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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1949
Page
2
Paraguayans choose Lopez after Rolon ousted President Juan Vatalacio Gonzalez on January 30. Lopez will serve the term ending in 1953 as the constitutional order is restored.
Madison reports that 1,117 drivers lost driving privileges last month. The state motor report shows revocations for 12 months include 648 for traffic violations. Temporary suspensions and other actions are noted in the monthly figures.
25 years ago residents of Woodford scurried into cellars as tornadic winds struck on April 18 1924. A church was blown off its foundation and Harry P Disch 30 of New Glarus died. Garage looted at Blanchardville with a coupe 20 tires and cash missing. National Legion official Ryan Duffy warned Bolshevik threats during a joint Kiwanis Legion meeting.
Summary of President Truman's early term describing a failed push for a New Deal style program, 1948 election surprise, Democrats regaining Congress, mixed domestic progress, rising national wealth, and escalating Cold War tensions with Russia including Greece Turkey Marshall Plan and Atlantic Pact.
Mary Ellen Burkhard wins the Mr. Mary award as the school festival proceeds with participation from the entire student body and families. Burkhard is noted as a key figure among organizers and attendees celebrate the event.
Dewitt Mackenzie argues that while the world faces ongoing ideological upheaval and the risk of confrontation, recent weeks show improved prospects for peace. He credits the Marshall Plan and the Atlantic pact for strengthening Western nations and urges clear de-escalation to avoid a global conflict. He cautions Moscow may suspect Western intentions.
Miss Mary Reinhardt aged 57 died at the Green County Home at 11 p m yesterday from a heart ailment. Her home is Port Washington and she had resided at the institution since December 13 1932. Funeral services and burial will be at Port Washington with arrangements from Stuessy and Horne funeral homes local.
Rhinelander state Legion commander John O'Melia condemned the Atlantic pact as inadequate and unenforceable. He told 350 Wisconsin Legionnaires the United States pursued expediency after World War I, citing Kellogg pact as an example, and urged stronger action for world peace.
General Doolittle who led the Tokyo raid told reporters at a reunion press conference that Russia lacks a stockpile of atom bombs and tools to make them. He argued the deterrent is the United States with its atomic capability and delivery means.
John Masefield the British poet laureate aged 70 is seriously ill at a nursing home in Oxford following an influenza infection. Latest reports say his condition is unchanged this morning as doctors monitor complications from the illness.
Four 4-H clubs from Brodhead present one act plays in the town’s second annual drama festival at 8 p m. The Oakley club performs Welcome Stranger and features Helen Stettler Anita Figi Wendell Wunschell Ray Figi Donna Belle Rosheisen and others directed by Mrs Darryl Pagel. Spring Grove and Juda and Decatur clubs join with casts led by Shirley Roshisen Paul Marsh Merjorie Deppler Dianne Smith and more under Myron Stabler Har vey Andrews Ben Zimmerli and others assist as directors. The events showcase youth theater and community talent with schedules for Monroe area performances following.
Capt. Jack E. Hurff commander of the naval ROTC at Wisconsin announced plans to retire in June. He is a 1920 Annapolis Naval Academy graduate and has served at Wisconsin since 1945.
About seventy thousand United States soldiers in Germany moved into positions as mock attackers from a fictional Aggressor land. Army officials stressed the exercise is routine training with no real battle significance, despite the planned April war games.
Six hundred recruits in the 8th Infantry regiment at Fort Lewis Washington completed basic training on April 2. Among them were five Monroe men Adolph Gobeli Edward Kuster Eugene Schwend and two more and one Woodford man Robert Golackson. Gobeli Schwend and Golackson earned sharpshooter ratings while Jacobson and Kuster reached marksman status.
Agricultural Conservation Association White Block requests Green County wheat acreage data for 1947 and 1948 and proposed quotas for 1949. Farmers signed with ACA should return information to the office to help establish possible 1950 crop allotments.
Pope Pius XII today welcomed about 8,000 tourists and pilgrims in Vatican City during the Easter holiday. The crowd included Americans Canadians French Belgians Swiss and Swedes.
Mrs. Ethel Freeman Fleming, 26, nearly paralyzed by polio, gave birth to a five and a half pound daughter by cesarean section at Brunham City hospital. Dr. M. M. Ricketts called the baby perfectly normal. Mrs. Fleming, wife of Capt. Herbert W. Fleming of Chanute air base, was stricken last September and remains largely immobile except for her right arm. The Fleming home is in Osseo, Wisconsin.
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