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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1949
Page
2
Spokesmen for coal operators accuse John L. Lewis of exploiting monopoly power by allowing miners to return to work on a three day week. They question whether the move reflects union rank and file policy and warn it damages the industry and national economy while avoiding Taft Hartley action.
The county Red Cross chapter evaluates public opinion on a local blood bank program. Leaders stress careful planning, donor recruitment, and ongoing funding as essential before launching any such national scale effort.
Monroe and Green County won inclusion in the all Wisconsin promotional tour for the upcoming month. Governor Rnenébohm pushed for recognition of the area and local groups and industry cooperated on shipments of Swiss packages for the ten state tour. The move marks the first tangible step in the 1950 Cheese Day promotion and signals a united effort to make Green County Cheese Day a record event.
More than 4000 state officials bankers and workers filed past the bier of former Gov Julius Heil on the eve of his funeral. Gov Rennebohm and state Supreme Court members were listed among attendees for the 2 p m services at the Scottish Rite cathedral in Milwaukee. The body lay in state from today until the service. Heil, a millionaire industrialist, died Wednesday of a heart attack on a hunting trip.
Fred Schultz, 52, of Prospect, died yesterday from injuries suffered in a car crash Wednesday when the vehicle skidded off Highway 16 on an icy stretch near Goerke's Corners.
Soviet Union reports occupation of Finnish islands December 3 1939 marking early tensions before the Russo Finnish clash. Laura Mae Campbell wed Robert E Van Horn. Slim Sippola returns from deer hunt with a 325 pound black bear. Dairy farmers discuss advertising licensing and bonding in Argyle hall.
A 1940 reminiscence contrasts past winters with today. The narrator recalls homemade storage of fruits, vegetables, meats, and staples, cellar and attic provisions, and self sufficiency without modern appliances. He stresses thrifty habits, family labor, and a lifestyle before canned goods and refrigeration.
Britain faces a clash between the Roman Catholic Church and the labor government over government aid to church schools. Catholic leaders accuse threats to cut funding as gagging the church while a government spokesman says Catholics seek to tap the public treasury with control. The British dispute mirrors but differs from U S debates on federal aid to parochial schools.
Secretary of the Navy Matthews argues government expenses must be pared as taxpayers are burdened beyond endurance. He warns further revenue squeeze could impair productive capacity and threaten the nation’s economic life.
Mrs. Ruth Schneider 35 of Caledonia was killed when her car skidded on a slippery street and struck two other vehicles. She was driving alone at the time.
The readable fragments list a name street, an ER and F. D. poet office with a date of birth and age last birthday. The text is incomplete and does not specify a clear event, person, or notice beyond basic identifiers.
Madison governor Rennebohm files Articles of Incorporation for a non stock non profit foundation with no set funds. Corporators include Oscar Toebaas and John Sonderegger. Aim to aid libraries museums parks scholarships and welfare, fund science and education, boost religious and veterans groups, and aid disaster victims.
Two Republican senators charged this week that Marshall Plan officials pursue a policy undermining the U S program to support butter prices. Agriculture Department officials said proposals to ship foreign butter were blocked due to a 100 million pound U S butter surplus and prices below the U S support level of 62 cents per pound. The department acted after another agency urged Denmark Norway and Sweden to raise exports to earn dollars.
Circuit Judge E M Duquaine ruled that the last federal census governs tavern license quotas. Under Wisconsin law, towns may issue one license per 500 inhabitants, but population method is unsettled. He voided the Allouez town and country club license issued last May for McCarthy, tied to a claimed 4500 residents. The muskmelon is a gourd family fruit native to India and Guinea.
A boy named Sandy receives a Santa reply inviting children to help others during the rush. The letter recounts charity acts by Jobo and asks Sandy to perform daily errands for his mother, turning a personal wish into service.
A dated birthday notice lists individuals and their addresses for December birthdays from Sunday to Saturday. Names include Donald Heeren, Jane Good, Judy Kolb, Larr Whitehead, Richard Wilde, Arthur Cresson, William Wunschel, Gloria Hixson, Susan Burmeister, John Augsburger, Marvin Cruezer, Jean Abegglen, Nicholas Kloepping, Rose Brandi, Jerome Lindsay, Joyce Camron, Bernard Milz, Lois Allen, Thomas Kaderly, Lorraine Visger, Judith Olson, Dale Meyer, Joan Rosenstiel, Stephen Matzke, Norma Cresson, Sharon Broge, LaVerne Schindler, Thomas Prien, Rena Thorp, and Kenneth Hoesly with multiple Juda, Woodford, Orangeville, Browntown, Freeport, Rockford, and other routes and streets noted.
GOP leaders from Wisconsin and national figures will gather in Ripon on December 14 to launch a campaign for a national republican memorial shrine. The plan by the Republican Educational Foundation envisions a large U shaped building with an open central court to house the preserved country schoolhouse birthplace of the party at Ripon College.
Beverly Jean Wild of Blanchardville joined Oct. 25, 1938. Carolyn Dalton of Montecello route 1 joined Nov. 13, 1942. Rose Marie Bandi of Juda joined Dec. 7, 1948.
Monticello Times notes consistory members acted as honor guards at John Dick's funeral service at Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed Church. Among out of town mourners were numerous residents from Madison Oshkosh New Glarus Monroe Prairie du Sac Albany and Darlington.
James Marlow reports on a first public news conference by five atomic energy commission members. The session was bright with reporters but limited by law and secrecy. Questions about weapon power or future goals were blocked by no comment rules.
Berwyn Indiana veterans Robert Tomsa and Daniel Cizek, both 23, were freed by a jury from charges of assault and robbing James Holley of $7.50 at a Stoughton tavern last July. They had served 34 days in state prison and were released after Circuit Judge Herman Sachtsen sentenced them, a decision later reviewed by Superior Judge Roy Proctor. Judge Herbert Steffes presided over the trial.
Kenneth Hones of Chippewa Falls urged Wisconsin CIO leaders at the 12th annual state convention to back the Brannan farm plan. He said the Wisconsin farmers union stands 100 percent behind it and will win support if labor backs the plan.
Emperor Haile Selassie sent a stern note to the U N protesting the General Assembly decision to place Somaliland under Italy's trusteeship. He warned that giving Italy control endangers Ethiopia's security and implies appeasement over justice with likely consequences.
The Jackson Memorial Research Laboratory in Bar Harbor Maine preserves the world’s oldest purebred mice strain, spanning 220 generations since its 1909 founding. The generations suggest a human lineage dating back to 3500 B C.
Glasgow writer George Bernard Shaw told a Forward staffer that pacifists must shoot or be shot if war arrives. He responded to a Glasgow labor weekly question about becoming a registered conscientious objector and standing firm on pacifist principles.
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