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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1955

Page

2

Glancing Backward 1915 Monroe cagers crush Reedsburg

Recap of 1915 and earlier notes: Monroe high school defeated Reedsburg 59 31 in the local gym. Also mentions Ralph B. Green’s death in Phoenix, a seven degree low, Patton hospital status in Germany, and young farmers registering for Davenport’s course at the high school.

Monroe High Reedsburg Ralph B. Green Phoenix Ariz Mercury George S. Patton Jr Germany Robert Davenport Erich Raeder International Military Tribunal Admiral Graf Spee Montevideo Uruguay

Fuzziness of Aims At Fund for the Republic Critique

Henry Ford I criticizes the Fund for the Republic funded by the Ford Foundation. He asserts private citizen rights to question the fund while noting he holds no office. The piece argues for clearer goals and straight talk from fund leaders to justify its lofty name and activities.

Henry Ford I Fund For the Republic Ford Foundation Ford Fund For the Republic Ford Foundation’ Board of Trustees Paul G. Hoffman Hutchins Fund For the Republic The Edence

Forgotten Men: Brucker Spurs Housing Relief For Korean Troops

Army Secretary Wilber Brucker tours the front and condemns the delay leaving as many as 35,000 troops along the armistice line in tents. He vows to uncover the causes and push for better housing as snows approach. The piece urges a medal for his efforts and notes the improbability of broader withdrawal while the UN seeks freedom for South Korea.

Army Wilber Brucker Korea Brucker 24Th Infantry Division United Nations

Paratyphoid Epidemic Adds 27 Lancaster Cases

Lancaster County reported 27 new paratyphoid cases yesterday raising total to 81. Health officials warned the outbreak may not have peaked yet and most victims are children. Family physicians, under state aid, continue mass inoculations and antibiotic treatment. Paratyphoid is a bacterial illness with typhoid like symptoms.

Lancaster Lancaster County

Beanie Meets a Redheaded Hunchback in City

Beanie and his sister's Dumdiddy travel with Santa in disguise who brings the doll to life to guard Beanie. In a big city Beanie helps the redheaded hunchback robber escape a pursuing man, then the hunchback invites Beanie to join a big plan. The Dumdiddy nerves over the tense turn as Christmas lights glow.

Beanie Santa Beani

Braved Robber Leads Beanie to Santa Workshop Trail

In a night scene a robber urges Beanie to seize Christmas dreams by breaking into Santa's Workshop, leaving chalk arrows to guide the boy. Beanie, trembling, resolves to prove his bravery as the criminal slips away. An older note mentions a study finding 36 percent more workers qualify as above average after professional eye care.

Tor Beanie Ark Alley Beanies Santa Workshop Santa Kitcheroo

Wisconsin Exports to Switzerland Lead in 1954 Trade

Wisconsin sold 32.9 million in goods to Switzerland in 1954 ranking among the 48 states exporting to the Swiss grand total of 150.4 million. Metal goods machinery and agricultural products led Wisconsin exports as part of a postwar average of 150 million to Switzerland with a favorable US trade balance around 500 million. Swiss watch exports accounted for half of Switzerland United States trade value, amid tariff worries and calls for tariff review by Maryland Governor McKeldin and business leaders.

Wisconsin Switzerland Europe American Society For Friendship With Switzland U.S Wiss United States Theodore R. McKeldin Jr Maryland New York Warren Lee Pierson Trans’ World Airways International Chamber of Commerce

Watch tariff review urged at New York dinner

A week later at the annual American Society for Friendship with Switzerland dinner in New York a speaker urged that the tariff action be reviewed promptly. He called for a reexamination of the claim that it was necessary to preserve watch industry skills for national security.

American Society For Friendship With Switzerland New York

Soldiers Receive Christmas Clemency in Europe

Heidelberg Germany U S Army headquarters announced a Christmas clemency program for 60 to 100 prisoner soldiers in Europe. Only those due for release by January 15 are affected.

Heidelberg Germany U. S. Army Europe

Wisconsin Receives 24 298 Salk Polio Vaccines

Washington in Wisconsin will receive 24 298 shots of Salk anti polio vaccine from the latest release by the Federal Health Service for the voluntary control program. The service announced that 1 017 054 shots produced by Eli Lilly and Co. were released to states and territories, raising the total allotted to 13 459 491 CCs of vaccine. One CC equals one shot.

Washington Wisconsin

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