State judge accuses welfare department of subsidizing illegitimacy
Milwaukee County Judge Aaron G. Murphy of Kewaunee charged the Wisconsin state department of public welfare with subsidizing illegitimacy in a speech at the Eagles' state convention. He described the department as a giant octopus driven by politics seeking its own aggrandizement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Aaron G. Murphy
Kewaunee
Wisconsin State Department of Public Welfare
Eagles
Murphy
State Department of Public Welfare
Wisconsin
Department of State
Chippewa Falls
Orrin Larrabe
Calcutta
Youth Service Act
Youth Service Commission
Mor rison man held in fatal Iowa murder case
Edward J. Beckwith, 27, of Morrison Iowa, allegedly admitted to his mother he killed and disfigured Irma Jean Stahlhut 22, whose body was found in a tavern walk in refrigerator. Sheriff Meyer said first degree murder charges likely. Beckwith captured by a four man posse in a corn field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Grundy County
John A. Meyer
Edward J
Buddy) Beckwith
Irma Jean Stahlhut
Harvey
Meyer
Beckwith
Jesse Algood
Grundy Center
Wisconsin Weather Toward Warm Humid Day with Showers
The region faces generally warm humid weather with scattered thundershowers as a front moves through the south and east. Rain fell across much of the state last night with totals from trace to about 1.58 inches, easing drought conditions and improving topsoil moisture. Temperatures reach mid 80s with highs near 89 yesterday at Ellsworth and a cool night low around 50 in the Superior Duluth area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien
Darlington
Lancaster
Watertown
la Crosse
Kenosha
Ellsworth
Superior-Duluth
Kenosha Welcomes Mills Brothers Circus on Lakefront
Kenosha hosts Mills Brothers Circus tomorrow with two shows at the lakefront arena. Royal pageant led by Fred Borak Jr and Barbara Jean Aideuis selects Lions club sponsored attendants. European acts debut alongside Helen Huntley the Human Pendulum and Ray Goody as top attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Mills’ Brothers Circus
America
Kenoshans
Fred Borak, Jr
Fred Borak
7Th Ave
Barbara Jean Aideuis
George J. Aideuis
28Th St
Sharon Pascucci
Vito Pascucci
38Th Ave
Geraldine Pascucci
Ben Pascucci
56Th St
Royal Party
Lions Club
The
Circus Quarters
Lakefront Stadium
Red Circus
Europe
Wallabies
Les Rosettis
Valanciano
Niklaus
U. S
Helen Huntley
Burma
Ray Goody
Coplon Claims Frame Up in Espionage Trial Clashes
Judith Coplon angrily shouted that she had been framed and entrapped during cross examination in her espionage trial. She named Raymond Whearty and H. P. Shapiro as conspirators and denied Communist ties while insisting on her innocence. Prosecutor Kelley pressed on as she described alleged FBI secrets sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Judith Coplon
John M. Kelley, Jr
Kelley
Raymond Whearty
Judy
Justice Department
Whearty
H. P. Shapiro
William E. Foley
Miss Coplon
Lorraine Elkin Sunderbrand
Eight Injured In Waukesha Bakery Explosion
Eight people were injured when a gas oven explosion wrecked Comers' Bakery in Waukesha Wisconsin. Two workers Mr Richard Scobel and Mrs Scobel sustained severe burns and cuts and were taken to Memorial hospital. Six other employees suffered minor injuries. The blast threw debris and loaves into the street as crowds gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Wis
Emmerie Downie
Richard Scobel
Memorial Hospital
Comers’ Bakery
Greek Premier Sophoulis Dies at 88 in Greece
Themistokles Sophoulis, premier of Greece since 1947 and a longtime Liberal figure, died at his summer home at 4:15 p.m. at age 88 after a period of illness and recent heart attack. His death follows a turbulent political era marked by civil conflict and cabinet reshuffles. He helped guide Greece amid the Truman Doctrine era and Allied aid during the Greek civil war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Greece
Sophoulis
King Paul
Liberal Party
United States
Turkey
Truman Would Change Postmaster Appointments
President Truman proposed legislation to remove postmaster appointments from politics. He urged a law authorizing the postmaster general to appoint all postmasters subject to civil service and classification acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Civil Service and Classification Acts
Senate committee approves higher federal minimum wage
The Senate Labor Committee backs raising the federal minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour as urged by President Truman. It rejects extending coverage to 5,000,000 more workers this year while granting the wage-hour administrator power to sue for back wages with a waivable double-damages clause. Agricultural processing workers lose area of production exemptions but keep seasonal overtime exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W.2
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Claude Pepper
Fla
Life imprisonment for William Fike in Madison slaying
William Fike, a 47 year old ex convict, was sentenced to life in prison for the bludgeon murder of 76 year old attorney Herbert Siggelko found beaten to death near New Lisbon on May 26. Judge Beilfuss called Fike dangerous to society. He pleaded guilty to first degree murder and was allowed to present a lengthy account of the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manston
Wis
William Fike
Madison
Bruce Beilfuss
Fike
Herbert Siggelko
New Lisbon
Hiss Says He Ended Ties With Chambers in 1936
In federal court Hiss testified he broke off friendship with Whitaker Chambers in spring 1936 over unpaid debts and did not see him again until CH House committee convened last year. He said he knew Chambers as George Crosley and denied handing over any government documents. He described living arrangements on 28th Street and subletting to the Crosleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J.P
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
House Committee On un-American Activities
Hiss
George Crosley
28Th St
Washington
Hisses
P St
Crosleys
Fire Wrecks Warehouse at Naval Research Lab
Fire at the closely guarded Naval Research Laboratory Washington damaged a supply warehouse and threatened a nearby building with high explosives. City firemen controlled the blaze in about thirty minutes as armed marine guards kept police away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Research Laboratory
Assembly Approves Five Million for School Aids
Madison Wisconsin lawmakers vote 70 to 18 to grant five million dollars in state aid for public school construction. The plan allows up to 40 percent funding where local communities cannot cover costs with their own funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U.P
Assembly
Senate Panel Okays Gas Control Restriction
The Senate commerce committee approved by 7 to 5 a bill limiting the federal power commission authority over natural gas. The measure would exempt gathering, production and pipeline sales by independent operators from FPC control and moves to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Federal Power Commission
Senate
FPC
Senate to vote Tuesday on labor strike blocking orders
The Senate agreed to a Tuesday vote on a proposed labor law authorizing court orders to halt national emergency strikes. With the agreement leaders canceled a Senate session they had planned for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Wisconsin Highway 41 traffic ire eases after four mile closure
Businessmen along four lane Highway 41 pressed the Wisconsin highway department as eight miles were closed for repaving. Barricades were removed to restore two way traffic from Highway 50 to the state line while four miles remained open to local detours. Officials offered safety and habit excuses, while merchants proposed routing options to limit summer losses. The dispute heads to Page Five for continuing coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
State Highway Department
White Construction Company
Milwaukee
Illinois State Line
Highway Department
Kenoshans
Highway 43
Highway 50
State Line
County Trunk V
Des Plaines River Bridge
Highway 41
Racine Society Editor Dies After Operation
Dorothy M. Lawton a 48 year old society editor of the Racine Journal-Times for nearly 25 years died last night after an operation seven weeks earlier. A UW Madison journalism graduate she joined the Journal-News staff in 1924 and remained editor after the consolidation. She active in AAUW the Business and Professional Women's club the Racine Women's club and the Daughters of the American Legion. She is survived by her mother Mrs Blanche Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Dorothy M. Lawton
Racine Journal-Times
Miss Lawton
University of Wisconsin School of Journalism
Racine Journal-News
Journal-News
Times- Call
American Association of University Women
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Racine Women’s Club
The
Daughters of the American Legion
Blanche Lawton
Fourth of July Events Set by Legion Post 21
Kenosha Post 21 of the American Legion released a complete July Fourth program. Leo C. Meyer chairs plans featuring a Simmons Island fireworks display after dark, a 2:30 p.m. doll buggy and bike parade with $30 in cash prizes, an ice cream award, a 7:30 p.m. band concert with soloist Peter Sprindis, a street dance on 22nd Ave at 9 p.m. with Freddie Mancusi’s 17 piece orchestra, and a co sponsored up town program with the American Federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Post
Kenosha
Post 21
American Legion Today
Committee of Legionnaires
Leo C. Meyer
Simmons Island
Meyer
Legion Committee
Simmons Island Beach
Legion Band
Peter Sprindis
Uptown
22Nd Ave
61St
63Rd Sts
Freddie Mancusi
American Federation Oo
Wisconsin Assembly Votes to End Rent Controls
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill to end rent controls statewide on June 1 next year and allow 15 to 30 percent rent increases in the meantime. The bill passed 55 to 34 and now moves to the Senate for a minor amendment approval before final action. Governor Rennebohm’s stance remains undecided. The measure would let cities lift controls with his consent and preserve leases for 15 percent hikes under 1947 and 1948 laws, or permit a 30 percent rise if tenants decline new leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin Assembly
Senate
Rennebohm
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Police Action Against Priests in Slovakia
The government announced strong police action against Catholic priests and bishops in Slovakia following reports that monasteries were being closed and priests arrested in the southern province. The move comes amid tensions between church leaders and the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slovakia
Prague
Czechoslovakia
FBI to Probe Mob Violence in Alabama Floggings
Attorney General Tom Clark ordered a full Justice Department field investigation into recent night rider violence in Alabama. The press statement said Ku Klux Klan involvement was alleged. A House Judiciary subcommittee will begin public hearings next Wednesday on Alabama flogging incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tom Clark
Justice Department
Alabama
Congress
House
San Francisco Woman Says She Married Noted Confidence Man Engel
Mrs. Vivian Huebler 45 and her daughter Myriam Patricia Maltby reveal they eloped with Sigmund Engel 73 in Reno six days earlier and plan to sue for annulment. Engel, described as a polished con man, sought cash from women nationwide and vanished after the Reno elopement. He used the alias Paul C. Bond and remained wanted in New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Vivian Huebler
Sigmund Engel
Huebler
Engel
New York
Chicago
Reno
Reseda
Bond
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa
Winnebago State Hospital
Harvard
Widener Library
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Medical School
Shirley M. Gallup
Cranston
R. I
Doris R. Bennett
Framingham
Martha K. Caires
Edith L. Stone
Boston
Waukesha Bakery
Naval Research Lab
Atomic Energy
Lewis L. Strauss
William Rogers
Senate Special Investigating Committee
Racine Society
Chairman Meyer
Frank Bartell
Lawrence Jensen
Walter Osterman
Joseph Fiorini
Roy Wilton
Frank Niccolai
Louis Becker
Judiciary Committee
Clayton Hicks
R. Phillips
Gaylord Nelson
Everett LaFond
Two Rivers
Hicks
Gordon Bubolz
Appleton
Patrick Lucey
Ferryville
William Duffy
Greenleaf
Department of Agriculture
FBI
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!