Probe Slaying of Ex Capone Mobster
Chicago police launched a three pronged inquiry into the street corner murder of Alexander Louie Greenberg once a key underworld financier for the Capone era. Investigators target Greenbergs financial empire top underworld figures and a house to house probe in the area where he was shot. A related bludgeon killing of ex con John Coletta near Barrington is being probed for revenge links. The Greenberg family has offered a $5000 reward for those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alexander
Louie) Greenberg
Capone
Greenberg
John Coletta
Coletta
Barrington
James McMahon
South Side
Ace Brewing Co
John A. Roberts
Canadian Ace
New York
Jury Awards 5575 in Damages for False Arrest
A Davenport District Court jury awarded Donna Bell five thousand five hundred seventy five dollars in a defamation style damage suit against her former husband Marvin Spillman. Bell claimed humiliation from a false arrest in 1954 after Spillman accused her of burglary. the charge was dismissed but she spent two nights in jail. the couple divorced in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Donna Bell
le Claire
Marvin Spillman
Eisenhower To Get Heart Exam At Walter Reed
President Eisenhower will undergo x ray and fluoroscopic heart tests at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington today. The procedure, about ninety minutes, aims to confirm continued recovery from the September heart attack. He will return to Gettysburg Tuesday after meetings with Republican congressional leaders and a bipartisan House and Senate group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Denver
White House
House
Senate
Walter Reed
Florida Man Quizzed In Double Slaying
Melbourne police hold laundry operator Philip Van Eeghen for questioning in the murders of his wife Patricia 39 and daughter Phyllis Ann seven, found in the family car near a funeral home. Blood traces and a sand filled area prompt continued inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Fla
Philip van Eeghen
Patricia
Phyllis Ann
H. T Williams
van Eeghen
Teddy van Eeghen
Charles Collis
John Thomas
Cocoa
Eeghen
Roger
Nobel Prizes To Five Winners In Stockholm Ceremony
King Gustaf Adolf to award the 1955 Nobel prizes to five winners in Stockholm Concert Hall, including three Americans. Prize values total $36,720 each and include a gold statuette and diploma. The UN Refugee Committee will receive the peace prize in Oslo in a later ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Gustaf Adolf
United Nations Refugee Committee
Oslo
Norway
Vincent du Vignaud
Cornell University
New York
Polykarp Kusch
Columbia University
Willis E. Lamb
Stanford University
Hugo Theorell
Haldor Kilian Laxness
Alfred Nobel
Nobel Foundation
Birger Ekeberg
Iowa Boy Receives Red Cross Certificate of Merit
Richard Burnett a 15 year old from Rockford Iowa will receive the Red Cross certificate of merit for saving 7 year old James McGrath of Greene from swift water at the Shell Rock River dam on July 10. Burnett dived, brought the boy to surface and handed him to rescuers on shore. He is the 29rd Iowan to be honored with this award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis, Mo
American Red Cross
Richard Burnett
Rockford
Iowa
James McGrath
Greene
Shell Rock River
Red Cross
Burnett
Coed Shot Dead on University of Omaha Campus
Carolyn Marie Nevins a 20 year old coed was found shot five times behind bushes near the University of Omaha campus. Police launched a city wide manhunt and scheduled an autopsy to probe a possible sex motive. The case follows a recent murder of cab driver Erick Burkwist in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
University of Omaha
Carolyn Marie Nevins
Carolyn
University Library
Harry Green
Ernest Brown
Green
Omaha
Erick Burkwist
Christmas Program at West Chester High School
West Chester high and grade school pupils will present a Christmas program in the school gym at 8 p.m. Tuesday December 13. The program includes a girls small group rendition of It Was the Night Before Christmas a band performance of Christmas selections and a Christmas Carol Pageant by both schools vocal groups. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
New Laws Seen From GM Hearing Highlights
Sen. Joseph C. O Mahoney predicts new laws may arise from hearings on General Motors impact on the economy. He notes possible reform of auto dealer contracts and potential federal regulation if monopolistic practices persist. GM President Harlow Curtice argues bigness is not key to success and defends centralized talent pools and strategic exits from nonprofitable lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
General Motors
Wyoming
Chicago
Chevrolet
Subcommittee
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Wiley
Harlow H. Curtice
General Motor
Curtice
Clock from 1790 Austria Still Ticks in Athol Home
Alfred Ruttiman, 67, treasures a grandfather clock dating to 1790 from Austria. The timepiece, a music box, still plays old Vienna waltzes and keeps time in his Athol, Massachusetts home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athol
Mass
Alfred Ruttiman
George Washington
Austria
Vienna
Changes in Melody Lanes Ownership and Management
Melody Lanes in Washington completes ownership and management changes. Bob Lowe Jr becomes active manager with Wayne Marston as assistant. T R Phillips elected president and chairman of a new managerial board including Carl Paetz Jr Charles Robison and Jay Sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melody Lanes
Washington
Bob Lowe Jr
Wayne Marston
Marston
T. A
Mike) Flenner
Flenner
Carl Paetz Jr
Lowe
T. R. Phillips
Mr Paetz
Charles Robison
Jay Sellers
Sam Turkington
A. E. Baldrige
Phillips
Turkington
Paetz
Bill Sitler
Homer Porter
Charles Wiele
Why the farm consumer price gap will widen in 1956
The farm share of each grocery dollar runs under half of what housewives pay. Despite bumper crops, farm prices drop, yet the 1956 retail food bill is expected to stay near 1955 levels. Marketing, processing, and distribution costs drive the spread, with a 1955 marketing bill around 28 billion dollars, about 60 percent of total food expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Not
Gaylord P. Godwin
United Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
American Jet Crashes Through Hospital Roof in England
An American jet fighter crashed into Lodge Moor Hospital near Sheffield after an engine fire. Pilot Lt Roy Evans bailed out from 35 000 feet. The collision killed a 4 year old mother of five, Mrs Elsie Murdock, and injured seven others including three children. Ammunition in the wings exploded as the aircraft struck a ward and caromed across a corridor before exploding on a lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
England
U.S. Air Force
Lodge Moor
Roy Evans
Pulaski
Tenn
Air Force
Evans
Sculthorpe
Elsie Murdock
Catholic Bishop Arrested in China for Espionage
Radio Moscow quoted Peiping reports that Bishop Kung Pin-mei of Shanghai and his accomplices were arrested by Chinese authorities in September for preparing a counter revolutionary uprising. Kung, 54, served as administrator of Nanking and Soochow and was appointed Shanghai bishop in 1951. An earlier 1955 spy ring was also uncovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shanghai
Radio Moscow
Peiping
Kung Pin-mei
Kung
Nanking
Soochow
Chinese Peoples Republic
Chiang Kai-shek
Threats to Oust Allies From Entire City in Berlin
East German Communists warn the working class aims to purge the anti- Communist West Berlin government. The Berline Zeitung says a "great house cleaning" would give the Reds control of the city, starting with removal of Mayor Otto Suhr and his council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Berlin
Berliner Zeitung
Otto Suhr
East Berlin
Western Germany
Soviet Zone
U.S. Army
West Germany
Friedrich Kaul
East Germany
Neues Deutschland
Kaul
German Democratic Republic
Gdr
Eight Die In Two Four Car Iowa Crashes Friday
A sequence of crashes on Iowa roads left ten dead over Friday and today. Two four car smashups near Guthrie Center and Keokuk killed eight, including four youths and two sailors home on leave. A separate hit and run in Sioux City claimed a man walking across a street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Nenr Keokuk
Guthrie Center
Sioux City
Charles O. Moore
Keokuk
Judy Lorning
Mary Winkleman
Stan Peasley
Summitville
George King
Keokuk Hospital
Martha Sigmund
Ann Williams
Bill Hausch
Harold R. Delahayde
John Vincent Kerwin
Clyde M. Hansen
Marshalltown
Guthrie County
J.C. McCool
Kerwin
Clyde Hansen Hansen
Donald
Meany Warns Labor Could Form Own Party if Silenced
George Meany president of the CIO AFL warned at a NAM session that the merged labor force could create a labor party if unions are deprived of their political voice. He said the 16 million member union does not want a labor party but would form one to endorse candidates if blocked from activity by existing parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Meany
Cio-Afl
Meany
Charles R Sligh Jr
NAM
Cjio-Afl
Sligh
Five Tavern Owners Pay $300 Fine in Iowa Raids
Five tavern operators pleaded guilty to liquor law violations stemming from state raids on Sept. 29 and Oct. 27. A total of 75 bottles were seized as Roger Bertsch and Robert O'Regan of the Merchants Bar, Herbert Dukes of the Spotsman Club, John J. Dalton of the Twin Oaks Supperclub of Dyersville, and Harriet Meyer of the Chateau Club faced fines of $300 each before District Judge Eugene J Keane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublque
Roger Bertsch
Robert O'Regan
Merchants Bar
Herbert Dukes
Spotsman Club
John J. Dalton
Twin Oaks
Dyersville
Harriet Meyer
Chateau Club
Eugene J Keane
Iowa Official Hurt In Crash Near Sigourney
Ray O Kuehl a 62 year old Beer Permit Board inspector from Le Claire was critically injured in a head on crash with a Sigourney farmer James Greenlee 73 near Sigourney on Iowa 92. Kuehl remained in critical condition at Keokuk County Hospital. Greenlee's condition described as fairly good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Iowa
Ray O Kuehl
le Claire
Here
Iowa 92
Keokuk County
James Greenlee
Greenlee
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Leonard Scheele
Jonas Salk
Salk
International Soundphoto
Guide Today
Florida
Chester
Sir Winston Churchill
Williamsburg
Winthrop Rockefeller
Virginia
Churchill
International Radiophoto
China
McCool
Christensen
Borkowski
Audubon County
Sandra McElderry
Eugene McElderry
Centerville
Labor
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!