Waitkus Shot by Fan in Edgewater Beach Hotel
Phillies star Eddie Waitkus was shot near the heart by 19 year old Ruth Ann Steinhagen in a Chicago Edgewater hotel room. Steinhagen said she had an urge to kill and had been under psychiatric care. Waitkus, 28, received blood transfusions and oxygen as doctors treated a chest wound.
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Chicago
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Phillies
Bobby Soxer
Waitkus
Illinois Masonic Hospital
Edgewater Beach
North Shore
Paul Kasperwicz
Boston
Eddie
Ruth Ann Steinhagen
Albert Bruns
Miss Steinhagen
Philadelphia
Cubs
Edward Purdy
New Hotel Owner Takes Over July 1
Jacob Hoffmann of South Bend announced that he would take over active operation of the Eugene hotel starting July 1 after purchasing the hotel and business building from Willard R. and Edwin W. Schuetze. Thornburg named as new manager Alfred A. Thornburg, previously with several Indiana hotels. The Freemans, leaseholders since 1944, will vacate by July 1. A new corporation, Eugene Hotel Corp., with $25 000 capital, was formed to handle the transfer details.
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Jacob Hoffmann
South Bend
Ind
Eugene
Hoffmann
Michianna and Hoffmann
Ft. Armstrong
Rock Island
Willard R
Edwin W. Schuetze
Thornburg
Alfred A. Phornburg
South Shore Inn
Lake Wawassee
Spencer At Marion
Statler System
Indiana State Park System
Sears Freeman
The
Freemans
Germany
Belgium
Ireland
England
Edward Doran
Arthur C. Benkett
Schuetzes
Bruce M. Blum
Eugene Hotel Corp
Grace Thorpe
Register of Deeds
W. R
Edwin Schuetze
Marian Butenhoff
Willard Schuetze
Alfred U. Thornburg
Monroe
Eugene Hotel
Times
Warrant Served Today In Wage Hour Action
A federal marshal in Monroe served a warrant for deposition of books and papers of the Huber Brewing Co in a wage hour action brought by Lee Thompson a former brewery employee seeking about 7000 dollars. Joseph Viney of Fitzgibbons Elmer and Viney obtained the deposition order. The deposition hearing is set for Saturday June 25 at 10 am in the law office with Colleen Blum Green County court reporter taking testimony.
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Monroe
Huber Brewing Co
Lee Thompson
Thompson
Joseph Viney
Fitzgibbons, Elmer and Viney
Madison
Fitzgibbons Block
Colleen Blum
Green County Court
Area Man's Father May Be Gun Victim
The body found along U S Highway 60, 22 miles southwest of Springfield, Missouri, is tentatively identified as Reuben J. Tomman a 50 year old from Safford Arizona father of Virgil Tomman of Warren Illinois Positive identification awaits photos from his son and daughter Mrs Marjorie Voeckel of Sterling Illinois Tomman’s blood spattered car was found in a Springfield neighborhood with three fired .25 caliber shells a blood stained jacket and personal effects identified as his He had been returning to Sterling to spend Father s Day with his children and formerly ran a Chadwick Illinois garage
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Warren
Springfield
Reuben J. Tomman
Safford
Ariz
Virgil Tomman
Ill
Marjorie Voeckel
Sterling
Tomman
Polio cases reported across state this season
The state board of health lists twelve polio cases for the season with four in Milwaukee County and one each in Iowa Jackson La Crosse Marathon Rock and Sauk counties. Only two cases were reported by this time last year.
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Madison
State Board of Health
Milwaukee County
Iowa
Jackson
la Crosse
Langlade
Marathon
Rock and Sauk
Hoover Resignation Report Ridiculed by Clark
Washington Attorney General Clark called a Washington Times Herald report that J Edgar Hoover resigned as FBI chief ridiculous. He told a reporter the story was implausible while Press Secretary Ross noted it was news in a broad sense. The Times Herald linked the Coplon espionage trial papers to Hoover’s alleged exit after 25 years.
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Washington
Clark
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Washington Times-Herald
Hoover
Judith Coplon
Ees
Charles G. Ross
White House
Times- Herald
Coplon
Wisconsin Deluged in Rain As Monroe Sees Drought Relief
Rainfall drenched southern Wisconsin with Racine receiving 4.27 inches making it the wettest spot while northwest parts were drier. Farmers report grain lifting from the ground and soil moisture improving in most areas though the state still needs another half to an inch of rain. Forecast calls for light to moderate showers with clearing by morning and temperatures around the mid seventies.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Madison
Racine
Babich Gun Failed After Second Shot
Milwaukee witnesses describe a third shot attempt in the Milton Babich murder trial. Ballistics expert Professor Joseph H. Mathews testified the firing pin broke after the second shot, a claim tied to shell rim markings on an unfired cartridge. The court recessed as prosecutors near end of case.
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Milwaukee
Patricia Birmingham
Milton Babich
Joseph H. Mathews
University of Wisconsin
Mathews
William McCauley
Industry wide coal bargaining backed by northern operators
Northern coal operators want a single industry coordinator to negotiate with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. Harry M. Moses of Pittsburgh, president of H. C. Frick Coke Co., is proposed for the role. Talks involve wage talks for 480,000 idle miners and coordination among northern, western soft coal, and hard coal operators.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Moses
Harry M. Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Co
U. S. Steel Coal Producing
Southern Coal
Bluefield
W. Va
Philadelphia
U. S. Steel Corp
Western
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
George H. Love
Love
New York Times
Marion Arnold Browntown Resident Dies of Cerebral Embolism
Marion Franklin Arnold 48 of Browntown died at 2 15 p m yesterday from a cerebral embolism after a brief clinic visit. Born October 1 1900 in Norman Oklahoma he married Mary Rigney in 1943 at Liberty County. He served in World War I, was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and had worked as city engineer in Venita Oklahoma before joining Browntown Telephone Co. He is survived by his wife two daughters a daughter from a former marriage and four sisters. Funeral services Friday at 1 30 p m at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with Rev Ralph Kofoed officiating burial in Greenwood Cemetery with full military honors.
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Marion Franklin Arnold
Browntown
Monroe Clinic
Norman
Okla
Mr. Arnold
Liberty Co
Mary Rigney
Monroe
Venita
Browntown Telephone Co
Meusse-Argonne
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Marilyn Jane
Gayle
Francis O’gara
Bartlesville
Shriner- Neushwander
Ralph K. Kofoed
Greenwood Cemetery
Assembly Rennebohm Housing Plan Faces Conference
The Wisconsin legislature split on Gov. Rennebohm housing plan with the Senate rejecting the Assembly version by 22 to 8. The bill returns to the Assembly as conference action looms. committees likely to be named to resolve differences.
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Assembly
Madison
Veterans
Senate
Rennebohm
House
Cheese price cuts hit Swiss and limburger in Wisconsin market
April Swiss drops five cents per pound at factories with state grades A 42 cents B 39 C 33 and grinders 30. May limburger down 1.5 cents. May limburger now 27.5 cents. Demand light and trading quiet as cheese warehouses stock up after back orders. Comparisons show 1948 prices higher across grades. Wisconsin market reports steady overall with slow activity.
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Toay
Limburger
Madison
Hull's Secret Code Linked to Hiss Case Evidence
A cable from former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, dated February 15, 1938, was admitted as government evidence in the Alger Hiss perjury trial. Prosecutors say the documents were summarized by Hiss or typed by his wife for a Soviet spy ring. Whittaker Chambers testifies the originals and copies were shown alongside extracts.
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New York
Cordell Hull
State Department
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hull
U.S
Vienna
Washington Drought Hits 18th Day of No Rain
Washington reports 18 straight days without measurable rain marking the longest spring dry spell in 43 years of recorded weather history. Flood warnings and fire risk rise as skies stay clear and temperatures moderate.
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Washington
State Traffic Patrol Makes 26 Arrests in Checkup Here
Twenty six arrests were made by state traffic patrol officers in Monroe and New Glarus Monday and yesterday. The squad weighed 74 trucks at designated points along routes 11 and 69. Most violations involved overloading and improper licensing. Captain Preston McEvoy led the six officer unit with local team members from Monroe, Madison, Richland Center, Baraboo, Whitewater, and Hancock.
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Monroe
New Glarus
Harold J. Lamboley
Preston McEvoy
Mauston
Green County
Highway 11
9Th Street
20Th Avenue
Highway 69
Pet Milk Co
New
Madison
Glenn Kissinger
Richland Center
Allen Fenske
Baraboo
Loren Briese
Whitewater
Ray Wiley
Hancock
Lucas Warns GOP Over Talks of Slump and Fear
Senator Lucas of Illinois criticizes Republican plans for a 50 million public works program, saying talk of a depression fuels fear. He invokes FDR warning that fear itself is the enemy as he argues the nation faces a leveling off, not a downturn.
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Lucas
Gop
Washington
Illinois
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brewster
R-Me
Assembly approves school transport aid bill in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin assembly passed a major education bill 99 to 0 increasing bi annual public school transportation aid from 3 million to 5.5 million and extending public expense transport for pupils beyond two miles. An incentive aid plan of 40 million bi annually was set for a later session, and an amendment to the fireworks law to remove the word mortar was approved 48 to 31 to assist communities with Fourth of July displays.
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Madison
The
Education Commission
Assembly
Wisconsin
Catlin
R-Appleton
Railway Express Co
Summer Dance Series Opens Friday for High Schoolers
The Monroe Youth Council begins its second annual Summer Juke-box Dance series this Friday from 8 p m to 11 p m in the Lincoln gymnasium. It is open to all high school students and alumni, continuing last year’s policy of intermittent entertainment programs.
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Monroe Youth Council
Lincoln Gymnasium
The
Angle
Repaving Work Resumes At Court House Square
Mud on court house square dried this morning and repaving activity restarted. Vinton Construction brought in a grader to level the area to 16 inches below grade before 8 inches of sand gravel and concrete. Crews cleared rock from the east water main trench and prepared for new storm sewer and conduit placement. Plumbers worked on a new water service entrance from the main. Traffic limited to one lane at the north end as crews continued work.
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Court House Square
Vinton Construction Co
George Glass
Court House
Ickes and Condons Testify in Coplon Espionage Trial
Harold L. Ickes and Dr. Edward A. Condon with wife Emilie testified as defense witnesses in Judith Coplon's espionage trial. They answered few questions as Palmer objected and Judge Reeves sustained. Ickes identified himself and acknowledged acquaintance with Ruth Gruber, denying she was his secretary.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Edward A. Condon
Judith Coplon
Ickes
Condon
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Emilie
Dr. Condon
Palmer
Kelv
Albert Reeves
Ruth Gruber
FBI arrests three in auto parts theft ring
Detroit agents arrested three men in a crackdown on an alleged $200 000 auto parts theft ring. Harry T. O'Connor, chief of the Detroit FBI office, said large quantities of parts were stolen from Chrysler Corp Plymouth division over several months. The equipment was sold in Chicago and Milwaukee, flooding markets there.
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Detroit
FBI
Harry T. O'Connor
Chrysler Corp
Plymouth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Speed Limit Bill Advances After Senate Vote
Madison Wisconsin reports the 55 mph limit on most roads and 65 mph daytime limit cleared the Senate by 22 to 9 after assembly approval. The bill now goes to Gov Rennebohm for preview and possible enactment as Wisconsin enacts its first speed law since 1933.
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Senate
Madison
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Assembly
Plant Office Bombed in Kenosha Meat Packing Co Incident
A homemade bomb was thrown into the Kenosha Meat Packing Co office last night. No injuries were reported and investigators search for the assailant amid heightened security at the facility in Kenosha.
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Kenosha
Kenosha Meat Packing Co
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Babich
U. S. Steel
Marion F. Arnold
Texas
Carrollton
Tex
Knowles
New Richmond
Laird
Marshfield
Trinke
Lake Geneva
John O’melia
Rhinelander
Conservation Commission
County Conservation Congress and
Conservation Department
Olson
South
Wayne
Attorney General
Ickes, Condons
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