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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1946
Page
6
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday with cooler air tonight. Last week records include a high of 74 and a low around 38 with a 0.03 precipitin since Saturday. Barometer readings list 29.49 at 3 am and 29.63 at 2 pm with dates and sunrise sunset times noted.
John I West transfers to Hugo H Voelk parcels 1 2 and 3 block 4 Brod addition Monroe Emma Schmidt transfers 80 acres section 36 Decatur Bobb transfers to Frederick T Goecks lots 13 14 15 16 block 18 Andrick addition Monroe
Donald Lawrence Bernstein and a Haagensen of Burton Ernest Bacon Jefferson wed Milwaukee for marriage license. Marian Janet Garvie of Milwaukee and Ralph George Nyman of Monroe scheduled license with Louise Anna Erb of Jefferson as co applicant.
In Mercedes Texas John Wand was found guilty of vagrancy. A 30 day sentence was suspended.
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Messenger of Durand announce the birth of a daughter at St Clare Hospital on May 5.
A list shows individuals connected to a surgical event or roster across towns including South Beloit Monticello Brodhead Monroe Browntown and Zell Barnes with residences on 15th and 16th Streets. Dismissed names include Mrs Mary Bellhil Mrs Ellen Johnson and Walter H Plumb among others.
The six week coal strike gains gravity as President Truman calls it a national disaster and lawmakers consider a bill banning special production payments to unions. Lewis pursues a health and welfare fund for his miners while officials warn that full strike impact will worsen and transport will take a year to 18 months to recover even if mining resumes soon.
Madison Wisconsin Raymond Lodi 22 fell from a cliff into Lake Mendota and drowned. His body was recovered and the coroner ruled the death accidental. Coroner Edward A. Fischer noting no foul play.
French voters delivered a sharp setback to the left, rejecting a Communist Socialist backed constitution by more than 1.18 million votes. Turnout was about 80 percent and results across 93 departments showed defeat of the proposal, prompting the June 2 election of a new constituent assembly and a likely shift in government structure. The left would have created a unicameral body with sweeping powers, opposed by conservative parties fearing dictatorship by a victorious faction.
The OPA extension bill aimed to remove subsidies gradually but failed by a few votes. The House approved the measure, while the Senate weighs the legislation. Marriner S Eccles, Federal Reserve Board chair, was called before the banking committee to state his stance on price controls.
Friends and relatives gathered at Shriner Neushwander funeral home for Kathryn Jean Myers seven and her parents Russell and Mrs Myers. Services led by Rev Howey with Mrs Tschudy singing. Burial in Greenwood cemetery. Ernest Ufer nine died after bicycle collision. Services in Hanson funeral home and South Wayne Methodist church with burial in Oakland Freeport. Ufer family from Town Line cheese factory near South Wayne.
Four Madison youths questioned in South Wayne for stealing a pie and two automobiles were released on five years of probation under suspended four-year sentences. Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone lectured the boys and their parents, blaming the parents for the youths acts due to focus on money over welfare.
Indiana voters prepared to choose major party nominees in a light statewide primary election. Observers predicted most of the 10 incumbents seeking renomination would face little opposition and turnout would be subdued.
Local notes list numerous visits and trips by residents and in law families. Names include Charles Brodhead from 252-Adv, John McGonigal Browntown, Robert Becker Juda, and many others visiting Monroe, Madison, South Wayne, Freeport, Janesville, and Beloit. A Y3e Ruth Paulson discharge from Waves is noted. A meeting of the W. R. C. is announced for Tuesday evening at 8 in K. of P. hall.
The column lists numerous residents and visitors from New Glarus Monticello and surrounding towns traveling to Monroe Chicago Madison and Beloit for shopping visiting or business. Names include Mrs O Wild Sam Grenzow Mrs T R Holyoke and many others with ties to local families schools and institutions. Several entries note weekend visits to Chicago or Madison and a few indicate professional activities and studies.
Harold L. Jacobs of Lee's store has left for Chicago and New York and visits multiple markets on a month long buying trip.
Miss Lillian Gempeler, Miss La Von Jones, and Mrs Nell Cunningham of Monroe public schools attended the annual social science meeting Saturday at Memorial Union in Madison.
Robert Salzwedel of Monroe buys a registered Holstein Friesian bull from the John W Ruff herd in Monroe. Also sold are two Holstein Friesian bulls from Monroe breeder Charles E Krueger to David Reichling of Darlington, registered with the Holstein Friesian Association of America.
Edwin O. Baker county agent joined agents from Iowa and Lafayette counties in Blanchardville for a committee meeting to plan the grassland field day set for June 11. Miss Marlys Richert home agent and D. E. Willard 4-H leader also attended.
The county auditing committee meeting began this morning in the courthouse. Members Percy Lichtenwalner Lawrence H. Ames and William Hahn oversee auditing the county's bills for April.
Floyd Ostrander of Monroe and Bennet Thoen of Orfordville drove in a collision on 11th Street and the alley between 17th and 18th Avenues Saturday afternoon causing damage to fenders and bumper brackets.
Mrs Crago and Mr Binger with Mrs Erickson visited the Hurds in Freeport. Mrs Farmer East shopped in Monroe. Mrs Nybroten and daughter and Mrs Crago were Monroe callers. Mr and Mrs Mayer called on the Mayer families. LeRoy Crago returned from Chicago. Joyce VanDermark and Carol Fraendell from Chicago visit their grandparents in Monroe.
Wisconsin farmers face a potential loss of about one million bushels of the 1946 corn crop if fertilizer deliveries are not secured within two weeks. James Green, Farm Bureau secretary, warned that a government move may resolve a coal strike blocking fertilizer shipments from Green Bay and South Chicago plants.
Delegates endorse wholehearted UN support while limiting OPA with a phased end. The platform includes veteran benefits such as reemployment and pensions, supports labor organizing rights, backs the St. Lawrence waterway completion, and proposes a constitutional amendment to limit presidents to two terms.
A Milwaukee delegate circulated a Taft letter urging Senator LaFollette reelection. The message praises LaFollette on social welfare, notes close alignment with Taft, and warns LaFollette opposes Stassen’s foreign policy, while delegates gathered for the Republican state convention in Wisconsin.
Maj. Gen. Ralph M. Immell on leave as Wisconsin adjutant general declares candidacy for governor on the Republican ticket. The Oshkosh GOP convention had endorsed Delbert J. Kenny for the post. Immell, 51, returns from service in Africa and Europe and has never held elective office.
Eighteen Green County GOP members attended the Oshkosh convention led by County Chairman Rudolph P. Reger. The delegation, voting as a unit, endorsed candidates with no split disclosed and supported McCarthy and Kenny while Reger seconded Rennebohm’s lieutenant governor nomination by Oscar Toebaas of Madison.
The Chaminade club met in the Women’s club rooms and elected officers for two years led by president Alice Boss. Other officers named were Phoebe Condon as vice president Gladys Heyerdahl secretary and treasurer. A music program featured Russian works and local performers.
Mrs. Otto Popanz visited her sister in Evansville while Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stephenson headed to their Woodruff summer home after winter with his father Dr. Will Stephenson. Local groups hosted scouts, a district tournament drew about 50 in Monroe, and Dr. R. Mason won Chevrolet sales franchise for Brodhead. A birthday gathering for Miss Jennie Karney included gifts and refreshments with friends and relatives.
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