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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1948
Page
6
Mostly clear and cool tonight with frost in corn lowlands and northern areas. Increasing cloudiness and warmer tomorrow. Minnesota area sunrise 4 35, sunset 7 18.
Green county weed commissioners plan a 1 30 pm meeting on Monday May 24 in the courthouse. Henry Lunz of the Wisconsin department of agriculture weed control laboratory will discuss county weed control problems and George Briggs of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture will present technical details on chemical weed control. Deputy weed commissioners are being notified by letters to town chairmen village presidents and city mayors.
A woman sought a rain hat for mushrooming and, urged by her husband to join the hunt, wore a plastic toaster cover styled at the edges and set off. Eddie Dwyer tinkered with his car when it rolled forward onto his foot, leaving him badly bruised after he had to push the vehicle free.
Real estate transfers include Ralph Whitehead to Jefferson Center Co operative Association for 3 acres in Jefferson township with a sewage right of way. William M Dolan to Orville L Hare in Monroe. Anna Weber Cleveland to W K Trukenbrod in Mon the. Otis E Wells in Cadiz section 3 and 4. Baltimore Captain of Detectives to Green County fortives Henry J Kriss reports two men arrested in Detroit linked to no shooting though Walt Reuther case noted. The two will be held pending reply.
Justice cases involve John C. Marty of Albany with unnecessary horn browning and fines of seven dollars plus costs. Death notices include Laverne Heidenrich, 21, at Apple River and St. Clare Hospital. The docket also lists Charles E. Miller, Mrs. Clare Bingham Fontana Wisconsin, Nathan Jon Hare 539 16th Avenue, Mrs. Zdenek Cerny Harvard Til Olaf Mickelson, and medical items mentioning Mrs Uno Miller 1103 11th Street Amanda Jane Flannery Browntown Joseph Quint Albany Norman D Swenson Route 2 Monroe and Jeanne Graves Beloit. Dismissals include William Schuetze Duane Penniston William Willey Mrs Raymond Tangye Mrs William Hassenfelt.
The CIO United Auto Workers filed a ten day notice that a strike is pending for 225000 General Motors workers. The union sent the notice to the state labor mediation board as talks continued to avert a second major auto industry walkout. A 75000 Chrysler strike entered its seventh day with picket line tensions drawing state police yesterday.
Calvin Martin 86 died yesterday at his Janesville home. Funeral services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Shriner-Neushwander funeral home with Rev Paul C Kehle of St Johns Evangelical church officiating. Burial at Greenwood cemetery. pallbearers will be all grandsons.
A body described as Msgr agan will be buried Friday within the grounds of the little town for men he founded. Rev Edmond C Walsh acting director of Boys Town says Father Flanagan will be buried in the northeast corner of the Dowd Memorial chapel after funeral services in Berlin.
A Town Tap in Kenosha was looted of 140 dollars yesterday, mostly coins, marking the tenth burglary since December. Police described the incident as part of a string of break-ins. London reports Russia recognized Israel and Britain has no plans to follow suit, per a Foreign Office statement.
A long column lists visits and travels of residents and visitors to Monroe and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. Gertrude Newman Juda Mrs. Fola Hanson Blanchardville Mrs. Julius Gritzmaker Brodhead and many others with trips to Freeport Milwaukee Madison and New Glarus. A council meeting notice urges Monroe residents to discuss removing starlings at city hall.
Mr and Mrs Chester Hasse of Linden New Jersey who are expected for a two week visit will be met in Chicago tomorrow by Mrs Hasses parents Mr and Mrs Frank Schutt of 1909 th Street. They will also visit Mr and Mrs Edward F Hasse on Route 3 Monroe while in the area.
U. S. Meteorologist H. J. Thompson reports Wisconsin had no rain in the past 24 hours with temperatures statewide in the 60s and 70s. Low at Land O Lakes reached 36 degrees. Scattered showers are forecast for the west tomorrow as warmer weather arrives.
Washington news: Hartley act provision aimed at keeping communist officials from unions heads to court test. National Labor Relations Board cleared the non communist section and ruled workers may be required to listen to anti union speeches on company time and property. Unclear if the second decision will be accepted without union resistance.
The Mundt bill drafted by Rep. Mundt seeks restrictions on alleged subversives. The House moves toward passage despite amendments that could prolong debate. Opponents rely on the Senate to defeat the measure from the un American Activities Committee.
Mrs Payson Barber of Buffalo New York visits Monroe with her father Fred J Karlen of Winslow. They fly to Buffalo from Chicago on an American Airlines DC6. Madison hosts a five day welfare workers institute starting June 7 with out of state authorities and University of Wisconsin social work leaders.
The report outlines Wallace's six point plan for postwar cooperation including disarmament trade and relief work plus calls for no interference in internal affairs by US or Russia. Stalin endorses peaceful coexistence though notes differences with the Smith Molotov exchange and praises Wallaces concrete program as a step toward peace.
Stalin called Wallace a third party presidential candidate and praised his proposals as the most important document on peaceful settlement. He noted the program did not cover all issues and declined to say which parts needed improvement, but stressed the main point is Wallace’s concrete program for peace between the U.S., S.R., and other nations.
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Co asked the state public service commission to approve temporary gas rate hikes to its 78 customers, aiming to boost revenue by about 84,000 dollars monthly. Representatives showed a net operating revenue deficiency of 239,912 dollars for the first quarter of 1948. The plan includes up to 1,600 cubic feet monthly usage increases from 52 cents to 1.21 dollars.
Preston A Brown 32 of Indianapolis was sentenced by Federal Judge Patrick T Stone to eight years in a federal penitentiary for Interstate transportation of a stolen automobile and attempting to break jail. Norman Ward Brown's fellow inmate died from suffocation in the attempt. Brown was overcome by smoke but survived.
Madison reports the federal state market news notes Wisconsin American cheese prices steady on large styles while small styles soften. Regular trading remains fair with buyers uploading slices and pints. prices listed for single daisies and long horns at 49 percent and square prints at 48 percent.
George W. Rupple of Shawano won in federal court after proving partnership with his wife in the Wisconsin Dried Egg Co. He reported $64 392 in profit from 1941 investment and paid $19 207 tax, later shown he should be taxed on half the profit. Judge Duffy upheld the claim following partnership documentation.
The delegate council of the international agricultural implements division of the UAW passed a resolution at a three day conference urging the transfer of arm equipment workers locals from CIO to the United Auto Workers. The resolution was sent to CIO President Phil Murray.
Police reported a large blaze at Queen Wilhelmina's palace in The Hague The Netherlands today with firefighters battling the flames and potential damage to historic royal premises.
A northbound Milwaukee Road freight train derailed at about 6 a.m. near Waldo Wisconsin spilling cars onto Highway 28. Seventeen cars were involved with three cars and the locomotive left standing at the site. The locomotive remained on track according to division officials.
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