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THE RACINE JOURNAL-TIMES, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 22, 1943. Two Attempt to Love Idyl Ends In 10-Year Term Convicted, Jailed for Larceny i SIX Sell Whisky Axis Broadcasts Inspire liars' --aa-aaP I i Entering guilty pleas to larceny charges in municipal court this morning, Arnold -J. Ilertzberger, 1805 Douglas avenue, and Gordon W. McLeod, 1621 Linden avenue, both 28, were sentenced to hard labor terms 1n the county Jail. 7 Tavernkeeper i Gives Tip.

They were arrested by police oh charges of taking 27 bottles of liquor from the Topaz cafe, 232 Main street, early Tuesday morning. Hertzberger was sentenced to jail for one year and McLeod for six months. Lt of Detectives Earl Olson said that the two were arrested after a tavernkeeper said he had been Black Market Arrests Expected Soon, OPA Says FT. SHERIDAN, 111. (U.R) Pvt.

Charles L. Mcintosh, dishonorably discharged from the army, today faced 10 years at hard for being absent without leave on a cross-country tour with the former Mrs. Alice Rand" de Tarnowsky, socially prominent heiress whom he later married. Mcintosh, 30, son of a well-to-do Detroit and Muskegon, department store owner, was convicted and sentenced by a court martial late yesterday. The court martial, which could have found him guilty of desertion, convicted him of being absent without leave instead." Sentence to Be Reviewed.

Mcintosh also was found' guilty of presenting the former Mrs. de Tarnowsky as his wife when registering at hotels, wearing a' ser geant's uniform and air force wings without autlterzation, and passing worthless cKfcc to finance his trip with the heiress. The sentence automatically will Paul Lukas Greer arson Critics Choose Greer Garsoti, Paul Lukas for Top Honors approached by McLeod who allegedly offered to sell him some whisky and showed him a cache. Olson said that under questioning McLeod admitted thathe hid behind a piano in the Topaz until after the tavern was closed and that then he was aided by Hertzberger in replacing the piano. Hid Liquor Under Bridxe.

McLeod, Olson continued, confessed that he took 27 bottles of whisky and hid them the Wisc6nsin avenue ramp of the' State street bridge after Hertzberger, who was to wait him in the alley, disappeared. Both men pleaded guilty before Judge Elmer D. Goodland. Hertzberger, it was brought out in court, is in arrears on alimony payments. McLeod was lectured for absenteeism from a war job.

The court warned both men that if they are brought into court again they may be sent to state prison at Waupun as repeaters. Inventions Wanted; Smaller War Plant Corporation Announces The start of a campaign to "dig out" new ideas, inventionsand patents held by persons in Racine and vicinity was announced today by D. W. Walters, regional director of the Smaller War Plants corporation. "Our government needs these ideas, and it would appreciate receiving information on them," Walters said.

"Rights, of inventors will be adhered to, and every effort will be made to get his ideas into the proper war agency for approval and production." Walters said that already hundreds of new ideas and inventions-have gone hi to production for? war uses and in "home front" NEW YORK (u.R) Greer Gar-son; star of "Random Harvest," and Paul Lukas, of "Watch on the received, top honors today injhe'film daily's third national poll of magazine, newspaper and radio fcritics for Ithe outstanding screen 1 performances of 1943. Bergman, ir "For Whom the Tolls," and James in "Yankee Doodle Dandy," took second honors. Best? supporting performances were voted to Charles Boburn in "The More the Merrier," and Ka- (Continued From Pare 1.) sought unsuccessfully to trailthe sly beast to his den. Camera Does Job. A tenderfoot easterner accomplished the feat with a home movie camera.

He photographed "01dSmoothieVs the wolf loped over a hill. Then he projected the film backwards on a screen and back-trailed the wolf 18 miles to his hideout. Howard L. Porter, Des Moines, Iowa, wrote that, while playing golf alone, he made a hole in one, but he had no witnesses so he never mentioned it to his friends. Mosquitoes are prominent in many of the entries.

Fred Kuntz; a navy seabee, who is somewhere in the Pacific, writes to tell how the pests in that area are getting choosey. "The other night," he said, "several of my buddies were awakened by the mosquitoes walking around on their chests and turning over their 'dog tags' to find out what type blood they had." Capt. Louis H. Roddis, of the marine corps stationed at Newport, R. also came up with a mosquito tale in northern Another About Mosquitoes.

Two men; he said, were wondering how long it would take a mosquito to fill up with blood. One of the men let a mosquito light on his hand and dig in, while the other held a watch and timsfcl the proceedings. After three minutes the mosquito had not -moved, so the man turned his hand over. The mosquito had run his bill clear through the hand and was sucking air. Another story submitted is that of the Pennsylvania apple grower, who claims the apples he grew got so big then when one would fall off a tree the cider that oozed out would flood the community.

The farmers used the stems of the apples for cordwood, hauling them to the mills with tractors. One farmer said he cut 1,400 feet of timber from one stem. Then there were the farmers who were boasting of their ability to pitch the biggest fork full of hay. To see who was the better, farmer John droe a to his barn. He dug his fork irfto the pile and picked it up.

A second forkful and his wagon was empty; Farmer Lem who had a bigger wagon and a bigger barn than farmer John then went action. He drove his fork into a load, pitched it into his barn and turned around for anpther forkful. His horse and wagon' were gone. He had jabbed his fok through the hay, stuck it into the wagon and pitched hay, horse and wagon all into the barn in one toss. I famous shoes be reviewed by the judge advocate general's office of the Sixth service command, which is empowered to reduce but not increase the term.

The sentence then will be sent to the judge advocate general at Washington, and will given a final review by President Roosevelt. Mcintosh's wife, who left her army captain husband and their three children to tour the country with the private, was Christmas shopping in Chicago when the sentence was imposed. She did not attend the trial. Owner of Pharmacy Dies in Fire at Richland Center RICHLAND Wis (JP) One man perished in a fire ings last night and early today on Richland Center's principal busi ness street. Firemen- were still pouring water into buildings at 9 oclock this morning.

Three families, forced to flee the apartments in near zCLweather, lost all their possessions. Raymond Keegan, 41, owner of the Keegan pharmacy, one of the stores destroyed, lost his life when he entered the burning building in an apparent effort to lock the store safe. His body was recovered. Keegan is survived by his wife and five children, the oldest of whom is ten. Firemen, and equipment from nearby Lone Rock and Muscoda were sent to aid local fire fighters.

By 2 a. m. today the fire was brought under control. Onions will keep a long time without spoiling if- dug when the tops are almost dry and then left in the sun for about an hour. 4 rC A IGive a Lau Gift Certificate Use the handy gift certificate which is available ot our store for your conveni- i ence, ind which can be traded in for i shoes, rubbers or slippers to suit the tagt of recipient.

LAU SHOE HOUSE i S01 Sixth ot Park Ave. I Journal-Timea Photo Racine Major Typifies 'Men Behind the Men' The Bomb Bay, seryfeemen's paper at Hammer fieldf, Fresno, featured a picture of Maj. Theodore J. Pfeffer of Racine in honoring "The Men Behind the Men." Major Pfefffflj, former, radiologist at St. Mary's hospital, is chief of roentgenology service at Hammer Afield.

He was one of the first Racine medical men to enlist in military service and received his commission as mapor in the air forces in July of 1942. Major Pfeffer received his medical degree at the University of Iowa in 1928. After internship at St. Margaret's hospital in Kansas City, the major accepted a fellowship in medicine at the Mayo clinic, Rochester, Minn. He then practiced in New York and came to St.

-Mary's hospital in Racine in 1937.x The major was a civil air patrol pilot in Racine lists flying as his hobby. Last August Major Pfeffer married Evelyn Skarie who was prominent in musical circles in Racine. Long Service At Kenosha Plant Duly Honored KENOSHA Two hun years of continuous employment with the Simmons company were represented by four men Monday night who were honored by their fellow-workers when the Simmons Supervisors' club met at the Elks club for its annual Christmas party. Each of the four, John Cantwell? Anthony Threinen, Herman Schoi ley and Louis Wegher, have been with the company for 50 years. Two others' on the honor list were Lars Hansen and James Hood, retired mechanics.

To each of them Grant Simmons, president of sent a letter of appreciation, augmented by a check for the four men from the company adding its gratitude to their long years of service. Disease Cases Decline. The report of the city health department on communicable disease cases for the week ending Dec. 18 showed 43 new cases against 71 new cases for the previous week. Chidkenpox cases showed a decline with 38 new cases as compared to 65 the last week.

The report -also showed one new case of influenza, three new cases of scarlet fever, and one new case of tuberculosis. Obituaries. Mrs. Michelena Pasquali, 82. widow of the late Amadio Pasquali, and a resident of Kenosha since 1919, died at the home of her son, Amadio Pasquali.

She was born in Ascoli-Piceno, Italy, Jan. 29, 1861. Peter Fish, 82, died at SL Catherine's hospital Monday evening. He was born in Brighton, Kenosha county, Nov. 30, 1861.

Benjamin John Cameron, 66, a native of Kenosha and a former employe of the Nash Kelvinator company, died at his home Tuesday. He was born in Kenosha Feb. 16, 1877. William H. Meyers, 47, died' at the Isolation hospital Tuesday following a two weeks illness.

He was born in June 20, 1896. Los Angeles Predicts Million Leftover Trees LOS ANGELES. Some Los Angeles dealers predict as many as 1,000,000 Christmas trees may remain unsold here after Dec. 25, and prices that liacUranged as high as $1.50 a foot now are as low as 25 cents a tree. Joan Kiger.

'Dream Slayer Is Acquitted ZURLINGTON, Ky. 0J.R) Joan Kiger, and her mother, Mrs. Jenny Kiger, rested in seclusion today, all murder charges against them dropped after a jury of 12 farmers acquitted the aUburn-haired, pretty schoolgirl, believing she shot and killed her father and young brother while in the throes of a nightmare. Joan and her mother were indicted on first degree murder but the girl was tried first only for the slaying of her brother. Judge Ward Yager of Boohe county circuit court ordered the remaining indictments and charges dropped against Joan and her mother, who also had been scheduled to stand trial for the double slaying.

The verdict, which was returned after four hours and 15 minutes of deliberation, brought cheers from the crowded Boone county courtroom and left Joan almost speechless, i "So Glad and Thankful." "I'm too excited" andoo filled up," she said after the verdict was announced. "I'm just so glad and thankful, and everybody's been wonderful to me." Mrs. Kiger had testified that Joan had shot her father, Carl C. Kiger, late vice-mayor of Cortng-ton, Ky.j and her six-year-old brother, Jerry, during a nightmare in which she thought she was firing at an intruder. The girl tame running into her room the night of the murder, Mrs.

Kiger said, screaming "I'm going to kill you and myself before they ki'll us." The mother explained that Joan had been a frequent victim of nightmares. A psychiatrist, Dr. Walter Sprague, testified for the defense that if Joan thought she had seen men wrestling with her father, she could not have been in "a normal wakened state." Sauthoff Asks Probe Of Double Train Wreck WASHINGTON, VP) Rep. Sauthoff (prog.j Wis.) Tuesday proposed a congressional investigation of the Dec. 16 wreck of two fast Atlantic coast line passenger trains in which 72 persons were killed.

Sauthoff said he shad talked to two persons who were on one of the trains and that they were "emphatic" in their criticism of the railroad. Meanwhile, the final death toll was set at 72 by the Red Cross as that agency identified the last of the 21 civilians killed in the, disaster. A recheck reduced the number of army and navy personnel killed from 52 to 51. i One hundred and twenty-five persons were injured. It is with a deep feel-ing of gratitude and appreciation for all the good things that have come to all of us, that we say, "May this be a very Christmas for you and yours." HOTEL RACINE BARBER SHOr Hotel- Barina Bldj.

ETTRSE.VS BARBER SHQF 634 Manument Soara rtXTZ BAZLETT BARBER SHOP 5m Sixth St. (ttWMA.VJ BARBER SHOP 14A Villa 6C WEST RACINE BARBER AND BEAUTY SHOP KSa Waahingtan Are. OEHMA.VS BARBER SHOP t2 Main 6U Sound Snuestmen tina Paxinou in "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Jack Jenkins, in "The Human Comedy," won first place in the boy-star class, Margaret O'Brien was first in the girl-star group foh her.work in "Journey for Margaret." Best director was SamWood, of "For Whom the Bell Tolls," while "The Human Comedy" was chosen the best screen1 play. X-Sohny Tufts, 4-F ex-football star at Paramount, was named the "find of the year." LAll'S' 6278 and Trust Company 1 MILWAUKEE u.E) The dis trict attorney on ice may issue warrants in some of the 22 black market cases reported by the Milwaukee district OPA, according to Assistant District Atty. Walter Schinz, who to meet today with OPA enforcement Atty.

Robert Arthur to review OPA files. All 22 cases were reported in Milwaukee county, but another was pending in Racine county and three more in Rock county, Racine's black market case, that of Stanford Kohlberg, of 316 Wick- ham boulevard, who was arrested; Oct. 30 and charged witl-yselling hams without collecting ration stamps and at more than ceiling prices, still is pending, Kohlberg was bound over to couft by Court Commissioner Harold A. Konnak Nov. 1.

Thoughful Snatcher Returns Empty Purse MILWAUKEE. (iP) This purse snatcher had returning ways as well as taking ways to some extent. Mrs. John Johnson said her purse was snatched yesterday when she placed it on a store counter. Two hours later her apartment buzzer sounded and she released the door in time to see her purse hurled in.

The4oss: $40. Meet Train With Quart, But Police Fail Him ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.MUJ9--Police Chief P. J. Dugan received a telegram which read: "Please meet the Calif ornia limited with one quart Bourbon, car 502.

Thanks a million." It was signed "Lt Edgar C. Malchow." Dugan didn't meet the train, ex-plaining: "They'll be wanting a blonde with blue eyes next" CHRISTIIAS SUGGESTIONS I For Men Leather Bill Folds, Fishing Tackle, Machinists TooLvj Chest Pocket Knives. For the Ladles Pyrex Ware, Kitchen Can- ister Sets, Roasters, Carving Sets, Cutlery. For Children Games, Toys, Boks, Sleds, Skis and Skates. Lincoln Hdwe.

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Member Audit Bureau Of Qrculatlon Membar Wtaconaln Dally Uaarua. Member Inland DaOy Praa AaaocUQon Subscriber to A Service Member American Newipaper Puo-Ilahera Association. All communication for publication must nave name of writer and address. The Journal-Times reeervee tha right to trurist on their publication tf deemed advisable or oacaaaary. I -v "One simple invention mighty snorten tne war Dy monins; another- could save thousands of lives," Walters said.

Persons holding patents or who have ideas which they believe could benefit prosecution of the war. or-civilian society, are asked to contact the technical department section of the Smaller War Plants 226 W. Jackson Chicago. Score Killed in Riot At Fascist's Funeral At Swiss-Italian Frontier UP) More than a score were, killed and 50 wounded in a street clash yesterday at Milan during the funeral procession for fascist Commissar Aldo Resega, advices reaching here today said. Rifle shots 'and grenades fell upon the cortege from windows along Cardusio Place where, anti-fascists had posted themselves.

Fascists and nazi troops returned "the fire and panic broke out among the crowds on the street. Casualties included fascists and bystanders. Catholic Archbishop Of Westminster Named LONDON (U.R) Rt. Rev. "Bernard Griffin, auxiliary bishop of Birmingham, was appointed Catholic archbishop of Westminster to-' day, succeeding Arthur Cardinal Hinsley, who died earlier this year.

Senate Confirms F. D. R. Appointment WASHINGTON. OJ.R) The senate today confirmed the nomination of Hugh B.

Cox, formerly of Lincoln, to be assistant solicitor general of the United States. Wants Blue Christmas In Mistletoe Zone BUFFALO. (U.PJ Health Commissioner Francis E. Franczak made holiday suggestion today prevent the spread of colds "No kissing" signs suspended from the mistletoe. FIHAL CLEARANCE ciinisTr.iAs TREES ANY TRIE 242 MAIN ST.

Gardener-Slayer Was Not Insane, -Says Gracie Fields HOLLYWOOD (U.R) Comedienne Gracie Fields and her husband, movie producer Monte Banks, agreed today that their gardener, convicted of killing their attractive secretary, was not insane. Miss Fields and her husband testified yesterday in the sanity trial of the gardener, Gaetano Fai-ciani, who recently was convicted of slaying Miss Violet Someren. The comedienne testified that Falciani fell in love with Miss Someren, despite the fact he was not her equal mentally. Miss Fields added, however, that there was no reason to believe the gardener was insane. Banks cpneurred in the testimony.

Miss Someren was shot to death in her apartment after both she and Falciani had left Miss Fields employ. Her nude body was found in her bedroom. Falciani, who had attempted suicide, was found unconscious nearby. He told authorities he killed her in jealousy, but later repudiated the statement. He is being tried on a plea of innocent by reason of insanity.

Schneider Elected President of Forum Stephen J. Schneider, manager of Racine office of the social security board, was elected presi dent, of the Welfare Employes forum at the December meeting. Other officers elected for the coming year are Major Cecil Metz of the Salvation Army, vice-president, and Mrs. Gertrude Murphy, assistant probation officer, secretary-treasurer. The forum is an organization of employes representing public and private welfare organizations in Racine to.

promote mutual understanding of policy and programs of participating agencies. OPEN CHRISTMAS RESTAURAflT Convert exfra space in your home and rent to war workers Wear workers in this city need homes for their families. I i It will pay you to: convert your extra space into li vine accommodcrtioris. lYoull help war production and earn extra income. Take advantage; of our free-offer to inspect your home, and make recommendations for remodeling.

Improvo-merits may be financed through banks or other lending institutions. An FHA insured loan can be repaid out of added rental income you receive. CHRISTMAS DIH HER at RICHTER'S WEDHESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Turkoy, Duck 2nd Chicken 11:30 A. M. to 8 P.

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