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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1948
Page
2
A Times item notes twenty five tractors assisting at a Illinois farm project, illustrating renewed neighborly action. The piece argues communities rally when disasters or exceptional needs appear, yet individuals may distrust being seen as merely fulfilling an obligation, despite collective pride in mutual support.
The joint chiefs propose limiting defense forces to two million, arguing larger forces signal wartime prep. The public remains unsure how far the nation is from war, but optimism persists that the force will stay peacetime.
The dairy industry facing a possible defeat if federal tax repeal on margarine becomes law. Truman signs dairy protections, while repeal could allow unscrupulous sellers to pass margarine as butter. South supports margin sales due to cottonseed and peanut oils, though state limits remain.
President Truman yesterday urged swift Senate confirmation of his reappointments to the Atomic Energy Commission, including Chairman David E. Lilienthal and other members, signaling a push to solidify leadership of atomic policy.
A collage of 1923 Monroe items notes 1500 Daily Cardinal copies dumped. wartime Britain and France seek peace by pooling arms. memorials for Emerson Hough in Chicago. local accidents and marriages. market quotes for hogs steers and dairy. and a list of job changes and theater plans in Illinois and Wisconsin.
Madison officials named 27 alternates to stand in for elected GOP delegates at the national convention in June if needed. The list includes Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman as an alternate and pairs of delegates and alternates tied to Stassen and MacArthur tickets, with many Milwaukee and Madison leaders represented.
Mond and Stassen entries show Robert Pierce of Menomonie and Mabel Gross of Stone Lake as tenth, with Lillian Crandall of Superior, Harry Simon of Ashland, and George Erickson of Superior also connected to Stassen.
Reedsburg resident Har old Bristol, 30, is being questioned in Freeport by Illinois officials over an Orangeville burglary where 100 dollars was stolen from Delbert Lowpos station Tuesday night. His heel prints match prints at the station and he suggests a Byron tavern pair may be involved in two Byron thefts as well. Canvas sacks in Bristol’s car were linked to the stolen money. Bristol, a garage operator, has served three Wisconsin prison terms for burglaries.
Blanchardville High School will hold its annual spring concert Tuesday evening featuring the band and glee club. The ensembles will perform selections prepared for the Evansville music festival on May 7, and band members will debut in their new uniforms.
A statewide June dairy month committee was announced by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. Milton H. Button and Bryce S. Landt were named co chairs and will work with national and local bodies. The roster includes A J Glover George Steuber Ira Baldwin B R Dugdale Gordon Reuhl R Steinhauer J E Maddrell and many others from Madison Milwaukee Oshkosh and other cities.
Taegliche Rundschau, the official Soviet newspaper, said the communist party in the U S British and French zones would be renamed the socialist people's party. The plan moves in the German western occupation zones faces potential trouble.
Mrs. L Crago and Mrs William Bruns host Browntown visitors and Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs John Williams and family. Chicago guests Mrs John Bartell and Mrs Robert VanDermark visit Freeport. Wilbur Wells returns home with infant son David Steven. Flannery family visits Frank Flannery in town.
Orangeville residents Mrs Gless and Mr and Mrs Clark Hoot with family visited the Lewis Cantrill home on Sunday. Edith Wirsing of Freeport and Gus Schmerse with their spouses visited James Boyer’s family in Monroe on Friday. Freeport guests Charles Green, Fred Freidag, Lillian Molter and Loreen Lubbers traveled to Beloit and Rockton for a Sunday outing. Mary Gunderson visited her mother Edna Gunderson Sunday. R C Wagner and J A LaBorde joined visits to R A Flannagan in Argyle Sunday. Miss Mary Gunderson and others are noted in social calls across towns.
Mr and Mrs Ray Geller and son were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Harold Widemuth Jr at Annawan. D A Taylor has returned from a Madison hospital. Community Youth Fellowship group held a wiener roast and campfire worship service Sunday with visits by the Bridge and Fowler families and relatives from DeKalb Florence Station. Mr and Mrs ElRoy Hughes Whittenburg and son visited relatives at Macon Missouri. Nathan Rayhorn, son of Emil and Mrs, is a patient at Deaconess hospital Freeport. Miss Sally LaBorde spent the weekend with her sister Mrs Gene Rusk at Hampshire.
An anti poll tax bill cleared the House last July and moved to the Senate after approval by the rules committee. Its fate in the upper chamber hinges on Republican leadership as southern opponents have blocked similar measures before, requiring a two-thirds vote to limit debate.
Washington reports the National Wallace for President committee CIO political action committee and Americans for Democratic Action spent less than they raised while the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee posted large deficits. RNC income 90 834 41 expenses 129 492 64 deficit 38 658 23. DNC income 116 022 expenses 190 861 deficit 174 839. Wallace committee income 65 647 expenses 55 417 so a 10 230 balance.
Revenue Commissioner George J. Schoeneman said employers nationwide have been given data to implement the lowered income tax withholding rates Saturday. The new rates apply to wages and salaries after next Saturday, regardless of earning time. Refunds for excess withholding from January 1 to May 1 cannot be obtained until final 1948 tax returns are filed next year.
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