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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1952
Page
1
A powerful storm battered the state causing two fatalities as wind and lightning demolished buildings. Flooding and washed-out roads disrupted Monroe and surrounding counties, with extensive damage to farms, barns, and crops across Chippewa Falls and surrounding areas.
Flora Bengelsdorff of Monroe, born Freeport June 20 1862, will turn 90 on Friday June 20. A renowned dressmaker for over five decades, she recalls sewing for children at their homes, often staying late and earning 50 cents a day, with strong family roots in Germany.
Five top winners were chosen at the Monroe area 4 H club speaking contest held in the courthouse. Winners from New Glarus the night before will meet later for county finals. In the junior division Katherine Schutt Dutch Hollow and Judith Lee Decatur won. In the senior division Catherine Blum Argus Lettota Roderick Clarno and Shirley Kueng Oakley placed.
An Office of Price Stabilization consultation team will be in town Friday June 20 for conferences with OPS problems. The one day headquarters will be at the courthouse from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with questions invited on OPS regulations, focusing on building materials, scrap metal, and automotive issues. Services are private, voluntary, and personal interviews.
Brown County Park Commission ordered an 11 p m curfew and police patrols at Pamperin Park to stop all night beer and liquor parties and nude swimming by teenagers as reported by park caretakers Mr and Mrs William Kuska.
At the Wisconsin GOP convention Governor Kohler and state chairman Wayne Hood clashed over a reapportionment plank. Hood urged backing the area and population based districting in a November referendum, while Kohler urged no formal stand. Senator McCarthy and Senator Nixon urged strong anti-Communist, pro capture of the presidency to rally voters.
Madison reports the Legislative Council's Highway Committee was asked to consider a two cent boost to Wisconsin's gasoline tax. A. J. Thelen, executive secretary of the Wisconsin County Boards Association, said the increase would yield about 17 million dollars annually, noting a 300 million dollar deficiency in state highway improvements and arguing funds now go to maintenance rather than new road construction.
Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner announced Koje Island’s 80,000 Red war prisoners have been dispersed as six of seventeen stockades were emptied and 3,350 officers and NCOs from Compound 66 moved smoothly. About 30,000 prisoners may be moved, with inmates signaling obedience as transfer proceeds.
Swiss cheese prices for the April make show a decline of two cents per pound on open grades and one cent on grinders. Dealers report paying cents per pound at the factory for grade A 47 cents for grade B 44 for grade C and 41 for grinders. Prices for March make were 52 49 46 and 42 by grades. The drop is seasonal and noted as markets approach the flush season.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower adopted Gettysburg as his home in retirement and meets 70 Pennsylvania delegates at his farm for a GOP convention push. Crowds of 4000 to 5000 hear him say politics will come later. Governor Fine and Sen Duff back Eisenhower while a bloc plan is discussed.
Camp McCoy officials report Pvt Ernest N. Parks aged 20 from Foster Nebraska died in an automobile accident at Elroy. The incident prompted a military inquiry and funeral arrangements are pending.
Police Patrolman Clifford E. Geigel marked his 26th birthday on a rainy Friday the 13th while on an outside beat and living at 1313 13th avenue. Grace Knipschild celebrated her 70th birthday after leaving St. Clare Hospital and recovering at her brother John Knipschild’s home on 2009 9th street.
The Western Big Three seek final agreement on conditions for discussing German issues with Russia. They stress no session on Soviet dictated terms and push for an impartial inquiry into free elections before any major talks. Britain and France confirm drafting a note, aiming to avoid appearing unwilling to negotiate.
George M. OBrien, longtime Two Rivers schools superintendent and president of the Wisconsin Association of School Administrators, resigns to enter private business. The withdrawal becomes effective August 1 with OBrien also serving as president of the Mid-Eastern Interscholastic Athletic Conference.
In Milwaukee Roy Lee, 51, woke when his dog Sandy scratched him after he tipped a lit cigarette into a kitchen trash can and fell asleep. Firefighters later found his wife unconscious from smoke. Lee fought them and was fined 50 dollars for drunken and disorderly conduct after the blaze caused five dollars in damage.
The House and Senate moved to extend wage price rent controls set to expire June 30. The Senate bill would extend power to February 28 next year and add a year for credit checks and material allocation. The House bill would extend to June 30, 1953 but end consumer and real estate credit restrictions.
Cheddar prices dropped a quarter of a cent amid a weak trading tone at the Wisconsin cheese exchange in Plymouth. Sales included one car of cheddars at 37.5 cents and five cars at 37.0 cents, with several bids and offers for pasteurized single daisies and uncovered five car lots. Illinois U. S. Grade A cheddars traded at 37.0 cents per pound.
CIO United Steelworkers chief Philip Murray said the union shop is one of four obstacles blocking a settlement of the steel strike now in its 12th day. He cited management rights seniority and incentive pay as other sticking points and argued the union shop is not the sole issue. Murray urged adherence to Wage Stabilization Board recommendations and criticized Taft and Eisenhower over Taft Hartley Act positions.
Honolulu report says ten crewmen of a ditched B-29 are missing in shark infested waters 175 miles west of Kwajalein. The 11th crew member, an Air Force captain, was rescued with a broken leg four hours after the crash. He believes the others were lost as the plane broke up on impact. Navy boats and a crash boat recovered wreckage while continuing the search.
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