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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1948
Page
6
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Cooler tonight. Since yesterday 1 p m high 85 and low 71. Year ago today high 86 low 64. Precipitation since yesterday. Barometer 29.47 at 1 am 29.50 at 1 pm. Warmest city Phoenix 111, coldest Spokane 48. Sunrise 4 33, sunset 7 37.
Justice Harlan Mollirud of Wiota presided over a disorderly conduct case resulting in a $5 fine plus costs. Justice L A Koenig noted the judgment.
Frances Ann Risser and Ed Win Otto Eschberger, both of Monroe, secured marriage licenses.
Mr and Mrs Ewald Babler of route 3 announce the birth of a son on July 13. Mr and Mrs Delbert Elmer of Blanchardville welcome a son born July 13.
Ardelle Van Matre of Ardelle Van Matre is listed at 1103 19th Street James Lane ville Brodhead under surgical. Victor Baumgartner of Juda suffers an accident. Jerry Phillips of Juda and several others including Mrs John Knouse Darlington and Ingolf Stromser Beloit appear under medical and dismissal lists from St Clare Hospital.
Fourteen F-80 shooting stars gathered at Goose Bay Labrador awaiting the U S air force jet crossing of the Atlantic bound for Germany. Two more jets from Selfridge field Michigan remained overnight for engine adjustments after beginning their historic flight yesterday.
John Hoffman, 32, a truck driver, waived extradition last night and will be returned to Chicago. He faces first degree murder charges in Wisconsin and Illinois for the death of his wife Molly Dora, 24, whose body was found in an abandoned truck trailer at Wisconsin Dells last month.
Brig. Gen. John F. Mullen announced Governor's Day at Camp McCoy Wisconsin will be held Sunday. About 5,000 National Guard members, the largest summer camp attendance, will march past Gov. Rennebohm. This will be the first Governor's Day since 1940.
The Associated Press reports U S aircraft bolster Berlin airlift while Britain sends new troops for Berlin duty. London denies the report. Kremlin silent on western notes calling end to land blockade. Moscow radio urges quick German peace and immediate withdrawal of occupation troops after signing. Yugoslavia holds a 50-person trial in Croatia for spying and terrorism amid Cominform tensions.
Two swine parasite control demonstrations will be conducted in Green county Thursday by Prof. James J. Lacey and Myron E. Jeglum. The first at 9:30 a.m. will be at the Earl Vickers farm north of Monroe on Highway 69. The second at 7:15 p.m. will be at the Walter Streiff farm northeast of New Glarus.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today for Rudolph Kaderly a 21 year old Juda farm youth fatally injured in a Saturday night three car collision. Burial followed at Greenwood cemetery with rites conducted by Leonard Sheldrake of Kansas City and F W Mehl of Detroit. Mrs Paul Elliot sang as pallbearers Edward Kaderly John Kaderly Ernest Kaderly Wendell Matzke Virgil Waelti and Robert Wolters served.
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission denied Madison's motion to overturn a temporary order granting Wisconsin Telephone Co. 6.4 million dollars annually in increased rates. The city sought to have payments refunded to Madison customers and the temporary order set aside.
Personal mentions include Dave Wilcox of LaSalle visiting on business. Numerous locals and guests travel to Milwaukee, Madison, Rockford, Darlington, and Wisconsin Dells. Trips include family visits, vacations, and weekend gatherings with relatives in Gratiot, Freeport, New Glarus, Sheldon, and Beloit. Notable names include Margaret Burke, Patricia Maurer, George Armstrong, and the Volmary family.
Miss Alice Baumgartner of Milwaukee is spending a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Salzwedel. Mrs. Gerald Reich and her son Franklin of Poughkeepsie New York are visiting Mrs. Arthur C. Benkert and family.
Two of three inmates who fled prison farms over the weekend were recaptured. Joseph Rupp and Lewis Paul, both Milwaukee County defendants, were found by Dane County officers near Albion after leaving the Thompson farm near Cambridge Saturday night. Charles Newman, 24, from Sauk County, remains at large.
Mrs Ray Valley 32 was struck by lightning and killed while sheltering under a tree during a rainstorm near Prairie du Chien. Mrs Fred Gokey 48 was injured but in no danger after the bolt struck the tree they used for cover. their husbands were nearby and unharmed.
Madison attorney H W Wilkie announces his candidacy for representative from the second congressional district on the Democratic ticket. He is active in veterans housing, chairs the Wisconsin council of housing authorities, and was keynoter and temporary chairman at the recent Democratic state convention.
In a Vatican address accepting Ecuador’s new ambassador Carlo Manuel Larra’s credentials, Pope Pius II said global efforts toward peace have yielded few tangible results. He urged renewed resolve and dialogue among nations.
Senator Ferguson protests to Secretary Forrestal that no army training camp has been chosen in Michigan Ohio Indiana Illinois or Wisconsin under the new draft law. He urges Camp Custer at Battle Creek Michigan as a central site and warns long travel distances will hinder furloughs and family visits.
At the party gathering several figures attack Republican policies while praising Democratic unity. Senator Barkley draws attention as potential nominee amid Truman speculation. Rayburn will speak as memorials for Roosevelt and WWII servicemen are listed. Critics label the GOP as medieval and isolationist amid attacks on social security and prices.
Rufus R. Runke of Algoma declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the eighth district. The 59 year old former agricultural farm ownership specialist resigned his federal post to challenge incumbent John Byrnes of Green Bay in the primary.
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