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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
4
Washington report notes the soft coal industry moves to gain a share of scarce steel for repairs and maintenance. An advisory committee is proposed to arrange voluntary steel allocation, aiming to assure maximum coal production under an act granting immunity from anti trust laws.
Air lines Inc told the Wisconsin Board of Tax Appeals it is losing money and objects to a $750,000 property value assessment for 1948. The firm asks $397,383 as a fairer figure while the six month loss estimates exceed two million dollars. Similar appeals are pending for American and United Airlines.
A switch engine collided with a 23 car freight train near the city on a blind curve. Engineer George Niskern, 66, of Wauwatosa, was trapped and died as rescuers used a cutting torch to recover his body from the wreckage cab.
Sonneior yusepe A. Ware ren is the new city manager of Ashland effective Oct 1. Ren, former assistant city manager at Jackson Michigan, will receive six thousand dollars annually.
Five miles of village streets to receive a sealing coat with pea gravel. New Monroe Construction Co formed and operating with Wendell L. Simmons as manager. Mrs Fred Bahler and daughter relocate to Tucson Arizona. George Arthur Williams born in Osaka Japan to G A Williams family. Green County Farm Bureau holds meeting at Albany High School gym. Raf's corner noted as Monroe's coolest spot at 82 degrees. David Darian Voegeli named by Browntown family. Louis J Goethals attends Robt Clayton funeral in Rock Island. New stamp vending machines installed in Monroe. Thalman family vacationing in Switzerland returning late September.
Praised for natural flavor color and texture the 1948 edition of Finer Canned and Frozen Fruits offers a simple syrup change to improve peaches. The 32 page guide promises recipes, jams, jellies and helpful tips for experts and beginners and is free by mail.
A flash fire swept through an Okauchee bowling alley injuring a fourth man. Victims were Leo Bondla 45 Leslie Bondla 48 both of Okauchee and Robert Orris 19 of Independence Wisconsin. William Donola 50 is in critical condition. The brothers owned the alley and lacquer used by the six workers ignited.
The navy reports more than one million reservists signed up for peacetime service for the first time, part of a 1949 goal of 1,175,000. The drive, led by the navy and other services, marks a historic expansion of reserve forces.
The last official count shows 1,003,458 people in the Oder river port area, almost a third of them police officers. Szczecin makes a comeback as the city stabilizes after upheaval in Poland.
Report shows Stettin port handling about 1,000,000 tons by 1948 after 723,000 tons in 1947. Cargo loading surged, with five months of 1948 contributing near the total 1947 figure, indicating a rapid postwar recovery in tonnage.
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