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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1953
Page
1
William A. Loveland Monticello resident and former county judge dies at Hazel Green hospital after long illness. Funeral in Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed church Friday at 2 PM with Rev. Achtemeier officiating. Call after 10 AM at Voegeli funeral home.
Ernest I. Pugmire 65 national commander of the Salvation Army since 1944 collapsed and died while walking near the national headquarters. A Kansas City native, he lived in Wyckoff New Jersey and had served 46 years with the army in the United States Canada China and Japan. He organized earthquake relief after Japan's 1923 quake and was chief secretary for Japan. He had been stationed in New York since 1942.
Domestic Swiss cheese market steady with fair to good demand and ample offerings. Selling prices at state assembly points show State brand 39 to 41 cents, Grade B 37 to 39 cents, Grade C 34 to 36 cents.
Madison Gov. Kohler announced steps to seek supreme court rulings this fall on major issues including the 1953 reapportionment act. He said the court could hear tests on redistricting legality, a ten mile tax, a toll road, forestry funding, and related laws with state officials cooperating to move these cases to the September term.
Capt Jan Cwiklinski of the liner Batory, a Polish sea captain who helped fugitive Gerhart Eisler escape from the United States, is described as a refugee from the Reds in Britain. He and a ship doctor are reportedly held at Durham prison while asylum requests are considered.
J. B. Scherer Green County Sky Watch chairman and Staff Sergeant Kenneth E. Steltzer of the Chicago filter center urged Monroe civic groups to back the program. They cited unfilled spots and limited responses from local organizations, noting the center’s move to a site near the Green County highway shop for easier volunteer access.
A meeting of the planning commission is planned this week to discuss changes in the development plan submitted by the state. After planning commission approval the plans go to the council for a public hearing before adoption. The plan set future street construction to match restrictions and ensure uniform city expansion with an official city map adopted concurrently.
The Air Force terminated all Kaiser contracts for C-119 Flying Boxcar and C-123 cargo planes made at Willow Run Michigan, allowing completion of planes in final assembly. The move, said to be independent of Senate hearings, follows cost disputes raised by Bridges subcommittee. Kaiser officials argued price differences reflect plant sizes and capacity and noted subcontractor problems. A separate tornado damaged Lindsay Montana infrastructure, injuring one and damaging depot, houses, and grain elevators.
President Eisenhower briefed congressional leaders on the Korea situation but lawmakers kept the details secret. Senate leaders Knowland and others declined to discuss content, citing delicacy of the truce talks with South Korea’s President Syngman Rhee.
President Eisenhower and GOP leaders vow to use every means to force a committee vote on the excess profits tax extension. House Speaker Martin says they will petition for a meeting of the Ways and Means panel to break Reed's blockage. Senator Carlson serves as go-between without success on a compromise to extend the tax to Oct. 1 and align with an earlier income tax date.
U.S. and South Korean infantry repelled Chinese assaults in central Korea as Sabre jets claimed six MiGs and damaged others. Forces fought near Sniper Ridge and Triangle Hill on the central front north of Kumhwa. heavy fighting diminished by afternoon with Reds retreating.
In Fifield Wisconsin a fire at a summer home claimed the life of ten year old Diane Schwartz of South Milwaukee. Her father Ralph Schwartz suffered serious burns while attempting to rescue Diane and his seven year old son Craig. He saved Craig but could not reach Diane upstairs.
In Inglewood California a man broke a cashier’s window at Park Tuesday grabbed 37 bundles of $100 bills. The alarm triggered and guards surrounded the fleeing contractor Harvey Karman 29. He confessed he had lost 55000 betting on horses and tried to recoup the loss.
President Eisenhower nominated Lewis L. Strauss to be chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission for a five year term starting June 30. Strauss, 57, a former AEC member and U S Navy reserve rear admiral, will succeed Gordon Dean whose resignation is effective that date. He previously served on the AEC from 1946 to 1950.
Patrick McDermott 3 son of Mr and Mrs Robert McDermott is in serious condition at Wisconsin General after head injury from a car door opening on a rural Darlington road two miles south of town. The family was en route to visit Mrs Runde when the accident occurred. He was treated at Lafayette Memorial before transfer to Madison for surgery.
Rainfall totaled .01 inch across widely scattered sections of Wisconsin last night and early this morning. Thunder and lightning accompanied the brief showers as temperatures rose to around 91 degrees in some areas with a forecast for mostly cloudy skies and warmer conditions ahead.
Western allies pressed for relief in East Berlin while rejecting Communist charges of American instigation in the June riots. Grotewohl told Socialist Unity workers that many arrested would be released, with stern penalties for rioters. Western officials cited up to 20,000 political detainees in Soviet zones and noted martial law could ease in some areas while remaining in others.
A wartime casualty list details 320 deaths with 289 wounded and 6 missing, noting most losses since last fall. The report cites the ongoing Korean War toll and includes discharges and injuries from various incidents abroad.
In Seoul President Syngman Rhee signals possible talks with a Washington emissary may yield a ceasefire acceptable and honorable. He warns 16 division UN forces could break from UN control if armistice terms persist while a cabinet committee to defend the country is formed.
Mrs. Alfred J. Campbell Jr., stabbed by her estranged husband in Iron Mountain Michigan, was rushed to Columbia hospital Milwaukee where surgeons removed two knife blade fragments near her heart after an operation that spared vital organs. She remained in fair condition and was described past the danger point.
Tracy Ukena 25, an escapee from Wyoming state prison, confessed Tuesday night to robbing a Sauk City filling station earlier that day, netting $57. He gave a false name John Norton from Elk Mound, Wyoming, and later admitted his real identity while describing a car stolen from Laramie, Wyoming. He said he escaped the prison by scaling a wall on June 14.
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