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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1950
Page
2
Editorial notes a new labor tactic with four railroads hit by a women’s union and a possible nationwide impact. The dispute centers on required second fireman on large diesel locomotives, with unions calling it maintenance and safety duties and railroads calling it unnecessary. The piece warns a strategic strike could paralyze the economy and draw government involvement.
Opinion argues some witnesses feign former Communist ties to sow confusion and discredit loyalty investigations. It notes McCarthy’s role in fueling distrust and urges caution, while urging strong penalties and cleansing of Federal MI elements to restore public confidence and curb propaganda.
High water on the Ste. Croix River reached a 90 year high threatening a highway bridge but began to fall Wednesday as stages eased and river levels declined. Local authorities monitored the spillway and road access remained limited while crews checked for damage.
A retrospective from 1900 to 1940 highlights prizes from the Monroe Bowiers state tournament totaling 725 dollars in 1940, the Darlington chamber of commerce forming with 160 members, prom reigns for Tom Keel and Vivian Scharning, and wartime air actions as Nazis push across invaded lands. It notes Mrs. Paulina Hartsough’s death at 77 and recaps Wisconsin music week events, marriages, and local obituaries across the years 1910 to 1925 and earlier.
Old 1920 May 12 13 and 15 Times editions were found in the Anna Brunner residence at 1928 6th street now Ludwig Zoller occupancy. The May issues note local politics and sports including Dr. C W Bennett mayorship talk and Monroe basketball wins.
Herbert Bolliger, local photographer and night clerk, urges Photographic standards to shift in a June Popular Photography letter supporting Bruce Downs. He calls for a “new way” and urges relegating tradition to the ash can as a fresh standard set will emerge.
New York reports a wave of price increases across commodities with wool futures at seasonal highs and mills paying up to 45 cents more per yard for fabrics. Metal prices rise, rubber climbs, and food items such as dressed pork and grains edge higher while gasoline remains firm. Economists split on inflation momentum, with Chase Bank’s D W Michener predicting continued credit growth and government spending fueling prices, versus NYU’s Marcus Nadler forecasting slower further increases in costs.
In Saigon two Japanese officers Major Sawano and Captain Imazou were shot for war crimes. They were condemned for participating in the 1945 Ha Giang massacre in northern Indochina that killed French prisoners.
Bethel church elected stewards Harola vrake Mrs Bertie Baltzer Edward Roth and Er vin Matzke for the coming church year after the quarterly conference attended by church and auxiliary officers Tuesday evening Drake was named delegate to the annual conference in Valley Wisconsin June 7 through 11 Clarence Falk was chosen alternate and nominated for delegates to the annual conference for the general conference next fall Two delegates from Wisconsin will represent the state at the conference Dr George H McAhren Fennimore conference superintendent attended the meeting which featured a film At Home with God The Mormon temple at Salt Lake City began in 1853 and was completed 40 years later
U S secret service claims a major crackdown on a counterfeit gang spanning 28 states and Canada. A printing press and plates were seized in Depew New York, two men arrested, including Matthew Zlodinski and Bernard Neuner. Authorities say over 10 principals jailed earlier, 64 others charged with passing fake bills. the press operated from Zlodinski’s basement printing notes for diverse issues.
In Macomb Illinois a 39 year old Ervin H Tax former Milwaukee resident and a 29 year old woman employee Miss Dorothy Decker were found shot to death in a parked car three miles southeast of St Augustine Fulton county authorities call it murder and suicide. The coroner said Decker shot Tax then killed herself. Tax who ran the Decker Press in Prospect City for two years was unmarried.
Monroe post office clerks travel to Janesville tomorrow evening for a National Federation of Post Office Clerks Local 517 meeting at the Labor temple. They will discuss the recent decrease in postal workers. Milwaukee national VP Robert D. Rogers is expected to attend with state VP John Schaach.
Lt Dale Roenneburg and family report a holiday in Holland Belgium and Luxembourg while stationed in Bamberg Germany. They describe Amsterdam Alkmaar The Hague Rotterdam Bas togne and Luxembourg sights, windmills tulips and modern stores, hotel meals, currency issues and travel papers. They also note American tank memorial in Bastogne Patton Cemetery visit and war ruins in the Saarland before returning to Bamberg.
In the House of Commons last night Britain’s labor government won against a conservation bid to cancel a 16 2/3 percent freight rate increase on nationalized railways. The vote stood 306 to 283 in favor of approving the higher rates.
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