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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1948
Page
2
The notice lists subscription prices for the Associated Press paper at 6 per year for Wisconsin residents and 7.50 outside Wisconsin and Stephenson County Illinois. It also states all subscriptions must be prepaid and provides office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with after hours phone numbers for news and business calls.
The city planning commission postpones action on special rezoning petitions from residential to business use. The editorial urges a city-wide study to assess growth trends and balance residential living with enterprise to guide Monroe toward a bright future.
Monroe mourns two long time residents Charles E. Miller and Thomas J. Hinds. Hinds kept barbering during illness and served hospital patients while Miller retired twenty years ago but remained a familiar meat and grocer. Both shaped the city and stayed active in community life.
Reserves for Wisconsin farms rise as state income multiplies prewar averages. The College of Agriculture urges farmers to treat increased revenues as business funds, save for emergencies, and prepare for future education costs as hard times and unforeseen illnesses loom.
Coroner's jury found the death of 16 year old jockey Orville Joesten accidental after a fall at the Warren fair race. The jury could not determine if the fatal skull fracture came from the fall or a blow from the horse. Funeral planned for Walworth today.
Miss Hilda Whitefoot resigns as superintendent of Deaconess hospital. Dr. Alfred C. Crofton, retired Chicago physician in internal medicine, dies in California. Monroe readies to greet pioneers of the Northwest Territory with a free historical pageant drama at the fairgrounds. Elias Lewis, 86, dies at Albany. Plus archival notes from 25, 40, and 1908 years ago, including speeches, encounters abroad, and local events.
Arthur Edson quotes Rep Dewey Short on the high price of public service. The piece notes salary and expense allowances, need for multiple homes, travel and printing, campaign pressures, and the slow grind of seniority. It ends with a wary view and a personal decision to avoid politics.
The interior department sets aside 10 780 620 dollars for federal wildlife aid to states before July 1 1949 Wisconsin contributes 268 545 Michigan 539 The funding from the 11 percent excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition is apportioned under the Pittman Robertson act States must add 3 593 540 dollars to claim their 1949 allotments about half the money will fund refuges and hunting areas the rest funds surveys and investigations
African palm oil used in steel plate processing now costs about five times as much as before the war. The note highlights economic shifts affecting supply and industrial costs since the mid-20th century.
John Roverick reports from Jerusalem on a city scarred by conflict yet calm at times. He describes a quiet day amid mortar fire and machinegun bursts, noting the ruins of faith and the tense mood as an Arab soldier is killed near the Zion Gate.
At Los Alamos New Mexico the atomic weapons project sees 3500 AFL building trades workers idle on the seventh day of a walkout over non union labor brought in by a contractor. Union members report no satisfactory response from management as of last night.
Swanky Dan, a 13-year-old Ayrshire bull imported from Scotland, won the blue ribbon as senior and grand champion Ayrshire at the Wisconsin exposition. Owned by Curtis Candy Co. of Chicago, the animal helped the firm capture four bull class wins and five female division titles. Other winners included a Wisconsin champion cow owned by George Simmons of Pewaukee and Redvue Bud owned by Roy L. Mueller of Arlington, Minnesota. A. E. Miller and Son won both junior and Wisconsin bull championships, while J. B. Ahlers and Sons of West Bend took senior, grand, and Wisconsin female championships.
The first national reunion of China-Burma-India theatre veterans will be held in Milwaukee to form a national CBI organization. Wisconsin President Lester J. Dencker will preside at opening sessions with Gov. Peterson of Nebraska addressing the banquet. Guests include Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick Brig. Gen. W. Fritz Breidster Brig. Gen. Joseph Henebry.
Shanghai reports a rapid move to the gold yuan as commodity prices slid up to 25 percent in the first 24 hours of conversion. The Central Bank of China announced receipts totaling about 1.25 million in gold, silver and U.S. dollars for the gold yuan, with banks receiving an estimated 10 trillion old Chinese dollars in this initial period.
Oak Hill estate once home of President James Monroe, spanning 1725 acres with a 20 room mansion, was seized by U. S. deputy marshals from longtime owner Frank C. Littleton on foreclo sure warrant and prepared for sale in Leesburg Virginia.
United Nations statistics show Britain received the most postwar grants and credits from the world between May 1945 and June 1948 totaling 6.67 billion dollars. Britain aided other war-devastated nations with 2.45 billion, while France received 3.96 billion. The United States provided 16.16 billion in aid, about 70 percent of global total, with Britain’s loan totaling 3.75 billion as the largest American item.
The Orangeville community fair will be held Oct. 8 and 9 with rural school day and farmers day. Prizes honor families by points on exhibits. entertainment each evening in the high school gym. Fairy board members include Leo Buck president John Kramer vice president and several officers.
Metropolitan Opera association officers said the 1948-49 season will proceed after unions shelved wage and benefit demands. The plan reverses an August cancellation, with opening date and season length to be announced by Edward Johnson. The Aug 4 notice cited a $220,000 deficit and rising costs as factors in cancelling.
Paris Illinois report notes the Laughead family continues a naming custom starting with D. Parents Dwight and wife honor a legacy begun by the grandfather with children Doland and David. Dwight’s siblings bear names Doris Dale Darrell Denny Dorothy and Donnie in this generations-long practice.
The Indian government outlines a Massachusetts Institute of Technology model for a new tech institute in Calcutta with initial funding of 2.5 million dollars. West Bengal will donate 1,000 acres of land for the project.
The agriculture department announces it will buy surplus dried fruits this season to prevent loss of food and support producer prices. Purchases may total 200000 tons and cover last season's production as well. The amount bought will depend on overall supplies and domestic demand.
The steel industry raised its weekly utilization to 95.9 percent of capacity, equaling 1 728 600 tons of ingots and castings. This compares with last week at 95 percent and 1 712 400 tons. A month earlier output was 93.1 percent and 1 678 100 tons, with a year ago at 93.4 percent and 1 633 700 tons.
Chicago boy scout James Phillips aged 17 drowned 22 miles west of Antigo in Pine Lake while attempting to recover a drifting boat. Sheriff Brack Gillespie said the youth seemed to be seized by a cramp as he went under.
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