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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1946
Page
6
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with colder temperatures. Peak high yesterday reached 34 and low 30, while a year ago today high 19 and low 12. Rain since yesterday, barometer 29.60 at 3 am and 29.52 at 3 pm. Warmest U S city was Jacksonville Florida at 80, coldest Bismarck North Dakota at 13. Almanac data shows sunrise 7 24 and sunset 4 42.
Olive and Fred Combs transfer property to Helmer and Agnes Knudson at its 5-7, block 155, Brodhead. Nettie Anderson and others convey part of its 1-2, block 163, Brodhead to Stanley W. Knight.
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Kiemm of Monroe route 2 announce a daughter born January 9. Mr and Mrs Eugene B Eimer of 2008 13th Street report a son born January 9.
Accident mentions Clara Wichelt of Brodhead and medical notes for G E Zuercher 17th Avenue Beloit Sweet 22nd Street South Wayne Eveland Monroe route 2. Surgical entries include Joseph Birk Darlington and William Short Beloit. Dismissals list Michael Makers Aeschliman Brunkow and daughter.
A 65 year old Edgewater janitor, described as mild mannered, is held after a child Suzanne Degnan is killed. Police found a hacksaw and ransom note, while a coroner's physician disputes the tool used. A coroner's jury is to hear inquest as funeral rites for the victim proceed.
The parents of 6 year old Suzanne Degnan express gratitude for the sympathy from press, public, and radio after Suzanne was kidnapped and killed. They plan funeral services Friday and a trip to Worcester to visit his ill mother before returning to Chicago.
The word ship is masculine in French Italian Spanish and Portuguese while in Teutonic and Scandinavian languages it has no gender in some grammatical frameworks.
Manila grows as a boom town driven by American troops with traffic jams, shell-damaged streets, and new shops. Alcohol and goods pour in while prices fall, yet many children remain poorly served as rebuilding lags and uncertainty looms.
Virgil L. Dickinson, Augusta real estate and insurance man, was chosen yesterday as chairman of the Wisconsin Conservation Commission. He succeeds W. J. P. Aberg of Madison, who served three terms as chair but will remain on the commission.
Wisconsin's rye acreage harvested last fall was the lowest in 73 years and only a third of the 1934 43 average according to state and federal crop reports. Present estimates show 103 000 acres planted or four fifths of the 1945 total.
Local items list residents traveling and visiting relatives in nearby towns and states including Niles Juda Chicago Madison Beloit Freeport New Glarus Monroe Barneveld Waterloo Ia Minneapolis and Milwaukee. Inductee Michael Bieger departs for army service. Lt Alexander King returns from Minneapolis and plans Great Lakes report.
Japanese women leaders declared they will fight for democracy and thanked General MacArthur for purging ultra nationalists. They will vote for the first time in the upcoming general election. The Asahi forecast resignations of about 200 top judges and prosecutors and at least two leading economic figures.
Local shoppers are urged to consider the value of small ads as a vehicle for selling goods and sparking job opportunities. Community merchants highlight the efficiency of classified notices for reaching focused buyers and generating quick results.
Helen Germann, on furlough, travels to Madison to visit her sister and then to McKeesport to see her brother John and family before returning to Cherry Point. Pvt. Robert D. Nafzger has arrived overseas and is stationed on Guam. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Nafzger of Monroe route 4.
Reese Pvt Eugene Reese writes his parents in Luxembourg that he attended funeral services for General Patton. He has served since last June. Redman S/Set Warren H Redman with the combat engineers arrives in New York City per telegram to wife and parents. In service 39 months, 14 months in Europe, expects discharge this week.
The Sue Vincent chapter of Tri-Hi-Y met Tuesday evening at the Methodist church. Rodney Kitterson, former FBI member, was guest speaker and shared notable experiences from his time with the group.
Funeral services were held today at Shriner Neushwander funeral home for Mrs John Hartwig who died at her daughter's home with burial in Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers were six grandsons. John Hanson died in Kankakee Illinois with rites at 3 p m officiated by Dr Charles A Briggs and interment in Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers included Sam Kubly John Wells John Figi T Roy Venson Louis Tree and Elmer Divan.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Baumgartner Mr. and Mrs. Fred Glauser and Mrs. Otto Andereck plan an automobile journey starting Sunday for a month in the South They will spend two weeks at Hot Springs and two weeks in New Orleans where Mr. Baumgartner will visit favorite fishing spots.
Mrs. Clara Wichell of Brodhead sustained a broken femur in a fall at her home. She was admitted to St. Clare hospital where the attending physician reported she is in satisfactory condition.
Rev and Mrs Alvin C Rabehl were in Ripon today to attend the funeral service for his grandmother Mrs August Riese who died aged 90.
Publicity efforts highlight national guard recruitment with a Wisconsin Power and Light company window display. Equipment and wearing apparel of the national unit are showcased to attract interest.
The winter timetable for the Cardinal line goes into effect tomorrow as announced today by local agent Ted Schmiedlin. The change marks a shift in routes and service times for riders in the region.
A spokesman said there will be fewer buses running east and west and the arrival and departure times will change. The statement signals adjustments to service patterns and timetables affecting riders and daily commutes.
Inductees from Green county draft board left this morning for a receiving center to be taken into service with the armed forces.
Government officials weighing a price increase of about four dollars per ton on steel, one point five dollars above the prior OPA limit. Director John W. Snyder and SA Collet favor the rise amid protests from Chester Bowles. Steel workers push for seven dollars per ton to restart bargaining for a two dollar daily wage hike.
A Caesarean delivery at Norton General Hospital produced a male infant with two heads who was stillborn. The mother Mrs. Viola May Matthews Brickey, 25, remained in serious condition following the procedure last night.
International Military Tribunal evidence links Joachim von Ribbentrop to urging lynching of captured Allied fliers who bombed German cities. British prosecutor cites proposals rejected as too drastic and notes Germany’s strategic terror actions included targeting civilians and trains. He also shows Ribbentrop courting Japan to enter the war and informing Mussolini of Spain’s war entry plans.
Interwar dispatch notes von Ribbentrop promising Berlin aims to assist Japan in an attack on Gibraltar. The German pledge included liquidating the British empire and erasing Soviet Russia, signaling a strategic Triumphant alliance amidst wartime tensions.
A seven man UN subcommittee will tour the New York area by air today weather permitting. The inspection includes a flight to Stewart Field near West Point, ten miles southwest of Hyde Park, where a possible UN home could be established as the permanent headquarters if Roosevelt's hometown is selected.
The U S Naval Academy in Annapolis requires midshipmen to stand at least five feet five and a half inches tall and weigh no less than 112 pounds as part of the basic entrance or cadet conditioning criteria.
An advertisement promotes Fahrney's Alpen Krauter as a time tested stomachic laxative tonic made from 18 medicinal roots and botanicals. It claims to ease headaches gas bloating and lack of appetite by stimulating bowels and expelling waste with a gentle warming effect. Available from Ford Hopkins J.P. Zinser Blamer Phey and other agencies.
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