Pardoned Con To Wed Woman Who Aided His Release
Pardoned convict Clarence Boggie plans marriage to Beatrice Nichols who helped secure his release from Washington state prison. They met in Salem and may wed on New Year’s Day. Nichols, a former Wisconsin teacher, had written Boggie from a prison in Walla Walla.
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GOP Voluntary Group Reopens Capital City Headquarters
The Republican state voluntary organization reopens its Madison headquarters to push publicity on the Republican majority's achievements and policies for the 1949 session. Rouse will run the office. a political information bulletin is planned and Harvey V. Higley will visit frequently.
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Republican State Voluntary Organization
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Rennebohm
Statehouse
Harvey V. Higley
Marinette
Higley
Three Bishops Named to Form New Illinois Diocese
The Vatican appoints three new bishops in Illinois and creates a Joliet diocese with St Raymond Joliet as cathedral. Msgr Martin McNamara moves to Joliet to lead the new see, Msgr William O Connor to Springfield, and Rev William Cousins to serve as titular bishop of Forma and auxiliary to Cardinal Stritch in Chicago. The new diocese covers seven counties from Rockford, Peoria and Chicago archdioceses.
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Illinois
Vatican
Joliet
Springfield
Chicago
Martin D. McNamara
St. Francis Xavier Church
Wilmette
William A. O'Connor
Archdiocese of Chicago
William E. Cousins
St. Airanus Church
Forma
Iliary
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
St. Raymond Church
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Peoria
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Sentence 9 Japs To Hang
Nine Japanese officers including three generals were sentenced to death by the U S eighth army commission for the beheading of 33 American fliers. Seventeen airmen were killed after Emperor Hirohito's surrender speech. Sixteen others received prison terms from five years to life. Seven defendants were acquitted.
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Hirohito
U. S
Eighth Army Commission
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Nagasaki
Isamu Yokoyama
Western Army
Shojin Ito
Kioe Tomomori
Yuseiaka
Hiroji Nakayama
Kentaro Toji
Masahiko Marazaki
Passengers and crew escape injury in forced landing
A Piedmont airliner suffered an engine oil pressure loss after takeoff from the tri city airport near Johnson City Tennessee. The twin engine craft landed safely in a snow covered field about a mile from the runway. Pilot H. H. Hutchinson directed the forced landing with no injuries to passengers or crew.
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Tenn
Piedmont
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Here
H. H. Hutchinson
Hie Dian
Logs Bring Premium in Norway Amid Building Boom
Rising construction demand in Norway pushes log prices above double prewar levels. Buyers seek salvageable timber and long supply constraints strain mills as developers accelerate projects coast to coast.
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Norway
Madison Cop Chief Sworn In Amid Legal Challenge
Bruce Weatherly aged 33 was sworn in as Madison’s new police chief after a state law challenge argued an out of state candidate cannot hold the post. Weatherly, formerly in San Antonio, will assume duties Saturday as he replaces retiring chief William McCormick amid opposition from city and state employee groups.
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Bruce Weatherly
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William McCormick
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A. W. Bareis
William T. Evjne
Madison Capital Times
Wisconsin State Council of County and Municipal Employes
AFL
Wisconsin Policemen’s Protective Association
Madison Policemen's Protective Association
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