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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1946
Page
1
Hot off the presses the catalog proclaims the 92nd fair will be bigger and better with four days of special features and evening programs. Highlighted events include two year old trotting and pacing races with times like 2:24 and 2:28, scheduled for Aug 2 to Aug 4.
Local cheese leaders report no fixed Swiss cheese price as OPA actions loom. Retail Swiss is scarce while most cheese is stored for autumn and Christmas demand. Milk and cream prices rise in Milwaukee area. dealers hedge on future increases as the market remains unsettled.
Rev. Fr. Cyril Smetana of Hillsboro was fined 100 dollars and court costs by Judge Henry Bohn for negligent homicide in the June 18 traffic collision that killed Dr. John J. Porter of the University of Wisconsin veterinary college.
Monroe celebrates a large volunteer fire department as Chief Otto H. Kundert lauds 46 members. Veterans from World War II, including 16 on an honor roll, share leadership with young volunteers in a two-company, sectioned organization led by Captain Otto A. Steinman and Captain Chester Pfund.
Local fishermen report whitefish prices dropped to 40 cents per pound, the lowest in years, due to heavy catches. A year ago prices stood at 70 cents, with a gradual decline over recent days.
Madison youth William Ward aged 18 drowned in Lake Mendota after diving and failing to surface. Coroner E A Fischer reported the death today in Madison.
Mexico City records show Miguel Aleman ahead of Ezequiel Padilla with 123 798 to 84 441 as official returns from 11 of 148 districts. 12th district incomplete figures released. Separately Chicago prosecutors link William Heirens fingerprints to a murder room and ransom note as he faces 29 burglary robbery and assault charges.
Burt A. Rice will be honored by the Professional Photographers association of Wisconsin at its 50th annual convention in Milwaukee July 14 17 at Hotel Schroeder. A 1902 Rice portrait fronts the anniversary Wisconsin Photographer issue and he appears in other club images. He began photography in Monroe in 1888, worked in Milwaukee from 1899, ran a studio from 1896, and retired at 76 after 44 years. He died this year. Mr and Mrs Harold W Gordon will attend the convention spending four days in Milwaukee.
The Wisconsin conservation department will again present a wild life exhibit at Green County Fair on August 14. More than 30 animals and birds from the experimental fur and game farm at Poynette will be shown in a rustic setting with 150 pine trees overhead. The 1944 exhibit inspired 17 requests to repeat. this year’s edition is greatly enlarged but similar in scope.
Washington officials announced a slight increase in fertilizer supplies for the 1947 crop season. The government allocates 715,908 tons of nitrogen compared with 699,118 tons last year and 766,009 tons of ya compared with 7,318 this year.
Government announces milk subsidy payments via the Agricultural Adjustment Agency in Monroe. Rates: April 60 cents per 100 pounds for whole milk and 17 cents per pound butterfat. May and June 45 cents per 100 pounds and 15 cents per pound butterfat. Butterfat paid to farmers who separate milk. Payments start mid July at listed county offices and village halls through Aug 31. Deadline to file Aug 31.
Robert E. Davenport FFA director and Monroe chapter boys drive to Lake Vermilion, 15 miles west of Rice Lake, for a four day camping trip. Attendees include Kenneth Boss Calvin Drashal Kenneth Luchsinger Charles Horisberger Thorp Clarence Soddy Herbert Wells Bill Leopold Ralph Blum Donovan Prien Forrest Ludwig Merle Rosheisen Harold Neuvenschwander and Davenport.
Washington government economists doubt a balanced budget this year or next. President Truman orders reductions in defense and veterans programs while reconversion officials warn 42 billion spending through June conflicts with 35.8 billion earlier. Tax receipts may near 40 billion, but a 2 to 3 billion shortfall persists in an election year.
Green county villages and townships will share 21675 dollars in a six month liquor tax distribution announced by State Treasurer Smith. Wisconsin’s total distribution reaches 2917523 dollars, the largest ever, about one dollar per person. Monroe gets 5753 dollars and Brodhead 1000 plus.
Pfc. Walton Frenzel, 32, a Monroe high school alum, plans to marry Maria La Puzza, 28, from Sala di Caserta Italy. Enlisted after Pearl Harbor, he served in Africa and Italy and now with the 977th signal service company in Italy awaits return to Monroe for a reunion.
Senators from Washington and New England push to keep price ceilings off feed grains in any OPA revival. Amendments would retain flour and cereals ceilings while exempts and markup protections are debated. Taft outlines strategy to force votes on decontrols and a full OPA revival, with Truman urging speedy action to curb inflation.
A large Monroe turnout watched Co. F receive state rifle honors with A and B teams winning their classes in a Second Battalion Third Infantry Wisconsin State Guard competition. The A team also claimed the Milwaukee state championship as Brig. Gen. A A Kuechenmeister presented the state trophy.
Secretary Byrnes stated that the Soviet Union has obtained 14 billion dollars in German territory and equipment as reparations. He noted Potsdam decisions placed eastern Germany under Soviet control, later allocated to Polish administration as compensation for eastern Poland.
The Senate war investigating committee excused Henry Garsson and Benjamin Fields for refusing immunity. It invited Rep May to testify about Illinois munitions makers and Garsson links while hearing Albert Jacobson describe war department payments and May's interference with his bar reinstatement.
Tsiang head of CNRRA said he asked UNRRA chief LaGuardia to rescind the order drastically cutting relief supplies to China. He said LaGuardia acted without consulting the council of 47 nations or the UNRRA central committee.
The pleasant resort weather that has covered the Middlewest for 24 hours shows signs of breaking up. The Great Lakes region may keep mild temperatures through Sunday while the plains begin a slow rise. Chicago forecast calls for a low of 56 degrees tonight.
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