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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1950
Page
2
Subscription rates listed for Cartier in Monroe at 12.0 per feature and outside Wisconsin at 8 per year with advance payment required to meet postal regulations. Office hours are 8:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The mayor, former District Attorney O Dwyer, argues that legalized gambling with licensing would ease enforcement burdens and improve supervision. Critics fear licensing cannot deter crime or graft, and vice may persist. cities with licenses still struggle to curb gambling-related trouble.
The U S freighter refused to recognize the communist port blockade at Shanghai. Chinese gunners disabled the ship with shells. Two American destroyers then escorted the damaged freighter to a port, and observers called the episode a ludicrous Gilbert and Sullivan style incident lacking injuries or broad violence.
Postwar buyers expect relief as new cars adopt removable fenders amid the rise of one piece bodies. Minor dents once led to major repairs, hurting budgets. Industry notes the clash between streamlined design and practical collision resilience, hoping for sturdier bodies and dent resistant fenders.
Leroy Kunzel nn of Milwaukee was named among dealers singled out by the National Retail Furniture Association for accomplishments as All Americans. The honorees were praised for service to their industry community and country.
Chronicle notes the U S program for extensive naval construction on January 11, 1940, drawing bitter criticism from Japan as world tensions rise. Also lists regional hospitalizations from local auto crashes and a pneumonia death of William Smith, 72, formerly of Monroe.
Dewitt MacKenzie discusses how Peiping's regime, backed by Moscow, does not mean China is fully communized. He notes recognition by Britain as a boost for communists, the likely spread to neighboring Asia, and the need to watch Manchuria while Chiang Kai-shek vows to fight with guerrilla support for liberty.
Ten individuals, including three finance company officials and seven former Democrats, were ordered to prison for a bribery conspiracy tied to the 1939 Michigan legislature. The 1944 verdicts in Mason, Michigan, linked to Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler’s graft case, target terms of three to five years for each.
An infant in critical condition from a bowel obstruction was rushed from Kenosha to Milwaukee Children's Hospital. Deputies from Racine, Milwaukee, and Kenosha counties escorted the one hour transport as doctors operated. The infant Martin J. Singer improved after removal of a growth from the intestine and was placed in an oxygen tent. his father returned to Kenosha. In a separate note, Grant G. Hilliker of Wauwatosa was transferred from Stockholm to the U.S. State Department as third secretary and vice consul.
Monticello and nearby towns host a sequence of social calls and greetings. Mrs. O. D. Curtis hosts Beverly Babler and daughter, while Henry Schuler of Dayton visits the Blum home. Carl Dick of Fond du Lac spends the weekend with his mother, and the Musser family returns to Loretta after a ten day visit with the Stauffer family. Mrs. Holdrich and Mrs. Blum visit Madison, Vyanna White and Douglas Zastrow call on the Bablers, Stauffacher attends Milwaukee fair board events then Banquet in Madison, Ira Holcomb visits New Glarus, H Wittenwyler calls on Monroe, and Mrs. Kubly is honored for her January 2 birthday with neighbors attending a party. The Swanns travel from Attica, returning from California.
Mrs Carrie Higgie a native of Monroe died at 7 30 p m yesterday at the Beloit home of her daughter Mrs Wright She was born Carrie Dexter in Monroe on June 18 1880 and married Elmer Riggle in 1899 They moved to Beloit 35 years ago Her husband died there in 1937 She leaves a daughter a sister two brothers and a grandson Last rites will be at 130 p m Friday at Rosman Uehlin Kinzer chapel Beloit with burial in East Lawn cemetery Beloit
Rhinelander voters will elect a parttime mayor starting next April as the city moves away from a manager form. The council set the mayoral salary at 3000 with the mayor and city attorney elected by voters and other officers appointed by the mayor subject to aldermanic confirmation, reversing last December’s selective offices decision.
Wisconsin farm officials report the 1989 pig crop at 3,274,000 head, the largest since 1943, with plans to breed more sows and increase farrowing next spring. The department notes 1949 production remains high but below many corn belt states. A Florida study plan sends 90 Wyler School for Boys students and faculty to Fort Lauderdale for a 10 week naval-centered program starting next Tuesday.
The annual Monticello Bank stockholders meeting re-elected directors J W Barlow William E Blum Jacob Burgy Nic Freitag Albert Knobel William A Loveland and Fred Steinmann. Officers renamed are W A Loveland president William E Blum vice president J W Barlow cashier L G Marty and Frieda Benkert assistant cashiers.
The era's mosaic of ideas opens with a poetic dedication by Tabitha Ritzmann and shifts to January bargains at Becker's Leader. Kids dresses drop from 9.95 to 4.95 while tubable cottons clear from 3.98 to 1.99. Lee's bridal shop promotes gowns, veils, and tiaras in satin and tulle for wedding wardrobes within budget.
Spring displays at Baker's Book store showcase California pottery bird baths and sugar creamer sets ideal for gifts or prizes. Ett er's advertises lightweight durable plastic tile in spring colors from 1.25 to 1.50 per square foot installed, with waterproof cement for home reno. The page ends with a quoted ancient Egyptian inscription about decline and doom.
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