Weather Update Cloudy with Showers Tonight and Tomorrow
The Daily Record notes cloudy skies with occasional showers or thundershowers tonight and tomorrow. North portion will be warmer tonight, while tomorrow looks rather warm and humid overall.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1948
Page
6
The Daily Record notes cloudy skies with occasional showers or thundershowers tonight and tomorrow. North portion will be warmer tonight, while tomorrow looks rather warm and humid overall.
Glen A. Chesebro transfers to Carson G. Lowl lot 48 Grand View add in Monroe. Verne Jones transfers river lot on pond near Albany. Mount Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin and Other States transfer to Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin East half of block 10 Russell’s donation in Monroe.
Russell Hexom of County faces assault and battery charges with a $15 fine plus costs under Justice L A Koenig. Death notices list Leon Wilfred Benjamin, 45, of Brodhead, and Mrs Roy Burkhalter.
At St Clare Hospital surgical ward Mrs Charles Jensen of Janesville Marianne Henderson Beloit Gary Atter Argyle William H Smith Beloit Mrs George Raymond Beloit Tonsillectomy Doris Bohren Juda Roger Erb route Juda Robert Neuenschwander Orangeville Jo Elleyn Hanlon Beloit Medical John Cotherman Touté 4 Mrs Wayne Baker lost Mrs William Hartwig Rockford Dismissals Walter Marty Mrs Fred Wald and daughter Phillip Lindsay Mrs Ralph Strohacker Kenneth Meinert Powder Plant Blasts Pinole Calif Hercules Powder Co plant explosion kills two workers. Blast felt for miles and followed by more blasts at Kenil New Jersey where three men die and six injured.
Sebald, chief of General MacArthur’s diplomatic section and acting U.S. political advisor for Japan, denied charges that American policy aims to rebuild a militant Japan. He addressed anti American demonstrations stirred by student elements and other factions in China.
The CROP organization schedules a Friday night meeting at 8 in the county courthouse to organize the Green county drive for farm products and food supplies for needy European families through Catholic War Relief Service Church World Service and Lutheran World Relief. Invited are clergy town chairmen village presidents city mayors and school officials.
The trial of Ja cob Weiss, Indianapolis lawyer, and two former Lake county liquor wholesalers opens in federal court with Judge Walter C. Lindley presiding. The defendants waive a jury. the case could last two weeks. Charged with conspiring to evade about 479 144 in income taxes for 1943 and concealing 574 972 in profits from black market liquor sales.
In India beef slaughter stalls as a matter of debate as the central government forms a cattle preservation committee to study a potential prohibition. Riots have reduced butchers and many fear trouble, leaving most public beef to be frozen army surplus, lacking flavor yet still beef.
City Treasurer A. N. Wyman receives letters from many nations about coins in park meters. Meters in Parkin area have disgorged currency from Canada, Peru, Argentina, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Ecuador, Palestine, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, China, Japan, the Philippines, Ceylon, the Netherlands, East Indies and Turkey. A local craftsman Harold A. Grace rebuilt and will lend a navy surplus plane to Schumacher, the evangelist on trips to Wyoming Montana and Colorado.
The navy announced a small seaplane tender named Greenwich Bay with 145 men aboard departed Norfolk yesterday. The vessel will visit foreign countries as part of the established policy to schedule visits abroad.
Personal mentions show Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Striker visiting Madison. L A Koenig traveled to Blanchardville and Darlington on business. Mr. and Mrs. Al F Miller and Mrs. June E Miller came from Freeport. Peter Hanson and daughter Patty spend the week at Lake Wapgasset near Emery. S D Calkins and daughter Jean of Eau Claire visited Mrs. T J Olson. Raymond Voegels and sons attended the Rock County air show near Janesville. Ray Droger and daughter Jean of Black Creek visit relatives. Droger is tied to Monroe through Clara Benkett. Larry Vincent and companions head to Hot Springs Arkansas for an extended stay. Henry and Hannah Riter join them. Henry Smith and family depart for Bremerton Washington to spend the summer with their daughter Helen. Robert Holland seeks a UW master’s degree after graduation from the university. Ralph Deal and LaVerne Deal of Corpus Christi left for Peoria to attend a niece’s wedding before returning home.
Mr and Mrs Earl Geigel attend commencement at the University of Wisconsin Madison where their daughter Mardelle graduates and plans to teach. Other notices cover Brown Swiss judge Spease leading cattle contest with 285 points, a woman placing third, and local health and accident items.
The platform endorses low rental housing where private enterprise cannot meet need, mirroring the Taft-Ellender-Wagner bill. It attacks communists, supports election method reform to reflect the popular vote, and backs farm price support and continued farm co operation. Inflation is blamed on Democrats, with vows to cut waste, boost production, and reduce debt. Taft and Stassen tout paths, Hoover plans a keynote address as Speaker Martin presides.
Col Robert R McCormick declared for Taft and rejected Dewey, saying Stassen would appeal to youth but lack maturity. He argued Vandenberg cannot win Michigan and predicted Dewey could carry only 12 states. The publisher called for a Taft Stassen ticket as the logical nomination pairing.
Secretary James Forrestal cautioned the United States could spend too much on military needs. Speaking to the National War College graduates he warned that overextension threatens Europe recovery, a strong defense, and domestic economy, noting that restraint is vital. He denied opposing spending while urging balance to avoid defeat.
Two anonymous Communist party officials in Rome said Cominform leaders are meeting somewhere in Czechoslovakia to map strategy. They noted the exact venue remains secret for security, and Italian officials promised full information will be released after the meeting concludes.
Leon Benjamin 45 of Brodhead died at St. Clare hospital after a three week illness. Born April 14 1903 in Avon township he lived in Avon before moving to Brodhead 21 years ago. He played with Vic Walls orchestra. Survived by his mother two sisters William Hail and Mrs Robert Grenwalt a niece and five nephews. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Newcomer funeral home Brodhead with Rev W R Huseby officiating burial in Lutheran cemetery Orfordville.
Church leaders from 15 countries at a World Council of Churches conference proposed postwar European theological training through correspondence. Suggestions included sharing resources, student and professor exchanges, a central library, scholarships for graduate study, and foreign travel.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Taft-Hartley does not bar publications funded by unions or corporations from taking sides in campaigns. It avoided deciding the constitutional issue since CIO News endorsed a congressional candidate without violating the act. The decision was a test of the law’s ban on union treasury political expenditures.
A group of 100 Japanese scientists including astronomers geophysicists and meteorologists will observe the sun eclipse on May 9 under General MacArthur's authority. They will travel to Rebun island near Hokkaido and coordinate with observers across Burma Siam China Korea and the Aleutians.
The Supreme Court refused to review Wisconsin's protest over an Illinois claim for 714 097 in inheritance taxes tied to a 2 471 758 gift to the University of Wisconsin from Kemper K Knapp of Chicago who died in 1944. Pasadena chamber mails 500 check to James A Farley despite his statement no obligation to pay.
Three more divisions shifted into the Greek push against rebels early today after an order of the day proclaiming let Gram mos be the grave of the communists. Lt Gen Panos Kalogeropoulos issued the order shortly after midnight, reinforcing second corps positions at Kozani Greece.
The Philippine House approved amnesty for the Hukbalahap in central Luzon following the surrender of Huk Leader Luis Taruc. The decree suspends prosecution of about 50 000 peasant followers on charges of rebellion sedition and possession of arms.
Wiscon sin Taxpayers alliance leader Jon P Reynolds of Madison will discuss the city manager form of government at the Monroe Kiwanis luncheon in the Eugene hotel Thursday noon. He will review studies on manager government types and state law implications for municipal operations under the plan. John A Becker, Chamber of Commerce round table chair, says members may join a subcommittee led by Roy F Burmeister, which has begun a survey on Monroe adopting city manager government.
Howard Clapp, 52, longtime Holstein herd head at Pabst farms near here since 1927, died yesterday. A Hayward native and University of Wisconsin graduate, he led the Waukesha County Holstein Breeders' association and served as vice president of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon.
A Wells Street street car struck an eight ton truck yesterday in Milwaukee injuring four passengers slightly and causing 40 others to be shaken. Traffic stalled for about an hour at North 17th and West Wells while crews re-railed the street car.
Washington reports Private Gordon J. O. Marquardt of Bloomer Wisconsin died June 13 from a shot wound to the head. Army investigators said the wound appeared to be self inflicted and linked to personal safety concerns.
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