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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1952
Page
2
The article warns army worms across Green County threaten corn and oats with millions in losses. Officials plan urgent countermeasures using aerial dusting and spray methods, emphasizing unified action and ready funding to combat the infestation.
The piece argues the White House may use emergency power under the Selective Service Act to seize part of the steel industry to restore production amid a crippling strike. It questions legality, notes ongoing wage and price controls, and urges avoiding partisan clashes while resolving the dispute for the nation’s defense and public interests.
Parliament approved three laws restoring property and civil rights to thousands of former Nazis and granting other benefits despite protests from international Jewish leaders. The measures passed amid debate on postwar accountability and reconciliation.
The find at Sutter Creek California sparked a western bonanza that created many fortunes in the gold rush era.
Over the weekend in Wisconsin nineteen people died, eleven by drowning, as temperatures rose. Rationing rules update bars tires on unessential trucks after July 28. Frank E. McLean, Monroe native, given last rites in Chicago. Sixteen girls ride bicycles to Gratiot and Shullsburg under playground director Loraine Schumacher.
A humorous reminiscence on picnics from a past era. The narrator recalls persistent invites and the social quirks of picnic gatherings. He skewers overbearing hosts and unwelcome dishes, noting potato soup and deviled eggs as recurring staples and poking fun at the culinary missteps of forgotten times.
The Wisconsin American Legion reported an increase in known Communists in the state from 379 to 429 in six months. William Harris of national headquarters cited FBI records and urged posts to fight Communism locally, saying tools are available to eliminate the threat. Other speakers at the session included Herman Steffes, J P Cullen, D C Firman, and Seaborn Collins.
Mrs. Goldie Muelver wife of Emil Muelver president of Local 1113 United Electrical Workers filed a 15000 civil suit this week against J J Wall president of Marathon Electrical Manufacturing Corp over a June 19 picket line incident. She seeks 10000 actual damages and 5000 exemplary damages claiming Wall swung at her with a rubber hose. Wall is also charged with disturbing the peace in a separate complaint by Donald Streeter a union picket member who says Wall swung at him with the hose. The labor dispute has produced multiple suits since February 28.
The Army says Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow will face trial at Fort George G. Meade next Wednesday. Charges allege he improperly recorded classified military information in private records and failed to safeguard such information after a Soviet spy copied a diary.
Mina Giesselman a 28 year old nurse at Wisconsin General Hospital drowned in a bathtub at the nurses home last night. She was found by nurse Marie McCasey who said she was washing dishes when the accident occurred. Giesselman a UW graduate and Kenosha native, death ruled accidental by acting coroner Samuel Morris.
Labor union leaders in Chicago say they will influence the Democratic convention but face rival voices and no clear choice of candidates. CIO President Philip Murray arrives amid preconvention talks noting no word from President Truman. AFL and CIO seek a platform backing repealing Taft Hartley, civil rights, and New Deal principles, while favoring Harriman and Kefauver as a combined ticket option.
Senator William Benton of Connecticut urged Democrats to revise Senate rules to end the filibuster and limit talkathons. He criticized Republicans for lip service to equality while defending the Wherry rule. Benton also pressed a ethics plank and clashed with Senator McCarthy as civil rights debates loom.
Wisconsin butter prices fluctuated this week with closing prices mostly down a quarter to a half cent. Demand was light in open and distributive markets while offerings remained liberal. In Chicago 92 score butter sold at 71 11/4 to 71 1/2 cents per pound.
In Chicago a Democratic platform session heard Sen. Herbert H. Lehman of New York express hope for eventual congressional approval of the St. Lawrence Seaway and power project. N R Danelian urged backing the seaway, saying eastern railroads utilities and sea ports have lobbied against it for nearly 30 years.
James Marlow argues that despite Democratic civil rights planks at Chicago, passage in four years remains unlikely. He explains Senate rules, two-thirds cloture hurdles, and Southern filibusters blocking civil rights bills, making rule changes ineffective without cross-party change.
Wisconsin 1952 potato crop seen as best in years after a growers tour of Vilas and Oneida Counties. Ideal warm moist summer boosted vines. market prospects bright with high prices expected due to poor yields elsewhere. State harvest projected at 10 million bushels worth 35 to 40 million dollars.
Mrs Grace D Young, widow of Henry Young, sues Paul Mosser the motorman and the Transport Co for 71200 claiming unlawful and malicious assault after a street corner fight when Mosser’s trolley collided with Young’s car. The company denies the charges and the DA had ruled self defense.
The giraffe can touch the ground only by bending its legs in an awkward stance. This unusual posture enables the animal to lower its head and neck to the ground for grazing or drinking.
A fragile field scene recounts a woman nursing a near frozen baby mouse back to health in a nesting spot. She feeds and reunites the litter, then watches the mother return and accept her brood with no fear, a quiet moment of care recorded in Our Dumb Animals. Birthday greetings follow with names and addresses for July dates.
All boys and girls up to 12 are invited to join the Monroe Evening Times Boys and Girls Club. Fill out this coupon and mail to the Evening Times Club Monroe Wisconsin. Name Street or R F D Postoffice Date of birth Age last birthday
MILWAUKEE Wisconsin's State Fair opens August 16 with fresh paint on major buildings and the main entrance. The permanent grand stand and bleachers will seat 35 000. Total prize money reaches 175 000 with entries closing August 1, fox and mink August 4, rabbits August 11. Cattle prizes total 29 935 with other divisions listing thousands in awards. Fair manager Willard M Masterson announces the Midwest National Waterfowl Meet will accompany the exposition.
U S military operations in 1951 moved 68 000 personnel and 23 000 tons of material to the Far East, underscoring a major logistical effort.
New members listed include Vicki Lynn Waelti route 1 Monroe born Aug 9 1951 and Dennis Lee Matzke route 1 Monroe born Oct 18 1951 plus an entry for bany with July 23 1948. Membership records show these individuals attached to Monroe route addresses.
Mrs. Bernard Russ has returned to River Falls after a week visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Stauffacher and other relatives. Mrs. Archie Francis is visiting Mrs. Sue Tilley at Lodi this week.
The first jet fighters equipped with an afterburner increased speed by 100 miles per hour over earlier models without afterburners.
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