Texas Couple Reverses Request to Halt Executions
The parents of William R. Ray's rape victim withdrawn their plea to convert his death sentence to life imprisonment. They cited belief that a Texas life term may end with release after years. Ray, 35, was granted a 20 day reprieve seven hours before scheduled execution. he was convicted of raping a Fort Worth girl in Trinity Park on April 8, 1948.
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Fort Worth
Tex
William R. Ray
Ray
Texas
Elec
Tric
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Carswell Air Force Base
Cook
Trinity Park
Hack's Furniture Store Burns Again in Milwaukee Blaze
A three alarm fire gutted a three story brick building housing Hack's Furniture and Appliance near Milwaukee's central business district. The blaze began on the second floor and quickly spread to the third, with no damage report available yet. US marine detachments form part of the crew on American battle ships aircraft carriers heavy cruisers and modern light cruisers.
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Milwaukee
Hack’s
U. S
New Parishes and Pastor Moves Across Wisconsin
Twenty two ministers are reassigned to new parishes by Bishop George E. Epp at the Wisconsin Evangelical United Brethren church after its 94th annual conference. Names and new postings include Miller to Berlin, Gross to Bonduel, Retzlaff to Clintonville, Zimdars to Denmark, Wandrey to Forest Junction, Koch to Marion, Thiel to Markesan, Vieth to Alma, Dreager to Arcadia, Pardon to Augusta, Nickel to Butternut, Vieth to Dorchester, Dauner to Eau Claire, Pardón to Gilman, Gutknecht to Norwalk, Denzer to Wheeler, Koch to Baraboo, Schweppe to Menomonee Falls, Boettcher to Brodhead, Antrim to Gillette, Walter to Milwaukee, Schweitzer to Portage, Bursack to Prairie du Lac, Olson to Richfield, and others referenced.
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Prairie DU Sac
Wis
George E. Epp
Wisconsin Evangelical United Brethern Church
Vernon R. Miller
Rochester
Berlin
Robert Gross
Bonduel
Homer Retzlaff
Clarno
Clintonville
B. A. Zimdars
Denmark
R. R. Wandrey
Markesan
Forest Junction
John F. Koch
Baraboo
Marion
L. G. Thiel
Gillette
Arthur Vieth
Alma
E. E. Draeger
Arcadia
Donald Pardon
Augusta
Melvin Nickel
Butternut
G. T. Vieth
Wheeler
Dorchester
William J. Dauner
Oak Park
Ill
Portage
G. L. Bursack
Richfield
Prairie du Lac
C. E. Olson
Norwalk
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Rivoli Theater
Vaughn Monroe
Ella Raines
Walter Brennan
Rivoli
Hack
Brethern
Ae Gaal
Death Valley
Ormal Av. Temp
Mobilgas
Grand Canyon
America
Cound
P ' Ee
Sinal
Socony-Vacuum
Mary Winter
Carole
Wisconsin
Cel Burke
Virginia Trute—Shoes
Irma Smith
John Smikla
Roy Johnson
Iinfants
Collette Ebert
Pinking
Agnes Lachman
Hardware
Heavy
Gray
Lucille Shlaver
W.T. Grant CO
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