Bank Teller Bets On Horse Races Then Faces Court Action
John Hagenauer a 38 year old Oak Park Trust teller faces a speedy federal court case after admitting he used bank funds to cover horse racing losses totaling 5000 dollars He told prosecutors he would waive the formal charges and blamed a vacation period transition to a machine bookkeeping system for the breach Hagenauer who lived with his wife and two children in Forest Park said he drew from his savings to gamble and covered losses with joint savings.
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John Hagenauer
Oak Park Trust and Savings Bank
Hagenauer
Robert J. Downing
Oe Bank
Forest Park
Retailers Seek Aid From Manufacturer Sponsored Sales
Wisconsin Retail Food Dealers adopt a resolution at their 47th annual convention asking manufacturers and suppliers sponsoring one cent and half price sales to compensate retailers at full normal mark up. Carl Canavan of Kenosha elected president succeeding R J Frederick of Beaver Dam. Other officers named include Larson La Crosse first vice president Connolly Kor second vice president Schuster Wienke Milwaukee secretary manager. Directors chosen are Ra Manitowoc van Dyck DePere Johnson Wausau Schueler Janesville.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin
Carl Canavan
Kenosha
R. J. Frederick
Beaver Dam
Ph Larson
la Crosse
Robert Connolly
Kor
Frank E. Schuster
F. B. Wienke
Milwaukee
Frank Ra
Manitowoc
Ray van Dyck
Depere
Arley Johnson
Wausau
Ewald Schueler
Janesville
Former Tomah Principal Named To Boys' School
Roy J. Forehand, former Taylor County school superintendent and previous Tomah and Hancock high school principal, was named to a boys' school post. The appointment was announced Tuesday by Clyde Reed, superintendent of schools in the district.
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Tomah
Waukesha
Wis
Roy J. Forehand
A. Ascipal
Wisconsin
Rehand
Taylor County
Hannibal and
Clyde Reed
Itch Beat Seller Another Mo Metter at Er
Local item lists Boerner Berg Pord pinkins Hebberd Ruud s Drug Stores as hometown druggists for service.
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Boerner
Berg
Pordpkins
Hebberd
Ruud
Woods On Priority For Racecourse Quirk Causes Denial
The committee plans to question witnesses about allegations of consultants charging fees to obtain government contracts. Hearings focus on Albert W. Lewitt former secretary to Senator Hawkes and Clarence H. Doehler ex head of a storage division. The Lido Beach hotel sale to original owners after wartime government seizure is under scrutiny.
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Woods
Tanforan
Ters
Ting
Ers
Albert W. Lewitt
Lewitt
Albert Hawkes
New Jersey
Clarence H. Doehler
Ewar Assets Action
Chicago
Committeee Eenance Committee
Lido Beach
Long Island
N.Y
Indian Powwow Draws Sauk Fox Tribes to Black Hawk Park
Indians from Iowa and Oklahoma reservations visit Rock Island Illinois for the 10th annual powwow at Black Hawk State Park Labor Day weekend. Sauk and Fox dances honor Blood descendants of Chief Black Hawk. Visitors will live in wickiups and prepare meals over open fires.
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Rock Island
Ill
Iowa
Oklahoma
Black Hawk State Park
Indian Council
Black Hawk
Father Physician Fails In Effort To Save Son
Milwaukee man Herbert H. Smith 51 died after heat exposure as his physician father Dr. S. W. Smith rode with him by the lake. A second heat death was Sarkis Takeriam 67 of West Allis who collapsed mowing his lawn.
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Milwaukee
Herbert H. Smith
West Allis
Takeriam
Birthday tribute to a dirigible pioneer Eckener
HMUGO Eckener born August 10 1868 in Flensburg Germany son of a tobacconist. He became a key dirigible advocate credited with leading early ocean flights including the Los Graf Zeppelin and world circumnavigation. The Hindenburg disaster cost 36 lives but did not end his faith in airships.
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Hmugo Eckener
Flensburg
Germany
Dr. Eckener
Count Zeppelin
Eckener
Britain
Lakehurst
N. J
Nation Lists 10000 Polio Cases To Date
York reports about 10 000 polio cases nationwide as of July 30 194x with Arkansas at 490 and Oklahoma at 521. Dr Van Riper announced after a Foundation for Infantile Paralysis conference on pooling finances to care for victims. The foundation issued disease control recommendations to state health officers.
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York
Bymedica Foundation
Associated Press
van Riper
Foundation
Federal Securit Adminstration
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Self Confessed Slayer Haigh Hanged For Crimes
John G Haigh the self confessed vampire slayer of nine Britons was executed at Wandsworth Prison at age 39 He had been convicted July 19 of murdering Olivia Durand Deacon a 69 year old widow for her money A jury rejected insanity and Haigh confessed to killing eight others and dissolving bodies in acid baths after drinking their blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John G. Haigh
Wandsworth
Olivia Durand Deacon
Haigh
Durand-Deacon
Newburg Club Tops Blair Outfit 2-0 In Softball
Newburg Club of La Crosse blanked Blair 2-0 as Charlie Mahlke allowed three hits and struck out 10. Goetsch pitched a six-hitter for Blair. Both teams played errorless defense in the regional matchup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Wis
Newbures
la Crosse
Charlie Mahlke
Goetsch
Biochemist Henry Lardy to Receive $1000 Lewis Award
Dr Henry A Lardy a 31 year old biochemist at the University of Wisconsin will receive the $1000 Lewis Laboratory award for work in enzyme chemistry at the American Chemical Society meeting in Atlantic City September 18 23 He is honored for work on biotin a vitamin of the B complex and its role in animal health Also Eire reports net earnings of 120000000 from foreign tourists in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Lardy
University of Wisconsin
Lewis Laboratory
American Chemical Society
Atlantic City
Lardy
Farmer Cleared After Brief Tiff With Law
A jury cleared Fred Burhop a 59 year old farmer from Grafton Wisconsin of disorderly conduct after a confrontation with law officers. The incident involved a 17 year old fugitive from the Waukesha School for Boys who remained at large after the dispute in an oats field. Harold Eischen testified and quoted Burhop claiming county sheriffs cannot act on his land. The youth remains at large.
Exorcism Claimed For Washington Boy
A Washington couple reported their 14 year old son was possessed by an evil spirit. Clergymen from multiple faiths performed exorcism rituals after mysterious noises moving furniture and bed, with a St. Michael statue. The phenomena ceased after the rites. The Society for Parapsychology documented the case, noting parapsychology studies ESP and related phenomena.
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Washington
Society For Parapsychology
St. Michael
Hoover 75 as world honors ex president on birthday
Stanford California marks Herbert Hoover’s 75th birthday with global tributes and a commencement address at 7 m to honor the former president. Governors and leaders extend greetings, while Hoover continues public service and family visits amid a 16 hour workday.
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Stanford University
Calif
Herbert Clark Hoover
Hoover
Arkansas
Maryland
Earl Warren
California
New Mexico
Vermont
Mr. Hoover
Idaho
Alabama
Virginia
South Dakota
Kansas
New York
Washington
Iowa
Leland Stanford University
Wth
United States
New Vet Home Law Set For Start Soon
Wisconsin state board of veterans affairs says the new housing law should operate within 60 days. The Aug. 5 law directs 80 percent of a 16 million fund to direct loans and 20 percent to grants. Veterans may borrow up to 2000 dollars for a 10000 dollar home at 2 percent interest for 20 years with 5 percent equity.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Veterans Affairs
Rennebohm
Veterans Organizations
Red Cross
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Second Trip To Death Chair Ends In Execution
In Huntsville Texas W Fred Jones 40 walked to the electric chair for the second time in three days and died at 12 11 a m CST after a 12 03 a m execution The condemned man had just received a three day reprieve and was linked to a 1948 Dallas mutilation slaying case involving Gladys Scott General Kerzee a 57 year old Dallas man faced a separate murder conviction Note Jones blamed Floydada grocer Love for meddling in his domestic life.
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Huntsville
Tex
Fred Jones
Jones
General Kerzee
Dallas
Gladys Scott
Floydada Iron Ones
Love
Businessman S Dagé Dies After Long Illness
Merrill Wis businessman S Dagé 71 died Tuesday night at Holy Cross hospital after a long illness. He headed the Kraft Paper Co before it was sold three years ago to National Container and was a former vice president and general manager at Kraft Paper.
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Merrill, Wis
S. Dage
Tomaha
Holy Cross Hospital
P T
Bradley Bank
General Manor
Kraft Paper Co
National Container Rp
Riders Club Re-Elects Entire Officer
The Coulee Region Riders club met August 6 at the E. Gile home in Onalaska Wisconsin. Officers re-elected were Earl Gile president Robert Hauser vice president Mrs Albert Abner secretary and Faye Meter treasurer. Plans for a picnic on August 21 were completed. Lunch was served by Marie and James Marco.
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Onalaska
Wis
Coulee Region
Iders Club
E. Gile
Earl Gile
Robert Hauser
Albert Abner
Faye Meter
Marie
James Marco
Reds Battle For Canton in Kiangsi Frontline Action
Communist forces hurled fresh troops toward Canton as Kiangsi’s government fled Kanhsien, about 215 miles from Canton. The battle raged northwest of Kanhsien in south central Kiangsi, within 50 to 60 miles of Kwantung Province, with reports of a new Red division entering the fight.
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Canton
Kiangsi
Kanhsien
Kwantung
Vacations Stall Hearing On Wisconsin Rent Control Case
Federal judge Tehan said panel members including Earl Major are on vacation delaying a Monday hearing on the CIO challenge to Wisconsin rent control. The case concerns whether Ray Rose must turn over records to Milwaukee County Clerk under the state bill claiming federal requirements for state takeover. Machines for making nails were produced in America at the close of the 18th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
CIO
Wisconsin
Robert E. Tehan
Earl Major
7Th Circuit Court of Neat
Tehan
Ray Rose
Pilfering Pushes Up Milwaukee Home Costs Says Builder
Milwaukee builder Frank Kirkpatrick told Police Chief John Pole that theft and vandalism at Kinnickinnic River parkway projects could raise home prices. He cited losses under 250 dollars per incident but warned aggregate costs may force higher prices without protection. Other builders, including W. E. Wandrus, reported thefts cutting into lumber and materials.
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Milwaukee
Frank Kirkpatrick
John Pole
Kirkpatrick
Kinnickinnic River Parkway
Milwauckee
Polcyn
Kirkepatrick
W. E. Wandrus
Iridium Cubic Foot Weighs Nearly Double Lead
A cubic foot of iridium weighs 1396 pounds roughly twice the weight of a cubic foot of lead, highlighting iridium's extreme density.
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Newburg
Biochemist
Eire
Conoco N
Conoco Mileage Merchants
Honor Hoover
Russian River
Truman
Commission
Hoover Commission
Lou Henry
Stanford
Herbert, Jr
Alan
Riders Club
Officer State
Griffin
Ohie
I NT
Main Street
America
Tighe Woods
Senate
Madras
India
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