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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1951
Page
2
A clipped OCR entry from the Monroe Wisconsin post office includes class matter notation under the act of March 3 1870 and a call to comply with postalSafeties. It notes hours from 8 00 p m to 5 20 p m and mentions a telephone contact.
An unsigned editorial lauds Mike DiSalle as calm and practical amid beef price controls and protests. It credits him with tact, backed by Wilson and Truman, and argues for patient policy testing before bold actions. The piece suggests more "human" administrators could temper volatile responses.
The piece questions President Truman's authority to suspend the Kem amendment’s application to foreign aid amid the iron curtain era. It argues the timing and discretion used reveal a peculiar administration and fears the policy could redirect U.S. support through nations allied with the enemy, citing Tito of Yugoslavia and overall wartime diplomacy.
Por ee C. James 6, a feed manufacturer, has been acquitted of the 1945 slaying of his wife, Reba. A circuit court jury returned a verdict of not guilty Saturday night in James trial. Convicted last year, he was granted a new trial on the basis of new evidence. Mrs James was slain with a hammer, police said James told...
Ten years ago on June 18 1941 a proposal to create a separate air force under a new department of aviation won Senate approval. The item sits alongside notes of marriages and civic appointments, dental society leadership, and local obituaries from Monroe and surrounding areas.
Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Australian nurse who introduced the polio treatment in 1940, remains controversial in the United States. The piece notes two main criticisms: that her method is the best and that any modification is inadequate, and that polio can directly affect muscles without involving the central nervous system. It contrasts Kenny's view with the mainstream medical consensus on polio pathology and outcomes.
Washington reports the 73 year old Judge T Alan Goldsborough died of a heart attack at his daughter's home in Denton Maryland. He once levied the largest fines in U S legal history against John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers for contempt of court over coal strikes. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at his Denton home.
The court of appeals has reserved ruling on William W. Remington’s appeal of his perjury conviction for falsely telling a federal grand jury he was not a communist. Remington, a former Commerce Department economist, contends the prosecution sprang from public and political clamor and private malice.
New Castle Del. James E. Bruce former ambassador to Argentina and first director of mutual defense aid urged Congress to approve President Truman’s foreign aid plan. He warned failure could force the United States to raise armed forces fivefold and spend ten times as much defense money due to loss of Europe’s trained forces and resources.
Sister An nette Desilets of the Grey Nuns in Montreal today listed 40 dead in Fridays fire at the Ste. Cunegonde orphanage and old people's home, based on recovered bodies and missing persons. Joint Coroner A B Clement had set toll at 37, with 36 identified. A civic funeral is planned at Notre Dame Church tomorrow.
John E. B. Johnson Jr. dean of Park College Parkville Missouri will assume the presidency of Milwaukee Downer College at month’s end succeeding Dr Lucia Russell Briggs who retires after 30 years Johnson a Chicago native born 191? graduated Williams College with a BA in 1934 and earned a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1943 He worked at Dun and Bradstreet in Louisville and served in the army 1943 to 1946.
Colonel Arthur Seymour Champeny of Wisconsin, a three time recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, is recommended for promotion to brigadier general by the Senate Armed Services Committee. His promotion is part of more than 1,500 army navy air force and marine personnel awaiting Senate action amid ongoing inquiries into General MacArthur’s firing. Champeny, born in Briggsville Wisconsin, earned DSC honors in World War I World War II and the Korean conflict.
The USDA reported April Swiss cheese output rose 4.2 percent from April 1950 to about 9.1 million pounds, while Wisconsin American cheese production fell 4.1 percent to 38.85 million pounds. National totals show Limburg and Brick Munster drops, with Limburg at 580,000 pounds and total 1951 production around 2.27 million pounds. Cold storage holdings rose though figures were not specified.
The U S envoy to Korea reports three million Korean deaths and ten million homeless due to the war. Dr You Chan Yang, now abroad, says millions have lost homes, possessions, food, and clothing. He accepted honorary chairmanship of American Relief for Korea, Inc., aiding relief efforts. A porch collapse in Chicago kills 68 year old Mrs Sophie Fohrman and injures ten at a confirmation party for Robert Sokora.
The article surveys a broad debate among business leaders on inflation versus recession and the fate of rearmament. Some fear inventory slumps and cutting production as war scares fade, while others expect renewed price pressures from ongoing rearmament. The outcome of foreign policy will shape civilian goods shortages and money in circulation, affecting the broader economy. A stray zoological note adds that a dolphin is about one-fourth the size of its parent at birth.
The Wisconsin Taft for President committee started a petition to obtain 100000 signatures urging Ohio Senator Taft to run for president next year. Treasurer 0 C Haderer led the local effort with General MacArthur slated as secretary of state, praising Taft as the greatest Republican leader and lauding MacArthur for Americanism.
Rep. Hermann Eisner of Cross Plains resigns from the Democratic Party saying he is disgusted with its performance and would become a Republican if welcomed. He accuses the party in Dane County of capitulating to Capital Times influence and criticizes bills seen as revolting while defending legislative immunity. He had worked to build a liberal party organ.
A tank explosion at a feed manufacturing plant in Appin killed one person and scrambled 5,000 eggs. The blast collapsed a building section and hurled a steel tank top through the roof into the Fox River 125 feet away. The tank contained up to 25,000 gallons of whey and the cause remains undetermined.
Visitors at Yellowstone National Park spent over 200000 hours fishing in Yellowstone Lake during June August, according to the fish and wildlife service. The total catch reached 149000 fish averaging 15 inches and about a pound each.
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