Conviction Of Maragon Is Upheld
The U S court of appeals on Monday affirmed John F Maragon's perjury conviction. He was found guilty of lying to Senate investigators about a San Antonio bank account and about payroll status with a Chicago firm while overseas with the state department. He was sentenced to eight months to two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
John F. Maragon
White House
Vaughan
Senate
San Antonio
Texas
Chicago
State Department
Maragon
Rescue and evacuation after massacre in Korea front lines
Soldiers recount the rescue of survivors from a massacre near Pyongyang as South Korean nurses and medical staff treated the wounded. Maj. Fleming Capt. Olson and Capt. Bernstein aided the group while Chaplain Skelton led prayers. Survivors bore with cold and injury, many saved by improvised litter carries to a Red Army hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Harry Fleming
Racine
Wis
Alfred Olson
Columbia
S. C
Robert Bernstein
Yonkers
N. Y
Bernstein
Sundon
Pfc
Walder John
Milwaukee
John
Sunchon
James A. Skelton
Hannibal
Skelton
Seoul
Pyongyang
Japan
Cpl
Victor Stevens
Hattiesburg
Miss
Waegwan
Stevens
Drunken driving and traffic fines listed in county court
A long list of defendants from multiple towns pleaded guilty or forfeited bonds on charges including drunken driving, speeding, driving without due caution and non registered vehicles. Fines ranged from $1 to $100 with counts of jail days and temporary license suspensions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hard
Greene
R. Manske
Viroqua
Lloyd F. Haville
South 24Th Street
Paul J. Evans
Green Island
Joseph Marco
R. J. Onalaska
Woodrow Little John
Brownsville
Minn
Wisconsin
Gordon I. Olson
Pearl Street
Forest Riley
Forest Park
Henry Tyburski
Camp McCoy
Wis
Rome Revels
Sparta
Leonard Seaton
la Crosse
Gerald Schnedecker
West Salem
Curtiss D. Young
Lester Manske
Stoddard
Ralph Secrist
East Avenue South
Norbert Schmidt
Coon Valley
R. H. Lovold
South Third Street
Harley Solberg
North 22Nd Street
Midwest Bottle Gas Co
North Third Street
Benjamin Womack
Gran City
Donald Murtaugh
Hastings
Wallace Syverson
Freighter North Voyager Missing Off Newfoundland
Planes and ships resumed the search Monday for the former Canadian freighter North Voyager after it sent a brief SOS and was believed to carry 25 persons aboard. Two U S PBY planes joined the hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. A Nd
Foundland A
Guilty pleas and fines in area traffic and fire incidents
David Bratzman and Elena pleaded guilty to intoxication on the highway and paid fines plus costs. Bruce Francisco posted 15.40 on a 10 fine and 5.40 costs after a reckless driving arrest. Baumgartner Trucking Co paid 10 fine and 7.40 costs for driver LaVerd Kindsley on an unregistered vehicle charge. Fire and emergency calls include rubbish fires on Oct 21, engine responses to leaves, gasoline flush, car fire, grease in an oven, and oil burner flood at various Milwaukee area streets and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bratzman
Elena
Bruce Francisco
Milwaukee
Whitehall
Baumgartner Trucking Co
West Salem
LaVerd C. Kindsley
21St
Green Bay
West
Cameron Avenues
18Th
Jackson Streets
North
Wood Streets
Harold Miller
la Crosse
North 14Th Street
Arthur Young
Market Street
Gordon Palmer
Drag Lake Lake Winnebago Search For Missing Father Son
Authorities dragged an area of Lake Winnebago near Menasha on Sunday to aid in locating Sylvester Mader and his nine year old son Norman who disappeared after a fishing trip on Saturday in a motor boat on the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menaska
Lake
Winnebago
Here
Sylvester Mader
Appleton
Norman
Wisconsin panel backs higher elementary aid and lower high school aid
Madison Wis The legislative council education committee voted to increase elementary school aid from 25 to 27 dollars per pupil in basic districts and 32 in integrated districts while reducing high school aid to 27 and 32 respectively. The plan, proposed by George E Watson state superintendent, goes to the 1951 legislature along with other bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Legislative Council Education Committee
George E. Watson
Watson
Union Free High
Rhinelander Editor Heads Inland Press
Clifford G. Ferris editor and general manager of the Rhinelander News was named president of the Inland Daily Press association at its 66th annual meeting. Oscar S. Stauffer becomes chairman of the Inland board, with E. J. Kahler elected vice president and four directors named. A censorship resolution urging a wartime pattern if needed was adopted, introduced by Edward Lindsay of the Decatur Herald and Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clifford G. Ferris
Rhinelander
Wis
Inland Daily Press Association
Ferris
Oscar S. Stauffer
Topeka
Kans
State Journal
Inland Board
E. J. Kahler
Sioux Falls
S. D
Argus
Inland
Joseph K. Vodrey
Canton (O
Tams Bixby, Jr
Springfield
Fred M. Pownall
Iowa
E. Hanway
Lisher
Paulée
Wyo
Une Herald
Edward Lindsay
Decatur
Ill
Herald and Review
Inland News
Mencken Shows Improvement After Weekend at Johns Hopkins
The 70 year old critic H. L. Mencken is described as definitely improved after an excellent weekend at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He remains on the critical list due to a heart condition, but a spokesman says he is taking nourishment and resting comfortably. Improvement began Friday after a week of limited waking moments and partial consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
H. L. Is
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mencken
Mother of Seven Alleges Fish in Bathtub at Rental Home
Chicago report says Emily McDermot, 40, mother of seven, filed a disorderly conduct warrant after landlady Anna Starkus, 55, kept 40 goldfish in the family bathroom. McDermot said she could not pull the plug or heat water because fixtures and access were blocked. Police had attempted to serve the warrant as Starkus reportedly left during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Emily McDermot
Anna Starkus
John Zuris
William Crawford
Starkus
Vishinsky attacks Truman policy likens it to Hitler
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky charged that President Truman’s foreign policy relies on force and mirrors Hitler’s guns before butter. He told the UN political committee that Truman’s San Francisco speech and Wake Island remarks signal anti Soviet intent and plans for new wars and taxpayer sacrifices. Vishinsky warned of aggressive designs beyond current actions and cited postwar peaceful coexistence as Russia’s aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Pres
Truman
Hitler
San Francisco
Wake Island
Gen. MacArthur
Vishinsky
Pres. Truman
UN Assembly
United Nations
America
Russia
Stock Market Quotations and Grain Prices Reported by Swift Co
The report lists cash grain quotations for Chicago with no wheat and various corn and soybean prices. It notes trading hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, with livestock handling after hours. Potatoes from Idaho to Wisconsin show shipments and price ranges amid a stronger market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Co
Chicago
Indiana
USDA
Livestock Market Report From South St Paul
South St Paul stockyards report mixed demand with cattle and calves varying by class. Prices show steady to higher activity for stockers and feeders while slaughter cattle trend steady to slightly softer. Top quotes include yearlings at 31.50 and steers around 29.00 to 31.00 with heavy weights 29.00-31.00. dairy cows 20.56-21.50 and vealers 28.00-32.00 with some 33.00 for few.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Lite
Reo Motors
Ark
Nat
Gen. Electric
Repub
Bond & Sh
Gen. Motors
Scott Paper Roebuck
New York
Shell Oi
Abbot
Pacific American Can
Greyhound
Car
Gas & el
Houd Hersh
Calif
Hudson Motio
Ind
Am. Power & Li
Ll. Cent J. Am. Rad. &. & Inland
Starrett
Union Carbide
Atchison
Kennecott
Union Pacific
Avco
United Air Lines
Bald
Locomotive
Keystone 5 & W
United Aircraft
Lib-O-F Glass U S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Lib. Men. & L
Western Union Tei
Marsh
Field
West Electric
States
Chi & N. W
N. Y. Central
Cleveland Clift
Chi. R. L. & Pac
North
Bancorp
Amer. Co
Trane Co
Comwith. Edison
Nor Pac Nairn Chicago Mold P
Cons. Cigar
Ohio Oo
Hamilton
Cons
N. Gas
Owens Lil
Inter Cellucotton
Packard M
James
Pan. Am. W. Air
Steel
Marlin Rockwell
Nekoosa
Crane
Pepsi Cola
Ollgear
Curtiss-Wright
Phelps Dod
Douglas Aire
Mer
Prentiss-Walters
Phillips Pet Ray-O-Vac
Eastman Kodak Pure Oj
Safway Steel
Eaton Mig
la Crosse Tele A
Sas
Bo Heavy
Extreme Top
South
Paul
Minn
USDA
Mattie
Chicago
Iloads
Chicago live hogs and cattle market report
Chicago USDA market notes show hogs 11,000 heads with generally active bidding and mixed price moves, sows and butchers slightly lower. Steers and heifers mostly steady, cows mixed. Poultry and butter markets listed with varied prices and receipts, including heavy hens and roasters, while eggs and other dairy items reflect stable to unchanged ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
Eady
U. S
Alger Hiss Fixed Up On Home By Lehman View
Senator Lehman arranged for Alger Hiss to live in a New York home of a deputy commissioner after Hiss was convicted of perjury. Senator McCarthy charged the matter, which Lehman camp denied through his campaign manager Edward C. MacGuire calling it a damned lie. McCarthy spoke at a Steuben Society event in Binghamton, New York, noting Hiss’s past as a state peace official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sen
Lehman
Steuben Society
Hiss
Heil Co Package Offer Okayed By USW Local
Heil Company workers in Milwaukee Local 1344 of the United Steelworkers voted acceptance of a wage pension and welfare package totaling at least 25 cents an hour. The contract covers about 1,500 employees and includes a 15 cent general wage boost a $100 monthly pension plan six paid holidays and full payment of group insurance premiums. The increase retroactive to Oct 3 raises the uncommitted wage to 1.38 an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Heil Company
Pension Welfare
United Steel Workers of America
Three Boys and Dog Rescued From Cave Near Harlansburg
In Pennsylvania, Herbert Harkless 12 Eddie McClelland 16 and Ernest Mallinak 26 plus a year old Cocker spaniel endured a 12 hour cave stay after their carbide lights failed. Rescue teams using twine lines reached them in a 25 foot high chamber amid stalagmites stalactites and bats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cocker
Harlansburg
Herbert Harkless
Eddie McClelland
Ernest Mallinak
Andy
Young McClelland
Pennsylvania
Young Harkless
McClelland
Mallinak
Bachelor Farmer Faces Killing Charge in Neighbor Axe Death
Menominee Mich a 59 year old bachelor farmer John Geros is bound over for circuit court on first degree murder charges in the July slaying of Emil Matfyecs 63. The state says years of land disputes sparked the killing and the defense challenges a 35 page confession obtained Sept 10 amid claims of police pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menominee
Mich
Joseph A. Bottkel
John Geros
Menominee County
Emil Matfyecs
Geros
Matfyecs
John J. O’hara
Botthol
O’hara
Victor A. Lundgren, Jr
Geors
Crash Injures Two as Driver Faces Court
Two women were slightly injured on Highway 53 five miles north of Holmen when their car was rammed by a vehicle driven by Milan Hurd of Greene Iowa. Hurd, 51, was charged with drunken driving and forfeited a $125 cash bond after failing to appear in county court. Kinney and Erickson suffered knee and nose injuries. Kinney’s front end was crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 53
Holmen
Milan Hurd
Greene
Iowa
Hurd
Emma L. Kinney
Liberty Street
Sig Erickson
Charles Street
Kinney
Notable Deaths Remembered In Varied Fields Across U S
Frank G. Kirby 81 one time Edison associate and early motion picture cameraman dies. Laszlo Luther 30 alleges forced forgery in Mindszenty Hungary case. Louis L. Marcell 72 founder White Eagle Oil. Emmett Corrigan 59 advertising agency board chairman. George E. Galvin 78 marksman and Rough Riders scout. Walter E. Ernst 64 former Republican Club leader. Harry Haight Moore 77 former New York Stock Exchange governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walter E. Ernst
The
National Republican Club
George E. Galvin
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Cuba
Harry Haight Moore
New York Stock Exchange
Bronze Star for Elmer Bradjic in Korea
At U.S. Eighth Army Headquarters Korea SIC Elmer Bradjic of Fond du Lac Wisconsin was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement as a member of the third engineer combat battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Sic Elmer Bradjic
Fond du Lac
Wis
Third Engineer Combat Battalion
Car Crashes Into Parked Car and Store Damages Loom
Three La Crosse youths were injured when a car failed to make a curve on Jackson Street and struck a parked car and the front of Amundson's Food Store. Injured: Harold Craig 22 Leavitt Burdo in 19 Ronald Burzinski 17. Other crashes in La Crosse caused vehicle damage and minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
18Th
Jackson Streets
Amundson
Jackson Street
Harold Craig
Badger Street
Leavitt C. Burdoin
State Street
Ronald Burzinski
North 14Th Street
Judge Murphy Opens Court in Fall Term Session
Judge Arold F. Murphy opened circuit court in Menominee on Monday with 80 cases on the Fall term calendar. The first jury case is Heyward B. Williamson and Claire Williamson vs. Paul Stollenwerk. Jurors report at 10 am next Monday. jury hearings begin 9 am Oct 31 with Judge Arthur W. Kopp presiding. Seven criminal issues and three license revocation actions are on the docket. Divorce cases were heard Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arold F. Murphy
Marinette
Heyward B. Williamson
Claire Williamson
Paul Stollenwerk
Arthur W Kopp
Platteville
Local Couple Couples Wed In La Crosse Oct 28
Marriage notices list Bernard Crogan and Kathleen Kracklauer of La Crosse Ontario to wed October 28. Fred Thiele of Caledonia Minnesota and Beverly Grosskopf of La Crosse to wed October 28. Angus James McConnell of La Crescent Minnesota and Carol Herald of Stoddard to wed October 28. Robert Jensen of La Crosse and Beverly Pfaff of La Crosse to wed October 28. Donald MacLachlan of La Crosse and Betty Gisleson of La Crosse to wed October 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Crogan
Redfield Street
Kathleen Kracklauer
Maple Place
la Crosse
Fred Thiele
Caledonia
Minn
Beverly Grosskopf
North Sixth Street
Angus James McConnell
la Crescent
Carol Herald
R. J. Stoddard
Robert S. Jensen
Kane Street
Beverly Elaine Pfaff
North Eighth Street
Donald George MacLachlan
North Losey Boulevard
Betty Gisleson
Rose Street
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Justice Court
Whiehall, Wis
Inland Press
Seley Maxwell
of Ie
John F. Dille Co
Winona Livestock
South ST. Paul Livestock
Alger Hiss
Heil Co
USW
Associated Press
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Frank G. Kirby
Thomas A. Edison
Paris
Laszlo Luther
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Kansas City
Louis L. Marcell
White Eagle Oil Company
Southhampton
Emmett Corrigan
Albert Frank Guenther Law, Inc
Pri
CIA
Edna
Beautician
Craig
Ray Hengel
South 20Th Street
State Road
Chris Sheehan
West Avenue North
Sheehan
West Avenue
Theodore Jerman
Soldiers Grove
Coy Siye
R. 1
Green Bay Street
Jerman
Third and
Grove Streets
Theodore Molzahn
Farwell Street
William Dunn
North Seventh Street
Avon Street
Christopherson
St. Andrew Street
Ella Brosig
Playfield Avenue
Don Hall
North Fourth Street
Brosig
Hall
Judge Murphy
South Preat St
Badger
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