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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
1
The weather record for 1947 begins with a frigid entry under cloudy skies as the year arrives. Temperatures plunge to six below zero, after a low of eight below earlier, signaling a continued cold trend and possible more snow.
The Times reports Monroe's 1946 climate was warmer and drier than 1945 with average temperatures near 49.04 and moisture around 21.62 inches, while 1945 showed 45.55 and 28.26 inches. December 1946 featured unusual warmth early, followed by a plunge, with record lows and a new snowstorm bringing nearly an inch of snow. A severe cold wave from North Dakota moved east, bringing subzero readings like 20 below in Minot and projected minus 30 in Minnesota, causing ice disruptions to power and communications in parts of Illinois and Indiana.
London officials disclose Britain and the United States are standardizing arms and training officers jointly with 30 to 40 U S personnel to be exchanged, rising to about 100. Aurore predicts a March 15 secret accord uniting armies. Canada could become testing ground. Weather warns heavy snow across Illinois Indiana Michigan with freezing rain.
A woodford county blaze destroyed the five room farm home of Mr and Mrs Bernard Pickett and their nine children about 8 last evening one mile north of Woodford. The upstairs burned after a grinder smoke incident and the Browntown Fire Department arrived too late. The family is staying with Henry Pehl while arrangements are made to replace the house. Partial insurance covers some of the loss.
Louis J. Benkert adds Arthur W. Black as co partner in Benkert Implement Co. effective January 1, keeping the firm name. The Blacks will move to Monroe, Mrs. Black to Sterling city schools. Black previously served as John Deere traveling engineer and is to be reassigned soon.
Pat J. Connors Jr joins his father to form Connors Plumbing and Heating Co replacing the prior firm. The younger Connors has nine years in plumbing and a 26 year WWI Army service. Pat J. Connors Sr. brings 36 years of local plumbing experience in Monroe. They plan a showroom and shop at 1802 11th Street when materials arrive.
Fire gutted the Continental block in Eau Claire's business district, damaging two other structures. Loss may reach 100000 dollars. On the first floor the candy store dress shop millinery hosiery shop and barber shop were almost completely ruined. Second floor housed a finance company and a social security office whose records were saved. About a half dozen offices in adjacent buildings were damaged by water and smoke. All city firemen fought the blaze, which started in the basement and was controlled by 4 a.m. New Year’s Day.
Transition from 1946 to 1947 in Monroe and Green counties ended quietly with no fatal accidents and only one reported injury in a county highway crash. Police logged several minor city crashes in Monroe and a few parking lot bumps, with one arrest resulting in a court fine. Major incident involved Robert D. White, 20, whose 1946 Chevrolet overturned on Highway 69 near Monroe, injuring him but avoiding more serious harm.
J J Tschudy announces the affiliation of his nephew Robert E Tschudy with Tschudy Specialty Service Co in Monroe. Robert joined the firm after four years of army service following a stint with Kraft Foods seven years earlier. He is married to Janet Kubly and resides with her parents in Monroe. William La Pointe 45 of Eau Claire died of exposure after body found near his trailer as temperatures dropped below zero. Eau Claire Deputy Coroner Vernon Stokes reported. The city water department plans to probe a water main leak by opening both parts of the North School property and street.
Susan Mary Blum born at St. Clare hospital at 6 30 am Wednesday weighs 6 pounds 7 ounces to Fred W. and Violet Blum. She becomes Miss 1947 in the Monroe merchants New Year baby contest succeeding Shirley Ann Brunkow. The Blum family will receive gifts including coal and gas.
Washington reports allege 60 CIO unions are locals and 12 corporations violated the corrupt practices act in recent congressional elections. Chairman Priest says the committee urged action by the justice department and cites evidence of Communist Party violations for not filing reports. Unions and corporations allegedly contributed about 50300 to New York political committees. Senate debate over portal pay suits follows court actions and GOP expectations.
President Truman and Secretary Byrnes reportedly will appoint Senator LaFollette to succeed John G. Winant as American member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Winant has resigned. reasons undisclosed. LaFollette would join Warren Austin as top U.S. representatives to the UN.
Three Chicago dairies led a one cent per quart reduction in retail milk prices and other dairy products. Borden Hawthorn Melodty Farms Meadowmoor and Dean Milk Co announced the move with home delivery at 21 1/2 cents a quart and 19 cents cash and carry. Proportional drops applied to cream buttermilk cottage cheese and related items.
Watch night services at Immanuel Evangelical and Assembly of God churches drew fair crowds despite cold. Immanuel hosted a combined program of song prayer and readings by Monroe pastors. Rev Jack Andrews delivered the New Year message Objectives for 1947 at the Assembly of God tabernacle with prayer lasting until midnight ushering in the new year. Due to board absences the annual Assembly of God business meeting was postponed for several weeks.
Two Dubuque men, John J. O Connell aged 28 and Lynn Patterson aged 30, pleaded innocent to breaking and entering before Municipal Judge Ernest Agnew. They were ordered held for a January 10 preliminary exam with bond set at 3500 dollars each and returned to Rock County jail after a Dec 21 grocery store burglary where a safe was taken. O Connell faced an additional charge of possession of burglar tools and Patterson faced a repeater statute charge.
Washington AP Sam Rayburn Texas agreed at a party caucus to let Democrats draft him as their leader in the new Congress. Sam Rayburn to lead Democrats as the first Republican dominated session looms. Joseph Martin Massachusetts will take the speaker's gavel tomorrow, Leo Allen Illinois to chair the rules committee with a large majority predicted.
Representative Knutson of Minnesota says the first bill in the new congress will cut income taxes. As chairman of the Ways and Means Committee he plans an across the board reduction that would shave about 314 billion dollars from 1947 personal income tax collections. Opponents on both sides express doubt, but Knutson remains confident. He told reporters the bill will be introduced at high noon when the new congress convenes Friday.
Democrats on both sides of Capitol Hill will back GOP labor proposals while Truman's forthcoming state of the union address is awaited. House leaders lean toward a law banning strikes in essential industries, with some urging compulsory arbitration. Both parties hold caucuses to nominate candidates as Congress convenes to assign committees and shape leadership. After 16 years in the minority, Democratic senators reinstall Alben Barkley as leader, with Lister Hill stepping down as whip. Four possible successors emerge for Hill, and committee assignments are to be settled.
Mrs. Helen R. Sporer of Racine faced a jail sentence that was suspended by U.S. District Judge F. Ryan Duffy who also raised the contempt fine from 500 to 1000 dollars. The judge said her husband Harold, a Racine attorney, gave her bad advice to refuse OPA rental division registration for her Racine apartment house. Sporer recently changed counsel to Louis Quarles of Milwaukee. Quarles argued the court could not impose both jail and fine in one contempt action.
The 1946 Green County annual report notes milk prices hit a record with butterfat at 3.5 percent and December milk at 4.50 per hundredweight, while cheese demand surged. Bank deposits climbed, loans rose, and a 90th anniversary was observed at First National. Utilities expand with new electricity customers and telephone lines, yet shortages limit some investments. St Clare hospital registered 3,963 patients and 672 births, while coroner records show nine deaths in 1946, down from 13 in 1945.
A New Year survey shows 116 violent deaths from 6 p.m. to midnight, well below Christmas toll of 297. Traffic deaths lead at 80, with 36 from other causes. Inclement weather reduced travel, aiding lower fatalities. The National Safety Council had estimated 30 traffic deaths. Other items note 1946 city building permits totaling 322240, 243 city accidents with 38 injured, no fatalities, and county highway injuries at 71 with 1 fatality.
Detroit reports filed today by the CIO United Auto Workers seek 410 million dollars in claims and damages against the three major car makers in Michigan. Norfolk naval news notes Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd sailing aboard the Philippine Sea for a trip to the south polar region.
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