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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1954
Page
2
A European observer praises American discipline in dress as a German based colonel orders wives and daughters of servicemen in Frankfurt to avoid sun suits, low cut dresses, and beachwear. He condemns bobby pins, slacks, and house dresses, sparking backlash but ending in a quiet truce.
Associated Press writer Milam argues the United States could seize the diplomatic initiative by a peace-based offensive. He notes Moscow’s moves since Geneva aim to pressure, while a Western split and Peiping tensions limit Red unity. Holding firm on the EDC might reveal Moscow’s threats as impotent, easing Cold War tensions. Australia reports 81,000 immigrants in first nine months of 1952.
Aug 9, 1944 multiple shortages reported across America's Dairyland as crowds at the fair caused ticket and product scarcities. Milk, ham, pork, beef, beer, and cheeses ran short, while a sheriff shut down four businesses. Also notes: pacer King’s Counsel set a state track record. deaths of Charles D. Kennedy and Mathias Zuhike. Allied advances near Paris. and other local historical snapshots across 25, 50, and 10 years ago.
Jessie J. Sprague died at 84 in Coplien nursing home Brodhead after serving 30 years as city librarian retiring in 1939 Born September 1 1869 in Brodhead she was daughter of Burr and Vina Sprague Lifelong resident she leaves a niece Mrs Jesse Dawley Madison a nephew Burr Sprague Atlanta Ga and several grand nieces and nephews Funeral services Wednesday at 130 pm in Newcomer funeral home Brodhead Rev J C Robertson will officiate Cremation to follow and ashes buried in Greenwood cemetery Friends may call Tuesday evening at the funeral home
Monticello residents and relatives frequent visits across Janesville Monroe Cambridge and Evansville as families share calls and weekend trips. Mrs Frederick Wirth a former resident hosts guests while Mr Holcomb travels to Monroe for the Centennial Green County Fair and returns with his wife. Various Wittenwyler Carlton and Knoblauch families highlight the weekend social scene with visits to Monroe Evansville and Chicago en route home.
Peiping Radio reports record floods from this century's heaviest rainfall. Six percent of Red China's cultivated farmland is severely affected and authorities call for concerted efforts to surmount the natural calamity.
Orangeville Times Special reports the coming year will start the week of August 16 through 20 with lockers assigned to high school students. New English books appear in grade school and the third grade reading book is new. Physical examinations are required by law for all students in first, fifth and ninth grades.
Regents of the University report gifts and grants totaling 458 143 78. Three gifts from National Infantile Paralysis Inc New York total 137 098 77 and a 100 000 gift funds Salk Polio Vaccine evaluation tests. A note adds the Baltic Sea is less salty than the ocean.
CHICAGO police investigate possible arson after a four story south side tenement fire killed five people and injured eighteen. Fire officials say the blaze began in a stairwell as residents fled into the street. a can was found in the stairwell. A man carrying a package was seen entering the building shortly before the fire.
A report notes that a vehicle has been used to carry combustible material and estimates damage at $10,000 as per Haberkorn.
Mrs. Eugene Fink and Linda Jean Freeport visited Mr. and Mrs. William Walder in Brodhead. Supt. T. R. Pfisterer Freeport and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bellman welcomed guests Saturday. LeRoy Laube Elmhurst and Carl Thostenson Paddock Lake with Gary visited Brodhead acquaintances. Etta Hamilton hosted Mr. and Mrs. Ben Thostenson and Carl Thostenson’s son. Mrs. H W Hartman’s guests included E C Hartman Janesville and Ralph Hartman Alamo Tex. Ralph Hartman, ex Brodhead faculty, later moved to Texas with wife Margaret Jackson.
ELKHORN Wis George O’Brien 69 served three terms as Walworth County sheriff and two terms as president of the Wisconsin Sheriffs Association dies Sunday at the Walworth County Home.
Rep. Carroll Reece has been elected president of the Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation to perpetuate the late senator's ideals. Hoover is chairman and Eisenhower honorary chairman, with a 12 member Taft ager group named to run the foundation. Four million kilowatts of hydro power were installed by the U S Reclamation Bureau in its first 50 years.
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