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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1948
Page
6
Fair and cooler north tonight with a brisk breeze. Tomorrow starts partly cloudy then scattered showers in the northwest tomorrow night. Temperatures show a high near 83 and a low around 68, with yesterday at 84/63 for comparison.
Real estate transfers include Oliver Douglas et al selling land to Evert J Green in Spring Grove Township. Administrations issued for John Tschanz and G S Smout estates with heirs listed. appraisers named Rolland Blaha Herman Fritz and Louis Wolleson for Tschanz estate. will dated July 25 1947 leaves estate to widow and three children W E Tschanz J W Tschanz and Helen Tschanz Burger. Roscoe Smout granted admin in G S Smout estate with heir Merle Montgomery. administrators named Robert Smiley Willy Zimmerli and Thomas Baw.
Marriage licenses issued for Marian Eileen West and Carl Marcus Munz of Monroe. Divorces granted for Isabelle Noonan and Gerald Noonan of Brodhead on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment with support money set at 35 dollars monthly for a minor daughter and 5 dollars monthly alimony. Couple married February 14, 1940, in Dubuque. Deaths noted for William P. Kubly aged 57 of 2110 sth street and LeRoy Bishell aged 21 of Rockford. Mr and Mrs Barney O Dette of Brodhead greet a son born September 18. Dr and Mrs Clarence Kloos ter of Monticello welcome a son born September 18.
Names and addresses of patients and staff at St. Clare Hospital in Albany Beloit Freeport Apple River Argyle Rockford New Glarus Warren and others. Dismissals include Mrs. Paul Schoen Clifford Clark Mrs. Albert Lee Mrs. Edwin Wilde and daughter Mrs. Stephen Pandow and daughter Doris Jean Hauser.
Hyderabad state troops formally surrendered to the Indian army at noon. Indian troops entered Secunderabad, six miles north of Hyderabad, forty five minutes after the surrender. Trunk telephone links were restored for government traffic and Lt Gen Maharajah Shri Rajendrasinhji praised the troops for their brilliant action.
University of Wisconsin registrar Kenneth Little reported 16 504 students enrolled for the fall semester with late enrollment likely bringing the total to about 17 000. He compared figures with last year’s 18 400.
Green county 4 H leaders will check and grade all club members project record books. The county club agent Kennth D Slocum announced the session at 9 30 Tuesday morning at the courthouse. Members of the record book committee include Mrs Victor Rood Blaine club Mrs Wesley Grenzow Oakley club Norman Gruenewald Juda Mrs Jolly Jun- Mrs Jacob Hoesly Smiley and Mrs Robert Blumer Clarno club. Five other 4 H leaders have been invited to assist at the all day committee session. They are Mrs Marvin Malkow Decatur Mrs Harvey Andrews Juda Walter Timm Clarno Classy Clubbers Mrs Willard Moe Browntown and Mrs Willis Babler Mt Pleasant.
In the attempted assassination of Count Bernadotte and accompanying officials, two gunmen opened fire after recognizing the car. Bernadotte was hit fatally while Col Serret and Gen Lundstrom also suffered injuries as the convoy sped to Hadassah hospital. Col Begley narrowly escaped. Lundstrom described the moment, and Trygve Lie raised the Palestine issue at the UN in Paris.
The United States Britain and France sent a third delegation to Moscow today to confer with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. It marked their second meeting this week as talks on postwar Germany stretch into day 51 without a breakthrough.
Washington reports Secretary of State Marshall will depart at noon aboard The Independence to attend the United Nations general assembly opening Tuesday in Paris. He spent the day handling routine matters at his desk, officials said. John H. Batten was named president of Twin Disc Clutch Co. succeeding his father P. H. Batten, who becomes chairman of the board.
Personal mentions include J P Haffey Beloit visits, Marvin Collins in Beloit, and Mrs Gottlieb Oberholzer from Albany. Dozens of brief hometown sightings span Janesville Freeport Monroe Madison Chicago Milwaukee and beyond with travels for family, work, and weekends.
Gov Renne vohm asks Wisconsin residents to observe Sunday September 26 as Gold Star Mothers Day, urging community remembrance and reflection through local observances and the classifieds notices.
Funeral services are set for LeRoy Bishell 21 at Gratiot Methodist Church with burial in Gratiot Cemetery. He died in St Anthony Hospital Rockford after a blunt blow near the left ear caused a fatal blood clot. Investigation by Winnebago County sheriff continues. inquest postponed.
A Mosquito two engine bomber crashed during a Battle of Britain memorial program at an RAF station. Witnesses say the craft entered a slow roll, lost control from about 800 feet, and plunged into a line of cars as the pilot and navigator died. A 32 seater coach was struck, injuring many aboard.
The Republican National Committee drew over $3,000 from Wisconsin contributors between June 1 and August 31, while the Democratic National Committee received about $200 from the state in the same period. A. Matt Werner of Sheboygan gave $200 to the Democratic effort. Republican donors from Wisconsin included Walter Harnishfeger of Milwaukee who contributed $1,000.
County fire incident reports a new floor covering laid in the courthouse during an attending meeting. Colonel and Mrs D A Moldenhauer and Major and Mrs Floyd Pickett join Capt and Mrs Wilbur Deininger and W O Hugo Voelkh at Lake Delton this weekend for the 128th Infantry regiment gathering.
Kenneth McDermott and John Ross, graduate journalism students from the University of Wisconsin, visited Green county yesterday. They toured the New Wyss and Town Hall cheese factories and several farms, noting origins of dairy products. McDermott hails from Missouri and Ross from Oregon. The Monroe volunteer fire department responded to a city hall siren malfunction at noon, but no fire occurred.
In a speech, President Truman asserts abundant harvests are helping to save the world from communism. He links farmer prosperity to foreign policy, soil conservation, storage facilities, and ongoing research, arguing Democratic leadership will sustain farm prosperity and open world markets for agricultural products.
Harold E. Stassen, once a presidential hopeful, is to become president of the University of Pennsylvania. The board of trustees confirmed his selection yesterday, placing him at the Ivy League institution in West Philadelphia. Emil Ludwig Dies in Switzerland at 67, Noted Biographer.
President Truman expressed unwavering confidence in a peaceful Palestine and a peaceful Middle East settlement. He spoke to a Crestline crowd of about 3,500, saying world peace depends on U S strength and enforcement. He was awakened at 2 15 am by Chicago Democrats and noted a large turnout among farmers in Rock Island with police estimating 3,000 attendees.
Unseasonably high temperatures swept Wisconsin with Blair reaching 93 degrees and Monroe 87 as heat persisted. Light rain showers dropped modest totals in several towns, including Janesville and Lake Geneva, while forecasts called for temperatures remaining above normal into the following day.
Moscow Eric Johnston winds up his Moscow schedule with a tour of the Stalin automobile works. He heads the Motion Picture Association of America and has discussed Russia importing American movies with Soviet authorities. He plans to fly to Berlin on Monday.
B twenty nine bombers from overseas bases fly into the United States to mark the air force birthday. Forty eight others head to U S cities from offshore bases in a display of strength. The first to arrive landed in Pittsburgh after a long flight from Iceland. B-36s also toured the nation on nonstop flights from a Texas base. Secretary Forrestal commended the airmen for the year’s accomplishments.
U S marshal served a grand jury summons on Arthur E. Summerfield a Flint auto dealer and Republican National Committee member during a GOP fundraising banquet as Senator Homert F Ferguson Michigan GOP leader spoke. Chief Assistant U S Attorney Murphy said deputies had searched for him two days and Ferguson condemned the move as politics at its lowest.
Police theory that the pilot killed the woman before or during the crash surfaced as investigators examined the wrecked small plane found in a Long Island salt marsh. The victims include 28-year-old Hannah Laufer and a man, with authorities focusing on foul play or the pilot’s possible self-inflicted death.
Police found that the woman had been shot and killed before a crash. The wreckage contained the body of pilot Jesus Meneau Monleon, a 31 year old Spaniard. A letter Monleon left stated his love for Miss Laufer was not returned, forming the basis for the murder and self-inflicted death theory.
About 20 000 gathered to hear General Charles De Gaulle speak for the rightist RPF in Grenoble when a rival group led by communists marched and attacked with fists clubs and guns. Several dozen were wounded in the clashes as De Gaulle's visit sparked the confrontation.
A B-25 bomber, seen by observers at the tower, crashed and burned at Kansas City Municipal Airport during Air Force day maneuvers. Seven men crawled from the wreckage before the plane caught fire.
In East Moline Illinois a CIO union announced it called off its nine week strike at the International Harvester Co. Workers voted to return to the plant Monday morning. Job reclassifications that sparked the walkout will be negotiated with the company later.
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