Theft Of Hesse Jewels Revealed At Durant Trial
Frankfurt report details how the $1,500,000 Hesse crown jewels were stolen from Krongberg castle and smuggled to the United States. Mrs. Durant named Col. Jack Durant Major David A. Watson and Sgt. Roy C. Carlton as participants and described burying, distributing, and selling parts of the loot while seeking to avoid prosecution.
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Hesse
Durant
Frankfurt
Germany
Wace
Kathleen Nash Durant
Krongberg Castle
United States
Chicago
Col
Jack Durant
David A. Watson
Roy C. Carlton
Carlton
Col. Durant
Major Watson
Cool Temperature Forecast Tonight in Wisconsin
Rain moved into western Wisconsin early Tuesday with drizzle in La Crosse after 8 am and intermittent showers expected through the day. A cold front will reach the area Tuesday afternoon, lowering temperatures. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and cool with near freezing readings in the far northwest but no frost expected.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Farmhand Walter Patricki Fatally Injured Near Milwaukee
Walter Patricki a 21 year old Ozaukee county farmhand was fatally injured early Tuesday after falling or jumping from a viaduct onto the Milwaukee Road right of way. He was discharged from the army six months ago and had been working on the Charles Drexler farm near Fredonia according to his brother.
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Milwaukee
Walter Patricki
Ozaukee County
Milwaukee Road
Charles Drexler
Fredonia
Weather outlook for La Crosse area shows light rain and cooling
Cloudy conditions with intermittent light rain ease tonight as temperatures fall to a low. Wednesday brings a mix of partial clearing with cooler highs and decreasing wind as the day progresses.
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la Crosse
Search for fifth airman as 1000 Yugoslav troops deploy
U S Ambassador Patterson announced the Yugoslav Fourth Army will send 1000 soldiers to search for the fifth crew member of a downed American transport if medical authorities lack conclusive proof all five died in the Aug twenty crash. Tests in Ljubljana hospital are under way as remains are reexamined. The bodies may be flown to Udine or taken overland, with graves registration officials noting evidence supports death in the crash near Bled.
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Belgrade
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Fourth Army
Patterson
Ljubljana
Chester M. Stratton
Stratton
Italy
Udine
Morgan
U. S. Graves Registration Commission
Bled
Yugoslavia
American officer returns to Berlin in art theft case
Capt. Norman T. Byrne of Hollywood California faces charges for allegedly removing two paintings valued at 5000 and porcelain from Germany. He was arrested August 12 in San Francisco by CID agents and later transported to Berlin to face further investigation. Byrne allegedly admitted taking the art to the United States while claiming the Smoker painting was a gift and the water color purchased from a German.
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Berlin
U. S.S
United States
Germany
Norman T. Byrne
Hollywood
Calif
Office of Military Government
San Francisco
Army
Criminal Investigation Department
U. S
Byrne
David Teniers
Peckstein
CID
Provost Marshall
Capt. Byrne
Byrnes
Housing Control Switch Planned by Civilian Production
Civilian Production Administrator John D. Small announced transferring control of all non-residential construction, besides industrial, to Housing Expositor Wilson W. Wyatt. The shift targets cutting weekly non-housing construction from 45 million to 35 million to divert materials to veterans homes.
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Washington
John D. Small
Wilson W. Wyatt
Small
Polio Delays Manitowoc School Openings
Manitowoc schools opening was postponed due to poliomyelitis. The start shifted from Sept. 4 to Sept. 11 or 16. Kenosha also delayed two weeks. A 23 year old woman in the area contracted polio for the second time, described as mild. Wisconsin reports 423 poliomyelitis cases since Aug. 1 with Eau Claire, Dane, Dunn, Columbia among counties affected.
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Manitowoc
Kenosha
Weulseshs
Madison
State Board of Health
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Dane
Dunn
Columbia
Marathon
Vilas
War Department Identifies Five Killed In Transport Plane Crash
Washington reports five American officers and men killed or believed killed in the Aug. 19 transport plane crash shot down by Yugoslav fighters. Definitively listed as killed are Capt. Harold Farnsley Schreiber of New Albany Indiana, and his wife Mrs Marcia Schreiber and father Ralph H Schreiber. Believed killed are Capt. Richard H Claeys sister Mary Claeys of St Charles Illinois Capt. Elen H Freestone mother Mrs Harvey S Freestone Burley Idaho Corp Matthew M Comko mother Mrs Tilley Comko Monessen Pennsylvania Corp Chester J Lower parents Mr and Mrs Chester Lower Enfield New Hampshire. Notification telegrams went out after casualties were advised from army headquarters in Italy.
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Washington
War Department
Harold Farnsley Schreiber
New Albany
Ind
Marcia Schreiber
Ralph H. Schreiber
Richard H. Claeys
Mary Claeys
St. Charles
Elen H. Freestone
Harvey S. Freestone
Burley
Idaho
Corp
Matthew M. Comko
Tilley Comko
Monessen
Chester J. Lower
Chester Lower
Enfield
N. H
Italy
Legendary Red Revolutionist Details USSR Overthrow Plot
Soviet court hears Gen. Gregorie Semenov recount a 30 year conspiracy by anti Bolshevik emigres seeking to topple the USSR with Japanese aid. He describes mass killings funds and espionage as seven co defendants face armed struggle charges before the military collegium.
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Moscow
Orient
Soviet Union
Siberia
Gregorie Semenov
Lenin
Soviet Supreme Court
Autopsies awaited in mystery deaths of La Farge children
District Attorney M N Daffinrud said no cause would be released until state toxicologists complete autopsy reports. Three Lisney children in La Farge were ill. Edward Lisney Jr. died, Edna Mae died, Gaylord Lisney survived and was to be released soon. No polio found. food poisoning investigated. bodies sent to Madison for testing.
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Edna Mae
la Crosse
Gaylord Seven
Madison
F. L. Kozelka
Lunnenschloss- Doudna
Richland
A. M. Murphy
Gaylord Lisney
Vernon County
Daffinrud
Edward Lisney
Selmer Silbaugh
Plum Run
la Farge
Deny China Surplus Sale Involves Military Gear
Assistant Secretary of War Howard C. Petersen and Foreign Liquidation Commissioner Thomas B. McCabe rejected Chinese Communist charges that talks cover the secret sale of surplus U S military supplies to China. They confirmed a sale plan for civilian surplus valued at about 500 million dollars but insisted no ammunition weapons aircraft or military items are included. They also stated Chinese civil air rights are not part of the deal nor will they be used as consideration.
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Shanghai
Howard C. Petersen
Thomas B. McCabe
China
Pacific Islands
Petersen
McCabe
Two Houses In City Reported Burglarized
Two La Crosse residences were broken into Sunday night with apparent burglary intent. Owners E A Warninger and Mrs Frank Dittman reported nothing missing after a cursory check. Entrances occurred 7 to 10 p m with a screen removed at Warninger and a smashed kitchen door latch at Dittman. Police have ordered special vigilance in the area.
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la Crosse
E. A. Warninger
North 24Th Street
Frank Dittman
North 23Rd Street
Warninger
Dittman
Area Special Vigilance
Woman Trampled in Sugar Sale Stampede
In Washington a crowd of about 300 surged into a grocery store when sugar went on sale. The stampede knocked down a woman, Mrs. Susie Knox, 23, near the door. Medics said her injuries were not serious after she was treated at a local hospital.
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Washington
Susie Knox
Ceilings On Meat Aired As Agencies Clash In Washington
Washington reports confirm a three way talk among Secretary Anderson Reconversion Director Steelman and Price Administrator Porter as the agri culture department seeks higher ceilings for cattle and hogs to spur production while the OPA presses to keep June 30 levels of 14.75 dollars per hundred pounds for hogs and 18 dollars for cattle with subsidies. The two sides hope to reach an agreement before Thursday with consumer and producer viewpoints shaping the debate.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chicago
Anderson
John Steelman
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Paul Porter
Britain to Hold Talks With Mufti at Arab Conference
London sources say Britain would negotiate with the Jerusalem mufti and detained Jewish leaders in a bid to salvage September talks on Palestine. The Arab high commissioner appointed the mufti as head of its delegation for the London conference set to begin September 9.
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London
Brittain
Jerusalem
Palestine
Mufti
Lonn
Say Fred Zimmerman Condition Unchanged
MADISON four The condition of Fred R. Zimmerman secretary of state who has been at Wisconsin General hospital since Aug 16 was reported as unchanged today by hospital attendants. Zimmerman’s condition was reported as serious by a hospital official who said that complications of an unusual and as yet undefined nature had set in. He is not out of the woods but he is no deeper in either. Zimmerman was overcome by heat while driving from Milwaukee to New Glarus for a centennial celebration Aug 16. Mrs Zimmerman and a son Frederick Jr who live at Milwaukee were called to Madison yesterday by Robert another son who is assistant secretary of state.
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Madison
Fred R. Zimmerman
Wisconsin General Hospital
Zimmerman
Milwaukee
New Glarus
Frederick, Jr
Robert
Officials raid major black market auto network in Leesville
U S authorities swept Leesville North Carolina arresting six men in a case tied to a 75 million dollar automobile black market operating across 14 states. U S District Attorney Claude Sapp vowed vigorous prosecutions as prosecutors described the operation as the hub linking dealers from Carolina districts Virginia DC New York New Jersey and others.
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Leesville
N. C
OPA
U. S
Claude N. Sapp
South Carolina
C. Pope Gantt
Ridge Spring
C. C. Moseley
North
Virginia
District of Columbia
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Michigan
Kentucky
Louisiana
Florida
Pennsylvania
Cloudburst Floods Maine Resort Town
A three hour cloudburst flooded York Maine driving 100 to 150 people from cottages in Long Beach. Police and firemen in row boats rescued dozens as cabins flooded and local businesses suffered heavy damage estimated at 100000 dollars.
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York
Long Beach
York Beach
A P Parsons Lawyer Dies After Long La Crosse Career
Arthur P. Parsons aged 84, longtime La Crosse lawyer, died Friday at his birthplace farm near Dodgeville Wis. He is buried in Dodgeville with survivors including sisters Grace and Libbie and brother Henry. Parsons began practice in 1889 after UW Law School graduation and retired from active work about ten years ago. He valued business law over trials and was known for integrity and courtesy.
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Arthur P. Parsons
South Ninth Street
la Crosse
Dodgeville
Wis
Grace
Libbie
Henry
Hyo
Edward
George
Parsons
University of Wisconsin Law School
Wisconsin
Rivoli Building
Rivoli
State Bank
Cameron L. Baldwin
R. V. Ahlstrom
Four Family Perishes in Bowdoin Square Fire
A five story brick apartment house in Boston Bowdoin Square saw four members of the Marotta family die as 16 people were rescued by ladders and 50 fled to safety. The victims were Mr and Mrs Archie Marotta and their children Phylis eight and Joseph ten.
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Boston
Bowdoin Square
Archie Marotta
Phylis
Joseph
Indians Defy State Fishing Laws On Columbia River
Northwest Indians defied Oregon and Washington fish laws by spearing and netting salmon from perches above the Columbia cataract. Chiefs Yaki mas and Warm Springs federation leaders voted to resist enforcement, aiming to fish only for tribal use and limiting hours to 7 AM to 6 PM during the closure.
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Oregon
Washington
Columbia River
Celilo Falls
Ore
Umatillas
Yakimas
Warm Springs
Long House
Roaring River
Washington State
Tommy Thompson
Australian Beasley Defies Vishinsky in Paris Peace Talks
Australian delegate J A Beasley delivered a blistering attack on Soviet Russia accusing lies intimidation and power politics during the Paris peace conference. He defended Col Hodgson and denounced Russian tactics while Molotov critiqued Australia amid reparations and frontier dispute debates.
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Paris
J. A. Beasley
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Political and Economic Commission
Australia
Italy
Yugoslavia
France
Austria
Two Prisoners Escape U S Disciplinary Bar Racks
Military authorities said two prisoners fled daytime from the U S disciplinary bar racks. William T Motly Jr 24 Detroit serving five years and John W Salmonson 29 Alwood Minn serving three years were jailed on AWOL charges.
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Milwaukee
U. S
William T. Motly, Jr
Detroit
John W. Salmonson
Alwood
Minn
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Watson
America
Sister
Ralph Pierce
Ting
Cae
Holy Cross Church
Koprivnik
Charles O. Provon
Graves Registration Commission
Lijubljana
CPA
The
Associated Press
Red
U.S.S.R
By Rembert James
Vasili V. Ulrich
Japan
Far East
Adm
Alexander Vasilievich Kolchak
White
Semenov
S. C
OPA, Agriculture Heads
Fred Zimmerman
Maine
A.P. Parsons
Robert Eunson
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Foreign Ministers Council
W. R. Hodgson
Vishinsky
Beasley
Europe
Lief Egeland
South Africa
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