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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1950
Page
8
Cloudy with occasional showers in east and south portions tonight. Warmer southeast tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler with some showers in southeast. Lows tonight 50s to 55 northwest and 60s to 65 southeast. Highs Tuesday near 68 to 75.
Last week high 83 low 47. Since yesterday 1 pm high 77 low 58. Year ago today high 73 low 58. Barometer 1 am 29.60, 1 pm 29.45. Warmest city Yuma Arizona 99, coldest Sault Ste. Marie Michigan 30. Sunrise 5:42, sunset 6:06.
Donna Jean Thomm of 2528 17th Avenue and Edward James Gibbons of 1503 16th Street. Ellen Arlene Garfoot of Black Earth and Jesse LeRoy Beck, Jr. of New Glarus. Frieda Marion Sutter of Route 4 and Gustave Carl Krier of Madison.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley orders Morgan Phillips of Browntown to pay $65 plus costs for driving while intoxicated and revokes the driver's license.
Mr and Mrs Glen Beckman Clarno welcome a daughter on Sept 16. Mr and Mrs Robert C Olson route 1 Monroe welcome a daughter on Sept 16. Mr and Mrs Robert A Ellis 1108 14th Avenue welcome a daughter on Sept 17.
Hospital announces patient listings including Mrs Vernon Burk haner Mrs Kenneth Segner Mrs John Adams David Dix Bernard Thiele Mrs Ann Schuh Louis Field Wrennie Riese Sam Jarvis Mrs Lillian Wolfe Paul Dorndan Mrs Fredrick Solberger Jud Earlywine Susan Jeffers Surgical patients include Mrs Sam Mann Mrs Gustave Treder Janet Johnson and others Dismissals include Arthur Neeseman Mrs Jensen Mrs Bowlie and families.
Washington reports the House Armed Services Committee approved a bill to help states organize home guards while National Guard units are in federal service. The measure aims to support local defense and civil defense efforts during federal mobilization periods.
The county court case by William A. Brown of Monroe against Mr. and Mrs. John Erb of New Glarus was dismissed by Judge Harold J. Lamboley. Brown must pay costs after a jury verdict on 14 points found Brown suffered a loss of 2288 with no fault assigned. The judge ruled the complaint is dismissed on the merits and the plaintiff bears taxable costs.
McDowell directs state agriculture department to seek FDA action clarifying cheese labels Consumers should know if product is natural or processed He urged standards be amended to require the words process and cheese appear together with equal prominence on labels.
St Louis. Leo Brothers, eight years jailed for the 1930 murder of Chicago Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle, was shot and wounded by a mysterious gunman in the kitchen of his St Louis county home before 1 a.m. Brothers, 50, is now secretary treasurer of a taxicab company and was sentenced in May 1932 to 14 years for the Lingle slaying.
French opposition to German re armament sinks hope for quick Atlantic council agreement. Officials say talks may resume within two weeks with a possible compromise focused on a unified western army using German troops.
The army doubled its reserve officer call up adding 9,565 captains and lieutenants to the 7,862 original summons. It also ordered up 205 chaplain captains and 240 army aviation officers. Ground troop officers will enter active duty in November for at least 21 months.
William J. Naef Jr. drove a car that struck Ralph W. Brandt’s parked vehicle in the 600 block of 14th Avenue. Naef’s car sustained damage to the right side while Brandt’s left rear fender and wheel were dented.
A six man coroner's jury was sworn today to open an inquest into the head on collision of two interurban trains that killed 10 people on September 2. Jurors were taken to the crash scene immediately.
A compilation of daily calls, visits, and travels shows numerous out of town guests and locals circulating in Monroe. Residents from Rockford Milwaukee Madison Beloit Dubuque Evanston and elsewhere stop by, with church events, dinners, and a muskellunge catch highlighted.
Z A Gorder will depart tomorrow for Oshkosh to attend the Wisconsin section meeting of the American Waterworks Association. Mr and Mrs Isadore Smith have returned from Decorah and Reinbeck Iowa after several days visiting relatives.
Alfred Dean Slack a 44 year old Syracuse chemist pleaded guilty in federal court in Greenville Tennessee to wartime spying for Russia. Assistant U S Attorney James M Meek recommended a 10 year prison term after Slack admitted passing on to Russian agents secrets in the manufacture of RDX high explosive. Meek said the U S Attorney General Howard McGrath and the FBI supported the sentence.
Fred Goodell Jr. 22-year-old father, who claimed his infant daughter was kidnapped, confessed after 18 hours of questioning to murdering Nancy by smashing her in a high chair. He then hid the body in a shopping bag and led police to the shallow grave on Garrett Mountain.
A frightened machine operator in Oakland disclosed the name of the man who killed Sir Harry Oakes at his Bahama estate in 1943. Edward Majava, 31, claimed he learned the killer from an American society woman in Fort Lauderdale and later received threatening calls. he was arrested on a drunkenness charge and described as sober and frightened by police.
About 20 000 people gathered in Platteville Saturday afternoon for the fourth annual Day celebration. The crowd watched more than an hour as 27 4 H floats passed the reviewing stand, with marching units and other floats interspersed among them.
Monticello voters will decide tomorrow on converting the north side of the village pond into a parking area. A special meeting Friday evening drew over 50 attendees.
Funeral rites for Mrs Margaret McCann 73 Rock City were conducted at Stuessy Funeral Home and St Victor s Church after an eight month illness. Rev E C McCollow officiated with interment at St Patrick s Cemetery Albany. Pallbearers included Raymond Arthur and Gerald Dooley Janesville Edward and James Dooley Monticello and John O Donnell Brodhead.
Miss Shirley Laeser daughter of Alderman and Mrs Sebastian Laeser Jr 1212 23rd street underwent an appendectomy at St Clare hospital today.
The Green County highway department will be closed tomorrow afternoon in memory of Henry Aebly Sr. Adv.
Mrs. Anna Schuh widow of the late Rev. Alfred P. Schuh entered St. Clare Hospital yesterday for a routine checkup. The notice lists her address as 1624 11th Street.
Miss Marianne Schulz daughter of Mr and Mrs H O Schulze of 1914 16th avenue started her duties as a nurse at Great Lakes naval station today following three years at First Presbyterian hospital Chicago Her sister Barbara 1949 Monroe high school graduate began training today in the same school of nursing from which Marianne Schulz graduated in 1947
Milford G. Schwitz, 21, Monticello, son of Mr and Mrs Leslie M Schwitz, serves with the fifth air force in Korea as chief clerk in the inspector general's office. He enlisted in April 1948, trained, then went to Japan with occupation forces, remaining there from December 1948 until July 20 1950 before transferring to Korea.
Mrs Elvira DeVriendt of Ghent Belgium, visiting Monroe since April, will depart Sept 26 for Europe. She will spend two days with New York friends before sailing Sept 29 from Hoboken New Jersey. She has been visiting her daughter Mrs Charles A Booth and family at 1414 14th Street.
Three Swiss natives toured the United States and visited Monroe yesterday. The group includes Fritz Trumpy who works with ebony in West Africa for four years, joined by Robert Woropbry of Zurich and Curt Barbieri of Glarus Switzerland.
Dr. C. E. Baumle Alois Ruf Ben Krause Richard Bahr Jr. Dr. C. J. Schwingel P. J. Lochner R. H. Schoonover and R. W. Prien will leave Wednesday for Manitowish for a fishing outing and return next Sunday.
Glenn Albert Chesebro son of Mr and Mrs Roy E Chesebro of Eau Claire will report for duty at a naval hospital in Philadelphia on Wednesday. He has eight years in the reserves and four in active service and has been a pharmacist in a local drugstore the past several years. His wife Betty Oliver and two sons John and Richard visited Eau Claire over the weekend.
The Senate today passed a bill authorizing the government to sell ten of its war surplus ships for operation on the Great Lakes. The measure now goes to the White House for approval.
Nine people died in Wisconsin accidents over the weekend. Appleton executive T J Holzem and wife perished in a Langlade County plane crash. Ralph Hillebrand and wife died in a Saukville truck crash. A Wilton principal and wife were fatally struck after stalling on a crossing. William Harrison, 76, and wife died from crash injuries in Sparta. A 15 month old Illinois girl Mary Elizabeth Wilson died in a Fort Atkinson culvert crash. Leland Merwin, 22, died in a Wausau crash. Milan Chervenka, 75, killed near Antigo after being struck by a car.
Harold E. Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania and former Minnesota governor, said it would be at least ten days before he discloses any link to an important national move. He indicated he is not prepared to make an announcement and does not expect an appointment from the administration.
Henry C. Elmer of Monticello reports a heavy log chain missing between Monticello and Monroe. Telephone contact listed as 62 for the finder to return the item.
Informed sources say a Labor revolt forced Prime Minister Attlee to risk defeat by putting the steel nationalization issue to a Commons vote tomorrow. Attlee feared a Conservatives knockout blow during a defense crisis.
Peace stocks gained traction in New York trading as investors sought shares likely to be affected by a war economy. Despite a slower pace after the opening rush, daily turnover reached about 2,000,000 shares across the session.
Senator Scott W. Lucas of Illinois said U.N. action in Korea prevented a third world war. He stated the defense of South Korea has shaken the Kremlin and left no doubt the United Nations prevented wider conflict.
Ten years ago yesterday on September 17 1940 Co K national guard unit received its mobilization order for October 15 1940. Guardsmen mobilized at 8 a m and entrained October 21 for Camp Beauregard La for a year long training that stretched through World War II into the South Pacific. Commanded by Capt O A Moldenhauer first Lt Roy F Zinser and Second Lts Rodney O Block and Cloyd Pickett.
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