Toledo man dies after gambling losses linked to racketeers
George D. Wilcox 48 of Detroit advertising took his own life in a Toledo hotel room with letters claiming losses of 39000 to Toledo gamblers over two states. Officials said investigators will probe possible federal law violations while an inquest is planned. Wilcox left a note to the Toledo Blade staff threatening exposure of interstate gambling operations if not favored. He was married with two children.
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Toledo
Pel S. Rhinefort
L. Hennessy
George D
Detroit
Gerald P. Openlander Meanhile
Wilcox
Frank Greff
Iren
Kenneth D. Topill
Toledo Blade
Blades
Iterstate
Million Dollar Insurance Man Rob ert C Newman
St Louis agent Robert C Newman nicknamed million dollar Bob reaches the million dollar sales mark for the twentieth time since 1921 with a single order of 10 000 life insurance. He has boosted annual sales past 2 000 000 eight times and builds his business on friendships with executives and clients.
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ST. Louis
Robert C. Newman
Bob
Newman
Sergeant Discovers Odd Bed Partners With Fifth Army
Sergeant Charles Baker of Williamsport Pennsylvania, serving with the Fifth Army in Italy, spied an infantry observation post where at dawn he found three German soldiers asleep in uniform. Baker woke one, discovered the men were dead, and realized a startling nighttime encounter.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Charles Baker
Williamsport
Aker
Baker
Rman
Erman
Air Blast Insect Catcher Uses Tractor Power
In Plainview Texas A R Nisbet unveils a two row lightweight air blast insect catcher. A large tractor powered fan blows air through curved pipes to project bursts that drive insects into funnel pipes with bags, trapping them for burning. Poseph from Pecos County reports about eighty percent effectiveness.
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Plainview
Tex
A. R. Nisbet
F. E. Poseph
Pecos County
Wife Kicks Gong as Waltons Swing Wins in Pacific
In 1931 the Japs gave Frank E. Walton Jr. a gong for Tokyo swimming wins. Now his wife Carol keeps the gong and taps it for the Black Sheep squadron in the south Pacific. Walton, a first lieutenant, beat Japan’s top backstroke swimmers and the gong rings at the Lockheed plant for Flying Fortresses.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Frank E. Walton, Jr
Tokyo
Walton
Carol
South Pacific
Alton
Pacific
Japan
Kendall residents to donate blood for Red Cross bank
Twenty five Kendall Wisconsin residents will ride a borrowed school bus to Milwaukee to donate blood for the Red Cross plasma bank. The village, with 477 residents, has already contributed 115 men to the armed forces and has no reported casualties. The village board and Red Cross unit will cover trip expenses except meals, which donors will likely pay for themselves.
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Milwaukee
Kendall
Wis
Red Cross
Village Board
Auto Licenses Drop Six Percent in Face of Rationing
Report shows a six percent decline in auto licenses versus 1942 amid gasoline and tire rationing and parts shortages. The data reflects the era's wartime controls and impact on vehicle ownership.
Office of Civilian Defense Plans New First Aid Classes
The Office of Civilian Defense announces a new series of first aid classes. Volunteers are asked to check their progress and return blanks to the OCD office in the Exchange building if not yet finished or to repeat the course. Instructors will be supplied by the Red Cross.
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Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
Exchange Building
The
Red Cross
First censored will filed for Bay State soldier
Capt. Jason Lobdell Brown of Auburndale filed the first censored will in Middlesex probate court. The will, dated in an Australian camp where he served as a second lieutenant, leaves all possessions valued at about $750 to his mother Mrs. Gladys Lobdell Brown. The will’s locality was redacted before mailing. Brown went overseas in April 1942.
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East Cambridge
Mass
Middlesex
Jason Lobdell Brown
Auburndale
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Brown
Virginia
Michigan
Iowa
Army
Gladys Lobdell Brown
John F. Brown
Capt. Brown
Pigeons Know When Peanuts Are Served At Goodyear
In Akron Ohio Goodyear Tire workers feed a flock of pigeons each day at 11 30 a m near the machine shop. The birds roost on a steam pipe under a bridge for winter shelter and warmth and depart Sundays when the plant closes, returning Monday hungrier after a day without food.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
Plan to Build Two Silos at La Crosse Asylum
Trustees of the La Crosse county asylum contract with a Madison firm to erect two silos at the asylum replacing an old one. The new silos will provide storage for farm products at a cost of $1,600 with work to begin as soon as possible.
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la Crosse County Asylum
Madison
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judges Open State Meeting
Twenty five of the 29 Wisconsin circuit court judges attended the opening of their state meeting in Milwaukee. Atty Giles F Clark outlined the soldiers and sailors civil relief act, noting it temporarily suspends legal proceedings that could prejudice service members rights. Clark cited bar volunteers in Milwaukee County who offer free or reduced cost representation to servicemen and dependents.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Giles F. Clark
The
Milwaukee Bar Association
Clark
Milwaukee County
Bar Association
Judge Frees Pair Trapped By Agent
RALEIGH N C City Judge Paul C West acquitted two Negro porters of liquor charges after ruling evidence showed they obtained whiskey for an allegedly sick man who was an undercover agent. The judge said the men were trapped and not to be punished for selling whiskey when the undercover man manipulated them.
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Raleigh
N. C
Paul C. West
Menomonie Man Takes Willkie Campaign Role
Robert L. Pierce of Menomonie becomes vice chairman of the Wisconsin Willkie-for-President committee announced by State Senator Louis J. Fellenz Jr. Pierce, vice president of Wisconsin Milling Co., farms in Dunn County and the Dakotas, and serves on the state board of adult and vocational education as well as as a Stout Institute trustee.
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Madison
Wis
Robert L. Pierce
Menomonie
Republican State Central Committee
Louis J. Fellenz
Fellenz
Pierce
Wisconsin Milling Company
Dunn County
Dakotas
State Board of Adult and Vocational Education
Stout Institute
Two Girls Escape From Taycheedah Prison in Fog
Two girls aged 19 and 20 escaped from the state industrial home for women at Taycheedah Fond du Lac yesterday morning as fog lay over the grounds Attendants called Fond du Lac county police who searched the grounds through the night The incident prompts renewed calls for tighter security at the Taycheedah facility.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
State Industrial Home For
Taycheedah
Courses For High School Credits Begin In La Crosse
Adults may earn high school credits before year end as the La Crosse Vocational and Adult Evening Schools announce semester opening for Jan 10. Classes run Tuesday and Thursday evenings at Logan High School with regular teachers experienced in adult education. Credits may be earned for work experience in fields like mechanics carpentry office work and salesmanship. For details call the Vocational School at 743 or Logan High at 527. First classes start Tuesday evening.
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John B. Coleman
la Crosse
Logan High School
Coleman
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