Wealthy Wife Of Official Is Shot In Chicago
Mrs. Frank Starr Williams 55, wife of a U S state department attache, was shot at her Drake hotel apartment. A mystery woman fled after firing at Mrs. Williams and her daughter Patricia Goodbody 28 who witnessed the attack. A .38 pistol found. investigators seek enemies and motive.
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Chicago
Drake Hotel
Frank Starr Williams
State Department
Washington
State’s Attorney’s
Brewster
Patricia Goodbody
Williams
John Tierney
Far East
China
United States
Far Land
Bombay
India
Elizabeth
Wisconsin GOP Shake Sends Thomson to Willkie Ticket
Thomson and Nelson joined the Willkie ticket as the Wisconsin Willkie-For-President committee reports. Thomson, third term assembly speaker and former GOP delegate, shifts from Dewey while Senator Gettelman says many want Dewey support remains.
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Wendell Willkie
Louis J. Fellenz, Jr
Thomson
Nelson
Willkie
Dewey
Assembly
Wisconsin
Register of Deeds
Douglas County
Girl Scouts Open Shoe Store in Oconomowoc
In Oconomowoc Wisconsin on Thursday Girl Scouts scoured town for shoes rubbers galoshes and related footwear. They plan a weekend shoe store to exchange outgrown sizes sell footwear at nominal prices or resell shoes by the scouts.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Free Tax Clinic Set For Friday At La Crosse Voca-
Mayor J. J. Verdeta will welcome participants to a free tax clinic Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the La Crosse Vocational and Adult School. Albert J. Bates of the State Chamber of Commerce outlines the meeting’s purpose. The Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event to speed tax filing, resolve problems, and save manpower.
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J. J. Verdeta
la Crosse
Albert J. Bates
State Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Department of Taxation
Legislature Considers Budget Shift For Council Duties
The measure would cut the council’s remaining year funding to 7500 dollars and next year to 15000, saving the state about 60000 dollars. The 15 council members stay, but headquarters move from Milwaukee to Madison. The senate also backed a resolution praising La Follette and Wiley for blocking a tax cut on oleomargarine. The house adjourned after sending a prison inquiry resolution to committee and passing a gasoline sulfur-content bill raising limits to 0.25 percent.
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Defense
Adjutant General
Joint Finance Com
Gette
Milwaukee
Madison
Senate
Cashman
Denmark
U. S
la Follette
Wiley
Assembly
Public Welfare Committee
Waupun
House
Navy oil shortage reasons and needs outlined
The article explains fuel oil shortages with Navy requirements highlighted. It notes destroyers require 13,000 gallons per hour, cruisers 18,000, and battleships 24,000 to 25,000. It cites a shift in refining yielding 96 to 98 percent gasoline extraction and warns that higher military demand reduces fuel oil supply.
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Army
Navy
Bricker Attacks National Service Act in Interview
Gov. Bricker of Ohio criticized Roosevelt's national service bill as an overreach to extend government control. He argued no necessity for such a law and said strikes could be halted by simpler means.
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Bricker
Buffalo
N. Y
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Roosevelt
Senator Butler cites $5.73 billion in Latin American spending
Senator Butler reports total U S spending commitments and credits in Latin America over the last three years at 5 733 953 543 with another 662 806 970 spent in 1942 1943 and 1944 for a possible total documented 6 396 760 504 He calls for a congressional inquiry to sort out waste boondoggling and unclear costs across 22 Latin American republics and multiple agencies
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Washington
United States
Latin America
Butler
R-Neb
Senate
U. S
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
South
Central American
Canal Zone
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Ickes
Brazil
Employees Want Share In Firm Declares Jack
Cleveland news reports William S. Jack of Jack and Heintz Inc says 7,400 associates propose to invest 17 million in postwar ownership as preferred stock. He notes legal formalities include non voting stock and government approvals. The fund aims to back peacetime aircraft parts and radar gear production.
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Cleveland
Jack and Heintz, Inc
William S. Jack
Jalico
Jack
Jahco
War Department
Price Adjustment Board
Two Named To State Council Of Defense
Madison Wisconsin March 4 Gov Goodland appoints C Graff of Appleton and H Vermilyea of Eau Claire to the state council of defense filling vacancies from resignations of Harold Fitzgerald Milwaukee council chairman and Earl Kidd Owen. Graff is University of Wisconsin extension district representative and former state American Legion commander. Vermilyea is on the Eau Claire Press Co editorial staff. Appointments require senate confirmation.
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State Council OF Defense
Madison
Wis
Marshall C. Graff
Appleton
Harvey Vermilyea
Eau Claire
Wisconsin State Council of Defense
Goodland
Harold J. Fitzgerald
Milwaukee
Earl W. Kidd
Owen
Graff
University of Wisconsin Extension Division
American Legion
Fitzgerald
Vermilyea
The
Eau Claire Press Co
Kidd
Senate
Germany Loyalist Mahlke Loses U S Citizenship
Bruno Mahlke, 46, once of Kenosha Wisconsin, lost his American citizenship after declaring allegiance to Germany. Born in East Prussia and naturalized in 1928 at Marinette Wisconsin, he admitted wealth from Wisconsin real estate and purchases of German marks, while stating his intent to support Germany over the United States.
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Chicago
Bruno Mahlke
Kenosha
Wis
Germany
Mahlke
East Prussia
United States
Marinette
Aurora
Philip L. Sullivan
Federal District Court
Wisconsin
U. S
Francis McGreal
War Plant Employee Struck By Automobile
Fred Barker age 40 of 424 Caledonia street, a swing shift worker at Alliance-Chalmers, was injured when hit by a automobile as he alighted from a street car at 3rd and La Crosse streets Wednesday night. He received hospital treatment. Pfc. Augustus Myers of Camp Mc Coy, driver of the car, was charged with passing a street car during its discharge of passengers.
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Fred Barker
Caledonia Street
Allis-Chalmers
3Rd
la Crosse
Pfc
Augustus Myers
Camp McCoy
Driver Held Negligent in Neenah Truck Kills 10 Year Old
Neenah coroner's jury finds ordinary negligence by truck driver Willard Schindler in the death of 10 year old Nancy Lou Miller of Milwaukee struck by Schindler's truck. Coroner G. A. Steele notes Schindler admitted his brakes were not in good working order.
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Neenah
Wis
Nancy Lou Miller
Milton Miller
Milwaukee
Willard Schindler
G. A. Steele
Schindler
Oshkosh Paper Merchants Elect New President
E. T. Gamsky of Oshkosh was elected president of the Wisconsin Fine Paper Merchants association, succeeding Lyman Dwight of Milwaukee.
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Oshkosh
Wis
E. T. Gamsky
The
Wisconsin Fine Paper Merchants Association
Lyman Dwight
Milwaukee
Youth Sentenced for Starting Fire in Green Bay Plant
Frederick de Lair eighteen admitted setting fire to the Multiple Copy Forms plant in Green Bay Wisconsin on January thirteen after robbing the office of fifty dollars He was sentenced in municipal court to one to five years in the state reformatory on eight counts of arson burglary and auto theft The judge ordered concurrent sentences The fire caused about five thousand dollars in damage
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Green Bay
Wis
Frederick de Lair
State Reformatory
N. J. Monahan
Milwaukee Gunner Destroys Japanese Zero at Rabaul Raid
Corp. Edward J. Healy of Milwaukee turret gunner on a marine torpedo bomber set an attacking Japanese Zero afire and saw it splash during a heavy force attack on Rabaul. Over 40 navy and marine dive bombers with about 60 fighters participated, probably sinking or badly damaging six to eight cargo ships of 4,000 to 12,000 tons.
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Munda
New Georgia
Corp
Edward J. Healy
Milwaukee
Wis
Rabaul
Atherton Calls for Universal Service Act at Brooklyn Reception
Warren H. Atherton national commander of the American Legion urged immediate enactment of a universal service act to speed wartime progress. He spoke during a reception in his honor by Brooklyn Legionnaires.
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New York
Warren H. Atherton
American Legion
Brooklyn Legionnaires
St Joseph Aspirin Promises Quick Relief for Aches
Advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as the first choice for headaches and colds. It claims fast, effective analgesic action for sore throats and muscle pains and promotes a 12 count package at ten cents, guaranteed by makers.
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St. Joseph
St. Joseph ’S
Strenty
Supervisors Postpone Action On Postwar County Projects
The county board deferred plans for postwar building expansions including infirmary and asylum additions. They approved releasing $16,000 for Greenfield WPA road work and discussed timing and funding while delaying a $4,200 postwar construction appropriation.
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J. H. Moran
Moran
Frank Kaul
W. O. van Loon
van Loon
WPA
Greenfield
County Board of Supervisors
Ty Ways and Means and Finance Committee
Ed Miller
Robert Gleason
Rard Zahn
Wie
la Crosse
Van
Miller
Terpstra
Highway Committee
Highway Department
John Freisinger
Peck Named FCA General Agent in Seventh District
Frank W. Peck president of the St. Paul federal land bank was elected general agent of the Farm Credit Administration seventh district. He is re elected president of the land bank after nomination by A G Black FCA governor. The seven district covers Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and North Dakota. Peck succeeds John D Jones Jr of Racine Wisconsin who recently resigned after eight years in the role.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Frank W. Peck
St. Paul Federal Land Bank
Farm Credit Administration
A. G. Black
FCA
The
Land Bank
Farm Credit
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Peck
John D. Jones, Jr
Racine
Wis
Jones
Fire destroys Wausau beer depot warehouse
Damage estimated at 4000 dollars occurred when a fire at the city beer depot warehouse in Wausau caused the first floor to collapse. Firemen battled flames hampered by gas fumes from a broken refrigeration system surrounding the blaze.
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Wausau
Wis
Man in RAF Uniform Sought by Authorities
Local police at Rochester's request search Thursday for a Canadian Royal Air Force soldier dressed in a blue gray uniform believed to have traveled to La Crosse from Rochester Tuesday. Aged about 34 or 35 he is wanted by the FBI at St. Paul for investigation. he has brown hair and a small scar on the left cheek. He frequents American Legion and service clubs and has little money beyond help from American flyers and Legionnaires in Rochester.
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Rochester
Royal Air Force
la Crosse
FBI
St. Paul
American Legion
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Illinois
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