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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1949
Page
2
The excerpt presents a public notice on subscription rates and office hours. It lists carrier and city rates, annual terms, advance payment requirements, and a postal regulation note, with a generic phone contact and operating hours from 6:90 a.m. to 5:90 p.m.
A Times review for the Associated Press argues that federal and employer taxes will rise by fifty percent next Sunday as social security expands. It notes unions pushing pensions, predicts economic tightening, and questions the loss of individual self-reliance despite the tradition of equal opportunity.
The piece weighs flying saucers, a rocket plane at nearly 2000 mph, and a 1989 mile per hour claim. It ponders future warfare limits and the possibility of space travel while noting four southern towns report mysterious sky objects. The author jokes about returning saucer myths and focusing on everyday tech progress.
Donny and Pfund Inc filed at the register of deeds. Incorporators Melchior A. Donny Chester A. Pfund and Hedwig Donny. Capital stock listed as 10000 dollars. Dor Cheese Factory Equipment Co. at 1800 10th avenue announces no change in the current company. Expansion of warehouse and distribution facilities in Green county with a 400 foot railroad loading dock and 15000 square feet of space.
NEA summary recalls Monroe Carl Marty Co. becoming part of Lake- Marty division of Borden Co. with past dec x industrial social progress. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Franklin Wells of Albany township, ill from birth, dies.
Officials debate national pension policy amid rising private pension reserves and potential tax revenue loss. SEC urges disclosure of pension liabilities in stock offerings while Congress eyes Social Security expansion and possible $100 pensions for all 65-year-olds, amid industry push and labor demands.
Wisconsin public aid payments for November totaled 3 998 478 dollars, up 20.7 percent from a year earlier. Aid reached 111 130 people in 63 389 households, a 22.3 percent rise, with the general relief program showing an October to November jump of 1 034 cases, the largest monthly increase since 1939.
Dr. Kundert, formerly of New Glarus, has been re-elected secretary-treasurer of the Madison General hospital medical staff. Also re-elected were Dr. H. Lewis Greene as chief of staff, Dr. N. A. Hill as vice president, Dr. John K. Curtis as chief of medical service, Dr. J. P. Malec as chief of surgical service, and Dr. Thomas A. Leonard as chief of obstetrical service.
New York American reports U S road and highway costs may drop as much as 10 percent from 1948 peaks with further declines possible. Higher labor productivity and cheaper materials cut the road bill by about 200 million dollars next year, potentially funding more roads or lowering taxes.
Hungary's communist regime nationalizes many foreign owned firms accusing them of aiding espionage. Standard Electric’s subsidiary, Shell and Vacuum Oil operations, Phillips Radio and Brown Boveri plants are among those taken. Officials report compensation for seized properties as broader measures target enterprises with more than ten workers. A Briton American and a Hungarian manager face espionage charges.
Harry F Kelly, twice Michigan governor during World War II, will run for the office next year after state Republican Chairman John A Wagner announced a statewide canvass of GOP opinion. Kelly served as chief executive from 1941 to 1945 and consented to run.
Dewitt MacKenzie reports that western democracies are gaining in Europe’s cold war as communist led strikes fail in Italy and France. The defeats show public defiance of Soviet pressure, with De Gasperi’s Christian Democrats rising since 1948. Tensions grow between Moscow and Tito while Eastern Europe faces purges and disaffection in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
Albany Mr Dewey renounced any immediate presidential ambitions while leaving open the question of a third term as governor. He said he would not seek the Republican nomination in 1952 1956 or 1960 and quipped he might be lucky to be alive in ten years.
Helen Steart describes Green County goat cheese from Newt Musser near Twin Grove who made two pound rounds from Saanen goats in a farm kitchen. Kraft Foods receives patents for black Swiss cheese improvements by Dr. J B Stine using the Milledgeville plant. Roundy Coughlin, Wisconsin’s Sugar Bowl rep, meets New Orleans mayor with aged cheeses while receiving honorary citizenship.
The New Glarus Post, a 52 year family paper, is sold and Arthur J. Theiler retires after 40 years. Ray Wurgler and Warren Ruesch take ownership January 3. Wurgler, 29, is a 14 year printer. Ruesch, 28, joined The Post in 1949 after UW journalism studies. Theiler briefly stepped aside during WWI and illness. Miriam Abplanalp once ran the paper. The paper began April 15, 1897 as Bote, then Deutsch Schweizerische Courier, consolidating with the English New Glarus Post in 1912. Mrs. Theiler will retire as well.
The National Forensic League selected Kenosha Wisconsin as the site for the 15th annual high school speech tournament to be held April 27 to 29. Winners from 30 state contests will compete, announced by Bruno E Jacob Ripon executive secretary at a Speech Association of America convention.
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