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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1948
Page
6
Weather notes show increasing cloudiness and warmth in the western and northern areas tonight with light snow in extreme north Friday. Highs reach 31 and lows around 12. Data includes yesterday figures and a Tampa reading, with a sunrise at 7:30 and sunset at 4:35.
Frank Foulker transfers land in Cadiz township see 22 to John Cor yell with possession set for March 1 149.
County court action notes Harold J Lamboley and John Homer Rasmussen of Mineral Point in connection with David Fine vehicle overload case.
Justice L A Koenig and Charles F Opie of route 3 Monro e leave the scene of an accident with $100 and costs assigned. Rant Karl Fassbind aged 78 of 1810 12th Street and Mrs Rolland H Stites aged 70 of Winslow are noted in the same docket.
Mrs. Fredrick Rieder of Monroe welcomes a daughter born December 30. Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacDonald of 1903 23rd Street greet a daughter born December 29.
At St Clare Hospital the list includes Mrs Ben Bosshart Janet Schmerse and others in tonsillectomy care with Rita and Angela Bregenzer and Marvin Hilmer of Beloit. Surgical cases include Mrs Peter Bernet Sandra Jean Hodge and Mrs Ambrose Meyer. Dismissals feature a long roster: Mrs Arthur Hirsbrunner Mrs Robert Gissing Henry Ritter Mrs Harris Germann Dick Freitag Mrs Gottlob Oberholzer Jacob Blumer Betty Baldwin Mrs Howard Inman Holly Moore Dorothy Kolb Sally Burt Joan Swiggum Michael Clark.
Wisconsin tobacco growers were assured that federal loans on 1948 crops would be available again. The PMA and Commodity Credit Corp. will coordinate price support loans, with the Wisconsin Tobacco Growers' Association, depending on weather and market conditions.
Madison official elected president of the Wisconsin Milk Sanitarians Association today. David Nusbaum of Green Bay named vice president. Other officers include L W Brown of Madison secretary treasurer R W Carnes of Chetek W V Price of Madison Laura Bates of Sheboygan and E H Zobel of Ripon as directors.
Funeral services for John U. Haldimann 80 of Jordan township were held at 1 30 PM at the Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with Rev P C Kehle of St John s Evangelical and Re formed church officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery with pallbearers Ernest Schiedegger Christ Tschanz Fred Friederich Fred Blum Earl Bechtol and Walter Kummer.
Winslow, native of Monroe, Mrs. Clara Lloyd Stites died at 9 15 this morning in her Illinois home. She and husband Roland farmed near Winslow until retiring last year. Survived by husband two sons Merrill and Robert two daughters Marjorie Dietmeier and Marian Armstrong five grandchildren and one great grandchild two sisters and a brother Funeral arrangements pending at Burington Funeral Home Orangeville.
Democratic leaders tentatively agreed to clip the rules committee powers to pigeon hole legislation. The move aims to ease passage of measures and protect citizen rights by creating a code of fair treatment for witnesses before congressional committees. Rep Sam Rayburn will be house speaker and Rep Sabath will chair the rules committee in January.
Tremors and anxiety spread through Reno and nearby towns after a strong earthquake yesterday. North central California felt the tremor with widespread damage but no injuries reported. University of Nevada seismologist Vincent P. Gianella warned of continued aftershocks and potential risks nearby.
Mrs. R. J. Cook of Browntown and Mrs. Ella Larson from Blanchardville are listed among assorted visitors and callers. The item mentions many individuals from Monroe Madison Freeport Beloit and Milwaukee in town for business calling visiting relatives or spending holidays including DeWe Dwyer Jr. leaving for Tacoma and several residents boarding Christmas gatherings in Richland Center Monroe and Browntown.
Noboru Hashiyama and Teruo Akamine, two army lieutenants, were jailed for life after beheading captured American B 29 pilots. The verdict followed Emperor Hirohito's surrender announcement, ending Japan's fight in World War II.
The First American Legion clubhouse northwest of Monroe will host a New Year’s Eve party by Zilmer-Riley post and guests tomorrow night. The event is not the grand opening. that will come later. Only the tap room is completed, with further minor improvements planned. Barns will serve Boy Scout and recreation uses, and plans exist to convert the second floor into a large meeting hall. House committee members are Herman Fritz, Lester M. Johnson, Frank W. Heinzelman, and G. W. Perrigo, with caretakers Mr. and Mrs. Colonel M. Engebretson.
Senator McGrath says GOP leaders should keep Senator Ives on the Senate Labor Committee in the new Congress. Ives, viewed as a labor relations expert, faces removal as Democrats resume control and the panel is expected to have eight Democrats and five Republicans. The shift follows Ball's defeat, leaving Jenner and Ives vulnerable under seniority rules.
Judge Daniel Sullivan upheld the 1947 Wisconsin law prohibiting strikes in public utilities. He said the right to strike is not absolute and the state can regulate to protect public health, morals, and safety. The ruling, in two suits naming the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board, involved CIO Local 18 against Milwaukee Gas Light Co and AFL Local 998 against Milwaukee Transport Co.
Plymouth buyers and sellers kept cheese values steady as 35 cars moved in a Micracenal session. Cheddar trading remained unsettled but final prices steadied at 36 cents with small lots and 30 day cheddars at 36 percent. Bids and offers remained uneven with several lots unfilled and uncovered, while the overall tone stayed easy and small style demand persisted.
Mr and Mrs E O Evans of 2203 Lith street announce the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs James R Nolan of Waukesha Mrs Nolan is Ruth Evans The Evanses will travel to Waukesha to bring their grandson Jimmie to Monroe for a visit
Nathan Goetz, a class B amateur radio operator, made his first contacts last night with hams in Ripon, Detroit, and Kentucky from his home at 720 14th Avenue. His setup includes a 20 watt transmitter and the call letters WIGBP have been assigned.
Randolph, president of the International Typographical Union, told 87000 members the 4% strike levy may need extension beyond February 1949. The union spent $8.71 million through Nov 24, 1948, with $4.58 million in Chicago. funds totaled $2.69 million as of Nov 20, 1948.
Oneida County Coroner Albert Olson reports 15 year old Harry Olson died from smoke smothering after an overheated furnace failure in his woodruff home. The incident was confirmed yesterday as a fatal accidental fire related death.
General Jonathan M. Wainwright denied a claim that Lt. Gen. Edward P. King surrendered Bataan against his orders. Wainwright, who led the defense and later won the Medal of Honor, said King honored directives from MacArthur to continue fighting and did not disobey him.
Athens reports new arrests of alleged communists and underground agents in the Peloponnese. The three day sweep brings total detainees to more than 4200.
In Los Angeles a gunman pistol whipped the wife of Vice Admiral Howard F. Kingman after she slapped his face during a robbery attempt. Mrs. Kingman and her husband were about to enter their car when a second car with three men arrived. One man flashed a handgun. The wife’s slap provoked a slugging before the trio fled.
The Vatican excommunicated all Roman Catholics involved with the arrest of Cardinal Mindszenty, Hungary’s primate. In a decree dated December 28, the sacred consistorial congregation announced the action amid Hungary’s communist government claim that Mindszenty plotted against the regime. Excommunication bars participation in all sacraments.
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