Monroe Evening Times News Snippet
Brief fragment from Monroe Evening Times markets a newswire style notice. Includes references to Associated Press and postal regulations, with office hours and contact details partially visible.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1950
Page
2
Brief fragment from Monroe Evening Times markets a newswire style notice. Includes references to Associated Press and postal regulations, with office hours and contact details partially visible.
The school board supports advancing with a four-school building program draft despite charter limits. Planning will not wait for 1951 legislative approval. Electors will preview the project at July’s annual meeting, with no commitment, but clearer understanding of the proposal and problem.
Editorial reflects on Senator McCarthy and a Senate committee hearing in Wisconsin. It notes clashes with Democrats, the reluctance to name informants, and the need for a public, credible case. The piece urges the inquiry to move from debate to a concrete, nation turning decision for Wisconsin residents.
John L Lewis returns a $500000 check from CIO steel workers for strike benefits and offers a $2 million loan to CIO auto workers. Philip Murray rejects the mutual aid plan, snubbing Lewis yet thanks him for returning the $900000 check.
A four engine Navy plane with Under secretary Dan Ki ball and 11 others aboard clipped a power cable near Salt Lake City airport and landed safely. The cable broke, leaving the Salt Lake Valley in darkness for 40 minutes. The C 34 arrived with three propellers damaged and a segment of cable hanging from the plane. No injuries reported.
Milwaukee officials discussed possible changes to the city’s anti jaywalking rules. Mayor Frank Zeidler noted the pedestrian control ordinance is beneficial while acknowledging potential revisions to the ban on midblock crossings. Police Chief John W Poleya criticized the current midblock crossing ban in business districts.
Beloit defeats New Glarus 34 to 28 to win regional tournament here while Monroe takes third from Evansville 27 to 15 and Lake Geneva beats Cuba City 20 to 13 for consolation honors. Also notes auto crash injures Mr and Mrs Francis Thurman and Sid J Tilley near Albany. Mrs E E Atherton dies in Dousman Masonic home.
James Marlow reports that while the House approved statehood for Alaska and Hawaii, Senate approval is uncertain. If Congress changes, actions may not carry to next year. The piece recalls Alaska’s 1867 purchase and Hawaii’s 1898 annexation, explains territorial rights, and weighs political implications including representation and Pacific strategy.
Bray, longtime superintendent of the state school for the deaf, died in Rochester, Minnesota, yesterday at 74. He led Wisconsin schools for 25 years until retiring in 1942 and had taught in Linden, Lancaster, Bloomington, Cuba City, and Dodgeville, serving as county school superintendent in Iowa and Grant counties. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The article argues Chiang Kai-shek gains from renewed nationalist air raids on communist China as spring nears. It notes Shanghai plants, rail lines, and ports suffering, foreign ships kept from red ports, while famine hurts peasants north of the Yangtze. It questions the communists' ability to cope and faces public blame for shortages.
A. J. Loveland, lands secretary, plans to resign to become a candidate for the U S senate in Iowa. He backs Brannan farm plan as a major plank and says Brannan hinting he should run, while denying any request from Truman or Brannan to enter the Democratic primary.
The first 1950 government pay raise bill for 120000 World War II veterans in the postal service may face a presidential veto. It would cost about 163 million dollars and grant automatic raises for each year of wartime service between 1940 and 1946, potentially up to 500 dollars annually, with eligibility for those entering before July 1. The bill passed the House 176 to 18 and the Senate previously approved without dissent, though executive opposition suggests a veto is possible. A naturalist notes swift swifts reaching speeds near 200 miles per hour.
Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini have not set a wedding date, said the couple’s lawyer Gino Sotis. Rossellini notes their five week old son Renato Roberto has not been baptized, though the baby born February 2 is to be baptized Catholic per Rossiellini’s official registration.
A federal check for 1.04 dollars, part of a 1790s treaty annuity to Five Nations tribes, is now on display at a Milwaukee museum. Donor Oscar Archiquette, Oneida, notes the payments total 4,800 dollars annually to be shared by eligible adults. a clerical error once caused 50 checks to go to dead individuals, yielding a penny extra per recipient. Robert Ritzenthaier, museum official, calls it the first such item in the collection.
Funeral services for John Grimm drew visitors from Beloit Lisle Marshfield Oshkosh Belleville Janesville Riverside Ill Riverside area and other towns. Attending were Mr and Mrs A M Hefty Mr and Mrs John Elmer Mr and Mrs Henry E Grabler Mr and Mrs Ernest Roberts Mr and Mrs Harvey Milbrandt Henry C Elmer Ed Schlittler Mrs Fred C Elmer Mrs Fred A Karlen Monticello J A Freitag Mrs Henry Hoesly and many others.
Britain's Labor government survived its first major test by 14 votes 310 to 296 as conservatives failed to block the pending nationalization of iron and steel. A Monday vote looms on a housing motion seen as a confidence issue with Labor threatening resignation and a new election if defeated. The passage of the housing measure would be a setback for government reforms and King George’s speech opening parliament is tied to the debate. Ancient Romans used incense daily in private worship and public rites.
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