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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1950
Page
2
A Senate report on red infiltration charges against McCarthy splits along party lines. Democrats back the report while denouncing McCarthy as unpatriotic, enabling Republicans to frame it as a whitewash exposing weak foreign policy amid Korea tensions.
After weeks of fighting in Korea a newer anti tank weapon works well. The two man bazooka team can engage red tanks with improved rockets at about 300 yards. Officials predicted this weapon would counter heavy armor as tanks advance.
The Monroe Evening Times and publisher Emery A. Odell thank the Green County fair board for designating Saturday July 29 as their special day at the fair. They express pride in decades of service and promise to attend and continue promoting the agricultural community in coming years.
Safflower oil has long been used for lamps in India and China, serving as a traditional lighting resource across these regions. The grain and floral source supports historical utility in rural and urban lamp traditions.
A July 21 1910 report notes a forty acre grain field at the William Fleck farm near Brodhead burning when ignited by a Milwaukee Road locomotive. Congressman Cooper says a 7500 dollar post office site appropriation will appear in the next rivers and harbors bill. J C Steinman county assessor is thrown from a buggy during a Jordan Prairie runaway. Civil service commission outlines cadet ship exams for West Point. Rev and Mrs H F Burns are welcomed at a church gathering after moving from Chicago to Union Church assignment.
James Marlow analyzes how long the United States can sustain a wartime economy. He notes a shift to a war footing with a military buildup, potential steel controls, and production converted to weapons. He cites President Truman seeking $10 billion more and predicts years of higher defense spending and taxes.
The daughter of Basil O'Connor president of the national infantile paralysis foundation is hospitalized in Richmond with polio. Mrs. Sidney Culver age 30 mother of five was brought by ambulance and diagnosed with polio. Virginia reports 41 cases in Wythe County with five deaths and an 81 case statewide total for 1959.
General MacArthur announced that eight Japanese war criminals, including former Lt. Gen. Chujiro Miura, 62, will be paroled from Sugamo prison on August 2.
The government already has power to curb price surges in foods and farm products by disposing of surplus stock under price support programs. It could set price ceilings on staples like wheat and corn and sell perishable items such as butter and cheese at needed prices. Meats sugar coffee and wool remain outside current holdings, leaving future steps uncertain.
Harry Gold a 39 year old former Philadelphia chemist pleaded guilty to conspiracy and 11 counts of spying for the Soviet Union. U S District Judge James P McGranery delayed sentence for federal probation investigation.
Ten British labor leaders who visited America debunk the theory that Americans work harder. They found no evidence to support the idea except in a few isolated cases, challenging claims by some British management labor missions.
Washington reports the United States is better prepared for mobilization than before World War II. Robert C. Godwin cites skilled labor, housing, and raw materials as key factors plus careful plans to avoid bottlenecks. A spot survey tests civilian skills of guardsmen and reserves in several cities.
Sister Catherine Kinane 85 a nun of the Sisters of Mercy died Wednesday night at Mercy hospital Janesville. Services were at 9 a m today in St Patrick s Catholic church with burial in Mt Olivet. Born in County Tipperary Ireland in November 1864 she joined the order in 1887 taught in Whitewater Watertown Fond du Lac and Janesville. Brother is the only surviving relative.
The Milwaukee Road merges its Superior division into the Milwaukee division effective August 1, consolidating offices in Green Bay. Superior becomes district two of the Milwaukee division. Superintendent F T Buechler will retire, and chief clerk William F Kramer will move to safety engineer. The Superior division dates to 1891 from eight-line consolidation.
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida said Japan should not raise a volunteer army for service in Korea even if asked and any proposal to rearm Japan should be rejected, according to press reports quoting his remarks to the foreign affairs committee.
William O. Douglas associate justice of the U S supreme court was kicked on the shin by a horse at his Wallowa mountain cabin in Portland Oregon. The injury did not respond to home treatment and he is hospitalized. Last year he was in a hospital for weeks after a horse rolled on him.
The article notes President Truman may end inflation uncertainty for 1951 with proposed measures. A $10 billion defense spending surge could boost wages and profits, but risk higher prices as war demand and civilian output clash. Brakes include higher taxes and tighter consumer credit, with possible future price controls.
Dr. Claude E. Welch of Harvard Medical School told a cancer symposium that stomach cancer is rising in the United States as life expectancy increases. He noted radical surgery saves lives and that if the disease is confined, more than half of patients remain alive five years after surgery. He compared stomach cancer deaths to traffic accidents among middle aged people.
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