Vandalism Racks Kenosha With 80 Complaints So Far
The Kenosha area endures escalating vandalism since June 1 with about 80 complaints. Incidents range from minor property damage to a $1,000 fire on North Western railroad property and a brick hurled into a dining car. Police report an average of more than one case daily and note several large window and fence destructions plus multiple small attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenoshans
North Western Railroad
North Western
Missionary Flying School
Thirty-ninth Avenue
Kenosha
Fiftieth Street
Thirtieth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Avenue
Kenosha Theater
Fifty-second Street
Thirty-fourth Avenue
Roosevelt School
Union Club
E F Randall longtime Kenosha educator dies at 69
Edward F. Randall 69 former director of the Kenosha Vocational School died after a long illness. He came to Kenosha in 1906 as Bain school principal and served until 1944. He held national and state education memberships and was active in church and civic groups. He is survived by his widow two sons and two grandchildren. one daughter preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Randall
Kenosha
Randall
Bain School
American Vocational Association
Wisconsin Education Associations
Wisconsin Association of Directors of
Darren
Wis
Edward H. Randall
Troy Center
Milwaukee Normal
Stout Institute
Oshkosh Normal
Frank
Lincoln
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
R. A M
Kenosha Council
the Sword of Bunker Hill
Modern Woodmen of America
Kenosha Lodge of Elks
Bertha Noyes
Milwaukee
Edward N. Randall
Goshen
Conn
Robert N. Randall
Helen Margaret Randall
Hundreds Missing After German Chemical Plant Blast
German investigators report a massive explosion at the Farben chemical plant in Ludwigshafen near the Rhine. Initial tallies show 84 bodies recovered and about 250 missing presumed dead, with total injuries in the thousands and claims of war material production. Rescue efforts continue as fires burn and workers fear for survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuernberg
U S
J. G. Farben Chemical Combine
Farben
Ludwigshafen
Germany
Rhine
Mannheim
U. S. Army
Berlin
I. G. Farbenindustrie Trust
Lt. Farben Chemical
Stassen Named President of University of Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen, former Minnesota governor, was named president of the University of Pennsylvania. He will assume duties at the start of the university year in September subject to his speaking schedule for Gov. Dewey. He will succeed Dr. George W. McClelland who retires due to ill health. He is a Minnesota graduate and former Navy staff officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.P
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
Stassen
Board of Trustees
George W. McClelland
Robert T. McCracken
America
McCracken
University of Minnesota
Law School
U. S. Navy
Adm
William F. Halsey
Pacific
Ashley Wins Second Match in State Amateur Golf Tourney
Ashley of Kenosha defeated Martin of Waukesha 3 and 1 in a second round match in Sheboygan Wisconsin. He was set to face Wollan of LaCrosse in a quarter final. Other results include Gilles over Hipke 6 and 4 and Stouthamer over Melik 6 and 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
Richard Ashley
Kenosha
Jim Martin
Waukesha
Jerry Wollan
LaCrosse
Paul Gilles
Milwaukee
Westmoor
Bob Hipke
Blue Mound
Tommy Stouthamer
Tuckaway
Beau Melik
Racine
Bowden Davis
Tripoli
Bob Surface
Lincoln Hills
Bob Wellman
Madison
Maple Bluff
Harland Reich
la Crosse
LeRoy May
Mike Bencriscutto
Alton Schmid
Bob Albertus
Milwaukee Ozaukee
Henry Broin
Stoughton
Gilles
Davis
Wellman
Stouthamer
Ashley
Wollan
Bencriscutto
Albertus
Accused Slayer of Six To Be Tried
Common Pleas Judge Eugene McNeill ordered Robert Mur Daniels, 24, released to Richland county authorities for trial at Mansfield on a triple murder charge. Daniels and partner John C West, 22, were former Mansfield reformatory inmates hunted after a two week Ohio crime spree.
Divorce Sought Over Unsanitary Kissing Belief
Mrs Lor raine Rubin 32 seeks divorce from neurologist husband Dr J Salem Rubin 49 on grounds he believes kissing is unsanitary and refused to kiss. She asks $1 000 monthly alimony and custody of two children. Rubin countersues accusing wife of gambling and intrusion by another man staying overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Lorraine Rubin
J. Salem Rubin
Antique Car Caravan to Stop in Kenosha August 12
Nearly 100 vintage cars built before World War I will pass through Kenosha on August 12 as part of the Antique Car Caravan from Chicago to Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Centennial. From 11 am to 1 pm Nash Motors hosts a Gay ’90s picnic at Lake Front Stadium with public viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Chicago
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Nash Motors
Lake Front Stadium
E W. Bernitt
Nash
Wisconsin State Line
Highway 42
Antique Automobile Club
Horseless Carriage Club
Veteran Motor Car Club of America
Milwau
D. Cameron Peck
George P. Dorris
Dorris Automobile Company
St. Louis
Rambler
Dorris
Kissel
Wayne
Buffalo
A. E. Axtell
Herbert W. Devine
Thomas B. Jeffery Company
Boston
Flint
Detroit
Cleveland
Draft Bill Proposes Home For Vice President Onamuahada
The bill calls for a residence for the Vice President to be built alongside the White House. Rep Gregory D ay and Rep Gearhart R Calif say the home should have existed when the White House was erected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Gregory ‘D-ay
Gearhart
R-Calif
Anti-Poll Tax Bill Debated in Senate Filibuster Prompts Talk
In Washington the anti-poll tax bill faced immediate filibusters as the Senate opened debate. Porter presented a price control and rationing bill to curb living costs, while Republicans criticized admin use of power. Senate leaders employed delaying tactics as Stennis prepared a lengthy speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Wolcott
R-Mich
Truman
House
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Stennis
D-Miss
Truman asks price power to curb inflation items
President Truman endorses congressional authority to cut prices on cost of living items and set a base at November 1947 levels while permitting ceilings to reflect postwar cost rises. The plan includes rationing power, wage controls, credit rules, and rent ceiling restoration through June 30, 1950. Porter notes no immediate price drop but aims to halt upward price movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
Paul Porter
OPA
House Banking Committee
Capitol
Special Congress
Porter
Justice Goldborough Denies Lifting Rail Unions Injunction
U.S. Justice T Alan Goldborough today refused the government's request to lift the permanent injunction against three railroad unions that threatened a nationwide strike in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alan Goldborough
Talks Planned With Molotov Could Lead to Four-Power Conference
Informed sources say a four power conference may result from talks between American and British representatives and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. Walter Bedell Smith and Frank Roberts have returned to Moscow after discussions in Berlin and London. If talks proceed well a conference could be held in Paris around the next United Nations assembly opening Sept 21. Observers are not pessimistic about a Berlin and Germany future discussion and a formal start date for talks remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Berlin
London
Frank Roberts
Ernest Bevin
Paris
United Nations Assembly
Germany
Smith
Roberts
Molotov
Manitowoc Fire Chief Dies After Heart Attack
Manitowoc fire chief John F. Gaedke 62 died in LaCrosse after suffering a heart attack earlier in the day. He was in town for a Wisconsin Fire Chiefs convention where he served as past president and director. He collapsed in his hotel room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaCrosse
Wis
John F. Gaedke
Manitowoc
Gaedke
Wisconsin Fire Chiefs Association
Firemen Battle False Alarms Triggered by Determined Child
In Danbury Connecticut a four year old boy pulled a fire alarm twice causing a major response. Fire Chief John A. McNamara said the second alarm amounted to a general alarm due to the danger and complexity of the scene. The boy fled into the crowd as crews arrived, while a firefighter restrained him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury. Conn
Danbury
John A. McNamara
Priest, Lawyer Are Victims of Crash at Turn
Two prominent men died and eight were hurt in two crashes in the county. At 9 38 p m a Cadillac driven by Edward Carroll skidded into a ditch near Twin Lakes, killing Father John Blake and James Clancy. The injured include Carroll and Mrs Clancy and Mrs Irene King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Jr
Chicago
Twin Lakes Village
John Blake
St. Joseph's Parish
Richmond
Burlington Memorial Hospital
James Clancy
Skokie
Illinois
Burlington
Clancy
Blake
Edward P. Carrol
Oak Park
Lll
Irene King
Jay B. Glerum
Ernest Oberhofer
Alfred Oetting
Leonard Jensen
Chet Molinaro
Carrol
Highway 6
Oberhofer
Burlington Hospital
Chester DeWitt
Silver Lake
Glerum
Edgewater Park
Twin Lakes
King
Fred Rutchik Reburial Set In Kenosha Friday
The body of Pfc. Fred Rutchik 22 a Kenosha native and WWII veteran of four Pacific campaigns with the 35th Infantry will be returned from the Chicago Graves Distribution Center to Kenosha. He was born March 6 1923 attended local schools and joined the U S Army October 26 1942 serving in Guadalcanal New Georgia New Hebrides and Luzon where he was killed. Memorial services will be held at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Saturday at 10 am followed by rites at Green Ridge Cemetery conducted by Gate Way Post 2751 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Fred Rutchik
Kenosha
Pacific
35Th Infantry
Chicago
Rutchik
Michael Rutchik
Lincoln Junior
U. S. Army
California
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
New Hebrides
Luzon
St. Nicholas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evening News
Kenosha Housing Authority
Thirtieth Street
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Hermann Schmitz
Georg von Schnitzler
Frits Ter Meer
Ernst Buergin
Paul Hartfliger
Max Ilgner
Friedrich Jaehne
Henrich Oster
E. F. Randall
Walter F. Parton
Nashville
Tenn
Harold Stassen
McClelland
Charles Hubby
Kee
Mario Albi
Twentythird Avenue
Dominick
Paul Krepelan
Leonard Cummings
Edwin Becker
Billups Browne
Leo Sikora
William Schmitt
Robert Eating
Chet
Fred Rutchiks
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!