Weather Summary for August 27 1947
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers across north and central areas and south portion tonight. Cooler in extreme north tonight and in north central areas Thursday. High yesterday 82, low 59. barometer 29.70 at 2 am and 29.63 at 2 pm. Warmest in US yesterday Yuma Arizona 104. coldest International Falls Minnesota 41. Sunrise 5 18. sunset 6 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Yuma
Ariz
International Falls
Minn
Real Estate Transfer in Monroe Transcribes New Ownership
Marshall L. Peterson and others transfer N 42.5 linear feet of property on 4th street to Robert L. Levenberger in Rattan's addition Monroe City. Parcel located in Monroe. Transfer lists parties and street address.
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Marshall L. Peterson
Robert L. Levenberger
City of
Monroe
Estates Probated Include Multiple Heirs and Co-Executors
The estates of Pauline Schwarzenberger Gottfried Winniger and Louise Kern Jordan were probated with listed heirs from Wisconsin and Switzerland plus co executors Leona Hyland and Ernest Kern. The Kern will dated October 3, 1945 was witnessed by two individuals. Letters testamentary issued for Celia Faster’s estate with J H Faber as sole other heir and appraisers named J W Barlow Henry Milbrandt and William Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Schwarzenberger
Gottfried Winniger
John
Prairie du Lac
Joseph
Monroe
Katherine Meyers
Switzerland
Leona Hyland
Jordan Township
Ernest Kern
Stephenson County
Louise Kern
Jordan
Helen Smith
Milwaukee
Mary Bosshart
Polo
J. W. Barlow
Henry Milbrandt
William Spring
Divorces Granted in Cruel Treatment Case
Elsa Rattin was granted a divorce from Jacob Rattin on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Custody of two minor children awarded to Elsa with monthly support of $80.
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Elsa Rattin
Jacob Rattin
Evansville Couple Welcomes Daughter to Row Family
Mr and Mrs Robert M Row of Evansville announce the birth of a daughter on the periphery of August with family joy and neighbors sharing in the glad occasion.
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Robert M. Rowa
Evansville, Daughter
Births and Dismissals Reported by St. Clare Hospital
Floyd Davis at 1620 20th Avenue undergoes surgery. Mrs. Martha Steinman of Monticello listed in medical. Dismissals include Mrs. Donald Edwards and daughter and others. a son James Thomas born Tuesday. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. James Farmer of 2009 14th Street notified. Evans family announces a grandson born to James R. Nolan and Mrs. Nolan of Waukesha at Waukesha Hospital. Ruth Evans of Monroe is the mother.
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Floyd Davis
1620
20Th Avenue
Martha Steinman
Monticello
Donald Edwards
John Lange
Cecil Johnson
Gary Alien
Ageee
Oscar Wethalli
Delbert Georgia
William J. Farmer
W. Hillis Road
Huntington
Long Island
James Thomas
James E. Farmer
14Th Street
Evans
E. O. Evans
James R. Nolan
Waukesha
Waukesha Hospital
Fruits Preserve Color Flavor and Vitamin C When Dried
Dried fruits at 32 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit retain their bright color and flavor and keep vitamin C, remaining stable for long periods and protected from insect damage.
Death of Herman Brecklin at Browntown Home
Herman Brecklin 64 of Browntown was found dead at 11 AM in an out building on his farm in Wiota Township. Coroner says death by hanging. no inquest. Survived by widow Anna, four sons Harold Henry Jr William La Verne, four daughters Joyce LaVona, and others. funeral at Shriner-Neushwander, Greenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Brecklin
Browntown
Herman Stuessy
Monroe
Brecklin
Jordan Township
August
Augustina May Brecklin
Anna Broge
Freeport
Margaret Holm
Wiota
Harold
Henry Jr
William
LaVerne
Beloit
William Stauffacher
Ben Bosshardt
Joyce
LaVona
Winslow
Martha Maurer
Woodford
Orville
Betty Jean
Edward
Fred
Christ
Herman
Anna Poff
Emma Warner
Shriner - Neushwander Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Recruit Nazi SS Men For Spanish Legion
U S army sources report several indications that Germans especially former Nazi SS men were being recruited in occupied Germany for a Spanish foreign legion in Franco Spain. A former German pilot claims many aviators have reached Spain via an underground railroad after the war.
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Frankfurt
U. S. Army
Germany
Spain
Luftwaf
Chicago Police Seek Rest of Man's Body
Chicago police prepared to resume search today in the Chicago river on the near north side for the head and torso of a man after portions of the body were found in two bundles on opposite sides of the stream. The deputy coroner said the fragments were neatly cut from a man estimated at 45 to 50, likely a laborer, killed about 12 to 14 hours earlier. The dismembered parts were wrapped in sheets inside Polish language newspapers Ameryka Echo, To ledo, dated Aug 17, and Polish Daily Zgoda, Chicago, dated Aug 21 and Aug 22.
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Chicago
Einar Erie
Ameryka Echo
Toledo
Zgoda
Notable Social Roundup Of Local Residents
Personal mentions capture visits and travel across Wisconsin and nearby states. Names include Thomas Dillon Argyle Ralph Phillips Milwaukee and many others visiting Madison Monroe Brodhead New Glarus and Cleveland from diverse towns with holiday and business trips.
Krueger Visits Sister Mrs Stark After Knee Injury
W F Krueger of Orfordville visited his sister Mrs William Stark who has been confined a month with a badly wrenched knee. Her condition is somewhat improved after treatment.
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W. F. Krueger
Orfordville
William Stark
Fire Endangers Vacation at Idlewild Cottage
Mr and Mrs Herman F Lanz vacationing at Idlewild cottage near Sturgeon Bay faced a near miss as sparks from a Libot Cabot Lodge fire sparked on their roof and forced them to pack up. The Cabot Lodge burned completely, 200 feet from the Lanz cabin, but shifting winds prevented damage to the Lanz property. The Lanz party included Frederick Lanz and son James with Walter LaVasseur and daughter Janet of Argyle who had spent a week at the cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman F. Lanz
Idlewild Cottage
Sturgeon Bay
Cabot Lodge
Lanz
Frederick Lanz
James
Walter LaVasseur
Janet of
Argyle
Lanz Cottage
Cheese truck overturns after leaving highway near New Glarus
A nine ton cheese truck driven by Leon J. Chryst of Milwaukee left the road three and a half miles north of New Glarus on county trunks and tipped onto its right side after the fifth wheel broke. Chryst was uninjured though the trailer suffered major damage as the rig veered toward the ditch.
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New Glarus
Dane County
Leon J. Chryst
22Nd Avenue
LaVerne Shea
Ridgeway
Chryst
Woman's Society delegates return from Frontenac meeting
Mrs. H. F. Cunningham returned from Frontenac Minnesota where she joined 140 Methodist women at the west Wisconsin conference of the Woman's Society of Christian Service. The group spent the week at the Old Frontenac Point campus in study worship and talks on postwar needs and church reconstruction and rehabilitation.
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H. F. Cunningham
Frontenac
Minn
West Wisconsin
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Old Frontenac Point
Frozen Foods discussed at Monroe appliance dealers meeting
Frozen Foods was the main topic of discussion and demonstration last evening when 70 appliance dealers of Monroe gathered to hear about new frozen foods storage and handling options.
Freezer Cooking Demonstration At Local Knights Hall
The Wiscon sin Power and Light sales department sponsored a program in the Knights of Pythias hall presided by Harry J. Bellahan Monroe district sales supervisor and Miss Loreen Jacobson Madison home economics director. Madison demonstrated freezing methods and how cooked foods save time and energy, serving cakes and berries prepared for the freezer after the meeting. Attendees included retail appliance dealers and friends from South Wayne Blanchardville Belleville Oregon Albany and Monroe.
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Knights of Pythias Hall
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Harry J. Bellahan
Monroe District
Loreen Jacobson
Madison
The
Electric Company
South Wayne
Blanchardville
Belleville
Oregon
Albany
Monroe
Regular weekly drill for Co K National Guard held at armory
The regular weekly drill of Co. K National Guard occurred last evening at the armory with 32 enlisted men and two officers in attendance. Time was spent marking clothes and equipment and four recruits received physical examinations.
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Co. K
National Guard
Language helps jail talk in Monroe case
A Monroe man recalls a Mexican prisoner held in jail who could speak Swiss and Spanish, aiding discussion with Del Molino a linguist in the county jail. Del Molino and Silva, once jail companions, saw Silva ready to depart for Juneau when a sheriff’s tip surfaced about a Silva wanted elsewhere.
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Juda
Monroe
Luis
del Molino
Silva
Juneau
Sheriff's Department
Bus chase ends with mistaken identity in Janesville
A pursuit began after a man in a Mercy hospital gown was suspected of fleeing for a bus near Monroe. Janesville, Green County Sheriff Evan Chambers, Del Molino, and Rock County officials chased the bus to Orfordville to find Manuel Silva, not Luis, as the intended passenger. The case ended with the man advised to eat more chili and continue to Juneau with Mexican workers.
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Janesville
Mercy Hospital
Monroe
Green County
Evan Chambers
del Molino
Foster
Orfordville
Rock County
Silva
Luis
Manuel
Juneau
State highway construction plan reforms proposed
The proposal recommends placing full control of construction activities under the main office and granting the commission authority to allocate a larger share of funds for state trunk highway construction. It also urges merging the planning survey department with the traffic highway marking division, tightening construction cost oversight, adjusting staffing to work in progress, and instituting periodic field examinations.
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Port
Commission
Maintenance Standards and Patrol Staffing Reforms
Proposals seek county expenditure reviews to verify trunk system charges and establish minimum maintenance standards for methods materials and equipment. Plan to replace highway patrol maintenance men with gangs under direct supervision.
Reunion Report From Switzerland In Monroe Circles
Mr and Mrs Walter Felder Greenfeld received word that the Monroe travelers held their reunion in Switzerland. Attending were the Fred Glausers Fred Bucks Edward Bregenzens and Anton Kuenzli of Monroe and Albert Aberli of Winslow who visited the Bucholter home. By the time the Greenfelders read the card the Buobs might be home. The Buobs arrived home last evening after leaving Switzerland by plane the day after the reunion.
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Niles
Thomas Dillon
Argyle
Times Office
Ralph O. Phillips
Milwaukee
Mary Hess
Jo Ann Davis
Madison
Sacker
Ford Wells
Alvin Johnson
Brodhead
F. S. Towel
Dubuque
Horace Thompson
Ronald
Monroe
Pearl Bliss
Clyde Rossiter
Nell Trotter
Marguerita
Rosemary Gerber
Paul Gerber
Fresport
Fred Affolter
New Glarus
Henry J. Stuessy
R. J. Loucks
Donald Rockford
Jacob Wyss
K. C. Hurlbut
Masshardt
P. J. Streiff
Florence Arn
Chicago
Iron River
Mich
Miss Arn
Alfred Arn
Monticello
Edward Wild
John T. Flannery Sr
Howard Lewis
Gene Flannery
Otto Schneider
Robert Schneider
Cleveland, O
Salem
Ore
Harold O. Schneider
Robert Schneiders
Cleveland
Walter Greenfelder
Switzerland
Fred Glausers
Fred Bucks
Edward Bregenzens
Anton Kuenzli
Albert Aberli
Winslow
Bucholter
Greenfelders
Buobs
Newsman Testifies in Army Investigation at Leghorn Italy
Robert Ruark a Scripps-Howard correspondent testifies in an Army inquiry into alleged abuses within the U S Mediterranean theater. Details on proceedings and potential implications for command accountability emerge as the investigation continues.
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Newsman
Army
Leghorn
Italy
Robert Ruark
Scripps-Howard
U. S. Army
Mediterranean
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Morgan 89
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Morgan age 89 were held at Holy Rosary church at 9 this morning with burial in the church cemetery. She leaves a daughter Mrs. Margaret Flood Prairie du Chien a son Thomas Chicago and a sister Mrs. Margaret Howe Darlington.
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Mary Morgan Darlington
Mary Morgan
Holy Rosary Church
Eisenhower orders inquiry and Wyche testimony in abuse case
The command directs a formal probe and Wyche the army inspector general must testify under oath about accusations by Ruark a 32 year old former navy lieutenant from Wilmington N C He privately met Wyche but will not disclose informants or sources while alleging Lt Gen John C H Lee and other officers mistreated enlisted men and misused public funds
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Eisenhower
Army
Ira T. Wyche
Ruark
Navy
Wilmington
N. C
Wyche
John C.H. Lee
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Daily Record
El-mn
Wasi
Inna
I. Ornnesianale
Corsweve Serenesi
Dectius
St. Clare Hospital
Comport
Wis
Platteville
Kenosha
Whitewater
Union Bus Station
Chater
Chiropractic Clinic
M. J. Gonstead
Reunion
Ice Crystal Pure
Ninneman
Coal - Ice Co
Phillips and Smith Appliances
16Th Avenue
Ludlow
Spring Foot Sox
Robert Bruce
Safety Legion
Tom Sawyer
San
Tan
Nel Boy
Lo-Z-Boy
Tracy
ETON
Schuelze
Carmel
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