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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1948
Page
6
Generally fair conditions with cooler temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Hourly high near 86 and low around 66 with a barometer around 29.55. Warmest spots Yuma and Helena at 108, sunrise at 5 12 and sunset at 6 53.
Bernard Murphy of Soldiers' Grove charged with unnecessary horn blowing. fined $6 and costs. Kenneth M. Brooks of route 1 charged with reckless driving in Judo. fined $5 and costs. Both cases presided by Justice L. A. Koenig.
Obituary notes the death of Arthur H. Foulker aged 35 of Browntown and the passing of Mrs. I N Black of Oregon, with brief notice of survivors and service details not specified.
Mr and Mrs Robert Spring sted Brodhead announce a daughter on Aug 21. Mr and Mrs Fred Minder Al tony announce a daughter on Aug 21. Mr and Mrs Ralph Lindsay Monticello announce a daughter on Aug 21. Mr and Mrs Walter Minder 18 18th avenue announce a son on Aug 18.
St. Clare Hospital releases include Ruth Anne Lauzinger route 4 Mrs. Fred Buholzer Blanchardville Mrs. John Kriem Beloit and Mrs. route 5. Dismissals list Mrs. John Hart and her son Mrs. Clifford Stark.
Milwaukee Wis centennial exposition features Appleton Eau Claire and Eagle River dignitaries at the grandstand as finals of the roadeo truck driving contest are held. Madison Green Bay and Milwaukee contestants advance from regional eliminations. Attendance surpasses 56 000 yesterday for a total of 1 142 682.
An 11 month old, Dale Gosda, died after a fall from a baby seat hooked behind the front seat of a car driven by his mother in Milton Junction. Mrs. Gosda said the child slipped from the seat when the door opened as she backed out of the driveway.
Gov. Pag asks Wisconsin residents to observe Labor Day on September 6 in a centennial year address. He notes the state remains largely free from labor disturbances and leads in constructive labor management legislation.
Eight year old Mabel Iding of Milwaukee drowned yesterday while wading with her brother John age 11 at Bradford Beach on Lake Michigan. Lifeguards rescued the boy but could not save the girl.
Sen. Glen Taylor of Idaho, the vice presidential candidate on the People's Progressive Wallace ticket, will speak in Milwaukee on September 20 the night before the primary election.
Green County 4-H FFA and FHA clubs feature prominently at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition in West Allis. Girls from Juda, Monroe, Clarno, Albany and other clubs place in dress, foods, and safety demonstrations while county entries in judging contests compete in cloth ing, dairy cattle and poultry. Local youths also perform in the state 4-H chorus and Swiss dance as the expo's Little Theater program airs on television.
Sixteen F-80 shooting stars landed at Dow Air Force Base Bangor Maine completing a turn around flight from Germany to Selfridge Field Michigan The group departed Goose Bay Labrador after a June 30 start with stops in England Scotland Iceland and Greenland The mission aimed to study the feasibility of ferrying jets across oceans by air force officers
Arno Gottschalk, 34, previously hurt March 8 in leg fractures from a car strike, sustained similar injuries last night. He was with two companions near a driveway when the group scattered. Gottschalk, on crutches, was unable to dodge a parked car and was hurt.
A B 29 crashed and burned just after takeoff from a 15th Air Force base near Rapid City S D killing seventeen men. An officers board opens an investigation to determine the crash cause, the first fatality since the base was reactivated in April 1947.
Gen. MacArthur era headquarters ordered the Japanese government to prepare Sept 1 to take over all port facilities at Tokyo Yokohama and Kobe not needed by the occupation.
Yokohama reports that ten Japanese men convicted by eighth army commissions for the deaths of Allied prisoners of war were executed by hanging today at Sugamo prison, the army announced.
The Catholic Near East Welfare Association urges the United Nations to investigate reports of mistreatment of Catholics and desecration of Catholic Holy places in Palestine.
Personal mentions reveal residents from Rockford Juda Brodhead Monroe and nearby areas visiting relatives shopping or attending events. People include Miss Belva Trotter, Mrs Phoebe Keefer, Miss Jane Bender, and many others visiting Milwaukee Madison Dubuque and Green Bay with family members noted.
Mrs Otho Schneider and Mrs Donald Erickson spent the day in Freeport while Frederick Voegels came from Monticello and Harlan Faherty made a Freeport trip. Other locals visiting Freeport include Mrs Milton Whitehead and Arlene McGuire. Sandra Walters visits Argyle relatives. Delwin Harrington attends Milwaukee centennial exposition. John P Reynolds of Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance visited Monroe. the Crane family from Argyle area attends Wisconsin centennial in Milwaukee.
A son born to Mr and Mrs Walter Minder of 618 18th Avenue on August 18 at St Clare Hospital has been named Walter Ro and.
Sever Skattum purchases the Hugh Roberts residence in Argyle. The Roberts relocate to a farm between Monroe and Juda, adopting a rural address and new lifestyle.
LaVerne Holcomb has purchased a filling station and home at Spooner and will take possession September 1. He and his wife Mrs Holcomb will move with children Dean Carolyne and Larry.
The Monroe hotel will close its dining room and cocktail bar Thursday Friday and Saturday for remodeling. The cocktail lounge will reopen on the evening of Aug. 28 and the dining room will reopen the next day.
General Jonathan M. Wainwright, famed for Bataan and Corregidor, was elected national commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the closing session of their 27th annual convention held in New York yesterday.
An 18 year old from Youngstown Donald Frohner died in the electric chair at Ohio penitentiary after admitting to killing 52 year old William Spieth in a failed kidnap plot. He sobbed God have mercy repeatedly as high voltage electricity halted his words and he slumped in the chamber.
Du Pont Co announced about a seven percent price increase for tetraethyl lead anti knock gasoline compounds. The hike takes effect October 1.
Peiping reports Major Wang Hsiao-Hwa, 35, once head of the military factor at Kalgan, shot by firing squad Thursday after a corruption conviction.
The Freeport Concert Band, rained out previously, will perform a two hour program at Recreation Park next Tuesday night at 8 o'clock under director Charles W. Wilcox. Two vocal soloists, Mrs Delmar Meyers soprano, will sing and Hillis Hauser will lead community singing during intermission.
Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally returned from Germany to the United States and was moved to Bolling Field to face a treason warrant. Federal marshals took her into custody as she prepared for a grand jury investigation into wartime broadcasts from Berlin.
Dr Reuben H Miller of Dayton Ohio general secretary of the board of Christian Education of the Evangelical United Brethren church will occupy the pulpit at St John s church during the Sunday morning service at 10 45 a m.
C. F. Thompson has resigned after 26 years as principal and 31 years in teaching at Argyle. Argyle schools will open Sept 7.
Rev. E C Hiby will officiate the New Apostolic Church service at 1511 13th Avenue Chicago tomorrow at 10 30 a m The mixed choir from the Chicago church will perform special music Dinner for 85 guests will be served at the Monroe Hotel at noon Afterward visitors and congregation members will social in Lincoln Park
Washington reports Southern Democrats, including Sparkman of Alabama and Johnston of South Carolina, will back a Lodge proposal in the next Congress to allocate electoral votes by state presidential vote share. The plan aims to reduce minority rule and give smaller losses a portion of the electoral tally.
State Fire Marshall John Craig led an investigation into 200 fires at the Charles Willey farm near Macomb. Authorities reported spontaneous combustion as a possible initial cause, but no theory has been proven.
Bleachers boosting Recreation Park diamond capacity to 2,500 have been erected for a benefit softball game tomorrow night sponsored by the Monroe council of the Knights of Columbus and the Green County Shrine club. About 90 clowns bandsmen and skit players from Madison KC and Shrine groups will attend with Monroe members. Proceeds go to crippled children. Before the game two bands and 20 clowns perform flag raising and national anthem at 7:30. The Madison KC and Shrine teams play at 7:45.
Mass demonstrations against rising food prices spread from western Germany into the French zone. Radio Frankfurt said housewives and workers held a one hour protest at Trier closing shops and halting work. About 30 000 workers demonstrated at Ludwigshafen where an explosion three weeks earlier killed over 200 people.
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