14 Dec 1946
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1946
Page
1
The article notes several Swiss cheese lots selling above 70 cents, a new all time high, driven by demand for top quality varieties. It highlights the premium for superior product, mixed results for lower grades, and a continuing focus on quality over quantity amid market shifts and seasonal demand.
Washington leaders pushed a housing policy overhaul to widen eligibility for new home priorities including non veterans. Plans discussed raising sale and rent ceilings and allowing higher rents with balanced lower priced units, while veterans groups weighed impact on availability and costs.
Madison AP reports the forest products laboratory found plain tap water keeps trees colorful and fire resistant. Tests show water helps the trunk stay upright and absorb moisture, with diagonal cuts and a water-filled container. Avoid defective wires and combustible decorations near the tree.
Richard Montroy, a navy veteran, will move his family into the Ogdensburg lighthouse on the St. Lawrence River after a Coast Guard acceptance of his bid. The lighthouse, built by the government in the mid-1880s, has been unoccupied since 1942.
Miss Mary Alice Dunwiddie of Juda has been awarded a Home Economics Scholarship to the University of Wisconsin. She is a senior majoring in home economics. The Wisconsin Home Agents Association, led by Miss Marlys Richert, funds the scholarship.
The University of Wisconsin board of regents voted 9-1 to purchase the Chester Thordarson Library for 300000. The 11000 volume collection, one of the world’s finest on science, agriculture and literature, was amassed by Thordarson who built a fortune in Chicago and died in 1945. Funds come from trust accounts, heirs sell the collection to the university.
Victor E Kimball urged an overhaul of Wisconsin education financing at an executive budget hearing. He warned of a looming crisis without a full tax law revision and called for equalized school levies, higher state aid, and improved transportation funding totaling 19 873 822 for 1947 49 and 3 million for transportation.
Charles Morissey aged 49 died in a hospital after a collision on highway 22 near Oconto Falls. He was injured eight hours earlier when the car he rode in struck a parked vehicle.
Senator Theo D. Bilbo testifies he did not receive any portion of a $25,000 gift from a Mississippi war contractor connected to the 1942 Doxey campaign. The subcommittee seeks full disposition of the funds while Bilbo’s health and readiness to testify are noted amid threats against former aides.
A minor collision on Monroe's square involved vehicles driven by L D Lewis of Monroe and Merlin C Marti of Argyle route 3. No injuries reported and only slight property damage occurred yesterday afternoon.
Mansfield Ohio reports another soldier death in the 3 train collision on the Pennsylvania railroad at Coulter twelve miles southeast of town. Los Angeles sees two killed and three seriously injured when fog bound cars collide near Camp Pendleton. victims include a navy nurse and a marine sergeant with names withheld until next of kin are notified.
Thousands fill Tabriz streets as government troops near the Azeri provincial capital. Royalist crowds resist, Soviet-formed Azerbaijan government falls, protests and gunfire lessen as the army closes in and orders restore. Widely reported casualties and shifting control mark the upheaval.
In Sterling Illinois a fatal cottage fire killed five children from two families. Walter McKenna age 3 and Jack Ewart age 12 died at Sterling public hospital, Betsy Ann McKenna 5 Carol Ann Ewart 18 months and Sharon Ewart 4 also perished. Arthur Ewart 8 was critically burned and another child remained in critical condition. Police suspect the blaze started from an oil stove.
London fog snarls traffic and disrupts schedules for a third day as Scotland Yard reports robberies including $22,000 jewel theft from Marquise de Zahara at Victoria station. A mysterious “woman in slacks” and a gang linked to Windsor jewel thefts are sought. Coin theft from a sealed express car and ship delays add to the crisis as vessels face fog and accidents unfold near Southampton and Le Havre.
Edwin Pauley, U S reparations commissioner, told President Truman that Russians may push communism over all Korea before withdrawing northern occupying forces. He reported to the White House during a tour of the Russian zone under Red Army escort that Koreans are flooded with communist propaganda and treated ruthlessly by Soviet troops.
A Chetek Wisconsin home fire killed four members of the Wickham family including 3 month old Leo. George Wickham 39 a World War II veteran wife Gladys 29 and two sons James 6 and Leo 3 months died in the blaze thought to start from an oil heater. Coroner A B Hyllengren said flames spread rapidly leaving no chance to escape. Wickham was a garage mechanic and is survived by his father Herman Wickham and Mrs Wickham by Emil Nelson of West Allis a Milwaukee area brother Norman Nelson and a sister in St Paul.
Green County extension office earned two first place honors at the Extension Workers Conference in Madison this week. A circular urging enrollment in Green County 4 H clubs won top prize, and County Agent E O Bakers exhibit of black and white enlargements of 0.35 millimeter photographs also secured first place in the photography contest.
The Republican National Committee announced the resignation of Marion E. Martin as assistant chairman and director of the women's division effective January 1. The move ends her formal duties within the party structure in Washington.
The corn hog ratio stands at 18 to 1 in Chicago, meaning 100 pounds of live hogs equal 18 bushels of corn. Hog prices around 24 cents per pound with corn near 1.40 a bushel, and farmers fear prices may not hold, prompting some to market now. The ratio has rarely risen above 18.2 to 1 since 1910, with long term average 11.3 to 1, signaling potential profitable feeding if the trend lasts.
Lt. Col. Joseph Shamel of Mt. Carroll Alabama pleaded innocent today at a court martial arraignment in Bremen on charges of stealing table silverware and linen from the Bremen town hall.
The UN General Assembly backed a universal arms limitation plan and created a trusteeship council to supervise non self governing regions. It rejected an immediate international troop census by a 36 to 6 vote, sending troop and arms data to the security council for guidance.
Wisconsin endures a deep cold wave with no near term relief. Milwaukee forecasts little change tonight with snow expected in southern and central areas tomorrow. Park Falls records 4 below zero as state coldest, with Wausau 2 above Green Bay 5 LaCrosse Madison and Milwaukee at 10 below or above zero.
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