Governess Testifies At Lonergan Murder Trial
Miss Elizabeth Black described sleeping through the night of Patricia Lonergan’s death as Marine Captain Peter Elser discovered her nude body in an ornate bed. Police and detectives traced the scene while ADA Grumet outlined the homicide, as Lonergan sat tight lipped during cross examination.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
RCAF
Elizabeth Black
Peter Elser
Patricia Lonergan
Elser
East Side
Lucille Burton
Miss Black
John J. Casey
Jacob Grumet
Lonergan
Incident Inside Home Ends In Homicide
A man assaults his wife with a heavy brass candle holder striking her head then retrieves another holder and attacks again before strangling her with his hands. Police are investigating the fatal attack at the couple’s residence.
Soldiers Quit When Told Of Strike On Guadalcanal
War and Navy officials had no official word on a Guadalcanal demonstration reportedly by American soldiers last summer in protest of a miners’ strike. Philip Scacco, a former private, said several hundred troops threw down their guns after reading home-front reports, but noncommissioned officers and officers talked them into abandoning the idea amid frequent bombings.
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Cleveland
War and Navy Department
Guadalcanal
Philip Scacco
37Th
Ohio) Division
Scacco
Southwest Pacific
Shouldn’t Lose Job For Extra Winks
Hartford war worker Theresa Meli was kept on the job after an appeal over tardiness. Commissioner Cornelius A. Moylan ruled that sleep beyond the clock hour is not valid cause for dismissal and called alarm clocks diabolical inventions. He said Meli’s tardiness stemmed from a quirk toward an extra forty winks.
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Hartford
Conn
Cornelius A. Moyland
Theresa Meli
Moylan
Miss Meli
Chaplin Denies Mann Act Violations In Berry Case
Charles Chaplin's defense argues his actions were legitimate as he provided railroad tickets for Joan Berry to travel to New York. Prosecutors claim Chaplin aided an intimate relationship in 1942, with Berry visiting him at the Waldorf Astoria and later at the Pierre, then receiving funds for her return trip.
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Los Angeles
Charles Chaplin
New York
Joan Berry
Chaplin
Jerry Giesler
Charles H. Carr
Giesler
Carr
Federal Penitentiary
Miss Berry
United States
New Yor
Waldorf-Astoria
Otel
Pierre Hotel
Joan
Hollywood
Willkie Addresses Wisconsin Crowd in Sheboygan Visit
Willkie spoke in Sheboygan, criticizing the administration as tired and cynical while stressing welfare of the American people. He cited support from Charles E. Broughton, editor of the Sheboygan Press, who praised Willkie as a fighter for principles. Broughton quipped that Democrats remain loyal yet fair.
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Willkie
Sheboygan
Charles Evans Hughes
Justice Court Reports and Local Fines Endorsements
Delinquent actions include Lucille Burkhalter bound over in lewd conduct case and awaiting county jail trial. Numerous traffic fines and offenses reported with sums from 1 to 7.50 dollars. property transfers listed in La Crosse and nearby towns. Wis. defendant Wiseman pleads not guilty to DUI with trial set March 26. cash bond of 125 dollars posted.
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Temah
Wic
Lucille Burkhalter
Dekota
Minn
Couty Court
Rex Gondrezick
Pires
Cromse
John E. Wiseman
New Lisbon
Obituaries for Schnick Hayes Torrance named in La Crosse notice
Ferdinand G. Schnick 81 of 709 South 7th street dies at home. Survived by wife two daughters two sons and siblings. Services set for Saturday at 2:30 p m and 3 p m with interment at Oak Grove cemetery. Sylvia L Hayes 37 of 531 North 24th street dies in local hospital. Burial at Oak Grove cemetery. Mary D Torrance 88 of 2800 State Road dies at home. Former La Crosse public school teacher. Burial at Oak Grove cemetery.
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Ferdinand G. Schnick
South 7Th Street
Vernon County
Fred W. Ka
la Crosse
Rover Gensmer
Caledonia
Minn
Fred
Algonquin
Otto Schnick
Bertha Zischke
Carl
Ferdinand
Otto
South 7Th
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Walter A. Schumann
Oak Grove
Sylvia L. Hayes
Ray Hayes
North 24Th Street
Mary D. Torrance
State Road
Troy
N. Y
John Torrance
Pearl Dah
Oakland
Calif
May Torrance
Jefferson
Bank holds not liable for depositor embezzlement case
Oshkosh Wis Municipal Judge Henry P Hughes ruled the First National Bank of Nee Nah not liable in a suit by a bondsman for Howard W Jones former Vinland town treasurer who was convicted in 1942 of embezzling 320 dollars. The bank, as depository, was not responsible for Jones funds.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Henry P. Hughes
First National Bank of
Neenah
Howard W. Jones
Vinland
Winnebago County
Jones
Hughes
Allis Chalmers Plant Idle Amid Union Negotiations
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing plant in La Crosse remains closed as International Association of Machinists Union No. 1109 continues bargaining. Silas Cooper, union bargaining chairman, says meetings frequent and union seeks written promises. management talks held Wednesday and Thursday with another conference planned. If a satisfactory settlement is reached, workers may return and a union meeting will follow.
Body Found In Kewaunee Harbor Ice Breakup
The body of Andrew K. Tollefson age 61 a government marine engineer was found in the harbor ice breakup on Wednesday. He was last seen November 23 1943 and located in Kewaunee Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kewaunee
Wis
Andrew K. Tollefson
Roosevelt calls on civilians to sustain arms for final victory
President Roosevelt marks Army Day by urging civilians to re consecrate and produce the weapons and equipment needed to sustain the nation's soldiers, who have been welded by battle into a mighty army of liberation, toward final victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Anonymous Gift Boosts War Charities Fund at Norfolk
An officer at a British port donated 500 to the War Charities Fund at Norfolk England claiming the money came from his poker winnings while awaiting re-embarkation to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Charities Fund
Norfolk
England
Britain
Any Republican but Willkie Could Win Presidency
Emil Hurja former Democratic statistician said at a New York private forum that any prominent Republican except Wendell Willkie could win the presidency if Roosevelt seeks a fourth term. He noted he supplied analysis to businessmen at a Mackay-Groger event and that Willkie later wrote to guests.
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Washington
Emil Hurja
Democratic National Com
New York City
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Hurja
Paths
Mackay-Krogger Industrial Service
Willkie
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