Ex-State Dept Employee Indicted on Treason Counts
Herbert John Burgman former state department employee was indicted by a federal grand jury on 69 counts of treason for wartime broadcasts over Nazi radio. The native of Hokah Minnesota worked in Berlin for 20 years and later served briefly in the American Military government. He was arrested after wartime activities surfaced and brought back to the United States February 4.
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Washington
Herbert John Burgman
State Department
Burgman
Hokah
Minn
Mildred
Sally) Gillars
Germany
Berlin
Pearl Harbor
German Broadcasting Corp
United States
Joe Scanlon
Valentin Gubitchev
United Nations
Gubitchev
New York
Giant Schools Of Minnows Stir in Harbor
Minnesota harbor hosts vast swarms of minnows moving in dark cloudlike masses around Kenosha harbor signaling a pollution free port on the Great Lakes. No bait activity reported this year though rules require a permit for over 300 minnows. spring winds softened celebrations yet sunny promise returns.
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Kenosha Harbor
Great Lakes
Kenosha
Mercury
Red Cross
23 Collisions Reported in City and County
A weekend flood of accidents left city police and sheriff's deputies tallying 23 collisions with 12 injuries and seven arrests. Notable crashes include Payson and two passengers hurt at 50th St and 7th Ave, Alvarez family injuries from a pole break, and multiple fines in municipal court for reckless driving and license issues.
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Florencio Alvarez
47Th St
30Th Ave
50Th St
Alvarez
Lencho
Mary
Kenosha Hospital
Jacob DeKok
34Th Ave
Harvey Brewer
Zion
Ill
19Th Ave
54Th St
Derick
Jeanette
Brewer
Edward Littner
Henry Holman
14Th Ave
Holman
Charles Lin
24Th Ave
Littner
Myron H. Dorfman
75Th St
Daniel Martinez
Rt. 4
53Rd St
Oscar Martinez
Michael Martin
Rt. 1
Box 407
Gilman
Clyde Thompson
57Th St
11Th Ave
Thompson
Nordahl J. Lowe
Box 123
Motor Transport Company
Sheridan Rd
Lowe
World Peace conference ends amid rallies and praise
The three day Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace ended with 18 700 inside Madison Square Garden praising Soviet peace aims while 2000 outside picketed and jeered. Delegates endorsed UN strengthening and peace commitments as rival groups denounced the event as Communist controlled.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
U. S. State Department
National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Carnegie Hall
The
Garden
United Nations
United States
A. A. Fadeyev
Soviet Union
Boy 12 Admits Strangling Child in Wisconsin
In Fond du Lac, District Attorney Harold Murphy said a 12 year old boy admitted killing Michael Strobel, age 2, by strangling with a belt after tussling for bed. A juvenile court hearing was set for April 8 to decide future action.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Harold Murphy
Michael Strobel
Michael
Hazen W. McEssy
Three Killings and a Murder Trial Echo Oshkosh Turmoil
The report ties a family homicide in Oshkosh to a broader weekend of fatal traffic crashes that killed two men, a teen, and two more victims in varied Wisconsin locales. Milwaukee headlines cover Milton Babich’s arraignment for Patricia Birmingham’s death and his confession details.
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Milton
Richter
Babich
Supreme Court to Review Christoffel Perjury Conviction
Harold R. Christoffel, Milwaukee labor leader and former Local 248 CIO United Auto Workers president, seeks Supreme Court review of his perjury conviction for testifying he had not been a Communist. He was sentenced to two to six years after conviction in federal court, with the appeals court upholding the verdict. The court scheduled the week of April 18 for the hearing.
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Washington
Harold R. Christoffel
Milwaukee
Supreme Court
House Labor Committee
Christoffel
U. S
U.S. Court of Appeals
CIO United Automobile Workers
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
District of Columbia
FBI
Smith Resigns as Ambassador. Takes Command of First Army
Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, who has resigned as ambassador to Russia, is appointed to command the First Army with headquarters at Governors Island New York. He succeeds Gen. Courtney Hodges, who retired January 31.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Russia
First Army
Army Department
Smith
Governors Island
N. Y
Courtney H. Hodges
Compromise Rent Bill Gives Landlords Aid Reached
Senate and house conferees agreed on a compromise to guarantee landlords fair net operating income under a 15 month rent control extension. The measure shifts from a reasonable return to ensuring what is needed for fair net operating income and drops automatic five percent increases. The bill must be ratified by both houses before going to President Truman’s signature as rent controls near midnight Thursday.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Ralph E. Flanders
White House
Truman
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Anpeengeap
Sparkman
Maybank
Evanston Couple Found Dead in Apartment
Evanston police reported Joseph W. Cowley 30 and his wife were found shot to death in their apartment. Police say the man killed his wife then shot himself, ending the suspected murder suicide.
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Evanston
U.P
Joseph W. Cowley
Last Rites Held For Nash Sister
Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs. May Amelia Nash Eldridge 86 sister of the late Charles W. Nash former president of General Motors and founder of Nash Motors. She died after a three year illness at her Flint Michigan area home and had moved to Washington in 1881. Survived by son Dr. Watson W. Eldridge Jr daughters Garnett Loeffler and Charles C. Hartman of Washington and stepson Marvin Eldridge of Chicago burial at Congressional cemetery.
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Washington
May Amelia Nash Eldridge
Charles W. Nash
General Motors Corp
Nash Motors
The
Home For the Aged
Retired Editor Walter W. Chase Dies at 64
Walter W. Chase, 64, former editor of the St. Paul Daily News at retirement in 1938, and previously with the St. Paul Pioneers Press, died Saturday in Encinitas California.
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Encinitas
Calif
Walter W. Chase
St. Paul
Wisconsin biochemist wins $1000 enzyme award
Madison Wisconsin assistant professor Henry A. Lardy age 31 of the University of Wisconsin received the Paul Lewis laboratories award in enzyme chemistry. The American Chemical Society announced the award from Washington today.
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Madison, Wis
Henry A. Lardy
University of Wisconsin
Paul Lewis Laboratories
American Chemical Society
Washington
Milwaukee Teen Tragedy Reflects War Era Youth Crises
Sixteen year old Patricia Birmingham died after her sister Kathleen’s secret pregnancy and a murder by Kathleen’s lover Milton Babich. Milwaukee civic leaders link the Babich case to rising juvenile delinquency, noting wartime family strain and a surge in teen sex offenses and drinking.
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Sapese
District Court
Harvey L. Neelen
Dist
William McCauley
Babich
Patricia
Kathleen
Robert Musel
United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Patricia Birmingham
Albert Birmingham
Ann Nwadee Fann
Allavic
Milton Babich
United States
Frank Zeidler
Zeidler
Fred Schwarze
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State Dept
Pat
Oscar Tschury
Edward Mazurkiewicz
Charles Payson
Racine
7Th Ave
Payson
Kenneth Finnemore
Richard Casey
60Th St
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Robert Gunderson
Matilda Upham
56Th St
10Th Ave
Edward B. Jansky
39Th Ave
Lloyd Ricker, Jr
Box 141
Page Eight
League For Free Russia
City Center Casino
League
America
Russian League
Americans For Intellectual Freedom
Freedom House
Oshkosh
Urban
Strobel
Urban, Jr
Strobels
Louis
Robert A. Gustavus
Donald Kletzke
Ervin Tesch, Jr
Arthur Richter
Neelen
Adolph Kraemer
Kraemer
Milwaukee River
Fabian Babich
Frank Zajdel
Zajdel
William J. McCauley
Washington —.P
Thomas Kallas
Crown Point
Ind
Kallas
George Stocks
Indiana State Prison
Evening News
Erich Tillman
McKinley Elementary
McKinley
C. A. Strange
Clarence Reindl
Reindl and Loewen Company
Axel Victorson
Peter Ploskee
Nash
Vice Ring
Kalamazoo
Mich
Victor
Northwestern University
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