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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1948
Page
4
Washington expects the 1950 budget to land in the 42 to 43 billion dollar range with a possible deficit of one to two billion unless taxes rise. A revised accounting method will deduct tax refunds from receipts and subtract them from expenditures, leaving the deficit unchanged at about 1.5 billion.
Monroe Wisconsin council minutes detail roll call of aldermen Forcade Schindler Tschudy Beckman Voelkli Meythaler approval of prior minutes and highway funds payment. Planning commission reports rezoning discussion. Several resolutions for public deposits 1949 and park funds transfer. Authority to purchase squad car and a 3 ton Ford truck chassis with snow plow, plus fire department compensation ordinance and liquor licenses for Ralph Mahley Jess Morton and Louis Felder. Extension of liquor sale hours approved.
Des Moines AP reports Chaplain De Loss Marken meets Lloyd Church at Veterans hospital. Marken had conducted memorial services after the Dieppe raid for seven U S rangers, including Church, who was wounded in action and later survived German prison camps.
The American Economic Coordination Administration and the Greek government signed agreements totaling 26 million dollars to drain and irrigate thousands of acres across central, southern, and northern Greece. Plans include dykes, reforestation, and flood regulation to boost productivity in underdeveloped regions.
Professor P. A. Manteifel of the Moscow Fur Institute is reported to be domesticating elk and deer. The Evening Moscow says he is the first in the USSR to tame elk, with others now following. This autumn experiments harness elk as well as deer, and two tame elk were seen near an open field watching a tractor crew at work.
In Louisville Colorado a $3 annual tax applies to every male resident age 21 to 60, with exceptions for war veterans and city firemen. If unpaid, four hours of city work at 75 cents per hour are required. Clerk John A Dionigini calls the levy handy for curb and gutter cleanup.
The first group of up to 10 000 Polish laborers aged 16 to 50 moves into Czechoslovakia to bolster agriculture. They will work six months under the agreement approved by the Polish government with wage and schooling conditions matching local workers. Labor offices will allocate placements.
Clinton Blackbourn Floyd Cop lien R E Van Matre and Del bert Wyss have purchased a used Aeronca Champion tandem trainer with 85 mph cruising speed for a club plane. John Faherty flew dual cross country last week to Janesville Madison Middleton and return and recently soloed. Gilbert Baltzer contracted to fly day old chicks between Mt Horeb and Springdale Arkansas twice weekly July through December, after delivering 16 000 chicks in six trips with low losses. Springdale is noted as broiler country. A five place twin engine Cessna is also available. Road roller to pack snow replaces a snowplow for landing strips. If snow is deep planes may be fitted with skis. Baltzer said winter flying will continue as air remains stable.
In Hamburg and Ruhr papers two ads drew over 3,000 applicants for two expeditions led by Gustav Hahnke. He seeks 22 men per expedition to travel to the Congo and Amazon, aiming to return with elephants, tigers and snakes for German circuses and zoos. Emil Wacker, Apollo circus owner, hopes to sponsor the ventures next year.
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