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I tTetlncsday, January 14, 1948 A A A I A A A I Three Cold Weather Hampers Work at Train Wreck; One Passenger Killed WALDEN, N. (U.R)--Workmen labored In sub-zero weather to clear tracks of wreckage left when two Great Northern trains collided last night, killing one person and injuring two others. The body of Steve Blan, formerly of Fargo, was found last night. The accident occurred when a fast-movinj freight plowed into the rear of a combination passengpr- frelght train while the latter was picking up cars at a Walden elevator. Fourteen cars were derailed.

The conductor and an unidentified woman passenger aboard the standing train leaped to safety when they saw the approaching freight. Intense cold hampered efforts to clear the tracks. The crack Empiio Builder and other trains were rerouted through Grand Forks, N. pending resumption of local traffic. Follow the ads make the paper pay for itself.

"A Wiss Suggestion" MDCfffftiff (CAUSED BY COLDS) Thousatids of Doctors prescribed PERT0SSINW) for years. It acts AT ONCE to relieve such coughing. U. S. Unwilling to Leave Berlin WASHINGTON, (UP) United States will serve formal notice on the Soviet Union soon that it has no intention of drawing from Berlin regardless of how unpleasant the Russians may make it there for Americans, it was learned authoritatively today.

The United States also will warn that any moves designed to force the Americans to abandon Berlin to the Russians will immediately place the blame for partitioning Germany on the Soviet it belongs," as one high official said. Undersecretary of State Robert A. Lovett may use the regular State Department Weekly News conference today to state American policy on this issue. The problem was provoked by the Russians last Sunday in a front page editorial by the Soviet army paper in Berlin, Taegliche Rund- schau. It accused the Americans and British of partitioning Germany by merging the German occupation zones and stated bluntly: "There Is no room in Beilin for adherents of the partition of Germany." "If the Russians break up four power control of Beilin, that would break any nemblance of four powei rule of Germany," A policy-making official said.

"We offered the policy of economic unification to the occupiers of all German zones but only the British accepted it. That offer is still open. That's not partition. Look! Coming In Person! Carl Rergmann's Ranch Tess Corners, Wis. TONITE! TONITE! SAMMY MADDEN and His Famous Radio and Recording Band Featuring 1 a Troupe of Radio-Vodville Artists and Dance Specialists I'lUK "SMILING" HELENE IN THE BIGGEST OLD-TIME DANCING JAMBOREE IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN Polkas, Waitzcs, Landlers, Schotttsche, March Waltz, Circle Two-Step, Waltz Quadrille, and Many Other Features Tune the Following: Radio Stations: WFOX 860 on Your Dial Every Sunday 12:30 Noon WEXT 14SO on Your Dial Every Sunday 4 P.

M. and WRJN Rftclne Every Tuesday, 8:30 P. M. Killer Must Die; Too Long to Check Stories BULLETIN OLMYPIA, Mon C. Wallgren, in answer to a request by Gov.

Dwight Green of Illinois, today granted a. 60-day stay of execution to Jake Bird, 45-year- old negro who has confessed to 29 murders, mostly in the middle west. TACOMA, (UP)--Prosecutor Patrick Steele said today that Jake Bird, 45-year-old Negro, was making a desperate attempt to escape the noose when he confessed to 29 murders and claimed knowledg-e that would solve 14 other killings. But, Steele said, he did not doubt Bird's story. Bird, a Negro transient, has been sentenced to die Thursday midnight for the axe slaying of Mrs Bertha Kludt, Tacoma Since then he has attempted to establish himself as the nation's busiest murderer.

In his death cell at Washington state penitentiary at Walla Walla, he said he used axes, knives, bricks and otii- er weapons to kill 29 persons from New York to California in the last 25 years. Steele said he believed Bird had perpetrated or participated in at least 11 of the killings. He charged, however, that the husky Negio made the confessions to escape execution. Would Take 30 Years "If we kept him alive to check up on all his stories, we might be investigating for the next 30 yeais," Steele said. Bird insisted on his guilt but said he felt no shame.

"If I served all the time in Hades I deserve," he said, "I'd be there as long as it would take a seagull to move the east coast beach, gram by gram, to Japan He told Detective Lieutenant Sherman Lyons of Tacoma his conscience does not bother him "and I hope none of the papeis say it WAY TO RELIEVE DISTRESS OF This Double- Duty Nose Drtips Works Fast! Yes, you get quick relief from sniffly, stuffy distress of head colds with a little Va-tro-nol In each nostril. What's more--it actually helps prevent many colds from developing If used in time! Try it! Follow directions in package. VICKS VA-TRO-NOL does because I ain't got no conscience." Steele said he does not "have one minute's doubt Bird killed any one be said he did, nor do I doubt that he could clear up a number of crimes." "But his purpose is to claim a stay or reprieve and it is my considered view that the quicker he hangs, thet better," Steele said. Illinois Requests Stay However, Gov. Dwight H.

Green of Illinois sent a telegram a to Gov. Mon C. Wallgren of Washington, asking him to stay Bird's execution long enough to peimit Evanston, 111., authorities to investigate his story of the killing of a wealthy woman and her maid there, Wallgren only last week com- rnutted the sentence of 17 year old Joseph Henry Maish, 66 minutes before he was to have died for slaying a girl. Green sent his request to Wallgren after Bird confessed to know ledge of how Mrs. Lillian Galvm, 4.5, and her maid, Edna Sibilski, 28, were killed on Oct.

22, 1942. Bird implicated three men, two of whom were cleared in lie detector tests yesterday. The third is serving 25 to 40 years at the southern Michigan penitentiary for another murder Adds Seven to List In his most lecent outburst of confessions. Bird added seven slayings to his list. He said he killed a giocer on Central avenue, Los Angeles, in 1923, and that he and an accomplice killed a man and a woman in Cleveland in 1928 and disposed of the bodies in Cleveland's Bull Run area.

He also said he beat a man to death with a brick in Cleveland, August, 1928, and partially dismem- beied him He claimed he slit the throat of a. white man at Chicago, 111, Jan. 3 or 4, 1942, and dumped the steel-weighted body Lake Michigan five miles south of Kenosha, Wis. Bird said he shot to death a delicatessen operator in Hells Kitchen, New York City, September, 1942; and that he and an accomplice killed a white woman during an attempted purse-snatching on a bridge near State street, Chicago, in September, 1942 They disposed of her body in Lake Michigan, 30 milest south of St Joseph, he said. TO OPEN DIMES APPEAL MILWAUKEE, (UP)--Byron Conway, Wisconsin chairman of the March of Dimes Campaign, will formally launch the drive foi funds for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, in a state radio broadcast Wednesday.

93 Years 18155, of Sound Banking For 93 years the facilities of ihis bank have contributed materially io ihe needs of Waukesha county business and agriculture. With resources in excess of we welcome every opportunity to extend ihis service as our community continues in its growth. Statement as of Close of Business Dec. 31, 1947 RESOURCES Cash and due from banks, 6,340,450.73 S. Govetnment Securities 17,009,700.00 Municipal Bonds 94,000.00 Other Bonds and 563,511.28 Stock in Federal Reserve Bank 32,400.00 Loans and Discounts 4,382,165.72 Banking House, Safes, etc.

24,493.03 Other Assets 29,972.61 LIABILITIES Capital Stock, Common Surplus Undivided Profits Deposits Other Liabilities Govarnment Bonds carried at par 528,476,693.43 5 540,000.00 540,000 00 499,033 86 36,865,259.56 32,400 00 S2S 476,693 42 The Waukesha National Bank Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Carroll College News Alumni to Meet Lunts in Chicago Some 40 Carroll college faculty members, students and local alumni will join 60 Chicago alumni of the Pioneer college Friday for a dinner-theater party at which they will see and meet Alfred Lunt, one of Carroll's most distinguished alumni, and his wife, Lynn Fon- tannc The group will see the celebrated drama team in Mis- tiess Mine," a comedy the Lunts introduced to Broadway two years ago. Joe Adams, executive secretary of the alumni association, announced today that the local group will leave Friday afternoon in time foi a dinner meeting before the Lunt's performance at the Selwyn theater Following the play, a leception will be in the Chicago 'Bar association's dining rooms" Present will be President and Mrs Nelson Vance Russell, who will meet the Lunts for the first time Started on Carroll Stage Capacity houses are nightly attending Mistiess Mine" which the Lunts starred during the 1946 Broadway season. This year's Chicago lun proved to be just another "hit" in the long line of smash productions which Alfred Lunt a when still a freshman at Carroll college. On December 2, 1911, he staged an all-college carnival, complete with a Human Tank, Wild Man, Ft oak Room and the Egyptian Kan-Kan Ho followed up with the leads in several college diama productions, including "A Bacheloi's Romance" and "Young Mis. Winthrop," produced undei May N.

Rankin, college diamatic coach. Many of his former classmates and long-time friends will be present at the reception Friday Although the Lunts' recoid of stage hits spreads through many years, talk Fiiday will probably to the few years when he got his fust stage ttaining at Carroll college. To Address Preps The necessity of continuing their education will be told to the Waukesha high school seniors Thursday afternoon by Joe Adams, executive societaly of the Carroll college alumni association The title ot his talk is "Why Go to College?" The new alumni secretary Is himself a membei of the Class of '30 at ihe Pioneer college. After a number of years as plant manager and supervisor of personnel and tiaffic in cheese producing plants in Green Bay and the Marshfield aiea, he returned to Waukesha last fall to take over the alumni iclatioiis office. He is cuirently organizing Cari oil's fai-flung alumni lanks into clubs, and several Wisconsin cities, including Green Bay, Eau Claire and Madison, have alieady sat up their alumni groups.

Freeman Files 10 Years Ago-Construction of the new courthouse addition was a month "behind schedule because extra supports had to be driven under the old buildings. Homer J. Williams was, elected head of the Lions club Development of Silurian and Bethesda paiks was being considered by the park board. A Blvi club was being discussed here. Thp state labor boaid planned a heaiing into the strike at the Palace laundty.

30 YEARS AGO Gov. Fred Zimmeiman and Judge Rosa weie guests at Kiwanls meeting There were 268 persons married in the county in 1927. Frank O. Kilpatrick, well known farmer, died. Harvey Whaley was hurt when his sled hit the icar wheel of a car near Tower hill.

Dr. Ralph Nanz, Carroll college, was elected a national vice-president of an honorary biological fraternity. Keep in touch with your friends by reading the Waukesha Daily Freeman. USED CAR AND No need to walk further than our office ond con arronge to finance the purchase of a used or new car on very easy Come in and investigate our eojy payment plan. Branch Office Fort Atkinson, Wis.

341 Whitewater Ave. Al Cory. Manager -r GOES ON TRIAL IN SLAYING--Glenn Marsh (center), 2S, confers with defense attorneys in court in Rooklord, Illinois, as the jury was selected for the trial in the slaying last Nov. of Yernon Anderson, a neighbor. Marsh is charged with killing Anderson following a romance with Anderson's wife.

Left to right are attorney Frederick Haye. Marsh, and attomey B. J. Knight. (Acme Teleplicto) Spuds Help Tiniest Baby Multiply Size 105 Times By John Ratncy CHICAGO, (UP) --If ou a to put on weight, pat mashed lots of 'em Pretty Jacqueline Jean Benson, says that's her seciet and she has doubled and re-doubled her wcig'it more times than anyone else in the world.

Jacqueline onh 12 ounces when she was born thi oe months piematurely Jan. 14, 1936. She was the smallest baby evtr to EUIVIVC, according to the lecords of the American Medical society. Today, on her twelfth biithday, she registered 79 pounds on the bathioom scale. That's moic than 105 times her onginal weight Would Tip 735 3bs.

If she had increased her weight propoitionately fiom a more usual statt of sreven pounds, she would now weigh 735 pounds "I know I used to be real little," she said, "but now I'm almost as big as the biggest girl my age in our school. And I'm bigger than a lot of them 1 Jacqueline's mother, Mrs Lester Benson, said the little brown- eyed girl "really likes those potatoes." She's come a long from the cyediopper of milk she used to get in the hospital," Mis Benson said "They kept her in an incubator for 4Vi months and she weighed seven pounds when we finally bi ought hex home Jacqueline a sixth grader, said 8, who weighed a normal 1 pounds at birth. Jacqueline a sixth grader, said she would like to be a nurse when she grows up She also would like to live on the Benson's 240-acre farm near Streator, 111. "We go out there almost every weekend and in the summertime," she said, "I collect the eggs, and I can milk a cow, too. Not very good though.

"Daddy's a printer and he goes to the farm on weekends Maybe I could be a nurse and do that too Proud of Health Jacqueline is i of i health "I don't get sick much f-he SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT QUITS KENOSHA, (UP)--Kenosha officials today sought a new county superintendent of schools to replace Manan G. Feuerer, who resigned yesterday. Miss Feueier said she resigned to accept a foieign travel assignment with the Save "the Children federation. Before coming here in May, 1943, she taught in Racine. blagged.

"Haidly at all. And I helped take caie of my brother when he got the measles and the mumps She giggled and added, "aftei he caught them from me Jacquplme culled her hail for the big family pai ty tonight. It will oe a social dinner with ice cream, cake--aiid lots of mashed potatoes. U. S.

Reopening Base Near Italy LONDON, (UP) Ths United States army air force disclosed today that it was reopening its long abandoned wartime air base near Tupoli, Libya, on the north African coast acioss the Mediterranean from Greece and Italy. European hpadquarters at Wise- baden announced that the Tripoli bahp was being re-established to service planes heading for the middle cast It was closed a year xvhon the air transport command cut down its flisfiits to Karachi by way of noith Africa. Lt. Gen. Curtis Lemay, comman- dei of the U.

S. air force 111 Europe, flew his own B-17 to north Africa two days ago to inspect the Tripoli field, Wiebaden disclosed. He also was scheduled to pay a couitery call on French an force officials in Moiocco Stopover to Greece The army said the base would supply fuel and overnight service for planes from the United States cnroute to such American missions as those at Athens and Dahran. With, the U. program fot aiding Greece expanding steadily, ait- traffic to that zone fiom the i ed States has i cached an unprecedented scale SCOICH of U.

S. aimy officcis ai atrivin; Greece in small lots to -seive as advisois to the Gicek army in the campaign agamt the Communist gucriillas A foreign office spokesman, speaking after the Wiesbaden announcement, said the United State 1 had asked ind Biirain has granted permission for the reopening of the base Read the Freeman daily. MARTIN E. FROMM Livestock AUCTIONEER Farm Personal Property--General--Furniture 202 Roberta Ave a a ol Waukeslia. Wisconsin Rclsch American Telephone I School oJ Auctloneer- Waukesba 5005-S586 AUCTION lng Mason cltT ToWB We've something new to show you, As the calendar to leap year turns For all Waukesha will be coming To the "NEW AND BETTER STERN'S." To number 280 Main Street We're moving our store To bring ou duality, stvle From Barbizon to Rothmoor.

So let us greet you on the Five Points Tne place whoie all Waukesha That they're ah made most welcome To the "NEW AND BETTER STERN'S," NOW! Ends SAT. On Guard! ADVENTURE CALLS! In TECHNICOLOR: Starts Next Sunday for 3 Days GEORGE BRENT VIRGINIA MAYO TURHAN BEY CAROLE LANDIS DVORAK "A Sure Cure for the Bines" Tonite and All Day Thurs. Pius! Color Cartoon! News! Double Laffs Start Friday THE FUNNIEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED on the SCREEN MACH COMEW KJlll Marie Wilson -Waiter Abel 2 Howling Comedies! (Full Length Features) TONITE THURSDAY RANDOLPH 2nd Smash Hit! gELVYN DOUGLAS AN BLONDELl Late World News Fri. and 3 Thrill Units? "Rustlers of Devil's "I Cover the Big Town" Plus! Sensation! New Serial lt Chapter "The Vigilante 1 Sunday and Monday "Blondic in the Doujrli" Laurel Hardy Feature auesdaj, Wednesday, Thursday George Baft "Johnny Angel" "THE COBSICAN BBOTHEBS" Follow the Double Smash Hit Parade to the AVON! iv- 'S te.