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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1949
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for Monroe Wisconsin and Stephenson county Illinois and outside areas, with advance payment required. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m and a telephone contact is provided.
An editorial warns that suspending two senior generals over army contract handling is disturbing yet temporary. It stresses the need for full inquiry, accountability, and names rather than hints, cautioning against scapegoating while acknowledging broader systemic issues in defense spending.
Brooklyn baseball star Jackie Robinson told the House Un American Activities Committee that Paul Robeson’s remarks about Negro affinity for Russia and reluctance to fight for America were silly. Robinson said Negroes resent discrimination but are not disloyal or communist leaning. Robeson’s wariness of his home country has cost him support among many Americans, and Robinson hopes to offset any damage to the racial question.
Wisconsin enacts first modern traffic rules in years setting 65 mph daytime and 55 mph night speed limits. Drivers must signal turns or stops with hand signals if no directional lights, a straightforward system aimed at increasing safety and reducing accidents.
Senators Hunt and Humphrey asked Congress to approve 3.5 million dollars for operation grasshopper. The plan funds aerial poison-bran dispersal over infested midwest grasslands threatening Wyoming Montana Utah Arizona the Dakotas and Minnesota.
Ten years ago Herbert and Mrs Tschudy traveled to New York with others to attend memorial services for Lieut W L Clemmer brother of the deceased at Floyd Bennett field. Also noted is rising tension near Danzig and Kiwanis club address by Lieut Mathew Legler.
After two weeks of debate the senate is expected to approve joining the Atlantic pact on Thursday. The move ties the U S to Western Europe for defense should Russia attack, with arms aid estimated to cost about 1.5 billion dollars. Taft and Donnell lead Republican opposition threatening separate votes and possible delays.
Officials set hog and swine requirements for open and junior exhibitors under state Department of Agriculture rules. Serum vaccination to be given with Bangs test for cattle. shots and testing Thursday and Friday. Exhibits must be penned by 8 p.m. Sunday and stay until closing.
A damaging wind and hail storm hit the sparsely settled Somo Lake region nine miles northwest of Tomahawk around 4 30 pm and moved toward Lake Clara twenty miles away. Power lines fell, trees uprooted, and homes and barns were damaged with no serious injuries reported.
The 7th squadron of the 62nd troop carrier group from McChord Field Tacoma will stage an air demonstration for the public at Camp McCoy tomorrow. The squadron provides airborne training to the 32nd division of the Wisconsin National Guard.
Clark Jordan 14 son of Mr and Mrs Loral Jordan was badly bitten by two dogs at 11 30 am while en route to the village post office from his parents home. The dogs attacked him several times above the ankle as he rode his bicycle near the Standard Oil station. A local doctor treated him. The dogs owner could not be located and the car bore a California license plate.
Entries close tomorrow for the home talent amateur show opening the 95th Green county fair July 28 31. Winners perform in the afternoon and may appear in the night show with the Original Amateur Hour on ABC network via Ted Mack. A private preview is set Friday at Monroe Youth Center.
Rev Walter H Waeckerle will be installed as minister of Browntown and South Wayne churches at an August 7 ceremony in Peace Evangelical and Reformed church. He is a Mission House college graduate ordained in St Louis on June 19 and previously supplied Salem church in Plymouth. He and his wife have an 11 month old son Steven Charles.
Members and friends of the Peace church gathered at Meythaler hall July 14 for a welcome and pound party for Rev and Mrs Waeckerle. The couple had previously served as clerk at Eden Publishing House and the Rev completed a BA at Mission House college Plymouth in 1946.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Bowen have purchased a home in Oconomowoc on upper Oconomowoc Lake. They will take possession Sept 1 and move to 1481 Lake Drive Okauchee.
The passage notes the pack structure with a dominant breeding pair and helpers. The father aids in rearing the offspring, indicating cooperative parenting within the wolf family.
Cedarville plans a three week phase to lay mains and finish the central water system. A mechanical ditch digger arrives this week, and the village well at 402 feet tests over 400 gallons per minute. Transite pipe replaces iron due to shortages while residents pay a flat $3 monthly for homes and higher rates for businesses.
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