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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1948
Page
8
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with widely scattered thundershowers in the northwest. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in the north and central portions. Cooler in the northwest with strong southerly winds tonight and shifting winds tomorrow.
Since yesterday at 1 p m the high was 80 and the low 60. Year ago today the high was 97 and the low 75. Barometer 1 a m 29.64 and 1 p m 29.63. Warmest place Phoenix Arizona 112 degrees and coldest International Falls Minnesota 50. Sunrise 5 11 and sunset 6 55.
L A Koenig and Mrs Alice Hasse of Albany face fines for operating an unregistered vehicle. Earl Elfingson at City Hotel and Robert Treuthardt of Juda are fined for speeding. Each defendant faces costs totaling five ten and fifteen dollars respectively.
Announcement lists the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Clarence Itten with the mother aged eighteen.
St Clare Hospital reports admissions for Mrs Fred Goecks of South Wayne and Francis Kubly of Monticello. Dismissals include Mrs Otto Friedrick, Mrs Joseph Lawless and her son Abraham Risseeuw.
President Truman sails on the presidential yacht Williams for a nine day pre campaign cruise. He carries a briefcase of documents and papers to work on while afloat and plans significant work on the speech to formally open his 1948 campaign in Detroit. The Williamsburg waters route follows the Potomac to the Chesapeake Bay and via the Delaware Canal into Delaware Bay.
Ethiopia’s government protested Thomas E Dewey’s proposal to let Italy develop former African colonies urging Eritrea and Somaliland must not return to Italy. President Truman said the issue of Libya and other former Italian holdings cannot be settled politically in the United States.
Washington reports a forthcoming ten per cent boost in air fares with the potential end of free in flight meals. Current rates average about 5.5 cents per mile. new rates will top six cents per mile, the highest in about 15 years. Effective date may be September or October depending on paperwork.
A wage drive against the Bell telephone system was officially launched at a meeting of telephone unions claiming 403,450 workers. The conference was sponsored by the Communications Workers of America with 230,000 members and the CIOs Telephone Workers Organizing Committee with 100,000 members.
William J. Markhoff, GOP candidate for the 6th district state senate, condemned the Wisconsin Public Service Commission for granting a temporary rate increase to Wisconsin Telephone Co without adequate public hearings, urging legislative scrutiny.
Detroit observers report six Ford Local 600 pickets gathered in front of Walter P. Reuther's CIO United Auto Workers headquarters. Reuther, a veteran in labor protests, stood as traffic and attention mounted during the demonstration.
Thirty five gymnasts will join the Turn and Schwing club picnic at Lehr's grove west of Monroe on Sunday afternoon. The program features Swiss music athletic activities including parallel and horizontal bars, Swiss wrestling, and a hall dance to close. Junior girls join the men's and women's classes under directors Sebastian Laeser Roy Woehrtrick and Elsa Rattin. Participants include Juniors Helen Waelchli Beverly Rattin Elsa Schindler Shirley Ault Shirley Laeser Betty Rees Barbara Elmer Eileen Esterly Shirley Bruni Donna Ott Janet Bisegger Anita Bisegger Jill Hall Men Rudy Kopp Walter Schuetz Robert Wuethrich Marvin Wuethrich Clarence Gissing Ernest Ammon Marvin Schneider Laurence Schneider Edwin Krattiger Duane Schwartz Milton Freidricks Edward Ruef Adolph Ruef Donald Ruef Wesley Pellett Ernest Iseli Alfred J. Meier Donald Stackhouse Delmar Freidricks Permin Graber. Women Hedwig Kopp Martha Kopp Ruth Kopp Helen Krattiger Frieda Laeser Lucille Alston Shirley Wells Ruth Wells Dorothy Wells Marjorie Wells Evelyn Schuetz Elsa Rattin.
Congressional race coverage notes Democratic pressure for Taft Hartley repeal and Republican debate over changes. Governor Dewey signals openness to corrections while defending core principles. McGrath counters, predicting campaign focus on Taft Hartley flaws as Truman weighs in. Campaigns seek labor support without alienating broader voters.
Funeral services for Orton Kellesvig aged 42 who died from injuries after being attacked by a farm bull will be held tomorrow. A 1 o clock service at the Saether funeral home and a 1 30 p m service at York Lutheran church will be conducted by Rev I A Lavik with burial in the church cemetery. Kellesvig born August 12 1905 in Greenwood worked as a painter and farm hand.
Local residents and visitors attended the Wisconsin centennial exposition at West Allis. Notables include Mrs. George Homan and several Monroe families, with travel from Darlington and Madison. Multiple people toured the fair and visited relatives en route to other towns.
President Truman ordered Attorney General Clark to seek an 80 day injunction to prevent a threatened strike by 45 000 East Coast longshoremen after a fact finding report showed management and the AFL's longshoremen union failed to reach an agreement. The strike had been scheduled for midnight Saturday.
A benefit softball game Sunday night at Recreation Park features 90 players from the Monroe council Knights of Columbus and Green County Shrine Club plus Madison squads. The event includes bands, 20 clowns, skits, and a national anthem ceremony before a 7:45 start. Donations accepted. no admission.
Shanghai banks shut operations as China moves toward a new gold yuan backed by a 100 percent reserve. Nanking announced plans for the currency yesterday and claimed an official exchange rate of 4 yuan to 1 U S dollar.
General Hoyt Vandenberg air force chief of staff returns to the United States aboard a disabled B 17 fortress. He travels with Assistant Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert and Maj. Gen. W F McKee as the plane lands safely at National.
Spring Grove 4-H club traveled by bus to the Wisconsin centennial exposition and performed the play Memories in the Little theater yesterday afternoon.
Mrs Albert Zimmerli Miss Delores Stephenson Albany Miss Florence Wartenweiler Miss Ruth Schlicher Paul Sev erson Mrs Marguerite Wenger and Mrs Thelma Blackbourn spend the day at Lake Geneva attending a radio school committee meeting.
John Knipschild of 2209 9th street underwent cataract removal surgery on his left eye Tuesday morning and is reported doing well at St. Clare hospital.
Franz Brand Jr arrived in New Jersey after a summer in Europe and will visit Washington, D C, before returning to Monroe in two weeks. He toured Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Holland, and France since June and will enter the University of Wisconsin law school this fall after graduating Beloit College.
Members of the Monroe Archery Club viewed a film about bow and arrow sport at the Angle Youth Center last evening. The show aimed to help beginners start in archery with basic techniques and safety.
A crew replaced slate roofing on the north half of the Ludlow Hotel roof with asbestos shingles. The south half was finished last year.
A move to Philadelphia for a floral convention is noted. While away, her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs D F Burgie of Chicago, who arrived today, will reside at the Koehler home.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth D Slocum of 1410 15th Avenue welcomed a son yesterday at St Clare Hospital. The Slocums also have a small daughter and are members of Green County Club.
The Navy told organized reservists that missing as few as five weekly drills annually could end draft exemptions. It also announced that volunteer reservists who lack exemptions may compete for admission to the Naval Academy if they have 14 days of active duty before the exam date next April.
John Geigel visits West Allis for the Wisconsin centennial events and plans to return home tomorrow.
Full military rites were conducted for Arthur W. Knipschild at 2 p.m. at Shriner Neushwander funeral home. The American Legion post led the ceremony with firing squad members and color bearers saluting, the flag folded by Emil Boesch and presented to Mrs. Knipschild, and Rev. Paul C. Kehle officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery with pallbearers Chester Tobin Julius Hofer Clarence Baltzer Otto Steinmann Frank Maurer and Paul Frederick.
The 32nd division from World Wars I and II will be featured in films at the division reunion in Superior on September 4 5 and 6. The unit earned fame in Europe as the first to break the Hindenburg Line in 1918 and in WWII was first in offensive action against Japan. Its symbol shows a red arrow thrust through a flag.
Mrs. Leo V. Koehler flies from Chicago to New York for two weeks on business. She will attend a gift show in New York as part of her itinerary.
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