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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1948
Page
2
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An editorial lauds western powers for support of the Berlin airlift and political help. It notes over a million western Berliners voting against communists, calling the result a defeat for the Reds and praising the United States and Great Britain for the relief effort.
A 5 to 4 Supreme Court decision grants review of the convictions of two arch leaders of Japan's wartime effort, a former premier and a regional general. The appeals question the legality of international tribunals and could influence the authority and standing of such trials in international law. Justice Robert Jackson read the majority opinion, highlighting the historic aim to clarify international judicial authority.
A federal jury in St Louis awarded an army nurse $290000 after finding a movie depicted her Corregidor experiences and romance without her consent, violating privacy and causing mental anguish. The verdict may curb future biographical romance dramatizations.
The Monroe Ready Mix and Material Co. won 10th place in a safety contest for national association members. Despite a spotless record, larger plants with higher output earned top ratings. The firm announced year round production using heated concrete for cold weather work.
A 23 to 10 setback marks Monroe’s 10 year anniversary note against Platteville. Also listed: local obituaries, tax rate hike to 28 per thousand, and various regional notices from December 7, 1938. Chester Chenoweth dies in Los Angeles. Henry Juingst rites at Monticello. John Duerst, 13, succumbs to scarlet fever.
Danny sits with a magical talking snow man wearing a red fur hat. A fairy warns that removing the hat ends the magic, and a group of sledding boys are knocked back by a snowball shot by the snow man. They plan to seek Santa at the North Pole to fix Danny’s crooked leg.
Dallas police questioned former major league player Art Shires last night in the death of W. H. Hi Erwin 56, another ex baseball player. Erwin died at Methodist hospital after a physician cited internal injuries from a fight two months earlier.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said former premier Hideki Tojo and six other condemned Japanese war leaders will live while the U S Supreme Court considers their appeals. The court scheduled December 16 for arguments from two death row inmates and five others.
Lafayette county school committee forms a union free high school district centered on Belmont with parts of Elk Grove Seymour and Kendall townships. Pupils may study on a tuition basis if approved, with property assessment to fund the district and July meeting to decide taxes.
The White House said President Truman will ask Congress for up to 16 million dollars for Palestine refugee relief. This would be the U.S. share under a United Nations aid resolution adopted November 19, with a plan to provide about 29.5 million dollars to help 500000 refugees from December 1, 1948, to August 31, 1949.
More than 2000 AFL bartenders walked off the job Monday against 650 Manhattan neighborhood taverns in a clash with the owners association over hours and working conditions. Taverns stayed open as owners filled in behind the bar. Want ads loom large in local economy.
Washington lawmakers hear two accounting experts from University of Michigan and Detroit along with Harvard economist Sumner Slichter. They argue profits are overstated by 16.4 billion over three years due to methods not reflecting new conditions. They urge accounting reform to address permanent wages in price levels and asset replacement costs.
German war brides and families of American veterans will travel from Munich to the United States on an airbridge to meet the December 28 deadline under the alien spouse act. More than 3,000 people are expected to fly, pursuing reunion and immigration approvals.
Milwaukee Wisconsin attorney general Thomas E Fairchild urged a constitutional convention to revise the 100 year old Wisconsin constitution He said the state should submit the call to the people in fall 1950 with a convention likely in 1951 and proposed changes including reapportionment and nonpartisan county offices and a three member commission to act on reapportionment if the legislature fails to act
The Monticello commercial club erects a large Christmas tree on Main street and a smaller one in the triangle, with a large lighted star overhead. Mr and Mrs George Divers showcase a wood cut sign reading Merry Christmas from the Divers, framed by a wreath and bright red ribbon.
Researchers identify Cape Alva in Washington as the most western point in the United States. The discovery highlights a geographic marker near the Pacific coast, underscoring the state’s extreme western location.
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