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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
1
Kansas harvest opens with farmers rushing to cut a better than expected crop across Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. Yields improve due to rain and sun while storage on farms remains a key question as combines move through the plains.
The article discusses dwindling U S wheat reserves as demand surges after 1942, draining the granary once bulging with the largest reserve in history and leaving housewives facing present bread and flour shortages.
Oklahoma country elevators report farmers withholding wheat to avoid selling 50 percent to the CCC. Kansas yields vary from 5 to 50 bushels per acre with an official crop estimate of 186,720,000 bushels, up from the ten year average but below last year. Santa Fe says 300 cars daily from Chicago aid the Kansas crop while Wichita mills report weaker receipts than prior years.
Iran's foreign office reports Ghazi Mohammed followers in Tabriz pledged renewed allegiance to the central government. The move follows a 48 hour earlier agreement in which the self styled Azerbaijan autonomous government recognized central authority, ending a dispute that split Iran since November.
United States and Australia backed a plan to refer the Spain question to the General Assembly. Dr. Herbert V. Evatt announced changes after subcommittee approval aimed at a flexible approach and possible actions short of a full break with Franco. Soviet delegate Andrei A. Gromyko rejected the compromise and did not veto.
Lakecounty coroner Gar field R. Leaf ordered an autopsy on Lucille Ashcraft 38 to determine if she died before a passenger train struck her car at a crossing Tuesday night. Daniel J. Dalziel and Deputy Sheriff Thomas E. Kennedy said her husband Ford 40 claimed a double suicide pact as they headed to drown themselves. he escaped the car as she did not. Ashcraft is held without charge and a coroner's jury was summoned for inquest today.
Rome reports King Umberto has left Italy for exile in Portugal aboard a Savoia Marchetti plane from Capodistria airport. Premier De Gasperi gains acting head of state powers as protests and court rulings unfold amid riots in Naples Taranto and Rome over the plebiscite.
A car and truck collided one mile west of Albany at the Jacob Hoesly farm on Highway 59 yesterday afternoon. Russell Albright of Albany Route 1 and Eugene Purcell of Monroe suffered head lacerations and bruises and were transported for treatment. The incident damaged the vehicles and a new yard fence. county highway police investigated.
Green County chapter of the National Foundation for Paralysis urges precautionary steps for parents amid a polio threat. It lists symptoms and advises avoiding exhaustion and chills, keeping clean, avoiding polluted waters, and not removing tonsils or adenoids during the epidemic season from June to September.
AFL leader James Petrillo is charged under the Lea anti Petrillo law with trying to coerce radio station WAAF to hire three extra librarians. Federal information filed in Chicago accuses him of using force to force the station to increase staff. A summons sets June 21 appearance before Judge Walter J. La Buy.
Monroes meat supplies are scarce butchers report trucks stop when meat is available. Big packers ship via Gateway LCL or major lines, while Oscar Mayer Co. sends direct loads, Armour not shipped since March due to trucking limits. Some Armour products reach Monroe through Madison chain-store trucks.
OPA opened the way for higher restaurant prices by allowing menu prices to reflect higher costs if major items lose price ceilings. The change could lift costs sharply if meat, eggs, poultry, and dairy ceilings are removed, with July 1 as a senate action target.
In a semi public Vatican consistory, 20 cardinals and 40 archbishops voted unanimously to canonize Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini of Chicago the first American saint. Also approved were Bernardino Realino Joao de Britto and Jean Elisabeth Richier de Ages for sainthood.
Pilots of three army jet planes completed a round trip from March Field California to Andrews Field Maryland covering about 4550 miles in an unofficial 11 hour duration.
The piece notes residents, including Iuuarvenes, shifting to early morning bread runs and frequent meat counter visits. A Monroe shoe repair shop closed its display window shades and shifted hours to open after 4 pm daily except Saturdays, citing back work. Fresh meat remained limited while enamel trays and canned luncheon meats dominated counters.
At the international war crimes tribunal the prosecution opens its case with 15-foot red-lined maps showing Japan's wartime expansion from Manchuria to the Philippines and its subsequent decline. Hideki Tojo and 25 others study the exhibits as the narration marks years of aggression and retreat.
Arthur A. Lund of the Wisconsin Department of Taxation reported that Green County official records are above the state average after a 3 and 4 year audit. The audit covered multiple offices, with records well kept and cooperation noted. A full public report is expected in about a month. County officials and committee members attended a joint meeting at the courthouse.
Robert F Crane piloted a new two seater without radio or landing lights through a sea storm to seek an airfield near Highland avenue in Elgin Illinois His wife Maxine heard the distress and called state police who directed drivers to illuminate a gun field aiding his safe landing through the darkness The field was still under development and lacked proper lights
The House Banking Committee approved the 3.5 billion dollar British loan by a 20 to 5 vote after testimony. The measure, already Senate approved 46 to 34, moves to the floor as foes promise a clash. Proponents say the loan is essential to free trade, world economic cooperation, and world peace, enabling Britain to participate in Bretton Woods facilities. Jesse Jones criticizes the loan as unbusinesslike and risky. A rare minority report questions the Export-Import Bank’s role in bypassing congressional approvals and cites recent multi million loans to several countries.
A funeral service for Charles Coffin drew 112 attendees, with Este funeral home stating Coffin arranged before death to fund a memorial payment for mourners. Coffin, 58, was a retired farmer with no immediate survivors.
President Truman bids farewell to Byrnes as they depart for Paris to press for European peace settlements. Mihailic testifies of a 1944 meeting with Germans proposing arms handoff to Chetniks. Nanking reports a 15 day truce fraying as nationalist troops push in Manchuria. Senate kills plan to curb CPA price controls except rents and minerals. Indianapolis GOP picks nominee after Wil withdraws.
Frank Graass, executive secretary to Governor Goodland, touted the governor’s highway record at a Wisconsin conference. He cited vetoes against a motor license-fee cut and praised postwar highway spending, noting 79 contracts totaling over 9 million dollars since V J day. Also: Grover C. Patton, 60, longtime Purity Bakery president, died in Decatur Illinois, with plants in Rockford Ottawa Bloomington Champaign Peoria.
A government conciliator said a settlement is likely today to avert a maritime strike set for tomorrow night. Talks involve east and west coast operators and union leaders of the CIO dominated maritime unity committee. Federal officials press for a conciliatory formula as 200,000 union members gird for a strike deadline. wage and hours terms are floated while longshoremen and seamen weigh concessions.
Neighbors and friends donate clothing and money for the Oscar Nipple family after a Monday fire that killed Mrs. Nipple and son DuWayne aged seven. The White Gift society led by secretary Mrs. Lester Newcomer organized relief for the survivors. A double funeral for Mrs. Nipple and DuWayne was held today with Rev. R. W. Sachtsen officiating at the Newcomer funeral home, burial planned for Greenwood cemetery in Brodhead.
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