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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1950
Page
2
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Robert N. Denham of the NLRB petitioned the courts for a permanent injunction to force coal miners back to a five day work week under Taft Hartley. The move targets alleged unfair practices by management and opposition to John L. Lewis’s three day week. Delays are anticipated as the case proceeds through the courts.
The Monroe council has approved a five year lease moving the youth center from the square’s southwest corner to the former bottling works building on 18th avenue. The plan aims to broaden youth offerings into a community facility for all ages with potential adult recreation and expanded programs. After the lease, the city will assess inclusivity and costs to decide on a permanent center.
The school board approves a new used bus for team travel after retiring an aging vehicle whose safety could no longer be guaranteed. No accidents occurred during the search for a replacement, which the district can afford. With proper care, the bus should last ten years or more, easing parent and official concerns.
An Evansville man, A. S. Holmes of 242 W Church Street, is named by the State Department among 188 Americans ordered to leave Communist China at once. Holmes, records superintendent at the Shanghai legation, is not related to the Monroe family of Evansville, according to The Times.
Ten years later reports Pope Pius XII tells President Roosevelt that January 19 1940 peace chances are slim while expressing satisfaction over a U S delegation led by Myron C Taylor for talks in the Vatican. Also notes Monroe Building and Loan elects William Roth as president. Ila White passes in Jacksonville Illinois. 3 500 pigs die in Milwaukee fire at Plankinton plant. Monticello postmaster named. Mrs Joseph W Hall dies. and past anniversaries recall council salaries set in 1910.
Wisconsin announces plans for tighter auditing of 1949 income tax returns. Governor Rennebohm and Tax Commissioner Wegner said 16 additional staff will work with the federal government to exchange audit findings. The program aims to ensure fair taxation and cover costs through added revenue, despite a prior bill failing in 1949.
Paul Vincent, son of Mr and Mrs Ross Vincent, underwent major surgery at the orthopedic hospital in Madison on Tuesday. Mr Vincent went to Madison on Wednesday. Milwaukee hosts annual Wisconsin Master Plumbers convention at Hotel Schroeder January 30 31 and February 1.
Lafayette county board of supervisors heard reports from county officers. Har old Mullen cited 79 arrests in 1949 with 78 convictions and 24 DUI arrests. Roy O Neill reported 346 births, 145 deaths, 161 marriages. Schools chief Paul F Gleiter said 90 schools mostly electrified, only 15 have telephones, 4730 pupils, and pupil–teacher ratios of 19 in grades and 15 in high school.
Mr and Mrs Jacob Voegeli attended UW exercises in Madison as their son Royal Voegeli earned a law degree. His son in law Charles Schnetzler sang in the convocation choir. Royal studied three years at the University of Minnesota for a BS, spent two summers in Europe, and has no definite plans yet.
An advertisement promises quick relief from distress arising from stomach ulcers and excess acid. It touts a free book on home treatment and cites vast numbers of bottles sold by pharmacies Blumer, Ford Hopkins, and Kempfert, urging readers that help is guaranteed or the cost is nothing.
Wholesale egg prices fell to a ten year low at the Milwaukee mercantile exchange yesterday with Grade A large eggs at 30 cents a dozen. The market dipped to the low point Tuesday, down 37 cents per dozen since last October as traders blamed slack government price supports for part of the drop.
Monroe High School debaters head to the sectional meet at Wisconsin High School in Madison on Saturday. Two local teams will debate in the forenoon and afternoon rounds, aiming to repeat their 4 0 victory at the Stoughton invitational. Mildred Krauss and Ruth Johnson will argue the negative, Jack Marvin and Gordon Orians the affirmative on the direct election of the U S president.
Green county school committee members will attend an area conference in Janesville on Friday January 27 with Dane Green Jefferson Rock and Walworth counties. Lafayette county will meet February 13 in Dodgeville in a joint conference with Grant Town and Lafayette. Sessions start at 10 a.m. The purpose is to discuss duties in district reorganization and transportation and to train members on survey work and bus route approvals with a department of public instruction representative.
The New York Times will sell in New York City for five cents a copy starting Monday, raising the price from three cents. Announcement says rising costs across operations made the increase necessary, and the paper remains the last standard-size New York paper to adopt the nickel price. outside the city the paper already sold for five cents.
U S Senator Wayne L Morse the keynote speaker at the University of Wisconsin Founders day dinner on February 6 He is a Wisconsin graduate of 1923 and will help celebrate the university 01st anniversary.
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