Afton Case Lifer Has Sentence Cut
Arnold Putnam, 33, serving a life term for the 1939 Afton storekeeper raid and slaying, has had his sentence commuted to 28 years by Gov. Oscar Rennebohm making him eligible for parole. Rennebohm notes the killing's role is not definitively established and cites Putnam’s rehabilitation.
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Janesville
Arnold Putnam
Waupun State
Afton
Oscar Rennebohm
Putnam
Vernon Rinehimer
Jesse Earle
Rock Berg
Ey al
Milwau
Kee
Roy Herde
Jefferson
Rincaimer
Waupun
Rennebohm
Sam
State Rent Records Moved to Washington for Court Test
Wisconsin housing officials transfer rent records to Chicago regional offices while a Milwaukee tenant’s suit seeks three judge court review to rule invalid the rent control law.
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Washington
Washinton
Wisconsin
Chicago
Milwaukee
Court seeks injunction to stop rent record transfer
The action targets Tighe Woods, the housing expediter, and requests a court order to prevent him from turning over federal rental records to Wisconsin authorities under the home rule provisions of the act.
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Tighe Woods
Wisconsin
Dairy Herd Tester Dies After Train Accident
Loofboro Miles C Sweeney of Rock county reports a dairy herd tester, 25, Milton Junction, died after a car skidded into a moving train near Avalon. He suffered the loss of a foot yesterday and died today at Mercy.
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Anesvire
Waylord Loofboro
Milton Junction
Miles C. Sweeney
Rock County
Loofboro
Avalon
Loosboro
James G Moore Cheese Man Dies at 82
James G Moore age 82 of Madison died Wednesday afternoon in a Madison hospital after a brief illness. He formerly served as a cheese inspector and edited the Butter Cheese and Egg Journal in Milwaukee in 1920. He belonged to the Sons of Union Veterans Madison Masonic Lodge No 5 and the Madison Consistory.
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James G. Moore
Madison
Old Butter, Cheese and Egg Journal
Milwaukee
Paralysis Foundation to Launch First Special Appeal
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis plans a special fundraising drive for the first time in its history. President Basil O Connor says the need arises from a high polio incidence this year, though the 11 year old organization has previously run only one campaign annually.
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Paralysis Foundation
New York
National Foundation For
Basil O'Connor
Navy Patrol Plane Crashes Offshore Killing Ten
A 30 ton PBM flying boat wrecked in fog off the harbor soon after takeoff from North Island on a routine training flight. All four officers and six enlisted men aboard were killed as the aircraft tilted to its port wing and exploded, scattering wreckage over about 300 yards.
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Oun Wiegy
North’ Island
Teachers Hired at South Wayne Grade School
Miss Margaret Austin of Elroy becomes the new intermediate grade teacher and Mrs. Francis Kincade will teach the primary department at South Wayne grade school until another teacher is employed. Francis Kincade is principal of the school.
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South Wayne
Margaret Austin
Elroy
Francis Kincade
Pastor’s Son Plans Monticello Sermon
Paul John Achtemeier son of Rev A R Achtemeier will deliver the sermon at Irvingli Evangelical and Reformed church on Sunday at 10 40 He leaves September 19 for first year of seminary at Union Theological Seminary New York City
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Monticello
Paul John Achtemeier
A. R. Achtemeier
Irvingli Evangelical
Paul John
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
Caddies Face National Championship in Columbus
The national caddie golf championship opened in Columbus with 19 year old Wesley Ellis Jr. of San Antonio as the key rival to stop. The report notes the largest eggs recorded are from the extinct Aepyornis of Madagascar, with one egg equaling 15 dozen modern hens.
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Columbus
Wesley ‘Ellis Jr
San Antonio
Tex
Madagascar
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