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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1946
Page
1
The OPA orders an immediate 1 cent per quart milk price rise for most regions, with about 11 cent per pound jumps for butter and 6 cents for Cheddar. Bowles predicts further dairy spikes if Congress cuts food subsidies, as other creamery and flavored drinks see small price bumps next week.
Coroner's inquest heard that the LaSalle hotel lobby was a furnace as flames blocked exits. Fire officials testified the blaze began around 1:39 am, with delays blamed on slow initial response and the hotel policy of fighting small blazes without aid. A guide dog and owner were honored for evacuating 23-year-old Anita Blair.
Predictions of speedy Senate approval for Vinson as chief justice and Snyder as secretary of the treasury circulated after Truman named them. Reporters and many lawmakers expected no opposition, though some Republicans and pro labor Democrats criticized the picks. Sullivan also advanced from assistant to under secretary amid limited debate.
Police say R L Timmins shot a man Wednesday night as he fled a squad car while being questioned in a Camp Grant robbery. Camp Grant officers identified the wounded man, with some stolen property found at the camp. The suspect’s name could not be confirmed due to identification card discrepancies.
Large scale protests backing the deposed royal house of Savoy swept Naples all day and could not be suppressed by police. In Rome a smaller monarchist demonstration in the city center was broken up by club wielding officers.
The local strawberry supply remains scarce due to dry weather with merchants predicting no berries for sale locally or shipped in. Georgia peaches pineapple Bing cherries cantaloupe and watermelon will satisfy fruit demand, while apples and pies look fine. Vegetables like radishes green onions spinach eggplant tomatoes corn beans cauliflower and cabbage show shipments returning to normal after rail strikes. Meat remains in limited supply as butchers ration purchases for weekend shoppers.
The state board of health urged renewed immunization programs after reporting a 50 percent increase in diphtheria cases through May 25, totaling 39 this year versus 26 last year. Taylor and Jefferson counties led with 7 and 6 cases. There were 13 deaths in 1945, the highest in seven years, and Dr C A Harper called the rise inexcusable.
Des Moines city council learns the tale of a basement boat builder and a wall removal to free the vessel. A year earlier it ordered a cheaper fire truck against Chief Slade’s preference for a narrower model. The new pumper won’t fit the station door, prompting remodeling at a cost exceeding $600 and local controversy.
A destructive tornado swept Moose Lake Minnesota causing widespread damage to every building in the Carlton county village. No injuries reported as heavy hail and wind battered the town, with communications still down and reports incomplete at mid morning.
The Muslim League approved the British cabinet mission plan for a federated India while reiterating its aim for a separate Pakistan. The council said the move aims to peaceful resolution but may allow secession if federation fails. Gandhi and princes favored the proposals for an independent India within the framework.
The 17 year old son of Mrs. La Vera B. Conner testified in circuit court that he learned of trouble between his mother and father about five weeks before Marlon Conner was shot to death. He said his father and Mrs. Ansen, the theater manager, were involved with divorcee Mrs. Marion E. Ansen and that his mother killed her husband in her apartment.
Wisconsin supreme court took under advisement a petition by the attorney general to decide if the secretary of state should be enjoined from full legislative elections until districts are reapportioned. Justices questioned officials on election blockage consequences and whether current lawmakers would stay in office if redistricting stalls continued. The suit, brought by Martin for two veterans, claims the 1940 census failed constitutional reapportionment provisions.
Rev. L. B. Hastings has arrived in Monroe to assume the pastorate of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. He conducted his initial service at 8 a.m. Sunday after twenty years at St. John's in Milwaukee and a period in Kissimmee, Florida.
E L Ray 35 assistant publisher and secretary of the Globe-Democrat Publishing Co died today after a two week illness a cerebral hemorrhage. He fell ill while playing golf and had a prior hemorrhage in May 1944 while an intelligence colonel in Africa. He returned to the United States in July 1944.
Washington stabilization director Chester Bowles urged Congress to pass price controls with an up or down vote. He warned amendments would fuel inflation as he testified before the Senate Small Business Committee on the general food situation after UNRRA Director LaGuardia urged lawmakers to stop meddling with OPA. Bowles closed an exchange with Senator Mansfield on when price controls would be removed, saying Lets either have it or dont have it.
The SEKISEFALSO TOF UNE Voowen Medical Society post graduate teaching clinic in Monroe exceeded 60 registrations by 1 PM. The all day conclave, one of three statewide events, drew visiting physicians and featured speakers from the War Department Wisconsin and Washington University. Harold E. Scherer organized the event as local clubs and hotels hosted evening dinners and cocktails.
William Sutton, 25, was killed and Charles Williams, 21, injured when their car collided with an iron ore train at a Northern Pacific railroad crossing today. The crash occurred in Superior and authorities investigated the fatal accident and summarized the findings for the morning report.
Monroe's summer music program for 1946-47 high school season is under way with 39 beginners signed for instruments and lessons led by Director Allan F Barnard. Beginners receive weekly rehearsals, progress to mass beginner ensembles, then to junior and senior bands and orchestras as they advance. Turn to No. 2, Back Page.
The report notes Monroe dairies considering raising to 13 cents per quart, with cream chocolate and other flavored drink rates also up. OPA says January increases granted in the state equal 1 cent per quart, with Arizona areas north of the Colorado River permitted similar rises. Some eastern marketing areas already saw increases last week while others remain unchanged. A separate item reports Fred Huser and wife leaving Chicago for six months in Lucerne, Switzerland, where he will visit family. Huser is a retired cheese maker from Rice Lake.
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