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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1950
Page
2
The piece lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for Wisconsin and Stephenson County and other regions. It notes common AP republication rights and office hours.
An unprecedented act at the University of California dismisses 157 faculty and staff who refused to sign loyalty statements. Courts have since questioned the policy, but supporters say the step safeguards students and upholds university integrity amid the anti-communist climate.
A hometown reflection mocks the saucer scare and meteor theories as Dixie hype fades. Astronomers call the fireball a meteor while jet flare and saucer theories circulate among enthusiasts, soon replaced by everyday concerns and small talk.
Louis H. Zahradka, longtime general manager of the Dairyland cooperative association since 1948, resigns to form a public relations service for dairy co operatives and will stay on until a successor is named. Billy Eggers, 10, of Oconomowoc, is credited with saving a drowning 3-year-old at Fowler Lake after a slip by Tommy Grabow.
A 10 year look recalls Hoover’s roar at the June 26 1940 GOP gathering and his warning against the New Deal. Also noted are the death of Mrs. Josephine Gothompson in Albany and a Monticello marriage, with Young Pioneers Wisconsin appointing Inez Ptund to the rules panel. Other items include theater blast aftermath in Kansas City, farm price concerns, a large land sale in New Giarus, drought crop losses, Monroe club backing, and local sports results.
Willis Smith won the North Carolina Democratic runoff for the U S Senate defeating Frank Graham by about 20 000 votes with 217 672 to 237 156 of 534 838 total votes reported from 1990 precincts. The race centered on issues of communism and the president's administration and Smith is counted as a southern democracy advocate.
Rev. Karl Schleede of Schenectady New York died from a heart attack while attending an outdoor barbecue at a local pastor's home. A Lutheran church Missouri synod delegate, he served as a chaplain in both world wars and reached the rank of colonel. Sunday marked his 31st wedding anniversary. his wife Alice survives him.
In this era of modern science the average newspaper reporter no longer is a leg man. He uses the telephone.
General Douglas MacArthur announces a 30 day suspension of the Japanese communist party newspaper Akahata. The move follows earlier actions this week including purging 20 central committee members and banning 17 top editors from activity with the paper.
Thirty seven Republican representatives urged the tariff commission to study how imports affect ten surplus farm products including cheese dried milk powder corn barley oats dried beans potatoes pork and eggs and grapes They asked Agriculture Secretary Brannan to seek a survey and recommend steps under treaty escape clauses to prevent dumping and stabilize markets and prices The letter was signed by Reps Murray Smith and Davis of Wisconsin among others.
Vatican Radio reported that nearly 1 000 clergy and nuns were rounded up in Budapest by secret police during a night raid. Authorities entered monasteries and convents, seized property, and transported detainees to concentration points, with 322 priests and monks including 90 Jesuits and 600 nuns named.
The annual Trask bridge picnic, called the world’s biggest, will be held Wednesday August 23 in the traditional grounds ten miles northwest of Rockford on Illinois highway 70. Sponsored by Burritt Garage, it features a circus, sports field day, carnival, festival and family picnic.
U N secretary general Trygve Lie rejects a query about communist ties calling it not proper He affirms he is a member of Norway's Labour Party a socialist group and says he cannot engage in partisan politics He had refused to answer if he ever was a communist amid U N seating debates
Elizabeth Doubler known as Mrs. Doubler 73 died Saturday after a health decline at home of her son Irvin in West Point township en route to Lena. She was born January 23 1877 in Nora and married William Doubler in 1897. Surviving are two daughters two sons a brother 14 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services set for 2 pm tomorrow at Bartell funeral home with burial in Elmwood cemetery.
The body of Archie Holmquist, a 40 year old Rice Lake businessman, was recovered from the Esnagami river near Geraldton, Ontario. He had drowned June 12 while on a fishing trip.
The United States and Mexico announce the 1943 reciprocal trade treaty is canceled effective December 31, 1950. The move raises import duties on Mexican goods and on nations with most favored nation status. Cuba and the Philippines are not affected. Mexico blames US noncompliance. Mexico denies it.
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII completed sainthood rites for Maria Goretti the 11 year old martyr of purity who died resisting an attacker. The ceremony drew more than 1,000 church leaders and 500,000 spectators in St. Peter's Square over two days.
The Wilfred Sykes, the Great Lakes' newest and biggest ore freighter, left Superior Saturday loaded with 18,300 tons of iron ore, 599 tons under the record of 18,900 tons set by the Fairless.
On the Gean Jones farm in Albany a hen reportedly monogrammed an egg with a perfect script. Mrs. Jones found the marked egg Saturday while gathering eggs and hopes to teach the hen to write more of the Jones home on her future products.
Extreme heat in Paterson New Jersey over the weekend caused three refrigerators to burst into flames. firefighters suppressed each blaze with little effort.
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