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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1950
Page
2
A clipped notice from the Monroe Evening Times outlining Daily Press Association and Associated Press republication rights. Includes attribution language and contact line with a telephone reference, indicating standard syndication and reuse terms.
Monroe council hears reports of hazardous parking on narrow streets causing bottlenecks. Proposes one side parking during peak hours, night enforcement, and police direction on 14th Street and 20th Avenue. Calls for ongoing study and adjustable restrictions based on conditions.
The New Hampshire I0-1 mercy killing case ends without resolution. Defense hinges on the patient’s already being dead before air injection, a fact recorded in hospital records. Public policy and medical practice remain unsettled with no clear statute forthcoming this generation.
The council opts to postpone balloting on universal residential garbage collection funded by general taxes. The chamber favored a comprehensive study but time constraints hindered full analysis for spring elections. Citizens are urged to continue weighing costs, taxation, and health impact while local residents test bag collection options.
The Argyle Red Cross chapter has purchased a hospital bed available to anyone in need in the village area and a wheelchair purchased some time ago for the same purpose.
A brief look back over March 11 1940 notes recounts Finnish Russian peace optimism with an expected parliamentary session in Helsinki, plus social items including the 50th wedding anniversary of the Ell Chesebros and vows exchanged by Miss Hilda Hefty and Roy Bissig. Also noted is the death of Nathan Karl Bell in Washington township and other local obituaries.
A retrospective look at the newspaper trade, its name choices and career mythologies. It contrasts journalists with editors and highlights on the job reality of writing speed, writing quality, and the value of on the job learning over formal schooling. It also notes television's rise and its impact on newspaper work and audience habits.
Madison reports twenty April 4 referendums on wet versus dry status in Wisconsin. Cities towns and villages including Elmwood Cambria Friesland Lodi Newport Barneveld Dunkirk Evansville Forest Viroqua Reedsburg Viola Daniels Rooseveltown Vance Creek Elk Mound Rose and others vote on liquor beer and municipal stores with current statuses wet or dry noted.
E Merton Davis, 55, of Mauston, was killed at Castle Rock flowage when a woodsaw blade started as he tried to adjust a carriage. His son Ralph watched as he tripped a lever and fell into the whirling saw. Davis was a farmer living three miles north of town.
A drive to expand cold war policy reaches American business and consumers. Officials and industry groups seek total diplomacy spanning government, treasury tax relaxations abroad, and a nationwide ad campaign to boost foreign goods in U S stores. Proposals spark debate over taxes, prices, and risks to labor. Initiatives include a state department led plan, an advertising council study, and a NAM export managers meeting to discuss balanced trade.
Winnebago county board voted to raise the special license tax for taverns and clubs to 750 dollars per year. The meeting also noted that four fifths of U S farm houses lacked modern bathrooms as of April 1947.
A humorous Uncle Happy piece recalls a birthday greeting scene on a Sunday with lists of names and addresses for March events. A later children’s tale follows Jamie and Robbie over a loose tooth and cork gun antics ending in friendship and forgiveness.
Miss Mary F Hawley hosts a recital in Monroe while families attend events across Wisconsin. Rev and Mrs Anderson and children attend the high school concert in Monroe. A neighbor travels to Janesville. several families visit Florida return home. Coffee rationing ends and communities resume old coffeehouse discussions.
March proves costly for the Ur laud family with three daughters sharing March 5 birthdays Judith Ann five days old Billie Jean three and Darlene two and tax filing deadline looming March 15. Want Ads are cited as strong income producers.
The state supreme court reversed a circuit court ruling and ordered a new trial for Mrs. Alice Minton of Weyauwega in a damages suit from injuries after a car collision. Justice Fairchild said jury instructions were ineffective and failed to aid credibility assessment. The action names Edgar Henschel and Farmers Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and stems from a Waupaca County case decided in June.
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