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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1947
Page
1
Rain is badly needed in Green County as pastures burn and corn has started to "fire." Near Keey the county's light sandy soil shows corn fired to a brown core. Rain must come soon to salvage the crop for fodder or sale.
Residents faced another day of high heat with the thermometer at 96 at 1 o'clock and a forecast for fair but hot conditions tonight. A slight drop is expected tomorrow with a chance of scattered thunderstorms, though nights offer limited relief as temperatures ease only modestly after sunset.
Farmers delay second hay cutting as cattle graze in fields amid drought. Ladino clover shows the best drought resilience while milk production falls due to feed shortages and heat. A Chicago area loss reports 40 steers from a 200 head herd, worth $9,600. 4 H exhibits return to Green County fair grounds. threshing and combining mostly finished. Officials urge shade, water and shelter for livestock and poultry as hog gains lag and poultry requires ample water for growth and production.
Police radio technician Ray Grenier and parking meter repairman E. G. Schwingel hid in a repair shop to escape the 101 degree heat. They cooled an old radiator with cold water until someone replaced the pipe with hot water.
Following July temperatures peaking at 108 degrees the Monroe area faced a severe drought. Officials mapped a seed relief program, ordering rye, sweet clover, millet, and other grains totaling 23 085 bushels for needy farmers to ease crop losses.
Washington predicted that all housing units in government built projects will be sold to individuals by 1948 end. The small business subcommittee focused on Greendale Wisconsin near Milwaukee amid charges the public housing authority aims to keep Greenbelt towns under control.
Elizabeth Phillips 83 of Savanna Illinois died at St. Clare hospital at 8 30 last night after being a medical patient since August 11 The body moved from Stuessy funeral home to Therrien funeral home Hanover Iowa today Funeral services set for 2 00 PM tomorrow at Hanover Methodist church
Reports of widespread corn crop failures spread as the Chicago weather bureau predicted continued heat and drought across the Midwest through Sunday. Iowa, the leading national producer, faces the most severe impacts.
Milwaukee temperatures pressed toward the century mark for the ninth day of August with no relief in sight. Weatherman Howard J. Thompson warned relief Monday was possible but hesitant after a prior forecast fell short. The southwest wind kept conditions hot and pollen counts at peak, aggravating hay fever sufferers statewide.
Weather officials warn the heat wave, now in its sixth straight day, reaches from the Appalachians to the Rockies and into New England and the mid Atlantic. Temperatures may hit 95 to 100 degrees with no widespread rainfall in sight. Indiana reports crop prospects near collapse in some areas.
The Wisconsin farm bureau federation announced steps toward a state wide egg marketing cooperative. Manitowoc County farmers purchased a hatchery and formed the first local unit. Lakeshore and southern counties show interest and plans will be discussed at the annual meeting in Madison Navy.
Well informed conference sources said the French favor boosting German steel production to brighten Marshall aid prospects. A British American plan called for raising western Germany's steel output. Russians protested against the conference, arguing German industrial production was fixed at Potsdam.
As Taft Hartley provisions take effect unions and employers negotiate contract sets in Detroit and Cleveland. CIO Ford production workers vote on two settlements offering wage raises and benefits while unions vow to post conditions of employment in lieu of written contracts. Hartley calls for congressional inquiry into by passed law amid labor unrest and a wave of strikes affecting shipping and Hollywood.
Argentina reaffirmed its stance at the inter American defense conference to defend unanimity in joint hemispheric action against aggression and retained a veto right in the defense system while signaling willingness to follow majority decisions. Corominas denied dropping the unanimity demand and said Argentina will present its voting proposal next week. The talks cover mutual defense treaty drafting and limits on armed force for internal hemisphere aggression.
Washington and London pushed high level talks on easing a 400 million dollar loan as Britain hopes for a freer hand to trade. Treasury Secretary John Snyder noted no decision was reached yesterday on Britain’s request to ration remaining loan dollars amid its economic crisis.
The U N security council struggles to resolve Indonesia cease fire amid Dutch pressure for either troop deployment or direct non intervention. Netherlands envoy Van Kleffens denounces the cease fire as a failure. Gromyko rejects Australia US and China plan for three member or consular supervision. Australia and Poland rebuke Van Kleffens remarks.
Manitowoc county coroner Dr. Theodore Teitgen said an FBI preliminary report concluded the bones found on a beach were those of a dog. He noted no explanation for the report and questioned the possibility they were the right leg and foot of a child linked to Georgia Jean Weckler’s disappearance.
The British foreign office disclosed plans to return about 4 400 Jews from the ship Exodus 1947 to France via the British zone in Germany if Paris consents. The statement accused Zionist propaganda of pressuring the Jews to refuse landing in France and said Britain asked France to receive them by train from the British zone. The Jews sailed yesterday to Hamburg from Port de Bouc after refusing to land in France voluntarily.
Frank Mikich 39 of Lake county died last night after stepping on a wet spot on a basement floor while wiring his home. The accident occurred in Milwaukee as he prepared electrical work.
Greece forces the resignation of Demetrios Maximos's cabinet amid a Balkan crisis and UN veto clashes. The move follows inflation and guerrilla warfare linked to Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria as UN investigators blame those neighbors. Romania ratifies its peace treaty but awaits Russia. Hungary plans Aug 31 elections under Soviet influence. Marshall Plan talks continue in Paris with nations under Russian sway excluded.
Del Molino, a Mexican citizen who spoke French Spanish and some English pleaded guilty in county court to jumping a board bill in New Glarus. He received a 20 day jail sentence and faces possible immigration detention for over staying a permit. He represented himself with interpreter Clarence W Lengacher.
Three American soldiers T/5 Tommy F. Pugsley Pfc. John D. Hopfe and Pfc. Gerald K. Geffen were held inside the Soviet occupation zone in North Korea since Aug. 12 and were announced to be released at the border. An American intelligence officer questioned the pledge, noting a prior promise to release them had not been kept. Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge had protested the arrest of the men on an official mission to inspect telephone lines between Seoul and Pyongyang.
The United States urged an internationally supervised plebiscite in Korea to resolve the joint commission deadlock over governance. Major General Albert E. Brown said the Soviet Union had not replied to Secretary Marshall's August proposal for a joint report. The U S favors consulting all groups and upholding a decision regardless of trusteeship views.
Nineteen Durham coal miners perished in an explosion at Morrison North mine in Annfield Plain England. It was England's second mining disaster in a week. A National Coal Board statement said 14 bodies were recovered with five more located and five survivors hospitalized with severe burns and injuries.
In its closing convention the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor rejected neutrality on natural gas and reaffirmed opposition. The resolution directs the executive board to pursue necessary legislation to carry out the federation stance against natural gas.
Mrs. John Schulthess has been reunited with her brother Christian Wyler 82 of North Canton Ohio after 32 years apart. Wyler is visiting his sister and Mrs. Matt Marty and daughter. He is accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Piero and James of Canton. The Hammerly family of Albany also visited. Mrs. Fred Hammerly Jr. is Wyler’s niece.
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