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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1950
Page
6
Partly cloudy warm conditions expected tonight and Sunday with scattered thunder showers in the northwest portion. Low tonight 62, high Sunday 86 to 92. Record highs yesterday 87, barometer 29.41 at 1 am and 29.40 at 1 pm. Warmest city Yuma 109, coldest Helena 51. Sunrise 4 47, sunset 7 25.
Shirley May Spaide of 718 15th Avenue and Charles Robert Dwyer of 1303 19th Street obtained marriage licenses.
Mr and Mrs William L Sir Bariberne Footville welcome a son in July. Mr and Mrs William Richards Dixon Illinois greet a daughter born July 28. Mr and Mrs Eugene W Mollenberger Browntown route 1 have a son born July 29. Mr and Mrs Bernard Thompson Platteville announce a daughter born July 29. Mr and Mrs Alvin Peterson Argyle celebrate a son born July 29.
St Clare Hospital record lists patients and staff involved in a recent accident. Names include Donald Tarbell Leon Kub ly Su I Melvin Morgan Alfred Daehlin Jacob Disch Mrs William Clements Morgan Phillips and others. Dismissals feature Mrs Milo Melland Mrs Stanley Field and several other named individuals.
A four ton slab, later estimated eight tons with mud, was lifted from a basement by a large three plow tractor at a funeral home addition project after contractor concerns. Jana Yost, four, told passerby Jack Van Vost she was lost, and police quickly located her.
A freak Michigan auto accident near Flat Rock toppled a telephone pole and ignited a fire, interrupting AT T leased lines and delaying AP United Press and International News service across the Midwest. A company rep cited the overhead line break as the cause.
A British Seafire was shot down by American B 29s off Korea's west coast but the pilot was rescued. An air force spokesman said the Seafire encountered a B 29 flight and was not recognized.
Drawn this morning for tomorrow’s last day of a three day meet. Trot and pace fields list drivers and horse names with locations including Madison River Falls and Rochester. Multiple entries per race indicate a wide local participation from Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois communities.
Robert William from Yohn stables and Miss Mattie Mac both finish 1-1 in races yesterday at the Dubuque meet opening. Judy Rood led early in the 2:26 pace but faded. Parachute Silk and Victory Emmett posted varied finishes amid the 2:17 to 2:14 times for 2-year-old trots and 3-year-old pacers.
Mrs Otto Kubly of 1016 19th street returned home from St. Clare hospital where she had been a patient following surgery.
Langley Air Force Base reports two B 26 bombers lost over Chesapeake Bay last night. Each craft carried three crewmen. wreckage of one plane found in the water. Residents heard a heavy explosion near Buckroe Beach and Grand View. An officer said all six airmen are presumed dead.
In Los Angeles Dr. Victor Stork ends 39 years as a pediatrician. Colleagues honored him with a wrist watch for his decades of service in the baby business.
The United States recorded 24 625 000 head of milk cows and two year old heifers as of January 1 1950 indicating a broad dairy herd size across the country.
Personal mentions from the Times record numerous visitors and travelers including Walter Baer from Brodhead and Mrs. Perry Olson from Beloit calling in Monroe. Also noted are church and family visits, book sales, a horse show, and a Hawaii to Long Island leave for the Garrett family returning to New York.
The John Brugger Jr. family on highway 59 between Albany and Monroe developed 214 acres and a 70 head cattle herd in 12 years. Each member handles milking and farm tasks. Roger and Gary milk 50 cows and care for calves. Mrs. Brugger drives the tractor and raises 300 pullets annually. Brugger also raises 200 pigs yearly with 25 brood sows averaging eight pigs each last spring. He feeds sows minerals and alfalfa oats mixed with corn, and manages farrowing with stop feeding until weaning.
Washington reports U S casualties in Korea have crossed the 1,000 threshold with lists Nos 46 and 47 raising the total to 1,086. Some missing soldiers later returned to U S lines after being cut off by enemy troops.
Madison police recovered a stolen trailer truck with four new 1950 cars valued at $9,000. The load, owned by C and J Driveways of Lansing Michigan, had been reported stolen in Milwaukee.
William Konstanski Jr., 17, of Pound in Oconee County, died early today from a broken neck believed caused by a dive into shallow water.
Championship awards listed for cattle and horses with winners named for senior and junior bulls and females. Rufi family dominates many cattle divisions with John W Rufi Frances Mae Rufi and Timm Kadery among top placers. Percheron and Shetland pony results feature Marsh Meier and Munn with multiple best in show distinctions.
William Robard, 37, of Milwaukee, was killed instantly when his car left Highway 59 and struck a concrete bridge abutment two and a half miles southwest of Waukesha.
In Green county fair swine shows four breeders claim top honors. Richard Schlink of Janesville dominates Poland China and boar events with multiple grand and senior titles. Koertner and Robb of Pearl City and Winslow share several boar and sow championships across divisions.
In Cocoa Florida a 11414 ton two stage rocket was launched eastward over the Atlantic reaching speeds of 2727 mph for the first missile and about 3600 mph for the second. Observers saw twin vapor trails nine miles up and 22 miles east of the launch pad. The craft used a captured German V 2 with a 700 pound WAC corporal atop it and stood 60 feet tall. The V 2 lifted off at 7 44 a m reaching 9 miles altitude in 63 seconds before the WAC corporal separated and sped away eastward at over 3600 mph.
The report lists top herds from Monticello Juda and Monroe in Percherons Belgians Brown Swiss and Holsteins led by the MacRuff and Hartwig lines. It notes an extension for teachers to pick up school entries at Floral Hall after the county fair, announced by Green County Superintendent Mrs. Maurice Quinn.
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