Local court fines and decertifications in gambling case
Judge Scott Loves fined 500 dollars and ordered costs for a gambling house operator amid a crackdown led by Chief Harold Owens. Several men faced charges of disorderly conduct and gambling as officers seized equipment. A Milwaukee man pleaded guilty to related offenses and received fines, with additional penalties for previous records and vehicle-related charges.
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G House
Scott Loves
Prinicipal Court
Hisondes
Harold Owens
Ares
Fe Wilkes
Ce Ules
Gwone
Oeghberarh
Dames Amato
Brookfield
Suilty
Ibd
Ae Ty Rae Taehork
Draft Board Choice of Courts Confirmed
The board confirms the appointment of George W. Wits of Jefferson Ave as County Probation Office and names the other four members including Vilvs Tasmiesen and Grover Cleve. The Wisconsin board, announced by President Cantis, lists Watlkedta as involved and references North Prairie, Menomonee Falls, and Nearby locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W
Vilvs Tasmiesen
Ocon Amimwot
North Prairie Seth Ys
Weather Forecast for Waukesha Almanac
Partly cloudy tonight with temperatures around 73 to 80 degrees. Wednesday expects a high near 82 with a similar warm night, and southwest winds are noted. Local hourly temperatures are listed for Waukesha with Moon phases and various notes on the evening sky.
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Jon
Waukesua
Venus
Registration rolls open for 315 draft age men in Waukesha
The Waukesha registration board processed 205 men born in 1923 on the first day of the selective service draft. Officials expect up to 273 more registrations today as veterans and ineligible men dominated yesterday. Nationwide, 1.2 million men aged 23 registered yesterday. 24 year olds join today with 1 year olds to follow in phases. In Milwaukee, driver Harry H. Petersen, 76, slept at the wheel and hit a tree on Highway A0 near Highway 83, suffering a minor cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Cw Selective Services
Flora Weber
Chlee
Wille
Washington
Selective Service
Elgord
Siates
Milwaukee
Harry H. Petsergon
Peterson
Admit Stabbing Two Get Terms
Gomez 34 of 320 E Main St and Martinez 54 of 7354 Pleasant Way were sentenced to six months in county jail under the Huber act after pleading guilty to assault with intent to harm. They stabbed Benjamin Melendes 41 after a tavern argument outside the General Malleable foundry. Melendes was hospitalized weeks and once in critical condition at Waukesha Memorial. jurors failed to reach verdict July 11 before the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Lowry
Solomon Gomez
Main St
Ead Epifanio Martinez
Pleasant At
Jali
Benjamin Melendes
Main Street
Gomez
Martinez
Victine
Melendes
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Huber
Homer
Williams
Driest August Ends Today in Wackesha with No Rain
August ends as the driest on record in Wackesha with only 0.89 inch of rain. Normal August exceeds three inches while 1998 saw 7.30 inches. County crops suffer drought damage though late showers could help soybeans and pastures. trees lose leaves earlier and winter may threaten evergreens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wackesha
Wisconsin
Waukesha County
J. F. Thomas
Thomas
Waukesha County consolidates Henrietta Scuppernong districts
The Waukesha County School Committee ordered the dissolution of the Henrietta and Scuppernong districts and attached them to the Dousman district in western Waukesha. The formal hearing favored merger as a solution to rising education costs, with taxes now funding students’ high school attendance.
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Waukesha County
Henrietta
Scupperhong
Walter Meyer
Menomanee Falls
John Ward
Hartland
W. 8. Slammons
Oconomawee
Sadie Price
Waukesha
H. C. Hammond
Mukwonago
Joseph Rausch
West Allis
Berane
Scappernong
Dousman
Scuppernong
Henriette
Labor Day program announced for Waukesha festival
Charles Leach announces a three day Labor Day festival in Frame park with free entertainment. Leo Kennedy and Charlies Geibel arrange speakers for Saturday Sunday and Monday nights including Mayor Edwin Honeyager and Vernon Gaspar. R F Lewis Hof Horace Wilkie and Carl Thompson scheduled as speakers. union officials Gilbert Brunner George Haberman and Herman Steffes also set to speak. A doll buggy parade for children features Joe Curtis as parade chair with a dog exhibition by K 39 corps veterans. The event is sponsored by local labor unions and leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukoaha
Charles Leach
Frame Park
Leo Kennedy
Charlies Geibel
Edwin H. Honeyager
Vernon Gaspar Witl
Supt. of
R. F. Lewis
Horace Wilkie
Congress
Carl] Thompson
Gilbert Brunner
International Association of Machinists
George Haberman
State Federation of Labor
AFL
Herman Steffes
Ogio Industrial Union Council
Casey Jones
Waukesina
Waukesha Labor Unity League
Waukesha Trades and Labor Council
Chief's Car Target Again Struck by Speeding Driver
Oconomowoc police chief Robert Race was with his wife and seven year old daughter when a car driven by Lowell Adams collided with his parked vehicle on highway K. Adams and his wife Hilda were injured and treated at Waukesha Memorial hospital. Race was not seriously harmed.
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Robert Race
Oconomowoc
Race
Deloris
Tall
Bill Sauer
Lowel
al) Adams
Hartland
Adams
Hilda
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Gconomowoe Lake
Watertown
New Highway 30 Project From SS to Summit Corner
Officials said work will begin this fall on the seven and one tenth mile Highway 30 section from SS to Summit Corner road. The county sold 20 buildings for rights of way raising about 14 973 dollars, with 12 533 dollars to the county and 2 440 dollars pending. Total auction costs were just under 1 000 dollars. Rights of way cost 250 000 dollars with 200 000 dollars refunded by the state and the rest to come. The road will pass south of Delafield through woodlands and marshes, featuring a 90 foot cut through Kecevadek hill and ending at Summit Center. The project is aided by county and state highway officials and linked to plans for a future super highway and a park along 30 in the Waukesha lakes area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Corner Road
Daniel J. Piersner
Plorner
Pierner
Delafield
Kecevadek Hill
Summit Center
Jefferson County
Grover Dobbertin
Hartland
Charles R. Cole
Dousman
A. D. Christopherson
New Berlin
H. J
Cottage Fires Ravage Waukesha Lake Area
Fire destroyed one cottage and damaged two others at a Milwaukee area lake near Delafield. Loss estimated between 7500 and 8000 dollars. Fire started after Toldnicht Monday, possibly from a cigarette or match. No body found after search. Hartland and Delafield departments battled flames for nearly an hour near the Buana Vista area.
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Pewaukee Lake
Tom McNulty
Delatieia
William
Tiger), Thiel
Waukesha
Hartland
Delafield
Buana Vista
Hurricane veers away from North Carolina coast
North Carolina residents faced a shifting Atlantic hurricane that would likely pass some distance east of Cape Hatteras. Winds eased from 115 to 100 mph as the storm’s eye remained east southeast of Hatteras, with gale conditions extending 200 miles from center. Navy ships prepared to ride out the storm, including Missouri and two aircraft carriers, while Norfolk faced potential threat if the storm reversed course.
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Morehead City
N.C
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras
Hatteras
Atlintic
Norfolk Harbor
Missouri
South Atlantic
Norfolk
Navy
Kentucky
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Miami
Fla
Boy Escapes From Wisconsin School For Boys
A 16 year old escaped from a Wisconsin school for boys as two cars were stolen and a third ransacked in a string of incidents overnight. Marion Snyder of Waukesha route 2 had a car taken and found near Wisconsin Avenue by patrols. Richard Hoodett of Caldwell Avenue reported his car stolen during the escape. John Roninger’s vehicle was ransacked on Randall Street between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. Officials said the escape was the second in as many days with four youths at large from the 18 who fled last Monday and Tuesday.
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Wisconsin School For Boys
Marion Snyder
Waukesha
Wisconsin Avenue
St. Paul
Richard Hoodett
Caldwell Ave
John Roninger
Randall St
Monland
Pro-Red Official Claims Hiss Linked to Pro Soviet Bloc
John McDowell quoted Adolph Berle Jr saying Alger Hiss belonged to a pro Soviet State Department group that wanted to appease Russia. Berle reportedly viewed Hiss as an idealist who erred, while denying Hiss was a Communist. McDowell noted a split in wartime State Department between a tough stance and appeasement faction.
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Washington
P.rep
John McDowell
Adolph A. Berle, Jr
Alger Hiss
State Department
Russia
McDowell
Berle
Dean Acheson
Hiss
Communist Party
Tiss
House A American Activities Subcommittee
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Time
Chambers
Berlese
Bro-Sovigh
Che
Visiting Nurse Joins City Staff in Waukesha
Mrs. Joan Albers former staff nurse at the Veterans Administration hospital will become the city visiting nurse tomorrow with an office in the Edison building at Waukesha high school and phone 4064. She succeeds Janet Leenhouts who married and moved to Minneapolis. The program is sponsored by the Waukesha Service Club and operates for a nominal fee, with national Public Health Nursing affiliation.
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Joan Albers
Veterans Administration Hospital
Albers
Edison
Waukesha High School
Everett Ruprecht
Janet Leenhouts
Minneapolis
Milwaukee Visiting Nurses Association
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Resthaven
Mardi Bryant to star in Port Players I Remember Mama
Waukesha actress Mardi Bryant returns to lead the Port Players in I Remember Mama at Oconomowoc High School Auditorium. She plays Katrina with Priscilla Towers as Mama, James Daly as Uncle Chris, and Wendell Whitten as Pap in the 10th summer season finale on Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Mardi Bryant
Port Players Organization
Oconomowoc
Oconomowoc High School
Miss Bryant
Cragamonr Theater
Cragamoor
N. Y
Turtle
John
Mary
Wisconsin
New York
Mama
Priscilla Towers
James Daly
Uncle Chris
Wendell Whitten
Pap
Currency Plan for Berlin Seen as Blockade Lifts
An authoritative source said the four power Berlin governors will first seek Moscow backed agreement to adopt the Soviet Eastern mark as the sole currency for Berlin. They expect normal communications and the blockade to end once a single currency is established and the four power plan is agreed.
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London
U.P
Berlin
Germany
U.S
Britain
France
Moscow
Four-power Berlin currency talks open after hour meeting
Berlin officials report the four military governors met for one hour and began plans for a Soviet backed Berlin currency. The talks followed Kremlin directives and aim to lift the surface blockade while paving broader four power discussions on German problems. More sessions were anticipated.
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Berlin
Urm
Germany
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Allied Control Council
Kremlin
George P. Hays
U.S
Council
Lucius BD
Clay
Moscow
Envoys Work Overtime on Kremlin Conference
Western envoys labored into dawn on what was thought to be an interim communique on German negotiations. U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith remained at the embassy office at dawn as talks continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Assessments Discussed at Tomorrow's County Meeting
The equalization committee will meet at 10 am in the county courthouse to review taxation district values. Paul Schlagenhaus, supervisor of assessments, will present figures before sending them to the department of taxation for approval and onward to the Waukesha county board. The meeting will cover the state representative’s assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Schlagenhaus
Department of Taxation
Waukesha
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