Link between killer rapist and Weckler snatch emerges
Wisconsin authorities tied youth convict Buford Sennett to the Georgia Jean Weckler disappearance with circumstantial evidence from his home in Waupun. Witnesses cited a car matching his description near the Weckler farm and a hidden closet he allegedly built last May. An anonymous letter and a cemetery clue near Appleton were also noted as potential leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waupan
Wis
Georgia Jean Wecckler
Ins
Theslie Sennett
Lownik
Waupun
Sennett
Vase Ehrey
Despate
Weckler
Appleton Law Manoresment
Georgia Jean
Jeter
Kaukauna
Carl l L. Carlson
University of Wisconsin
Rupert Winslow
Winslow
Charles Wilgen
Wilson
Sic
Weeldler
Weekler
Ceoran Toan
Nownik
Elmer Honkarmp
Appleton
Wisconsin
Hienkamp
Mother Bears Hope for Georgia's Safety
FT ATKINSON Wis UPLE vs George Weckler Jefferson county farm wife whose eight year old daughter vanished without a trace said today she still lived by hopes that Georgia is alive Mrs Weckler questioned today about her reaction to the report that clues to the little girl s disappearance might have been found in an Appleton cemetery said I still we in hopes that Georgia is alive I don t want to think that she is gone Although I suppose it would be a relief to come to some definite conclusion she added sadly The father of the girl admitted that he is less optimistic than his wits about chances of finding the youngster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
FT. Atkinson
Wis
Uple
George Weckler
Jefferson County
Weckler
Appleton
Wisconsin Forecast Clouds Snow And Cold Night
Increasing cloudiness spreads across Wisconsin with light snow starting in the northwest tonight and moving southeast by early Friday. Bitterly cold with low temperatures around single digits to low teens. Yesterday’s high around 30s, low near 20s, and the year-ago high around 43 with a low near 25. Local hourly temperatures listed in the briefing.
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Wisconsin
Jury Awards $300 in Auto Crash Case
The December term jury awarded Buford F Bell $300 for all damages to his car after a two vehicle collision with Bart E Hire on Highway B30 north of Waukesha on April 27. Jurors found for Bell unanimously. case started by attorney Austin J Baird before Judge Edward J Gehl. The crash was caused by dire failure to exercise caution at an intersection.
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Buford F. Bell
Summitave
Accllsion
Bart E. Hire
Pewaukee
Waukeesha
Hell
Edward J. Gehl
Atty. Austin J. Baird
Welfare Board Frees Man Who Strangled Woman Near Dousman
Arthur R Betzhold 44, of Milwaukee, paroled from life sentence after being hired to murder 1927 killing near Dousman. He strangled wife of Alvin Greenwaldt to claim insurance and $500 payment. Greenwaldt sentenced to life, paroled 193? died a week later aged 56 in Madison. All three from Milwaukee.
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Greenwaldt
Betzhold
Madison
Milwaukee
Picket Turns Parchment to Prison: Mueller Jailed
Henry I Mueller longtime Avalon hotel picket, 62, arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to six months in the house of correction. He gave false names, claimed Kilbourn Avenue address, then Waikesha residence. Detectives found a lock picking kit and skeleton key, with $44.35, gloves, perfume, and rubber bands on him.
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Henry I. Mueller
Avalon Hotel
Henry
Milwaukee
House of Correction
John Teevan
Mueller
Fred Henry Smith
Kilbourn Avenue
Kilbourn
Teevan
Waikesha
West Avenue
Waukesha
Engineers Elect Dick and Kurang in Southeast Wisconsin
At a winter dinner in the Spa last night the southeast chapter of the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers elected Walter Dick as secretary and Arthur Kurang as director. Twenty six engineers from four counties attended. Mayor Honeyager welcomed guests. Roy Wallenberger of Marquette lectured on engineering education. Racine won the attendance award for most miles traveled. Mielke organized the meeting arrangements.
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Waukesha
Wisconsin Society of Provessional Engineers
Spa
Walter, Lm. Dick
Arthur P. Kurang
Donald C. Bengs
J. Fueckert
J. Alex Stemper
Tack Waite
Kuranz
Edwin H. Honeyager
Roy OQ. Wallenberger
Marquette University
Kurang
Racine
Mielke
Parole Board Defends Parole Rates Amid Criticism
Madison, Wis. Allan Bayley, state welfare director, told the public welfare board that there has not been a major increase in parole grants. He presented figures showing eight year trends for two institutions, noting 88 percent of prison inmates and 25.2 percent of reformatory parole applicants were granted parole this year, the reformatory rate being the lowest in eight years and the prison rate the second lowest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Parole Board
Madison
Wis
U.P
Allan Bayley
Bayley
Public Welfare Board
University of Wisconsin
Buford Sennett
State Reformatory
Reformatory
Foreign aid bill clears $390 million for France and allies
Washington bulletin reports the House approved a foreign aid measure totaling 390.3 million dollars to authorize emergency relief for France Italy Austria and China. The vote underscored ongoing support for wartime assistance and humanitarian relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
France
Italy
Austria
China
VFW Seeks Death Penalty for Murder and Rape
A Wisconsin VFW post adopted a resolution urging capital punishment for first degree murder and for rape with clear, unmistakable convictions. The measure, introduced by Louis Shuff, cites rising major crime and perceived parole leniency, and will be sent to district and state levels for approval.
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Seat-Vergenz Post
VFW
Louis Shuff
College Ave
Wisconsin
Buford Sennett
Robert Winslow
Michigan
Plane crash near Goose Bay leaves 23 dead and six saved
Westover Field reports 23 killed and six survivors from a C54 transport crash eight miles north of Goose Bay Labrador. Survivors include Lt Col Harry J Bullis and Cpl G L Harter among others. rescue by helicopter and dog team faced sub freezing, icy terrain and foul weather.
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Westover Field
Mass
Goose Bay
Labrador
Wiliams
Bujak
Harry J. Bullis
J. M. Bickley
Santa Monica
Cal
Joseph P. Stefanlowice
Warren
John WH. Shaner
Horseheads
G. L. Harter
Fort Wayne
Ind
Harter
Clyde River
Baffin Land
Goose Bay Army Airdrome
Goose Bay Army Hospital
Paul A. Zartman
Sir Transport Command
Godse Bay
Air Forces
Mine Blast Kills Four at Lehigh Valley Coal Mine
Four men died and a fifth was missing after an explosion at the Franklin mine No 9 slope Ross vein of Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Others rescued in bad condition with burns. Rescue squads recovered four bodies as officials reported one more unaccounted for. Another item reports two passenger trains collided near New Braunfels, claiming two lives and injuring seven with four missing.
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WLR
Win
Franklin
Lehigh Valley Coal Co
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Ross Vein
New Braunfels
Tex
W.A
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Death recalls Gramling family tragedy and eight years
Dr Henry J Gramling of Dousman known as physician and Holstein cattle breeder died in a fogbound crash near Waterville. His son Robert 32 and wife Lucile Miller perished in 1939 accident near Waukesha. Another son Capt Anthony Gramling 29 was killed in Italy in 1944. Surviving are widow Finnees and three sons William Henry Gregory, plus a Madison daughter Frances. Funeral in Dousman followed by burial at St Bruno’s.
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Henry J. Gramling
Dousmnsan
Mike Zick
Waukesha
Highway T
Walter Miller
Thire Tinown
Dr. Gramling
Robert
Lucile Moller
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Robert Gramling
Jake
Miler
Gramling
Unly
Goodbys
Zack
Landen Street
Miller
Lucille Ziel
Mardly
Grambry
War Department
Anthony John Gramling
Italy
Cassino
Henry J. Gramliing
Dous+ wan
Waterville
Gramiing
Alvin Johnson
Bari Gramling
Dotsman
Highway 18
Omar Bakery
Milwaukee
Lous Rawlins
Dousman
Dousmanan
Milwaukee County Medical Society
Catholic Family Protective Assurance Society of
Layton Park State Bank
Graming
Dousman Farm
Rober
Anthony J. Gramling
al Cassino
Finnees
William Gramling
Waunitesha County Republican Committee
Glenn F. Davis
Henry Gramling
Deusman
Gregory Gramling
Frances Granling Hughson
Madison, Conn
Joseph 3. Gramling
Ferdinand Gramling
Becker
Lisbon Ave
St Bruno's Church
Copter Rescues Four After Alaska Plane Crash
Four men on a hunting trip in Alaska were rescued by a helicopter today after their plane crashed in the wilderness. The group includes Charles Deltrich Herb Stanley George Leutkhan and Philip Frank. The crash occurred near Elementarf field where the helicopter hoisted the survivors. Army C47 crash at Andrews Field Maryland kills one officer and injures five others in icing conditions. The transport struck a parked truck about 1,509 feet from the runway during radar guided approach.
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T Copter
Anchorage
Alaska
Uri
Charles Deltrich
Mr.waukee
Herb Stanley
Seattle
George Leutkhan
Burlington
Philip Frank
Dickinson
M. D
Elmentarf Field
Army
Washington
Andrews Field
Britain to End Palestine Rule May 15 and July Troop Exit
Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones outlined plans in the House of Commons to end Britain’s 40 year mandate in Palestine by May 15. Troops would withdraw by August 1, with the UN five nation commission to assume responsibility for law and order once the mandate ends.
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London
Great Britain
Palestine
United Palestine Commission
Holy Land
Arthur Creech- Jones
Britain
House of Commons
DN Commission
Creech-Jones
UN Commission
Edmund Allenby
League of Nations
Commission
Creech-Jonas
UN Security Council
Ex-Employe Sues City for $10,000 in Old Crash Claim
William Rowman sues the city of Milwaukee for 10000 damages from injuries after a snow plow hit by a Northwestern railroad train at West Avenue crossing on December 14 1945. He claims the crossing was inadequately protected and the train crew failed to warn. Rowman names the railroad William J Schwartz and Travelers Indemnity Co as defendants. the city’s street department vehicle was destroyed. The suit seeks resolution before next week’s council meeting.
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Northwestern
West Avenue
William Rowman
Tenny Ave
Richard 5
Hippenmeyer
Rowman
Wlliam J Schwartz
Oakland Ave
Travelers Indemnity Co
City Street Department
Schwab
Edhwarts
Five Die in Haifa Bus Bombings Amid Palestinian Violence
In Haifa a bus bombing killed five Arabs and wounded 30. Across Jerusalem missiles and gunfire claimed the lives of Arabs and a Jew as violence escalated. An Arab mother and son were among those killed while aiding casualties. Two more Arabs died in Haifa as clashes intensified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Palestine
Haifa
Jericho
Pullets
Aged minister dies in Racine service Friday for Rev Christ Hennigsen
The Rev Christ Hennigsen 35 longtime Grove Avenue Baptist Church retiree dies Tuesday at his daughter's home in Racine He was a native of Schleswig Germany and services will be held Friday at his former church.
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Racine, UA
Christ Hennigsen
Grove Avenue Baptist Church
Hennigsen
Scheswig
Germany
Rome Strikes Paralyze City as Police Clash With Mob
Police in jeeps clashed with a thousand striking workers in downtown Rome as part of a Communist led general strike paralyzing the city and 109 municipalities. About 500000 workers joined the action. arrests were made as authorities vowed to press on with the strike through tomorrow.
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Rome
W.P
Valence
Italy
Cooney Man Killed in Crash in Milwaukee County
An Oconomowoc man Lester Frederick, 32, was killed when a high panel truck skidded on icy pavement and overturned on Highway 100 near Milwaukee. Driver Albert Rogahn, 24, was hospitalized with a brain concussion and shock after stating he tried to stop skidding. Frederick was thrown from the rear door in the fatal crash last night around 9:30 p.m. Milwaukee County deputies reported.
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Oconomowoc
Lester Frederick
Milwaukee County
Albert Rogahn
Milwaukee County General Hospital
Rogahn
Highway 100
Frederick
Waukesha
Frank Palcheck
Carrall Sr
Goerke
Palcheck
Alvina
Memorial Hospital
Theresa
Richard
Matt D. Spaerer
Chicago
Franklin J. Nader
Lemiast
Delafield
City Hall
Spaerer
Headon
Nader
Former WCTU Head in Mental Hospital
Ida B. Wise Smith 76, ex national president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, has been in Clarinda Iowa state mental hospital for several months. She led the WCTU for 11 years resigning in 1944 to head the Town state group, left in 1945 for California, returned to Council Bluffs in December to live with a niece, admitted April 16, 1947. Doctors diagnose elderly mental decline. She is not a charity ward of the state.
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Clarinda
Ida B. Wise Smith
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Smith
WCTU
Town State Group
California
Sage
Council Bluffs
State
Waukesha Divorces Grant Custody In Cruelty Cases
Mrs Edith Paley won a divorce from Nelson Faley after claiming cruelty and AWOL from an army base in Spokane. Judge Allen D Young awarded custody of their daughter Patricia Ann born after Nov 1 1946. Faley 25, listed as AWOL, was described as moody and prone to vile language.
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Edith &. Paley
Waukesha
Brook St
Allen D.young
Nelson W. Faley
Spokane
Wash
Faley
Patricia Ann
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Avalon
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Dick, Kurang
Bulletin
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H. J. Gramling
Tleven
Brance
Nikolai Priatov
Moscow
Filstov
Acme Telephoto
Gramling Kinsas
City
Hitler
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Eva Braun
Cooney
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