Lie Detector Test Fails To Link Weckler Case
District Attorney Rodney Kittelsen reported that a lie detector test of Robert J. Schaar at Madison showed no knowledge of the Georgia Jean Weckler kidnapping. Schaar confessed to three offenses including two crimes involving minors and a third involving a 13 year old girl. He is to be committed to a mental hospital for treatment and will face additional charges.
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Weckler
Rodney
Kittelsen
Robert J. Schaar
Madison
Schaar
Georgia
Jean Weckler
Waring
State Crime Laboratory
Charles M. Wilson
Matt Solliran
F. Earl Lamboley
Wilson
Chippewa Falls
Waupun
St. Cloud
Minn
En Is
Solbran
Lake Geneva
Clarno
Water officials rush engine work at water works
Water officials hasten diesel engine repairs after a breakdown left the water works out of service. Milwaukee engineers found piston rings and other parts must come from Ames Iowa. Gilbert Baltzer arranged air transport for parts and the engine should be back in service by weekend with pressure supplied by the electric motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorder
Park Board
Petenwell Hydro Unit Begins Operations in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Valley Improvement Co started the first generating unit of the Petenwell hydro project, producing 110000 kilowatt hours daily as construction completes on the dam in Adams County. Three more units will follow every 30 days, with Castle Rock dam’s plant expected to join next summer for Wisconsin Power and Light Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Three New Polio Patients Reported in Green County
Green county records show three more polio hospitalizations bringing 1949 totals to six. Anna Mae Smith aged one and David Smith aged two from Albany and Mrs. Robert Klemm of Browntown are in Wisconsin General and St. Francis hospitals with varying symptoms but no paralysis yet. Other local cases include Ruth Ann Keller of Winslow and Gerald Disch of New Glarus, with several relatives already treated or recovering at home.
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Green County
Albany
Cadiz Township
Wisconsin General
Madison
Anna Mae
David
Harold Smith
Route 1
Smiths
Smith
Minnie Gempier
Monticel Jo
Klemm
Robert Gempler
Ith Street
Barton Pickett
10Th Street
Dean Haas
Frank’ Haas
Browntown
Freeport
John Krebs
Wisconsin General Hospital
Gerald Disch
Maynard Disch
New Glarus
Ruth Ann Keller
Walter | Keller
Winslow
St. Francis Hospital
St. Francis
Stormy weather sweeps area with hail and winds
A severe storm roared through the area around Monroe and surrounding towns this afternoon. Hail ripped corn and grass as 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm winds, dust, and lightning lashed communities and disrupted power lines and streets.
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Monroe
Browntown
Juda
United Telephone Co
Court House Emare
Fading GAR Votes to End Future Encampment Sessions
Six aging civil war veterans declared this is the last encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Charles L. Chappel 102 of Long Beach Calif and Theodore A. Penland 100 of Vancouver Wash will retain their posts for life. Albert Woolson 102 of Duluth moves from chief of staff to junior vice commander as two prior holders died recently.
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GAR
Indianapolis
Veterans Hospital
Robert Barrett
Albert Woolson
Joseph Clovese
Charles L. Chappel
Theodore Penland
Grand Army of the Republic
Long Beach
Calif
Chappel
Theodore A. Penland
Vancouver
Wash
Penland
Duluth
Minimum Wage Boost Near Vote
Senate leaders push for a nightfall vote on a bill raising the federal minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents per hour for covered workers. An Ellender amendment to 65 cents until 1950 faced Pepper’s opposition. The Holland amendment, 50 to 23, would exclude 200,000 workers from the act and set state level retail exemptions. Newsboys would be exempted from hours, child labor, and pay provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Ellender
D-La
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pepper
D-Fla
Holland
F Aw
Congress
Visitors from Afar Expected for Pageant
Hundreds of out of state visitors will attend the 12th annual presentation of Schiller's Wilhelm Tell a three hour pageant held Sunday and Monday afternoons. Guests include residents of India and the Philippines and University of Wisconsin students. They will be hosted by Mr and Mrs Millard Tschudy on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayew Uaarus
Qanes Peel
Schiller
India
Philippines
University of Wisconsin
Millard Tschudy
Lodge Auditor Held in Embezzlement Case
Clarence Stegeman forty four year old married veteran employee was charged today with embezzling fourteen hundred dollars from the Modern Woodmen of America. The case centers on a lodge auditor earning two hundred dollars a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LODGE
Rock Island
Woodmen of America
Clarence Stegeman
Square's Opening To Hinge on Okay Mayor Emphasizes Inspection Needs
The opening of the city square hinges on cleaning and inspection by engineers Ward and Strand of Madison. The project must pass joint tar work and parking stall marking before final acceptance and council approval. Vinton Constructors' crew continues cleanup as deadlines loom and staff relocate.
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Square
Court House Square
Frank A. Buehler
Ward and
Strand
Madison
Vinton Constructors Co. General Contractors
Buehler
William A. Vinton
Vinton
Cheese Prices Steady In Wisconsin Market Report
Federal State market news service reports Wisconsin American cheese market steady to firm with fair trade and improving demand for large styles. Selling prices include state assembly points 1 cent, daisies 36-37, longhorns 36-37, square prints 36-37, midgets 34-38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Yellowstone Lake area land purchases in Lafayette county
Wisconsin conservation officials announce completion of 1 273 acres acquired for the Yellowstone lake area six miles northwest of Argyle with plans for an additional 650 acres. Purchases include farms from multiple owners and a lake region of about 700 acres. A dam 1100 feet long is envisioned with construction funded by federal aid and firearm tax funds. Public hunting and fishing use is planned, with part set as a wildlife refuge.
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Yellowstone Lake
Lafayette County
Argyle
Clarence Benkert
13Th Street
Wisconsin Conservation Department
The
Conservation Commission
Tom Hardyman
Leslie McHatton
Ansel Moen
Andrew Strommen
Jack Kenyon
Mina’ Jackson
Philo Andrews
Frank Darrah
Peter Jensen
Haryman
Kenyon
Jackson, Andrews
Darrah
Jensen
Win Vane
Yellowstone
Allen Haukon
Mauston
Benkert
Joseph Corbin
Horicon
Blanchardville
Trickel Land
Benkert Way
Browntown Lake
Mary Trickel
Mrs Sheehe Nominated for National Legion Auxiliary President
Mrs Sheehe of Rockford is the sole nominee for national president at the American Legion auxiliary 29th annual convention with 1,300 delegates voting. The 52-year-old grandmother would succeed Mrs Hubert A Goode of Portland, Oregon, after the election tomorrow. she has been Illinois department president and national vice president.
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Sheehe
Rockford
Legion Auxiliary
Philadelphia
Norman I. Sheehe
American Legion Auxiliary
Illinois Department
Hubert A. Goode
Portland
Ore
County Farm Unit Urges Reduced Corn Planting in Green County
A county agricultural planning group met to urge less corn planting and greater use of hay and grassland farming to preserve topsoil. They stressed dairy herd improvement, artificial insemination, and farm building upgrades. New state milk house rules within two years force remodeling or construction with state approval. The homemakers group aims for economic clothing, leisure use, citizenship, government knowledge, health, and financial planning, plus a longer 4-H program with April enrollment. Seventeen attendees formed three committees with extension agents and approved the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
County Agricultural Program
County Agricultural Committee
Wisconsin
Agricultural Office
Myron E. Jeglum
Lester van Loon
Vaughan Cleared by FBI in Bribe and Campaign Aid Testimony
Maj. Gen. Harry H Vaughan said he cooperated with the FBI in a probe into alleged bribe ties to an income tax case. Col. C. J. Mara and Peyton Ford backed his exoneration. McCarthy questioned ties to liquor interests and a/$2,000 contribution, with Vaughan denying personal gain and linking a parole matter to others.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Senate
Ahey
FBI
Truman
McCarthy
R-Wis
Vaughan
White House
Col
C. J. Mara
Mara
J. Edgar Hoover
Kisas City
New Orleans
Drew Pearson
Ford
Schenley
Costello
Frankie Costello
New York
William Helis
Phil Kastel
Rom Costello
Eta
Gould
Morris Cavanaugh
Spring Green
Wis
McCarthy Attacks Mundt Cigar Aroma at Hearing
Senator McCarthy accused Senator Mundt of a distracting cigar aroma during General Vaughan's testimony at a five percenter hearing. Vaughan also smoked, and the exchange noted Mundt’s cigars drifting toward McCarthy as he suggested Mundt be given cigars made of tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator McCarthy
Wis
Vaughan
Senator Mundt
R-Sd
Harry H. Vaughan
Mundt
McCarthy
Cripps Bevin Sail For Dollar Parley
Southampton. Cripps chancellor of the exchequer and Foreign Secretary Bevin sailed on the Mauritania for dollar talks in Washington. They carry a 20,000 word brief for the British sterling area to present to U S and Canadian officials at the conference starting Sept. The brief is approved by Attlee and his cabinet. It proposes Britain cut spending and boost output while seeking lower American tariffs and a guaranteed sterling area market for dollar earning raw materials. Formation of an Anglo American economic council.
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Southampton
Urg
Stafford Cripps
Bevin
Mauretania
Washington
Cripps
U. S
Attlee
Britain
America
Sterling Area
Anglo-American Economic Council
Yugoslavia-Tito Fallout Deepens After Soviet Note
Belgrade reports a strong Soviet denunciation of Premier Marshal Tito and rumors of Soviet troop concentrations near Yugoslavia. Officials in London hint that Western restrictions on military sales to Yugoslavia may ease to bolster Tito, while Yugoslavia hesitates to respond publicly.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
London
U. S
Tito
United Nations
Russia
Cominform
Allies May Help Marshal in Crisis
Western powers consider easing restrictions on selling military equipment to Yugoslavia as Bevin and Acheson prepare to decide in Washington. They weigh quietly aiding Tito against the risk of arms ending up with Moscow loyalists, amid Cominform pressure and fears over Yugoslavia’s future independence.
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London
Yugoslavia
U. S
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Dean Acheson
Washington
Marshal Tito
Russia
Ald
Tito
Communist International Information Bureau
Cominform
Moscow
Czech Reds Threaten Foes in Underground War
The communist led government via controlled press warns that all underground activity will be ruthlessly suppressed. It says prison awaits anyone who knows of anti government plotting and fails to inform police promptly after yesterday’s declared crush of an armed revolt to restore non communist rule. The warning follows new Western power attacks blamed on supporting the underground.
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Gue — Ny — Seressvauvakia
Czechoslovakia
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Petenwell Hydro
Harry Wendorf
Waupung
Chesebro
George Alb
Andrew Huston
John Sharles
Manitowoc
Newton
Red Army
Yellowstone Area
Harry Vaughan
Senate Investigating Committee
U.S
England
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