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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1948
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates by carrier and mail in Wisconsin and Stephenson County, IL at 12.50, 6, and 7.50 per year respectively. It notes all subscriptions must be prepaid to comply with postal regulations and provides office hours and phone numbers for after hours news and business calls.
The Monroe public forum committee proposes presenting the council-manager option without recommendation. Citizens from all fields should decide first, then voters if favored. The goal is open discussion, shared sponsorship, and improved efficiency without criticizing current officials.
Two Monroe farm youths receive top recognition for dairy herd improvement from foundations supporting young farmers. One 21 year old Monroe high school alumnus earns an award from the state board of vocational and adult education and has started a farming career. The second, 17, a recent graduate, works on his father’s farm and is among six youths recommended to receive calves to aid herd improvement. Green county prioritizes dairy quality as its main product with shared aims for farmers and processors.
The army cites organizational problems under the selective service program as a reason why Wisconsin selectees cannot train near home and must go to Kentucky for basic training. Further study will consider localizing training, but for now the setup remains centralized. Officials say morale is hurt by distant postings as inductions resume and families face disruption.
A New York man, Walter Leroy Moriarity, 21, of Niagara Falls, is in custody in Milwaukee awaiting warrants for assault, robbery and forcible rape in the attack on an 18 year old girl last Tuesday. He was arrested at a local riding academy after the stable hand matched the description. He said the relation was consensual.
Ten years ago Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed in Warsaw on August 16 1938 as the first leg of a surprise flight to Soviet Russia. Other notes mention James C Brader’s death in Madison and local business changes including C H Francis selling a share in an Albany store to Mrs W F Hein. Donald Deininger places high in livestock judging at the Monroe fair. Train tracks at Juta washed out for the third time that year.
The piece argues the Kosenkina and Lamarine cases reveal aggressive Bolshevik tactics and expose the dangers of communism in the United States. It condemns Soviet pressure on the United States and notes Washington's pledge to grant asylum while warning against liberal tolerance of ideology.
Washington reports that citizen radios modeled after wartime walkie talkies will be mass produced soon. The federal communications commission said it will begin licensing citizen broadcasters shortly as two way radio devices enter near term quantity production.
Shanghai reports former Japanese Lt. Gen Yasutagu Okamura, commander of Japanese forces in China, pleaded innocent Saturday to war crimes charges before a Chinese tribunal.
Chief George W. Armstrong of the Green County highway police urges courtesy in day and night driving to lower the accident toll. He lists safe habits including staying in lane, signaling turns, passing only when clear, driving at reasonable speeds, dimming lights, and giving others a fair chance on the road.
John W. Rufi of Route 2 Monro, Missouri, won big at the Lafayette county fair in Darlington. He showed the grand champion cow and bull, earned nine blue and eight red ribbons in the Holstein division, and took first and second prizes in produce of dam and get of size. His grand champion cow also was named grand champion over all four dairy breeds.
Eugene E Cassidy and Michael Cassidy of Freeport visited their grandmother Mrs D C Ryan on Sunday. Their mother Mrs J L Cassidy and her sister Mrs M J Knight attended commencement exercises at Purdue University. Eugene, the eldest son, graduated from the school of pharmacy and held leadership roles in Alpha Tau Omega and the Fraternity Presidents council. He is listed in Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges and was a representative to the National Interfraternity convention in New York.
Springfield reports an all time crowd of 261,500 at the Illinois State Fair. Police reunited about 120 lost children and fair hospital treated around 100 people for injuries from leg fractures to bee stings. Ambulance calls numbered twelve with no arrests and minimal fire department activity.
Joyce Wilson of Lamont, an 18 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Wilson, won the Lafayette county centennial queen contest. She was crowned Friday night at the fair and received 25 dollars from the fair association plus a 175 dollar wardrobe. Wilson, a Lamont township resident, will be a UW sophomore majoring in home economics.
Curtis H. Ross, 75, a native of Attica, died Friday in Belleville. Funeral services were held here yesterday at 2 o'clock at Becker funeral home, officiated by Rev. Harvey Norenberg. Burial followed in Belleville cemetery. Ross had been ill.
The text notes a long time real estate professional now retired. Surviving family includes three daughters Mrs Jack Hofmaster Belleville Mrs John Elmer Janesville and Mrs Garfield Fritz Sauk City two sons Clayton Ross Brodhead and Merrill Ft Atkinson plus fifteen grandchildren and a sister Mrs Will Cullen Belleville.
The first Moose Lodge annual picnic since the war drew about 100 members and families to Bluff View Park yesterday. Co chairmen Marvin Holcomb and John Stauffacher, with their wives, organized races games tug of war and a picnic lunch.
The New York Daily Mirror reports a surge of Soviet citizens returning to Russia from the New York area. The movement began two months ago and the paper says the exodus smells of an evacuation.
The Cominform bulletin predicts that Premier Marshal Tito and his lieutenants will be replaced as leaders of the Yugoslav communist party.
The Armed Forces Institute’s school on wheels starts a new cross country tour from its Madison headquarters. The mobile unit, begun in Europe, serves as a branch office offering information on courses from 54 cooperating colleges and universities to service men. About 200 600 enrollees are in these programs.
A blaze and blast in a false-front frame and brick building in Reno's old business district killed five, left one missing, and injured 137. Spectators gathered as the blast shattered the structure about 10 am, near the gambling quarter, in Reno, Nevada.
A blast killed the fire chief of a nearby city and four others with a Reno fireman missing. Spectators injured amid the blast as crowds rushed away. District Attorney Harold Taber and Reno detectives joined the ongoing investigation into the explosion and fire. Property damage estimated between 100000 and 300000 dollars. By late night all hospitalized injured except one had been treated and released.
A Baltimore plant started producing fertilizer in 1849 marking the beginning of industrial scale chemical supply in the United States. The operation grew from a small facility to support regional agriculture and laid groundwork for later chemical industries.
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