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Minutemen for Fighting!IICrime EffectiveJan.LG INNING lotiaLa i ro-! k*'y men who are; Y\r-r Salem -ICounty Minutemen,their historic namesake towill bereadysetlikeoutat a moment notice, wui no i»r* pared to blockade coumy highways; immediately after a crime has been committed in western Wisconsin, to prevent the escape of the criminals. Organized by bberiff A. F. Rileyand J. M. Storkerson of the Le Crosse Telephone company, and *|w»nsor»*d by the American Legionpasts, the la Crosse County Min*ut« iiieu include soro** of the m**stexpert marksmen In the six com* tnnnities which are the key pofutsin the system.Six Organizations.Minutemen hare been organized at six centers. La Crosse. Onalaska. Holmen, West Salem, Bangor and Mindoro, and the personnel of each unit is set, except for L« Crosse, where 16 or 16 Legionnaires willA. Sylvester, b. W. Gariock. i. I. Bolles; Bangor—Joe Tbouvena), J. E. Gilsdorf, E. J. Wile-, Onab ka—Deputy Vern Dale, E. G. Showers, Charles Gunther; Holmen—HarrySween, Lynn Olson, Alvin Halverson; and at Mindoro, Harold Hanson.List of MinutemenMinutemen named ft© far are; We*t Salem—Deputy fvrfo H©n-Dr. Gnllickaon. V C Twining.fPam.It. W. riaebkf*. Dr. George Even son.Sam Blt; rg, ft. W. Cullman, JosephErr kson.Bangor—Deputy l.d Hammef, P. W. Wagner, Julius 8everM#u, K. P. Itupenthal, L. J. Barnes, F. E.bwerman. Bert Morley, E. If. Swer-man, Henry Dessner, Harcdd Bon* sack, A. 8. Miller, Palmer Peterson,E. V. MengeLOnalaska—Deputy O' *ar Flam-idesignated by the Roy L. Vingers mond. Deputy B*n Sias,t Pratt, James Anderson,Smith. Rolf Chase, Reubenthe key man. ofPost to act.Sheriff Riley iscourse, but the calling ©f the various Minutemen will depend up»*n the fit** alternate wire chiefs of the telephone company, Dan Lar*on. FritzJohuson, FYands Jacobson, GeorgeWolf and Art Sebeel.When a call is retried and traos*mltted to the operators at the five3IarcusOrangeTabbert.John Wilbelm.Holmen—Deputy Jub« Ca berg. Clarence Moe, F*»d Anderson. Carl Tabbert. ,lt;am GuIUckson, Walterlolvstad, Stanley Roberts, Ray Moe. Orton Nelson, William Skoy.Mindoro—Deputy Ed For, Thor*wald Lee. John WeMa. Karl Borre*viLlagex, they * ill cell the local oxxit r*oa.Mae singer.
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La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Jan 01, 1933
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