of taxation on all or most of the nations It was learned that Secretary Snyder told the armed forces industrial college here in a recent talk We must recognize that it is impossible in fact to cover all the expenditures of a military effort through taxation of current incomes in a system of free business enter prise such as there is no alternative in war financing other than a combination of taxation and Byrd Wants Balancing Upon releasing Trumans Byrd told newsmen I feel certain if the budget is congress not only must cut all nonessential government spending and in crease the existing sources of but also must enter new field of such as a retail sales or trans actions Truman told Byrd he had always tried to make the rev enues meet the expenses of the and added ent conditions are such Pres that it is necessary to tax until it He mentioned no specific fi but some members of con gress are guessing that he will ask for about more in new CHEESE LIST FIRM Madison The Federal State market news service re ported today Wisconsin Ameri can cheese market very firm trade slow demand Selling state assembly single daisies 44 longhorns square prints midgets TRAGIC DRAMA IN train jammed w ith refugees left background is forced to wait while a British Centaurian tank crosses a ad track south of Suwon in Both are flee ing advancing Chinese AP Wirephoto via radio from Censorship Lid Clamped on War News of Fullback Watched Closely Tokyo fP Censorship is throwing a black curtain around news of the tremendous pull back of United Nations forces in Field censors have clipped large chunks out of dispatches on the grounds of military se Some Associated Press stories have arrived in Tokyo minus their first and most im portant Correspondents are not to use the word treat in connection with per re th Security officers ir Tokyo say this is a planned anc orderly a re treat in the face of Red China overwhelming Websters unabridged diction ary says is pro perly and orderly in which circumstances it differ from a A field dispatch from AP Cor respondent Tom Lambert wa completely junked by censor here because it dealt with wha American troops are thinking in the Lamberts and other field dis patches show the soldiers know they are in Eighth Army Korea This N command announced today wa correspondents violating censor ship regulations will be to expulsion or trial by court The announcement said sucl action would be taken in ex treme cases where tion proves that the ces The Eighth armys announce ment was accompanied by a lis of specific regulations by which censorship in Korea now wil Correspondents may be sub to disciplinary action be cause of intentional violation 01 these and other either in letter or in the an Director To Get Regez To Study Park Boards Fund System Lee president of the park and Rudolph Regez were named at a meet ing of the park board last night to draw up a tentative book keeping plan along the lines of that now used in city The new system probably will be adopted at the next meeting and sent to city Helen city treas will keep the books this year for the It also was decided that in commission require ments and present building shortages and costs would de ay possibility of improving the second floor of the Community center for organizational pur A large part of the meeting was devoted to discussion of a new set of rules and policies to followed this Recreation directors salary was listed as the same as that received by Kitch former The salary was based on the schedule now paid city school Some discussion has been held regard ing the possible merger of the recreation directors work with the school That step was recommended at the annual convention of the League of Wisconsin Municipal in Fond du Lac 19 and Herbert president of the school said this morning that the board had not yet seriously discussed the league Joseph Miller is the pres ent recreation He took over the job 1 after resign ing a similar position at Stough He is married and has two Also under preliminary dis cussion were the problems in when the board takes over operation of Recreation park ball leagues from the American The Legion dropped operation of the league at the close of the season last falL County Red Cross March Drive Quota Of Announced Green countys 1951 quota in the American Red Cross fund drive in March is Jack a staff member from announced last evening at a chapter meeting in the court This is more than last The national goal is a very minimum with the Ko rean Bassett Betty spoke on the Gray Ladies or as it could apply to the Green county Argyle She gave ples of what they could do in occupational therapy and hob with an aim to get the patient to participate rather than to entertain Further local study will be made of the Gray whose training consists of a sixhour course and a day at the The volunteers must give 50 hours a and Warden Fran superintendent and ma tron of the Green county hos were among those at tending last evenings meet From were and Barlow and Bessie March of Dimes Aims for Rural Community Drive Plans Set With the county and national chapter treasuries empty Green county March of Dimes commit tee last night laid down final plans to raise a record in the drive which will run na The share the fi More Taxpayers Seek Assistance Business increased today for two deputy income tax collec tors in the post office building after a slow start To day was the second day they were available for assistance in making out income tax returns and declarations of The collectors will be in the basement of the post office the remainder of this week and again from 22 to Their service is The department of internal re venue has stated that t a x payers are urged to bring with them their copy of the 1949 fed eral tax Farmers also are asked to make out the schedule of farm income and expenses form F before calling on the de No Dote on Hearing Scheduled for Baltzer No hearing date has been set for Gilbert Badg r Flying service operator re eased yesterday from Dane county jail under bond on a federal The case concerns vouchers submitted for payment in t h e of rights pilot training Although the name of Bern ard appear ed on the warrant served on Baltzer the district attorneys office at Madison lad explained this case was singled out by the VA and fed eral authorities among several they claim to have un The action was not initiated by officials in and selection of his training record was made by the ACTIVE With Forces in Allied pilots have been or ered to shoot at anyone seen behind communist lines except amily groups and The order was issued because red troops used civilian reserves of the March of Dimes have been depleted beyond rock bottom in many instances as the 1951 drive opens and citizens over the coun try are being asked to make this years contributions an even greater March of Function of the National Foundation for Infantile Para lysis is to gather in funds from the entire country to be used to aid victims of the dread dis no matter where it Few families can stand the financial burden of years of care for a polio The Fighting To Slow Offensive Aimed At Trapping Units Koreans Continue To Press Retreating Army Tokyo Allied troops fought desperately today to slow the toward the heart of South Ko rea and menacing the Eighth armys retreat route to the old Pusan Two United Nations battalions attacked a Red Korean force two south of ed road hub abandoned to the An allied regiment tacked strong communist forces six miles of in Action Allied artillery slammed shells into the reds and fighter bombers roared down in close Field dispatches said the fighting still was raging short ly before Army intelligence reported the Chinese were building up massive attacking force around At least two Chinese or more spotted in the The Eighth army continued its retreat to the Van guards of the fast moving red forces pressed close on the heels of rearguard The Korean bul now by hundreds of thousands of Chinese who enter ed the war when the allies al most had it were retrac ing their route of summer con quest into South Reds Occupy Osan Area The reds walked into aban foundation divides the among all the burden all of whom are susceptible to Rural Plans Ready Green county rural residents will share in this years March of Dimes Lee county drive and his com have laid plans to equal ize the contributions of the rural and urban residents of the Roger manager of Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales has been named chairman of the rural Harold secretary of the Green county farm is one of his as The countys rural areas have been divided into with a chairman They in turn chairmen four districts for each dis will have and the chairmen will have additional assistants so that coverage of the coun y will be made by a house td louse canvass by 64 District Leaders Listed Myron county is in charge of New Adams and Wash townships James Doo Brook Pleasant and Glen route Jor Cadiz and and Jake De Jefferson and Spring A meeting of the rural drive committee will be held A quota of has been set or the rural area and the re mainder of the goal has been divided among the urban The Monroe goal is 5250 and New Glar Farms Hardest Hit A study of Green county chap er expenditures shows that of he money an average of 0 per cent is spent on mem jers of farm Popula ion of the county is about even y divided between rural and ur ban The fund drive already is under way in the Coin ans have been placed in some and will be placed n Monroe this week with as Plans are being made for a Osan 28 miles south of is the town near where the first soldier of the Korean war was killed last Allied pilots said communist troops were clogging the roads south of Seoul and in the ju area 55 miles A red patrol attacked two al lied companies early today 13 miles southeast of Red mortar fire showered another company 14 miles south east of Allied forces drove off the red Low rain and snow hampered air attacks and ob servation of communist troop But one Shoot ing Star jet strike swept through clouds south of Seoul and shot up Chinese field First Report on Artillery This was the first report that the reds had moved artillery south across the Han Allied forces gave up Wonju after a battle north ot that rail and road Won ju was a key target in the com munist push down Koreas cen tral From Wonju the reds seek to spread southward along a web of roads and cut in behind the Eighth army retreating along Heartbreak This is the road from Seoul to Pusan down which allied forces made a bloody retreat last Trader Quits Janesville Post Janesville Henry Trax Janesville city manager for 27 submitted his resigna tion to the city last It would be effective in 90 I am tired and would like to take a Traxler told the He is Known nationally as a veteran municipal Trax ler is a graduate of the Univer sity of where he majored in civil He was first and only city to Finucone Promoted By Hoffman The Hoffman Chi of which the Triangle Cheese is a separately crated announced to day the promotion of John Finucane as vice president in charge of procurement of all cheese products and Wisconsin well known in has been associated with the Hoffman company since He spent much of his time here after the start of Tri angles Martin who joined Hoffman in is promoted to vice president and general man William with the firm for three will be vice president in charge of can ned meats and all plant opera
