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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1946
Page
6
Cloudy and mist with fog tonight and Saturday. Occasional rain Saturday. High 37 and low 30. Year ago today high 15 low 4. Rain since yesterday. Barometer 29.71 at 3 am and 29.50 at m. Warmest city yesterday San Antonio Texas. coldest Bismarck North Dakota. Sunrise 7 24 sunset 4 37.
Mrs. Clara T. Deal, 84, of Jefferson township, and Mrs. Rosetta Bear, 90, of Orangeville, are listed among deaths. Fred C. Steinman Jr., 49, of Milwaukee is also reported dead. Birth at St. Clare Hospital for Mr. and Mrs. Willis Isely of Argyle, a daughter, on January 3.
The record lists individuals involved in an accident and medical cases. Names include Fred W. Gobeli Juda route 2 Kathryn Gruenberg Monroe route 3 Edward Hoffman Monroe route 4 Larry E Miser Woodford Conrad Henze Rock City Daryl Pagel Juda route 2. Dismissals: Lyle Trow Herb Baumgartner Mrs John Schnei jer Mrs Birry Threikeld and daughter Jacob Reinmann Rhea C Meyers.
At Turner hall last evening the American Legion auxiliary welcomed twenty four new members including Mrs. Joe Hawthorne and Mrs. Addie Ambrose. Louis Koenig spoke on the GI bill of rights and election of two high school girls for a Ripon program was approved. A new Girl Scout troop organized by Mrs. Herman Legler met in the Lincoln scout room and rehearsed a play.
The Veterans Administration began hiring the first of about 2 800 doctors nurses and dentists under a law signed by President Truman. The act reorganizes the VA medical department to quickly add 1 500 doctors 1 200 nurses and 100 dentists to serve a record number of veterans in government hospitals. President Truman urged Gen Omar Bradley to prioritize qualified veterans in recruiting staff.
Confidential papers show Rudolf Hess began contact with English circles in 1940 to end the war. Haushofer’s 1941 report details Hess sending a peace letter via Swiss officials and a 1941 peace feeler to Allied channels. The notes cite Hess as Gestapo flagged for sympathy with the English. Haushofer was executed in 1945 for suspected links to the July 20 plot.
President Truman criticizes congressional committees for delaying essential domestic measures. He cites unemployment insurance, fair employment practice, minimum wage increases, and science and health initiatives as blocked or trapped in committees. Separate notice reports the wedding of Dr. John L. Gillin and Mrs. Mary McCutcheon in Mt. Vernon with plans to reside in Madison after February.
People with a car can start their own business with no investment. Mr. Ralph Fossage offers opportunities at the Eugene Hotel in Monroe Wisconsin. Apply January 5th to learn how a day’s work and a call after supper can lead to orders.
Personal mentions detail visits and daily errands across Monroe and nearby towns. Names include Mrs Mabel Bartel, Mrs Charles Scharer, Mrs A R Felts, Louis Janke, Mrs Arthur Davis, Mrs Fred Schilt, Mrs Russell Hawkinson, Elsie Booth, Clayton F Pickell, Will Geigel, Glenn Swiggum, Neil Swiggum, Ann Weckerly, Lois Jean Miller, Louise Read, Darlene Beeck, Chlora Grabow, Bolgrien, Bella han, Ralph Lindsay, Lillie Adelman, Donna Zo, Edward Weismiller, Anna Weismiller, Maxine Crandall, Belva Trotter, Mae Penniston, Ardis Watkins, Delores Waage, Mary Burmeister, Mrs Arthur Stauffacher, Robert Rundie, Milford Monticello, Barbara Springberg, Robert Haralek, Diane, Maynard Lynn, Miss Anne Hanselman, John Zimmerman, Marian Elmer. Many travel to Madison, Chicago, Dubuque, Oxford, and Kenilworth. Includes job changes and leave of absence notes.
Mrs Rosetta Bear a 90 year old Orangeville resident died at the home of Mr and Mrs Ben Runkle around 1030 last evening after months of age related illness Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Sunday at the Burlington funeral home Rev A R Felts of Orangeville Reformed Church will officiate and burial will be in Orangeville cemetery Rose Wolfe born 1850 in New York married Willoughby Bear in 1895 lived in Orangeville all their married life Surviving are two stepdaughters four stepsons a sister and several nieces and nephews Husband died in 1913 a sister is deceased.
Marquette University Law School Dean Swietlik told the Wisconsin board of circuit court judges that the three Allied powers are breaking apart as events in eastern Europe Poland and the Baltic states show promises of the Atlantic charter being discarded Puppet governments are installed free elections lack press freedom and only one candidate list emerges He cited Bevin's warning of totalitarianism replacing another and noted his European tour return President Fred urged stronger law emphasis within liberal training and traced the law school's growth from 1868-69 to its current status.
Fred C. Steinman Jr. died at his Milwaukee home after a five year illness and a heart attack. He was born February 12, 1896 in Monroe and spent summers there with his grandmother. Survived by his father Fred, two daughters Helen Shaffer and Evelyn Stark, one brother David, two sisters Emil Barth and Fred Duchow, and seven Milwaukee grandchildren. He worked as a tinner for Burmeister Co. for 20 years. Funeral at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Milwaukee. His wife Gertrude Seltzer and his mother predeceased him. He was a member of Salem Evangelical Church.
The House military committee exposes alleged gross injustices in courts martial. Investigators report trials and sentences abroad and at home, noting defendants’ rights are not fully protected and penalties are often too severe or uneven. Enlisted men face harsher court martial action than officers for similar offenses.
Jerome J. Howe and Harold Leuenberger resume employment with Wisconsin Power and Light after military service. Fred Ryser Jr. and Mrs. Ryser of Madison welcome a son born December 31 at Madison General Hospital. Fred Ingold remains in satisfactory condition after surgery at Madison General yesterday. Frances Porter visits Monroe for health program planning and consultation with county nurse Mildred Kuelling. Gobeli injured lightly after a fall during Turn and Schwing practice at Turner Hall. no major injuries reported by his physician.
Lt. Col. Michio Kitayama testified at Homma war crimes trial that Lt Gen Masaharu Homma ordered the Bataan Death March. He described seeing the march and said Homma and his staff showed little concern for prisoners’ fate.
The navy said the legal review of Capt. Charles B. McVay III's court martial records is complete and before the judge advocate general. It must still go to the Bureau of Personnel and the Secretary of the Navy before possible public release in about two weeks. The panel cleared him of inefficiency over the Indianapolis loss, but did not publish a negligence finding. The cruiser was sunk July 20 between Guam and Leyte due to submarine attack.
An OSS operative assigned to counter espionage was awarded the Iron Cross by German authorities. The incident highlights wartime intelligence risks and the complex loyalties within covert operations.
Elmer son of Mr and Mrs J A Elmer Browntown has arrived in Japan with the 32nd Red Arrow division now in Kyushu and southern Honshu. He battles fatigue after seven months overseas and serves guard duty with the 128th regiment in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Also homeward bound are Norman V Lynn and Carl A Von Arx with discharge eligibility and official release notices reported.
Clara Theresa Scheidegger Deal 84 died at Beloit Municipal Hospital after a short illness. Born Oct 13 1861 in Clarno she lived most of her life in Monroe area. Survived by two sons Leon Beloit and Carl Watertown SD. siblings George Davis Sr and Anna Deal Spring Grove township. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Sunday Shriner-Neushwan der funeral home Rev Paul Kehle. burial Austin cemetery Jefferson township.
Classified listing offers a spinet piano and baby items including a stroller high chair and carriage and bed all in excellent condition. Inquire at 1115 14th avenue.
The Navy nears the end of a vast Pacific search for missing armed forces members. Specialized units from destroyers and small craft comb remote atolls and islands for survivors, and five islands show graves of fliers, proving many died in crashes.
The Communists respond to Chiang Kai-shek with four conditions for peace talks. They accept General Marshall as one of a three member committee to decide ceasefire procedures, call for immediate nationwide end to civil war, demand restoration of all communications and lifting of blockades, and seek multi sector investigation groups including political consultative council members to address national issues in Chungking.
The Agriculture Department reports civilian butter supplies for January to March will total 369 million pounds, 30 million pounds less than the previous quarter. For April to June, the tentative allotment is 470 million pounds.
A 12 headed baby girl born New Year to Mrs. Joseph Govro near Festus Missouri died after 50 hours of life. Doctors planned a post mortem to study unusual anatomy while husband PFC Govro receives updates in Missouri.
The Duke of Windsor will pay a short visit to England leaving Paris Monday or Tuesday, his secretary said today. The duchess will not accompany him. He will stay only a few days, marking his third return to Britain since his 1936 abdication.
Samuel D. Berger of Madison Wisconsin is named labor attache to the American embassy in London. He has served as labor consultant to the embassy mission for economic affairs for three years.
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