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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1950
Page
2
Scant readable text shows a postal regulation notice referencing subscription or circulation rates, a mention of Stephenson County Illinois, and office hours from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm with a telephone line. The fragment suggests a newspaper or press notice about subscription terms and mail compliance.
The piece urges swift national backing for mobilizing industry and manpower, praising government readiness compared with past limits. It calls for teamwork starting at the White House as Congress and the public weigh Korea's emergency and the danger of a global conflagration, and contrasts Florida and Wisconsin gambling climates and official curiosity.
Weekend flash floods along the Pecatonica river area cause crop and soil losses in Lafayette county totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. While soil conservation has progressed, experts warn that without a complete flood control program the damage will recur and intensify, urging funding as a prudent local priority.
Nash plants here and at Kenosha were back in production yesterday after repairs to one of two body presses that broke down last week.
Twenty six cars in the Wisconsin Automobile Association endurance test travel through Monroe en route to Madison. Each machine pauses thirty minutes here before continuing onward. An auto overturn at Kleckner's crossing injures Mayor W. J. Knight and Eugene A. White as one car avoids a collision with a gasoline truck. Two vehicles had begun the trip to Warren to promote Green County fair. Monroe team defeats Footville seven to four in a fireworks filled game. Mrs. Kezia Kilden of Twin Grove celebrates her 90th birthday.
The London Ontario Boy Scouts gifted a Union Jack to U S Grant Council for display at Canyon Camp Apple River Illinois. 106 scouts and leaders followed a Valley Forge caravan home from the national jamboree, noting a warm Canadian welcome and a busy 27 day bus tour through New York City West Point Detroit and more.
Walter M. Helgesen of the Royal Army and Air Force announces extended daily hours at the post office basement office in room 3 from 8 to 10 a m and 6 to 8 p m seven days a week except Sundays Phone contact for enlistment qualifications and appointments will be available He will conduct surveys in the city and county with additional hours in the county on Tuesdays and Wednesdays Sundays he can be reached at 703% 9th Street Many applications have been filed but only one enlistment to date in the regular army Army enlistments in the fifth army area rose over the weekend as stations remained open
The Fulton county board of supervisors appointed Democrat 3 armes Elam to succeed A J Lindeen as sheriff, after Lindeen resigned to become a captain in the state highway police. Elam had served as deputy sheriff while Republican Jack Kost opened the vacancy but withdrew. Kost was among Republicans ousted from the state police to re balance party strength.
A Foreign Office spokesman said Britain has stopped all oil shipments to Red China. British services in the Far East will take over all stocks of oil there for their own use due to increased needs from operations under the United Nations Security Council resolution to restore peace in Korea.
Traffic safety data from the Wisconsin motor vehicle department shows Green county recording three highway deaths in the first half of 1950, up from two in the same period in 1949, while Lafayette county reports no fatal accidents through June. Dane county logged 16 deaths in the first half of 1950, Rock county 18, and statewide June fatalities fell to 44, the lowest monthly toll in seven years.
The United States saw fire destruction in June totaling 97.1 million dollars, up 10.3 percent from June 1949 and the largest June loss in 21 years. Six month total reached 367.1 million, up 5.2 percent from 1949. Artist John Copley dies in London at 15, president of the Royal Society of British Artists, noted with wife’s recent death.
The 23 day old war staggers the economy inflation soars prices rise living costs climb and trade expands from retail to factory amid scare buying. Industry expects $1 to 1.6 billion more in federal defense orders but stock values drop as markets remain skittish. Scarcity and fear of shortages lift prices for copper rubber and tin while taxes loom and wartime policies reshape profits and tariffs. Second polio case in Appleton county reports a six year old boy hospitalized. a 12 year old girl case was reported two weeks earlier.
J A Matzke’s three year old Holstein Frances Chip Montvie Royal won second in a class of 21 at Mooseheart. The blue ribbon winner in her class was named senior champion female at Stephenson county fair in Freeport July 6. Royal is a granddaughter of medal sire King Cascade Ollie and all American bulls Chip of Nettie and Angie. Freeport bidders Hoyal Scheider and Son took third with their senior yearling heifer. Mary Kaiser of Port placed third in showmanship for girls and John Altifin of Freeport won first for boys. A large crowd from Orangeville and Freeport attended.
Wisconsin's 1950 cherry crop is forecast to be about 17,300 tons, about 50 percent larger than 1949 and 40 percent above the 10 year average. Harvesting is set to begin this week.
The 20,000 ton liner Franconia, stranded four days on a St. Lawrence river reef, was pulled free yesterday by tugs. The ship went into drydock at Lauzon Quebec two miles away for repairs.
Washington reports America's aircraft industry is poised to expand after a record war era buildup. Defense officials seek 5 billion dollars more for production, though actual output may grow slower than 1942 43 due to heavier planes and higher labor needs. About 75 plants sit in semi readiness, with 65,000 general purpose machine tools and a reserve program totaling 1 029 million dollars.
A tapeworm infection killed 19 of 79 calves on a single farm within six months. Another 42 calves fell seriously ill. University of Illinois doctors treated the herd with a dead arsenate compound, saving most affected animals. The parasite is Montezlia expansa, attaching to the digestive tract and competing for feed. The location of the herd was not disclosed.
Baltimore dispatch reports seven children aged from three to seventeen had tonsils and adenoids removed yesterday. Mrs. Koy Younger will keep the remaining two to aid in nursing the previously operated youngsters back to health. The Younger family plan to proceed with the two remaining cases in turn.
Browntown Times Special reports tarring of the new highway is delayed due to a shortage of materials. Local officials say work will resume when supplies arrive, affecting travel plans and nearby residents awaiting completion.
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