Waukesha Daily Freeman from Waukesha, Wisconsin • Page 1

WMJKESHA DAILY FREEMAN On. of Mldwttt'i PriM-Wlnnlng Nbwipaptn VOL. XXVIII NO. 8 WAUKESHA, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1948 Twelve Paget FIVE CENTS AFL Demands O'Konski Ouster for Padding Pay WASHINGTON. -The political league demanded today a (wo Republican congressmen be denied seat." in the new congress i an FBI investigation of i finiincial II named Sen.

Homer Ferguson, P. and Rep. Alvin O'- Kon.iki. Wis. The AFL political branch said O'Konski, recently published by a Mnrtlsnn, news- piiper "were almost the flume the charges sjcHin.il Congressman J.

T'arnell Thomas." It did not elabo- rn'e. Thomas, a i a of the activities committee. i i by federal grand ri day on rhnrgc.s of i a i i pny roll-padding. The Ferguson, IIKUI nf the senate's lop investigal- i i denied a in the new congress i the FBI looks I charges that his a i i from certain transactions with the c.n-p. These aired by Col- iiiiini.Hi Drew nnd by Son, Klmer TliormiM, hlive brought a denials from Ferguson.

Won't Whliro'ttrii On hill, meanwhile, Sen. Myers. promidtid i he "nn wliltewnsh" of I i involved in alleged elce- hon fraud ense.s when thn parly over in Janumy. Myers is expected to hend the senate elections subcommittee which Investigating the Texas nnd OkU- honm Democratic primaries and the election of Democratic Sen. M.

Kilgore of Went Virginia. Based on Editorial in Madison Newspaper MADISON. (U.R) The AFL po- linciil league's demnnd that Rup. A E. O'Konski be denied a sent In congress pending an Investigci- I tion of financial dealing! app was based upon an (vii- i published in the C.ipitnl Times Sept.

(. The- editorial reviewed O'Konski's dispute i Mate tax depnrt- Tiienl in J9l'i-47 over methods uicd to finance O'Konski's purchase of newspaper in Wiscon- The Wisconsin tux department In 1147 charged O'Konski with try- to rlefrnuii the state by failing to report some of income for 1M2. IMS and O'Konski Ue- nied the fraud charge. J'uli! for Mont of the money Involved In the dispute concerned an arrangement O'Konski made with Martin Vickers, Hurley, from whom tht congressman bought a weekly newspaper. put Vlckera on the federal payroll ax his secretary.

Vickers testified that part of federal xalary was applied against money O'Konski owed him for wages and the purchase price of the paper. O'Konski said he put Vickers on congressional payroll his home secretary In order to get mnne.y to pay his wife, who was his secretary. He nald he chose the method to avoid charges nf nepotism and a he personally not profit "one cent" from arrangement. The congressman paid state claim to avoid litigation. O'Konski to 'Welcome' Investigation by FBI MERCER, OI.B Hep.

Alvln O'Konnki. Wisconsin representative, today he would "welcome" an FBI investigation of financial He, said he resented the AFL political Implication that hud anything to hide or of "I hitve not made one red penny kick-hacks or In any othvr illegal way," he said. "Tht fact of the matter that each year I delve Into my own pocket and spend at leant 12,000 of my own money for extra secretary help." who recently wat reelected ffr another term aald "nothing thatl the counterpart of the Issue Wo Hunting' Signs to Hall Brookiield Vandals The town of Brookfttld took a step today towards clamping down on careless and ihootert toy offering to supply landowner! (urprUed if the chapel and the tractor were imaihed up by the same group. by offering to supply landowner! Woolcott felt that the damage In with "no hunting and tre.paasing I both instances were caui of Deputy William Wolcott I liberate said landowner, will be uked to I The chapel wa. entered by knocking a Yale padlock off the door, Wolcott said.

The alio blew out six of the colored windows with rifle "heavier than a Bullet holes were found In tho plaster walls, but the bullets have been found, Wolcott said. post the signs in conspicuous places. The move is being made as an attempt to halt the recent outbreak of vandalism and careless (hooting In the town. On Sunday broke Into the chapel of a Jewish cemetery on Highway a mile and a hull west of the county line, smashed art windows, xhot a commemoration plaque full of holes, and peppered an altar with shot. Thursday someone fired point blank into the radiator of a trac tor, riddling the radiator and break- Ing the headlights, Woleolt he In following the few clues he hn.t.

He Is working i the department an' Ims a line on some suspects he wants to question regarding the a a i Voting The deputy said he did not hq much to go on. "I maglnc It was done by several kids," he conjectured. He said he would not be i Polio Claims Life of Mother Here paralysis claimed Its second victim In less than ti month last night when Mrs. Helen 1'm- mer, 30, dletl in South View hospital. Milwaukee.

Mrs. Pronier, the wife of Dr. John Promer, was stricken lust week at her home, 405 S. Grand and was admitted to South Vlow Nov. 4.

She died at 11:15 p.m. Monday from what the hospital described n.s "bulbnr polio." A Wntik4s.hu girl, 0, who Is also being treated at South View, was said today to be In good condition. She entered the hospital two a Mrs. Promer. The city's other polio fatality waa Dominic Cherek, 17, a high school student, who died Oct.

12. Tho body of Mrs. Promer was taken to the Weiss funeral home, Milwaukee, where funeral nervines will be held Thursday nt 1:30 p.m. She is survived, by her luia- hand, two small children, John and Margaret, and by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

William I. Kircaldie, Milwaukee. Burial will be In Wisconsin Memorial park, The Profilers, have lived In Wau- kcshn since the first of the year. I Some empty .12 gauge shotgun shells were found inside the chapel. Damage Is MOO The main target of the vandals' attack was a commemoration plaque used to dedicate the chapel soms years ago, The plaque, located above the small altar, was riddled with holes.

The altar, Wolcott said, was not damaged too much. Only few pellets hit It. He estimated total damage to the chapel at 1400, most of It due to shattered windows. The destruction was didcox-cred first by Joe Botwwlcx, caretaker of the cemetery. It happened while he attended church services between 9 a.m.

and 10 a.m. Sunday. The cemetery la located near Camp Journal, where several hundred youths enjoy an outing every weekend. Wolcott said they are In danger as long as hunters are careless. The tractor, he said, was fired at from within 10 yards.

Woleolt said there have been no other recent reports of damage outside of pellets that hit a farmer, his horses and a shepherd dog. Some cows nl.so have been i But these shootings appear the result of carelessness, he pointed out. If the signs do not put a stop to the careless hunting and vandalism, Wolcott snid hunting will be banned altogether. County Board Shifts Stand Against Expansion of Airport VofetoHoU Postmaster Convicted: Sold Too Many Stamps A A (U.R) Postmaster T-loyd Bovcc was placed on a year's probation today because he sold too many stamps. Bovce, 53, postmaster nt Bancroft, pleiulcd guilty to charge of "illegally i i the sale of violation of postofflce regulations.

U. S. Attorney Charles Cashln explained to tht; court thnt the more stamps a postmaster sells, the ilgher salary he gets. Bovee ad- nilted, persuading his brother to my enough slumps to boost his salary from 12,000 per year to $2,400. Federal Judge Patrick Stone gave 3ovee suspended sentence of a vear in prison, and fined him J100.

Rent Director to Ask Congress for More Power WASHINGTON. (U.B Rent Director Tlghe E. Woods said toduy he will ask the new congress net only to extend but to strengthen the rent control law, "The shortage of rental housing is more serious today, especially In the smaller communities, than It WRS a year ago," Woods told the United Press in an interview. He said he will ask congress to extend the rent law for 12 months past Its present expiration date, March 31, and to what he considers three big 1 loopholes In the present act. In addition he probably will propose that congress give him new' authority to restore controls, or Impose them for the first time, in areas that may be boomed by new defense activity, Federal Control Here, are the major changes he will nsk in the present law: 1.

Eviction Controls Restore federal control over evictions. Now evictions are left to local courts. The result, Woods said, Is a serious black market In rents. 2. Treble Damages--Give the rent director power to sue rent violators for three times their overcharge.

Now only the tenant can bring such suits, This means that landlords usually get off with simple repayment of the overcharge. 3. Criminal Sanctions Provide jail terms and fines for convicted violators. This would give the rent director weapons to back up his orders, Now he has no such weapons. Confident of Passage Woods believes the new Democratic congress will receive his proposals cordially.

Capitol sources supported this belief. Some pro- New Deal senators were reported pressing (or an extension of two yean rather than 12 months, --Clifford Studio Photo MEET BOYS SCHOOL HEAD--A group of Waiikesha people last night became acousintert with Clyde f. Reed, newly appointed superintendent of the Wisconsin School for Boys who will lake over i i here Nov. 15, Pictured last night at Edison high Hcbool are. left in right.

Vernon Caspar, county board chairman; Police Chief Harold Owcnn, Reed, anil Herbert L. Blackstone, C1O-PAC in the leaat." would surprise me He aald he was unaware of any by acainat htm Madison, newspaper, MP TRAVEL BAN TOKYO. (U.R Allied ters announced today that Jstpa- citizens now can travel abroad for bunineM purposes. The new Far Eastern commission policy was Initiated to broaden the ecope of foreign trade. WiacpxaiH aerth aM rate rnsni- imt enr oew seats, eerUen tealcht.

wvteweaf wllb mow (lurrlM tatneM Berth seHlsa In aoen. Cehtor eael pertlea lentfkt and MutlMM 'stare te rente km jeslertfar; Bleb, rassje' a year afo: --Clifford Itudlo Riata WAUKCftHA MABKS-WOMAN--When someone a deer with a rifle--that'i commonplace. But it's not every day a woman one with a bow and arrow. That'i exactly what Mrs. Mearl Dledrlch rtld Sunday at Bancroft, WIs.

She's pictured here with her trophy--a 130- pound It't the first the Waukesha woman cot in 10 yean of hunting. Blush, You Men With Dear Gefs Deer, Wiih Bow II: atfa. Hurt 1 I II II II I ALMANAC KJtajs. Mrs. Mearl Diedrlch is in the today and all btoause of her marksmanship with, the bow and arrow.

The Waukesha woman, who lives Just couth of the city limits on South Grand avenue, performed a difficult task Sunday when bagged a 130-pound dot with her bow and arrow. The deer was taken In Wood county near Babcock, and was the first time In 10 yean of hunting that Mrs. Diedrich had brought borne venison. "I hit her right In the heart," Diedrkh explained today, "She wae coming toward us when I tet myself for kill." The lady marhaman waa with bar husband when the Me took place. ss Msa a.

a. MSJMST I to Diedrtch eaJy ethw UM family had wma four ago when Bate of family hit a "But hunt with nina, "our. Jective to get limit with a bow and arrow." The Waukesha mother of two daughters has been Interested in archery for many yeara and It was out of this Interest that her hunting enthusiasm grew. Thia season --which ended Sunday Diedrlchs have been going every weekend but had no luck until last day. How to.

Fill Promises Mrs. Disdrleh belongs to national and state bow association well Oconomowoc archery club. Like most iport Mri. Diedrlch had laugh- if'y promised most of her meat away--thinking perhaps ahe would never have to fulfill her pledges- arid waa wondering today how it would be divided. But that unimportant at present The thrill and satisfaction of killing a deer In one of most primitive means of hunt- Ing given Diedrich enough Husband Won't Crab About Radio Programs: Wife Wins New Car Ben Rasmussen will never again underestimate the power of a woman.

At least not the power of his wife. Yesterday ahe won the young couple a 1949 sedan. Those radio give-away programs didn't rate with Rasmussen, and he laughed at the names his wife had chosen for the great Gildersleeve's baby, And he nearly persuaded Mrs, Rasmusscn that "she hadn't a chance in a million" of In a i i name and receiving one of the 20 contest curs, But she bought two boxes of whatever the sponsors raved about, and with the boxtops mailed in her choice. Yesterday afternoon the company called and Informed her that she had won first pla.ce among the four-automobile winners for this week. And what's more, she has a chance to win an additional 11,000 if one of her entries Is chosen for the name of nildersleeve's baby.

Mrs. Rasmussen waa amaied, but her husband nearly fainted when he wai Informed by phone of their good fortune. He Immediately suggested for a trip. Saturday, the couple and their five- month-old daughter, Mary Ann, will drive to Bralnerd, which waa their home before Rasmussen was transferred to the Gamble's store here In August, They live at Apt. 23-C, Grand View Heights, Like District So He Gefs 90 Days "You've been here as much as district attorney," Judge Scott Lowry told Waldlmar F.

Zellmer this morning. Zellmer, waa released only yesterday morning after being charged with vagrancy. charged with vagrancy again," Judge Lowry laid. "No, your honor, I drunk," Zellr.ier salrt. On recommendation of Dlst.

Atty. Homer J. Williams, Zellmer placed back in county Jail. Judge Lowry set the ien- ttnce at Strike Complicotes Crisis in China SHANGHAI, (UK-Twelve thousand rail ttruck today, halting all rail in and out of war-threatened Shanghai, Nanking and Hangchow. Trainmen refused to work when the government railroad administration could not that work paid for in rice Instead of plummeting nationalist gold yuan.

LIONS TO HEAK DDE Dlx, commander of D. Martin Post No. of American Legion, will speakir at the School Officials Outline Reforms Sweeping changes which are expected to make Ihc Wisconsin School for Boys an outstanding institution for the care and trea ment of delinquent boys within flv years were outlined at a publl meeting here last night by i i a of the Wisconsin youth service com mission. The i WIM held in the Ed son high school i i and ai tended by 45 persons ropresentin social and civic organizations hen Introduced to the audience wn Clyde Lt. Reed, 35, newly appoin ccl superintendent of the schoo who will take over his duties 15.

He will come to Waukesha from Detroit, where he has been asso elated since 1933 with Boys Republic, a school tor delinquents. With Principle After hearing an outline of th new policies being established a the state school, Reed told the aud ence that he agreed with them I principle and was ready to carry them out. "I wouldn't be here If I dlsagreei violently with what has been sail here, tonight," he commented. said he was looking forward ti coming to Waukesha and working with Bjarnes Romnes. director the youth service commission, nn Hang Rlcmer, acting superintend ent of the boys' school, believe Wisconsin is ready go some where in its new youth program, he said.

The new superintendent agree thnt "1 am walking Into some problems" but he said he is counting on strong backing from the state and staff nt the school. Romnes outlined the history the youth service act of 1947 anc laid the commission had only sine June embarked upon what he called a long-range program for the treatment and care of young people In trouble. Not "School In Crime" One of the first things which must be done, asserted, is to screen the youths who are sen to the hoys' school here so thai first offenders are not thrown in with older boys who have long records against them. The Inatltu tlon must not continue to be a "school In crime," he declared: Rather than throw boys of 12 in with youths of 18 to 21, the age range will probably be reduced here to 12 to 16 years, Ttomnes said, and boys of similar age groups will be kept together. He called the cottage plan at the boys' school said the per capita cost of the school, which approaches $1,800 year, it too high, Acting Supt.

Riemer laid the system of punishment followed by the school for the past TO years Is "futile" and the school cannot succeed unless the program Is redesigned and developed along differ ent tines. Riemer said school wtll not be fenced In but that the youths committed will be 10 treated that they will not want to run away, He said, however, there wljl probably always be escapei. He said the treatment personnel of the school at the present Is confined to one. welfare offlct and eight or nine classroom teachers. All the other members of the staff, numbering 9fl, are engaged In other work and have no part In the job of training and treatment.

For TO he said, the boys' school has been regarded a place of punishment and not an Institution of treatment. The plan li to reshuffle the staff so as to reduce the non-treatment personnel and at the same time have 13 people engaged In recreational activities, two in vocational education, a chaplain, three more case workers and Associate of Stassen Boosts Him for 1952 CLARKSBORO. N. tU.B A close associate of Harold Slaasen said today that the former Minnesota governor was still In the political picture and probably would seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1952. The statement was made by Amos J.

Peaslte, who was Stassen's eastern campaign manager before the Republican convention In Phlludel phia last June. SUssen, who is president of the University of Penn sylvanla, has been "unavailable' since the election last week. Peaslec intimated that if Stamen had been the Republican candidate this year instead of Gov. Thoma E. Dewey of New York, the GOP would have defeated PrcMdrn a Astronomers Hunt Comet CAMBRIDGE, tronomers at Harvard observnlor) failed at dawn today to observe the naked-eye comet discovered Sunday by a South African observer, Astronomer Sergei Gaposchkln using "seventh-magnitude" blnocti lars reported he was unable to see any comet from a vantage point outside his home In nearby Lexington.

The comet Is In Ihe second magnitude nnd said to be visible without glasses. Dr, Charles Fcderer, another noted observer and editor of the magazine Sky and Telescope, laid he failed to see the comet from a hilltop near his Belmont home because by the time the. sky became light enough to make observations "it was either too light or too hazy." Students at the Harvard obsur- Vatory made photographs of the sky at the proper time but said it would be some time before I plates were developed and studied for a trace of the comet. The comet, described at bright as the stars in the big dipper und with a tail 40 times the diameter of the moon, first was discovered Sunday by observers at the Hoyden Station of the college observatory In Btoemfontein, South Africa. Director Harlow Shaplcy of the Harvard observatory reported It ater was sighted at the National Astrophyslcal observatory In Ton- anzintln, Mexico.

He Saw the Comet LO3 ANGELES, (U.R)-Dr. Dinsmore Alter, director of the Griffiths observatory, today saw without the aid of Instruments a comet discovered by a South African observer, "It li the moii beautiful comet since Halley's In he said. Alter drove up to Red Box on the Mount Wilton road to observe the comet before dawn. 'It was very conspicuous and I lad a- beautiful view of the comet here," Alter eald. He had binocular! and a small elescope with him but tald the comet was plainly visible to the naked'eye.

The head of the comet was very and It stood out as bright aa he stars In the big dipper," he said. "The tail was about 13 degrees long." He said the oomtt had a theath- Ike effect of the head, and then swept back to form the long bright tail. Charge Homicide lo County Driver A Mukwona'go man, charged with, negligent homicide, wns being held today under bond by Wai- worth county officials. The charge was lodged against John Wisenlhal, 26, Mukwomigo route as the result, of nn accident Saturday night in which Frederick Hiuclbcrg, '22, Ijike Bculsh wss killed. According lo tbe Walworth county coroner, Hazclherg WHS killed Saturday i when the motorcycle on which he was riding wns struck in the rear by Hazelberg's The accident occurred on Highway 15, three miles etui of Troy.

Both vehicles were traveling east on Ihe highway, Ihe coroner said. The Lake Beulah man was thrown SO feet by the impact and his motorcycle, was found fifl feet off the road, the coroner staled. When sheriff's deputies arrived, Wisen- thal's car was in a m.irsh about 75 feet, off I road. The Mukwonago man was i officials reported. Wlscnthal reported a he was going "about 45 miles nn hour at the lime of collision," the coroner revealed.

An inquest into the cause for death Is being planned. A prelim- i a examination will be held Nov. 17. Intcrurbon Cuts Runs, But Leoves Few Gaps A new rate schedule published by the Kcnnnha Motor Conch lines today revealed a a there, will be kwi runs scheduled for the Mitwaukce-Wnukesha electric line, the limes of departure have been changed so there will be no gaps In the schedule. One run has been cut in (he morning.

Others have been shifted and now there are nine dally leaving Waukesha between 5:20 a.m. and a.m. Formerly there were 10 runs. In the evening there are eight runs between 4:05 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Instead of 1). In all, 11 have been dropped, the others being cut i non-rush fnurs when ride the trains. The curtailment In runs hns been made, according to R. W. Gould, head of the Milwaukee office of Northland Greyhound, lo reduce oP- erallng costs.

KMCL is a subsidiary of Northland Greyhound. Man Leaving Plant Is Struck by Auto An employe of the Waukesha Motor co, was injured yesterday aft- as he left work. Lawrence Guderyon, 35, of Mukwonago, was aken to Waukesha Memorial hospital, where he was treated and Hospital authorities eald had culi and abrasions to his leg and hip. Guderyon wss crossing W. St.

'aul avenue from Gate 1 of the lant at about 5 p.m. when he was truck by a ear driven by Alvan A. Kupper. of Motor Hill ter- west, Kupper, who was told police he did driving not see until he fell the bump. Guderyon got up and began to walk alone to the gate.

He was assisted the first aid room and taken ater by county ambulance to the lospital. Plane Crashes, Pilot Drowns WAUKXOAN, (UP)--The plot of an army P-61 fighter which craihed into Laki Michigan rowned today crtw of a Lshlng boat attempting a tood by helplessly. pilot balled out of hortly before It crashed. The fish- The throw was short. Before they could pull In the line and throw it again, pilot went under.

Coast guardsmen from began diving operations immediately In an attempt to recover the plane and the body of the pilot. Public Hearing on Thorny Issue Voting almost a i to hold a public liciiriny; mi the airport, expnnfion (irojeci, tho kealia county, board i morixlns r'xhiinii'd a a il had ulnii). 1 buried at a i bo.ml i i October L'S The vnlo canio a the boonl loronsidoivd tt i postpone project I i i i a i i i next. Wednesday at 10 a. in.

A a i at Uie pp.s.iinii i In; del-nation from tbe i i i Cul. .1, a i a lives of the asylum and home and property-owners ne.ar the airport a been issued special i i a i Ben i a Mipci-visor Ilifl i a of Pcwaukee. moved to a a i i table a Board a i a Vcr- non M. i a read request i the city a i committee to reconsider It. i said he thoilifM.

the airport project, had received "rough treatment" nt Hie earlier meeting. Carrfnl 1 lo The motion to reconsider was curried by a roll call vote, 33 to IS. Thu supervisors who voted against re- consldernllon were Burton, Carr, Fardy, Hnwcr, R. S. Jones, Kimz, Rohror, a Schwab, Tlnimel.

7, i in a Knoebel and i a When tJie motion WHS i to a vote, Joseph M. supervisor from Wnukc.iha's i ward, asked that the city members, present HI. meet ins, be given a chance, to speak. Chairman Caspar gave them the ahead. Harry Frimson.

a i a of city's, a i committee, board hold an open henr- Ing on i he. ijiiention now a it hal been in order to get project "defined and nettled" Branson said his i wasn't concerned about the airport location, but Just about the a i 1U i out a local i i alone could pay for the a i a of a light, i a i a i I consideration from mail a i pair.son^er ervlce. I'li'dgn City Aid. president of the common council and comm i member, a i the imp a of a public hearing in order to Kol at. a behind a i project.

"We de- i a is the proper i lo do by a i i facts, and those who would a a before a a i would what a "1 wiiiil. hoard does a it ha.i'hoard the. evidence will be right," Roberts concluded. Mayor i a thanked board I i project off the a and observed that Ihcro had boon almost no fiis- cii.sjdon about Hie project. "There are, many things that must be determined," said Honeyagor, "There the question of how much the county and city will pay of the final cost, and the silo of the airport, can assure county that It will I'onUmio lo have cooperation of the ciiy." Argument Supervisor William i on, started to Hon'oyager about his sta.temrnl when Chairman Caspar cut him "This i.i not the lime for that," snid Caspar.

"What In before the council is matter of holding a public, hoar- ing on the project." "When WB first received the corn- mission's report after the a i In July," said Caspar, "your i i attorney, clerk and chairman were worried because it stipulated a the sponsoring body county board-must reply i i 30 days. "Since, the, county board wajt not to meet for four months, we took It Into our hands to request an extension on the anawcr period, which the commission graciously granted, Jn our letter acknowledging the extension, we, mentioned that at the i the county board considered the project we should like to have the commission present. They coasentert to a too," On Get Outside The Issue now before tho county board Is whether it a the aeronautics commission to act Its agent in an expansion project. The federal government has agreed to allocate as share of program to lengthen runways, provide hard surfaces, and i the field for night flights, The commission has requested Mate aid ot W5.WO, which would leave the remaining $65,500 for the county to pay. The project is estimated to cost (290,000.

SIGHT ST. JOHN'S, age of an alrplnne lU.W-Wrock- sighted to. day eight in west of a i port, and was believed to be that of a B-2S missing since last Friday with six men aboard. A.