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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1950
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates by carrier within Wisconsin and for other areas, noting annual costs and advance payment requirements. It also specifies postal regulations and the office hours from 9:00 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. and provides contact details.
An editorial on the 80th anniversary of Green County Swiss cheese production highlights the area's role as the Swiss cheese capital of Wisconsin. It notes that Green County accounts for a large share of state Swiss cheese output, with 1948 production totaling about 43 million pounds and over 21 million dollars in farmers' earnings, underscoring heritage, innovation, and self-reliance in Wisconsin dairying.
The piece discusses the national labor relations board and the Taft-Hartley act amid a tense political moment. It notes White House embarrassment, coal shortages, and lawmakers’ return for a new session as operators pin hopes on NLRB actions. The article questions how officials will interpret and apply the law to the coal dispute.
A fragmented note warns against consolidating all fire equipment in one building. Officials fear combining housing for a firehouse and city hall may invite disaster and prompt plans to safeguard fighting resources across Monroe.
Donald D. Foster a 18 year California state Board of Equalization official and local hobby shop operator will leave Saturday to enter St. John’s Abbey Benedictine monastery in Collegeville Minnesota. His wife May C. Foster approves the decision and Foster plans to pursue monastic life if he endures the climate and discipline.
A retrospective from January 3 1940 highlights President Roosevelt urging unity and new taxes in his annual message to Congress. The record notes postal receipts gain, Albany accidents, a fatal fall, and a hotel fire in Minneapolis. Earlier years recount railway commission rulings, name changes, fire damages, a Naval Academy nomination, and anti tuberculosis fundraising. A 1910 note covers Monroe Telephone Co. expansion, a successful New Year party, a new business block drawing, and a Philippine injury death of a local veteran.
Sir Henry McMahon, just dead in London at 87, shaped Middle East events as Egypt’s first high commissioner under Britain’s protectorate. His letters to Sherif Hussein helped spur Arab revolt, a point of contention as Britain denied Arab land promises. The protectorate strained Anglo Arab ties, a sentiment lingering into King Farouk’s era after 1922.
The 1936 treaty ended British military occupation and allowed Egypt sovereignty while Britain retained 10,000 troops and warplanes in the canal zone. The accord, set for twenty years, faced a 1946 revision request, but negotiations faltered over Egypt’s claim to Sudan, which remains under joint Anglo Egyptian control and a plebiscite was urged by Britain to decide Sudanese wishes.
Mrs. Fred J. Fisher of Detroit donates one million dollars to Notre Dame. Seventy five to one hundred thousand funds a Fisher memorial dormitory for about 200 students and the rest creates a revolving loan fund to aid working students. The loans may go to any motivated student, not just top scholars. The donor notes this fulfills her husband’s wishes to help hardworking youth. The late Mr. Fisher served on Notre Dame’s associate board of lay trustees.
Records show 78 House November payrolls include members with the same surnames as lawmakers, prompting nepotism questions. Names from Illinois and Wisconsin list spouses, children, or relatives, though law does not require disclosure of actual relationships or in law connections.
Edward Olson, 21, of Owen Wisconsin, told police in a lie detector test that he and another man robbed a Chicago Westside saloon last November. Olson was seized after a second saloon robbery, identified by a girl friend, Betty Jean Anderson 18, of Calumet City. A diagram of Withee Wisconsin and a floor plan of its bank were found in Olson’s pocket.
A DC-3 airliner skidded out of control after landing at Salt Lake Municipal Airport in a snowstorm, tore through a mesh fence, and struck a car on a nearby highway. Four occupants were injured in the car and nine aboard the Challenger Airlines flight plus three crew members sustained minor injuries.
A 164 page up to date booklet on piles fistula and related rectal and color ailments is available for free. Send request to Mc Cleary Clinic and Hospital E111 Elms Blvd Excelsior Springs Missouri for the no charge publication.
Robert Ringling, 52, former operatic star and top Ringling Brothers official, died last night in Sarasota after a stroke. He chaired the circus board and twice led the big top. Survived by widow, two sons James Conway and Charles Jeph, mother Mrs Charles Ringling, and sister Mrs Charles E Sanford of Sarasota.
The Red Fleet reports the death of Rear Admiral Nikolai Zayats, aged 65, who served in the Russian fleet since 1908. The obituary notes a long career in naval service within the Soviet Union.
President Truman selects Edward Ware Barrett of New York editor and Newsweek editorial director to become assistant secretary of state for public affairs. He will lead the Voice of America program and succeeds George V. Allen who is now ambassador to Yugoslavia. Alan G. Kirk plans to tour the Soviet Union, visiting Leningrad with Mrs. Kirk before returning to Moscow.
An advertisement for M. J. Gonstead chiropractic clinic promotes relief for chronic illness, urging readers to visit for X ray evaluation and chiropractic care to address persistent sickness.
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