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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1948
Page
7
Partly cloudy north and cloudy south with light rain in the southeast early tonight. Tomorrow, partly cloudy and not as cool except little temperature change near Lake Michigan. Since yesterday at 11 p.m., high temperatures noted.
Real estate transfers include Mary Palmer to Donny Cheese Factory Equipment 1 and 2 with railroad additions noted. Obituary briefs list Leslie Ray Pryce age 59 of Evansville Edward Vaughan age 89 of Darlington and Elam Singer O Havre age 84 of Darlington in a compact notice.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Brede announce the birth of a daughter on May 12. Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Riley of Brod also welcome a baby girl, details note the family growth in local notices.
Medical and surgical patients at St Clare Hospital include James King Beloit Mrs Bernard Mattesen South Beloit Mrs Wallace Poe Beloit Mrs Robert Zuhlke Albany Mrs Rose Voegeli Monticello and Curtis McCall 3002 South Street for a tonsillectomy Also listed are Russell Penniston Argyle Mrs Olin R Alm Argyle Mrs Albert Marty Monticello Dismissals include Mrs Mabel Bartel Edward Warne Mrs Alice Adkins Mrs Elmer Rohde and son Mrs Urho Hill and daughter Mrs Willard Anderson and daughter Mrs Frank Gultzmer and daughter Mrs Josephi Schindler and Paul Schilling.
Green Bay will see a new paper and pulp mill by the Green Bay Paper and Pulp Co. George Kress, company president, says the plant will use a semi chemical treatment of pulp combining waste wood and hard woods. The method was developed at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison.
Milwaukee announces new dates for the state convention after factional talks. The convention will be held in Madison on Saturday and Sunday June 26 and 27. The change moves from the original May 22 23 schedule following protests at last Saturday’s Milwaukee gathering of national convention delegates. National Committeeman Robert E Tehan, reelected over State Chairman Charles P Greene, urged the June dates and said no separate meeting of the new voluntary Democratic organization is planned.
Manila the 100 year old Filipino widow Mrs Augustine Ace said she resented Mariano Gabriel's attitude as he, a 0 year old man, sought closeness. Police were notified about the incident.
Beloit teen Dolores Rarley, 15, Beloit, won fourth prize of 50 dollars in the national Easter seal design contest run through high schools nationwide with entries from 27 states. Washington grant aids Adams-Marquette Electric Co operative in Adams Wisconsin with a 30000 dollar rural electrification loan to extend service to rural areas.
The army transport Barney Kirschbaum is due at the Brooklyn army base Friday morning with the remains of 2,530 American soldiers killed in North Africa.
Walter F. Herzog president of the Swiss Friends of the U S A sent a telegram to Rod ney O Kittelsen of the Chamber of Commerce expressing gratitude for the warm Monroe welcome shown to the Swiss business tour and the Society of Swiss Friends of the U S A They praised the communitys achievements and Swiss Americans contributions to the United States They planned a Switzerland reciprocation and a brief stay schedule followed by trips to Washington Pittsburgh and other regions with group splits for west and Atlantic coast visits and individual itineraries
Groups in Monroe and surrounding communities keep band members busy with prep work, uniforms, and equipment. The board directs the superintendent to allow Lincoln school for a joint-church Bible School this summer with 300 to 350 children expected. They plan to seek voters’ approval in July for plans and specs for an East school addition. Zuercher notes rising values and insurance, while coal shortages loom as the high school nears coal depletion.
Coburg Germany police report a burglary at Coburg Castle where art objects valued at about $200,000 were stolen. Military government officials announced the loss as investigators probe the break in at the historic site.
U S navy crewmen brought four American submarines into Izmir harbor yesterday to be turned over to the Turkish navy.
Personal mentions from Stoughton to Argyle list visits and errands. Phrases describe Madison and Monroe social calls, relatives, and travel. A rummage sale is noted for May 15 at Moose Hall by St Andrew's Episcopal Mission.
Brodhead Times Special reports Hugh Pengra purchased the Winchester house in Monroe s southwest city area. Paul H Ronald of Milwaukee, successor to Fred Geittman, spent several days in Monroe on business, following Geittman s recent death. Cpl Walt er Nipple, son of Mr and Mrs William Nipple, graduated from a Chanute field repairman's course and will be assigned to Kindsley Bermuda after a 15 day furlough. Village board and the citizenship committee hosting Wisconsin Power and Light Co dinner about transfer of the municipal power plant. Twin sons born to Mr and Mrs Gustav Bredeson at St Clare hospital. St John s Evangelical church Brotherhood hosted a pot luck dinner with 70 people. Delbert A Cook of General Casualty Co Madison spoke to Green County Insurance Agents on automobile underwriting at Monroe hotel.
Mrs Rose Voegels 81 of Monticello suffered a broken hip in a fall at her residence yesterday. She is listed in satisfactory condition as a patient at St Clare hospital.
Harry C. Swartz has returned home from Mercy Hospital Janesville where he underwent a target operation. He is convalescing at his residence, 2423 10th Street.
Federal state market news reports Wisconsin American cheese market firm with demand fair to good. Selling prices range around 48 to 49 cents for various styles in Wisconsin assembly points, including gle naisies, longhorns, and square prints.
Joseph D. Keenan of Chicago was named director of labor's league for political action, the AFL's political arm. The administrative committee, with the AFL executive council, approved assistants for Keenan and a new political direction committee led by George Harrison to endorse congressional candidates.
Lafayette county selects Roy Simpson Argyle Robert C Franz Darlington and Walter Gould Blanchardville as delegates to the annual fish and game convention in Madison June 14 and 15 Alternates are George Maddrell South Wayne and J M Williams Benton They were named at a conservation hearing and were instructed to press for changes in state laws and to seek reestablishment of catfish in Fever River near Benton and to plant catfish in Yellowstone Lake near Argyle a new state project
Clinton Anderson, former secretary of agriculture, says American agriculture needs a world recovery that creates export markets for farm products and markets for industrial goods to support full employment. He spoke in a high address stressing wartime economy replacement and sustained demand.
Nationwide strike action looms as negotiations fail to settle the wage dispute between the CIO union and AT and T. John J. Moran leads 23,000 workers in 42 states calling for a 30 cent raise, shorter work week, and bigger pensions. AT and T offers a two year contract with no immediate raise.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told Parliament that only the communists stand in the way of world peace and no settlement is possible until the ground is cleared. He answered a question from Anthony Eden about the Moscow diplomatic exchange disclosed by Moscow radio yesterday.
Four persons held for questioning in the slaying of La Crosse physician Dr. James E. McLoone were cleared after lie detector tests. District Attorney John S. Coleman said there was no indication of guilt among those who submitted to the tests, with about eight other people remaining.
Coleman presented two theories on the six month old mystery and said one was disproved by recent tests. Charles S. Wilson of the state crime laboratory stayed in La Crosse to help question about six more people. He declined to discuss the current theory, noting a potential break within 48 hours. Dr. McLoone's bullet riddled body was found beside a highway last November 14.
The Netherlands queen Wilhelmina announced in a radio broadcast that she will abdicate the throne near the end of September in favor of her daughter Princess Juliana. The move signals a smooth transition and preserves royal duties for Juliana.
Green Bay authorities fined two restaurant operators one hundred dollars each after state inspector L. J. Kotas testifies samples near a toaster proved oleomargarine rather than butter. Mrs Ida Gould and Ray Zittow pleaded guilty to selling oleomargarine without a license.
Pravda Izvestia and Trud in Moscow did not mention yesterday's American Russian diplomatic exchange. The Big Morning papers abroad followed the silence, with no reference to the event or its implications.
Chicago's five daily newspapers presented a final contract proposal to the striking typographical union, raising the weekly wage increase to nine dollars from six. The publishers said the offer includes at least eight additional concessions and aims for a prompt settlement, with union officers unavailable for immediate comment.
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