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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1946
Page
1
The world food crisis appears to ease as U S crops forecast strong export potential but nutrition remains critical with milk eggs and vitamins emphasized. Favorable pasture conditions drive near record milk production while grain exports are deemed comparatively secondary in importance.
Washington reports that a board of experts says the Bikini atomic bomb test supplied data for redesigning naval vessels to minimize damage to superstructures and protect personnel. President Truman released the board’s findings at a news conference.
The House approved Senate amendments to a billion dollar flood control bill. The legislation would authorize scores of projects in 19 river basins but construction cannot begin until Congress votes the funding. The bill returns to the Senate for final action.
A Senate munitions inquiry transcript shows Senator May protesting cutbacks before Brig. Gen. Roswell Hardy about an 8 inch shell contract. Hardy testified May did not seek special favors for Garsson tied munitions firms, while noting Batavia Metal Products Co. received a large contract on Washington's instruction.
An American military court found 73 defendants guilty in the Malmedy massacre case. The trial included high ranking SS officers such as Gen. Sepp Dietrich, Lt. Gen. Herman Priess, and Brig. Gen. Fritz Bee, accused over the slaughter of about 900 American prisoners and civilians during the battle.
Four Oneida men and a minor faced assault and robbery charges after a July Fourth spree. David Danforth Sylvester Smith and Robert Cornelius received suspended sentences and were ordered to repay $185 taken from Joseph Kailhofer of Oneida. The miner was sent to juvenile court.
Seven men accused of conspiring to violate OPA price ceilings in used car sales were convicted by an all female jury in federal court. The scheme allegedly yielded 3 million dollars in illegal profits.
Four engine TWA Constellation crashes four miles north of Reading Pennsylvania. State police report three to five persons killed. All crew members killed. Plane description: four engine Constellation. aircraft still burning at the scene.
The weather bureau reported cool, pleasant conditions spreading across the Midwest from Canada to Kansas and Missouri. Little rain accompanied the heat break but adequate moisture remains for haymakers and farm work as the front moves eastward.
Washington reports that the final German prisoners of war in the United States will sail from New York on July 22 as the last batch of about 370000 POWs is repatriated. Most remain are Germans with a few sick or incorrigible cases. 175000 were to be turned over to Britain, with many already sent to the United Kingdom or to British-occupied Germany for work in the Ruhr and other jobs.
Skeptical butchers question the OPA step to suspend restrictions on nonfederally inspected plants. The agency said unlimited slaughter of beef and pork would help plants acquire their share of livestock arriving at market. Green County market officials anticipate a surge of home butchered meat and lockers filling with stock from area farmers. Some stores had beef today and one butcher reported rapid sale as he cut quarters. More pork expected next week and a little more beef.
Circus day in Monroe with Bailey Brothers presenting two performances at 2 and 8 p m at Sportsmans park. The show features 259 performers and animals from around the world including chimpanzees horses ponies dogs and three herds of elephants plus 26 aerial and ground acts and 80 other features. Notables include Rudy Rudynoff the Henderson Trio and Captain Engerer with Nubian lions as the troupe travels from Beloit to Freeport after Friday.
Waukesha county canners warn a shortage of field workers could waste about a quarter of a bumper pea crop. Ed Maples at Merton says heat and rain accelerated maturation, forcing peas to be plowed under. Oconomowoc Canning Co. relies on imported Jamaican labor to alleviate the shortage as operations begin with morning packing.
Reconversion Director John R. Steelman urged deep federal budget cuts targeting the army and navy. He told President Truman and Congress that economy should come from trimming operations tied to world obligations while protecting American interests and global peace. He also supported reviving price control as a priority.
Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, head of the army's air defense command, warned that the Army Air Forces could not field full fighter and B 29 groups on short notice. He blamed demobilization from 2,253,000 to 485,000 and cuts in aircraft production for the "appalling" defense posture.
Steelman in his first quarterly report as director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion calls for lower government costs and continued high taxes. He warns that army and navy outlays dominate 1947 budgets and urges reexamination of expenditures to curb inflation. He notes civilian agencies would rise little over 6 percent of total outlays while many military costs could be postponed. Consumer buying jumped in spring, with department store sales doubling 1941 levels, but shortages remain due to high demand and slow postwar production.
Critics press for collateral for the 344 billion dollar British loan. Representative Dirksen will offer the amendment and back the loan bill if collateral is required. A final vote is set for Saturday with GOP opposition and Democrats showing strong support according to internal polls.
Chicago farmers report corn worth about 2.15 a bushel while wheat is near 2.10 as free markets return. Grain experts cite tight corn supply and truck and barge shipments amid a record 3.341 billion bushels forecast, predicting the anomaly will fade with the new harvest.
A move to require OPA approval of rent increases was rejected 58 14 as the Senate presses toward final action on reviving price controls. Barkley urged a showdown vote. Wiley warned of delay if a revised bill fails today, amid other rent control and FEPC debates and threats of filibuster.
Molotov announced a policy to transform Germany into a democratic peaceful state with its own industry and trade, while stripping economic and military power. He urged a central German administration as a transitional step and 4 power control over key Ruhr plants. He opposed revenge and supported plebiscites if desired by Germans.
New York reports shoe prices rising about 8 to 9 percent on average with a July 8 effective date. The increases affect footwear not included in the OPA ceiling rise for low end shoes in May.
Pravda labels former New York Times Moscow correspondent Brooks Atkinson an untalented slanderer and a gangster of the pen. David Zaslavsky accuses him of peddling sensationalism about an iron curtain and of being a stock exchange product.
A New York Times foreign correspondent writes three articles urging a hard line with Russia. He describes the Soviet system as totalitarian despite its talk of democracy and says freedom does not exist inside the USSR. He argues for armed peace and equal power where U.S. interests lie.
Two Wisconsin children die in separate lakes. Hazel Cree five of Weyauwega drowns after slipping from an inner tube on White lake. Roger Koenig ten of South Superior drowns while swimming at Pattison state park lake near Superior.
A middle aged Chicago couple was accused in circuit court yesterday of attempting to sell a 19 month old boy they had adopted for 1000 dollars. The child, Francis Schachtschober, was adopted 15 months ago by Charles Schachtschober and his wife Pearl of Des Plaines and is now with LeRoy and Stella Lorenz in Chicago.
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