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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1945
Page
6
Wisconsin partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers in the northeast. Cooler southeast portion on Wednesday. Day’s high and low 50s. yesterday’s high 67 and low 57. Warmest U S yesterday Yuma Ariz 107. coldest Chayenne Wy 32. Sunrise 5 20. sunset 8 34.
The notice outlines expiration dates and applicability for Red Blue and Sugar stamps, detailing Book 4 fats, oil, meat and blue ration usage, airplane shoes, gasoline coupons, and fuel oil periods. It notes ration boards accepting applications for increased B rations and marks period validity through the current heating season.
Nathan B Coplien transfers parcel of land in Monroe lots 18 and 19 section 34 town 2 range 7 to Alice Holtshopple. George T Rolph and others transfer parcel in Monticello Pierce's addition lots 4 and 5 to William Spring. Viola A Kiassy transfers parts of lots 5 and 6 block 1 Duerst Brothers addition to New Glarus to O A Glaeden.
Wilber Kraus pleaded guilty to two charges of reckless driving in the justice court of F Earl Lamboley. He was fined $10 and costs after nearly striking Zenno Gorder director of public works who was surveying at an intersection while Kraus rode a speeding motorcycle.
Circuit Court Judge Harold Lamboley granted Grace Bernstein a divorce from Fred Bernstein. The couple, residents of Brod head, awarded Grace $60 monthly in support and alimony and custody of their 2 year old son Gary.
Juvenile Court Judge Harold J. Lamboley placed on probation two girls taken into custody early Sunday morning on drunkenness charges. Three youths charged in the same case were scheduled to appear in court tomorrow for disposition.
June 30 deadline nears as Monroe and surrounding towns report new allotments to fund federal war bonds. Officials urge rapid completion of drive tasks. allotments list banks based on deposits, with Illinois Central funding and mentions of bonds for cities including Albany Brooklyn Cadiz Clarno Decatur Jefferson Mt. Pleasant New Glarus Monroe and others.
T Sgt Harris E Bing Germann of Monroe is en route home after three years overseas with Co K of the national guard. He was wounded in New Guinea in 1942 earning a Purple Heart, later wounded on Leyte earning an oak leaf cluster, and another injury in a Philippine hospital. A letter dated June 2 confirms his return. His brother Sgt Elmer Germann has been transferred from Ft Meade to Ft Riley.
Mrs. Don Swan living in Waterloo collects swans of many kinds including grass and china figures, though she does not own live swans.
The body will arrive from California tomorrow with brother Eugene Klassy. Funeral rites are at 2 p.m. Thursday at Shriner Neushwander funeral home officiated by Rev. Alvin C. Rabehl of Immanuel Evangelical church. Interment in Greenwood cemetery.
St. Clare Hospital Medical Corvan Neuenschwan der Evansville. Surgical: David and Mrs. Bernard Heying Shullsburg Carol Priewe Monroe route 1 Minerva Johnson Blanchardville James Mann Winslow. Dismissals: Joseph Huber Mrs. Charles Polky Mrs. Robert McCue Alva Endthoff.
A city round of personal notices lists residents and visitors including Miss Colletta DeVoe, student nurse, returning to Freeport. Oscar Schumacher and Mrs. Gustave Gaersky spending time in Monroe and Chicago. Miss Nola Rae Marty visiting William Babler home. families from Brodhead, Winslow, and Monticello visiting or traveling to Milwaukee and Marshall.
The ruling signals real competition in news distribution breaking the old system where vested interests controlled newspapers. AP officials declined comment pending study while Justice Black noted court jurisdiction to enforce the decree, and Justice Roberts warned about ongoing judicial guardianship over press dealings.
Dissenting voices warn the ruling could force full regimentation of news services and fetter press freedom. The court held AP by-laws restrain trade under the Sherman Act but upheld summary judgment. Chicago editors welcome the decision as a win for press liberty and urge Congress to act next.
Two fluffy peepers welcomed in to the Grant family became bantam pets cared for by the Grants’ daughters in the Ludlow yard where children play, an Easter extension observing the family’s warm celebration.
Street and avenue markings around the square were painted and sprayed with reflective material today.
Ernest Baertschi of Chicago reported to Monroe police last evening that he had lost a government check for 100 dollars on the courthouse square.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Gustafson attended a bakers meeting in Janesville last evening where plans were laid for a retail bakers association covering five Wisconsin counties.
Mr and Mrs W E Griebling of Milwaukee announce the birth of a daughter at a Milwaukee hospital, noting they are former Monroe residents.
Mrs. Phyllis Gunner Moore and Marine Corporal Donald T. Moore announce the birth of their daughter Holly Kay Sunday at St. Clare Hospital. The infant’s father serves with a Marine Corps unit in the South Pacific.
The board of education of Union school district No 1 Monroe will meet July 2 1945 at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium to hear and consider the proposed budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 1945.
Borden company executives visiting overnight at Lakeshire M arty Cheese include M D Warner president of Borden in Canada S C LaFarge vice president of Borden in Canada in charge of cheese division and Ralph Schroeder Lakeshire Marty company official at the Dixon NL plant They planned tours of Borden affiliates in Plymouth and other Wisconsin locations.
Mrs Doris Ronald and Miss Beatrice Paulson nurses at St Clare hospital rest after a Sunday afternoon crash when their car overturned near Stoughton while returning to Monroe from Lake Kegonsa. S/Sgt Otis Donley and Pvt Robert Doherty both of Truaxfield received minor abrasions. no one seriously hurt.
Judy and Jackie Halverson return to Juda after visiting their grandmother Mrs. Jack Dunn in South Wayne for a week.
The commander of operations announced Lieutenant General Buckner's death today and praised the Tenth Army's Okinawa campaign leadership. He noted Buckner's soldierly death inspired victory efforts while recounting Buckner's lineage, including his father Simon Buckner Sr. and birth near Munfordville Kentucky on July 18, 1886.
Allied forces press on in the Okinawa campaign with the Eighth Marine RCT striking toward the enemy’s western lines. Adm. Nimitz says the fall of Okinawa is imminent as Japanese troops pull back to southern cliff positions. In Luzon, U S divisions push toward Cagayan Valley while guerrillas harry Nipponese in the hills.
A six year old, John Mekovich, drowned in the Sheboygan River yesterday after playing on a skiff. Police said the coast guard recovered the body.
A 35 mile tour through Queens and Manhattan honors General Eisenhower. Thousands line the routes as crowds cheer and a Navy blimp hovers overhead. Mrs. Eisenhower attends city hall ceremonies after meeting officials at Penn Station. A ceremonial key to Brooklyn is presented amid guarded storefronts and closed exchanges.
The 38 year old Ruth Blanche Campbell was found battered and strangled in the Universal Electric building elevator. Coroner Klontz noted injuries including a broken collarbone jaw and chest trauma with blood in the shaft. Police say she was last in Cecil Robbs’s fourth floor apartment before 11 p m and was found on the first floor.
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