Good morning,
Today’s forecast calls for thunderstorms for Whitewater today, as the forecast has for the last few days. We’ve had less than forecast, and in this case less is more. The high temperature should be about 84.
It’s back to business, of sorts, for Whitewater’s city government, with an Urban Forestry Work Session from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. For a prior post on the city’s tree care, see Whitewater’s Overreaction to Citizen Complaints: Trees, Tree Commission, and Urban Forestry Commission.
The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a Wisconsin workers’ riot that took place on this day in 1934:
Seven injured in riot at Horlick plant
On this day three policemen and five office employees of the Horlick Malted Milk Corp. were injured when a crowd of strike sympathizers stormed a motorcade of employees entering the plant’s main gate. Emerging from a crowd of 500 striking employees, the rioters overpowered police escorts, shattered windshields and windows, and pelted officers with rocks. Police blamed Communist influence for the incident, and former Communist congressional candidate John Sekat was arrested in the incident. Employees of the plant were demanding wage increases and recognition of the Racine County Workers Committee as their collective bargaining agent. [Source: Capital Times 7/6/1934, p. 1]
More on Horlick’s history, in America and abroad, is available online.
Here’s a sound file of a Horlick’s Radio Commercial from 1935. Enjoy.
