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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1950
Page
8
Weather notice predicts sleet snow or freezing rain in northern areas with rain in the south this afternoon. Snow becomes heavy in the northwest and extreme north tonight with strong winds and a falling temperature. Low temperatures dip to 10-15 below in the northwest and near 5 below in the southeast. Wednesday highs from zero to 15 above. Considerable blowing and drifting snow in the north with near blizzard conditions in the northwest.
A dated weather summary reports yesterday's high 34 and low 22, with a year ago high 38 and a low of not specified. The barometer reading at 1 am was 29.30 and at 1 pm 29.01. Browns ville, California recorded the warmest at 81, Havre, Montana the coldest. Sunrise 7:23, sunset 5:02.
Mrs Anna Stauffacher named executrix and sole heir in the Jacob Stauffacher estate who died January 1 1950. The will grants the widow all possessions and property until remarriage or death, at which time daughter Miss Lillian would become sole benefactress.
Small Claims Court: Harry Holt of route 4 found guilty for driving without a license, fined five dollars plus costs. Death notices list Mrs. Hattie E. Thorp aged 81 of 1203 10th Street. Mrs. W. O. Leverton aged 64 of Winslow. William H. McCloskey aged 69 of Blancharaville. Carl Mueller of 803 7th Avenue with son born January 23. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Schneider of Belleville with a son born January 24. Louis Niffeneg of 743% 15th Street with a son born January 23.
Names of patients and defendants listed for procedures and dismissals at St. Clare Hospital. Includes Mrs Harry Grinnell, Howard Johnson, Donald W Paul, Henry Teubert Jr, Albert Isely, Ronald Mauerman, Mose Newman, Mrs George Frey, Charles Oberg, and several dismissals such as Mrs Ta Cherrey and Mrs John Schlappi.
A soil conservation meeting at New Glarus High School will feature a play titled contour forming and a telling of the story. Mrs Ernest Lohr and others will present the program along with talks by Nic Calabresa Myron Jeglum and Edwin Klassy. A similar event is planned for Cadiz town hall Thursday at 8 pm.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Tingley and their son Richard left Thursday for Wayne Nebraska where they will reside. Mr Tingley earned a master degree from the University of Wisconsin and will join the staff at Wayne State Teachers College. Wisconsin cheese prices steady with fair demand and active trade reported. state assembly points show varied daily quotations. Wisconsin residents bought 99 473 000 in series E bonds in 1949, up from 1948. total Wisconsin series E F and G bonds at 158 402 000 for 1949.
W H McCloskey died at 9 30 a m yesterday at his Blanchardville home after illness. Born November 20 1880 in Moscow township Town county he married Annie Maloney in 1909 at Immaculate Conception church Blanchardville. He farmed in Moscow township then moved to Blanchardville in 1939 and worked for Co op Feed and Fuel Co. Survived by widow one daughter Mrs Roy Pierstorff Madison and three grandchildren. four brothers and five sisters preceded him. Services 9 30 a m Thursday at home then 10 a m at Immaculate Conception Church. burial Calvary Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
Mrs E S Gibbon formerly of Monroe and Albany is seriously ill in Mercy hospital Janesville. Mr Gibbon was a tailor in Monroe. Mrs Francis Hurt matron of Green County home is convalescing from a fracture of the right arm at the elbow suffered slipping on ice at the home. Pvt Dean E Tvedt son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Tvedt a photographer with the 22nd engineer reproduction detachment Eighth army at Yokohama Japan.
John Wirth of Monticello was in town on business and Russell Johnson of Janesville made a Monroe call. Mrs. Arnold H. Mueller is a patient at St. Clare’s hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hartwig of Browntown called in Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Webinger of South Wayne were Monroe callers. Mrs. Raymond Berger of South Wayne also visited Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Jensen are in Milwaukee for a state road school attendance. Frank DeVoe of Browntown visits relatives in Orfordville, Brodhead, Beloit, Janesville and Bridgeport. Rev. L. B. Hastings, Frank Carmichael and Robert Hardell attend John Godfrey’s Milwaukee funeral. Mrs. Amelia Dahms left for Selby S. D. to surprise her brother Frank Zable who marks his 81st birthday. Myron E. Jieglum and Lester Van Loon attended a tri county agricultural leaders meeting in Blanchardville. Mrs. Jerry Voris visits her parents until S/Sgt Voris finds living quarters near Scott Field Ill where he is transferred. the Vorises formerly lived at Kessler Field Biloxi Miss.
World jungle compound near Thousand Oaks California reports trainer Mabel Stark, famed for four decades, bitten by a seven-year-old tigress named Pasha while lifting a three month old cub. Stark’s condition described as serious but not critical. hospital staff say she is getting along as well as could be expected after prior tiger attacks.
Detectives shift focus to Samuel S. Granite, 42, in Brook Granite, amid a sweeping probe into the Brink's vault heist. Granite, jailed for a 1947 Sturtevant robbery, is among ex convicts questioned as authorities press for new leads. Police also questioned other released or detained suspects as they scour known crime hotspots.
Alan J. Ashcraft 68, retired vice president in charge of manufacturing for Fairbanks Morse and Co., died Monday at his suburban Kenilworth home after a stroke. A Cornell graduate, he led the Fairbanks Scale factory in St. Johnsbury VT from 1916 to 1982, then served as works manager in Beloit before moving to the chief headquarters office in 1936.
An advertisement for a chiropractic clinic by M. J. Gonstead promotes relief from chronic illness with chiropractic care. The piece emphasizes a reforming approach to health and invites readers to seek the clinic’s services.
In Monroe Wisconsin residents notice a flood of advertising from Monroe Louisiana. Automobile circulars cite a Monroe Louisiana dealer, implying a mailing list misdirection. Local confusion grows as the mixup appears widespread.
Bull Montana born Luigi Montagna in Italy died in Los Angeles at 64 from heart disease after a long illness since December 30. A midweight grappler known for heavy roles, he faced rivals such as Gotch, Lewis, Stecher, Zbyszko and Londos and entered films in 1918 after wrestling on county fairs.
Washington reports a labor dispute deepening as 300,000 Bell system operators and caretakers may strike. The CIO union demands a wage increase, pension changes, and a 35 hour week while proposing to jam switch boards. The federal mediation service steps in to seek a settlement.
Four inmates at Dade county jail mounted a Sunday night escape bid led by George Bertrand. They obtained a key but the plan collapsed when a guard and a trusty were knocked unconscious, preventing freedom.
Car ol Ann Paight of Bridgeport 21 testifies she shot her policeman father Carl Paight in a Stamford hospital last September 23. Defense argues grief and shock left her insane and out of her mind. She faces second degree murder with a life sentence if convicted.
Washington reports in a CIO statement prepared for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that more than 11,000,000 people are being worked to death in Soviet slave labor camps. The charge, by CIO secretary treasurer James B Carey, pins the blame on Stalin’s regime alongside Hitler’s.
Hungary plans to try American businessman Robert A. Vogeler within weeks on espionage and sabotage charges. The case, opened by Deputy Premier Matyas Rakosi, will be public to show a fair trial, according to American Minister Nathaniel P. Davis. Vogeler was arrested November 18 en route to a Budapest hotel for alleged activities as a European representative of ITT.
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