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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1950
Page
6
The NSN Daily Record notes mostly cloudy skies with warmer temperatures tonight and Friday. It lists tonight’s low 38 to 44 and Friday’s high 67 to 74, hourly temps, radar and barometer readings, and regional extremes with Yuma Arizona as warmest at 98 and Bismarck North Dakota as coldest at 26.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley heard a plea of not guilty in a Green County Auto Co. case on a no registration count. Trial was scheduled for 10 a.m. October 16.
Edwin M Kundert of Orangeville Illinois was cited for speeding and found guilty. He was fined $15 plus costs.
Mrs. Jacob A. Disch, 79, of New Glarus, and Joseph B. Taft, 69, of Wins, are listed in the obituary notices. The records provide ages and towns of residence for both individuals.
Mr and Mrs William Burk of 1065 8th avenue welcomed a daughter on October 4. Mr and Mrs Clarence Blumer of Monticello welcomed a son on October 5. Mr and Mrs Robert P Soncoreeger of 938 12th street welcomed a son on October to the record page.
St. Clare Hospital Medical records list Delbert Moritz of Monticello and several others including Mrs Anton Neider berger of 2114 114th street and Mrs Oliver Miller of Brodhead. Surgical notes name Mrs Ernest Heide rich Warren Ill and Dr Roy T Will with James Alex Beloit. Dismissals include William Hale and others such as Annie Thompson and Mrs John Krebs along with Robert Parkin and Virginia Waller.
The article notes Henry A. Wallace's open letter to Stalin dated May 11, 1948, and outlines opposition from Senators Anderson and Elmer Thomas who say such talks must involve the State Department and the president as the sole foreign policy authority.
Strength in the motors group helped buoy a sagging market with Chrysler and General Motors posting small gains after modest advances yesterday. Higher movers included Bethlehem Steel Studebaker Zenith I T T Du Pont Pepsi Cola and Katy Railway preferred while Goodyear International Harvester Kennecott American Tobacco TWA Twentieth Century Fox and Johns Manville declined.
The weatherman forecasts slightly warmer weather in the area with a low of 38 to 44 tonight and a high near 70 tomorrow. Frost was reported last night with a city low of 36 in the early hours.
Washington health officials announced polio cases fell last week from the prior period. The Public Health Service reported 1,994 new cases, an eight percent decrease compared with the week ending May 20.
John Marks of the state board of health will meet this afternoon in the courthouse with the county health committee to outline plans for a county hearing conservation program.
More than 28 FFA students from Monroe high school will show about 35 baby beef and 14 barrows at the University of Wisconsin junior livestock exhibition October 23 through 26. Davenport said the total equals about half the FFA club with more entries expected before October 23. The event features live stock showing by high school students from across the state for class champion awards, including a grand champion baby beef. The October 26 auction allows bids from individuals, organizations, and businesses statewide on the shown stock, with Monroe and Green County participants anticipated in Madison. Names of exhibitors will be released after showing decisions are finalized.
Frank E. Tree 87 president of the South Wayne bank is ill at home with pneumonia. His condition is somewhat improved according to family updates.
Leroy F. Walters son of Mr and Mrs Frank Walters and Milford E Gruenberg son of William Gruenberg both of Browntown are undergoing recruit training at the naval training center Great Lakes Illinois.
Mr and Mrs Frederick Digman of Santa Monica California announce the birth of a daughter named Rita Ann on September 28. The couple are former Monroe residents and the child's paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Digman of Monroe now reside on the west coast.
Mrs. Schuh spends a month with her daughter Mrs. James Nesby at the Nesby home in Dell Rapids South Dakota. She accompanied her daughter west after hospitalization here as a medical patient.
William Hale of South Wayne who had a leg amputation at St. Clare hospital has returned to his home.
Mrs Anton Niederberger of 2114 14th Street is resting comfortably at St Clare Hospital as a medical patient after being dismissed over the weekend following surgery
Mrs. Freda Saunders formerly of Monroe and Belvidere mother of five died in a Sunday auto crash on U S highway 51 two miles south of Janesville. Funeral services were held yesterday in Janesville attended by her relatives. The crash involved a car driven by Philip Baldwin of Janesville and a lumber truck.
Personal mentions show Lawrence A. Brown Madison City Engineer Zenno A. Gorder and others visiting Madison Milwaukee Albany Darlington and Monroe. The notes include visits by Dr and Mrs C E Baumle Frank Schwerin Byron Stephenson and Mr and Mrs Teasdale with travel plans to Long Island two weeks and return visits by Monroe residents and ex locals visiting family in Monroe and Elkhorn Chicago Cheyenne and San Francisco.
Kenneth Davis elected president of the high school senior class. Jacob Schillinger named president of the junior class and David Forbes named sophomore class president. Senior officers include Robert Marty vice president Lavon Meyers secretary Sally Burt treasurer. Junior and sophomore officers listed with names and roles.
Bob Hope leads a 40 plus member group toward Korea to entertain servicemen. Actress Jane Russell plans to join later in a three and a half week tour. In Rio Vargas led by two to one but vote count was only a fraction complete.
U S Senate crime investigators summon Chicago witnesses for secret sessions. Ralph Capone and Phil D Andrea among first subpoenas. Witnesses include the Capone network and a former police lieutenant slain in a crime probe. Subpoenas target Gary and Indiana gambling rings as operators flee.
Report from Tokyo notes an official estimate of 25000 fatally harmed in South Korea as Red forces retreated to the North. Bodies lie buried or left in mounds with many victims, including American POWs, and the total may be much higher. Victims faced bludgeoning, spearing, burning or hacking with hatchets.
Federal state market news notes Wisconsin American cheese market holding steady to firm with active trade and good demand. Price ranges listed for various styles—single daisies to 34.34 34.14? 3514, longhorns 3514 36, square prints 3542 3644, midgets 3612 3812—reflecting state assembly points and local prices.
A coal mine explosion at Michalka mine near Slezska Ostrau Prague killed 36 workers yesterday. The blast occurred in Czechoslovakia's largest coal field in Silesia, according to radio reports.
French column moved northwest to cover the Caobang garrison withdrawal facing Vietminh resistance. Spokesman said forces from Thatkhe beat Ho Chi Minh’s units and seized key positions to cover the pullback. Caobang, a frontier post on the Red China border, was abandoned as part of a broader regrouping. two other posts were given up earlier.
A New York Central flyer traveling fast collided with a derailed freight oil tank car in Erie Pennsylvania. The crash triggered a large explosion and fire but miraculously no fatalities occurred though 40 to 50 people were injured. The dormitory car for dining room workers was the only car set afire while over 20 occupants escaped through a single open exit.
Kenneth Haberman and Ever Ett Khusmeyer from Brod head vicinity consigned pure bred dairy stock to the Rock County Holsteins Breeders Association annual 4-H sale in Janesville today. Herman J. Grecy Monroe attended the sale.
Bernice Martin, 37, was granted a divorce from Donald Martin, 40, former candidate for attorney general in 1948, after testifying that he drank to excess before Circuit Judge Roland J. Steinle.
Defense department figures show 20 756 Korean battle casualties through Sept 29, up 3 536 from Sept 22. Breakdown: 2 660 killed in action 13 953 wounded 4 143 missing, with 294 of the wounded dying later.
A 21 day wild cat strike by London gas workers ended as a mass meeting decided to return to work Monday after ten alleged leaders were sentenced to a month in prison. The labor government applied pressure to end the stoppage involving about 1,400 workers.
Dr Milton S Eisenhower was inaugurated today as the 11th president of the Pennsylvania State College in State College Pennsylvania delivering a pledge to dedicate himself to serving the people of the commonwealth.
Communist demonstrators angry over a failed general strike halted all rail traffic into and out of Vienna for three hours. East west line traffic from the American zone was cleared first, then blocks remained along the line at St Poelten in the Russian zone.
Vice President Alben Barkley visited Wisconsin as part of a 15 state campaign tour. He planned a stop in Oshkosh with a speech at Winnebago County Airport before joining Democratic candidates for a Milwaukee rally in the evening.
In 1728 the Danish explorer Vitus Bering, serving Russia, charted the northeast coast of Asia including the Bering Strait, outlining new maritime routes and expanding geographic knowledge.
The army rejected 100,413 of 207,038 men examined in August, a 48.5 percent rejection rate for the second month of selective service. July had a 52.2 percent rate with 12,281 pre induction tests. Physical failures rose to 20.1 percent in August from 26.8 in July, while intelligence-test failures grew from 15.2 to 17.6 percent.
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