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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1950
Page
2
The State Fair Wisconsin operates with costs covered by gate receipts and concessions. Location of grounds is distant from the state center, reducing convenience for farm populations and potentially gate receipts could rise with a more central site.
The appeals court granted Harry Bridges freedom on bond while he pursues action on his conviction and sentence for dishonesty about his communist affiliations. The release allows Bridges to issue further tirades against U S support for Korea, raising questions about justice and public threat.
AP reports nylon stockings remain plentiful despite military use of nylon and urges calm over potential shortages. The rubber industry echoes similar assurances on tires and tubes, noting supplies meet current needs but warn against overbuying that could threaten balance.
New York police plan to question screen star Hedy Lamarr about $250000 worth of missing jewels reported Saturday at the Sherry Netherland hotel in New York City. Lamarr has been staying at a Southampton Long Island summer resort about 100 miles east.
Noted Arab astronomer Al Hazan from a thousand years ago is credited as the first to propose using eyeglasses to correct failing eyesight.
Ten years ago flood crests reported on Sugar and Pecatonica rivers with nearly seven inches of rain. Juda floods clean up while Milwaukee trains stall at Brodhead. New federal aliens registration noted. Green County home and asylum on record. Local Miss Monroe contestants stretch toward Cheese Day queen honors with several named participants.
James Marlow outlines changes to Social Security pensions including new six quarter rule for 65 year olds and tax thresholds rising from 3000 to 3600 dollars annually. He uses Jones of December to illustrate how credits are calculated under both old and new systems and how the conversion table affects monthly benefits.
The United States plans to tighten trade controls on strategic materials to restrict transfers to Russia. Officials acknowledge leaks through loopholes despite cooperation gaps with Western European governments. The National Security Council reviewed the issue, with an initial step to be announced by Secretary Acheson in New York on September 12 during talks with Bevin and Schuman.
Len Schmitt Merrill seeking the Republican nomination for governor delivered a rain soaked speech here after visiting Fond du Lac Waukesha Portage Black Earth Mazomanie and Mt Horeb. He spoke from beside his car in front of Baumgartner's cheese store asking listeners if they had seen his primary opponent Walter Kohler Jr. and noted Kohler held the GOP convention endorsement.
Three men escaped with minor injuries after a trailer truck carrying dynamite collided with another truck in Bethlehem. The larger truck burst into flames and exploded after the drivers leaped clear, destroying about 600 cages of dynamite.
Sister M Blandine of St Clare hospital returned Saturday from a week at Madison attending a University of Wisconsin summer session institute on alcoholic studies. The program mirrors Yale studies and was led by Dr Jelenick, highlighting alcohol as a principal national health problem and Wisconsin’s pioneering role.
American shipyards on the Great Lakes forecast their busiest winter since early World War II with two new car ferries and at least four new freighters starting. Lorain will lay keels on two ore carriers for Pittsburgh Steamship Co and install oil-burning propulsion on two Pittsburgh ships. Cleveland Cliffs Ishpeming will also be converted. Manitowoc to lay keel for a self unloading limestone carrier for Bradley Transportation Co. Sturgeon Bay to finish a new barge and tug for Cargo Carriers Inc. and lay the keel for a Chesapeake and Ohio car ferry in October.
The Green County Auto Co building at the corner of 11th Street and 15th Avenue is being repainted white with green trim.
The 100th Wisconsin state fair ended with 721 781 attendees over nine days at West Allis. Final day crowd reached 92647, surpassing the 1949 mark and signaling a potential profit over 1 million dollars to fund plans for a beef cattle barn street lighting and youth facilities at the 1951 fair scheduled for August 18 to 26.
Britain's overseas trade secretary Arthur Bottomley says Russia is not receiving strategic war material from British firms. He rebutts Churchill who charged Craven brothers and others were filling Russian orders for tools used in tanks. Also notes Trasvaal in South Africa rivals Belgian Congo as top diamond source.
Fairbanks Morse and Co. officials said a contract settlement was reached and approved by workers at the Beloit plant. Henry Haase, general manager, reported a five cent raise for day workers, a union shop vote, elimination of piecework rates, other wage adjustments, six paid holidays, and a $106 company funded pension. The contract runs three years and may be reopened after two.
Monticello residents and friends hosted and visited over the weekend with several trips noted. Mr. and Mrs. R H Theiler and Beverly Babler joined Herman Babler’s group in Madison, while the Dooleys spent time at Fenimore with Ralph Cairns. The Bablers planned a northern Wisconsin vacation. Henry Hoesly and Truman Long joined state fair attendees with Fred Blum and others.
Thursday and Monday guests include Mr and Mrs Henry Babler Weslico Texas Mrs Florence Allen Claudia Georgia and others. The Walters family visited Belleville and Madison planned a visit with daughter Mrs Henry Wilson Jr and grandchildren Jean Nancy in Monroe North Carolina. Florence Allen met with Walters and Wilsons and Mrs Allen hosted Walters mother and grandmother.
Pine Bluff Arkansas Thelmon Hampton 58 year old Negro donated a pint of blood at a hospital Friday for an ill sister. In a later fight Hampton was injured and required a transfusion. He received back his own blood from the donor pool.
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