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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1949
Page
8
Fair tonight and Friday with increasing cloudiness and little temperature change. Hourly Times Thermometer shows a high of 29 and a low of 18 since yesterday 1 p m. Year ago highs 18 lows 1. Barometer 29.60, 29.45 at 1 p m. Warmest U S city yesterday Tampa 81 and coldest Helena 12. Sunrise 7 25, sunset 4 49.
Walter Schmid transfers It 2 bik 12 Tallmans add to Otto Feldt in Monroe. Walter A Johnson transfers S 80 ft It 8 bik 11 Foster's Second add to Henry S Hefty in Monroe.
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Henry P. Johnson aged 76 of Browntown J Henry Figs 76 of Brooklyn Mrs Anna Bright 77 Beloit and Mrs James McKenzie 73 Brodhead. The notices provide ages and associated towns.
St. Clare Hospital Casper Rhyner Basco Mrs Edward Germaine Freeport Tonsillectomy David Deining Monroe Terrance Hyland 808 17th Avenue Surgical Mrs Leonard Vosberg Hollandale Telmar Paulson Blanchardville Dismissals Major Blackford Arnold Fobes Phillip Cox Mrs Alwin Olson Mrs Walter Whitcomb and son Mrs William Sweeney Mrs Clifford Prien and daughter George McKillip Mrs Clayton Milestone and son Mrs Clem Mansheim Paul Alexander Roy Haffeie
President Truman nominated F Ryan Duffy former U S senator from Wisconsin and current eastern district judge to the sev enth federal circuit court of appeals. He would replace the late Evans A Evans of Baraboo Wis in the Chicago post. Duffy was appointed to Milwaukee district court in 1939 by Franklin D Roosevelt after an earlier Senate defeat and succeeds Ferdinand A Geiger. born in Fond du Lac.
Willie Howard, 62, one of America's top stage comedians, died yesterday from a liver ailment. He starred in major musical comedies and revues for over 35 years. His last show was Along Fifth Avenue, left on December 8. He often teamed with his older brother Eugene Howard in stage comedies and vaudeville. He was a small man with sly mischief and a mastery of mimicry.
Mrs Anna Kelly Bright 77 Beloit formerly Brodhead area died in Beloit hospital after a week long illness Born December 24 1871 in Newark Rock County She married Lee Bright December 24 1891 in Brodhead Surviving sons Thomas Avon township William Winnebago IL Arthur Ft Atkinson Two sisters Mrs Arthur Peterson Avon Mrs Eugene Eicher Newark Two brothers Thomas Newark George Kelly Beloit Funeral at 2 pm Saturday Newcomer funeral home Rev Robert Sachtsen Methodist officiating Burial Avon cemetery Friends may call Friday evening
One of Albany's oldest residents Her man Mauermann celebrated his 87th birthday. A Green county native from Germany, he moved to Sylvester township with his parents and has lived in Span of the village since 1926. A lost billfold containing currency and IDs was reported between 1412 12th avenue and Burkhard Electric Co. Wednesday night. finder should call 2064.
State Senator Melvin Olson of South Wayne was elected chair man of the agriculture and conservation committees in the Wisconsin senate at the opening meeting of the 69th legislature session. Other chairmen named include Porter, Gettelman, Robinson, Miller, Brown, Buchen, Bubolz, Schlabach, Laird, Busby, and Robinson in various standing and special committees.
Milwaukee district judge Harvey L. Neelen's John Doe inquiry into alleged Lake town administrative irregularities moved forward with a documentary file in hand. The records, obtained via subpoena, connect to the arrest of town chairman John Kowaleski on bribery charges last Saturday.
Local residents and visitors including Mrs Amelia Zuhike Dr Harriet G Anundsen Osro H Grinnell LaVerne Erickson Nellie Durst and Misses Selma Steiner Elaine Schwend Katherine Bowell Jesse Roderick Joyce Johnson and others appear in everyday business and social calls across Madison Janesville Freeport Blanchardville and Monticello Universalist Ladies Aid bake sale announced for January 15 at Wisconsin Power and Light office with baked goods beans and cottage cheese trips to Florida for two weeks and health trip to Arizona for M J Kundert family members in Darlington and Phoenix are listed among recent travels and visits.
Funeral services were held for Mrs William Grunder who died Monday at St Clare hospital after a decade long illness. The service began at 1 15 p m at Stuessy Funeral Home and continued at 2 p m at the East Clarno Church with Rev Homer Retzlaff officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery Monroe with nephews Donald Bloom Ronald Schmocker Robert Johnson Homer Gieger Andrew Herfel and Donald Zurbachen serving as pallbearers.
Wisconsin cheese market shows a gentle easing with selling prices largely holding. Reported ranges include 36 to 39 percent for various forms though some items edge higher as buyers adjust expectations amid market activity.
Madison officials schedule a Monday hearing on a petition from the Communication Workers of America to invoke the state utility anti strike law in a dispute with Commonwealth Telephone Co. The session will determine whether the law can be applied to curb potential work stoppage.
Readable text notes an Indian figure used as a cigar sign appearing in England as early as 1617. The detail links early branding to colonial era commerce and signage practices.
Former president Herbert Hoover urged Congress to grant President Truman wide authority to overhaul the federal government. He argued current disorder costs the nation and called for greater reorganizational power than allowed by the 1939 act. He sent identical letters to both chambers outlining a need for unified executive power.
Mrs Walter J Kubly a note teller at First National Bank completed her last day yesterday She will assume duties as register in probate at county court on January 20 succeeding Mrs Henry L Bauman The appointment was made December 31 by Judge Harold J Lamboley after Mrs Bauman resigned.
Gott loib Oberholzer buys the Minnie Lewis house and Aron Sharpe buys the Babler residence in Albany. A Maple Leaf factory hired man will occupy the Lewis dwelling. Kenneth Whittaker and family occupy the new Sharpe house, Whittaker is the Sharpes’ daughter.
Governor Rennebohm calls a special session to push a constitutional amendment allowing state works on public projects and urges early submission at spring elections. He criticizes past taxes on out of state firms and advocates farm labor coverage, a wage guarantee, and broader workmen’s compensation.
A classified column emphasizes Wisconsin’s strong reputation for pure laws and urges readers to support proposals that protect or strengthen those standards. The note calls for careful consideration of any enactment that might weaken the legal framework.
Deadline for a tugboat strike was moved to midnight as negotiators failed to agree on overtime pay. About 3,500 harbor workers had planned to walk out, with Mayor William O'Dwyer stating the city would turn to fuel production if the strike occurred.
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