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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1955
Page
2
A Green County Safety Council leader urges that farm hazards stem from disregard for safety rather than faulty machinery. The article warns that haste and familiarity lead to accidents, stresses training children in safety, and compares farm risk to aviation as a call to reduce danger for families and farms.
A Galveston mayor who promised a wide open town faced a police crackdown this week as bawdy houses were padlocked. Protests over vice and a surge in red light operations prompted action after health concerns raised by the American Social Hygiene Association.
Ten years ago General Scott Carey of Platteville, brigadier general of the State Guards, was slated to headline the Veterans Day program at the Green County Fair. The report also lists wartime and community events from 1915 1905 and 1915 including notable deaths weddings and visits by local figures.
The government reported a slight rise in living costs in June 1955 to 114.4 percent of the 1947-49 average, the highest in 1955 but below June of last year. Food, housing, transport, and personal care drove the gain, with further July price rises expected, notably for eggs fruits and vegetables.
The writer notes that police may face difficulty closing houses of prostitution, and that residents on the fringe of illegal activity could be stirred into action by the mayor’s attitude. Indignant citizens may respond quickly if he continues.
Freehold New Jersey reports show gambler Frank Erickson hit with federal income tax liens totaling over 5 million dollars. Filed yesterday by IRS Brooklyn office, the liens were recorded in New Jersey and New Orleans. Erickson, once a top bookmaker, previously served time for tax evasion and bookmaking, and has lived quietly in Newark since May after release from a Michigan penitentiary.
The Omaha City Council approved an ordinance banning sale of any publication whose overall content is obscene. A second provision prohibits furnishing to those under 18 any material depicting 27 listed crimes or incidents designed to arouse disgust or horror.
Madison special reports rapid city meeting notes that June Dairy Month sales rose nationwide. Lester J. Will says point of sale materials surged by 500 percent and the industry united to lift dairy product sales. Preliminary data suggest the June campaign offset butter and cheese May to June declines. The 1956 campaign is being prepared for sponsor review in October.
Madison reports 1 049 applicants for 90 traffic officer trainee posts and 485 for 85 drivers license examiner positions as final day for filing passes. Written exams set for 18 Wisconsin cities on Aug 13 with oral and medical in Madison. Governor Kohler backs a plan to grow patrol to 250 by 1956 funded by motor vehicle fuel taxes.
Probate inventory in Clayton shows the estate of Joseph Pulitzer valued at 1 208 838 dollars. It is placed in trusts with net income to widow Elizabeth Edgar Pulitzer for life. After her death the remainder goes to sons Joseph Pulitzer Jr and Michael Pulitzer and two daughters Elwood Quesada and Louis Hempelmann.
University of Wisconsin engineers test a 44 by 20 by 14 foot all crop drying structure with a central air duct and perforated floor. It drys hay in 24 hours and handles 800 bushels of oats in a batch, with corn taking three to six days depending on moisture. The unit enables two batches to run separately and serves as eventual winter storage for corn.
South Korea counterintelligence says Lee Chang Kwang, 25, entered a Red prison at Chonju and questioned Maj. Gen. William F. Dean after his August 1950 capture. Officials say Dean gave no military information, but Lee’s act is described as spying and informing.
George W. McDavitt, security director at the Small Business Administration, was fired for making unauthorized statements to staff. Administrator Wendell Barnes notified him effective the following Monday after McDavitt warned that the office would be abolished and jobs lost. The case ties to Senate Civil Service subcommittee scrutiny of his security program and past conduct with displaced persons records.
Joshua National Bank, the sole bank within 50 miles, closed by federal examiners after an audit showed 687000 missing. Roscoe D. Coon, 46, bank vice president and chief cashier, was jailed in San Diego County on embezzlement charges after being arrested at Del Mar race track. Deposits are insured up to 10000, and a Riverside bank seeks approval to open a Twentynine Palms branch.
Ten thousand Argentines marched in silence before President Juan Peron to mark the third anniversary of Eva Peron’s death. The commemorative event drew crowds and reflected the nation’s reverence for the late first lady.
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