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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1950
Page
2
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The city plans a major cleanup and paintup campaign ahead of the September Cheese Day event expected to draw over 70 000 visitors. Community cooperation is urged to present a polished face for guests and continue to brighten Monroe beyond the festival.
The State Department release exposes torture and coercive interrogations in Sofia and other trials. The writer notes the ongoing recapture and repudiation of affidavits, the prolonged detention before public court appearances, and criticizes intellectuals drawn to red thinking while warning of brutal aims behind supposed “moral philosophy.”
Monroe high school's senior band and orchestra present the first of two spring concerts titled A Parade of Notes. Seniors will be honored with M awards for years of service at tomorrow's concluding program, encouraging full public support for these volunteer musicians and their director Allan F. Barnard.
Evansville will host a spring community survey by a University of Wisconsin class in rural sociology led by Prof. A. F. Wilden. H. H. Cate arranged the meeting with Evansville leaders, and Wilden will speak on "What Makes a Rural Community Tick?"
A roundup of local items marks March 7 with Donald Nelson named secretary of Monroe Chamber of Commerce, a notable 80 year old heart attack during an eviction attempt, and community news from Beloit to New Glarus including club elections and a 50th wedding anniversary.
French and West Germany clash over the Saar valley after Paris granted the region broader autonomy under French control of foreign affairs and security for fifty years. Bonn vows to demand its return as talks expect a special parliamentary session to address the crisis.
Funeral services will be held here Wednesday for Prof. I N Warner 80 retired mathematics instructor at Platteville state teachers college who died Sunday at Dubuque Ia Warner retired from active teaching in 1940 after 30 years with the college.
A French aircraft carrier enters Norfolk Virginia to join the $1,000,000,000 aid program to rearm western Europe against potential Russian aggression. It will take aboard France’s initial cargo of about 40 naval fighters and bombers.
The Agriculture Department provides surplus dried eggs and dried milk free to private relief agencies at home and abroad. Since February 8 agencies have taken about 500000 pounds of eggs and 1500000 pounds of milk, with large stocks remaining. Agencies must cover shipping and not cut their own food expenditures.
In early March several households changed residences around South Wayne. The Leo Meier family moved from the Otto Meier farm to the Byron Mills farm near Warren, with a farewell party at the Gham cheese factory. Other moves include the J H Kempert family from Lena to the Meier farm and H E Schimmerhorns from Cuba to the Limberger Homestead near Warren. The Earl Vickers family moved near Monroe to the Alvin Berger farm near Wiota, while Ralph Wehinger and family now live on the James Good man farm near Darlington. The Wehingers previously lived on the Charles Akins farm. Victor Wehinger and family reside in Freeport after moving from the John Webinger farm, recently bought by Wilbur Striker.
Lew Lehr, 54, famed as a newsreel comedian known for his quip monkeys is the craziest people, died yesterday in Brookline Mass. He was a Philadelphia native who lived in New Canaan Connecticut with his wife Anna Leonhardt. Lehr spent 21 years in musical comedy and vaudeville before entering films.
Blanchardville principal L. M. Cowley said the elementary school has plenty of coal to finish the year while the high school, though less secure, can hold classes two more weeks with current stocks if weather stays fair. Actor Jack Carson's father E. L. Carson of Milwaukee dies at 68 after several weeks illness.
James Marlow examines the constitutional clash over preemptive warfare amid hydrogen bomb threat. He discusses the danger of sudden attack, presidential power as commander in chief, and the risk Congress would face if war began before a declaration.
Britain will add 56 million dollars to its defense budget this year, with total defense spending estimated at 2.184 billion. The army will shrink to 718,000 by April 1 and to 682,000 more by April 1, 1951, while equipment and research costs rise by about 98.8 million. The government notes no drastic cuts while the international situation remains unsettled.
Tomas Shain, 66, died Friday at home in Beloit. Funeral held at 1 30 p m in Rosman-Uehling-Kinzer chapel Beloit with Rev Arlie H Krussell officiating. Burial in Eastlawn cemetery. Survivors include widow two daughters Vera Hayford and Jordan Beloit, three sons James in Chicago with military, Myron and Frank of Beloit, three sisters Edith Babler Bertha Welles Monroe Pearl Shain Oconomowoe, three brothers Harry Shullsburg Fred Madison Archie Freeport, and 20 grandchildren.
Milwaukee report quotes H V McNamara of Chicago chain grocery firm forecasting a good business year and a continued decline in prices of farm products, especially dairy and poultry, as he spoke to grocery manufacturers representatives on Monday.
The Monticello annual Salvation Army drive has been postponed by one month and will be held in April. Frederick S. Voegeli serves as driver chairman and announced the change to volunteers and supporters.
One of the largest turnouts yet at a city band practice with 42 players was held last night as the group prepared for its first public concert on Farmer's night March 22. The park board discussed a name for the organization and announced a practice on March 20, the Monday before the concert.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a circuit court ruling revoking the license of Milwaukee Retail Gasoline Dealers Association and its members for conspiring to fix gasoline prices in violation of anti trust laws. The court also upheld a constitutional state lobby law and ordered E K Hoebel to stand trial in Madison on lobbying violation charges. John H Kowaleski must stand trial on bribery charges after the court rejected his entrapment defense.
Gen Chen Cheng aged 52, long-time foe of communism, nominated by President Chiang Kai-shek to lead nationalist China as premier. The five feet two inch official appears assured of legislative yuan approval in Taipei Formosa.
Rep Gra ham Barden revives debate over federal aid to education blaming Roman Catholic church defeats on Catholic influence. He cites Francis Cardinal Spellman as an "authoritarian" voice while Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, speaking after him, says she won’t advocate for federal aid and stresses equality of educational opportunity for all American children.
The state industrial commission reports unemployment benefit payments totaled 2,368,000 in February, down 434,000 from January. The commission paid 2,263,000 to unemployed civilians and 105,000 in federal allowances to jobless veterans last month.
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