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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1950
Page
2
Founding date appears as October 13 1898 with garbled text about The Associated Press Bally Press circulation and subscription rates. Mentions Monroe WI Stephenson IL areas and yearly costs in advance. Office hours and telephone number are truncated.
Editorial reflects on Father’s Day between Memorial Day and July 4th, noting the hoped for relaxation for dads but also the interruptions and expectations of family duties. It suggests gifts should carry more genuine camaraderie and urges Dad to enjoy the day before Monday’s routine returns.
The roundup of espionage suspects shows progress in the atomic spy case as arrests target lower ranks while top traitors remain elusive. FBI efforts are praised for handling a difficult investigation with scarce initial clues as investigations continue.
Dr. Palmer an 80 year old retired physician and native of Brooklyn died yesterday. He was the father of Joh S Palmer editor of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald and Mrs Jurgen Rasmussen society editor of the Waukegan News Sun. He came to Milton Wisconsin with his parents as a boy and graduated from Milton Academy.
Evening Times memory page recalls 10 25 40 50 years ago noting Axis peace talks 1940 armistice hints, marriages, deaths, military posts, transports, city bids, lightning incidents, concerts, postmasters pay and local museum curiosities. Notable names include Phyllis Sullivan Leo Flanagan Wiley Boyd Don Wenger.
James Marlow reports that amid arms spending on both sides the word peace is repeatedly invoked by U S and Russian leaders. Noting multiple speeches from Acheson and Truman, the piece traces how officials stress peace while preparing for war and arming Europe and global contingencies.
U S Senator Joseph R McCarthy earned more than 10000 dollars for a Lustron Corp article covering 37 pages of a 94 page booklet titled Own Home The piece was drawn from a 30000 mile tour as vice chairman of a joint congressional committee investigating housing Lustron paid ten cents per copy up to 100000 copies with the booklet priced at 35 cents Foraker the court appointed receiver called the article unethical and later said he had been misquoted.
Mrs Millard Ysenuay and Mrs Elmer Figs with sons left Sunday for California for a several weeks visit and will attend the Shrine convention there. Roger Hefty of Madison visited his parents over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Arthur Elmer visited with her parents in Blanchardville Sunday. Mrs Millard Tschudy and Kim visited her parents several days last week. Mr and Mrs Fred Tschudy were business callers in Madison Thursday. George Hartman and Jacob Disch attended the Republican convention in Milwaukee Friday.
Wisconsin counties Green Lake and Waupaca show population gains over the past decade while Waushara loses residents from 14,268 ten years ago to 13,862 now. Berlin Clintonville Waupaca New London Marion Weyauwega and Wautoma posts varied increases. Alfred Clark, age 77, who worked with Edison on the gramophone and sound devices, dies in England after a long illness.
Republican senatorial candidates focus on communists in government the Brannan farm plan deficit spending and excise tax cuts as top campaign topics. Millikin and other incumbents emphasize McCarthy era probes while three conservatives sign a conscience declaration criticizing both parties for leaks and national fear.
A roundup of brief hometown items notes Mrs. William Steindorf and family leaving for Baltimore after a ten day visit with Mrs. Wink Sr. Others include visits to Mt. Vernon and Milwaukee, measles in the DP family, students and nurses returning to duties, a guest speaker at First Baptist Church, and plans for vacations to Brazil and Indiana. Ultra violet lights discussed for poultry houses to reduce disease.
A reading list of birthdays from Monticello to Monroe sets a week of notices, while a boy Joey’s stormy night and a postponed circus become a gentle small town tale. The family endures rain and hopes, attends a modest circus, and finds simple joy in cotton candy and a brief show.
Two individuals are recorded as new members with dates and names. Susan Marie Dooley appears alongside Foue T. in a brief notice dated July 30, 1948.
Local notes report numerous visits and vacations across Wisconsin and nearby states. Families including Crago, Bartels, Layman, Halverson, Win ger, Marty, Kress, Rockow, Gaulrapp, Daley, and Wells appear in weekend and weekday itineraries. A Madison Crotty relative visits grandparents. a radio fact notes higher frequencies require shorter antennas.
In Monroe Wisconsin up to age 12 may join the Mo noe Evening Times Boys and Girls club. Fill out the coupon and mail to the Evening Times Club Monroe. A kid recalls a pony and a carnival moment, seeking permission while noting his birthday and age. The tale ends with UNCLE HAPPY and a note to continue.
Bell, head of the motor vehicle enforcement division, said he will appeal Friday's dismissal upheld by the state personnel board. The board discharged Bell for insubordination, neglect of duty, inefficiency and lack of cooperation after 29 years as a state employee, arguing Marcus provided no written charges. Bell vows to challenge the action in circuit court for the sake of all state civil service employees.
Two young boys wandered into a mosquito ridden swamp between Nashotah Lakes and were found Friday by a searching party. Tony Krohn aged 2 and John Smidberg aged 3 were located unharmed after straying from home.
Wisconsin regents approve 250 freshmen scholarships under a 1949 law to aid good students in financial need while denying a proposal to exclude all but the top quarter. Recipients pay no incidental fees up to 60 dollars per semester. leadership and need criteria apply. The board also boosts President Fred’s salary by 2,500 to 17,500 and approves housing projects for married students and a women’s dormitory. A low bid of 221,668 funds a federally financed heart research center addition to McCardle lab.
Milwaukee, Herbert Otto, 42, drowned when their fishing party’s boat swamped on Lake Michigan on Friday. Three companions were rescued by a fisherman in a motorboat. Otto could not swim.
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