Quiz Employer After Killing Charge In Belvidere Case
Mrs Robbel daughter of a retired Belvidere pastor testified she was in her ex husband s apartment at night with him and Mrs Ruth Campbell 38 wife of a service man as the tragedy unfolded around 11 p m She said she left after awakening Robbel and Mrs Campbell later found murdered in the apartment bed The hearing is scheduled for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbel
Belvidere
Ruth Campbell
Ae Bell
Weston
Mrs. Campbell
Bond Drive Continues as War Bonds Quota Targeted
The bond drive presses on toward a four billion dollar Ebond quota, with officials urging continued participation to meet the goal.
Transportation strike affects line service and driver pay
The report notes transport lines strike moves with gradual impact as daily improvements noted. Drivers earned from 42 to 4.08 for a 51 hour week, retroactive to Jan 1, amid rolling weather forecasts for farmers.
State Income Tax Revenue Drops in Early 1945
Madison Wis The state department of taxation announced net income tax collections for the first quarter of 1945 totalled 31 398 000, 9 percent below 1944. Individual taxes amounted to 15 114 430 up 18 percent while corporate refunds rose to 5 341 000 due to renegotiations of war contracts.
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Madison
Wis
State Department of Taxation
Department
Milwaukee County
la Crosse
Community leaders urge united effort for welfare drive
Tony Carpenter of the CIO war relief committee in Wisconsin and Minnesota urged broad cooperation in social welfare work. He emphasized that welfare benefits from a united community effort with representation from Maurice Wandersee and St Paul, along with AFL league of human rights, all contributing to the general committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Carpenter
CIO War Relief Committee
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Maurice Wanderseee
St. Paul
AFL League of Human Rights i
Missing teeth found at Hagerstown incinerator
In Hagerstown Maryland a man retrieving his soup diet at the city incinerator found a set of upper false teeth in perfect condition turning up at the plant. The surprising discovery prompts interest from the owner and local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Ian
Big Plane Ready to Take Hitler to Japan Found Near Travemünde
A large four engined aircraft with 30 000 gallons of gasoline was found near Travemünde with German crews claiming orders to keep it ready to fly Hitler non stop to Japan in the war’s final weeks. Crews say daily test flights were conducted on the swastika marked craft before it landed on a long concrete strip near the Trave for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travemuende
Germany
Hitler
Japan
Trave
Army Doctor Captured Sheds Light On Manila Surrender
Captured Army doctor taken prisoner by Japanese forces during the fall of Manila in 1942 died in the sinking of a Japanese prison ship on October 24, 1944. He was a 1924 Marquette University alumnus who served four years with the civilian conservation corps and practiced medicine for nine years. His wife served with the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
National Red Cross
Tousignant
Marquette University
Conservany
Gre
Peg Ben Sy
Ibdsndies
Names Accomplices In Food Burglaries
Milwaukee man arrested in a dim food store identified four accomplices tied to Whuaukew burglaries of chain stores. He stated on March 15 involved break ins at Fond du Lac and Sheboygan markets and theft included 10 hams and about 30 pounds of butter.
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Milwaukee
Four Ac
Spetane
Fond du Lac
Sheboygan
Provisional Polish Government Talks In Warsaw Amid Moscow Trial News
Provisional Polish leaders in Warsaw discuss plans after Mikolajczyk’s Moscow talks on a new government. NBC cites Moscow saying the Soviet prosecutor drops death penalty for the defendants as Okulicki and others face charges. Polish exile agency in London denies diversionist acts by the Home Army in Red Army rear areas.
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Charnowski
Mikolajczyk
Moscow
NBC
Nikolai Afanasiev
Leopold Bronislaw Okulicki
Polish Home Army
Okulicki
Red Army
London
President Makes First Domestic Air Flight To Capitol
Gov Mon C Wallgren hosted a dinner at the three story executive mansion. He slipped away to hear a private organ recital at the capitol. The president then flew from the nation’s capital to the location, marking the first airplane trip within the country by a sitting president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mon C. Wallgren
Senate
Capitol
Seasonal Enforcement Program Planned Over Holidays
Police Chief Herman F. Rick of La Crosse announced a seasonal enforcement program for the Fourth of July period. In cooperation with the National Safety Council, the measure aims to cut the holiday death toll through common sense and careful driving. He urged citizens to save lives and property and noted expectations of heavy holiday traffic with wartime morale high.
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Herman F. Rick
la Crosse
National Safety Council
Rick
Japan
Slashes Wrists After Arrest For Abduction Of Estranged Wife
Kenosha Wisconsin Detective Sergeant Arthur J. Riley said Emory Person age 25 held for Chicago police in the abduction of his 20 year old estranged wife slashed his wrists with a tin cup in his city jail cell Tuesday A prisoner in an adjoining cell alerted officers and he was taken to hospital before being returned to his cell Riley said warrants charging Person with kidnapping his wife of seven months from her Chicago home were en route to fuse has returned to Chicago
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Kenosha
Wis
Arthur J. Riley
Emory Person
Chicago
Riley
James Cunningham
Cook County
Regiment Repulses Attacks Near Jap Positions
Ettrick soldier Sgt Pyrl Christenson from company F of the 136th regiment helped halt a night assault in the Southwest Pacific. His unit, cut off and under heavy fire, fought to regain its lines after repelling repeated enemy advances near a hill opposite Japanese positions. Christenson, son of Mrs Louise Christenson of Arcadia, shot two Japanese attackers with a tommy gun as they closed in.
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Ettrick
Wis
136Th Regiment
Southwest Pacific
Pyrl Christenson
Christenson
Louise Christenson
Arcadia
Not A Politician Says New Italian Premier Parri
Rome reports Ferruccio Parri, leader of the White-haired Actionist party, becomes premier and says he is an ordinary man not a politician. He unveils his minister slate after opposition from Socialist Communist Liberals and Labor Democrats. Parri, 55, followed Ivance Bonomi and replaces him amid a cautious forming of a new government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Actionist
Ferruccio Parri
Actionists
Christian-Democrats
Parri
Ivance Bonomi
Umberto Sunday
Probers Hear Bowles On OPA Radio Scripts
Chester Bowles told a House committee he had heard no complaints about radio scripts from the New York regional OPA office. He expressed great confidence in NYOPA director Daniel Wooley as the panel debated delaying the probe, amid remarks on alleged subversive content targeting Irish Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Price
Chester Bowles
House Committee On un-American Activities
New York
OPA
Bowles
Daniel Wooley
Ernie Adamson
Ordnance Shop Worker In La Crosse Arrested
Otto H. Schnick, 44, of La Crosse, charged with theft of government property from the army ordnance service command station at La Crosse. The Persian title Padshaw, for reigning sovereign, derives from pati meaning lord or master and shaw meaning king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Madison, Wis
Otto H. Schnick
Army Ordnance Service Command
Padshaw
Pati
Shaw
Young Wedded Couple Under Court Supervision
Gloria Welsh aged 15 and Edward Waybright aged 16 were placed under juvenile court supervision by Judge Frank Bicek in Chicago. They must live apart until they reach legal marriage age, with Waybright turning 18 in 13 months and Gloria 16 next year. The pair eloped to Kentucky, wed again in Waukegan, and were placed in custody before parental custody resumed.
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Chicago
Gloria Welsh
Edward Waybright
Frank Bicek
Waybright
Gloria
Kentucky
Joseph Sabath
Waukegan
Ill
Bicek
Teens Plan State Sheriff Association Meeting in Wisconsin
Fifteen county sheriffs from Fox River Valley announce aims to form a new statewide sheriff association. Sheriff Lyman B. Clark of Outagamie County is named temporary secretary, with Rhinelander set as the meeting site next month and a coordinating committee led by Kellner Pagel Campbell and Seering. The group seeks improved police methods and closer sheriff cooperation, opposing current Wisconsin Sheriff’s Association leadership.
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Appleton
Wis
Sheriffs of the Fox
Meg Valley
Lyman B. Clark
Outagamie County
Rhinelander
Clifford Kellner
Brown County
Theodore Pagel
Calumet County
Duncan R. Campbell
Waupaca County
William C. Seering
Shawano County
Clark
Louis Saichek
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Sheriff's Association
Weimar Streets Named Lincoln Washington
A new list of renamed streets in Weimar honors 1918 revolution and Weimar figures. Adolf Hitler Strasse became Karl Liebknecht Strasse while Platz des Fuehrers became Karl Marx Platz. Hindenburg Strasse is Friedrich Engels Strasse. Abe Lincoln and George Washington streets added.
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Weimar
Germany
Weimar Republic
Karl Liebknecht
City Council Revises Youth Poolroom Ordinance
Viroqua Wisconsin officials revoke the spring measure restricting under 18s from playing pool or loitering in pool rooms. A new rule allows 16 plus youths with parental written consent and posted minor lists. Pool rooms may open Sundays noon onward and stay open through the afternoon and evening, closing 11 p.m. weeknights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Hold Traffic Death Inquest On Thursday
An inquest will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. for Ingwald Peter Son, 59, whose body was found June 14 along U S highway 16 near Sparta. He drove for Grant Cab Co. in Sparta. The body was discovered 16 feet from the highway by Gomer Roberts Jr. Officials say the death is a hit and run case.
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Ingwald Peterson
Peterson
Stelting Street
Sparta
Grant Cab Company
Gomer Roberts, Jr
Edinburgh Ad Promises Trade For Whiskies And Rugs
A Scottish newspaper ad offers to exchange half a bottle of good whiskey for a carpet sweeper rug or any useful item. The playful trade proposal aims to swap spirits for household goods, reflecting quirky barter culture in Edinburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Scotland
Ancient Egyptians mastered yarn manipulation with needles
Thousands of years ago, Egyptians practiced skilled yarn manipulation using needles. The fragment notes early textile craft, highlighting precise needlework and foundational weaving techniques.
Trip to Tel Aviv Described by Pfc Brye
Pfc. Brye of the Persian Gulf Command recounts a Basra to Tel Aviv journey via Baghdad and Mafraq, detailing desert travel, British garrisons, and stops at NAAFI and Bethlehem. He praises Tel Aviv as modern with abundant food and a famed beach front, noting Red Cross tours to Jerusalem and Palestine.
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C. A. Aew
Pfc
Rnard Brye
Abadan
Tel Aviv
Basra
Baghdad
Bombay
NAAFI
Transjordan
Mafray
Damascus
Mafraq
Jordan Valley
Brye
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Palestine
Red Cross
Persian Gulf Command
Lloyd Brye
la Crosse
Central High
Luther Bible Camp Attendees Headed to Luther Park Chetek
The Rev H O Aasen and Lutheran pastors from La Crosse and Mondovi circuits will attend the Luther park Bible camp near Chetek Wisconsin from Sunday June 24 through Saturday June 30 About 250 campers are expected. Registered locals include Leatrice Helstad Darrence Helstad Paul Ofsdahl LaMae Thompson Beverly Thompson Pernelle Mahlum Agnes Emilson Marion Kamprud Helen Hanson Wilma Stark Harvey Berg Grant Hanson Robert Gilbertson Irene Gilbertson Merle Erickson Louie Erickson Rhoda Hanson Dos Stutlen Fagernes and Jean Gilberg Tamarack Pauline Knutson of Fagernes will be camp nurse.
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French Creek
Agnes Emilson
Marion Kamprud
Helen Hanson
Wilma Stark
South Bever Creek
Harvey Berg
Grant Hanson
Robert Gilbertson
Irene Gilbertson
Merle Erickson
Louie Erickson
Rhoda Hanson
Dos Stutlen
Fagernes
Jean Gilberg
Tamarack
Pauline Knutson
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Illinois
John Agobian
Los Angeles
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Bond Drive
Eine
Servisoft
Servisoft Soft Water Co
Frank Funke
Mgr
North Front St
Arfere
PAL
Wright Brothers
PAL Blade CO. IV
Fuehrer
Warsaw
Barlow
Sheriffs Farm New Association
Switzerland
Chambery
Lyon
France
Spain
Bern
NEA Service
Om T. M. Reg
U. S. Pat
BY William Ferguson
Conis Dunham
Blackwe, Okasema
Lincoln, Washington
St.Joseph
Arthur G. Benson
M. D
Riveli Bidg
Bernard Brye
Luther Bible Camp
Chetek, Wis
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling CO. OF
Coca-Cols
Hollywood
Rivoli
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