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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1948
Page
2
The Red Cross in the post office basement ends six years of operations where volunteers produced clothing and supplies for service members and needy children overseas and in U S hospitals. The local center was among the most active small-city units and built a record for future emergency operations.
The article critiques Joe Louis and his retirement after defeating Jersey Joe Walcott, noting public fascination with boxing as escapism. It questions what positive example the sport provides and reflects on the broader impact of Louis’s long career and its end on American culture.
A planned Green county CROP fundraising drive aims to gather cash and farm products for the Badger milk train departure on July 12. The effort, tied to the Christian Rural Program, seeks Farm County participation to supply food and supplies to Europe’s neediest citizens and link American farmers with overseas victims of the war.
Prime Minister Attlee asked King George VI to declare a national emergency to control a wildcat strike threatening food supplies. He said a royal proclamation would empower action to preserve essentials, with Labour's George Isaacs recalled from San Francisco to handle the dispute spreading to Liverpool and Birkenhead.
Four thousand residents of the upper peninsula gathered in Marquette to honor Frederick Baraga the first bishop of the Catholic diocese, marking the inaugural Baraga day and advancing efforts toward his canonization.
Ten years ago Miss Cayla Krueger and Rev. Elverado Cox wed in West Concord Minnesota on June 28 1938. Mrs S W Grenzow dies at 58 in Monti cello. June limeprices fixed at 11 and a half cents. Local family reunions noted Stein mann Hawthorne Boyles Indergand Blum Stauffacher Lanz Hart Kennison Unger Koch Becker and Trumpy clans hold Sunday gatherings.
John Backe, manager of Capital Cheese Co., describes Norway's postwar shortages after a five week visit. He notes rationing on meat sugar and fats, clothing, and even shoe repairs, with a government control of prices and taxes. Housing is tight in Oslo with multi story blocks unfinished and rooms allocated by the state. Gasoline limits curtail travel and radios are privately owned with a small annual fee.
Four registered Holstein cows in William J. Figi’s Argyle dairy herd have completed official production tests with the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Top producer Spring Valley Katurah Daisy yielded 668 pounds of butterfat and 14,850 pounds of milk as an eight-year-old.
West Bend Wisconsin Judge Edward J. Gehl announced he will run for the state supreme court in the next spring election. He aims to fill the vacancy created by Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry who plans to retire at the end of his term in January 1950. Gehl would not resign his 13th circuit judgeship unless he wins. The 13th circuit covers Washington Dodge Ozaukee and Waukesha counties. Gehl, 59, has served eight years on the bench.
Washington warns 2,000,000 federal and other public employees not to engage in political activity under civil service rules and the Hatch Act. Signs in government buildings stress the禁止 of electioneering, while private discussion is allowed.
More than 5,000 farmers are expected to attend the Wisconsin College of Agricultural Experiment Station event in Madison led by Dean Ira L. Baldwin. The midsummer gathering features small grain variety comparisons, nurseries with breeding work, disease controls, seeding practice comparisons, malting and milling research, pasture plots, soils, livestock, and home gardening exhibits plus lectures.
Berlin officials announce a major Soviet war memorial in Treptower park using red marble and stone from the chancellery built by Hitler. The project costs about ten million marks and aims for completion by year end with the inscription no glory to the fighters of the Soviet army.
Philadelphia report notes that Thomas E. Dewey secured the Republican nomination with help from his three political pros Herbert Brownell Jr J Russel Sprague and Edwin Jaeckle all New York lawyers Their campaign methods included upstairs Dewey headquarters with state delegation squads and rapid reporting from 1 094 delegates highlighting the seasoned professionals behind the effort
The Green County Boots and Saddles Club held a trail ride from the Fred Schuetz farm near Monroe yesterday. Forty four riders participated with guests from Footville, Durand and Freeport. Lunch was served after the ride.
Milwaukee 500 persons at a convention dinner heard two state officials speak without hearing a word. Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman and Wisconsin centennial committee chair Ora Rice addressed the gathering, with Rev. Arthur Leisman translating their messages into sign language.
Advertisement for M. J. Gonstead chiropractic clinic promoting X ray and neurocalometer services with phone and residence details in Monroe.
Jefferson resident William Herde, 40, a machine shop operator, and his daughter Dorothy, 18, were injured Saturday when their light plane owned by Nickalson Air Service crashed while landing at Mid City airport. Herde suffered broken legs and other injuries while Dorothy sustained a head injury.
Switzerland's tourist business in 1947 was valued at about 117 million dollars by the central office for tourist promotion. Officials told members that first quarter statistics for the current year forecast 1948 would be equally fruitful.
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