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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1950
Page
8
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms across the state this afternoon into tonight. Warmer today, cooler northwest tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight around 50 to 55 northwest and 55 to 60 southeast. High Wednesday 65 northwest to 80 85 southeast. Barometer 29.42 at 1 am, 29.40 at 1 pm. Warmest place yesterday was Phoenix at 103, coldest elsewhere.
Real estate transfers recorded listing buyers Dennis R bik E Bowlers and others Nellie Marie Buhlman Madi son Nathan Frederick Bury Monroe Erna Emilie Augusta Petersen Verona formerly Albany and Ernest Franklin Glidden Mt Horeb with an application filed in Dane county.
Names linked to a medical event include Ralph Pedrick Beloit Mary Ann Frautschy route 1 Janice Olson South Wayne Wayne Hendrickson Blanchardville Ervin L Goecks 1603 10th avenue Earl C Beck man Beloit Surgical Mrs Fred Rother 1508 9th street Mrs Walter Mey er Brodhead Mrs Mary Klein maier 1616 17th avenue Elizabeth Ross 1117 16th avenue Dismissals list Mrs Thomas Terrill and daughter Mrs Glenn Broge and son Mrs Walter Vogel Marie Androne.
State Patrolman Harvey Buck arrested nine Milwaukee area truck operators tied to Bridgeways Inc of Detroit. Although license plates issued in 1950, checks sent April 4 were returned. Buck served notice on the firm's local office, but arrests proceeded by order of District Judge John S. Barry.
Past commanders of Zitmer Riley American Legion post gather for their annual dinner tonight at The Elms home on old Argyle road. Several out-of-town commanders are returning for the event. Madison Specialy Rein and Schultz submit low bid on Evansville north county line road for bituminous paving. Bid totals 83,272 for 5.95 miles per AP.
The Wisconsin voluntary Republican organization executive committee will map convention plans on Wednesday. The committee meets in Milwaukee. the convention is set for June 9 to 10.
Governor Kenne rbohm said a statement would come in days as a special session looms for rent control. Without action, controls end June 1 on property not under lease, while 1949 law allows up to 30 percent residential increases if leases run through December 31, 1950. Many tenants lack leases and face raises when control ends.
The Northern Baptist convention leader warned communism thrived where churches were least democratic and urged Baptists to serve common people. Mrs. Howard G. Colwell urged unity and humility as delegates debated a possible union with the Disciples of Christ amid a 7,000-church assembly.
A bird builds a nest on a slim steel girder twenty feet up the hospital side attracting steady attention. Workers pass beneath as a dispute persists over whether the eggs have hatched.
President Truman urged Americans to observe Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace. He designated 11 a m on May 30 as a period when all citizens may unite in prayer in their own faiths for divine help in bringing enduring peace to a troubled world under a congressional resolution.
Racine area candidate Ray Kamper 58 of Franksville announced Monday his bid for the Democratic nomination for the third district assemblyman seat. He previously lost to late Republican Glenn W. Birkett two years earlier.
Clinton visitor Harry Larson stops by Monroe while Beloit and Freeport residents make day trips. Monticello, Albany, Rockford, Milwaukee, and Dubuque names appear among shoppers and callers. Wedding guests, roses, and a senator candidate visit frame a bustling regional social scene.
Hichard F. Barry, a University of Wisconsin law student, took second place in a will drawing contest sponsored by the Milwaukee Life Insurance and Trust council. Announcement was made Monday night in Milwaukee. Law students from Wisconsin and Marquette competed.
A trailer detached from a tractor in the 1300 block of 17th avenue struck a car driven by K. A. Stocker of Somanauk Illinois. The collision occurred around 1 30 yesterday. The tractor owner is Harold Walters and the tractor was operated by Robert Beach. The car sustained slight damage.
The senate approved Harold K. Hill of Wisconsin as a director of the commodity credit association by a vote that included some dissent.
Milwaukee Republicans held an informal strategy session where Kersten Thill Pikepullen and Kelley outlined their stands for the fifth district seat held by Biemiller. Kersten warned the present program would move the nation toward Soviet Russia or socialist Britain. No endorsements were decided. a Milwaukee County delegation will meet to consider support at the state convention.
The House Armed Services subcommittee plans to subpoena Sally Dewey, a former Army Finance Center employee in St. Louis, to testify on alleged communist influence and maladministration. Dewey declined a public hearing invitation, saying all information she had was already sent to Army Counter Intelligence, the Civil Service Subcommittee, and the GAO. she previously accused the center of overpayments to servicemen families.
Rear Admiral J Carey Jones commander of the ninth naval district and area one command salutes participants in the first Armed Forces day observance. He wired Chief Robert E Henriquez thanking all units and groups for their roles in Saturday events.
Mr and Mrs Louis J Goethals returned from Galesburg Illinois where they attended the American Hotel Association small hotels institute at the Ludlow Hotel.
Mrs Fred Roth Jr of 1508 9th Street underwent major surgery.
Patrolman Ervin L. Goecks of the city police entered St. Clare hospital for further examination of a possible pleurisy condition. His case is described as highly painful. Mrs. Fred Roth Jr. of Mt. Horeb is caring for his wife during convalescence. In other news, N B Schmeltzer and spouse have bought a hotel at Pana Illinois including ground, building, furnishings, and equipment.
Hendrickson, 16, of Nanocardviliey in Voniet, obese tion, was treated at St. Clare hospital for a possible brain concussion from a Tuesday automobile accident. He reentered the facility after initial release yesterday.
The government opened union-management talks to head off a looming strike scheduled by 6,000 switchmen west of Chicago on 10 western railroads. The workers seek a 40 hour week at current pay, plus overtime and Sunday premia. Similar gains were won last autumn by 1,000,000 union members across 17 rail groups.
The Wisconsin Brown Swiss association sponsors the second Washington state sale for Brown Swiss cattle on Saturday June 3 at Sauk county fairgrounds near Baraboo. Also noted are mastitis control practices by Emil Goecks southeast of Juda and a three week UW agricultural extension session starting June 12. Oats dominate Wisconsin small grain acreage. County courthouse burglary yields about $100 from multiple offices including highway service and county agents.
Aid poured in from the Americas as Cuzco, a thousand-year city, digs out earthquake rubble with up to 60 bodies feared. Washington to Lima show sympathy while Peru declares 3 million joles for relief. Six transport planes carry supplies as 43 bodies are recovered.
David Ben-Gurion stated that the Soviet Union granted freedom to all but Jews and urged that Zionists in Russia be permitted to emigrate to Israel if they wished. The remark framed as a critique of Soviet policy toward Jewish citizens.
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