Court Denies Fourth Effort To Beat Noose
Jake Bird, a 48 year old condemned killer of Mrs Bertha Kludt and her daughter in Tacoma in 1947, has his latest appeal for mercy rejected by Chief Judge William Denman. A fourth execution date will be set after denials by the federal courts. Bird had claimed police coerced his confession and hinted at further crimes across the country. Previous stays of execution have delayed his hanging at the state penitentiary here.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Jake Bird
Bertha Kludt
Tacoma
Bird
William Denman
Ninth
U.S District Court of Appeals
Denman
State Penitentiary
Plan to Break the Laxative Habit Promoted by Doctors
New York doctors endorse Carter's Pills as a method to stop laxative use. The regimen spans three weeks with specific nightly doses and increased water intake, claiming 83 percent success and no habit formation. Pills priced 33 cents at drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carter
Butler County Divorces and Early Civil Actions
Several divorce suits filed in Butler County Common Pleas include Velma Nadine Leach versus Thomas Eugene Leach and Margaret Joy versus Ray Joy Jr. Other cases name James D. Potters and Clara Lanell Hooker Lewis versus Roscoe Allen Lewis, plus Albert C. Smith versus Daisy M. Smith. A petition against the Ohio Industrial Commission seeks industrial compensation for an October 1944 injury. A receiver motion for Floyd Hartzog and Evelyn Hartzog doing business as Miami Valley Frosted Foods is set for June 10. The Salvation Army seeks authority to sell 9 Canal St Middletown for 27500, previously approved in New York Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Nadine Leach
Hamilton
Thomas Eugene Leach
Margaret Joy
Highland St
Middletown
Ray Joy, Jr
Lafayette St
Desorts Potters
James D. Potters
Miami St
Clara Lanell Hooker Lewis
Roscoe Allen Lewis
Camden
Albert C. Smith
Daisy M. Smith
Common Pleas
Ohio Industrial Commission
Krauth and Benninghofen Company
Floyd Hartzog
Evelyn Marie Hartzog
Miami Valley Frosted Foods
Cincinnati Air Conditioning Company
Cincinnati
Fred B. Cramer
Salvation Army
Common Pleas Court
Canal St
South Canal St
Gus Valen
New York Supreme Court
Local Names Linked by Neglect Allegations in Middletown and Hamilton
Nora Profitt of Middletown and Christine Jackson from William Jackson are involved in neglect matters. Ida Risinger of Hamilton from Donald Risinger appears in the records. Jean Riley of Middletown from Manford Riley is listed, along with Ruth Messer of 2004 River Rd. The fragment notes potential family neglect cases across multiple residents.
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Nora’ Profitt
Middletown
Mort’ Profitt
Christine Jackson
William Orba Jackson
Ida May Risinger
Hamilton
Donald Eugene Risinger
Jean Riley
Manford Riley
Estate Administrations and Name Change Petitions In Middletown
Estates of Forrest Freeze Marie Keiser and George Eliopoulos are probated with appointees named. A name change petition for Colantonio family seeks judgment July 14 1949. Gods Community Church seeks court order to mortgage for a building loan in Butler County. Public notice invites objections by June 11 1949.
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Paul Freeze
Forrest Freeze
Middletown
Gods Community Church
Ohio
Albert Creekbaum
Gods Community Church of
Court of Common Pleas
Butler County
Clifton Farms
Miami Rivers
Lemon Township
Blue Ball Road
Joseph T. K
Casper & Casper
Trial clues alcohol influence in murder of John Owen
Riverside, April 22 trial testimony places wealth owner John E. Owen under the influence of alcohol the night he was shot. Agnes Garnier, 53, is accused of killing her boss Dr Cecil F Bassinger who performed the autopsy. Witnesses including a ranch caretaker and a maid described the confrontation and Garnier’s calm reaction after the shooting.
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Rich
Garnier
Owen
Los Angeles
Pete Corales
Graduates At Age 59 Earns Highline Diploma
Seattle AP reports Iva E. Phillips, who quit Lincoln High in 1920 to drive a $100 monthly fire wagon, will finally earn his high school diploma at Highline High at age 59. He completed the same exams as others with “exceptionally grades” noted by Vice-Principal Carl Jensen. Phillips then ran a garage and service station for 28 years before retiring, while his three daughters had recently graduated from Highline.
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Seattle
Iva E. Phillips
Lincoln High School
Highline High School
Carl Jensen
Jensen
Known Killer Back In Jail
A notorious southwest killer and bandit, George Kimes, is back in prison after 11 months of freedom in southeast Oregon. He surrendered to Sheriff Eldon Sitz and deputies. Kimes had been living on ranches and in lumber camps since last fall and was serving a 50 year term for bank robbery after previously completing a term for murder.
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Litz
Kimes
Doctor Milty Prisly Becomes Physician in Augusta
Milty Bernard Prisly once known as Milty of the Dead End Kids earned a medical diploma from the University of Georgia School of Medicine in Augusta. He joined the Army in 1942 and began medical training as a GI. His early stage fame gave way to medicine after a long career in theater and film.
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Augusta
Milty
Bernard Prisly
Berkeley
Cal
University of Georgia
School of Medicine
Punsly
Army
Hollywood
Convict Leaves Perch On Tower At Wisconsin Prison
Convict George Taylor aged 38 from Kenosha climbed down from a 50 foot water tower at the Wisconsin state prison after a 14 hour sitdown. He perched on a catwalk under the tank from noon yesterday until 2 am today as temperatures dropped into the 30s. Warden John Burke said Taylor claimed he was being mistreated in prison.
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Waupan
Wis
George Taylor
Wisconsin State Prison
Taylor
Kenosha
John Burke
Punely Plans Army Service and Internship at Los Angeles General
The subject remained in place until enlisting in the Army and intends to complete an internship at the Los Angeles General Hospital, outlining a path from civilian duties to military service and medical training.
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Punely
Los Angeles General Hospital
Taylor Seated Then Resists in Prison Tower Standoff
In a tower standoff, Taylor refused to descend after requesting food and was placed in solitary confinement for a psychiatric evaluation later today. Guards at the tower foot wrestled him as he came down, while the safety bands around the ladder limited guard movement. The warden notes Taylor has served 15 years of a 20 year armed robbery sentence.
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Burke
Taylor
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Noose
Melampy
Journal Master
John Wiley
William Garvin
William Seevers
Cecil Tripplett
Robert Cochran
Harry Biedenbender
Butler County Courts
Ruth Messer
River Rd
Charles Tucker
Jewell ST
Harry Keiser
Marie Keiser
George Eliopoulos
Robert Thomas Colantonio
Jeanne Colantonio
Robert Paul Colantonio
Rodney James Colantonio
Butter County
Colantonio
Cornella
H. O. Finkelman
Georgia Eliopoulos
Executrix
Shott
Red
Green
Phillips
Central Ave
Louis F. Jones, Mer
Ueda
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Columbus
BE. L. Dick
Christel Ave
Dial
Gray
Watch Service
Castell Ride
Dad
FLOOR
Maup
Kodak Film
Noland Camera Shop
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