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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1947
Page
6
Daily Record notes warm to hot conditions with scattered thundershowers. Tonight and Wednesday bring cooler northwest portions and a high of 92 with a low around 72. Previous day record lows and highs listed. barometer readings 29.68 and 29.66 inches.
Dorothy Martie Blum and Robert Leland Schmid, both of Adams Township, are listed with marriage licenses.
Walter J. Speich of route 5 was fined for reckless driving under Justice L. A. Koenig. The penalty includes $10 and court costs.
The notices list births in several households. Clifford School and Dale Atkinson families welcome daughters and a son on August 11 in Brodhead Albany and route 5. Donald Deininger reports a son on August 11. Ralph Mahley welcomes a daughter on August 7.
A compact hospital notice records surgery cases for Mrs Ross Bonjour at 1603 13th Avenue and Mrs Elizabeth Phillips of Hanover Illinois, plus Gerald Rolls from Gratiot and Gerald Petterson of South Wayne with accident notes. Dismissals include Clarence Yaun, Mrs Ervin Bergum, Mrs Robert Grabow and daughter, Mrs Harold Butts, and Mrs Lee Riese.
Wage talks set to open Thursday in Cleveland as CIO United Rubber Workers prepare a strike at B F Goodrich plants. The union pushes for plant by plant bargaining and rejects a company-wide bargaining demand.
About 32 000 Ford workers recalled as materials shortage eased. Murray Corp of America talks halted as Clarence Avery accuses CIO UAW of stalling settlement with blanket Taft-Hartley protection demand. Union silent on the claim.
There are about 171 million acres of land in Texas.
The United States announces it will hand the missing royal jewels case involving Princess Hermine to German police. No American involvement is found. Frau la in Vera Herbst is released from technical charges. Ferdinand had claimed 29 gems were taken from a parcel valued at about $1 million by authorities and $5 million by Ferdinand.
The hearing room scene ends with Howard Hughes leaving after criticizing Chairman Brewster of Maine for alleged moral double standards. Brewster praised his own ethics, while Hughes warned of political abuse and insisted the U S system remains best with a free press and public watching. Hughes said he would be available without subpoena if hearings resume.
Los Angeles district attorney investigator Walter J. Sullivan charged Gerald D. O Neill with bigamy in municipal court. O Neill, a former movie stand in, had eight marriages one annulment and no divorces, meeting brides in dance halls. He was arrested while dancing with his latest wife Myrtle Reilly whom he wed in Tijuana.
Funeral services for Michael Melvin 79 of 1805 17th avenue were held at 2 PM today at Stuessy funeral home Rev P C Kehle of St John Evangelical church officiating. Burial was in Bethel cemetery four miles southwest of Monroe with pallbearers Edward Zilmer Paul Knoll Charles Eastman John and William Brennan and Adam C Mayenschein all from Monroe.
A string of short notices lists visits and travels involving residents from Niles and Monticello to Madison, Monroe, Freeport, Portage, and other Wisconsin spots. Names include Kenneth Hartwig, Wilbur Wells, Clara Krahenbuhl, Mary Madison, Fred Karlen Jr, Isaac Alderman, Jerome Stabe, Frederick Neuenschwander, Arnold, Irwin Brown, Rudolph Maurer, and many others with towns like Argyle, Canton IL, Oneco, Belleville, and Janesville.
Mrs. Martha Wolgast of Juda, Andrew Munson of Argyle, and Charles Friedli of Gratiot spent time in Monroe on business or shopping. Mrs. George Stauffacher of Freeport and Mr and Mrs Bradford Stauffacher of Polo visited yesterday. Mrs. Harold Longanecker and children David and Diane of Sterling accompanied by Mrs Taylor Wild visited in town and today traveled to New Glarus to see Mrs. William Engler Sr.
John L. Andrews 18 son of Mr and Mrs Marshall Andrews Argyle suffered a broken jaw and head injuries when thrown from his motorcycle while riding over rough ground on the Leo McGrath farm. He is a patient at St Clare hospital.
Fred L. Kohli of 2204 8th Street has appealed a building permit denial by the inspector. City Clerk G S Soseman announced the appeal will be heard by the board at 7 30 next Monday night.
The Monroe senior high school band finished its summer program and collected uniforms. Director Allan F. Barnard announced the 1947-48 fall term will open with restored school instruments sent for overhauling and music filed away.
Monroe's Cecil Jones VFW post members are invited to a Janesville Kienen Hill post meeting where Caleb Johnson department commander will speak. Post Commander Nathan Burgy announced the event to take place at the VFW clubhouse 1015 Center Avenue at 8 o'clock Thursday night. BABY BAPTIZED
Only Lake Michigan ports escaped the blistering sun as Wisconsin temperatures rose into the 90s. Milwaukee reached 86 with a southeast lake breeze, while Prairie du Chien hit 100 the state high. Other readings include Eau Claire 98 and Madison 93 with a low 71 in Watertown.
John McGlynn and daughter Elizabeth lead a group of Gratiot area residents including Mrs Lizzie Engebret and son La Verne, Mr and Mrs Arthur Studer and family of Monticello, Mr and Mrs Freeman Berg and daughter Diane of Woodford, Mr and Mrs Harold Stoll and family of Monroe, Mr and Mrs Lyle Kahl of Martintown, and Mrs Herman Lisser and son Bryan of Gratiot.
A meeting at the Janesville YMCA discussed a one day conference on social welfare problems to be held in Janesville in early October. Monroe attendees included Effie Wenger Perle Guess Paul Snowden Ula Tyler Rev L B Hastings E Q Evans and Robert C Dunn The Times editor.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Johnson travel to Des Moines Indiana after the death of his father Nels on Saturday evening. The elder Johnson had been living with his son Art L. in Des Moines.
Rev. George R. Keepin, longtime figure with Monroe First Methodist, has been transferred to St. John's Methodist in Chicago after eight years serving Wesley Memorial church in Oak Park.
William H. Marean of route 1 Juda driver of the moving car struck a parked car owned by Uno H. Miller of 1103 11th Street in the 1700 block of 12th Street late yesterday afternoon. Both cars sustained minor damage.
Mrs Robert Benkert was celebrated yesterday on her birth day anniversary at the home of her sister Miss Rose Kuenzie at 903 Lith Avenue in a small social gathering.
Government forecasts for next year meat output decline due to unfavorable corn prospects. July had poor planting start and hot dry weather worsened conditions, with corn crop forecast at 2.66 billion bushels versus last year's 3.29 billion and a 3.0 billion goal.
Reports from Moisson France describe a warm reception for Czechoslovak scouts and other nations at the world scout jamboree. Hungarians arrived after initial hesitations, while Russia’s planned group was reduced and no observers attended. Yugoslavia Romania and Bulgaria are not represented.
An attorney selected to assist Garland County grand jury probing the death of Hal P. McMath said he received numerous threats of political harm. State Sen. Ernest Maner, named to aid the grand jury, reported being attacked in a downtown parking lot. The grand jury meets to investigate the fatal shooting of Hal P. McMath, 57, whose wife Anne, 26, killed him in what she described as self defense.
Washington and London negotiators open talks to raise Ruhr coal output for European recovery. Main aim is to chart steps to boost lagging Ruhr mines, a key to the Marshall plan, with U S seeking 300 000 tons daily by December and 350 000 soon after.
Pia Kurusu daughter of Japan peace envoy Saburo Kurusu will wed Frank White a former US Army lieutenant tied to General MacArthur's reparation section. White, once a Michigan State student and Rockwood Pa resident, met Pia 14 months ago at Kuruizawa near Tokyo as U.S. bombers destroyed the Kurusu home.
A minor earthquake centered about 30 miles southeast of Kalamazoo Michigan shook portions of Illinois Indiana Ohio Wisconsin and Michigan Saturday night. No serious damage was reported and the tremor was fixed yesterday by Loyola University seismologist Rev Alphonse Schmitt.
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