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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1952
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows a poorly legible local notice from Venson County about a subscription or payment rule and postal hours. The readable fragments mention six thirty to six twenty and a $10 figure, but the full action, authority, and deadline are not clear.
Editorial notes rising talk of impeaching President Truman over the steel crisis. It argues Congress may extend injunction powers to halt strikes, via a veto-proof measure akin to Taft Hartley, with 80 day injunctions and court appointed receivers controlling property but not wages, to curb union influence.
Monroe promotes Rural Youth Conservation Day as a community effort sponsored by the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, the county agricultural office, and soil conservation services. The aim is to engage youths to advance soil preservation, curb erosion, and support the dairy region’s heritage through ongoing school programs and public awareness.
A two car crash two miles south of Orangeville on route 26 left Marvin Pustabn of Orangeville and Thomas J. O'Hare of Elmhurst with minor injuries. Deputy Melvin Kramer said both cars were northbound. O'Hare slowed for a school bus when Busjahn rear ended his vehicle, pushing it into an embankment and rolling it over. Both men were treated at Deaconess Hospital in Freeport.
A 1942 note recalls Dr Henry E Fritsch of Winona Minn being repatriated as an enemy alien after purchasing a Green County Herald subscription list. Other items recount the : Robert and Beatrice Marty at the junior prom, Miss Frances Yamasaki guest of the Young Business Women's club, and May 2 reminders of earlier years with church services, Titanic victims linked to New Glarus, and local industry notes.
Mrs. William T. Baur spoke at the Capital region Women’s Guild spring meeting in Brown town Peace church about India’s people and customs learned during her 25 years as a missionary. Officers and committee chairs were installed by Rev. Walter H. Waeckerie with H. E. Hefty re-elected as president and other officers named.
Mrs. Baur cites rural customs in India where carts remain main transport while airplanes handle mail and looms fade. She urges sacrifice for others and respect for all nations as steps toward peace, citing leprosy patients at Chandhuri Balalpur and Gandhi's motto to overcome evil with good. The Capital guild workshop at Belleville church drew over 250 women from Browntown. Browntown’s church interior was redone last year.
Members of the local guild attended a well planned church gathering with a noon dinner and devotional programs during both morning and afternoon sessions.
Pfc. Duane Ellingson son of Mr Own returns to duty after wounds in Korea. He sustained shrapnel injuries to left arm and back during patrol when a fragmentation grenade exploded. Ellingson serves as a pole lineman and fills communications after heavy shelling. address provided.
Albert Goetz of Orangeville FFA was named Star Farmer of Illinois by the Section 1 Foundation awards committee. The honors were announced in Freeport where the committee held a meeting with each candidate undergoing an oral Q and A and a written report.
Rock County Sheriff E A Silverthorn stated three brothers Albert Tracy Jr 22 Raymond 19 and Kenneth 24 admitted the armed holdup of a Sauk County general store last January. They were arrested Wednesday night and will be taken to Baraboo for trial, the sheriff said.
Argyle special report says Marshal Lawrence James will seek the Lafayette County GOP nomination for sheriff, challenging Mrs Homer F Curry of Darlington. James has been village marshal five years and a deputy sheriff, with prior service in Army Transport and Navy. Mrs Curry also announced her candidacy for the GOP sheriff nomination now held by her husband, who completes a second term and is ineligible to run.
All Argyle public school teachers have signed their contracts and returned them to the Board of Education. Principal J. Morgan announced the action as the district prepares for the next academic year.
Ten Communist led Huks were killed in May Day clashes with Philippine army troops. One soldier was killed.
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