Swindler Admits Taking Millions of Dollars in Frauds
Chicago reports say Sigmund Z Engel the 73 year old vaudeville con artist confessed he took millions from women coast to coast and said he was arrested after a sting in a luggage shop in Chicago. Police tied his long record to multiple aliases and marriages as victims recalled losses ranging from eight thousand to five thousand dollars.
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Engel
Reseda Corrigan
Sigmund Z. Engel
Town Hall
Chicago
Corrigan
Michigan Avenue
Peter Harlib
Corrine Perry
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Nev
Midas
Pauline D. Lengdon
New York
Virginia
Genevieve Parro
Lord Beaverbrook
Sherlock Holmes
Harlib
Additional Deluge Totals Nearly Inch Hits Haying Area
Lancaster received heavy rain totaling about three inches last night while most of the state saw around one inch. Monroe reported .93 of an inch, aligning with reports from Darling ton, Janesville and Green Bay. Harvests benefit from moisture but excessive rain may hinder field work as heat and humidity persist with highs in the 80s and thunderstorms forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Monroe
Darlington
Janesville
Green Bay
North Dakota
Veterans Seek Low Rent Housing in Wisconsin
Madison veterans demand state grants for affordable housing. A joint veterans housing committee, representing seven groups, calls for an immediate law to reduce rent costs and oppose loan-only compromise bills. They state need is urgent and funds should be available now for home access.
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Madison
Wisconsin Joint Veterans’ Housing Committee
State U S Check Auto Firm Returns Madison
The Wisconsin tax department is auditing auto dealers with federal cooperation. Commissioner Arthur E Wegner said transcripts of federal reports are being received. Federal authorities reported large unpaid income taxes and penalties for many Wisconsin auto dealers, with state collections and interest made but not disclosed. The audit of corporate and individual returns began statewide a year ago and is far from finished.
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Madison
State Tax Department
Wisconsin
Arthur E. Wegner
Wegner
Wholesale Mart Index Drops in June 21 Week
Washington LIberty Department data show wholesale market prices fell about one percent in the week ended June 21. The index at 153.2 percent of the 1926 average marks a 2.1 percent drop from a month earlier and an 8.3 percent decline from a year ago. Biggest declines were in livestock and meat prices.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wisconsin Fugitive Sought in Slaying
Michigan police tracked a depraved killer of Walter Eaton as a Wisconsin fugitive, Ray Lamphere, 23, living near the boy’s home since Thursday evening. Lamphere, described as 6'2" with brown hair, wore a white T shirt and overalls, and carried a duffel bag.
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Lansing
Wisconsin
Michigan
Walter Eaton
Peewee
Ray Ernest Lamphere
Lamphere
Wisconsin Southern
Union Grove
Sept
Harry Stevens
Racine County
Stevens
Little Walter
Midwest Turners Plan Monroes Turn Day Events
The Monroe Turn and Schwing club hosts a Midwest Turn day at Lehr's Grove and Turner hall with Swiss wrestling mass calisthenics and apparatus events for men and women under Swiss American Gymnastic association rules. About sixty contestants from Milwaukee and the east expected. registration today 4 to 7 pm. events begin 8 am with women apparatus and Swiss national competitions.
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Monroe
Lehr’s Grove
Highway 11
Swiss American Gymnastic Association
Milwaukee
Turner Hall
Joe Keyts
Cleveland
Lehr’s
The
Gymnastic Association
Turners
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Leroy Wuethrich
Edward Krattiger
Turn and Schwing Club
Edward Ruef
Laeser
Wesley Pellett
Fred Glauser
Harry Bellahan
Oscar N. Johnson
Vernon Peterson
Bruce M. Blum
Rinehard Mueller
Julius Hofer
United Lutherans Vote For Potential Merger
Blair Nebs United Evangelical Lutheran convention endorsed a merger with Evangelical and American Lutheran churches if the other synods consent. A committee would study merger talks and report to the 1950 convention. Appointments announced include Peter Jensen and Nels Krough among others.
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Nels Krough
Racine
E. R. Andersen
Karl Wilhelmsen
Indonesia Executes Reds in Jogjakarta Action
Indonesia announces the execution of four communists including Tan Malakka and a former republican premier. The announcement confirms Moscow-trained leaders were put to death in Jogjakarta, signaling a severe crackdown on leftist groups.
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Indonesia
Jogjakarta
Tan Malakka
Stamp expert Alvin Meissner buried after private funeral
Alvin R. Meissner, 74, prominent designer of USS postage stamps, was buried today at Fort Lincoln Cemetery after a private funeral. He died Thursday and had served twelve years as chief postage designer in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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Washington
Alvin R. Meissner
USS
Fort Lincoln
Meissner
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Truman Requests Help for Nations
President Truman asks Congress for a bold foreign aid program funding 45 million dollars to aid backward nations. The plan would back American engineering and private investment with guarantees, targeting Africa, the near and far east, and parts of Central and South America, via share-cost cooperation and UN involvement.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Africa
Near
Far East
Central
South America
Rayburn
McCormack
Mass
United Nations
Census Replies Mandatory for Green County Business Census
The district office explains that responses to the federal business census in Green County are mandatory and confidential. Enumerators Charles Booth and Mrs. Dalza Fleming take oaths, with penalties for breach. Questions cover trade names owners payroll totals and receipts for 1948, with findings used regionally for analysis.
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Green County
District Supervision Office
Charles A. Booth
Monroe
Mrs. Dalza Fleming
Brodhead
Bureau
Congress
U S Planes Battle RAF in Test Clash for Sky Control
U S air force planes clash with the RAF over Britain in a nine day test. B 29 Superforts and Shooting Star jets from allied nations train to challenge British air defenses. Third U S air division units participate to simulate enemy forces and assess island defense readiness.
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U. S
RAF
London
United States Air Force
Britain
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Royal Air Force
U. S. Air Division
Barricades Around Court House Square Block Fire Trucks
Monroe officials warn motorists of hazards from parking near street barricades during repaving around court house square. Police to issue warning tickets for double parking as intersections obstruct access to hydrants and fire apparatus. New storm sewers divert heavy rains while concrete forms await first pour Monday.
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Monroe
Court House Square
Brodhead Girl Reaches Wisconsin Alice in Dairyland Finals
Miss Mary Lou Collins of Brodhead advances to the finals of the Wisconsin Alice in Dairyland contest among 16 of 200 entrants. The Beloit College English graduate and Pi Beta Phi member will attend a Milwaukee dinner Thursday where two judges finalize the selection. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs D L Collins and will teach in the Rockford school system next year.
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Mary Lou Collins
Brodhead
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
D. L. Collins
Beloit College
Pi Beta Phi
Collins
Brodhead High School
Rockford
Body Found In River Near Merrill Identified Man
Authorities sought to identify a 30 year old man after his fully clothed body was recovered from the Wisconsin River three miles northwest of Merrill. Police described the victim as about six feet tall and weighing 180 to 190 pounds.
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Merrill
Wisconsin River
Here
Taylor
Belgium Faces Vote on Leopold III Return After War
Belgians go to general elections amid a major royal question. The Social Christians back Leopold's return with a referendum option if they win a majority, while Socialists Liberals and Communists mostly oppose abdication. Women vote for first time. compulsory balloting with fines for abstention.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold III
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Social Christian
Leopold
Social Christians
Auguste de Schryver
Germany
Prince Charles
Charles
Tax Increase Bill No 1 Tops Lawmakers Prime List
Madison reports a tense legislative week as leaders aim to finish before the Fourth of July. Tax increase bill No 1 dominates plans with debates over income tax surcharges and corporate taxes. Education aid, school transportation, and building programs are also up for consideration and possible veto fights. Governor opposes the plan, preferring community decontrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Finance Committee
House
Assembly
Senate
Education Commission
Rennebohm
Retired Wausau Principal Ira C. Painter Dead at 82
Ira C. Painter age 82 and longtime principal of Wausau High School died at his home after a brief illness. A Newark, Ohio native, he led the Wausau school 27 years and served as president of the Wisconsin Secondary School Principals association. Earlier he headed schools in Sydney and Zanesville, Ohio.
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Wausau
Ira C. Painter
Wausau High School
Painter
Newark
Wisconsin Secondary School Principals Association
Sydney
Zanesville
Ohio
Auto victim dies after pedestrian crash in Johnstown Center
Henry Kelm, 84, of Janesville Route 1, died at Mercy hospital after being struck by a car yesterday while crossing a road at the intersection of two county roads in Johnstown Center. He previously had only cuts and bruises noted at the scene.
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Janesville
Henry Kelm
Janesvile
Mercy Hospital
Johnstown
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Emily
Midwest
Grove
E. Markowski
Markowski
VFW
United Lutherans
French
Ostend
Dover
Census
Arthur Bystrom
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