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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1950
Page
6
Daily Record notes mostly fair skies with unseasonably cool spells through Saturday. Overnight low 40 to 45, southwest winds 50 to 55, high 72 to 77 Saturday, peak 88 since yesterday at 1 p.m. and 56 low. Reports yesterday placed warmest city Yuma at 113 and Helena coldest at 45. Sunrise 5, sunset 7:10.
L A Koenig and Ernest Naef 19 Argyle face cases for larceny with Naef charged for lar ceny and costs. Ernest Ballmoos 19 Route 4 indicted for larceny $35 and costs and replacement of damaged property. Harold Grunewald Elk Horn found guilty of immoral conduct with fine $50 and costs.
George J Meythaler, 75, of 1016 12th Avenue, is recorded in a local death notice with remaining obituary details to follow in the next column.
Mr and Mrs Clyton M Ol ia announce the birth of a son on August 1 at 1521 Eighth Street.
St. Clare Hospital releases a list of dismissals including Harry Edwards and Oscar Erickson from Green County home Argyle. Other names: Herman Falk route 1 and dismissals of Mrs. Clark Mor iarity Mrs. Arthur Tingley and son Ellen Mayer Mrs. Frank Cerjav.
A truck left by Robert J Run die damaged a parked car in a freak accident on the 900 block of 18th avenue when it rolled into a tree and a traffic sign. The sign struck Robert J Ryan’s car at 1805 10th street causing considerable damage. In a second incident Clarence L Goecks and Edward A Loeffel collided as Loeffel backed from a space at 1100 block of 17th avenue at 545 p m.
Ben L. Marcus director of the state motor vehicle department told a legislative committee that issuing annual license plates would cost about $250 000 a year if the state funded the program. He spoke at a committee meeting on license problems.
Pro nationalist press claims 20,000 Chinese communist troops crossed into Indochina to fight alongside Ho Chi Minh against the French sponsored Vietnamese government.
Republican governor candidate Walter J. Kohler urged expanding higher education facilities in the Milwaukee area saying equal educational opportunity is essential but high living costs keep many youths from college. He attacked the Democratic Party as politician driven. Vernon W. Thomson praised party workers for backing bold Wisconsin legislation. Horace Wilkie backed universal military training for Congress in the second district.
Frank Buhlmann son of Christ Buhlmann of 1312 21st Avenue reported yesterday to Long Beach California for further air force assignment. A public accountant on the west coast he is a radar navigator in the active reserves as a first lieutenant. He has been called for 21 months active service and his father has been advised.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Duane Kundert of Stoughton are parents of a daughter born August 5 at Madison General Hospital. The baby is a great granddaughter of Mrs. David Kundert of New Glarus.
Mrs M S Block of Platteville and her two daughters Mrs Walter West of Washington and Miss Eloise a University of Wisconsin student called on Emery A Odell publisher at The Times office today. Mrs West lives with her mother while her husband works with the U S geological service in Alaska.
Melvin Godfrey Parsons and two partners pleaded guilty to federal charges of possessing and passing bogus money. Sentencing paused until August 25. Parsons will be moved to San Francisco with Secret Service custody, promising to reveal locations of about 40 plates used to print counterfeit ten dollar bills. Charged with Parsons were Louie Elmer Shew and his wife.
The 15 year old Lola Jean Fansler, missing after an incident in Eminence Missouri, was located in Poteau Oklahoma. She said she came with Harold Wesley Harris who later killed Lola Jean's father and uncle and his own four year old daughter. Harris was killed by a posse.
Mr and Mrs Harold Bernhagen purchase a Madison residence and plan October possession. They previously ran the Edgewater cafe for a year and Harold now works for the Oscar Mayer Co in Madison.
Personal notices list Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Murray Swaintscott visiting in Massachusetts. Myron I Stair and family head to Conover for two weeks. A. R Steele, Leon O Schmidt and son returned from Wisconsin Dells. J A Elmer reunion set for Aug 13 at Lincoln Park with backup in Emanuel Evangelical church basement. Otto Klemm John D Stauffacher and daughter Faye head to Three Lakes. Chicago visits by Arthur C Benkett Robert G Rote Mina Etter William Ida Strahm and Arthur Ettett.
Madison for 53 year old Bill Schneider who pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1925 died today. He played for the Madison Blues for many years and was later associated with the Tomah Camp Douglas Bus Co. Funeral services will be Monday.
Mr and Mrs Paul Lawrence attended the funeral of his grandfather C H Lawrence 78 at Ferryville yesterday. Lawrence died Sunday in a local hospital following a short illness.
President Truman will not seek passage of a universal military training bill this session. Secretary Ross said he favors UMT but congressional pressure and Korean War costs justify delaying. A Defense Department spokesman said a UMT bill is being drafted for Congress, but reception is expected to be cool.
John B. Chapple, Ashland Press editor, applied for a federal criminal slander warrant against Jakob Malik. Chapple alleges Malik accused Warren Austin of blackmail in a United Nations security council session and released a telegram to Madison U S attorney Charles Cashin requesting the warrant.
Firefighters from 25 companies battled a massive explosion sparked blaze at the Daugherty refinery in Petrola Pennsylvania. One man was injured as flames were brought under control after the tank storage area erupted in fire last night.
With 816 of 839 precincts counted in the Idaho primary, D. Worth Clark leads former Senator Glen H. Taylor by over 1,000 votes. Clark has 26,786 to Taylor’s 25,630 as unofficial figures show Taylor likely conceding.
The 32nd annual state American Legion convention opened in Green Bay with Commander Charles Larson of Port Washington presiding. A night of revelry had preceded sessions sponsored by the 40 and 8 society, the Legion’s fan making unit, which also backed the Et 40 auxiliary led by Mrs. Herman Stearn of Milwaukee. A Marinette County council resolution urged public censure of Sen. McCarthy if his charges of communism prove false.
Washington The House voted contempt citations against 56 witnesses who refused to answer questions before the Un American Activities Committee. The two day total reaches 56 and the citations will go to the Justice Department for court action. Conviction could bring up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine. Four named as wartime atomic bomb project scientists and Philip Bart of the Daily Worker were cited.
A citizens committee of five posted a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the unknown assailants of Chippewa County Treasurer Warren Robarge. Robarge has been victim of three assaults in the last 13 months.
John Engle Hart, 58, of Watertown route 6, died when his car was struck by a Milwaukee road passenger train at a crossing three miles west of Watertown.
Omaha report shows Walter A. Raecke leading for the Democratic nomination with about a thousand votes over Terry Carpenter as the primary tally nears completion. Governor Val Peterson won the Republican nomination for a third term in a landslide.
Authorities continued a death probe in Janesville awaiting lie detector results and an autopsy after a woman’s body was found in the Rock River. The deceased was identified as Theresa Walker, 28, by Joseph Walker.
Clark, 27, has been missing since Monday night. Dr J J Lalich, UW pathologist who conducted an autopsy here, said there were no indications of violence but her vital organs would be sent to the state crime laboratory at Madison for further examination. Walker, who told Police Chief Jasper Webb that the woman jumped into the river after a quarrel, underwent a five hour polygraph test at Madison. results not announced.
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