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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1949
Page
6
Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight with Sunday mostly cloudy and warmer. High near 34, low around 1. Barometer 29.82 at 1 am. Warmest U S yesterday was Yuma Arizona 84 degrees. coldest was Sault Ste Marie Michigan. Sunrise 6:06. sunset 6:10.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Baumgartner of Albany welcomed a son on March 19. Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Hirsbrunner of Darlington welcomed a daughter on March 19. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Moe of Oeville welcomed a daughter on March ?. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lund of Gratiot welcomed a daughter on March 18.
Betty Ginstrom from Rockford and Ivan Smith from Argyle listed under surgical. Medical staff includes J Franklin Eells of Winslow Illinois and Winfield Mac Donald with address. Tonsillectomy patient Bruce Helland from Juda. Dismissals feature Warren Misner and numerous named spouses, children, and relatives including Mrs. Steve Casey Mrs. Warren Prisk Mrs. Maynard Losey and daughter, Nicholas Luchsinger and family, Mrs. Raymond Fennenberg and son, Mrs. Ray Grundahl and son, Mrs. James Stearns and daughter, Mrs. William Wilde and son, Frieda Sutter Herman Indergand Maurice Connors James Butson George McKillip Mrs. Burnett Engen Rudy Lienhard Ralph Fellow or Barbara Balif.
French Foreign Minister Schuman hailed the treaty as an effective shield against aggression while Warren Austin urged that it conforms to the UN charter. Negotiated by the United States, Canada, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, with Norway joining talks late. Italy’s parliament backed signing after a lengthy session. The 14 page treaty aims for signings around April 4 and awaits Senate ratification by two thirds before taking effect.
Income tax collectors counted 748.56 million in receipts the first day after the March 15 deadline, up from 625.78 million the year before. Finishing the tally on near deadline returns typically requires at least two weeks.
Twenty six Green County Center 4-H members elected William Senatsch Jr as president at a Dutch Hollow school meeting this week. Paul Witt was chosen vice president with Mildred upcoming roles mentioned.
Deputy director T. J. Jordan will serve as interim director of the Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission until a new head is appointed, the commission announced. The search continues for a successor to Col. L. J. Maitland, who retires March 1 to lead Michigan's aeronautics department.
William Leopold 18 son of Mr and Mrs William Leopold route 3 Madison completed the 151 week farmers short course from the University of Wisconsin agriculture department in Madison on March 12 He won three speaking contests in high school and entered seven beef cattle in FFA competitions over five years He attended Monroe High School last May and earned a scholarship from the Associated Farm Bureau Women.
State personnel board rules Warren R. Smith erred in demoting Fred J. Mattingly from chief investigator to investigator in the beverage tax division. Mattingly retains the chief investigator title and $340 monthly pay retroactive to Feb. 15. The board says only it may survey and reclassify civil service employees.
Congressional fees in the multi billion Rankin pension bill sparked a plan to derail it with a cheaper substitute. Rep Huber proposed drastic amendments limiting benefits to World War I veterans, adding need as a requirement, requiring honorable discharge, and extending increases to disabled veterans.
Green county farmers face April 1 deadline for 1949 farm plans. F H Hahlen, chair of the agricultural conservation association, notes many have not signed. Plans include lime fertilizer 2-40 application and weed cutting. if landlord or tenant gains interest after March 1, 30 days for signing.
Monroe physicians report an uptick in flu and cold cases this week, noting the numbers have been nominal for this time of year prior to now.
Mr and Mrs Charles Colli cutt and daughter relocate to Warren Illinois joining his father Harry Collicutt in the implement business. Professor E J Hill and family will move into the Collicutt residence from the C A Wood home.
Oshkosh schools Superintendent Eva Monson will address Argyle PTA at 8 p m Wednesday on characteristics of a good school unit. Her talk focuses on changes to improve the system from educational and financial perspectives.
The Werner Koller family moves into the Frank Siedschlag house recently vacated by the Roy Trickels. Mr. Koller is employed by Marvin Si.
Local brief lists numerous residents visiting Madison, Monroe, Milwaukee, Beloit and other places for shopping, visiting relatives, and social calls. It notes entertainers and guests from Albany, Brodhead, Fond du Lac, Monticello, Peter. includes a Knights of Pythias banquet with Grand Chancellor Leo Lange scheduled March 21 and reservations by phone.
President Truman ends his Key West vacation and flies to Washington aboard the Independence for a four hour flight. In Washington he will attend a photographers dinner and confer with congressional leaders Monday. He says the Atlantic pact will strengthen and support the United Nations and that the treaty would be in harmony with the constitution.
Henry Frank an octogenarian active in construction of the Emmanuel Evangelical Congregational church was elected a five year trustee. Miss Hester Frank was named church treasurer for one year. The congregation voted to complete the church building now under construction with plastering flooring and lighting pending. A fundraising campaign will seek 500 dollars for plastering before final work. The current structure was funded by insurance from the burned church other denominational gifts and voluntary contributions.
A 1948 survey found 51 percent of American housewives continued to roll their own pie crusts. The finding highlights enduring domestic habits as modern convenience foods gained traction.
George L. Ashton 20, a minor, sues the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for 50000 alleging an employee sold him alcoholic drinks on March 9 the day of a limited train robbery. Luman Ramsdell 22 remains hospitalized after being shot as they were arrested near the White House.
The 400 member Soviet chosen peoples council in eastern Germany adopted a constitution for about 20 million Germans under Soviet rule. The basic law enshrines communist principles for the Russian zone and Berlin sector, issued after the Bonn western state was formed. Professor Hermann Kastner called the move one of Germany’s most decisive steps, sealing partition.
A Milwaukee trucker said the town looked prosperous as he searched for two men to help unload cargo. He noted full parking stalls and busy streets as he drove into town.
A Dutch army lieutenant fought off a Indonesian guerrilla ambush that wounded two United Nations observers in northern Sumatra between Brastagi and Medan. Maj. John Simmons from Bangor Maine and Lt. Col. H. D. Chaplin of Britain were injured. Chaplin's wounds were six bullets.
Funeral services for Mrs James E Farmer were held this morning at 9 in the Stuessy funeral home and at 9 30 in St Victor s church with Rev E C MacCollow officiating. Burial followed at Calvary cemetery in Blanchardville. Pallbearers Otto Steinman Julius Hofer James Quinn Edward Lacey Jesse Morton all of Monroe and Sam Meyer of Waukesha.
The Milwaukee Cheese Co. moved into Milwaukee beer Kaese production at the Monroe Center plant after acquiring the Monroe center factory from Kraft Foods. Kettles were swapped for vats and shelving rearranged to support the new line as demand for the specialty cheese grows prompting purchase of another Wisconsin plant in Waunakee.
German alchemist Georgius Agricola reportedly discovered zinc while processing ores for lead and copper in the 16th century. The accidental finding occurred during early metallurgical experiments.
A Dominican crowd attacked police and U S shore patrol seeking to seize three American sailors amid claims one mobbed a local girl. Police, then the shore patrol, arrested the sailors as the mob tried to reach anchored ships. The police chief urged keeping American sailors off streets to prevent more unrest.
The Blanchardville American Legion post hosted a meeting of five Lafayette county posts Tuesday. County commander W. H. Dobson presided. Jack Lewis of Milwaukee spoke on forming a 40 et 8 organization in Lafayette county. Leo McLaskey, chef de gar of the 40 et 8 at Madison, attended.
Six Loveland Washington township pupils and their teacher toured the state legislature museum and a Madison broadcasting studio before visiting a New Glarus embroidery plant. Zentner pupils in Mt Pleasant township work on a farm and house project with scaled models and furniture plans while primary groups make Toys. East Dayton Exeter students bloom bulbs for science and display carvings including a kangaroo with social studies villages of Indians Mexicans and Alaskans plus a world activities poster.
A living room blaze in Columbus, Ohio caused by a cigarette ignited a sofa, killing David W. Short, 49, and two children, Richard White, 3, and Ruth Ann White, 2, from suffocation.
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