Estate of Jimmie the Greek Dominates Green County Court
The large estate of James Lobbs known as Jimmie the Greek draws court attention in Monticello as Green County handles a petition for administrator. F Earl Lamboley appointed administrator amid Greek consul support and possible Greek heirs, with discovery of a Greece connection and potential heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James “Jimmie
Lobbs
Monticello
Mercy Hospital
Janesville
Green County Court
Greece
Chicago
Wisconsin
F. Earl Lamboley
William A. Loveland
Green County
W. C. O'Connell
Beaver Dam
Dodge County
Harold J. Lamboly
Lamboley
Stewart A. Honick
Neil Conway
Loveland
J. G. McWilliams
Honick
United States
Department of Taxation
Conway
Inhernee Tax
Mr. Lobbs
Max Schuette
O'Connell
James Chiames
Freeport
Christos
Lena
James Lobbs
Lobs
Demetrios Giannekas
Escapee from Mendota State Hospital Returned to Monroe Jail
Gross, who escaped April 21 from Mendota state hospital, was captured yesterday at Ashland and will be sent to the Green County jail. Sheriff Evan C. Chambers and Deputy Verne Krueger of Brooklyn departed to return Gross to Monroe. He had been held for observation after arrest on a concealed weapon charge when Reymond allegedly tried to seize the pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Way Snond Gross
Mendota State Hospital
Ashland
Green County
Evan C. Chambers
Verne Krueger
Brooklyn
Gross
Monroe
Gross A
State Hospital
Sheriffs Department
Reymond
County Musicians Head to State Solo and Ensemble Contest
Green County and vicinity students advance from New Glarus to Madison for the 1947 state solo and ensemble contest at the University of Wisconsin School of Music. More than 1,000 entrants compete with a concert recital at Music Hall. Finalists may win a scholarship to the summer music clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Madison
University of Wisconsin School of Music
Wisconsin School Music Association
New Glarus
Music Hall
University Summer Music Clinic
Monroe
Health Bill to Get No Quick Action in Senate
The Republican led Senate will not schedule a federal health bill this year as Sen Taft says the fight would be long and bitter. A labor committee plan to hold hearings on health needs soon but no immediate action. Sen Murray plans a bill reflecting the president's health proposals with a five member board and retained compulsory insurance. A Taft led Republican bill would aid states with matching funds but avoid a federal insurance system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Truman
Labor Committee
Murray
D-Mont
Congress
Northern Trip Fails To Yield New Clues In Missing Girl Case
Sheriff George Perry said a several hundred mile northern trip failed to produce new facts on 8 year old Georgia Jean Weckler missing since May 1. District Attorney Francis Garity had said Jefferson county officials were tracing a minor clue from Ft. Atkinson residents who saw a girl resembling Georgia Jean near Tomah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Atkioown
George Perry
Here
Georgia
Jean Weckler
Francis Garity
Jefferson County
Ft. Atkinson
Tomah
Georgia Jean
Perry
Newburyport Drops 10 Percent Price Cut Plan
Newburyport Massachusetts merchants abandoned the city’s 10 per cent across the board price cut after a month citing lack of supplier cooperation. Sponsors said inquiries continued but emphasized prices must fall from maker to consumer to be sustainable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Mass
Seaport
Conditional Prices Rule Cheese Mart News
Prices for Swiss cheese in February ranged 68 55 and 52 cents with eight weeks holding law. Factories reported 662 cents a ton and 56 cents average while February milk netted producers 4.50. Limburger and brick reduced income below 3 dollars. new grades set by state dairy department. only some sales reported. Cheese factory Escher in Monticello broken into last night. cheese cloth missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limburger
Brick
Limbureer
State Dairy Department
Crop Loss From Weeds Cited at County Meeting
Henry Lunz Madison state weed and seed inspector said weed loss equals three billion dollars yearly. He noted Wisconsin lags in weed legislation, urged active control and clean seed use, and discussed 2 4 D effects. The Green county meeting launched the 1947 weed control program with local officials joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lunz
Madison
Department of Agriculture
Court House
Clarence W. Lengacher
E. O. Baker
Lunz
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
George Briggs
Extension Agronomist
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Baker
Green County
Briggs
Five Women Plan Trip to Switzerland from Wisconsin
On Sunday May 25 Mrs. Fred Vogel Monroe Mrs. John Winter Prairie du Lac a former Mon icello resident Mrs Adolph Kister Mrs Sophia Wyss and Mrs Henry Duerst Monticello sail May 29 from New York on the maiden voyage of the Sabieske to Spain Italy and Switzerland. They will visit Goldau Ct Schwyz Luter n Unterwalden Bern Glarus and Tessin and plan sightseeing tours before returning aboard the same ship in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Vogel
Monroe
John Winniter
Prairie du Lac
Monicello
Adolph Kister
Sophia Wyss
Henry Duerst
Monticello
New York
Spain
Italy
Switzerland
Goldau Ct
Schwyz
Lutern
Unterwalden
Bern
Glarus
Tessin
Vogel Duerst
John Christen
Wisconsin
Senate Adopts Public Utility Bill Punishing Strikes Walkouts
Madison reports the senate approved a public utility measure by 17 to 12 to penalize strikes and walkouts with fines up to 250 dollars or six months in jail. The bill creates an arbitration panel under the employment relations board and moves to the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Senate
Assembly
Sen. Risser
Employment Relations Board
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Edwin E. Witte
University of Wisconsin
Stewart¢ Scrimshaw
Thomas Devine
Marquette
Employment Relagions Board
Wno
Melvin J. Olson
South
Wayne
State Bureau of Alcohol Studies
Department of Public Welfare
Mrs Truman's Mother Holds Her Own in Rocking Chair
Grandview Missouri reports 94 year old Martha E. Truman, gravely ill, is described as holding her own. President Truman and his sister Mary Jane Truman moved her to a rocking chair for an hour and a half while physicians monitor her weak heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Martha E. Truman
Ross
Wallace H. Graham
Kansas City
Itiss Mary Jane Truman
May says he posed as lumber firm owner to quell labor strife
Former Rep. Andrew May testified at his war fraud trial that he pretended Cumberland Lumber Co. in Prestonsburg Kentucky was owned by him to ease labor tensions. He said the Garsson brothers truly owned the firm and admitted concerns about outsiders and Jewish ownership affecting worker recruitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Henry
Murray Garsson
Cumberland Lumber Co
Prestonsburg
May
Warren Ma~gee
Garsson
The
Cumberland
Annual Red Cross Meeting Set For Monday Evening
The Green County chapter of the American Red Cross will meet at 8 next Monday in the county court room. The agenda includes election of officers annual reports and the fund raising report. Two executive board members A F Bolerien and Rev Alvin C Rabehl will be replaced due to transfers from Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
The
American Red Cross
Breait Court
Court House
A. F. Bolerien
Alvin C. Rabehl
Monroe
Grand Jury Indicts 26 on Vote Fraud
Grand Jury indicts 26 individuals on charges of vote fraud amid ongoing investigations. The report notes a controversial political case with multiple defendants and alleged irregularities in the electoral process.
Missouri vote fraud indictments hit Kansas City figures
Jackson county grand jury brought indictments against 65 persons in a widening probe of alleged vote irregularities tied to last Augusts primary in Kansas City. Senator Kem called for a federal probe into Attorney General Tom Clark over delays in prosecuting those involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jackson County Grand Jury
Washington
Kenn
R-Mo
Tom Clark
Ilate
Missouri
Enos Axtell
Truman
Pendergast Organization
Roger C. Slaughter
Albert L. Reeves Jr
Axtell
Pendergast Machine
Kem
Senate
Pendergast
Kansas
Cit
Yury
Hugh Moore
John R. James
Grand Jury
Kansas City Star
Northern Influence Assailed in South Carolina Trial
Attorneys capped day in Greenville as 28 white defendants seek acquittal in Willie Earle lynching. Defense denounces Northern interference and FBI scrutiny, while prosecutors urge jury to deliver justice. Judge warns against prejudicial racial references amid heated courtroom exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S. C
North
Willie Earle
Benjamin Bolt
Ives
FBI
John B. Culbertson
J. Robert Martin Jr
Culbertson
Tom Clark
Texas
South Carolina
South
Fox Hole Reveals Dainty Fare for Five Little Cubs
Five fox cubs near the Fred Grimm farm six miles north of Monroe in Washington township attracted attention as remains of pheasants rabbits and chicken bones and feathers were found in a fox hole. Milford Updike and Adolph Brunner confirmed the bounty collection after John Grimm saw the cubs scurrying during plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Grimm
Monroe
Washington Township
Milford Updike
Grimm
Adolph Brunner
John Grimm
Updike
Byers Court Home Sold to Dr Kindschi
Leslie G Kindschi of Monroe Clinic purchases the brick residence of Francis A Wagner, contractor and builder, in Byers Court. Wagner will finish a new home in North Court this summer, with several houses already under roof. The sold property is a comparatively new prewar home with modern improvements and will be vacated by Sept 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie G. Kindschi
jMonroe Clinic
Byers Court
Francis A. Wagner
Lewis and Mine Operators Resume Pact Talks
Jonn J Lewis and mine operators representing 75 percent of the nation s soft coal output resume wage talks today. The operators and the president of the United Mine Workers met briefly Friday and recessed discussions until today to allow Lewis to consult with his 200 member policy committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jonn J. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senate rejects measure to empower cheesemakers in Wisconsin
Madison the senate refused to back an assembly bill from the Wisconsin Cheese makers association granting cheesemakers power to condemn a farmer’s milk and ban sales for 30 days. The bill would let cheesemakers reject milk deemed unsanitary or adulterated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Senate
Assembly
Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association
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Jimmie the Greek
Albany
Charles Ferguson
Herstone
Argyle
Glen Legler
Belleville
Faith Stanke
Brodhead
Marybelle Rossiter
Gwenyth Chandler
Glenda Langston
Margaret Angliker
Patricia Green
Carol Schindler
Lucille Burkhalter
Gladys Gibbons
Patricia Kik
Gene Buck
Eugene Davis
Martha Dobbs
Ada Dobbs
Joan Davis
Virginia Krauss
Edwin Andereck
Karl Mueller
Jen Gruenewald
Virginia Knaack
Marilyn Lanz
Rosella McGuire
Joanne Solomon
Kathryn Janet Krauss
John Virgil Stauffacher
Robert Crandall
JoAnne Elmer
Virginia Elmer
Edward Benkett
Marianne Elmer
Nancy Becker
Elmer Duerst
Barbara Meythaler
Dorothy Engler
Marie Streiff
Donna Reuter
Russell Reuter
Jean Zweifel
Rodney Wittwer
Doris Stuess
Escher
Sheriff's Office
Margaret Truman
David L. Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Tasencan
Oscaes
William Beegle
State
NAVY
Burlington
Mrs. Truman
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Red Cross
Sugar
Jungster
Fox Hole
Dr. Kindschi
Associated Press
Marshall
Bevin
House of Commons
House
Clinton Paper Co
New York City
J. P. Galewitz
Samuel Galewitz
Clinton
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