Editorial Benefit Bandwagons and Social Security Doubts
The piece critiques a new administration's push for expanded social security and a compulsory health-insurance levy totaling eight percent of payroll. It warns such costs fall on wage earners and employers, questions efficiency of a government plan versus private insurance, and urges focusing on more timely issues rather than a move toward socialism as seen in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picnes
Congress
Naif
Ruman
Britain
Controversy Over Marine Victory Credit Sparks War of Words
Wartime leaders spar over who earned credit for Pacific victories as Gen MacArthur responds to Gen Howland Smith claims. Gov Smith urges restraint, warns against heated, biased histories and delayed action. Readers flood with eyewitness accounts challenging official records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Pacific
MacArthur
Howland Smith
Japan
Gov. Smith
Wiley and McCarthy Named to Committees
Washington four Republicans Senators Alexander Wiley and Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin have been assigned to two committees in the 81st congress. Wiley serves as minority member of the foreign relations and the judiciary committees. McCarthy sits on the District of Columbia and the expenditures in the executive department committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alexander Wiley
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Wiley
Forei Relations
Judiciary
McCarthy
District of Columbia
Executive Department
Pankee Found Safe After Four-Hour Search
Five-year old Jay Howe, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kitz of Franklin, was found unharmed last night after a four hour search by a posse. The boy was located asleep in a shed near his home following his disappearance after a spanking yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pankee
Milwaukee
Jay Howe
John Kitz
Franklin
Monroe chronicle reflects a decade of local change
Historical items from Monroe recount a 10 year snapshot of civic life including hospital staffing, student injuries, and a large January dinner. Mentions Edwin A. Birschbach assuming operating engineer duties at St. Clare hospital and a Beloit incident at Lincoln junior high. Also notes Shenandoah dirigible return, ice harvest at Hyde's pond, and local business and community updates spanning multiple eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Retail
Mer
Lysy Cnants
Turner Hall
Edwin A. Birschbach
St. Clare Hospital
Charlies Hunt
Lincoln
Beloit
Monroe Ice Co
Hyde's Pond
Blumer Brewery
John A. Young
Brodhead
Janesville
Rock River
D. B. Yarger
New Bank
Orangeville
Old Musser Bank
F. G. Galle
Kansas
Hugh Wilson
Darlington
Lafayette Hospital Offered to Franciscan Sisters
Franciscan Sisters may operate Lafayette County Hospital project. John H. Burke announces at annual meeting that three directors were re-elected. A federal $125000 building grant exists until July 1, with the city needing to raise two thirds of it. The society has $38510 on hand, while a bond issue became illegal under state law. Amendments to the law may be sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlington
Lafayette County Hospital Association
John H. Burke
C. E. O’breine
Paul Gliter
Will Howery
Hospital Society
Swiss Market Trade Steady in Week to Jan 13
Swiss cheese market held steady to firm for the week ending Jan 13, with demand fair to good and buyers chiefly seeking top grades. Production light and current receipts cleared with held stock moving. grinders and grade C for export to Belgium remained in demand. prices rose only on lower grades with Wisconsin assembly points listing state brand 53-56 cents, grade B 49-51, grade C 43-45, grinders 38 14-42 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Belgium
Wisconsin
Wisconsin towns eligible for federal post office funds
Senator Wiley announced that Brodhead and New Glarus in Wisconsin qualify for federal building funds under a 1913 statute for post office facilities. He noted that communities with annual postal receipts of 10 000 or more qualify, though no new post offices are funded in President Truman's current budget and none have been built since November 23 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
New Glarus
Wisconsin
Senator Wiley
R-Wis
Wiley
Truman
Taxi sale rules issued by state motor vehicle chief
Commissioner Ben L. Marcus of the state motor vehicle department warned taxi dealers that a taxicab may not be sold unless its title bears a notation showing the car's former use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Ben L. Marcus
State Motor Vehicle Department
41 County Residents Enlisted in U S Army Air Force Last Year
41 Green county men joined the U S army and air force through the Monroe office in the last year. Lt Col Charles H Reed Wisconsin recruiting district said 1948 army enlistments in Wisconsin rose over 1947 by over 5 percent with 9398 recruits, peaking in August at 1382 and September with 1363. The draft had little effect, career and educational benefits drew recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
U. S. Army
Air Force
Monroe
Rodney C. Johnson
Charles H. Reed
Wisconsin
Army
Col. Reed
Clinton Bolender of Cedarville Dies at 78
Clinton Bolender 78, a retired farmer, died yesterday morning at Deaconess Hospital Freeport after two weeks illness. Born February 16 1870 near Buena Vista he lived on a farm there 22 years before moving to Cedarville. Surviving Ada widow two sons Raymond and Guy Cedarville two sisters Mrs Esther Matter and Mrs Charles Smoyer Freeport. Last rites scheduled 1 30 p m tomorrow Walker Mortuary Freeport with Rev Robert S Wilson Cedarville officiating Burial Cedarville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedarville
Clinton Bolender
Deaconess Hospital
Freeport
Buena Vista
Ada
Raymond
Guy
Esther , Matter
Charles Smoyer
Walker Mortuary
Robert S. Wilson
Cedarville Cemetery
Burial Rites Set For Sniper Victim
Mt Horeb special report on T/4 William B Squires 24 killed by a Japanese sniper on Biah island while delivering rations. His flag draped casket arrives in the U S and will be buried at Hyde Cemetery Barneveld. Rev E R Anderson to officiate with pallbearers named. Squires survived by mother Mrs Joseph Squires Ridgeway brother Delbert Blue Mounds sister Mrs Dorothy Gladen Barneveld. father preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Horeb
William B. Squires
Biah Island
States
Hyde Cemetery
Barneveld
E. R. Anderson
Barneveld Lutheran Church
Robert W. Mauer
Route 2
Madison
James Ellis
Jerome Anderson
Marvin Arneson
Bernard
Donald Lease
Ridgeway
T/4
Squires
William H
Josephine Arneson Squires
Blue Mounds
Tacoma
Wash
California
Las Vegas
Nev
Australia
New Guinea
Joseph Squires
Horeb
Delbert
Dorothy Gladen
No Survivors Named in B 29 Crash Flight from Scotland
Smoky Hill air force base announced 20 men aboard the American B 20 super fortress crashed near Lochgoilhead Scotland. Searchers report no survivors. The crew included Pfc. Robert W. Brown Jr whose father lives in Sheboygan.
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Salina
Kas
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Scotland
Lochgoilhead
301St
England
Scampton
Pfc
Robert W. Brown
Sheboygan
Ponzi Dies in Brazil After Long Swindle
Charles Ponzi, the architect of the 1920s Ponzi scheme promising 50 percent returns in 45 days, died in a Rio de Janeiro hospital charity ward. His body remained in a public morgue as investigators estimated he defrauded about 40,000 Americans of over $15 million before deportation to Italy and exile in Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
United States
Italy
Brazil
Kiwanis Leaders Attend Wisconsin Upper Michigan Conference
Dr. D. D. Ruehlman president and Charles Marvin secretary of the Monroe Kiwanis club joined the annual midwinter council in Milwaukee. Dr. John H. Nickell newly installed district governor addressed about 500 officers from 82 clubs as the district reports around 5 500 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Ruehlman
Charles Marvin
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Wisconsin-upper Michigan
New and planned upgrades hit Wisconsin cheese plants
Wisconsin dairy industry grows with 39 new plants in 1948 and extensive remodels at 171 facilities. In Jefferson township Maple Grove Cheese plans an intake room and can washer in 1948. Fred Laeser begins Swiss making November 1. Several plants report new rooms, boilers, and shelves, with annual meetings set for March and leadership listed at multiple co-ops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Grove
Jefferson Township
Fred Laeser
Paul Vetterli
Peter Rueff
George Grenzow
Louis Lehnherr
Robert Newman
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
H. J. Weavers
Dairy Division
Weaver
Mt. Hope Cheese Co
Smllspurg
Melvin H. Beolk
Boerk
Fie
Walter Thompson
C. Wolfram
Glenn Sethiean
Werner Zimmerman
Woods - Andrews
Route 1
Warren
Ill
South Wayne
Wilbert H. Klassy
Ralph L. Wells
Charles Akins
Roy Sargent
Hal Doubler
Joe Stadelman
Edenton Ladies Boycott Tea in 1774 Rally
On October 25 1774 in Edenton North Carolina women gathered in town to pledge not to buy any tea bearing the oppressive stamp tax. The action marks an early colonial protest against British taxation and tea imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Edenton
N. C
Coal Blocks and Wisconsin Weather Q and A
An advertisement touts Pocahontas and Kentucky coal blocks as a convenient night fuel option. It promotes various coal products and urges buyers to stockpile due to harsh winters while noting yard hours and a humorous club meeting exchange about parliamentary knowledge.
Truman Seeks Permanent Authority to Reorganize Government
President Truman urged Congress to grant permanent power to reorganize federal agencies to ensure efficient and economical operation of the government. He called for a comprehensive act with no agency exempt and noted the Hoover Commission's recommendations for presidential reorganizational authority subject to congressional veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Hoover Commission
Hoover
University Considers Grade Teacher Course
The University of Wisconsin announced it is considering a plan to train elementary school teachers with a four year curriculum. A 23 member committee appointed by Dean John Guy Fowles will recommend the program. The university hopes to begin next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
University of Wisconsin
John Guy Fowles
School of Education
W. E. Herrick
Arthur Field Quits State Housing Helm
Gov Rennebohm announced the resignation of Arthur G Field director of the Wisconsin Veterans Housing Authority. Field, appointed November 26 1947 to a 6000 dollar per year post after the authority’s creation, said he wishes to return to private law practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Rennebohm
Arthur G. Field
Wisconsin Veterans Housing Authority
Field
State Housing Authority
Grain Stocks Higher On Wisconsin Farms
Wisconsin grain stocks show increases from last year and above January averages. The report lists over 42.5 million bushels of corn 88.25 million of oats and 2 million of wheat on hand this month, with hay under 4 million tons, about 20 percent below 1948 and the lowest since 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Federal
Mrs Walter Andrews 66 Lamont Dies
Darlington special funeral services were held today for Mrs Walter Andrews 66 of Lamont who died Sunday in Dodgeville hospital Born in Darlington December 15 1882 she is survived by her husband and three sisters Mrs Thomas Meehan Mrs George Ostendorf of Darlington and Mrs Steven Kail of Mineral Point
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Darlington
Walter Andrews
Lamont
Dodgeville Hospital
Nelson-Sharer
Lamont Methodist Church
George Kelsey
South Wayne
Andrews Cemetery
Andrews
Thomas Meehan
George Ostendorf
Steven Kail
Mineral Point
James Byrnes Wins VFW Citizen Award
James F. Byrnes former secretary of state receives the good citizenship medal from the Veterans of Foreign Wars national council. Only 20 such awards have been made by the VFW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
James F. Byrnes
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Council of the Organization
VFW
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Monroe Evening Times
Wisconsi
Walter
Actor Congress
Alarcy
Idi
Exceepi
MUN
2iMee
Jaemery A. YueUll
I’ Rebicent
Vetwever
Jduurual Absurvben
Lhe Associated Press
Iulaud
Auuil Bureau of
Lirculalion
Jocai
Tuls
Wall
Wistetsin
Slepleusun
Sevxepuuue
Aller Buur
Editorial
Wiley and McCarthy
Evening Times
Freeport Badgers-Monroe Badgers
August Schleisner
U. S. Navy
Lakehurst
N. J
Jacob Luchsinger
New Jan
Glarus
Lydia Wobec
Dutch Hollow
J. F. Deeds
Chicago
C. E. Varney
Universalist Church
Alderman Rice Gorham
Sentinel
Lafayette
U.S
Cat Pat
Margarine
P. O. Box
Rockford, Illinois
Monroe Quick Loan Co
17Th Ave
Monroe, Wis
Blumers Drug Co
W. H. M. Bayne
U.S. Army
Bank of
Monticello
First National Bank
Mon
Roe
Werner Hefty
Helen E. Steur
Otter Creek
Joe Weibel
Otto Badertscher
Ernest RK. Steger
Jacob Mueller
Edward Mosely
William Leu
West Middleton
Verona
West Clarno Co-op Dairy
Trumpy - Roderick
Glenn Roderick
Thomas Thorp
Forrest Briggs
Frank Trumpy
Otto Pinnow
Engen Cheese Co
Meadow Brook
Fayette Township
George Laubmier
C. H. Clark
David O. Jones
F. D. Hamilton
Jones
Eric Siegenthaler
Gunderson
Argyle
Clifford L. Stark
Albany
Maple Leaf
Highway 59
Aaytag Chieftain
Jerry
Harry
Pocathontas
Kentucky
Pocahontas
Illinois
Pocahontas Briquetts
Kentucky Stoker
Scott
Monroe Lumber
Arthur Field
State Housing
Karlen’s
Launcey
Toastmaster
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
James Byrnes
VFW Citizen
F. P. Dietrich
Galena Ave
Lake
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