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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1949
Page
1
Congress breaks for a 75 day recess after a 289 day session marked by contentious votes and partial, sometimes lingering bills. President Truman praises results while outlining post adjournment priorities including foreign arms aid civil rights reform and health insurance proposals.
Six additional members of the Wisconsin state traffic patrol assist Nathan F Burgy in truck weighing operations this week in the county. A 15 man force will go into service Monday to expand weighing work and check licenses registrations and vehicle conditions. The 1949 legislature authorized six veteran patrolmen as supervisors for the new corps, bringing weighing personnel to 25. Ben L Marcus said weighing officers have the same powers as regular patrolmen and will take on patrol duties when weighing is not possible.
Sixty Holstein catalogs sponsored by the Green County Holstein club were mailed to far states and Ontario. Inquiries came from New Jersey California Florida and 16 other states. Williamton Michigan’s Co B Smith will be head auctioneer, aided by F L Buchschacher and Herman J Schmitz of Monroe. Leadsmen William Norton and Kendall Digman bring 64 top animals to the ring at noon.
A condensed review shows taxes debated with a $4 billion hike ignored. housing programs approved. Taft Hartley repeal stalled. minimum wage raised to 75 cents but coverage trimmed. anti inflation controls rejected. social security expansion approved by House only. national health insurance no action. education aid passed in Senate but blocked in House. rent controls continued one year. Brannan farm plan shelved with price supports kept. universal military training ignored. biggest peacetime defense appropriation approved. civil rights advances mixed. broad pay raises across federal ranks. Marshall plan aid second year approved. international trade and aid measures renewed or ratified. displaced persons bill advances in House. Senate deferred on several items. global defense treaty ratified with major NATO-related program funded.
The Monroe chamber of commerce held its first 1949 general membership meeting with 48 attendees. It approved a change in election procedure, set a nominating committee for ten candidates to fill five directorships, and discussed regular future gatherings. Also reviewed were Dairy day, Farmers night, and various expenditures and surpluses with funds totaling about $7,875 and expenses near $5,880.
Bowling Green State University students returned to classes after a brief strike over university regulations. They withdrew most demands and at a peaceful stadium meeting drafted 11 grievances to be presented to the student senate and President Dr. Frank J. Prout.
Fire at a private Mason City zoo killed five tigers and two leopards while five lions and two cubs were saved. Mrs. Manley B. Mathers said the cats were quiet and blamed shotgun deaths on three of the felines, with others likely dying from suffocation as the blaze began about 12 30 a m in a fenced area outside town. Mayor John Carey noted the scene remained calm throughout.
Green County Center Co op member William Senatsch served on the nominating committee as the Wisconsin Cheese makers association closed its 58th annual session in Milwaukee. Judges included Fred Galli and Glen Erbe, while Gottlieb Oberholzer placed second in Swiss cheese and Werner Zimmerman won first in a regional contest. Officers re elected were Leonard Kopitzke as president C C Brick as vice president A H Graf as secretary George E Hernke as treasurer and E W Jung as director.
Police Chief James Kuplic said Howard Weston 26 of Flint Michigan was shot in the hip after admitting wounding Officer Eugene Koebke. Officer Koebke 36 remained in critical condition. George Wilfer 24 Manitowoc held for questioning.
A quick acting diarrhea germ swept through Mount Sinai hospital's maternity ward and killed three babies, the Cleveland health department announced today.
President Truman backs a new farm bill delivering 1950 price supports and production controls for basic crops with parity at 90 percent when no surplus exists. House vote 175 to 34, Senate 46 to 7, amid consumer concerns over shifts to dairying and livestock and potential impact on eggs flaxseed and soybeans.
The Ayres and Kathryn Davies circus under Kiwanis sponsorship visits the high school gym. Lions snarled at students as the troupe prepared two performances at 2 39 pm and 8 pm in a steel cage arena with two rings.
Reuben T. Holcomb 85 former Monroe clerk of courts died at 5 a m at his home 1715 11th street after a long illness bedfast 11 months Born Feb 12 1864 in Adams township he married twice hearts first wife died 1903 then Stella Hollister survived with three children eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren a sister two brothers and a niece Services set for 2 p m Saturday at Shriner Neu shwander funeral home with Rev Dallas D Landrum officiating burial in Greenwood cemetery
Holman D. Pettibone, president of Chicago Title and Trust, is announced as the new chairman of Beloit College trustees by Dr. Carey Croneis. Pettibone, Beloit graduate of 1911, has served as a trustee from 1928 to 1940 and since 1942.
Economist Edwin G. Nourse resigns as chairman of the president’s council of economic advisers. He says his criticism of deficits was misread as an attack on the Truman administration. He warned against growing deficits while farm price supports and subsidies rise and urged fiscal restraint.
Colder weather settles over northern Wisconsin with temperatures forecast from 32 to 34 degrees this evening while the south warms near 56. Fog slows Green county traffic but causes no major problems. some truck service was delayed until fog lifted about 9 am. The season’s first snow piles up from western states and is expected to reach the Midwest by tomorrow night with freezing temps in most areas.
John Hebenstreit 25 and Ralph Rowe 33 of Shullsburg were trapped when a 1.5 ton slab collapsed in the Calumet Hecla lead and zinc mine 3 miles south of town. Hebenstreit died instantly. Rowe survived with leg injuries after being freed with help from James Giles. Coroner says the accident occurred about 400 feet from the main shaft. Rowe hospitalized. service plans pending for Hebenstreit at Honeycomb funeral home.
A steel beam fell from a Stauffer Construction Co. truck from Monroe and pierced the windshield of a car driven by Edward H. Schneider, injuring his son Emray Ace, a boy of Exeter township, as they traveled east of Monticello on county trunks yesterday afternoon.
A Red Cross U S Army relief mission begins an aerial survey of Guatemala as floods raise estimated deaths to about 4000 and property losses near 50 million dollars. Reports of widespread devastation continue to emerge from the two week long disaster in the capital.
Yugoslavia accuses Soviet troops of moving into cominform states and warns of pressure near Belgrade. Borba cites Russian build up along Yugoslav borders in Bulgaria Hungary and Albania amid UN security council skirmishes.
General Eisenhower told the House Armed Services Committee that armed forces unification can work from this moment on and urged both services and Congress to avoid panic after setbacks. He warned against perfectionism and said unity should be given a fair chance.
At the United Nations Assembly Andrei Vishinsky protested Yugoslavia for a Security Council seat. He was ruled out of order but continued speaking. The second ballot produced Yugoslavia 39 votes to Czechoslovakia 19, just meeting the required majority.
Miami reports 2,000,000 dwellings had rent controls removed since the law began April 1. Expedi ter Tighe Woods said 12,500,000 units remain under controls.
President Truman urged labor and management to settle the coal and steel strikes in the national interest. He said he has no plan to seize either industry and hopes mediation will succeed. The CIO steel workers and United Mine Workers strikes idle about a million workers for three weeks. He would cross that bridge if mediation fails.
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