Rent control and housing bills split Legislature
Senator William Trinke of Lake Geneva backed a rent control measure and a veterans housing bill amid party line votes. The Laird Lenroot plan would funnel 30 percent of a 16 million fund to housing authorities. Kenosha has invested 70 thousand in its project and City Manager A. E. Axtell opposed major provisions seeking retroactive benefits and higher local allocations.
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William Trinke
Lake Geneva
Trinke
A. E. Axtell
Kenosha
Report on Employment Decline and Legislative Actions
The article notes a bi monthly employment decline with 15 850 workers laid off by mid May, led by agriculture and construction while wholesale retail trade and services gain slightly. It also covers a proposed anti pollution bill with a fulltime director and higher penalties, a sugar substitute ban vote, tax increase debates, a Wisconsin highway speed limit bill, and a rape identification bill moving through committees.
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Wisconsin
Senate
Pfennig
Molinaro
Asemblyman
Arnie Betts
Lodi Republican
Senate Judiciary Committee
Assembly
Wisconsin ACA elects Reynolds president at three day convention
Capt Benoni O Reynolds 29 year old Lake Geneva attorney and former B 29 pilot was elected president of the Wisconsin department Reserve Officers Association during a three day convention. Other officers named include Col Norman J Baker Milwaukee vice president and Lt Donald L Cowan Madison secretary treasurer. Retiring president Lt Col Ronald W Evans Kimberly Wisconsin noted. Delegates backed a probe of communism in state colleges but stopped short of charges. The Grey report on armed forces unification drew approval but not a directive to delegates. Banquet speakers included Rear Admiral Frank R Dunbar and Col Victor H Strahm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benoni O. Reynolds
Lake Geneva
20Th Bomber Command
China
India
Reserve Officers Association
Wisconsin Department
Reynolds
Norman J. Baker
Milwaukee
Donald L. Cowan
Madison
Talbot Peterson
Appleton
A. N. Merton
John K. Woody
Ronald W. Evans
Kimberly
Wis
Cowan
Army
Navy
Air Force
Frank R. Dunbar
USNR
J. Carey Jones
Col
Victor H. Strahm
2471St Reserve Training Center
Chicago
Evening News
Wisconsin Department of the Reserve Officers Association
Benoni Reynolds
A. M. Anderson
Stevens Point
A. N. Merten
1500 in Tribute To Rev Cotter Funeral Service
A large crowd attended a Sunday night tribute for Rev. Cotter at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Kenosha County Judge Harold Bode and four assistants spoke. Speakers recalled Father Cotter’s 25 years as a priest and his influence on parishioners, with commentary from George Gaffney and Lawrence Dobson among others. The program was led by funeral chairman Thomas Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cones
St. ‘S Catholic Church
Father Cotter
Kenosha
W. W. Harold Bode
Gaffney
George Hopf
Fine County Resident Fined in Drunken Driving Case
George B. Spitz, 54, of Rt. 4 Box 931, was fined 100 dollars and costs in municipal court for drunken driving. His license was revoked for one year after an arrest at 1 a.m. Sunday on the 6th Ave bridge following a warning to not drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Spitz
Rt. 4
Spitz
6Th Ave
Elgin
Paramount Jewelers
52Nd St
Kenosha
Newberry Abstract Co
7Th Ave
Kermit Schreck
Alfred Oetting
James Gleason
Bristol
Gleason
Robert H. Labrasco
Racine
Labrasco
Harold Bastrup
Edward Krok
Lake Cottage
Mulholland
Elray
Highway 50
60Th St
David Gunderson
31St St
Donald O. Gresfeldt
Milwaukee
Superior Service Garage
59Th St
Pierson
s.—Adv
Alexander Joseph Wojcicki
Guttormsen
Harold Alvin Engdahl
Edgar A. Steinhoff
Floyd Hughes
James Farrar
Paul R. Lippert
93Rd St
Willard M.harris
Zion, II
New McKinley
33Rd Ave
Joseph Arliskas
Edward Bejnarowicz
17Th Ave
Roosevelt Body Shop
63Rd St
Molinaro
Clarence Willems
54Th St
Eagles
Florencio Alvarez
47Th St
Nurnberg Trial Chaplain to Speak Tonight
Major Henry F. Gerecke the army chaplain who counseled Nazi officials and their families during the Nurnberg war crimes trials will discuss the moral issues of the proceedings in a 7:30 pm talk at the Naval Training Center 134 51st Pl. The event is sponsored by Flight A of the 229th Composite Squadron Air Force Reserve with Lt. Col. Norman Greening presiding.
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Henry F. Gerecke
Army
Nurnberg
Naval Training Center
51St Pl
Gerecke
Flight A
229Th Composite Squadron
Air Force Reserve
Navy
National Guard
Army Reserve
Norman Greening
Army Disciplinary Barracks
Milwaukee
Goering
Hartley to Head Nash Supervisors
Newly elected president of the Supervisors club of the Nash Motors Co. W. C. Hartley 7547 Sheridan Rd was named head of the organization at the conclusion of the annual day long picnic at Lake Lawn Lake Delavan Saturday Hartley succeeds Ralph Willis L J Hartl 6123 26th Ave was named vice president Following the dinner the members presented H D Snyder secretary treasurer with a traveling bag Snyder who was reelected leaves next month for an extensive tour of Europe The club will resume its monthly meetings next fall Special guests at the event included John Weiland manager of the Nash of Julius Riedl and Roy Le
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supervisors Club
Nash Motors Co
W. C. Hartley
Sheridan Rd
Lake Lawn
Lake Delavan
Hartley
Ralph Willis
L. J. Hartl
26Th Ave
H. D. Snyder
Snyder
Traffic Lights At 41 50 Fail Again
Deputies Albert Bornheutter and Chester Molinarorted that the traffic lights at highways 41 and 50 were inoperative at 8 o'clock this morning. The signals remained red in all directions. The state highway department was notified.
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Albert Bornheutter
Chester
Couple and Sailor Fined After Scuffle
Marie Stonefisher Powell of London Ontario and Frank Albany of Detroit were fined 50 dollars and costs each on morals charges in municipal court. Sailor Charles Rothwell stationed in Jacksonville Fla was fined 3 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct. All three were taken into custody by Park Policeman Max Roemer after a scuffle near Lake Front stadium over a disputed sum Rothwell said was taken from him.
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Marie Stonefisher Powell
London
Ontario
Frank D. Albany
Detroit
Charles D. Rothwell
Jacksonville
Fla
Park
Max Roemer
Lake Front Stadium
Roemer
Rothwell
Chicago PC Docks Here The PC 1216 Arrives At Kenosha
The PC 1216 naval reserve training ship from Chicago arrives in Kenosha harbor Saturday afternoon as part of a weekend training cruise. Illinois group members are greeted by city officials and board the ship for a home port departure Sunday morning.
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PC 1216
Chicago
Kenosha Harbor
Illinois Group
Kenosha
Arrests and incidents pace Wisconsin county notices
Thais Moni George Singleton Jr of Bristol was arrested for arterial violation and ordered to court June 7. William Weinke reported a motorcycle abandoned on Highway 43 east of Hillcrest. Robert Stram, Racine bus driver, arrested for speeding with court date June 10. multiple traffic offenses, property fires, thefts, and local ads fill the roundup with names, places, and court dates.
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George Singleton, Jr
Bristol
Kermit Schreck
Alfred Oetting
Wilmot
Singleton
Guttormsen
Adv
William Weinke
Rt. 2
Sheriff's Department
Highway 43
Hillcrest School
Crema
Robert L. Stram
Racine
Floyd Hughes
James Farrar
Stram
Gerald Sherer
35Th Ave
Rt. 4
Roger Morin
Leo Sikora
Engine Company
40Th Ave
60Th St
Henry L. James
Highway 42
Sinclair Lewis to Sell Estate and Move to Europe
Pulitzer prize winning author Sinclair Lewis announced in Williamstown Massachusetts that he will sell his $75,000 estate and relocate to Europe in October to live abroad.
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Williamstown
Mass
U.P
Sinclair Lewis
Europe
Two Men Held On Rape Counts In Wisconsin Case
Two Kenosha married men were arrested on charges of taking indecent liberties with a 13 year old girl, alleged to be statutory rape. Warrants to be sworn this afternoon on four counts each. One man confessed to relations with the girl in multiple locations including a shack on Birch Rd. The other suspect also confessed. Investigations continue, with several others believed involved.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
Leo Sikora
Roger Morin
William Schmitt
Schmitt
Eugene Schend
Leland Chartier
Birch Rd
Schend
Kenoshan Granted Punch Press Patent
Jerrold B. Winther of 7824 39th Ave was granted a punch press patent among 657 issued this week by the U S patent office. Inventors said the device differs in five respects from prior patents, with application filed January 5, 1947 and rights assigned to Martin P. Winter as trustee.
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Jerrold B. Winther
39Th Ave
United States Patent Office
Winther
Kenosha
Martin P. Winter
Patent Office
Garden irrigation creates city hazard in vacant lots
Frank Grasser streets department superintendent told police owners of vacant property remove catch basin covers to obtain water for truck gardens. He cited two locations at 80th Ave and 28th St and near 79th St and 22nd Ave where covers were not replaced, draining basins and allowing gas to escape.
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Frank Grasser
Streets Department
Grasser
80Th Ave
28Th St
79Th St
22Nd Ave
Obituary Mrs Catherine Mueller 86 Kenosha Resident
Mrs Catherine A Mueller 86 long time Kenosha resident died Sunday after a weeks long illness She lived with daughter Celia Kehl at 2807 73rd St for 20 years Born in Trier Germany January 28 1863 she came to Kenosha in 1881 She married Nichols Mueller August 16 1882 at St George s church She was a member of St Thomas Aquinas church Survived by daughter Celia Kehl eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Husband preceded her in death
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Catherine A. Mueller
Kenosha
Celia Kehl
73Rd St
Trier
Germany
Mathias Schackamuth
Nichols Mueller
St. George’s Church
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Infant Madison Dies at Kenosha Hospital
Infant son of James T. and Elizabeth Buchman Madison of 2816 52nd St. Kenosha died Sunday morning at Kenosha hospital. Survived by parents a brother Joel James a sister Marla Ann and grandparents Andrew G. and Margaret Buchman all of Kenosha.
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Dean Norman Madison
James T
Elizabeth Buchman Madison
52Nd St
Kenosha Hospital
Joel James
Marla Ann
Andrew G
Margaret Buchman
Kenosha
New Superintendent Sought for City Schools
The board of education moves toward selecting a new city schools superintendent with preliminary talks at a special committee of the whole meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Administration building. Forrest E Conner will resign Aug 1 to take the St Paul Minn post effective Sept 1. His resignation will be accepted at Tuesday's meeting.
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Board of Education
Forrest E. Conner
Conner
St. Paul
Marriage Speed Slow in Cook County Rules Tighten
Cook County Clerk Richard Lindgren enforces Wisconsin style five day declarations for Wisconsin residents marrying in Chicago. Wisconsin couples must declare intent at least five days prior and show recent state lab blood and patch tests. Illinois marriages require state lab tests. Kenosha pairs face stricter entry rules. Waukegan shows no extra advance declaration.
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Cupid
Chicago
Richard Lindgren
Lindgren
Windy City
Wisconsin
Cook County
Waukegan
Lake County
Illinois
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Fred Backies
Far East
Britain
Hong Kong
H. T. Rudgal
City Water Department
Fred Pfennig
George Molinaro
Rennebohm
Joint Finance Committee
ACA
Rev
Cotter
George F. Cee
Franks’ Diner
18Th
Fine County
Don Mancusi
Zist
Ave. Tel
Paul Thomas
18Th Ave
Washington National Insurance Company
Pedersen Bros. Manufacturing and Sales Co
63Rd Street
Nash Supervisors
Sinclair Lewis Moving
Mayer Drug
Mayer Drug Store
American Sound Products, Inc
Kenoshan
Mid-City
Roosevelt Rd
Solvay Coke
Wisconsin Fuel CO
28Th Avenue
Catherine Mueller
Griebel's Cleaners
Puene
Joseph Funck Agency
Charles H. Curtiss
Northwestern
Life Insurance CO
National Association of Life Underwriters
Kenosha National Bank Building
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