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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1946
Page
6
Weather notes show cloudy conditions with rain tonight. Wednesday will see rain and snow turning to rain with a gradual temperature rise. Renee Pitman reports yesterday's high 33 and low 29. Barometer readings were 27.89 at 3 am and 27.85 at 3 pm. WarmestU S location Craentin Texas at 85 and coldest Bismarck North Dakota at 11.
J L and Emma F Stabler Rose R Hauser and Marion L Forcade transfer part It 124 Lybrand's donation Monroe. Albert and Mary Ruehlew transfer It 1 bik 23 Brodhead to W F Berndt. W F and Elsie Berndt to Leo R Gritzmaker It 1 bik 23 Brodhead. Walter and Elia TenEyck with Car P and Charlotte M Kott house parts IIS 2 and 4 bik 204 Brodhead. Fred and Dora Lehnherr transfer parcel of land sec 36 Adams township to Harold F Lehnherr. Maurice Hendrickson et al Ww Lawrence Hendrickson parcel sec 6 Adams township. Emma Luchsinger to Adolph Arn part II 1 bik 9 Monticello.
Peter Hanson of Woodford faced a case for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with liquor. The sentence includes a $60 fine plus court costs.
Robert Edwin Buehl and Ruth Carol Woodward, both of Spring Grove, obtained marriage licenses with the couple identified as Mr. Pleas ant and spouse.
List of surgical patients and dismissals includes Mrs Richard H Baterman Beloit Mrs Emil Sutter Monroe route 4 tonsillectomy Harry Klassy Monticello Grace Moran Argyle Medical Gerry A Truetharat 1102 10th street Peter T Paulson Blanchardville Dismissals Mrs Matilda Nelson Lawrence Heubner.
Mrs John Schnitzler 88 longtime Green county resident died at Bowen Convalescent Home about 8 30 p m Monday after four years of poor health and strokes. Funeral rites set for 2 p m Thursday at Shriner Neushwander with Rev Paul Kehle officiating. Interment at May 6 1857 to Green county story unclear. Survived by son John Jr Monroe, one grandchild and three great grandchildren. Husband died Jan 3.
Annabelle Mack, 66, of Appleton, died in a hospital last night from injuries after being struck by a car while crossing a street Sunday night.
Kenosha resident Mike Stukus aged 62 died after being struck by a train in the northern outskirts of Kenosha yesterday afternoon. The incident is being investigated by local authorities.
Six Green county men yesterday traveled to Chicago to submit to pre induction examinations. From the local board they sent Roger Dinwiddie Juda John Valentin Brodhead Glenn Kleist Arthur Williams Charles Thorne Albany and Virgil Krueger Monroe. Inductees depart from the local office tomorrow.
District Attorney Leo P. Lownik reported the body of 30 year old Mrs. Hilda Wopat was found in the Kickapoo river north of Viola after she disappeared from Richland Center yesterday morning. Neighbors and relatives had searched the area as tracks led from her home across flooded fields to the river.
Local classifieds pitch the purchase of Want Ads as a high workload for minimal cost, claiming readers can secure extensive help or services through inexpensive listings. The notice frames ads as a bargain for substantial effort/output.
Knight submitted a proposal to the oil industry fact finding board while CIO United Steel workers set a strike of 800 000 for next Monday. An interim agreement at Lehigh Foundries Easton PA curbs a 12 to 21 cent per hour raise as production climbs. Western Electric strikes in New York and New Jersey persist into day six with threats of a coast to coast walkout. Washington officials seek to avert steel and meat wage disputes set for January 14 16 while wage price officials probe concessions to prevent stoppages affecting hundreds of thousands of workers. A third CIO United Electrical strike of 200 000 is planned for January 15 at General Electric General Motors and Westinghouse.
A washed out track stretch requires 15 car loads of cinders to repair and a bridge shifted by ice and water must be realigned before trains resume. Mail delivery returns to normal in South Wayne with star route service restored. Mississippi River crest near Wisconsin towns after 2 foot rise in 24 hours as Darlington clears flood debris.
Brown questions Dept of War pressure on Congress to enact compulsory military training or extend the draft beyond the May 15 expiration. He cites army support for both compulsory training and draft extension as part of demobilization concerns and replacement shortages.
Local notes record visits and travel as Beloit and Freeport residents stop in Monroe on business while others travel for work. Names include Arne Bendickson Peter Syneff Eda Fluechtling Roy Grant Harry Davis Marie Castles Herman Seigenthaler Guy Purdy Harold Miller Lt A Peter Stauffer Kenilworth residents and more. Several departures and returns mark a busy day with Milwaukee and Chicago connections and military service updates.
County home agent Miss Marlys Richert led the first of four meetings for home demonstration group leaders at the court house. The series titled Washing made Easier will continue tomorrow at Juda in Mrs Will Meinert’s home with further sessions slated at the court house and Monticello center. Leaders from all groups will attend.
A period of amnesty from January 11 to January 21 has been declared across the British occupation zone in Germany. No action will be taken against anyone handing in arms or ammunition to the nearest police station or military government detachment during this period.
The dismembered body parts of Suzanne Degnan, a Chicago girl, were recovered from four catch basins and nearby sewers near the Degnan home in Edgewater. Police, led by Commissioner Prendergast, intensified a large manhunt with help from Cook County, while a St. Louis man linked to extortion was arrested after a $500 demand.
International Military Tribunal heard New York lawyer Ralph H. Albrecht present evidence linking Hermann Goering to Nazi aggression. Goering, lead defendant among 22, faced documents he authored detailing his role in Germany's war crimes. The scene included Goering's outburst and a courtroom moment that drew giggles from Rudolf Hess as prosecutors read from Mein Kampf.
Herman Meyers sent a congratulatory telegram to his mother Mrs. Marie Meyers in Honolulu. He could not attend the birthday dinner Sunday honoring her. It will be 20 years next month since the mother has seen her son.
Mr and Mrs Russell Lynch of Milwaukee announce the birth of their son Robert Russell on January 5 in Milwaukee. The birth was reported to Mr Lynch’s parents Mr and Mrs S P Lynch of Monroe.
Henry W. Burmeister a 75 year old Gra tiot banker and farmer was doing nicely at St. Clare hospital after an operation to set a fracture in his right hip. He suffered the injury Saturday when he fell en route from his home to the Gratiot bank.
James A. Schwalbach, director of rural arts at the University of Wisconsin, spoke to Lincoln school students this afternoon. He is a leader of the children's program Let's Draw.
E. O. Baker county agent attends Madison today for the district 2 Farm Bureau leaders meeting with John Shager and J. D. Hahlen also present.
J F Waddell and Miss Florence Wartenweiler visit county schools for an annual inspection. Waddell will stay through the remainder of the week.
Relatives attended the Monday funeral in Milwaukee for Fred C. Steinman Jr. at the Harder funeral home with Rev. A. G. Streich leading services. Burial followed in Valley or Vahalla cemetery with numerous family members listed from Madison Monticello Orangeville and Madison.
Retail Bureau chairman Harold E. Scherer will chair the first 1946 meeting at the Ludlow hotel tonight. All retail merchants are invited to attend.
Two Mulligan brothers, H Wayne Mulligan and E Claire Mulligan, both discharged from the navy on December 21, arrived home the same day after serving in the Atlantic and Pacific. They learned of each other’s presence at Great Lakes when they called their parents. They were among 21 veterans registering discharges with county service officer Earl L Dockhorn during Dec 31 to Jan 5.
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