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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1950
Page
6
The N ILY RECORD notes light snow tonight turning moderate to heavy north and mixed precipitation south. Temperatures rise Tuesday with highs from 15 to 35 and lows 5 to 30 depending on location. Crept in forecasts of sleet freezing rain in southern districts and a warm day ahead in the southeast.
Ella Scriven transfers 14 acres in sections 35 and 36 Decatur to George Dee gan. Lorene Olson and others transfer 6.28 acres in Exeter town to Wilbert J. Baumgartner.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley rules Monroe case over failure to stay within FM license. Two charges upheld with $15 fine and court costs on each.
Catharine Barbara Widmer of Belleville and Richard Marvin Colvin of New Glarus obtain marriage licenses. Deaths include Herbert Eugene Ensor age 26 of Brodhead and Ewald R. Scheibel age 66 of Madison. Births record a Monticello couple, Jan. 22 at St. Clare Hospital. Various accidents, medical notices, and dismissals listed, including Monticello residents, hospital shows, and local racing routes.
Weekend crashes on icy streets left no injuries. G R Harms of Rockford swerved to miss Glenn Legler of Argyle and struck a utility pole at 12th street and 21st avenue at 5 p m Saturday. A collision at the 17th street Recreation park entrance at 7 a m Sunday damaged vehicles driven by William H Jones of 1916 14th avenue and Dr James R Weir of 2380 17th street. no injuries reported.
Sorenson testified he pulled out to avoid a head on collision near a culvert and was unconscious after the wreck. George W. Armstrong and Karl Burkvhalter, highway police, reported the call came at 11 55. Coroner Stuessy said Sorenson revived after hospital transport to St. Clare. Sorenson had lost his license in Beloit two days earlier after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated.
Sveke UmuerwuuE, new UL we the division of Crandall Oil Co has left that post and accepted a sales representative role for U S Rubber Co in the area. A surprise farewell was held Saturday evening at Crandall firm office. Underwood is in Milwaukee this week conferring with U S Rubber officials and the Underwoods will remain in their home at 1724 19th street.
Clerk G S Soseman returns to city hall duties after a three week illness from pleurisy and pneumonia. Mrs James S Bray had acted as city clerk in his absence with other staff filling essential roles. Soseman plans to work a full day despite lingering weakness.
About 300 people attended the Monroe chamber of commerce annual dinner at the high school gym. Floyd A. Davis announced the program shift as the Methodist men's quartet could not participate, with efforts under way to secure a school quartet to perform.
Madison resident Rodney Roy Burkhalter, native of Monroe, is jailed in Green County on a questionable check charge. He was arrested Saturday by Brodhead police and held for sheriff's department questioning.
William A. Freehoff a former Wisconsin state senator and assembly member died at his home in Waukesha on Sunday. A LaCrosse native he served in the assembly from 1921 to 1924 and was elected to the senate in 1938 with re election in 1942.
Personal notes record Mrs. Edwin Eschberger spending the day in Janesville and multiple calls and visits across Monroe Beloit Milwaukee Waupun Dunn Footville Brodhead Milwaukee Port Washington Racine East St. Louis Madison Oshkosh and Monticello involving Mr and Mrs Sheldon Hoesly Lyle Schultz Aldo Kerr Weirich Reilly Lampien Kundert Disch Krauss Dalton Kuenzi Richardson Schmidt Babler Feldt Reilly Chinnock Burkhalter Stricker Neuenschwander and families with visits from relatives and friends across Wisconsin and Illinois.
The Third Tuesday Homemakers club met at Mrs. John Burri house with co host Mrs. Arthur Beeck. Mrs. Enright Foley and Mrs. Charles Swenson presented a furniture refinishing lesson. Club capsule friends were revealed and new ones drawn. February meeting will be with Mrs. Stuart Chambers.
A stray animal, described as a regular winter visitor to homes east of the square, has attracted daily attention from Mrs. Frank A. Shriner and Mrs. Ned Schoenfield who care for it as it stays through the season.
In Sicen yane Texas a burglary at Core laboratories yielded between 50 000 and 75 000 dollars in industrial diamonds, about 12 000 carats. Plant officials say peddling them is nearly impossible due to dealer manufacturer ties, and burglars likely acted out of ignorance. The loot would fill about eight teacups.
County Agricultural Agent afyron E. Jeglum warns Green county farmers that seed salesmen trumpet 100 bushels per acre oat yields from Exeter Canadian oats. H L Shands notes university tests do not support outstanding performance, with tests from 1943 to 1949 showing yields similar to average. Leaf rust and stem rust impact Exeter, varying by year.
Hollywood, April - Alan Hale a jovial 57 year old film veteran with a 39 year career died last night at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital from a virus infection complicated by a liver ailment. Hale who returned from Helena Montana after attending the Montana premiere in which he appeared had been ill since Thursday. Known for 200 films he was a heavy and hero on screen and held patents for a sliding theater seat and a greaseless potato chip.
Washington report shows Wisconsin members voting on recent roll calls. Senate figures include Wiley voting on stain free margarine measure, and on repeal of federal taxes. Wiley recorded as for, against, or not voting across measures facing 193 to 191 aid for Korea. Other noted votes involve Biemiller Zablocki and Byrnes group with McCarthy opposition.
Burglars broke into the Swanson supermarket in Janesville and carried off a half-ton steel safe containing 2600 in cash and jewelry. The safe was later found in a farmer's field near Afton, with government bonds, postal savings certificates, and store records nearby.
A bank messenger was robbed of 23000 in cash and checks on 28th Street between W Michigan Street and W Wisconsin Avenue. The robbers fled on foot and were picked up by two men in a car. Weiner, 22, a loan company clerk, said two Black men opened his car door as he started the motor, with one grabbing him by the throat. Richard McMahon witnessed the event from a nearby tavern and slipped on ice while attempting to assist.
The United Auto Workers scaled down demands at Chrysler Corp to 10 cents an hour for pensions and hospital medical benefits, down from 4% an hour and 7 cents respectively. The union proposed 6 cents for pensions and 4 cents for medical benefits and was open to a 10 cent flat hourly wage rise.
Mr and Mrs Robert Rufenacht departed Saturday for St Petersburg Florida to spend two weeks with his parents Mr and Mrs Paul FP Rufenacht of 1109 9th Street The Paul Rufenachts are planning several months in Florida with family nearby
Wisconsin senator McCarthy urged a full senate inquiry into nationwide gambling and racketeering with two to three committees possible. Kefauver asked the senate to fund a judiciary committee probe at one hundred thousand dollars. Also in brief, a giant mountain lion shot in Wisconsin was described as three feet long and 30 pounds, sparking comparison to a lynx. Bulgarian Premier Vasil P. Kolarov died at 72 after a long illness, health likely tied to Dimitrov's death last July in Moscow.
New York, Alger Hiss, former State Department official and Yalta adviser, was convicted of perjury and will appeal immediately after a federal court sentence due Wednesday. He faces up to five years in prison and four thousand dollars in fines. Bail was set at five thousand dollars and eight women and four men found him guilty after brief deliberation.
The article notes remarks about the trial outcome as the defendant expressed confidence the jury would disbelieve the chief accuser Whittaker Chambers, a self-styled ex-communist courier, shaping emotional reactions in the courtroom.
Elkhorn man Godfrey Tucker Jr. aged 32 of route 1 died in a Janesville hospital Sunday about four hours after his car overturned near Millard. Police suspect icy roads caused the loss of control.
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