Interesting Items From The Evening Times Files
Evening Times items from 10 20 25 40 and 50 years ago July 26 report hospital open house fires and burns industry notes and civic affairs. Names include St Clare hospital Mrs peer wittees Charles Storck Berry Sunkist Vanities Goetz theater Izaak Walton leagues Monroe New Glarus Brodhead Albany Belleville Darlington and other Wisconsin places and dates.
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St. Clare Hospital
Peer Wittees
Monticello
Charles D. Storck Fies
Berry
Sunkist Vanities
Goetz Theater
Monroe Municipal
New Glarus
South Wayne
Fairfield
Izaak Walton
Belleville
Brodhead
Albany
Tillie Elmer
Rose Lewis
Dells
Monroe
Footville
Blanchardville
Lafayette
Darlington
Frank Norton
Idaho
Portland
Subscription Rates and Office Hours Notice
The notice lists subscription rates for Monroe residents at $12.50 per year by carrier and $7 by mail in Wisconsin and Stephenson county Illinois, with $8 outside Wisconsin and Stephenson county. It states all subscriptions must be prepaid to comply with postal requirements and lists office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:36 p.m. and the telephone number 8.
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City of
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson County
Ill
Officials Question State Pay Boosts in Madison
Madison officials challenge legality of salary increases granted to six department heads after a bill became law. Goetz asks Attorney General Fairchild whether the boosts from 6500 to 10000 dollars for Kelcher and other raises for Lamp, Marcus, Giessel, Lange, and Watson are valid under the new job definitions and immediate effective dates.
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Madison
J. E. Goetz
Goetz
Thomas E Fairchild
Thomas E. Fairchild
J. Jay Kelcher
Gate
Edward J. Lamp
Securities Division
Ben L. Marcus
Motor Vehicle Department
E. C. Giessel
John R. Lange
Watson
Wisconsin
Shanghai Typhoon Death Toll Rises to Nineteen
Shanghai endures the worst typhoon in years with 19 dead and about 200000 homeless. Streets flooded up to six feet, power lines down, and a tenement collapse causing fourteen deaths. Communications restored only today as damage sprawls across a city of six million.
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Shanghai
Okinawa
Chapei
Whangpoo
Yangtze
U.S
Tokyo
Revival of Green County Historical Society Gains Momentum
The Green County Historical Society shows signs of revival with Idle Hour farm coach house offered for museum and storage. Plans for displays and materials groundwork begin as a new leadership election approaches next month to manage this work and salvage community records before they fade.
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Green County
Historical Society
Idle Hour Farm
Taft Boost From Mason Aims To Lift Presidential Bid
Representative Mason launches a Taft for president boost in Congress citing Ohio leadership of a GOP majority and labor’s looming fight in the 1950 Senate race. Mason predicts labor will sharpen tactics to oppose Taft and expects intensified labor opposition nationwide as Taft leads the 81st Congress.
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Illinois
Mason
Congress
Rep
Ohio
Taft
Truman
Resignation Follows Discrimination Talk in Fond du Lac
Seymour Patrick Fond du Lac county parks custodian resigned after protests over banning migrant workers' children from the county pool. He cited doctor orders for leaving. The parks committee noted his 11 years of service and stated discrimination would not be tolerated. The League of Women Voters had criticized him.
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Fond du Lac
Seymour Patrick
Texas
Patrick
County Parks Committee
League of Women Voters
Fond du Lac County Park
Leukemia Claims Life Of Marcia Chandler at Four
In Beloit on May 18 the town marked Marcia Chandler’s fourth birthday while a local fund led by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. supported her cancer treatment. Despite community aid and a motion picture drive, the child died Saturday in a Rockford hospital with funeral services held yesterday.
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Beloit
Marcia Chandler
Marcia
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Rockford
Split on Arms Aid Involves Final Method Not Objective
President Truman asks Congress to approve funds to arm Western Europe in the Cold War fight against communism. The debate centers on how much aid is needed and how quickly, with critics warning armed Europe could provoke war while supporters say immediate arms are essential to deter Russia.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Russia
Congress
Western
Europe
Senate
Western Europe
Mr. Truman
J. . Truman
Wisconsin State Income Tax Revenue in 1849 Fiscal Year
Madison reports Wisconsin income tax collections for the year ending June 30, 1849 totalled 87.9 million dollars. Normal taxes 73.6 million, teachers surtaxes 9.3 million, privilege dividend taxes 4.3 million. Corporations paid 46.1 million and individuals 41.8 million with over 900,000 filers. This compares with 77.6 million the prior year.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Taxation
Paris weekly claims Russia detonated atom bomb
Samedi Soir reports sensational claim that Russia exploded an atomic device. The piece cites supposed United States recording devices indicating an atomic explosion in Siberia on July 10.
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Paris
Russia
Samedi Soir
United States
Siberia
Peron Urges Purge of Bad Elements in Party
Buenos Aires reports President Juan D. Peron urging his Peronista party to expel bad elements. He warned 6,000 delegates that opposition forces are backed by foreign interests, accusing former U S ambassador Spruille Braden of funding the opposition union democrática.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Peronista
Peron
U. S
Spruille Braden
Union Democratica Organization
Shaw at 93 Still Seeks His Fee in Birthday Quip
George Bernard Shaw is 93 today and shows the same appetite for money. When asked for a birthday interview he quips that a commission would tempt him, noting his enduring fondness for payment.
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G.B. Shaw
Georgia Town Mayor Fights Off Klansmen
Iron City mayor C. L. Drake says he fired on a mob of seven to eight cars carrying masked Klansmen attempting to kidnap him. Sheriff C. L. Chandler notes no arrests and that a relative reported the attack after early Sunday incident.
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Donaldsonville
South Georgia
Chandler
140 Ton Flying Boat Unveiled in England
A ten engined 140 ton flying boat claimed to be the world’s largest was unveiled at Cowes Isle of Wight. The craft seats 105 passengers nonstop from London to New York, with seven mile ceiling, 5500 mile range, and 380 mph cruising speed. British Overseas Airways ordered it from Saunders Roe three years ago and it is expected to fly in about 18 months.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
London
New York
British Overseas Airways Corp
Saunders Roe, Ltd
Slimmer Elmer Found In Culvert Pipe Trap
Swoope Virginia reports Elmer the bull shed 600 pounds in 21 days after getting trapped in a 36 inch railroad culvert pipe to escape heat. The undernourished Angus, about a year and a half old, weighed 300 pounds when found. owner identified him as the missing farm animal from July 1.
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Swoope
Elmer
Angus
Pelicy
Uly
$368 500 Jewelry Hold Up Fails on Fifth Avenue
Two men attempted a jewelry theft at Brand Chatilion Corp on Fifth Avenue at 55th Street carrying four diamond-set pieces worth 368 500 dollars. A police shot, a passerby tackle, and store staff pursuit led to their capture with loot recovered. Suspects Joseph Quinn 36 seaman formerly of Seattle and John Broderick 34 salesman formerly of Boston were booked.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Brand Chatilion Corp
55Th Street
Joseph Quinn
Seattle
John Broderick
Boston
Impaled Auto Racer Fight To Live In Yakima Crash
Allen Hobson, 24, impaled by a 2x6 board in a 70 mph crash near Yakima Washington. He remained in hospital in good through critical condition as doctors worked to remove the board. The 10-foot long beam pierced his left side, broke four ribs, and tore the top of his left lung. surgeons removed the remaining portion after about three and a half hours.
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Yakima
Wash
Allen Hobson
Cornelius
House GOP seeks firm July 31 adjournment deadline
Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts told reporters he will press Speaker Rayburn to reveal whether Democrats plan to follow the July 31 adjournment deadline in the reorganization act. If not, he asks why and how long the session would last, signaling possible fights to stay in session after July 31.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Martin
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Rep. Monroney
D-Okla
Rev Retzlaff to Get Rural Leader Training
Rev Peter Retzlaff of the Juda Evangelical United Brethren Church will receive rural leadership training at Northwestern University Evanston Illinois in a five week graduate summer program. He earned a scholarship for the course and has been granted leave of absence. he will return for weekend ministerial duties.
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Peter Retzlaff
Juda Evangelical United Brethrenchure
Northwestern University
Evanston, NL
Retzlaff
Truck Leaves Road In Juto After Gas Transport Incident
A gas transport left Highway 1181 in Juto at 1 30 yesterday and traffic was held up until a gravel truck pulled the vehicle from a ditch. No report was filed with Green County highway police.
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Juto
Green County
Three Marine Heroes To Reenact Iwo Jima Flag Raising
Three of the six Marines pictured in the Mt Suribachi flag raising met in Los Angeles as they travel to Camp Pendleton to reenact their roles in a film. John Bradley Ira Hayes and Rene Gagnon will portray their real life counterparts in scenes filmed at Camp Pendleton. The actual flag used in the WWII moment is being moved from the Quantico marine museum for the movie.
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Los Angeles
Mt. Surabachi
Iwo Jima
John Bradley
Antigo
Ira H. Hayes
Bapchule
Ariz
Rene Gagnon
Manchester
N. H
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Joe Rosenthal
Associated Press
Marine Museum
Quantico
Herbert W Booth Licensed as Funeral Director and Embalmer
Herbert W. Booth was licensed by the state as a funeral director and embalmer after completing state exams in late June in Milwaukee. He studied at the Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science, graduated June 24, and will continue his association with Herman W. Stuessy at the Stuessy funeral home in this city.
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Herbert W. Booth
Milwaukee
Booth
Stoughton
Herman W. Stuessy
Stuessy Funeral Home
Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science
Stuessy
Dr. Parkin Named Wisconsin Medical School Director
The University of Wisconsin announced the appointment of Dr. Robert C. Parkin as director of post graduate training in the medical school. He will succeed the late Dr. Llewellyn Cole.
Repeals Amendments Move as Labour Holds Commons
London reports the labor party secured a large majority in the house of commons and began repealing amendments to the steel nationalization bill that had been passed by the conservatives in the house of lords.
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London
Labor Party
House of Commons
House of Lords
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Editorial
Leukemia
Georgia
England
Elwyn R. Shaw
Chicago
Harvey S. Stauffacher Chiropractor
White Block
Roy Hensley
Ludlow Hotel
House Gop
Rev. Retzlaff
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