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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1950
Page
2
The notice lists subscription details for the Monroe Daily Journal established in 1498 with AP and Inland Daily Press Association affiliation. Rates are $12.50 yearly by carrier in Monroe, $7 in Wisconsin and Stephenson county, $8 elsewhere. prepayment required. Office hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and phone number provided.
A editorial on National Newspaper Week highlights the press as a bulwark of liberty and truth. It urges readers to value local papers like The Evening Times and notes the duty to keep communities informed amid global and domestic affairs.
Albany reports Lt Donald Sisson of the Marines was wounded in Korea on Sept 24. He has a broken jaw and will be hospitalized in Japan for at least a month. A World War II veteran, he trained at Quantico and served since 1943 with Camp Pendleton prior to shipment to Korea.
The passage reflects on autumn’s arrival with colorful leaves and cooler air while warning of raking and burning. It notes the American League series between the Yankees and Phillies begins the next day and predicts the season’s end by Christmas with lingering uncertain who won.
Ten years ago Clarence W. Lengacher led preparations for Oct 3 1940 draft registration calls. A meeting of town city and village clerks chairmen or mayors from 23 Green county units planned registration boards. Also noted Reds beat Tigers 5 3 and injuries and other local items.
Iowa’s 1950 senate race centers on the Brannan plan and the Korean War. Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper defends Truman-era policy while Democrat Albert J. Loveland promotes administration farm programs. The campaign features party contrasts and farmer concerns, with national figures slated to speak in support.
Three Argyle youths were treated after a car driven by Victor L. Severson ran off the road six miles northwest of Monroe on Highway 81 near the Delbert Blum farm at 2 30 a m. Severson had a bruised leg and head injury while Richard Saalsan gained a bruised chest and cut right hand Eugene Lane suffered a bruised arm. They were all sent home. The car crossed a fence, struck a tree, rolled over and ended on its wheels, with fence posts down. The driver reportedly fell asleep at the wheel officials said.
Seoul report on war coverage by Bill Ross argues for carrier pigeons and an armored amphibious scooter to relay news from the Inchon Seoul front. He notes limited teletype via radio and frequent delays, with reporters flying to Japan to transmit copy.
Monticello Times reports Walter Luethy and Donald Babler named co editors of the Monticello high school paper with Beverly Sullivan and Gretchen Erickson as assistants. Staff roles include cartoonists Joan Drafahl Agnes Keener sports editor Donald Babler Donald Schuler humor Frances Loeffel JoAnn Dick biography Neil Zimmerman honor roll Caroline Blum band news Donald Schuler proof reader Lizette Rieder publication managers Evelyn Aeschlimann Ruth Gempeler Donna Karlen circulation La Vonne Hilliard Gladys Buehl typists Joyce Prisk Joann Smith Carol Babler Dawn Elmer Edith Schwitz reporters Irene Elmer Charlotte Elmer Kay Zimmerman Lorna Trumpy Nancy Kubly Marilyn Noesen Nine White Mata Mueller Mike Zimmerman.
A helicopter dipped into a Wyoming wilderness area to rescue J. H. Kerr a 74 year old doctor from Akron Iowa who was injured when a horse fell on him during a hunting trip. He was flown to Cody Hospital in critical condition.
Mrs. Fred Pfaeffli of Monroe recalls her Switzerland years learning bretzeli at a Trubschachen factory in Canton Bern. She worked there until 1917 and later learned more trades after coming to America in 1921. Alfred Mundhenke and spouse presented the visit during a weekend stop en route to California.
Juda High School continues driver education with 26 students under Principal William Clements. The program aims to develop personal and social responsibility and cooperative problem solving for the common welfare. Students who pass final exams receive state Motor Vehicle certificates, exempting them from a knowledge test for a permit.
Authorities fear all 49 aboard the gasoline tanker Open perished after a lightning sparked blaze in Medium Colombia. Rescue teams recovered 17 bodies. 12 men were fatally burned and 20 others including Capt Lazaro Medina were missing.
Historian Max Halil argues U.S. population growth may not peak soon, driven by the fertile forties decade and postwar economic prosperity. The article traces growth from 1860 to 1950, noting high birth rates amid war effects and changing demographics, with experts revising forecasts as demographics shift.
Dayton native Mrs L A Pritchard 77 Evansville died Monday after a long illness. Born Cora Richards she married Oct 28 1919 and lived in Evansville area. Survived by husband son Herbert several daughters grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services at 2 pm tomorrow at Roderick Funeral Home Evansville with Rev Theodore Krause officiating. Burial Maple Hill Cemetery.
Prague radio reports eight people stand trial in Brno Moravia for spying for Britain and the United States and for plotting a coup in Czechoslovakia.
Walter L. Nipple of Albany has been recalled for a year of active duty with the air force. He will leave Oct. 13 to report to the 3345th personnel processing squadron at Chanute air force base in Illinois, then proceed to the headquarters and headquarters squadron of the 25th A/D Wing at Hill air force base in Utah. He is married with three children aged three, two, and two months.
The literary Gazette lists Henry A. Wallace as an enemy of humanity calling him a political businessman and placing him among public adversaries. The piece frames Wallace as a controversial former leader of the American Progressive party.
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