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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1950
Page
2
Local notice outlines subscription rates and payment terms for the Monroe Wisconsin area. Readers are reminded to renew to avoid interruptions with deadlines and service details spanning multiple counties and time slots.
Postwar race for weapon supremacy tightens as hydrogen bomb possibilities loom beyond the A bomb. Debates focus on whether to pursue the H-bomb given its war potential and enormous cost. The text argues survival hinges on maintaining scientific advantage amid global competition.
A new administration figure, Charles Sawyer secretary of commerce, gains influence under a policy to placate business during an election year. He advocates tax relief for business and calls for labor restraint while urging less punitive measures against industry. Sawyer’s Ohio roots tie to Senator Taft and Governor Bricker’s era, making him a potential party champion.
Jacob G Grossberg, longtime Jewish leader and first president of what became the American Jewish Congress, died Sunday in a nursing home near Morrisonville. Born in Russia he arrived in the U S at age 12 and rose to prominence as a Chicago lawyer active in reform politics around 1900. In 1926 he ran for a judgeship under the Progressive Party aligned with Senator Robert Follette.
A motorist admitted striking Mrs Edna Hall 58 and taking her to a hospital after she lay in a ditch. Sheriff Herman Kubiak said the man told investigators after others picked him up Sunday afternoon for further questioning.
Glancing backward to January 30 1940 Dwight A Crandall succeeds Harold S Haworth as president of Monroe chamber of commerce. Also noted are obituaries and local events across ages 10 25 40 30 years ago including deaths promotions and community happenings.
Hollywood correspondents vote All the King’s Men as top movie 1949 with 26 percent. Broderick Crawford leads best actor, Olivia de Havilland best actress, Mercedes McCambridge best supporting actress, beating Richard Todd, Kirk Douglas, Susan Hayward, Deborah Kerr, Ralph Richardson, James Whitmore, Judy Holliday, and Ethel Waters. Poll may forecast Academy Awards on March 23.
The Russians ended their blockade of Berlin roads this morning allowing west to Berlin traffic to move normally for the first time in ten days. Soviet guards, acting on higher orders, passed all trucks through frontier posts at Berlin and Helmstedt with only perfunctory checks.
Secretary of the Interior Chapman calls for expanding national parks along oceanfronts and lakeshores and speeding up the 550 000 acres of private lands inside parks. He warns the current pace would take over a century, urges careful appraisal of reclamation projects, and favors park service management where benefits outweigh dam or transmission line impacts.
Two Lutheran bodies with over 2.9 million members moved toward doctrinal unity after an agreement announced in St. Louis by the American Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. The accord awaits approval from delegates at upcoming conferences this year. Belgrade police convict eight men for attempting to form pro forma inspired resistance to Marshal Tito, with two sentenced to die by firing squad.
Rush school in Cadiz township plans a historical pageant for Washington's birthday. The stage and several characters are ready. The regular Friday meeting, led by Tony Williams, heard that Elsie Svendsen Judy Schumacher Albert Eells and Raymond Deininger wrote and dramatized the original playset. Ruby Williams and Patty Schumacher reported on the March of Dimes and showed a photo of polio victim Miss Blossom Rhodes. Geraldine Wilms contributed 8.10 for the Green County infantile fund. The school has added items including a hot plate steel cabinet dishes silverware and cooking utensils through student parent and teacher effort. The hot lunch program operates daily since December 1. Roger Matzke was elected president of the Swiss Greenland club at Green County Normal training room. Carl Zuhlke is vice president Gordon Prien secretary and Gene Solem treasurer. Valentine party plans are underway.
Augie the giraffe joined the Milwaukee Zoo family as the third offspring of Mom Oa. The newborn stood small at six feet, with ten keepers pacing the giraffe house overnight waiting for the event while sire Bomba lounged nearby.
O. T. Ford, a Warren grocer, is one of the town’s veteran merchants with over 39 years in Warren and 52 years of clerking in stores. Born in Galena on June 9, 1879, he moved to Warren 46 years ago.
The Villa Louis in Prairie du Chien, built in 1843 by Col. Hercules Dousman, becomes state property of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The transfer honor, announced by society president George Banta Jr. at founders’ day, caps a history of opulent rooms, park centerpiece status, and a 62,216.69 total gifts in five months including 30,000 for restoration. The society also honors five board members and presents the Everest award for Wisconsin economic history.
Farm trainees must report their 1949 earnings from institutional on farm training to the VA regional office by March 1. J. P. Cullen, regional manager of the Veterans Administration in Milwaukee, advises compliance today. Failure to submit by the deadline could lead to penalties or loss of benefits.
A 1949 VA report notes 5,894 Wisconsin veterans in institutional arm training under the GI Bill on December 1 1949. Of these, 95 percent or 5,600 veterans were managing their own arms and facing potential suspension of subsistence payments until reports are filed.
Police in Rome conducted dawn raids detaining 150 youths suspected of fascist leanings after clashes Saturday night between communists and members of the Italian Social Movement. The operation followed renewed street violence and targeted alleged fascist sympathizers.
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