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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1951
Page
2
Wisconsin warns that summer vacation brings more traffic and risk as children play in streets and ride bikes. Last year ten bicycle riders died, 22 children were fatally injured while playing in roadways, and 107 under 14 died in traffic mishaps. Parents should keep youngsters in safe areas and teach safety from toy vehicles onward.
The Wisconsin legislature repealed the privilege dividend tax, signed by Gov. Walter Kohler. Democrats argued against the repeal while reformers’ ideas were kept out of statute, with locals noting the annual debates over taxation politics in the state.
Capt Wilbur E Deininger head of the second battalion 128th regiment released to inactive status in the national guard effective today He is undersheriff of Green county and serves as adjutant and S 1 officer His status will be retained with no medical unit head expected before camp time as Monroe s medicals are attached to the medical company at Prairie du Chien
Admiral Luigi Rizzo, an Italian hero of the first world war, died yesterday in a Rome clinic after a long illness at age 63.
Ten years ago on June 28 1941 the county AAA program projected payments to Green County farmers at about 299000 dollars versus about 295000 dollars paid in 1940 announced by county committees. The item is part of a retrospective across eras noting anniversaries and local incidents.
LeRoy Wuethrich and Sebastian Laeser Jr captained Turn and Schwing club teams at the national meet in Peterson New Jersey. Monroe's men finished fourth behind Paterson Cleveland and Milwaukee. New York was fifth and Milwaukee sixth. Women’s teams also placed fourth. wreaths awarded to all. Individual honors included Walter Schuetz 15th in men’s apparatus. Joe Kotys won the men’s event in Cleveland. Gissig Graber Ammon Vetterli among top Swiss Class A. Women’s apparatus saw Elsa Rattin third Bonnie Kiel 12th and Mrs Sebastian Laeser 13th. Dorothy Dalton first in Hudson county. In women’s track, Vreni Kopp Monticello won. Martha Scherer fifth Esther Schwartz sixth. Ernest Ammon first in running stone throw. Lawrence Gissing in standing stone throw. Vreni Kopp first in women’s high jump. Bonnie Kiel third in women’s balance.
In the women's all-around competition Beam and Elsa Rattin place third, delivering a strong showing amid a field of skilled gymnasts. The result highlights their consistency across apparatus and execution.
Graveside services were held today in Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church cemetery at New Glarus for Dennis Arnold Gross, the day old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Gross Beloit former New Glarus residents. The infant was one of twins a boy and girl born Tuesday in a Beloit hospital.
London or proxy report states the Anglo Iranian Oil Co announced a dividend of 25 percent, bringing the fiscal year total to 30 percent as Iran seizes properties under its nationalization law.
Experienced craftsmen fashion a luxurious Saxon tropical straw hat with Hopkins styling. The sun beating down becomes a stylish shield offering cool comfort and smart appearance.
Lyle W. Heck 34 was killed when a gravel truck box dropped on him at his limestone quarry northwest of Buena Vista while he worked on a hydraulic hoist. His son Wilbur 14 sought help at the Weick farm. Surviving: widow Florence two sons Darrell Wilbur a daughter Marian and brother William of Chicago. Funeral 2 p.m. tomorrow at Main Street Evangelical United Brethren church Freeport.
The Wisconsin Power and Light Co. earned the National Safety Council's distinguished service to safety award at Madison. The company cut its 1949 accident rate from 6.4 to 2.04 in 1950, with seven lost time accidents and no fatalities among employees.
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