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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1955

Page

2

Monroe Evening Times Office Hours Note

A brief notice lists office hours from 8 30 am to 5 00 pm and provides a telephone number for the Monroe publication. The fragment suggests a standard business hours reminder within the newspaper.

Editorial note frames background on current issues

The Monroe Evening Times presents explanatory articles to provide readers with background data on ongoing problems. It outlines the purpose of the series and invites readers to consider the context and facts behind the issues discussed.

Monroe Evening Times Today

A Touchy Problem on Federal Aid to Education

James Marlow reports that in 1956 Congress may block federal aid to education over a fight to bar funds to states maintaining racial segregation in public schools. The NAACP pushes for a clause banning aid to nonintegrating states, while many Southern Democrats oppose such amendments. Rep Powell, an NAACP ally, plans to reintroduce a similar amendment.

James Marlow Associated Press Congress National Association For the Advancement of Colored People NAACP Supreme Court Rep Powell D- NY Bailey D-Wva House Iment of Health, Education and Welfare Clarence Mitchell Washington Harold C. Hunt Department Mitchell Hunt High Court

New Year Drinking Sobering Myths Debunked by Scientist

ALTON L. BLAKESLEE reports that fresh air does not speed sobering after heavy drinking. Georgetown University pharmacology professor Dr Theo Dore Koppanyi says it takes five to six hours to burn four ounces of whiskey and that oxygen or insulin injections do not reliably hasten sobriety.

Theodore Koppanyi Georgetown University of School Washington, D.C Wayi Koppanyi al Sal

Monroe area notes on leaders and events through the decades

Ten years ago Paul Baltzer became Monroe DEC head with 145 member Commerce club officers named Oscar Moldenhauer Russell W. Prien and Walter Day. Russia backed Anglo American energy talks United Nations should oversee peace. Local church leader Bishop Schuyler Garth to address union New Year service. Early action urged to curb James Petrillo powers by House committee. Twenty five years ago Monroe events include lodge move to Moose hall calls for Wisconsin educational reform and obituaries. Additional items cover 1915 mail seizure by British, weather impacts, insolvency payouts, and local sports and deaths. Fifty years ago Lt Gov Davidson to be sworn in as Wisconsin governor January 1 amid health board and school planning news and a child’s death.

Paul Baltzer Laroy Dodge Monroe Commerce Ted Oscar Moldenhauer Russell W. Prien Walter Day Russia United Nations Japan Schuyler E. Garth Wisconsin Methodist Church St. John’s Church James C. Petrillo American Federation of Musicians Lea House Interstate Committee J. O. Davidson LaFollette U.S. Senate State Board of Health Joseph Carroll Edward Carroll

Warning on Alcohol Poisoning Risks and Treatment Limits

A doctor warned that alcohol levels can be fatal and that a narrow margin separates a safe dose from a lethal one. He noted that one to two pints of 100 proof whiskey can kill, with no specific reliable cure for severe alcoholic coma. Good nursing care and certain drugs are sometimes helpful.

Wisconsin Sets Sanitary Rules for Poultry Plants

Wisconsin poultry processors selling for resale must follow new sanitation rules from the State Department of Agriculture starting Feb. 1. The regulations cover building design, equipment, water, procedures, and limits on insecticides and rodenticides in processing areas. Self-slaughtered poultry sold directly to consumers is exempt from the rule.

Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture

James L. Buchanan Dies Chicago Banker at 63

James L. Buchanan, 63, vice president of First National Bank since 198, and former Federal Reserve employee, collapsed and died Tuesday night at his home, apparently of a heart attack. He joined Union Trust Co in 1926 and later became part of the First National Bank after a merger, directing commercial loans and known to local businessmen and industrialists.

Aucauy Buchanan First National Bank Federal Reserve System Bill Union Trust Co. Inicago Chicago Kansas City Washington

Albemarle County woman gifts identical SPCA puppy match

Charlottesville mother gives neighbor's kids a puppy to replace a lost dog. The SPCA shelter pup resembled the missing pet closely and, in fact, was the same animal, prompting surprise in the community.

Charlottesville Albemarle County SPCA

Mrs. Cora Elmer of New Glarus Dies at 72

Cora Catherine Elmer 72 native of Monroe died at home in New Glarus after a cerebral hemorrhage. Born Feb 15, 1883, she wed Julius H. Elmer in 1902 and lived on a farm north of New Glarus until retirement in 1943. Survived by a daughter, three sons, eight siblings, six sisters, and eight grandchildren plus three great grandchildren. Services Friday at Swiss Evangelical church. burial in church cemetery.

Cora Catherine Elmer Monroe Siam New Glarus Elmer Cor Catherine Jordi Jacob J Catherine Geiger Jordi Julius H. | Elmer Swiss Evangelical and Reformed Church Aid Society Kingdon Soper Blanchardville Herbert Madison Arthur Julian Joe Gmar Emma Freitag Monticello Hugo Beichel Nettie Simms Los Angeles Anthony Stoikana Seattle Wash Josie Hoesly Tacoma Evangelical and Reformed Church Lynn F. B. Tschudy Church Cemetery Friends Ca Zentner Funeral Home

Security Tax Payments Due for Agricultural Workers

Einar Hanson, district manager of the Janesville social security office, says farm and ranch operators must report cash wages and pay social security tax for agricultural workers starting in 1955. Any operator paying $100 or more in cash wages to an agricultural employee in 1955 must report wages up to $4,200 and pay the tax by January 31, 1956, at four percent. The employer may deduct as tax or pay later. Form 943 is required for reporting.

Einar Hanson Janesville Social Security Office Hanson Bureau of Internal Revenue

Death notices from various U.S. and U.K. figures

The AP memorial notices report deaths of Roger Steffan a 63 year old retired NYC banker former White House operations director and former Durham Daily owner in Vista California Arthur E Jock Tiffin 60 long time general secretary of Britain's Transport and General Workers Union in London Annie Wine sor Allen 90 Nashville educator and writer with ties to City College of New York and mathematics professor Joseph Allen in Des Moines Sid ney Kauf man 53 veteran Milwaukee newspaperman and attorney who began at Milwaukee Leader in 1918 and served on the Sentinel staff Marguerite W Beery 72 widow of Noel Beery Sr in Los Angeles Arthur S Young 66 head of a Lancaster farm implement business who organized the Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association in 1949 Benjamin J Hartley 96 married 80 years to Drusilla Hartley in Sagle Idaho. noted for long marriage lineage and Tennessee birth.

Associated Press Vista Calif Roger Steffan New York City White House Durham N. C Des Moines Annie Winesor Allen Nashville, Tenn Joseph City College of New York Winchester Mass Lancaster Arthur S. Young Rough and Tumble Engineers’ Historical Association

Wisconsin Fishery Nets Show Walleyes In Yellowstone Lake

Wisconsin Conservation Department officials reported that five nets set on Yellowstone Lake near fi rggle last week yielded 200 walleyes averaging 13 to 15 inches and 100 bass from 10 to 12 inches. The lake, opened in 1954 as an experimental site, has seen rapid bass growth and growing fishing pressure with no closed season or size limits.

Yellowstone Lake Wisconsin Conservation Department Wisconsin 1 Conservation Department Fi Rggle Yellowstone Elmer Herman Area Fisheries Co

Walleyes Found in Yellowstone River Channel by Creel Area

Herman reports walleyes in about 10 to 12 feet of water in the Yellowstone River original channel with bass in shallower zones. Fishery managers plan continued artificial stocking until natural reproduction appears, noting some fish may spawn next summer near the south shore opposite the creel census headquarters building.

Brodhead Centennial Group Forms Corporation

Incorporators Lyons Cain Peterson and Duchow filed articles for Brodhead Centennial Corporation at the register of deeds office Grace M. Thorpe. Frederick Duchow is initial agent and nine directors are named. The group plans a 1956 centennial celebration dedicated to 100 years of progress with net revenue donated to Brodhead for park and educational athletic improvements.

Brodhead Centennial Group Brodhead Centennial Corporation Grace M. Thorpe Register of Deeds Brodhead Frederick Duchow Duchow George K. Williams Franklyn A. Condon S. L. Cain y_Noonan Sidney R. Foss Carl T. Pfi

Johnson Heads to Mayo Clinic for Checkup in Rochester

Senator Johnson of Texas leaves for Rochester Minnesota to undergo a physical checkup at the Mayo Clinic to decide if he can continue as Senate majority leader. He plans his first Capitol speech since last July’s heart attack at a Women’s National Press Club banquet in Washington next Tuesday.

Ausiun Ma Johnson D-Tex Rochester Minn Mayo Clinic Senate Washington Capitol Women’s National Press Club

R B Chambers Dies in Dubuque

R B Chambers formerly of South Wayne and Darlington died Christmas Day in Dubuque. Services were held there with burial in Linwood cemetery. He was brother to Mrs Carl Holsinger Monroe, Mrs Ethel Olson, Miss Mabel Chambers South Wayne, and Mrs Walter Hartsough Warren Illinois. Survived by his wife. A Pennsylvania native, he moved to Dubuque nine years ago when ill health forced retirement from farming.

Srobert B. Chassis South Wayne Darlington Dubuque Linwood Cemetery Chambers Carl Holsinger Monroe Ethel Olson Mabel Chambers Walter Hartsough Warren Pennsylvania

Tone's Former Wife Receives Suspended Sentence

Hollywood actress Barbara Payton, 28, ex-wife of Franchot Tone, was given a 60 day suspended jail term for issuing 129 dollars in bad checks. She was fined 100 dollars and placed on three years probation by Superior Judge David Coleman after pleading guilty. Payton said overdrafts happened when a $200 advance for movie work did not arrive.

Tone Los Angeles Barbara Payton David Coleman Franchot Tone George A. Provas

Also Mentioned on This Page

Monroe Evening Times Editorial Alton L. Blakeslee AP Science Evening Times Monroe Woodman Lodge Benkett Moose Hall Nathaniel B. Treat Masonic Lodge United Nieuw Amsterdam Falmouth Mercury Winslow Fuller Bank George W. Glover Mary Baker Eddy First Church of Christ, Scientist Boston South Dakota Armory James L. Buchanan Ginny Bauman Ace Hardware Cora Elmer Honolulus Air Force Frederick H. Ratzburg Marion Waupaca County Wis Johnston Island Air Force Base London Arthur E Jock) Tiffin Britain Transport and General Workers Union Milwaukee Sidney Kaufman Old Milwaukee Leader The Sentinel Marguerite W. L. Beery Noel Beery Sr Mon Sagle Idaho Benjamin J. Hartley Drusilla Hartley Orn Tennessee Rieder’ S Market Corner Market Chalet Theater Smokie Links Stoppenbach Bee Ron Eooveey Boyer’s Rapid Gasser Rich Fes Richelieu Hone Germann Stalders South Sen. Johnson R.B. Chambers Galt Eo Cans Bologna Holland
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