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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1949
Page
6
Mostly fair tonight and Sunday with a chance of local afternoon showers in extreme northwest. Warmer Sunday. Temperatures: 1 pm high 85, low 66. Year ago today high 85 low 68. Barometer 1 am 29.52, 1 pm 29.55. Warmest U S location yesterday Yuma Arizona 115, coldest San Francisco California 49. Sunrise 4:36, sunset 7:36.
Lloyd Foley aged 31 on 1502% Illith street faced a state indecent exposure charge. Found guilty and sentenced to 60 days in Green County Jail.
Irene Josephine Schmitz and Victor Emil Krauss, both of Monroe, obtained marriage licenses. The filing documents list their full names and residence in Monroe as the basis for the license.
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Charles of Brodhead welcome a daughter born July 15. Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong of Woodford welcome a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dittmar of Evansville welcome a daughter born July 16.
Surgical cases include Mrs William Brueggman Janesville Mrs Fred Brunkow Janesville Richard D Case Beloit Thomas J Wagner Janesville Shirley Mae Lust Mr Horeb Medical Frank C Rakowska Winslow. Dismissals list Mrs Julian Paul son and daughter George A Schard Jeanette Crain Katherine Brunkow Mrs Raymond T Kundert and daughter Mrs Walter Powers and twin boys Mrs Otto Gobeli Mrs David Campbell Beatrice Flanagan.
Stanley Lau, a Shanghai native and journalism student at the University of Missouri, toured The Evening Times plant during a brief visit to Monroe. Lau, formerly with U S Navy wartime service in the Far East, previously worked on newspapers and praised the shop as the best small city plant he had seen on his Midwest tour.
An engineer from station WIBA Madison conducted a reception test of AM and FM bands in Monroe last evening at the Hall radio shop. Tape recordings were made for use in a demonstration and clinic to be held by radio officials at Dodgeville next week.
William Lang 84 died Thursday night in Waupun while visiting relatives. A Beloit native, he lived in Spencer Iowa after leaving Beloit and was a farmer until his 1936 retirement.
About 45 percent of the corn crop is diverted to hog feed, reflecting feeding practices and cattle crop utilization in the region.
The 95th Green County Fair Junior Fair closes at noon today as entries surge. Myron E. Jeglum reports record numbers at the county agricultural agent office with blanks fees and photos of grade animals turned in. Demonstrations begin Friday with a dress revue and judging of clothing across several levels, and blue ribbon winners advance to the state fair.
City clerk G. S. (Doc) Soseman considers using screech owls to deter a wave of starlings that have moved from the north side. Citizens on the south side urge action to drive off the birds, with various prior ideas proving ineffective.
Workmen remodel the Fitzgibbons building across from the post office. They reset windows, face the brick front, and plan a full repaint of the exterior.
Alamorgado New Mexico marks the fourth anniversary of the first atomic bomb explosion as a mystery to early risers in New Mexico Texas and Arizona. The 5 30 am July 16 1945 blast near Trinity was not acknowledged until August 6 1945 when the Hiroshima raid was disclosed. Residents reported flashes and shattered windows while authorities noted no loss of life and discussed temporary evacuations if needed.
Local social buzz lists residents and visitors including Leo V. Koehler in Chicago on business with Harold Bernhagen and son from Albany, Maud Clock from Washington visiting, and multiple families traveling to Gibson City Crystal Lake and Niagara Falls. Names include Tessa Stearns, Patricia and Gloria Green, Roger and Rox Ann Gempeler, Erna Petersen, Erling Landfried, Frank Kantro, Adolph Sommers, Fredric C. Rosa, H. L. Brubaker, Steven Brubaker, Ralph Johnston, H. W. Biffle, George Thom, Judith Tschudy, J. J. Tschudy, and Patr icia Tschudy with Monroe relations.
The Times custodian counts blossoms on potted petunias with 128 in one set and 123 in another. Fire Chief Sickinger and Otto Steinman drive a Monroe fire truck in the Monticello parade to thank neighbors for help after the Fitzgibbons fire last October. Paul Lindsay reports his lawn color changes after watering dyed sand turning from green to red, seeking a chemist’s explanation.
Frank Pickett C J Niles Nathan Theiler and Wilbur E Deininger visited Camp McCoy to spend the weekend and met with Co K and the Medics during maneuvers.
Monroe and Green County residents are invited to Camp McCoy tomorrow for summer maneuvers by Co. K and the Medics. Sunday features visitors day and a troops review by Gov. Oscar Rennebohm.
A crowd gathered last Thursday on 9th Street at 13th Avenue as a secondary electric line parted. Officials warned spectators about the live wire dangers while crews repaired the damaged line.
George Baumeister district extension supervisor appeared as a caller at the local agricultural agent's office in the courthouse today. He spoke on matters likely related to extension services and community agricultural programs.
Madison Adjutant General John F. Mullen, 54, is in satisfactory condition at St. Marys hospital after treatment. He returned Wednesday from Camp McCoy.
Whalebone used to structure hoop skirts proved expensive, highlighting the materials and fashion costs of past apparel.
Mayor Frank A. Buehler and Police Chief Jerome H. Schwaiger received the National Safety Council plaque for 1948 praising Monroe for a year without a pedestrian fatality. A second honor from the American Automobile Association cited the city’s record of no pedestrian deaths in 1948.
Services were held for Mrs. Harry D. Murdock of Tulsa formerly Kathleen Craige of Monroe. She died Thursday at home aged 70 after a year and a half of illness. Survived by husband Dr. Murdock and two children Thurman Craige Murdock and Mrs. Kenneth Vaughn. Dr. Murdock was brother of the late Clayton Ross Murdock of Brodhead.
A seven year old boy told police he shot and killed elderly grocer Fred Throckmorton 67 in a San Francisco store. He approached the counter with a .32 caliber pistol, fired after asking if the gun worked, then left with his five year old sister and a note from his stepmother seeking a hamburger. He described the gun as making a noise like a firecracker. The grocer died 16 minutes after the wound at a hospital.
Madison reports 35 polio cases across 17 counties, compared with about a dozen at this time last year, according to the state board of health.
In Berlin the Russians returned American soldier Christus Rangavies, 21, of New York City and the 16th U S Constabulary, after five months in Soviet zone jails. Maj. Gen. George P. Hays demanded his return in April. Rangavies, seized while in civilian clothes, was accused of spying and said he was abs ent without leave to visit a German girlfriend.
Raymond E. Ubert 22 of Spring Valley dies when tossed from car near Stewartville Minnesota. Leland Pendgrass injured. inquest held at Rochester. Army veteran who served in Europe, funeral with full WW II honors at Stuessy Funeral Home in Oneco Township.
Senator George said the senate might sidetrack Truman's foreign arms program and authorize the army to supply Europe from surplus stocks by resolution. He noted the plan is not actively studied but could aid Atlantic defense against Russia and voiced doubts Congress will act this session on the arms proposal as opponents count votes on the North Atlantic treaty.
A 2,500 pound bomb nicknamed Rip Van Winkle from the 1940 London blitz was hoisted for removal after being found near University College Hospital. Maj. F. S. Knight ordered the live device moved to avoid defusing it. Army team monitors for any ticking using a stethoscope.
CIA told a Senate subcommittee that 32 of 100 foreign representatives who received U S visas have spy work records abroad. 21 of the group reportedly engaged in underground or subversive communist activity outside their homelands, per Rear Adm. Hillenkoetter.
Daniel Drew 77 died yesterday at St. Clare hospital. Funeral services set for 9 30 a m Monday at his Magnolia home and 10 a m at St Augustine's Footville with burial in Mt Olivet Janesville. Surviving include two brothers and two sisters. He was a long time road contractor and partner of Peter Garry. He held memberships in several local organizations.
The University of Wisconsin board of regents approved a 1949 50 operations budget of 27 976 301 against last year 26 303 109 and funded 10 876 203 by tax sources. Because the legislature provided less than asked the board trimmed programs closed freshman extension centers and delayed staff and building needs. New hires include Margery L. MacLachlan as nursing school director Napoleone Orsini successor to Philo Buck and Graham B. Hovey named assistant journalism professor.
Allan Shivers of Port Arthur was sworn in as Texas governor. He pledged to carry on the late Gov. Beauford H. Jester's work with minimal disruption after Jester died in a sleeping car on Monday.
Mr and Mrs Lee Mitchell and family depart for Denver where he will attend a five week lecture course on the United Nations at the University of Denver. The program is aimed at news commentators reporters and teachers with lectures by four professors. Mitchell plans to use the course material in Monroe high school social science classes.
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