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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1945
Page
6
Daily Record reports cooler tonight and slightly warmer conditions in northwest areas on Tuesday. Last week saw highs near 88 and 89 with lows around 59 to 83. precipitation since Saturday totals 1.14 inches. Barometer stood at 29.57 at 3 am and 3 pm.
The notice outlines Book 4 red and blue ration stamps and their validity through June 30 or July 31, plus allowances for fats shoes sugar gasoline and airplane stamps. It notes increased B ration applications and that various period coupons remain valid through the current heating season.
Justice court this morning fined Glen Balzly of Monroe three dollars plus costs for drunkenness. Robert Ross Record of Monroe was ordered to pay five dollars and costs or five days in county jail for disorderly conduct and received fifteen dollars and costs or fifteen days detention for intoxicating liquor sales. Weldon Harrington of Monroe faced a drunk and disorderly charge and was fined five dollars plus costs or five days in jail, with the fine unpaid. Max Huffman of Monroe was fined five dollars plus costs after arrest by police.
Death notices report A Phillips aged about 25 in Mon T Seviis Seeaae. Also listed are Ole Rismon of Star Lake Wisconsin and relatives Peeata and Mrs Harold Binger of St Paul.
At St. Clare Hospital Mr and Mrs Albert Martinson announce twins June two daughters. In Monticello Mr and Mrs Glen H thaler welcome a daughter born June 24. Mr and Mrs Albert W Boss report a daughter born June 25 at their 2500 17th Avenue homeBirth notices list multiple newborns with given dates and household details.
The record lists multiple patients and staff across Beloit and Ann Arbor. Ill patients include Ethel Kretsos, Mrs Mabel Rosenstiel, and Mrs John R Adams. surgical cases include Charles Keegan and Curtis Wagner. dismissals name numerous individuals such as Mrs Anna Winiger and Frank Hamblin along with others.
An Associated Press poll shows at least 52 senators firmly support ratification with 5 more probable and no outright opponents. Eighteen undecided, 20 unreachable, two-thirds of present votes required. Senator Lucas praises the poll as indicating broad international cooperation and a swift Senate debate possible within four weeks.
OPA district director Phil Griffin says injunctions signed by Circuit Court Judge Cowie require six La Crosse residents to repay ration points for meat obtained without points and stored in local lockers. Griffin notes these judgments are the first the OPA will seek in the district.
The OPA announced a one third cut in industrial fuel oil allotments across 13 Midwest states including Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Iowa Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri Nebraska Kansas and Kentucky. Residual fuel oil inventories in the region are at their lowest in five years and factories and large buildings will be affected beginning Friday.
General Mark W. Clark has been selected to command United States occupation forces in the American zone of Austria and may move Allied units into Vienna within three weeks. An Allied reconnaissance mission already in London has recommended boundaries for the occupation zone and the 15th Army Group, comprising the Fifth and Eighth Armies, is expected to be dissolved soon.
Wisconsin Rapids Ed ward A. Fischer of Madison was elected president of the newly formed Wisconsin Coroners Association. Alvin Dupont Green Bay was named vice president Joseph A. LaMonte Milwaukee secretary treasurer E L Tharinger Milwaukee executive committee chairman George Reay LaCrosse legislative committee chairman Theodore A. Tietgen Manitowoc public relations committee chairman. The group set its next meeting for Madison in June.
The House appropriations committee approved a 125000 dollar fund to liquidate the fair employment practices committee. If Congress backs the plan, FEPC operations would end after July 7 after a long congressional controversy.
A long list of visits and travels unfolds from Madison and surrounding areas. Residents including Arthur P. Benkett, Mrs. Jessie Flom, Fred Norder, Clark Lelle, Duane Wilde, Mrs. Harold Baltzer, and many others are noted for trips, weekends, and gatherings in places like Freeport, Gary, Lake Geneva, Madison, and North Carolina.
University of Wisconsin President E. B. Fred told county welfare workers that university departments conduct research promising social and economic benefits for the state. He said programs aim to improve personnel in state institutions as 70 workers attended the opening session. The institute runs through the week focusing on postwar condition planning.
Jacob Elmer 68, former Monroe resident, died at his home in Arpin Saturday evening. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Elmer home and 1:30 p.m. at the Arpin church, burial in Arpin. He was born in Monroe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Elmer. Survived by wife, four sons, four daughters, one brother Nick of Arpin, five sisters Fannie Elmer and Mesdames Lee Germann, Herman Reger, Barbina Ruegger of Monroe, and Ervin Kroscher of Milwaukee.
Mayor George W. Smith urged visitors and travelers to eat before arriving or bring their own meals as Mattoon battles meat and red point shortages. About 50 Gar Wood workers face hunger risk as several local restaurants closed over the weekend, threatening wartime production. OPA red point quotas will shrink in July due to fewer meals served last month, while meat shortages drive long retail lines.
The war food administration said its program for stabilization of retail milk prices through payments to handlers will continue beyond July 1. Current rates stay in effect in July with July payments equal to June. Areas include Arlington Alexandria VA, Baltimore, New York, Fort Wayne IN, Omaha Council Bluffs NE, and six PA districts including Philadelphia.
Frank Stamm was elected superintendent of the United Brethren Sunday school yesterday. Rev G W Bechtolt and A Earl Bechtolt will be assistants with Vioietta Schumacher as secretary and Robert Grinnell as assistant. Other posts include treasurer Mrs Fred Selick librarian LaVern Falk and assistants, piano roles held by Mrs G W Bechtolt and Mrs Essie Montgomery. Mrs W W Sutton will service as department superintendent.
Harry G. Hanline 77 head of the Hanline Company a pioneer steel stamps and freight equipment firm died at his Philadelphia home this morning relatives in this city said he had been ill. He and Mrs. Hanline who is a cousin to Mrs. Emery A. Odell celebrated their golden wedding anniversary after visiting here years ago.
A tropical hurricane center passed 40 miles east of Charleston and moved northeast toward the Carolina capes. Expect gale to hurricane winds from the Carolinas to Hatteras with advisories and beach area precautions. Residents on exposed beaches from Georgetown to Cape Hatteras were urged to move to higher terrain if needed. The storm lashed Florida yesterday and swept along the Georgia coast with high winds and heavy rain.
In Detroit a hydrogen sulfide gas leak in the Iris Theater cellar sickened two managers fatally. George Spaeth 65 and Charles L Bab cock 22 were found dead while three others, Benjamin Winyard 54 Ted Wawrzynski 26 and firefighter Alex Blaskievicz, were overcome. the audience of over 300 was dismissed and the theater was ordered closed pending investigation.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper B. Munn and Mrs. Merta James of Freeport visited Sunday. The Munns were wed in Monroe on June 30, 1897, marking their 48th anniversary. Both remain active in the Masonic order. Mrs. Munn has recovered from a serious illness. Mrs. Munin and Mrs. James attended school here together, with James being sister to Mrs. L. S. Wagner.
Frank Stark of Browntown reported to police Saturday that a thief took an eight dollar horse collar from his parked car on the north side of Monroe square.
Leroy Day of the 330th Bomb Group is stationed on Guam with his unit. Rev W W Sutton and family, including Paul, and June Drake, stay a week at United Brethren Camp Witwen near Sauk City where Rev Sutton will lecture and Mrs Sutton leads the junior camp.
Sheriff recaptured Ray Lanning, 15, from Rockford with the circus visiting the city. The boy allegedly ran away from home. Cpl Leo Keegan, son of Mrs Richard Noe, in Germany with a Third Army unit, visited Buchenwald and photographed alleged atrocities, sending some images to relatives here.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower slipped into Washington with minimal fanfare after a busy week of receptions. A small group greeted the train as he smiled for photographers and quipped his arm was tired. The couple headed home for rest before a late tea and reception at Secretary Stimson’s residence.
Robert W. Goetz Monroe fly er and Ernest Weissbuhler cheesemaker returned Sunday afternoon from a short fishing trip to Manitowish near the Michigan line. Goetz co owned a plane at Badger Flying service and piloted the trip departing Friday afternoon. They fished until Saturday evening and came back with two muskies.
Simon Lake of Bridgeport Connecticut died at 79 after a heart ailment. He built early submarines in Milford and in later years designed large cargo subs while pursuing a book arguing submarines can serve peaceful purposes beyond warfare.
Seaman 1-C Glen Clifford Rice son of Mr and Mrs Troy Rice Juda and brother of Mrs E Benjamin Rosa Jr Monroe was reported killed in action in a PT boat somewhere in the South Pacific. Message received June 8 gave no time or place of death but described burial on a South Pacific island.
The fate of American prisoners taken by Japanese on Okinawa remained a mystery after a search found no trace of them or their bodies. Col. J. M. Finn of the 32nd regiment said bodies examined in caves yielded no signs of the missing Americans, with several hundred likely captured among the missing in action.
Prime Minister Churchill launches a 1000 mile campaign through England and Scotland to win a big majority. He vows future of the country depends on a united party and says an election was needed after a long parliament as he travels by car and rail, delivering more than 50 speeches over four days.
In the Dutch East Indies area, 21 of Seria’s 50 wells burned from Japanese torching as Allied air raids pounded Balikpapan. More than 150 American and Australian bombers attacked the southeastern Dutch Borneo port, while Tokyo reports of landings remained unconfirmed.
American 11th Airborne Division closes on Aparri while Guerillas seize Lallo and push toward Tuguegarao. Beightler’s 37th Division advances north to relieve Tuguegarao defenders as about 20 000 Japanese are boxed in the 60 mile corridor in the Cagayan valley.
William Joyce defense attorney enters innocent plea on high treason charges amid claim of American birth. Preliminary hearing adjourned to Thursday for formal commitment to trial in OM Bailey during July session. Prosecution says Joyce asserted British subject by birth in 1933 and again on passport renewals, including just before the war. Joyce, captured after Germany's surrender, previously claimed birth in Brooklyn. He states his father, a naturalized American, lost citizenship when leaving the U S in 1909. Joyce is 39.
Pfc. Willis E. Gruenewald, son of Mrs. Rose Gruenewald, arrived for a 33 day furlough with his family after service in England and France. He traveled home aboard the Queen Mary with 14,526 European front soldiers. After furlough he will report to Camp Grant, Illinois.
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