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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1948
Page
6
Fair tonight cooler south and central portions with light frost Jowlands north and central portions. Tomorrow rally fair and continued N. D. 48. Sunrise 4 21 sunset 7 39.
Mrs Louisa H Ronspier and Edward H Cole both aged 79 are reported in Brad Madison area obituaries. Chris Jacobson age 38 and James are listed with last name incomplete. Mrs Alice Gourquin age 83 is noted in Warren. William T Boyle age 55 appears in Madison obituary listings.
Real estate transfers list Martin F. Mayer estate to D A Crandall for part of 52 Ly brand donation in Monroe. Frank R Parker of Brodhead named administrator of his mother Lidia A Parker estate. Chauncey Cohen Harry Hartman and Leo Ties named as heirs. Frank R Parker of Brodhead and Foster A Parker Homewood Illinois serve as heirs.
Justice L A Koenig presided over speeding case against Donald R Faivre of Janesville with $10 and costs. Marriage licenses issued to Anita Courtney Monroe and Gerald Krupke South Wayne. Hulda Aeschliman Mt Pleasant and Frederick Rieder Monroe. Joyce Pehl Monroe and Ernest Steinmann Jr Ins low. Birth notices: Ely on route 2 with spouse. Cop lien Brodhead welcome daughter June 14. Ron nerud Gratiot welcome son June 14.
Alfred Weber Jr Hollandale Lawrence Stuessy Brodhead Mrs Ralph Stro hacker Freeport Mrs Walter Bedhough Stillman Valley Rose Cother man 1811 8th street Thomas Olson Mineral Point Janice Olson Mineral Point Medical Andrew Nybroton Monticello Jack McKibben Jr Woodford Mrs Wallace Poe Beloit Dismissals Mrs Freida Weber Mrs Robert Dalton Mrs Daniel Dix Mrs Mary Augsburger Raymond Benkett returned to Madison to resume studies at University of Wisconsin at home with his parents Clarence and Mrs Benkett.
The Middlewest Palomino horse show at Green County Fairgrounds in Monroe expects 100 or more horses as entries close for the third annual classic. Co chair W R Schuetze reports 80 plus entries with more arriving by mail. post entries accepted. Senior judge Hugh Byrne of St Charles TH will oversee all classes at 2 and 7 30 pm. Ernest Hayes Monroe ring steward and Jack Stofer Reedsburg former Horse World editor will announce. Officials donate services for Green county youth to fund an overnight cabin near Monroe. Frank Hoffman did program promotion.
New York reports that a nationwide maritime strike threat faded after federal injunctions. The CIO national union capitulated to a court order by Judge John W. Clancy limiting actions for 10 days with hearings planned for June 18. Courts in New York Cleveland and San Francisco extended restraints along coasts while unofficial signals suggested compliance.
Faust a longtime Eau Claire real estate figure and journalist died after a long career. Former UW board of regents member and former vice president of the Federal Land Bank at St Paul, he served 18 years on the regents and led Northwest Land and Mortgage Co as general manager at his death. He was a UW graduate.
B Muiva, age 60, who served as state banking commissioner for about five years until last October, died in a local hospital after a stroke at his home. He had been executive vice president of the Dairy State Bank of Plymouth since leaving state service.
Personal mentions show Newton Musser and others visiting in Brodhead and New Glarus. Several couples celebrate anniversaries in Browntown and Chicago while relatives travel to Madison and Sioux City. A Monroe Commandery gathering in South Wayne attends the funeral of Sir Knight Wilfred L. Heindel.
Hansmer of Chillicothe Ohio named supervisor of correctional services for the new youth service division. Riemer, also of Chillicothe, will lead study and therapy for juvenile readjustment. Robert Carnes of Madison named consultant in community and recreational services for the division. Wisconsin cheese market remains firm with demand heavy and prices steady across styles.
A 22 month old, Norbert Ballweg Jr., drowned in a water tank at his parents farm near Waunakee in Dane county. Dane county Rescue squad arrived with respiratory equipment but could not revive him.
The Soviet news agency accuses a United States army officer of ordering a terror raid in Greece that allegedly caused Greek government troops to kill many children.
Funeral services for Wilfred L. Heindel 73 prominent South Wayne merchant and real estate agent who died at St. Clare hospital Monroe Monday will be held at 1 30 Wednesday afternoon at the Hansen funeral home here Rev George E Kelsey of South Wayne Methodist church will officiate and burial will be Eastmen cemetery three and a half miles southwest of the village Heindel a leader in Masonic affairs in Lafayette Green and Dane Counties will have a commandery escort from Monroe and Masonic rites at the graveside During the early 1930s he was a deputy state banking commissioner in charge of liquidation of the Browntown
A Christian Science Monitor and Associated Press survey of 15 Republican governors at a national conference found Thomas E. Dewey as the leading choice for the party nomination. Seven named Dewey, with Vandenberg and Taft each receiving support from two and one governors respectively. Several undecideds or refusals left the field uncertain. Among Democrats, the prevailing view was that Truman would win renomination.
Henry J. Reilly, national MacArthur supporter director, predicts Gen Douglas MacArthur has a strong chance of the Republican presidential nomination by the fifth or sixth ballot. He cites two thirds of pledged delegates remaining after the first ballot and projects Dewey and Taft leading on the first ballot with Vandenberg showing limited strength on the early ballots as MacArthur climbs from the start.
A contractor damaged Northwestern Bell cables near Chappell Nebraska interrupting radio networks and the AP wirephoto and radio news wires. The line cut affected 800 long distance lines and 300 telegraph lines. repairs were reported today.
A county home demonstration agents conference will be held in Monroe on July 29 to discuss fair judging led by Miss Blanche L. Lee state leader of home economics extension. Attendees will include agents from Green Iowa Lafayette Richland and Rock counties. Stamps on sale colon a five cent Swedish Pioneer centennial stamp is now available at the post office. Mr and Mrs Orville Bear and Mr and Mrs Elwood Scherer returned from a motor trip to Canada visiting Milwaukee Kenora Ontario and Lake of the Woods. The Henry Magnus home in Savona Wisconsin was visited on the return. Thomas Kubly son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Kubly of Mr Pleasant was bitten by a dog requiring five stitches. The dog owned by Henry Springs. Ransom Miller of Denver visited Wisconsin with his parents Homer Miller Jr and others. Louis Ternes Madison AAA field man led a 33 Township committee meeting in KC hall discussing 1949 soil conservation plans and lime grinder locations. Anna Blum a Monroe attorney was a platform committee member at Milwaukee Republican convention. Janet Benkett and family are en route to Japan to join her husband stationed with the state department. Mrs Baker’s mother Mrs Arthur P Benkett to return to Monroe from Minneapolis.
D A Crandall has purchased the Mayer filling station property at the corner of 11th street and 18th avenue. The deed is filed with the registry of deeds. Crandall interests operate the site and extensive building is underway on the north part of the plot. Robert Oas, 22, Brodhead, is held on a charge of operating a car without consent and will be taken into Green county custody. Oas allegedly took a farm truck Sunday near Brodhead. Children’s confirmation class meets Friday at 9 a.m. at Browntown church. adult class at 8 p.m. at the parsonage.
Mr and Mrs Thomas B Schindler of 1821 12th Street receive word of the arrival of their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Thomas M Coffey in New York from Dublin Ireland Coffey and wife spent two years in Dublin where they attended National University
Aulwaukee two men Bradlee Van Brunt Jr and Richard J Whitney were killed when their small plane crashed into Lake Michigan off Maitland field shortly after takeoff. Witnesses say Van Brunt, 27, manager of Maitland field, piloted the aircraft as it climbed steeply and plunged into 30 feet of water about 100 yards off shore. Both victims were found strapped in their seats when the plane was recovered hours later.
Gertrude Atherton, renowned novelist who defied aging through nearly 60 works, died after a stroke last week at Stanford Hospital where she was admitted May 27. She had announced plans to write no more and warned she might not live another year.
The house appropriations committee approved millions for Alaska defense and stockpiling strategic materials in a 485,196,951 bill. It cut 13,266,544 from Truman’s request and funded 30,000,000 cash plus 800,000 contract authority for defense material stockpiling, with future contracts to be appropriated later. It also approved 32,700,000 of a 40,000,000 farm project continuation in Alaska and 47,983,200 cash plus 50,000,000 contract authority for navy public works including Aleutian and Pacific installations.
In the Lous province of Turin labor struck at 6 a.m. in protest of police occupation at the Lancia automobile works. All workers, except hospital staff and those in prime necessities, were idle.
Ralph Immell, unsuccessful 1946 governor candidate, said he would issue a statement next week about his plans for this year. He praised delegates to the state Republican convention for rejecting their bosses and ending the party committee’s pre primary partisanship.
A 17 year old youth from Reedsburg drowned at Devils Lake during a church picnic. He was with the Reedsburg Walther Luther League group and sank while swimming from shore to a raft. Despite prompt rescue and resuscitation efforts, he did not respond.
Rome report notes the largest post election stoppage in Italy began today. The one day general strike is called by the Communist led Chamber of Labor and involves broad participation across major sectors. The action aims to pressure for policy changes following the recent vote.
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