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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1945
Page
6
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with a few brief showers in the northwest portion Sunday afternoon. No major temperature change. Highest 76, lowest 55 since yesterday 3 p m. Precipitation trace. Barometer 29.69 at 3 am, 29.65 at 3 pm. Warmest place Yuma Arizona 110, coldest Sault Ste. Marie Michigan 45. Almanac sunrise 5 27 sunset 8 34.
The notice outlines expiration dates for Red Stamps E2 to Z2 and A1 to E1, Blue Stamps T2 to G1, Sugar Stamp 36, Gasoline coupons, and Shoes stamps, plus acceptance of applications for increased ration limits and fuel oil coupon validity through the current heating season.
Justice court records report Conrad Hefty paying a 3 dollar fine for drunkenness in F Earl Lamboley’s court. Lloyd Farr of Madison paid 10 dollars plus costs for reckless driving in Monticello Friday. Gerritt Kooreman was arrested. Deaths include Lyman James Bartle, 67, Argyle. Births at St. Clare Hospital list Mr and Mrs Joseph Whalen of 1510 16th Street with a son born July 6 and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Huntley of Monticello with a son born July 6.
A compiled notice lists medical and surgical staff including Roland E. Sarbacker Monticello G James Roche Browntown Mrs Rose Zweifel 1315 21st street Andred Birtelrud Blanchardville George E Bixby South Wayne and Mrs Iron O Martin South Beloit Martha Wright Beloit Mildred Grenzow Juda Larry Lee Jackie Harrison 2310 18th avenue Virginia Berger South Wayne Keith Butler South Wayne Richard Sarles 1109 11th street Kenneth Rieder 714 18th avenue plus dismissals of Mrs Mabel Rosenstein Frances Kleinmaier Mrs Marshall Bliss and daughter Mrs Ole A Anderson and daughter Wanda Kay Sarbacker.
Lyman James Bartle 67 of Argyle died yesterday after a five year illness though he appeared in fair health until moments before death. Born Oct 23 1877 in Dodgeville Wis he married Jennie Webster July 23 1899 in Linden Wis. Survivors include wife two sons Clifford Bartle and Myron Bartle two sisters Mrs Gussie Griffin and Mrs John Troon and a granddaughter. Funeral at Erikson funeral home Monday 130 pm and at 2 pm at the Methodist church with Masonic burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Rev Virgil Brown to officiate.
Fifth Army, after long combat from the La Hermo shinbone to the Tyrolean kneecap, will be broken up with five of its seven divisions and both regimental combat teams sent back to the United States by February. The 5th (Custer) Division leads the move starting in August, becoming the first full selective service division to be deactivated. Other divisions follow in sequence for redeployment and tactical reserve in the Pacific or occupation duties in Germany. The 88th, 91st, 34th, 442nd, 473rd, and 92nd divisions and regiments receive varied timelines, with multiple units leaving for home through September to February.
Green county 4-H leaders are summoned to meetings next week to plan the county fair 4-H camp and county six ball tournament. One session at 8 15 p m Wednesday in Monroe court house and another at 8 15 p m Thursday in Juda high school will cover changes in the fair book demonstrations judging schedule and entry blanks.
Local social notes list Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kundert and family in Lodi for a week, Mrs. Ida Mae Streiff returning from New Glarus visit, and several families relocating or visiting relatives including Bauman Reading Pa Schlittler 102134 16th avenue Tricker Tollefson Burgy Crown Holtshopple Lochin Ladner Gertsch Fox Demanouske.
Washington reports Judge Fred M. Vinson will succeed Henry Morgenthau Jr. as secretary of the treasury. The debate shifts to who will replace Vinson as director of war mobilization and reconversion, a pivotal post once termed an assistant president.
Prime Minister Churchill told Chiang Kai Shek Japan will be driven from all Chinese territory in the near future. He left for Hendaye France to rest before the Berlin conference and vowed Britain would unite with the Allies for final victory in the Pacific on the war’s eighth anniversary.
Local notices highlight Pfc John Carter of the 86 Blackhawk division on furlough with his parents in Brodhead after overseas service. Other items include Corson Yeoman First Class at Fleet Home Town News Center in Chicago and Sgt Cunningham amid salvaged enemy gear and multiple campaign decorations.
Soldiers mounted a wartime Oklahoma! using improvised scenery and nonstandard props. Casting blends Red Cross staff and GI performers with a few professionals, including 1S/Sgt. John L. Etter Jr and T/Sgt. James A. Wimmer. Ado Annie is sung by Josephine Meixner after a brief rehearsal period.
Miss Barbara Rayhorn and Edwin C. Goecks united in a 11 a m ceremony at St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed church. The couple plans a Chicago wedding trip and will reside at 1013 4 16th avenue. Barbara Rayhorn is a local graduate and teacher. Edwin Goecks is employed by Kraft Cheese.
William T. Evjue and 12 Wisconsin legislators will be questioned Monday as the state attorney general’s office continues its probe into rumors of a $100000 gambling fund aimed at defeating anti-gambling laws in the 1945 session. Assistant Attorney General William A. Platz leads the questioning in John Doe proceedings before Circuit Judge Herman Sachtsen. Senator Melvin J. Olson of South Wayne is among those to be questioned. Olson supported the anti-gambling law.
Tax boards of review in nearly all county divisions are scheduled for Monday to examine real and personal property assessments. The county board of review will also convene at the courthouse, with public works following routine payroll and bill payments.
Ernest C. Colwell new president of the University of Chicago argues faculty complacency and external political pressure threaten academic freedom. He urges aggressive administration with power to initiate, noting public opinion is essential to sustain a university’s socially valuable purpose.
In Europe a POW recalls odd camp life during three years behind barbed wire. From Sulmona and Padula in Italy to Moosburg and Hadamar, prisoners staged strikes, cooked on stoves, traded on camp accounts, and ran a secret news service while sharing rumors and tricks with guards and generals. A closing note mentions the Prophet Mohammed’s birth in Mecca in 570 A.D.
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