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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1947
Page
6
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with widely scattered thundershowers mainly in the extreme east portion. Thursday will be generally fair and cooler in the south and east. High around 96, low near 75. Barometer 29.47 at 2 AM and 2 PM. Warmest place in the U S yesterday and Bagg aged 115, coldest Seattle Washington. Sunrise 4:56 AM.
Alva E. Phillips of Browntown found operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Fined $75 plus $35 costs and 35 days. Justice L A Koenig presiding.
Mr and Mrs Earl E Vickers of route 4 welcomed a daughter born August 5.
St Clare Hospital releases a list of dismissals including Mrs Harold Butts in Belleville and Mrs William How ard in Leland Chambers. Other names include George Gille Gratiot Norman Churchill New York Peter Kiassy New Glarus and more with several accompanying family members.
Monthly rent per unit and maintenance averaged about six dollars. A letter from Lanz insurance urged protecting 13th avenue as an arterial due to many accidents near 12th police. Brooks Stock Co. won a permit to run a road show Aug 11 to 15 north and west of the Marty Chevrolet site. A sewer extension on 11th avenue from 14th street was referred to public works, and a street light for the 500 block of 18th avenue was sent to the water and lights committee.
The measure adds $50,000 for equipment and outlines counties may file extra charges against the state for caring for state patients in county asylums. It authorizes school boards to provide health examinations for teachers and students at set intervals and grants pipeline firms rights to condemn or procure properties. judges in circuits receive increased salaries.
The note describes a combined approach of tree planting and wind stripping to reduce wind effects. It frames the method as a practical measure for mitigating wind impacts in the area.
Davenport began in 1943 with 10 000 trees and now sustains 35 000 on 45 acres. Five acres of trees form windbreaks, and 280 foot wind strips of alfalfa and open tillage mimic contour protection. Soil tests show need for lime and 0-20-20 fertilizer, with crops improving and future maintenance planned.
A predicted cold spell would bring cloudy skies and sub ninety degree highs across Wisconsin easing two days of record heat. Milwaukee topped 98.5 warming lives while Green Bay hit 99 the hottest day in city history. Major plants and several city offices closed as heat kept workers home.
Washington authorities examine whether to publish information unions will file as required by the Taft Hartley act. The decision concerns public access to internal union documents and compliance filings.
A string of local and visiting residents traverse Wisconsin towns with weekend trips and family visits. Notables include Miss Virginia Hess Brooklyn and Mrs. T J Olson Madison in Madison, and the Gibbons of Beloit visiting Monroe. Beyond social calls, multiple families plan trips to Colorado Canada and the west, while others attend funerals and host relatives.
Albert H. Stoldt is appointed to the advisory committee for the new dairy building of the state department of agriculture. He will attend a Madison committee meeting tomorrow to review plans before final details are set.
Mr and Mrs Harold Dooley of Beaver Dam welcomed twin daughters born this morning. Dooley is the son of Mrs Merens. Mother and daughters are reported doing well. Little Jodell Dooley, 3, will spend several days with her grandparents in Monroe.
Fred Krebs of Browntown reported his car on highway 11 one and a half miles west of Monroe was side swiped by a hit and run vehicle early last night. The left rear fender was torn off. Krebs and four passengers escaped injury.
Harold Hoffman, former operator of a Fond du Lac Oshkosh road nightclub, received a 14 to 17 year term in Waupun state prison for the murder of his wife Dorothy, aged 31.
The Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will hold its mid summer Shrine ceremonial here Saturday. A. G. Pomrening of Milwaukee is director general of the affair.
The former president concluded a two day testimony by thanking the committee for fair treatment from both parties. He denied being influenced by gifts or entertainment in supporting Hughes F-11 plane and disputed Meyer expense allegations. Roosevelt described Meyer's lists as misleading and defended his White House attendance and actions during the inquiry.
In this report the article notes that sulfur consumption in the United States surpasses that of copper rubber tobacco and nickel, highlighting sulfur as a major industrial material.
A large assembly at St. Monica cathedral consecrates Rev. Joseph Marling as auxiliary bishop of Kansas City Missouri. The 42 year old Cen tralia West Virginia native formerly led the American Society of the Precious Blood headquartered in Car thagena Ohio.
The practice of agriculture by man is believed to date from before 5000 B C, marking a major shift from hunting and gathering to farming in early human history.
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