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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
8
Partly cloudy tonight with widely scattered thundershowers in the north and most of the north tomorrow. Warmer in the south and east tonight. Since yesterday 1 p.m. high 87 low 63. Year ago today high 77 low 55. Warmest place yesterday Phoenix 110, coldest Eastport 49. Sunrise 4 29, sunset 7 40.
In Freeport L A Koenig faces a shooting firecrackers charge. In Monroe Ernest Marty charged with disorderly conduct. Clarence Goecks of 2727 6th street cited for noisy muffler. Robert Bayrhofer of route 3 Monroe fined for speeding. Costs assessed with most fines set at five to fifteen dollars.
Mr and Mrs Henry Kolb Woodford announce a daughter born July 8. Mr and Mrs Edward Zwker 1017 9th Street announce a daughter born July 8.
Walter Schild Juda Wilbert Hoesly Monticello Frank Moore Shullsburg underwent procedures. Douglas Oppliger Route 2 Belleville in an accident. Betty Wahler Browntown had a tonsillectomy. William Schliem South Wayne Mrs Lillian Wolfe Warren Mrs William Bauman 1315 10th Street. Dismissals list includes Lyle Tarrant and numerous wives and children, plus Rodney Higgenbotham Suzzanne Waller Ella Olson and others.
Membership in the auxiliary at Monroe County club begins early. Yesterday the five week old Ann Bauman accompanied her mother Mrs. William Bauman to the weekly club house meeting where many sitters volunteered to hold the youngest member.
A portion of the Monroe hotel porch is being screened while the entrance remains open. Mrs Chester Mohns of Juda is a patient at St Clare hospital after entering Tuesday. Kathryn Chambers the dairy queen of Green County joined Racine's Fourth of July parade riding with a sponsor dairy company and stayed in Racine suites Sunday to Tuesday. Douglas Oppliger age two from Belleville was taken to St Clare hospital after late yesterday afternoon chest injuries believed from being run over by a tractor on the J T Bowers estate farm.
A record wheat flood from the southwest's harvest poured into Kansas City clogging railroad yards and threatening an embargo. The largest day ever 1,945 carloads arrived, bringing total cars since Saturday to 8,991. Previous peak was 1,924 on July 10, 1937. Railroad terminals reported saturation point.
The two Monroe banks report June 30 totals showing a rise in loans by 492 974 while deposits fall from 16 453 067 at Dec 31 to 15 084 090. First National increases loans to 1 363 955 and Commercial and Savings to 1 198 931 with deposit declines to 10 524 391 and 4 559 334 respectively.
Priewe remains in jail awaiting a March 31 appearance in the county court before Judge Harold J. Lamboley. He was bound over to the higher court after bond was set at $2,000 and waived preliminary examination. Earlier, he completed a two year parole in Winnebago county for burglary related to the Wagon Wheel robbery in Rockton. He served briefly in the army but was discharged after multiple AWOL incidents, missing most of his 104 days.
The Angle Monroe youth center selected committees for a Friday night dance at Lincoln school gym. Open to high school youths and young adults from Monroe area. Music provided. Decorations by William Hogan and Carol Schindler. promotions by Mary Hess. refreshments by Mary Ann Huber. committee members include Jane Anderson Heidi Pfaeffli Karen Bender Janet Schultz Donald Fritz Clara Goodrich and Rudy Maurer.
Military escorts noon ceremony accompanied the flag draped casket of Sgt Donald S Beach returned from the South Pacific where he was killed in action during the New Guinea campaign on December 10 1942. Remains were moved from the train to Shriner Neu shwander funeral home where full services will be held at 2 PM tomorrow.
A long list of residents visiting family and friends in towns such as Brooklyn Beloit Monroe Argyle Milwaukee Brodhead Tomah Kenosha Arlington Va and Wausau. People include Virginia Hess Leona Dean Inez Smith Joyce Helmeid L H Logan and many others on short trips or household visits.
Brother Vincent Sheerer 32 of Holy Hill Shrine Milwaukee related a harrowing sea ordeal after 11 men in a small boat were swept to sea near Luzon. Survived with two Filipino youths, rescued by a U S navy flying boat. Three Filipinos died. Father Leo McCrudden and another man are missing and feared dead.
James Connors of Argyle traveled toward Janesville on business. Mrs. Hanna Daevel of Milwaukee visited sister Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan. Miss Hazel Travis of Madison headed to Shullsburg to visit her mother Mrs. Margaret Travis. Neva Johnson returned to South Wayne after visiting grandfather William Schliem at St. Clare hospital. Weekend guests at Christ Waelti’s included N O Shively Kenneth Wood and two Chicago children Rita Waelti, Vincent Waelti and four Rockford children Lawrence Sharer and Ray Meires with child. At Mrs. Anna Brown’s home were her daughter Mrs. Fred P. Smith and children Dunnington and Marylee who visited Shullsburg with Mrs. Smith’s sister Mrs. John Weiskircher. Mrs. Smith plans to return to Bad Axe Michigan July 16 with Marylee remaining for the summer.
Retired two star general Bennett E. Meyers, jailed in DC, faces a House Expenditures subcommittee probe into a multi million dollar gouge of government freight bills from World War II. Chairman Bender says Meyers will be subpoenaed before summer end. Meyers was sentenced last winter to 20 months to five years for pressuring a former associate to lie to senators about war contracts. He later served as deputy purchasing officer for the Army Air Forces at Patterson Field.
Funeral services for Mrs. Edwin M Kundert 39 Orangeville were conducted today at 2 p m at the Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev P C Kehle officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers listed were Forrest Kubly Glen Roderick Wesley Bowen Raymond Askey Clarence Aebly and Fred Buehler.
Washington reports management and labor representatives holding joint negotiations over the mail labor dispute. Charles G. Ross said both sides met four hours at the White House last night and will renew talks this afternoon. He avoided predicting an agreement, saying to wait and see what develops.
A union leader, Jack Paley, secretary treasurer of Local 65, retail wholesale and department store union of America CIO, was forcibly ushered from the witness chair during a house subcommittee investigation of alleged communist infiltration in unions. Hearing opened after a tumultuous start with multiple union leaders involved.
Intruders refused to answer if they were communists then gained entry through a window and forced a safe door. The loot belonged to the North Western Railroad and the Railway Express Agency.
Railroad station agent Eli Bussiere said burglars cracked the depot safe in Pulaski and stole 113 dollars in cash during the night after jimmied entry. Brown County authorities were notified.
A motion picture theater roof collapsed during a matinee in downtown St Louis this afternoon. No injuries were immediately reported as patrons evacuated after the crash.
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