Court orders mental exam for William Heirens in multiple murders
Chicago crime case moves forward as William Heirens, 17, arraigned on a third murder charge in the Ross killing. A psychiatric examination is ordered by Chief Justice Harold Ward with two alienists appointed. The court also continued 28 burglary assault and robbery charges to Sept. 4 as Heirens faces Degnan and Brown cases. A razor blade was found in a county jail book, and Heirens remains under tight guard awaiting further proceedings.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Criminal Court
Jose Phime Ross
Ross
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
el Three
Harold G. Ward
William Haines
Cook County
Harry Hoffman
Roland Towle
William J. Tuohy
Degnan
Brown
Heirens
Miss Brown
Motron
Suzanne
Michael Mulcahy
Mulcahy
Nazi Skull Collection Revealed At War Crimes Trial
Evidence read at the Nuremberg war crimes trial shows bearded SS officer Wolfran Sievers discussed assembling skulls and skeletons for an anatomical institute in Strasbourg. A British prosecutor produced a letter claiming near completion of a multi race skull collection with Jews largely absent.
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Mernberg
Germany
Strasbourg
International Military Tribunal
Wolfran Sievers
Ma. F. Elwyn Jones
Sievers
Brandt
East
Fred Holmes Estate Valued at $80 000
Madison historian and author Fred L Holmes died of a heart attack delivering a centennial address in Waukau Wisconsin on July 27. His Dane county probate petition says the estate is valued at $80 000 and lists principal beneficiaries including Marquette University the State Historical Society the Trappist Monastery at New Milleray Iowa and Miss Margaret Pollock pardon secretary to Gov Goocland.
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Madison
Fred L. Holmes
Waukau
Wis
Dane County
Marquette University
State Historical Society
Trappist
New Milleray
Margaret Pollock
Goocland
Gov approves Crawford county highway contract
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin special report: Gov Goodland approved a contract with S. J. Groves and Sons of Minneapolis to grade and drain fifteen miles of state highway 35 in Crawford county. The project prepares for a bituminous surfacing at a cost of 461,303 dollars.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Crawford County
Goodland
S. J. Groves and Sons Company of
Minneapolis
Weather Report for La Crosse Area
Clearing and cooler tonight with a low around 55 degrees. Friday looks generally fair with moderate temperatures and a high near 78 to 80 degrees.
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la Crosse
Racine Worker In Tokyo Mystery Jewel Hoarder
Henry A. Trinke, a Racine, Wisconsin native and 47 year old U S Army civilian equipment operator in Tokyo, became a local mystery after jewels worth millions of yen vanished and were recovered by a Japanese truck driver. The 402 diamonds were found near Yokosuka and are under review by the Eighth Army public relations office and the 23rd CID to establish ownership. Trinke bought the gems in New York last November as an investment and offered rewards for their return, denying Japanese currency as payment.
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Tokyo
Henry A. Trinke
U. S
Trinke
Japan
Racine
Wis
Eighth Army
United States
23Rd Criminal Investigation Division
Yokosuka
New York City
New York
May Needs Rest Amid Garsson Probe Stress
Two Kentucky physicians urged the senate war investigating committee that Rep. May must have an indefinite period of rest and careful attention. The report, dated Aug. 6, says May cannot appear tomorrow to explain wartime intervention for Garsson munitions.
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Washington, D. C
Kentucky
Senate War Investigating Committee
May
D-ay
John J. Archer
George P. Archer
Prestonsburg
General Hospital
House Military Committee
Garsson Munitions Combine
FBI
Boy Survives 3 Hour Flight Hidden in Plane Engine
A 12 year old Indonesian boy was treated in Darwin with burns exposure and shock after a three hour flight trapped in the engine nacelle of a Dutch Dakota transport. A mechanic found him tangled near the lowering mechanism and he later recovered.
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Sydney
Darwin
Koepang
Sydney Sun
Australia
RAAF
Hillsboro physician Dr Ron ald S MacKechnie dies at 74
Dr Ronald S MacKechnie 74 prominent Vernon county physician and civic leader dies in Hillsboro Wisconsin after long state-wide reputation. He served as Hillsboro Commercial Association president with active roles in American Medical Association Wisconsin State Medical Society and Vernon County Medical Society. Funeral services set for 2 pm at his home and 2:30 pm at Congregational church. Burial in Hillsboro cemetery. Born in Brighton Canada in 1872.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Ronald S. MacKechnie
Vernon County
Hillsboro Commercial Association
American Medical Association
Wisconsin State Medical Society
Vernon County Medical Society
Masonic Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Eastern Star
Congregational Church
Wichlie
Canada
Dr. MacKechnie
Brighton
Province of
U S Issues 45 Day Duck Season Regulation
The 1946 duck season starts Oct 5 and lasts 45 days with daily bag limits cut from 10 to 7 and possession limits from 20 to 7. Shooting hours run from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour before sunset as officials cite a duck population drop from 125 million in 1944 to 80 million.
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Washington
Interior Krug
Krug
North Central States
Prairie Provinces
Molotov Battles Rules Over Conference Veto Power
Paris reports Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov clashed with Allied powers over voting rules at the peace conference. Australian Foreign Minister Evatt condemned Molotov as seeking to rewrite procedure and veto the plenary. The dispute risks prolonging talks on peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland as temporary president Georges Bidault hands over to Byrnes under a four-nation rotation.
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Paris
Herbert V. Evatt
Molotov
Evatt
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
United States
Rules Committee
Foreign Ministers Council
Georges Bidault
Bidault
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Reds Defend Albania In Greek Charges
Soviet Russia defended Albania in the Greek memorandum controversy calling the charges false and urged Albania's immediate admission to the United Nations. In a closed security council committee meeting, Alexei Krasilnikov said Albanians aided Greece and the Allies, with Albania and Outer Mongolia among applicants supported by Moscow. Afghanistan followed on the UN bid list.
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New York
Russia
Albania
United Nations
Security Council
Alexei N. Krasilnikov
Greece
Outer Mongolia
Afghanistan
Would-Be Burglars Enter Nothing Gone at Concordia Hall
Concordia Hall at 1123 La Crosse Street was burglarized Tuesday or early Wednesday with no loot taken. Police say entry was gained by removing the door lock plate on the east bar room door and cutting away the casing, and another attempt was made at the rear kitchen door by cutting the screen and removing the latch.
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Concordia
la Crosse Street
Charges In Gem Theft Involving Hesse Jewels
U S Army announces War Captain Kathleen B Nash Durant charged with larceny embezzlement conspiracy and absent without leave over the Kronberg castle theft of the Hesse and Prussia jewels valued at about 1 500 000 The Durants await trial while Maj David F Watson and Col Jack W Durant face later courts martial in Frankfurt Chicago arrests and German proceedings are noted with defense plans to bring witnesses from the United States.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Hesse
Kronberg Castle
United States
Schloss Friedrichshof
Army
Wac
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Jack W. Durant
Seek Continuance of UNRRA Relief Aid
In Geneva 48 nations argue against Director General La Guardia's plan to end UNRRA activities. Aake Ording of Norway suggests direct international loans to needy governments as a replacement. American British and Russian delegates plan private talks to reconcile differences.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UNRRA
F. H la Guardia
Aake Ording
Norway
Wisconsin Records Nine New Polio Cases Raising Toll to Fifty Six
The state board of health reported nine new poliomyelitis cases in Wisconsin since yesterday, increasing total cases since Aug. 1 to 56. New cases include three in Waupaca county, two in Outagamie, and one each in Brown, Oconto, Racine and Walworth counties.
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Madison
State Board of Health
Wisconsin
Waupaca County
Outagamie
Brown, Oconto
Racine
Walworth
Barbers Set Meeting in Manitowoc This Weekend
Wisconsin Journeymen Barbers Hairdressers and Cosmetologists association will hold a meeting in Manitowoc on Sunday and Monday. Members from the state are expected to attend the session at the local barber trade venue for discussions and plans.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Wisconsin Journeymen
Cosmetologists Association
He Wanted Kangaroo So Now One's Coming From Australia
An unexpected guest from Australia heads to Chicago at the Don Bullinger residence. Bernard Dowe of Melbourne brought a seven months old male kangaroo, a surprise Bullinger does not know about, with plans for the animal to practice its 30 foot leaps at a farm outside the city.
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San Francisco
Australia
Don Bullinger
Chicago
Bullinger
United States
Bernard Dowe
Melbourne
Dowe
New Caribbean Quake Reported Across US Seismographs
A fresh earthquake tremor near the Caribbean island was logged today by Fordham Universitys seismograph and echoed by Loyola University in Chicago. Reports from Dominican residents in New York described a new, potentially stronger shock, with inhabitants of San Pedro Macoris fleeing as lines cut out. Seismographs at Weston Massachusetts and St. Louis University also recorded the event, indicating wide seismic activity.
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New York
Caribbean
Fordham University
San Pedro Macoris
Chicago
Loyola University
Alphonse Schmitt
Weston
Mass.) College
St. Louis University
Farm Crops Need Rain in Anxious Wisconsin Area
Anxious La Crosse area farmers face little rain relief as a light 0.02 inch shower Wednesday is described as a teaser by meteorologist A. D. Saniel. A cold front moves through Wisconsin with clearing skies and cooler temps expected tonight and later this weekend. The U.S. Weather Bureau warns no substantial drought relief in the Midwest.
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la Crosse
A. D. Saniel
Saniel
Wisconsin
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Plains
Great Lakes
Montana
Canada
Bueau
Great Plains
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Bozeman
Mont
Kansas
Hutchinson
Kans
Bill Itself Still Awaits Action By President
Washington delivers a signed wartime appropriation for enlist ed men terminal leave pay while the terminal leave legislation itself remains on President Truman s desk. The measure would cover about 15 000 past and present service members with furlough pay and include funds for veteran mobility aids and OPA allotments.
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Bill
Washington
Truman
OPA
Navy reports overdue twin motor transport near Pensacola
The navy announced that a twin motor transport plane flying from Jacksonville to Pensacola was long overdue. The craft was due to arrive in Pensacola at 5 p m Wednesday, but no further details were released at once.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Pensacola
Fair opens second day of 56th Inter-State Fair thrills on midway
La Crosse’s Inter-State Fair enters its second day with Thrill Day shows in front of the grandstand crowds of about 8 000 on Wednesday evening. Weather was forecast clear for the afternoon and night with a cool breeze expected. Judging in livestock and 4-H entries began Thursday morning and continues into Friday for ribbon placements.
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John R. Ward
Midway
la Crosse
Joseph W. Frisch
Fair Association
The
VFW backs veteran bonus stance in Wisconsin and nation
Commander Clyde C. Carr of Thomas Rooney post No 1539 says the VFW backed a Wisconsin state bonus in 1946 and supported a national bonus at the 1945 convention. He distinguishes adjusted-pay as wage partial relief, not a true bonus, and notes all veterans benefit without discrimination while honoring overseas and continental service alike.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization
Clyde C. Carr
Thomas Rooney
VFW
Wisconsin
Madison
Chicago
Boston
Mass
Carr
United States
Kidnapping and Assault Report In Oshkosh
Two Oshkosh men, Carl Schumacher 36 and Charles Clark 55, told police they were kidnapped, assaulted, searched and held captive for several hours by armed masked men who fled in a car. It is unclear when the incident occurred and no arrests are reported.
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Oshkosh, Wis
Oshkosh
Carl Schumacher
Charles Clark
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