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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
2
An editorial laments cows on Green county pastures and welcomes pasture season while warning drivers of danger from cattle straying onto highways during dawn and dusk. It urges herd owners to supervise, escort, and protect motorists to prevent fatal accidents and protect livestock.
A Belgian recall vote looms as a party backing King Leopold III wins in a shift after years of controversy. The monarch’s wartime surrender and exile sparked debate, with rivals fearing a protracted fight over regency and future stability in Western Europe.
U S internal revenue commissioner George J Schoeneman said yesterday that about a quarter of individual income tax returns contain errors. Understatements total 1.3 billion dollars while overstatements reach 90 million. Ninety one percent of errors are against the government.
Charles Cline aged 67, father of Mrs Gordon Penniston of South Wayne, returned home to Woodford from St. Clare hospital where he underwent the amputation of his right hand and forearm last week. He is reported in satisfactory condition.
Mrs Clara Menehan, sister of Mrs Harry T Maddrell of South Wayne, moved from Wisconsin General Hospital Madison to recuperate at a hospital in King Wis after five weeks as a surgical patient.
Items recount long past events from 25 to 40 years ago including a high school athlete awarded an American Legion medal, a mill fire, a death of Mrs. Koepnick, and historical notes on weddings, alumni elections, and a church fire.
Bernt A Engen 71 retired farmer and feed mill operator died at 4 50 p m yesterday at his home after a long illness He was born March 15 1879 in Newark township Rock county and was married to Hildah M Anderson Feb 9 1904 in Brodhead Surviving are his widow two sons Elton M Fond du Lac and Seymour Beloit a daughter Mrs Giles Gilbert Newark township and six grandchildren Services will be at 2 p m Thursday in the temporary East Luther Valley church Orford Rev Marcus S Lewis officiating Burial will be in East Luther Valley cemetery Friends may call at the Silverthorn funeral home Wednesday afternoon and evening
The Albany Methodist parsonage is being redecorated by congregation members. Several families are responsible for decorating a room. Rev. Orra G. Compton, the former pastor, will give his farewell sermon Sunday before attending summer school at Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston. He will later move to Oklahoma City for a suburban charge. No successor has been named for Albany.
Monticello fire crews were called to extinguish a woodshed blaze at the Albert Moritz home on South Main street at 10 15 am Sunday. The fire started from an unknown source with some damage reported. If it had started later, the Moritz family could have faced greater loss before leaving for church.
Methodists decided on a repair program painting outside wood and metal work this summer. The board voted to cooperate with the Monroe Council of Enterprises. An open meeting is set for Monday at 8 P M in First Methodist Church featuring Rev Gregor Goral from Warsaw, Poland, now assistant pastor at Newfield N Y as guest speaker. He will present Repost of a Pastor in Exile.
Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin urged a long range farm commission to unify diverging programs such as the Hope-Aiken, Brannan, and milk producers plans. Speaking at the Central Retail Food Dealers convention, he called for cost plus a fair profit for farmers, minimal government controls, and rejection of wasteful schemes. He also criticized the Truman administration for making fanciful promises.
Ivan R Turner is hospitalized at St. Clare with a possible fractured vertebrae after his car overturned at 12:20 am. He lost control on County Trunks, a mile and a half northwest of Brodhead, hitting an embankment and rolling over. The car was a total wreck and Turner was alone.
Perry C., head of the Madison bureau for four years at the Milwaukee Sentinel, will join the Milwaukee Journal editorial board. He will assume duties July 1.
Gary Malkow son of Marvin and Mrs. Malkow of Decatur township received a Kraft Foods savings bond in acknowledgment of his dairy project work. Monroe 4-H club met in the courthouse for June, checked record books, and organized a kittenball team. A July 2 tour and July 3 meeting were planned. Monroe area 4-H girls enrolled in home furnishings in courthouse with Miss Mamie Tillema. A similar session will be at New Glarus high school Thursday.
U S District Judge Robert Tehan sentenced 48 year old Ue Schmidt former Lena branch manager of Spring State Bank to one year and a day in federal prison after conviction on embezzlement counts totaling 1300 dollars. Probation of 18 months follows the prison term.
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission will hold a hearing on June 4 to show cause why weekend truck bans should not be imposed on state highways during summer. The plan, approved at a conference with trucking interests and state departments, sets an order effective July 1 with exemptions possible for perishables, livestock, vegetables, ice, and newspapers.
A fast moving tornado tore through southeast Texas yesterday injuring at least eight people and damaging five villages as authorities assess the aftermath.
A county agricultural committee met in the courthouse last evening led by district soils conservationist Fred Reber of Dodgeville who discussed conservation issues and received approval to use supervisors farm plans. The Goodyear grassland contest was reviewed as part of the Keep Wisconsin Green effort with extension agents authorized to hire an office assistant to replace Mrs. Edna Olson who resigns this week.
Allied officials resist a German request to form a 25,000 member federal police answerable only to Bonn. Britain France and America fear backlash, with France wary that a centralized force could become a new German army.
Census bureau reports May adds 1,003,000 farm and factory jobs lifting total employed to 59,731,000, the highest since August 1949. Unemployment declines to 3,016,000 but jobseekers rise overall, with farming contributing 867,000 of May's 1,063,000 openings while non-farm employment grows 196,000.
West Berlin hosted two football teams and two rowing clubs displaced by the Russian occupation. One football team traveled from Dresden in southern Saxony, illustrating the reach of the refugee movement as sporting ties persist amid upheaval.
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