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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
2
The piece discusses how the 1950 census undercounted Monroe by excluding college students living away from home. It notes Monroe likely had 250 to 300 residents at schools, which would raise the town’s true population beyond 7,008, and comments that inclusion would reflect a more accurate count despite the apparent population gain.
The annual Monroe Recreation band concert returns with veteran director A R Neushwander guiding both old timers and younger players. A new Monroe Park band section debuts, composed mainly of Monroe High alumni and longtime community musicians, honoring tradition and inviting public support.
Rep Byrnes of Green Bay warns no tax relief this session due to presidential veto risk unless revenue gains are balanced. Democratic leaders tout a veto-proof plan taxing big corporations, while critics urge cutting wasteful spending to trim the need for high revenues. In Capetown Parliament clashes erupt over a bill to outlaw communist city activity. In Long Beach a driller hits a 1 000 barrel a day oil well at Signal Hill, ending a dry area assumption.
Fire caused by a short circuit damaged a motorcycle owned by John Legreid. The owner estimated losses at $100. Legreid is a former Monroe resident.
A jumble of items notes German claims of Verdun capture and Maginot breach dated June 15 1940 as red forces move into Lithuania. Marriage vows exchanged Loletta K Diefer and Thomas E Hughes. Obituaries for C W Kryder 80 Juda and Mathias Hauser New Glarus. Youth Patrick Flink wins bicycle parade in Mahatma Gandhi attire.
The article outlines a dispute between Secretary of Agriculture Brannan and Farm Bureau president Allan B. Kline over price supports. It notes egg production remains high despite lower price guarantees, with government purchases of dried eggs and shell eggs rising this year. Brannan argues low prices won't curb output. Kline contends flexible supports reduce surpluses.
President Chiang Kai-shek removed three of his brothers in law from the Central Bank of China board. T. V. Soong T. L. Soong and Dr. H. H. Kung were swept off the directorate by presidential order, reshaping the nationalist state bank's leadership.
Preliminary census figures for Jackson Pierce Barron Winnebago Calumet Shawano Marinette Mari nette Peshtigo Niagara show varied changes. Jackson and Pierce declined slightly while Winnebago Calumet rose, Shawano dipped, and Marinette cities Niagra area posted gains.
Milwaukee officials study extending city limits into Waukesha county near Butler to annex farmland for a residential and industrial community. The project aims at an ultimate population of 30 000 to 50 000, with land sold to private developers.
Navy Commander William T. Greenhalgh told 350 civilians and reserve officers at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces that Russia could have six atomic bombs by fall and produce them at 25 a year, citing an unidentified authority.
Dorothy Miller completed college with a Bachelor of Science in elementary education after finishing junior and senior credits in a single year. She served as business manager for Sigma Gamma Zeta, active in the Primary Club and FTA, and earned a B average while teaching and caring for her 17 month old daughter Doralee Irene Miller. She plans to teach a rural school in September.
Milwaukee resident Mrs Norbert J Klein received the Theodora Youman award from the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs during a three day convention. The prize honors the most notable contribution to good citizenship in the past year and was established in 1936 in memory of Theodora Youman of Waukesha.
The agriculture department proposed a federal rule for Milwaukee area milk handling to ensure adequate supply. It would set minimum prices paid to dairy farmers and requires a referendum of area dairymen after a public comment period ending June 28. The area covers Milwaukee County and parts of Waukesha Ozaukee and Washington counties.
Worcester report says John M. Mehr former Wisconsin junior golf champion and Holy Cross captain was taken by ambulance to receive his diploma at Holy Cross College on Wednesday and then rushed to City Hospital after a serious automobile injury.
A student, swathed in bandages, walked onto the platform with classmates, received a cum laude degree, and re entered an ambulance after the ceremony last Saturday.
Mrs George Strub of near South Wayne and her daughter Mrs Frank Noesen of Monticello were in Monroe Monday where Mrs Strub underwent a physical examination after suffering a slight heart attack last Thursday.
Trained observers in Hong Kong report the Chinese communists have moved about 200000 troops within the crown colony as tensions rise near the border and regional defenses are stepped up.
Soldiers move to form a defensive line along the Indochina border facing Formosa area. The regrouping positions are prepared as tensions surge in the Far East, with units deployed toward coastal zones opposite the island.
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