Weather Forecast Summary for June 23 1951
Cloudy tonight with scattered showers and cooler southwest. Tomorrow partly cloudy with more scattered showers. Low tonight 48 to 55 in the north and 55 to 60 in the south. High tomorrow near 74 degrees.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1951
Page
6
Cloudy tonight with scattered showers and cooler southwest. Tomorrow partly cloudy with more scattered showers. Low tonight 48 to 55 in the north and 55 to 60 in the south. High tomorrow near 74 degrees.
A brief weather summary notes yesterday’s conditions with a high of 75 and a low of 58 since 1 p.m. A year ago the high was 84 and the low 71. Barometer readings were 29.40 at 1 a.m. and 29.45 at 1 p.m. Fort Worth, Texas recorded the warmest temperature in the mainland United States at 96, while Seattle, Washington was the coldest at 48. Sunrise listed as 4:00.
Clarence O DeVoe 85 of Ridgeway formerly Blanchardville resident died yesterday at Dodgeville hospital after years of illness and two weeks hospitalization. Born August 13 1865 in Timas Township he married Lucina Walker in 1892. The couple farmed near Blanchardville then moved to Blanchardville in 1914. Survived by daughter and son Roy O Dodgeville and Roy O Jr Madison three great grandchildren and an extended family. Funeral services at Fred Massey farm home and Saether funeral home with burial at Graceland Cemetery, Rev Theodore Matthews officiating.
Wilbert H. Kuenzi and wife transfer property to Aaron E. Norder in Monroe. Clarence O. DeVoe dies aged 85 at Ridgeway. John Barranger and Arley Ross welcome sons, both born June 23 in Evansville and Al Danny respectively.
A listing from St. Clare Hospital names patients and staff across departments. It includes names associated with addresses in Gratiot Darlington Lanark Janesville Galena and Monticello, plus a set of dismissals including Mrs Frank Youngblood Rose Gapen and others.
Harold J. Blum announced the store at 1008 17th Avenue will be renamed Blum's Rexall Drugs effective July 1. Pharmacist Thomas R. Holyoke Jr. earned his certificate and will join full-time July 1. The change marks the first in 58 years since opening in 1892 and ownership history includes Blum’s half stake since 1948 and buyout in 1951.
Edwin J. Gustafson proprietor of Karlen's Bakery dies at home Thursday night. Pallbearers named John Calder Richard Kundert Thomas Goetz William Plate O N Johnson and Robert V Chinnock. Services at 2 pm tomorrow at the Methodist church with Rev Ralph Kofoed presiding. Burial at Greenwood cemetery.
Milwaukee district office of price stabilization explains a new OPS amendment allows retailers to average markups from adjacent cost lines when two net costs exist in a category. The change, authorized by amendment 7 to CPR 7, replaces the previous rule tying markup to the lower net cost.
At the twilight Holstein Friesian meeting Thursday night winners were named in every class. In the women’s division Mrs John Blumer of Monticello took first, Mrs Ed Zimmerman of Browntown second, and M Harold Staley of Winslow third. In the men’s division Christ Miller of New Glarus was first, Ralph Stauffacher of Monroe second, and T A Hoesly of Monroe third. In the junior division Bradford Eichelkraut of Monticello finished first, Duane Bollig of Belleville second, and Henry Blumer of Monroe third.
Clark Chesnik of Milwaukee drove into a ditch and overturned on Highway 1181 two miles east of Juta while trying to dodge a mower operated by Edward Brandt at 1902 6th Street. The crash at 2 p m left the car undamaged beyond minor damage and no injuries were reported.
George C. Schuetze Jr of Madison, grandson of the Louis Schuetzes, is named among ten Wisconsin graduates for outstanding work. An article by Dr. W. B. Gnagi appears in the June Wisconsin Medical Journal titled Subtotal Gastric Reception in the Treatment of Benign Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers. Carol Schindler and Norma Waelti are appointed to university committees. A Roman writer notes ancient tooth powders from animal remains.
Personal mentions include Earl Lawrence of Evansville and Harry Brillhart of Freeport visiting on business. Several residents travel to Madison for registrations and gatherings, with couples and families en route to Canada, Minnesota, Wisconsin events, and a June meeting noted for St. Omar No. 90. Memorial ceremonies and home furnishings market attendance are recorded, plus high school graduations and university term registrations.
U S Senator Robert A Taft predicted a vigorous Republican attack on the administration in the 1952 campaign. Speaking at a $100-a-plate party rally, he cited three main issues Liberty versus socialism corruption in the administration and foreign policy. He ducked questions about his own presidential candidacy.
A 34-year-old Menomonie man Edward H Earl and his four year-old daughter Gretchen were killed instantly in a head on collision four miles west of here. His wife Gretchen Lucille 33 was critically injured and three other children aged 10 8 and 6 were less seriously hurt en route to a wedding in Madison. Nevada is noted as the 36th state admitted to the union.
The Clarno 4H club held a meeting this week at the Kenneth Hartwig farm after a county gathering for leaders, junior leaders and officers. Dairy animals and vegetables were judged and refreshments served.
Rescue teams pursue a missing Pan American World Airways Constellation after it vanished Thursday en route to Roberts Field with 40 aboard. Sightings today in dense jungle about 50 miles from Monrovia raise hopes, while a parachute unit and medical teams move toward the crash area.
London reports state that Tongay of Miami and his two children, Bubba and Kathy, were denied official permission to stay in Britain long enough to attempt swimming the English Channel. The family, after long Mississippi swims, arrived in London but face a ban on swimming while in Britain.
The Wisconsin delegation split along party lines as the House passed a 7.2 billion tax bill 233 to 160. Democrats supported Zablocki while Republicans backed Byrnes Davis and opposed Hul1 Kersten Smith Van Pelt with O Konski cast against. Murry not recorded. Castor oil noted as a key raw material for paints varnishes lubricants and nylon.
New York shore workers gain shorter hours and higher wages as CIO seamen return to Atlantic and Gulf coast jobs. Federal mediators announce complete agreement with about 40 shipping firms, while talks continue with radiomen and engineers. In San Francisco a waterfront clash halted the Matson liner Lurline, with police restoring order after a six day strike.
The United States' 11 homegrown communist leaders convicted of teaching the violent overthrow of the government may begin prison terms early next month. Justice Jackson denied pleas for stay of sentence until the Supreme Court returns next fall from its summer recess. The defendants include Eugene Dennis, general secretary of the Communist Party USA, and ten chief advisers forming the politburo.
In Rhinelander three anglers fought a lengthly duel with an owl that seized their fishing bait, mistaking it for a frog. Gilbert Durkin Roy Engquist and Sven Holst boated the owl, which had a 36 inch wingspread, at the cost of several nipped fingers for Holst.
Senator Wiley, top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, dismisses claims that released testimony harmed Russia. He argues censored material could have been public and that hearings inform the public on MacArthur’s firing and Far East policy. He urges weekly briefings on ambassadors in town.
The Eemene Creek area flooded again with water spilling over banks for 40 to 50 blocks. About 3,000 people were forced from their homes. In Manhattan the Blue River overflow covered an area ten blocks long and two to three wide, two feet of water near city hall. The Kansas River crest near Topeka was forecast at 27 feet, six feet above flood stage.
President Truman formed a new psychological strategy board to direct the United States propaganda and psychological warfare against the Soviet Union. The smaller, top-level panel will coordinate radio broadcasts, leaflets, and other efforts in 45 languages, drawing on heads of agencies and high officials like Bedell Smith Lovett Webb and Gordon Gray to unify the effort.
Dr Joseph Urisch a 25 year old resident physician at County General hospital died yesterday of polio at South View isolation hospital He married June 2 while honeymooning in Mexico and returned June 14 ill three days later Milwaukee county has 31 polio cases and three deaths this year.
The article notes that more than 4,100 U S communities rely entirely on buses for local mass transportation. It also states that 1949 corn production was four bushels per acre higher than the 1935 to 1939 North American average.
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