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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1949
Page
2
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Monroe welcomes a naval electronics warfare training unit to Green county. Commander Tucker visited as a platoon forms and a potential full company expands community use of modern communications gear. The high school physics lab will house the unit and share equipment with classes, while a new Navy league chapter links county veterans to service.
The piece argues Britain may grant partial recognition to Israel to mollify critics while maintaining crucial Arab nation commitments tied to World War II loyalties and oil supply. It cautions Tel Aviv against provocative tactics as Britain upholds diplomatic pacts and weighs regional tensions.
Senator Murray says the American Medical Association is endangering its tax exempt status by opposing national health insurance. Murray, co author of the payroll funded plan, accuses the AMA of misleading the public as it seeks 25 per member from doctors to raise 3.5 million dollars for an educational campaign.
Ira S. Lorenz a Milwaukee attorney who ran the Wisconsin Progressive party campaign for Robert M La Follette Jr and led La Follette's 1924 bid died of a heart attack yesterday. He had maintained a local law office and funeral services are set for this afternoon.
Fifty years ago Joseph V. Quarles of Milwaukee won the U S Senate seat on January 29, 1899, after a two week legislative deadlock. The report notes a county jury list drawn in the Clerk of Court Holcomb’s office and mentions a severe cold wave causing frozen pipes.
A reflection on newspaper morgues as repositories of community memory. The piece notes obits, life milestones, and public records stored for years, with humor about editors inserting a living politician into births after a false death report.
Chicago notes no immediate impact on beef and lamb supplies or prices from losses in the high plains blizzard area. Breeding stock are affected, not meat animals, and market effects would not appear until summer 1950 if cows are lost. Sheep losses could reduce the local lamb crop. beef cattle withstand weather better, but debility may reduce numbers.
Fred Tschudy visited Madison as a business caller. Mrs. Dean Gmar hosted the Stitch and Chatter Sewing club with guests including Millard Tschudy and others. J A Freitag left for Prospect Ohio to help move Rev E W Guinther and family to Bolliver Ohio where he will pastor. Mrs John L Streiff hosted a bass club gathering with multiple guests. The Stues sy family planned a several weeks trip to Texas New Orleans and Florida with Chicago stop en route, marking their 25th wedding anniversary during absence. The Leidnhardt couple purchased the People Grocery and Meat Market in Madison at 1201 Williamson street and will take possession. Hefty family to move from village farm to stay with Mrs Hefty. Clogance ny to operate the Hefty arm. Mrs John B Schneider suffered a fractured leg last week and remains a patient at St Clare hospital Monroe.
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Midwest businessmen urge the Economic Cooperation Administration to create an equitable system for distributing aid benefits. Illinois Manufacturers Association three members and ECA experts discuss a six point plan to expand private trade channels and protect American markets while local banks handle financial transactions. Eric Kohler, ECA controller, pledges cooperation.
Mrs. O. D. Curtis reports that Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Wilde and daughter Diane plan a move to a Washington township farm, while Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Showers host Belleville visitors. Belleville’s Showers family visited Dwight Zweifel’s home, and Mrs. H A Becker hosted the Wednesday contract bridge club. Mrs. Schoonover from Monroe stayed overnight with Mrs. Rosa Roth and Mr. and Mrs. Becker. Mrs. H A Becker visited her parents in New Glarus, and Willis Babler and daughter Panis shopped in Madison.
Joseph C. Van Derah 62 a former Mineral Point resident died yesterday in a Rockford hospital. Funeral services will be held early next week in East Dubuque. Born August 13 1886 in Menominee he moved from Mineral Point to Rockford in 14 Surviving are his widow a son Oswald Rockford a daughter Mrs Dolores Daniels four sisters and a brother all of East Dubuque.
A statement claims rheumatism is more common than tuberculosis diabetes cancer and heart disease combined, presenting a bold comparative health adage. The text does not provide supporting data or context to verify the claim.
A boy named Sandy accidentally breaks a restaurant back window with an ice fragment from a high up icicle. He must pay $3 by week end, weighing worries about telling his parents and how to raise the money.
The last hand crank telephone system in the New York City metropolitan area has ended in Sloatsburg. The village of 3,000 completed a move to a new dial telephone system yesterday, marking a historic transition for local residents.
Rheumatic fever is reported to claim twice as many young lives as infantile paralysis. The statistic highlights the severe impact of these illnesses on children and public health concerns.
In a quiet moment in the den, Sandy confesses a mishap to his father who offers sympathy and responsibility. The father explains the mistake is honest and covers the window repair with three dollars, adding a pledge to help and to be informed of trouble next time. The scene ends with a hopeful promise to meet again Saturday.
The May tag Co. suspends operations to arrange reduced production. About 300 of the 2500 employees will be laid off. work to resume Monday. Acute rheumatic fever hits hardest at primary school age children.
A list of new members includes Bradley Scott Goodman Winslow January 27 1948 Jeanne Ellen Ausmus Route 5 March 28 1947 David Harlan Voegeli Route 1 Browntown July 14 1948 Eugene Ralph Voegeli Route 2 Monticello February 29 1948 Lorraine Ann Kolb West Cath street Darlington July 8 John Gordon Lisser Route 1 Argyle March 21 1946 Janet Coye Lisser Route 1 Argyle April 30 1947 Richard Allen Lisser Route 1 Argyle September 29 1948 Byron Rodell Lisser Gratiot January 10 1944 Eugene Ralph Voegels Route
A 100-year-old Wisconsin resident and former French immigrant, Mathilde Kuchenmeister, died yesterday at St Josephs hospital. She witnessed Union troops in review before President Lincoln while attending school in Chicago, later living in Port Washington and Waukesha County.
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