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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1950
Page
2
Fragmentary text lists subscription rates by carrier and location including Monroe and Stephenson County. Mentions AP reprint rights and postal compliance. Office hours shown partially and a contact reference appears.
President Truman’s message to the United Nations progress report outlines a key strategy. He calls for creating conditions that make it in the Soviet Union’s interest to honor agreements and for international efforts that bolster moral, economic, and military strength among free nations to widen possible bargains and hasten peace.
A federal jury indicted two figures in the Kansas City gambling investigation, illustrating how federal income tax laws remain the tool to prosecute large scale crime. The piece notes that indictments alone do not prove guilt and questions why state actions on gambling vary, leaving enforcement to federal means.
Governor Kennevonm denounces a small group of anti military picketers at the University of Wisconsin Madison. He questions whether the protesters are Wisconsin residents and asserts the university’s wartime record and student body stance reflect a solid pro military sentiment despite the disruption.
A two year old girl, Madelyn Ende, died from skull fracture and internal injuries after being struck in Wauwatosa on Monday. Her grandfather, Herbert Ende, told a sheriff deputy he saw the car approach slowly and strike the child near the right front fender in front of her house.
Hollywood gossip notes that actress Esther Williams and husband Ben Gage plan a larger nursery as they announce a second baby due just before Christmas. Their first child, Benjamin Stanton, was born August 6.
Ten years ago Governor Heil supported a law guaranteeing farmers paid at least 1.60 dollars per hundred pounds for all milk delivered to cheese factories. The Monroe column also notes Evelyn R Wells marriage to Paul R Kubly, a pet ban on dogs at large, and the death of Joshua P McCammant among other local items.
A U S bureau of mines demonstration in Louisiana Missouri converts about 100 tons of coal daily into roughly 150 barrels of gasoline and 50 barrels of oils by adding hydrogen. The project argues synthetic fuels from coal could supply oil needs during crises and offer steadier work for coal miners. A full plant could produce 10,000 to 30,000 barrels daily at lower costs, with future plants using oxygen and steam to convert coal into gas then gasoline.
A federal court ordered Shawano based Shawano Beer Firm to drop the Van Dyck name after Van Dyck Brewing Co of Chicago won exclusive rights to the name for its Chicago brewery. The case, brought by Rahr-Green Bay Brewing Co of Shawano, followed an agreement in 1948 for Shawano to manufacture under the Chicago formula, which was alleged violated leading to contract termination. Judge Robert E Tehan presided, finalizing in 1949 after November hearing.
A discussion on missing war prisoners after World War II, with Soviet repatriation claims and Western accusations. Tokyo and Washington clash over whether hundreds of thousands are alive or missing, while the UN role is limited by peace-treaty status and unresolved postwar treaties.
The General Services Administration approved a $9,500 loan to Walworth on Monday to plan sewage facilities costing $248,271. The loan supports the project scope and funding outlined in the agency’s notice.
Philip Sheridan aged 81 longtime Brown County attorney died at Green Bay hospital after a heart attack last Friday His career included charter membership in the Green Bay Knights of Columbus and ownership of the Sheridan building in downtown Green Bay.
By Sam Dawson New York designers gain industrial status as manufacturers seek fresh ideas to win customers amid fierce competition and rising costs. The Society of Industrial Designers notes shifts to smaller lighter products and broader plastic use, with designers eyeing safer machines, morale boosting layouts, and durable goods that set trends rather than follow them.
Designers influence products from luxury items to tractors and artillery. Industrial design, a relatively new field, grew amid shifts in consumer demand and industrial expansion. The profession bridges aesthetics and function, producing items both peculiarly adapted and practically superior to prior materials.
The Senate rejected a resolution to block President Truman's reorganization plan for the Federal Trade Commission. Thirty four senators voted for the resolution and 37 against it, short of the 49 needed for passage. The plan would shift administrative duties to the chairman, appointed by the president, while current commissioners choose the chair.
Thirty two foreign youths from nine countries will tour the United States by bus this summer. They leave New York June 49 on a 6000 mile trip visiting 21 cities as far west as the Rocky Mountains. The group are preparatory school students in the U S on grants from the American Field Service, an organization of volunteer ambulance drivers who served allied forces in both world wars. Most attend eastern schools.
In Van Nuys California two year old Asa Jolson climbed to a medicine cabinet and swallowed twenty aspirin tablets. He was rushed to an emergency hospital where a stomach pump recovered most of the pills.
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