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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1952
Page
2
Rouse and Ott report on a local advertising dispatch, noting TNT Novo Paper coverage and AP news dispatches. The item reflects cluster mentions of forthcoming notices and syndicated summaries.
Readable text recalls 1942 Gulf of St Lawrence submarine sinkings and a Wichita mother sending her fifth son to the armed forces. Draft headquarters in Washington directs local boards to call up married men last, prioritizing single war workers.
Opinion piece praises hard hitting air raids on North Korean power plants and Red capital, arguing U N bombing missions disrupt war production and pressure negotiators. It contends damaged plants could be permanent, aiding a quicker end to the Korean conflict and freedom for Asia.
The text lauds Senator Nixon as a vigorous fighter who will press the anti communist issue on the GOP ticket. It notes his leadership on un American activities inquiries and his resilience against attacks, predicting the Democratic administration may regret his nomination while criticizing his party’s pink complexion.
The Monroe school district invites electors to tonight's annual meeting at 8 in the high school. The piece notes voter absence, expresses Board of Education gratitude, and warns of potential future rural school reorganization funded by county and state efforts that may alter district structure and administration.
Walter W. Frook, 40, Fond du Lac senior high School faculty member, died of a heart attack Saturday while working on his home in extreme heat. A Marquette University graduate and Burlington, Wisconsin native, he is survived by his widow and two children.
A quartet of boys aged 8 to 11 erect a canvas church on a hillside above a lake in a single day. Turk is exiled for leaving the project to fish, while the others form a liberal new sect amid protests and humor. The piece notes playful mischief and pious antics around a summer community scene.
Police Captain Elmer Krueger, 40, was shot in Merrill Wisconsin while transporting suspect Joseph Weber 45 to jail after Weber disturbed a square dance at a schoolhouse. Krueger sustained stomach and leg wounds and was listed in fair condition. Weber faced an assault with intent to murder warrant from Lincoln County.
Ervin B. Johnston, 46, died of burns suffered Thursday in a gasoline line explosion and fire in a Blooming Grove garage. He was using an acetylene torch when the accident occurred late Saturday.
Tennessee Democrat Kefauver assailed the GOP’s 1952 convention backers at a Syracuse luncheon. He accused supporters of masking liberal aims and backing “economic royalists” tied to Wall Street, while praising Eisenhower’s service but urging scrutiny of party motives. He warned the party seeks to quiet plain people with wealth behind an amiable mask.
Mineral Point special reports Billy Mills age eleven died Saturday at his home after a six year bed confinement. Funeral services set for 9 15 a m at Gorgen funeral home and 9 30 at St Pauls church with Rev Paul F Croke officiating. He leaves his parents, a brother and sister, and grandparents.
Mrs Amelia Derr 78 of Lena area died Saturday at her brother Arthur Diestelmeier's home in Kent township after a six year invalid condition. Funeral services were held this afternoon with burial at Lena Burial Park. She leaves a daughter Mrs Hazel Schulz of Lena and four brothers Arthur E Diestelmeier Freeport Stephenson County coroner, John and Henry both of Lena.
Derrick Johnson of Lake Geneva was honored for saving 3 year old Cherryl Johnson’s life with artificial respiration during a medical emergency last August. He received the President’s Medal of the Nationality Council and a Wisconsin certificate for his actions. The child survived after an 85 mile ambulance transfer from Elkhorn to Chicago, where Derrick assisted for the final 50 miles.
Ben Bly aged 68 died suddenly at his Evansville home. A Evansville High School graduate, he ran a plumbing business and served 40 years in the Evansville fire department including time as fire chief. He married Mary Silver in 1905 and leaves a widow, a son or a daughter, a granddaughter, a brother and a sister. Funeral services set for 2 pm tomorrow at Allen funeral home with burial Maple Hill cemetery. Rev Grant V Clark to officiate.
Mrs. Charles L. Pickett 67 of Janesville died Saturday in Janesville. Born in Minnesota she had lived there since 1922. She is survived by her husband three sons Luman Doyle and Richard three daughters Mrs Zettle Riegert Mrs Clifford Bennett Clifford Baehr Wayne and Mrs Barnes with memorial services held in Janesville.
A 13 year old boy, Don Kelley, drowned after thrusting his knee into a hole in a pool wall at Forest City municipal pool yesterday. Deputies said the hole, about seven feet below the surface, trapped him as lifeguards tried to free him.
Flint native Arthur E. Summerfield emerged from a 1940 Willkie rally with minimal support, organized a Genesee County campaign, and grew in Republican politics. He held key roles from 1944 as Republican National Committeeman to 1949 executive chairman of the National Strategy Committee, leading fundraising efforts and shaping party strategy.
The 1961 Wisconsin dairy operators report a 3 percent rise in American cheese output to 431.306 million pounds while total state cheese production falls 1 percent to 559.064 million pounds. Condensed milk products rise nearly 3 percent to 1.268 billion pounds as shifts in milk and cream production, casein demand, and ice cream emerge. Cpl. Oswald Grunig of Fond du Lac, a Ventura Cheese vice president, was killed on the Korean front June 21 after enlisting in 1950. Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona announces a dairy products division for a record exhibitor turnout during Sept 12–28 and a fresh premium book is distributed to statewide producers.
Three new bishops were consecrated in Milwaukee as the North Central Jurisdictional Conference closed. Stanley Coors of Lansing Michigan succeeds Ralph L. Ensley in Minnesota area. Edwin E. Columbus replaces a veteran in the same region. Ensley serves Iowa area with Aberdeen South Dakota as headquarters. Voight will administer the Aberdeen area.
Levant to Take Rest is an early 20th century note about the composer Levantee resuming inactivity after a lengthy concert tour in the east, citing fatigue and the need for recuperation.
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