Sister of Victim, Suitor Still Hunted
Milwaukee police intensified a search in Kalamazoo and Michigan for Milton Babich 19 and Kathleen Birmingham 17 connected to the death of Patricia Birmingham 6 whose body was found in the Milwaukee river after a note of elopement. A warrant charged Babich with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and investigators sought a photograph to aid the hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Babich
Kathleen Birmingham
Milwaukee
Kathleen
Patricia
Patricia Birmingham
Michigan
Babich
Associated Press
Kalamazoo
Adolph Kraemer
Milwaukee Police Department
Norma Burns
Kraemer
Kalama- 700
Paul E. Morrison
Victor
Capt. Kraemer
Agriculture Council Reorganizes Under New Officers
The Green County Agriculture Council of the U S Department of Agriculture met at the courthouse to reorganize and elect new officers for 1949. Myron E. Jeg, county agent, reported the board will aid draft boards in reclassifying farm workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Council
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Court House
U. S. Department of Agriculture War Board
Myron E. Jeg
MacArthur Helps Cpl Gamboa Seek Australian Home
Cpl. Lorenzo Gamboa asked General MacArthur to aid his return to Australia to reunite with his wife Joyce and children Ramund and Julie. MacArthur agreed to help after learning Gamboa’s story, recalling Gamboa’s desk cleaning in Port Moresby years ago. Gamboa, who served from Bataan to Australia and Japan, hopes to join his family soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Lorenzo Gamboa
Gamboa
General MacArthur
Australia
MacArthur
Port Moresby
Associated Press
Gama
Joyce
Ramund
Julie
U. S. Army
Manila
Bataan
Japan
Death of Christian Roder Prominent Swiss Leader in Chicago
Christian Roder of Chicago died today at nearly 70 after years of illness. He was born in Heimberg bei Thun Switzerland and moved to Monroe in 1893, serving in Company H during the Spanish American War. Survived by his wife six sons one daughter twin brother Ben two sisters and several brothers. Burial set for Saturday in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Roder
Henry Voelkli
Ruehle
Chicago
Monroe
Roder
Sweitzer Verein
Lanz Hardware Co
Heimberg Bei Thun
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Ben
Voelkli
Fred
Chippewa Falls
John
Emil
Wisconsin cheese market steady to firm amid light demand
Federal State market news service reports Wisconsin American cheese prices steady to firm as demand remains light. Selling figures show state assembly point values with items including simele daisies, longhorns, and square prints listed with percentages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Simele
Fire Destroys Hog Barn Near Monroe Farm
Monroe volunteer firemen were summoned to the Jacob Becker farm on the old Juda road at 2 41 p m to fight a hog barn blaze. Extent of damage was not known at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Jacob Becker
Juda Road
Secretary Acheson Denies Red Charge Of Iran Base Plans
Secretary of State Acheson calls Russian accusations that the U S will turn Iran into a military base false. He affirms U S interest in Greece Turkey and Iran and cites support for free peoples wherever aid is effective. officials note bans on European delegates while permitting 21 Russians and Eastern Europeans as official representatives.
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Acheson
Iran
Washington
United States
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Middle East
Tehran
Soviet Union
South America
Eastern Europe
Canada Plans Major Income Tax Cuts and Reforms
Ottawa outlines a sweeping program including a 32 percent cut in income taxes, removal of 750,000 taxpayers from rolls, tax relief for small businesses, repeal of various levies, price control removals, and relaxed import rules. Abbott says prosperity continues and inflation danger has passed as Liberal government weighs an election push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Douglas C. Abbott
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
National Liberal Party
Abbott
First Fishing Licenses Sold for 1949 50 Season
The 1949 50 fishing season opened with Sheriff Matt Solliran buying the first license and W A Johnson taking the second. The licenses arrived at the county clerk's office last Friday, signaling spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Solliran
W. A. Johnson
FBI Joins Probe of Parker Pen Co Robbery
FBI agents from Madison assisted Wisconsin and Illinois police in the Sunday Parker Pen Co holdup in Sun Prairie. The bandits escaped with 20 000 pens valued at about 300 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Janesville
Madison
Wisconsin
Illinois
Parker Pen Co
Monroe Farmers Night Drenches Turner Hall in 1949 Gala
A capacity turnout of about twelve hundred farmers cheesemakers and helpers packed Turner hall for Monroe chamber of commerce annual Farmers night. The program ran on time featured the Monroe championship band and a minstrel show with soloists and turn and schwing acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Hall
Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Allan
Barnard
Trumanites Lose In Rent Law Tests
The Senate voted 45 to 33 to let cities junk rent controls when the governor approves. A Fulbright amendment to extend rent controls 12 to 15 months allows up to 10 percent increases. Residential hotels may be re controlled only in New York and Chicago. The rent law expires March 31 and action continues in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Banking Committee
New York
Chicago
Lucas
D-Ill
House
Rutledge Surrenders in Linn County Custody Fight
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. of St. Louis ends a three month bid for custody as Linn County authorities report his surrender this morning. He faces an indictment for the December 14 slaying of Byron C. Hartman, described as a bachelor admirer of Rutledge’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutledge
Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge Jr
St. Louis
Linn County
Byron C. Hartman
Dr. Rutledge
Cloudy Skies and Rain Forecast Across Wisconsin
Most of the state will see cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with a chance of rain. Precipitation was widespread in Wisconsin yesterday, with Land O Lakes reporting an unseasonal two inch snowfall. This morning's low at 2 30 was 26 and the noontime high reached 42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Wabash Employes End Railway Tioup
Wabash railroad workers return to duties after an eight day strike ends with a back-to-work pact between four unions and management. The presidential fact finding board approves the agreement as 3,500 operating employees resume shifts and trains begin running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Wabash Railroad
Arthur K. Atkinson
Wabash
Darlington Brothers-in-Law Die Hours Apart
A heart attack fatal to Bert Carpenter 57 while driving home from Monroe followed the death of his brother-in-law Ches ter Pratt 59 of Darlington. Pratt died hours earlier after a hospital visit. Carpenter collapsed on Highway 11 and died en route to Monroe hospital. Both families are linked to Darlington farms with extensive survivor lists and funeral arrangements set at Grace Lutheran church and Gratiot Union Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlington
Monroe
Bert Carpenter
Chester Pratt
Carpenter
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Pratt
Highway 11
Democrats Accuse Republicans of Pirating Bills in Wisconsin
Two Democratic assemblymen charge Gov Rennebohm and Republican legislators with copying Democratic ideas. They cite Bubolz lobbying bill similar to an Assembly measure and note earlier a national guard segregation bill was pirated by Republicans. The Democrats call the move cynical and pledge ongoing legislative ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Rennebohm
Doyle
Lucey
Ferryville
Sen. Bubolz
Appleton
Wisconsin National Guard
Senate
Bubolz
National Guard
Lobbist
Congresswoman Named In Divorce Action by Naval Captain's Wife
Mrs. Eilene Diana Latta-Lawrence filed suit against her husband Naval Captain Harold Alexander Latta-Lawrence seeking separate maintenance and an accounting of joint property. The complaint mentions a long alleged relationship with Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, with a possible later divorce claim for alimony of at least 300 dollars monthly. The Capitol figure Rogers called the suit ridiculous and said she would comment later. The Latta-Lawrences were married in April 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Eilene Diana Latta- Lawrence
Harold Alexander Latta-Lawrence
Republican Women In
Congress
Latta Lawrence
Toledo
Rogers
Roosevelt
White House
William A Boll Dies at 54 in Twin Grove
William A Boll 54 died at 9 a m in the home of his brother Herbert Twin Grove after a heart attack following a year of illness He was born February 25 1895 in Monroe The son of Albert and Mary Heinzelman Boll He lived in Washington township 23 years and worked on farms near Monroe most recently on the Ronnie Schrier farm near Broadhead He survived by his parents three brothers Herbert Andrew both of Twin Grove and Herman of New Glarus One infant brother Benjamin preceded him Burial is Greenwood Cemetery with funeral services 1 30 p m Friday at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home conducted by Rev P C Kehle He was a member of G U G G lodge and baptized and confirmed at St John s Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Boll
Herbert
Twin Grove
Morroe
Albert
Mary Heinzelman Boll
Monroe
Washington Township
Ronnie Schrier
Brodhead
Andrew
Herman
New Glarus
Benjamin
Bell
G. U. G. G. Lodge
St. John’s Church
Shriner-Neushwander
P. C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Pension bill clash over world war veterans plans
Washington lawmakers wrestled over excluding world war I veterans from a pension bill. Rankin proposed $90 monthly pensions for all WWI and WWII veterans at 65, with a favored World War I substitute limiting eligibility to need. The House shifted positions, reversing votes and signaling a potential sweeping victory for pension proponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Rankin
D-Miss
Rep
Hubert
Ohio
Davis Attacks Rankin Pension Bill Premise
Rep. Davis blasts the Rankin pension bill as harmful to veterans programs saying it promotes a false philosophy of simply paying veterans and forgetting them. The House yesterday refused to strike the enacting clause with eight Wisconsin congressmen in the majority and Republicans Hull Keefe O Konski Murray Smith and Withrow voting against recommitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep
Carroll
D-Cole
Rankin
Veterans Committee
House
Veterans Administration
Washington
Davis
Rwis
Wisconsin
Byrnes
Badger Group
Keefe
Hull
O’konski
Murray
Smith
Withrow
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Veterans
U. S
Jack Andereck
Marian Signer
Marilyn Zuercher
Kathryn Krauss
LaVon Broge
Phoebe Abraham
Lucille Burkhalter
Russell W. Prien
Herman J. Schmitz
George F. Stauffacher
Jordan
Mike Peterson
Williams Bay
Peterson
Turn and Schwing Society
G. L. Redman
Louis H. Kohli
John Caradine
Thedore J. Burgy
Harold W. Biffle
John Usher
Ralph J. Kundert
Henry Kundert
Stocker
Josef
Arthur C. Benkert
Gerald Fritz
Alfred Leiser
Albert R. Neushwander
Don Plecity
John Smith
Robert Stocker
John Voegeli
Gerald von Klein
Doran R. Zwy
Darlington Brothers
Mary Paxton
Rockford
Elmer
Thomas
Anna Mae
Clifford
Viola
Kenneth
Cuba City
Methodist Church
E. J. Jeffery
James A. Vincent
Gratiot
Grace Lutheran Church
J. J. Lippholt
Union Grove Cemetery
James Patrick Ryan
French Foreign Legion
Italy
Marianas Mars
Alameda
Calif
Orient
Ryan
Yerba Buena Island Naval Station
Bethesda
Bill
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