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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1948
Page
1
A lively Monroe reception delighted 20 Swiss business visitors from Chicago as they arrived by Milwaukee road train. The group enjoyed a packed day and a Turner hall Swiss family night, leaving with heartfelt Auf Wiedersehn expressions and strong impressions of the community’s hospitality.
Walter F Herzog of Zurich led a Swiss friends tour greeted at the depot by Fred Glauser and Rodney Kittelsen. The group toured Turner Hall and Eugene Ludlow Monroe hotels, enjoyed a luncheon, and heard remarks from Mayor Frank Buehler and Carl Marty Jr. The visitors spoke in Swiss and English, with Herzog delivering the guests’ response.
Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall declared to the Jewish Welfare Board that America cannot expect the biggest army in the world in wartime but must have the best. He stressed the quality of the American army is the crucial factor and it should not be an army of aggression.
Green county endures his year’s heaviest rainfall with 2.19 inches over the weekend. High water receded in most areas but creeks and lowlands remain vulnerable. Roads along highways 69 39 59 near Monticello Albany Monroe Browntown and Skinner Creek show rising water. Pecatonica River rose a foot at Darlington. Lafayette County fairgrounds flooded yet again. Utilities report minor outages. weather bureau warns of possible more rain tonight. Locks on Sugar River at Monticello opened to prevent pond overflow onto Main Street. three feet of water at the north end of Main Street last night.
Sidelights of tour guests from Switzerland mingle with local officials and residents at a Turner hall dinner. Notables include Miss Helen Burk Walter of Langenthal and Edouard Haas of Zurich, sharing views on America and world peace amid a menu of sauerbraten and mashed potatoes. The event honors Swiss visitors and features speeches and cross cultural exchanges reflecting wartime refugee work and business ties.
A crowd of more than 100 Swiss guests and Monroe residents enjoyed Swiss family night at Turner Hall. John Zimmerman and his Winslow orchestra provided music while visitors mingled and learned Schottische steps. A buffet luncheon followed with German potato salad, baked ham, cold meats, and cheese as the Swiss ties strengthened.
The AP reports Jews hold all strategic heights around a pass 10 miles west of Jerusalem to reopen the Arab blocked supply line from Tel Aviv. About 4,000 Haganah troops clash with Arab roadblocks while 100,000 Jerusalem residents await aid in truce areas and a UN emergency caretaker government moves toward Palestine.
Arthur Germann of Beloit, formerly of Monroe, died suddenly of a heart attack at home. Survived by brother Daniel Germann of Waterloo and sister Mrs. Purl Walters of Beloit. funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. at Rosman Uehling Kinzer Funeral Home.
Kenneth R. Marsh of Route 2 Brodhead recuperating at St. Clare hospital after burns from a gasoline explosion while igniting brush near his home Wednesday. He underwent an emergency appendectomy Saturday.
President Truman seized the railroads to avert a worldwide strike and put them under army control. The three rail unions debated proceeding with a walkout while government officials sought a court order to stop any strike.
Milwaukee state Sen. Robert E. Tehan won control of Wisconsin's Democratic state organization in a tense session. Delegates reelected Tehan as national committeeman while ejecting Charles P. Greene from key duties and directing formation of a new voluntary party group. Mrs. Carl Boegholt was named Democratic National Committeewoman and Jerome Fox was chosen convention chairman.
Senate Armed Services Committee backed most provisions of a bill to combine a temporary draft and a military training program. Gurney said the bill should be completed tomorrow. It would authorize a two year draft for men 19 to 25 with one year of training for 18 year olds, require registration for 18 to 25 and selectors up to 45, and exempt most veterans from the draft.
Joseph P. Hozzian and William Wilczynski are jailed in Rock County on $5,100 bonds each for grand larceny thefts including $27 cash and $398 in cigarettes from a Pierce Music Co truck in Janesville and a separate $12.55 petty larceny. They face trial May 25 with preliminary hearings on the same date. Police captured them Friday after a theft from a Pierce truck.
Winston Churchill told about 30,000 listeners in Amsterdam that a united Europe would revive the old glory of the continent. He said such a federation could make Europe an independent, self supporting part of a world organization. The wartime British prime minister leads an unofficial congress in The Hague backing a democratic federation of European nations.
New Glarus man Herman Kruess Jr faced court this afternoon on a hit and run charge. Eyewitnesses identified him after he allegedly struck three parked cars in Monticello at 10 45 Sunday night. Cars belonged to John Streiff Jr Monticello Orville Olson Evansville and Arthur Escher Monticello. Olson’s car suffered the heaviest damage. Kruess was apprehended by county highway police at New Glarus noon today. A separate report notes a farm truck license John Blum Jr rolled over two miles southwest of New Glarus yesterday afternoon causing substantial damage. New York The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus began a railroad trip to Boston after a 33 day stay at Madison Square Garden amid an unresolved rail strike.
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