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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1945
Page
6
Fair and cool tonight and Tuesday. Wednesday will be fair and warmer. Since Saturday 3 pm the high reached 81 and the low 56. A year ago today the high was 85 and the low 62. Last week’s highs and lows were 89 and ? precipitation since Saturday. Barometer readings were 29.73 at 3 am and 29.78 at 3 pm.
Ration details list valid through dates for V-2 through Z-2 to Sept 30 and A-1 to E-1 to Oct 31. Used fats and blue stamps noted with limited quantities and periods. Bk 4 stamps valid through July 31. various D through H series valid until Sept 3. J-1 N-1 good to Oct 31. sugar stamps with multiple period validity and coupon counts.
Real estate transfers recorded for parcels in Green County township 4 range 6 sections 32 and 33, detailing parcel identifiers, grantor and grantee names, and recorded dates per county land records.
Mr and Mrs Ole A Anderson of Verona welcomed a daughter at St. Clare Hospital on July 1.
The notice lists several individuals connected to the area, including Freddie Cello, Freddie Bill Ainsworth of 1108 11th Street, Otto C Puempel of New Glarus, Mrs. John Ommodt of Brodhead, Clarence Anderson, Vincent James Gucciardo, Mrs. Kenneth Hartwig, Mrs. Robert Raisbeck and infant, and Misses Arlene and Alice Sonstby.
Seven people died over the weekend in various accidents and violence. McGinnis drowned after being swept off a cabin breakwater. Haines and companions drowned in the Peshtigo River. O Shea killed in a crossing collision near St Croix county. Pennington burned when his truck overturned in Eau Claire county. Two Army air force pilots Bow dick and Evans died in a trainer plane crash near Marshall, Dane county. Virginia Johnson aged seventeen was killed by a spoiled German souvenir pistol misused by a 14 year old.
AP correspondents report varied responses as the United States debates and the Soviet Union and China move toward ratification. Eddy Gilmore notes the U.S. stance may not sway Soviet approval while Moscow expects early charter approval. Spencer Moosa says Chungking anticipates rapid ratification in China.
Five state senators testified today in an attorney general led inquiry into alleged illegal lobbying during the 1945 legislative session on an anti gambling bill. The probe is expected to include 113 figures with ten more witnesses tomorrow and stories link slot machine interests to a $100000 effort to defeat the measure signed into law last week.
The state department announced plans to return Tangier to its historic international status after Spanish seizure in 1940. It noted Britain France and the United States will decide how to proceed and inform Spain, recalling June 14 when Spanish forces asserted neutrality.
A threatened walkout by about 600 operating employees of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee and the Chicago Aurora and Elgin railroads, planned for today, was postponed following a meeting yesterday. The action involved unionized workers seeking settlement terms.
A long list of residents and visitors is noted, with many staying guests from Madison Beloit Milwaukee Rockford Argyle St Paul Minn Mundelein college and other places. Notable names include Edwin Krattiger John Steinman Helen Blumer Beatrice Marty Elsa Schindler and H B Caradine among others. The notices mention visits home vacations and hospital stays as well as a July 5 picnic supper for G U G members.
Pvt. Dale W. Hongsermeier of Grand Island Nebraska glimpsed a house bearing his mother's maiden name during the Allied push into Germany. He was later wounded in the shoulder, with letters to his parents Mr. and Mrs. William Hongsermeier confirming the incident.
Classified ads act as targeted notices for jobs housing and goods but different problems require different sources. They provide quick access to local listings while broader issues may need data from public records or social services.
Corporal Thomas Kelly of a field artillery unit arrives at his mother Mrs. Mary Kelly in Brod head to spend a 30 day furlough before heading to the south Pacific. He has served in Europe and now rests at home amid wartime duties.
Mr and Mrs John H Knipschild report their son Farnum J Knipschild M P in the air corps at Santa Monica California stood honor guard for Generals Patton and Doolittle at ceremonies in Los Angeles City Hall and the Los Angeles Coliseum Newsreel pictures were taken and Knipschild wrote he might have appeared in them
Thostenson Chief Petty Officer and Mrs Thostenson return to Bainbridge Maryland after visiting parents. Smith-Charles Smith and Robert J Tracy take furloughs and report to reassignment and Manhattan Beach. Wallace family reveals multiple furloughs including Pfc Herbert Wallace and Sgt Howard Wallace with one brother joining navy and Sgt Milo Wallace killed in action in Holland.
The Wisconsin VFW held a war council replacing its annual convention and approved a resolution to seek national selective service rule changes allowing review of deferments. Delegates urged Congress to grant full pensions and pay to all veterans. Thomas was elected state commander. other officers include E. M. Greinke senior vice commander, Stanley Bychinski junior vice commander, E. A. Lewis judge advocate, Dr. George Reddick surgeon, and Gustav Stearns chaplain.
The destroyer USS Ingraham, wounded with 15 dead and 30 wounded, will return to sea. It survived a direct Kamikaze strike north of Okinawa, reached San Francisco in drydock under its own power, having recently helped sink enemy vessels and shoot down several attacking planes.
Ten members of the Methodist youth group camp this week at Lake Ripley Wisconsin. Miss Maxine Crandall acts as counselor during the junior sessions. Going from here were Charlotte and Lois Stuessy Lois Jacobs Nancy Thorp Shirley and Jacque line Evans Richard Matzke Richie Kundert and Kenneth Mahle.
Lora Pease of Monticello is convalescing at St Marys Hospital in Rochester Minnesota where he receives treatment for illness.
Mr and Mrs Victor I Carson learned this morning that daughter Jean with the aves in Chicago has been promoted to yeoman first class.
Johann B. Klarer 67, oldest member of the Klarer family, died at his home in Appenzell Switzerland. Brother Christ Klarer of Monroe has received word of the death.
Raymond Benkert, 1945 Monroe High School graduate and son of Mr and Mrs Clarence R Benkert, departed today for Houghton Michigan to enroll in Michigan Technological University campus studies.
Brooklyn athlete Kensal R. Chandler has been awarded a major "W" for outstanding participation in track during the past spring season on the University of Wisconsin athletic teams.
Air power strikes blasted Kure Kumamoto and Shimonoseki with firebombs amid clouded skies. Ube saw the waterfront ablaze as 313th wing from Tinian reported damage. Japanese accounts cited fires at Kure and Moji lasting hours with limited intercepts.
The annual Moose lodge picnic at Bluff View Park near Brodhead attracted about one hundred attendees. A noon picnic dinner fed members and families, followed by an afternoon of socializing and games.
The army announced monthly reductions of about 20 million dollars in medium artillery ammunition component production. About 7,600 workers in 83 plants nationwide would be released by Sept 1, with 118 plants unaffected and sub-contractors not estimated. Workers will be redirected to other war jobs as production cuts touch storage cases fuzes primers and boosters.
Chicago astronomers Subramanya Chandrasekhar and W Albert Hiltner left Yerkes Observatory to study the total solar eclipse on July 9 from a camp near Pine River Manitoba Canada. Otto Struve said the eclipse will be total for 37 seconds in Chicago and 6 inch telescope and stationary camera will be set up at Duck Mountain forest preserve 1200 miles north of Chicago.
The navy announced the sinking of a Haguro class Japanese cruiser by a British submarine under American control in the southwest Pacific. U S submarines reported ten enemy vessels sunk in far eastern waters including gun boats patrol escorts and several merchant ships and tankers.
Sheriff Kirk S. King James Cannell and Fred Raymer cancel a planned demonstration at the OPA due to a hogshead shortage and clothing price ceilings. They note custom tailors refuse to work under OPA limits and say ready-made suits cost more than allowed, leaving them unable to obtain summer attire.
The report notes a standard displacement of 692 tons with 10 heavy guns and identifies the sinking submarine as HMS Trenchant. It states US submarines have sunk 1,163 Japanese ships in total, not counting the cruiser sunk in today’s action.
Soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division unveiled a concrete monument on the spot in the Ryuku Islands where Ernie Pyle was killed by a Japanese sniper on April 18 1945. The memorial features two brass plaques made from shell casings and a Liberty shoulder patch design. A combat engineer unit of the division erected the tribute.
Notice is given under Wisconsin statutes that on July 5 and 6, 1945 the assessment roll for the City of Monroe Green County Wisconsin will be open for examination by taxable inhabitants at Monroe City Hall 9 a m to 12 m and 1 p m to 5 p m G S Soseman city clerk Adv.
Wisconsin reports 237 traffic deaths in January through June 1945, including 80 pedestrians, versus 255 lives lost and 83 pedestrians in the same period of 1944. Ahead of the Fourth of July holiday the state urges safe driving and time to reach destinations, noting July 17 is Safety Week declared by Governor Goodland to emphasize avoiding avoidable accidents.
Mrs William Milem aged 79 died after a two year illness at 807 21st street at 12 40 am. She was born Olive Graham in Sterling Illinois Oct 12 1865 daughter of Frank and Sarah Beales Graham. Survived by two daughters Mrs E C Hunt Monroe and Edith Milem Kansas City one granddaughter and one great grandchild. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday Shriner Neushwander funeral home Rev Newell Mendenhall Grace Lutheran officiating Greenwood Cemetery.
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