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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1947
Page
6
Daily Record reports mostly cloudy tonight with Wednesday light snow for the north portion and rain or snow to the south. Little change in temperature.
EF Graves trust estate transfers to Leo Williams. Property is an 8 block 10 original plat in Albany village. Hattie A Springstead transfers to Blanche Springstead lots 2 3 4 and 5 block 105 city of Brodhead. Gladys L Goecks to Willie Rufer south half of lots 96 and 97 Evans addition city of Monroe.
Justice cases in Monroe involve drivers cited for sign violations and related traffic matters. Mervin Snippey and L.A. Koenig are named in local docket notes with penalties listed. Authorities note fines around six dollars and similar small amounts, with case details recorded for court action.
Several deaths are listed with ages and locations including Julian Oreille Gilbertson 33 from Blanchardville Ame Sans 88 Evans Anna May Burns 74 War Ellen Blaisdell 75 War ren Henry Hendrickson 64 Brodhead Mrs Joseph Blackburn 61 Prairie du Chien and couples Mr and Mrs Ronald Story Re Jolt daughter and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Anderson Gratiot daughter with December 1 noted for two families.
A list from St. Clare Hospital notes patients in surgical and medical care. Names include Mrs. Chris Nybroten Blanchardville Mrs. Ira Mayers Robert Foley Mrs. William Baumgartner route 2 Mrs. John Keller Belleville John Perkins Durand James Cooper Darien Dororthy Weber Darlington Leonard Cardoni Darien Mrs Alex Rutsch 1521 16th Avenue Dismissals list several patients and spouses across multiple locales.
The Securities and Exchange Commission enters its tenth day of probing the Standard Gas and Electric board reshuffle. George E Allen, former presidential adviser and recent addition to Standard, was to testify but his appearance was delayed by illness. Allen had begun a campaign for a leadership role in the $70,000,000 utility system last year.
Rome reports the government will provide municipalities with funds to cover promised wage increases, ending a nationwide threat by city employees. The move aims to avert stoppages and maintain basic municipal services.
An exhibit of 11 paintings by 19 year old Danne Howey opens today in the Wisconsin Power and Light office window. Howey, a UW art student, is a scholarship recipient and plans to teach art after graduation. The display includes watercolors with two pastels and one oil, featuring local campus scenes and European subjects.
Alfred Henning was elected chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias at their annual meeting in the KP hall. Other officers elected include Vinal Jorgensen as vice chancellor and Floyd Matzke as pretate. A. R. Steele, secretary. Harold Baltzer, master of work. Paul Knoll, treasurer. Herbert Stauffer, master at arms. Roy Feld, inner guard. Charles Bebrit, grand representative. T. R. Evenson, trustee for three years. and Frank Deininger as trustee. The esquire rank was conferred on two candidates.
The fire and police commission narrowed 36 candidates for Kenosha police chief to seven last night. The remaining finalists include four members of the city police or sheriff's deputies a state traffic patrol officer a U S internal revenue service agent and a Milwaukee police department member.
Representative Charles X. Potter of Michigan's 11th district introduces his first bill in Congress. The proposal amends the terminal leave pay act to require terminal payments to the estate of a deceased service member even without survivors to satisfy creditors.
Job opening for a young man at The Times office. Must have good habits and opportunity to learn trade. Steady work, apply now.
Personal notes from The Times record visits and returns. Matilda Craige in Freeport, Helen Finn for a day in Freeport, Joyce Ott and Mary Ann Balzly in Janesville, Gunder Anderson visiting nephew John Holmes in Darlington, Charlene Booth returning from Bethany, Harold Losey family in Bartlett, William Emrick returning to Urbana, James Galway Jr. resuming studies in La Crosse, and a Christmas card imprinting service offered by The Times office.
A secret grand jury probes wartime private deals of Maj. Gen. Meyers. Bleriot H. Lamarre, 35, Dayton firm president, testifies as possible charges surface. Mrs Mildred Lamarre, Meyers former secretary, testified previously.
Snodgrass, former secretary of General Casualty, elected president of the National Association of Insurers at its annual Drake Hotel meeting in Chicago. The group includes 65 independent casualty companies with Chicago offices and over 300 million in annual premiums. Baghdad traffic and business were paralyzed as Iraq demonstrators opposed the looming Palestine partition.
Washington reports that Eniwetok atoll will become a sealed proving ground for new fundamental data in atomic research. The AEC says tests may yield advances for peaceful and military uses and will be conducted under full security, with UN notice per trusteeship agreements.
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach told the House Banking Committee that a watchful wage board should monitor pay increases in industries under the anti inflation program. He urged prompt action to cut living costs and said Congress should approve Truman’s 10 point domestic program including rent and export controls.
Brodhead Wisconsin funeral notices say 91 year old Mrs Lydia Margaret Frye of Avon township died at home yesterday. Last rites are set for tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Everson funeral home with burial in Bear Creek cemetery La Farge. Friends may call this evening.
Dr C W Bennett president of the Commercial and Savings bank presided at the regular monthly meeting. He is convalescing from a back injury at St Clare hospital. A district public health nurse meeting in Monroe was postponed due to Miss Porter sickness. The Meythaler Maske party returned from a 3000 mile auto trip visiting friends in Hot Springs Tex Bloomington Ill and Texarkana. A snow and ice accident on 13th street and 17th avenue damaged both cars. Mrs Ira Mayers suffered a thumb laceration at her farm and was treated at St Clare hospital. Nine members received first degree work at Pup Tent 14 of the Military Order of the Cooties.
Four Monroe volunteers answered a silent alarm at the James Menehan residence 717. Firefighters investigated a chimney issue, ensuring no further danger. No injuries were reported and the cause remained under assessment.
At 10 25 this morning on 16th avenue a stopped up chimney sent smoke through a house causing minor damage. Myron Jeglum, Green County's new agricultural agent, will not start until January 1, succeeding E O Baker who finishes November 30. Baker joins Cooperative Live Stock Sales Association.
Two members of the Monroe Young Businessmen's Association were guests of the New Glarus Lions Club at the William Tell hotel. Madison radio executives presented a program on broadcasting techniques before about 40 Lions members last night.
The National Labor Relations Board asks a New York court to stop a union from compelling an employer to pay for services not performed. The action targets Local 294 of the AFL Teamsters in upstate New York, with a show cause order issued by the U.S. District Court in Utica, on a request from NLRB regional director Charles T. Douds.
Seattle Civil Aeronautics officials led by Leon D. Cuddeback pursued findings into the crash of a Ka Airlines transport near Seattle. Eight persons died and investigators examined mechanisms, crew actions, and weather as part of the continuing inquiry.
DC-4 inbound from Alaska overran the end of Seattle Tacoma airport runway Sunday and plunged into a passing automobile after traveling about 175 feet through mud. Pilot James E. Fargis, 37, of Seattle, cited suspected hydraulic brake failure. Investigators have not yet determined if stopping distance was safe or if any aircraft functional failure occurred.
University of Chicago president Robert M. Hutchins warned that any policy based on a belief in a future war is obsolete and that civilization cannot endure war and peace together. He spoke at a luncheon marking the fifth anniversary of the first self sustaining atomic chain reaction, achieved December 2, 1942 in a squash court under Stagg Field. A separate report from Tokyo said a U S army patrol found the wreckage of an Air Transport Command plane missing since Sunday in a Mount Fuji crater. both crew members are dead.
Leaders of Local 248 Allis-Chalmers workers council refused to recognize their removal by the CIO United Auto Workers executive board and kept union records behind locked doors at the West Allis headquarters. Esther Handler denied the barricaded claim while Max Raskin said new locks installed by the administrator Duane Greathouse blocked entry.
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