Six New Members Join La Crosse County Board
La Crosse county supervisors convene at 10 a m on April 15 for organization with six new members seated from city and rural precincts. Of 40 total, 33 re-elected. one new full-term appointment. Numerous incumbents were re-elected across wards and towns including La Crosse area districts.
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la Crosse County
Board of Supervisors
Sesson
Henry Stolander
Roland F. Scheitzach
Adolph Stelloh
Barre
Town of Bangor First Its To The La Crosse Tribune
Town by town results show incumbents holding seats in several units while veterans Moran and Hengel return to public service. Campbell Barre Farmington Hamilton Washington Rockland Onalaska voters weigh a class B beer license in Rockland as results trickle in.
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la Crosse Tribune
Campbell Precinct
Farmington
Reuben Roberts
Keppel
Arby Pfaff
Roberts
Hamilton
Lewis and
Vilas Young
Lewis
Washington
Johnson
Theodore H. Bonsack
Anton Larson
Rockland
Moran
West Salem
Hengel
la Crosse County
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Cloudy early tonight then clearing with a low around 34. Thursday looks generally fair with a rising temperature throughout the day.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Senate protests McCoy closure order
The Wisconsin state senate approved a resolution by 29 to 1 protesting the secretary of war's order suspending Camp McCoy as a regular U S army post. Sponsored by Sen Earl Leverich of Sparta the measure cites ongoing disputes with world powers over international policy.
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Robert P. Robinson
Beloit
Monroe County
McCoy
ROTC
Wisconsin National Guard
Recreation Meeting scheduled Thursday in La Crosse center
A citizens recreation center committee will form at a meeting in room 216 at the Vocational school, starting 7 30 p m. All organizations and groups seeking a La Crosse recreation center should send representatives and the public is invited.
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General Citizens’ Recreation Center
la Crosse
St. Cloud Keeps Pro Baseball Franchise Halt for La Crosse
La Crosse will not have a professional baseball team this season after St. Cloud officials secured a franchise. The St. Cloud council voted to finance a new park, ensuring the city retains the Northern League slot while La Crosse, which lost its franchise in 1942, had hoped to return.
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la Crosse
St. Cloud
Minn
Norman E. Schulze
la Crosse Blackhawks
Ronald McIntyre
Herman D. White
Greek King Names Premier and Cabinet in Greece
King Paul designated Premier Demetrious Maximos and a coalition cabinet as government forms after the death of King George II. Maximos submitted resignation, but Paul asked him to stay. George dies of heart ailment at 56 and funeral set for Sunday with body to lie in state Thursday in Athens Cathedral.
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Athens
Paul
Greece
Demetrious Maximos
Maximos
George II
George
Assembly Passes Bill Allowing Vote At 18
In Madison a joint resolution to amend the state constitution to permit 18 year olds to vote passed the assembly 58 to 35. The measure must win senate approval and be ratified by voters before becoming effective. Other business included nominations for conservation posts and licensing changes for Christmas tree dealers.
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Assembly
Madison
Senate
Conservation Det
Rennebohm
Aintment
Arthur J. Quinn
Umberland
State Banking Commission
Judge Hughes Wins By Landslide Daylight Time Defeated
Milwaukee voters rejected daylight saving time in an advisory referendum across 2,870 precincts. A total of 282 333 favored and 336 375 opposed the proposal with urban counties backing it but rural areas opposing it overall.
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Hughes
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Racine
Waukesha
Winnebago
Outagamie
Library To Close For Good Friday Hours
La Crosse public library will close from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Good Friday librarian Miss Muriel Fuller announced the schedule.
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la Crosse
Muriel Fuller
Hughes Wins Supreme Court Seat In La Crosse County Race
La Crosse County delivers Henry P. Hughes a clear margin over incumbent James Ward Rector in the Tuesday supreme court election. The daylight saving time referendum loses countywide by about 700 votes. County totals show Hughes 6 218 to 4 458, with most precincts carrying him.
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la Crosse County
Henry P. Hughes
James Ward Rector
Supreme Court
Hughes
Rector
la Crosse
West Salem
Onalaska
Milwaukee voters back improvement bonds advisory referendum
Milwaukeeans endorsed a bonds advisory referendum with a 54 115 to 40 917 vote but no bonds issued or projects specified. Citizens will see future council plans resubmitted to voters for approval, while advocates urged modernization blocked by pay as you go practices.
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Milwaukee
Aldermanic
British Curfew In Jerusalem Lifted
Jerusalem reports the British military lifted the dusk to dawn curfew in the Jewish quarter after three weeks to allow all residents to take part in Easter services and ceremonies. The move follows heightened restrictions and emphasizes access for worship during the holy period.
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Jerusalem
Oshkosh Jurist Defeats Rector In Wisconsin Supreme Race
Judge P Hughes of Oshkosh won a ten year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court defeating Justice James Ward Rector by a large margin. Final returns showed Hughes with 339 294 votes to 224 505 from 2872 of 3146 precincts. Rector conceded the election saying Hughes should have a long useful service.
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Henry P. Hughes
Oshkosh
State Supreme Court
J. Ward Rector
Madison
Walter S. Goodland
Milwaukee
P. Hughes
James Ward Rector
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Hughes
Rector
Justice Rector
Supreme Court
Goodland
Joseph Martin
Marshall May Visit Stalin
Moscow reports a possible meeting between George C. Marshall and Joseph Stalin aimed at breaking the German reparations deadlock hindering the Moscow conference. Delegates warn no decisions will be reached without an accord on reparations and Germany’s economic future.
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Moscow
George C. Marshall
Stalin
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Marshall
Beranek Vows Full Time Mayoralty For La Crosse
Newly elected mayor Charles A. Beranek pledges full time service to La Crosse citizens. He cites recreation center needs and city cooperation with officials as priorities and notes decades of council experience including budget work and airport studies. Born in La Crosse, he will resign his garage business to focus on the office.
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John P. Roop
Fred L. Kramer
la Crosse
Charles A. Beranek
Beranek
South Side
Burlington
Tri-State
French Island
Madison
Wahpeton
N. C
Fifth Avenue
State Street
Eighth Street
South Avenue
City of la Crosse
Margin Of 126 Votes Decides Major Contest
Charles A Beranek was elected mayor of La Crosse by a 126 vote margin in a five candidate race. The election also toppled three council members and re elected eight others. Mayor Verchota, in office 18 years, completes his term April 15 with the new officials to be inducted.
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Tribune
Charles A. Beranek
Joseph J. Verchota
Verdota
Council
la Crosse
Beranek
Joseph J. Verdota
Grant Thrune
Donald Lyden
Charles Varco
Common Council
Thrune
Lyden
Verchota
Varco
Fred L. Kramer
John P. Roop
Kramer
Roop
Lambert J. Kaiser
Voting Machines Smooth in Tuesday City Elections
Machines performed without a hitch delivering a fast efficient ballot and early returns. All results reached the city clerk's office by 9 10 p m less than an hour after polls closed. Second Ward led with reports to the La Crosse Tribune nine minutes after voting ended at 8 p m.
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la Crosse Tribune
Local Government Names New Aldermen and Election Results
Acting comptroller Miss Marcella Mahoney leads city office while new aldermen are Joel Stokke 14th ward Henry Rebhan 18th ward Oscar Harebo 20th ward. Re-elected officials include W P Roelliz 11th ward Joseph Domahoski 12th ward Emil Schultz 13th ward Fred Kraft 15th ward Franklin Pamperin 16th ward Walter Roth 17th ward Harold Eeg 21st ward. Stokke beat Derr 540 to 300. Rebhan 267 to 115 and 55 for rivals. Harebo 214 to 162 to 87. Kraft 200 to 115 Aylsworth. Pamperin 576 to 136 Schaller. Beg 452 to 293 Sinninger. Beranek led seven wards Thrune eight Lyden carried three Verchota and Lyden split seventh ward.
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James B. Stenberg
Willam W. Ruplin
Joseph P. Reese
Robert M. Gleason
Walter Affeldt
Jack Martin
Howard Evjen
Otto Briggs
George Schneeberger
Frank X. Check
Karl A. Schaettle
Frank J. Kaul
John D. Ward
Nic J. Hengel
George H. Berger
Ernest F. Warner
Melvin J. Gilberg
Bernard Zahn
la Crosse
Merritt Gibson
C. C. Looney
William Schomberg
Bangor
Roy Parmenter
Burns
William Schams
Greenfield
A. R
Onalaska
Thomas Mailer
Gibson
Albert B. Goodenough
William P. Wilberding
Stolancer
John J. Freisinger
Affeldt Hed
Lloyd White
Marcella Mahoney
Kaiser
Joel E. Stokke
Henry W. Rebhan
Oscar H. Harebo
W. P. Roelliz
Joseph J. Domahoski
Emil O. Schultz
Fred
Stokke
E. H. Derr
Derr
Rebhan
Henry Meyer
Arnold Bergsgaard
Meyer
Bergsgaard
Harebo
Henry Molledahl
Tryve Skoug
Roy R. Fritz
Fred A. Kraft
John A. Aylsworth
Franklin J. Pamperin
Amond Schaller
Harold Beg
Herman Sinniger
Beranek
Thrune
Lyden
Verchota
Portal Pay Suit Dismissal Reported in Sixth Circuit
Notice of voluntary dismissal of an appeal of the Mt. Clemens Michigan portal to portal pay suit was filed in the sixth U S circuit court of appeals.
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Cincinnati
Mt. Clemens, Mich
Sixth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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