Sparta death case closed by Monroe County prosecutor
A Sparta inquest found that overdoses of phenobarbital from a University of Wisconsin pharmacy container labeled aspirin contributed to the death of Harriet Scott. The coroner's jury absolved the state school staff, including Dr. H Williams Jr., with no evidence of negligence. District Attorney A J Goodman announced no further probing would occur.
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Sparta
Wis
University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy
Madison
Harriet Scott
Monroe County
A. J. Goodman
H Williams, Jr
Goodman
Wall
Ray Biel
al Rasmussen
Jack Hanson
Ward Williams
Leo Neiast
University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
Louis William Busse
University of Wisconsin
Busse
Pharmacy School
Busses
School of Pharmacy
Arthur van Duser
Camp McCoy
Ray Vandermeer
Goodmen
Amil C. Bach
la Crosse
iSee
No Seizure Of Farm Grain Warned By Official
Secretary Anderson said the government has no plan to seize farm wheat to cover export deficits for overseas famine aid. He noted a May 25 bonus offer could supply about 100 million bushels through July 1, while acknowledging a possible drastic action to requisition wheat in commercial channels if needed. He spoke after visiting Minnesota and North Dakota urging farmers to sell remaining supplies to the government.
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Washington
Anderson
Dean Acheson
Home Hour
Clinton P. Anderson
Minnesota
North Dakota
Anc
Four State Pioneer Doctors To Be Feted
MilwaukeeWisconsin chapter of the International College of Surgeons will honor four pioneer Wisconsin surgeons at a testimonial dinner May 15 in Milwaukee. The honorees are Dr Thomas W Nuzum Janesville Dr William E Ground Superior Dr John M Dood Ashland and St George W I Brown Milwaukee. The four are octogenarians.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
International College of Surgeons
Thomas W. Nuzum
Janesville
William E. Ground
Superior
John M. Dood
Ashland
St. George
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight and Sunday with scattered light showers tonight. Low around 40 and high Sunday afternoon.
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la Crosse
Mussolini Corpse Found Reports Contradicted
Rome reports claimed Mussolini's body was found but police chief Ferrari said no new developments. Milan detectives announce neglect charges against two cemetery guards over the theft of Mussolini's body from an unmarked pauper’s grave. officials deny their involvement.
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Rome
Rome Press
Benito Mussolini
Luigi Ferrari
Ialian Police
Ferrari
Milan
Look Here Girls It Still Can Happen
Miss Anne Cummingbell a 21 year old Mayfair model known as the girl with the perfect figure wed the 27 year old Duke of Rutland at St Margaret s Westminster. They honeymoon in Lisbon then return to Belvoir Castle being modernized. The groom inherits a 1940 estate valued at 2 2 million.
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London
Anne Cummingbell
Mayfair
St. Margaret’s Church
Westminister
Duke of Rutland
Elizabeth
Lisbon
Belvoir Castle
10Th Duke of Rutland
Grenadier Guards
Hoover Ends Famine Tour Warns of Death Toll in India
Hoover warned that without outside food aid tens of millions in India face possible loss of life. He cited 230 million affected by food difficulties and urged immediate imports of rice from Siam and expedited wheat and grain shipments from Australia to ease the crisis. He linked India’s plight to droughts, reduced imports, and low living standards as part of a global cereal shortage.
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Bangalore
India
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Asia
Hoover
Mysore
Siam
Australia
Troupe Brings WKBH Artists to Ettrick Community Hall
Jack Martin and his La Crosse troupe of WKBH artists entertain at Ettrick Community Hall on Friday evening May 10. The program showcases local entertainment in a community venue.
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Ettrick
Wis
Jack Martin
WKBH
la Crosse
Ettrick Community Hall
War Crime Suspects Deny Split and Propaganda Pact
At Nuremberg the defendants denounced any disunity and pledged to avoid propaganda during the trial. German counsel signed the statement denying reports of a split. Earlier testimony cited alleged pressure by Hermann Goering to suppress testimony on von Blomberg’s 1938 marriage to a registered prostitute. The court convened a closed session to review procedure as rumors of internal accusations swirled.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal
Hermann Goering
Hjalmer Schacht
Goering
Schacht
States Attorney Stops Burlington Line Probe Embezzlement Suit
A circuit court injunction suit alleges William Hutcheson acted to embezzle at least $244 038.30 from Burlington local funds through Henry Blumenberg as local administrator. The Brotherhood seeks immediate possession of records and a $700 000 bond, while alleging coercion of witnesses and delayed criminal action in Florida.
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Baltimore
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
AFL
William Hutcheson
Brotherhood
Hutcheson
Michael Manley
Lakeland
Fla
Manley
Henry Blumenberg
Blumenberg
In-Junction
Florida
Vatican reports Catholic view of postwar German camps
Vatican radio cites an eyewitness report alleging 50 Germans die weekly in Soviet zone camps in eastern Germany amid disease, starvation, rape, and plunder. Priests and refugees suffer. camps hold 2,600 to 4,000, with no doctors or medicines and widespread sexual violence reported.
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London
Vatican Radio
Germany
Vatican
Snyder Plans Potomac Conference With President
President Truman summoned Reconversion Director John W. Snyder for a weekend Potomac river conference aboard the presidential yacht Williams-burg off Quantico Virginia. The talks aim to resolve the soft coal strike and reconversion issues as steel firms warn of possible plant shutdowns without 40 000 bituminous workers returning. Schwellenbach presses labor talks in Washington as negotiations stalled 17 days ago.
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Quantico
Truman
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Williamsburg
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Schwellenbach
Washington
Lewis
Capital
U S Sought Iceland Bases for Long Term Use
Reykjavik Iceland Premier Olafur Thors said the United States approached Iceland last fall on three potential long term military bases. The U S promised support for Iceland to join the United Nations and that any bases would be available to the UN Security Council. Iceland replied in November ready to discuss but talks paused since December.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
Olafur Thors
U. S
United Nations
Security Council
Woman 80 suffers possible hip fracture after fall
Mrs. Mary Weber, 80, of 1724 Mississippi Street was rushed to a local hospital by police ambulance Saturday morning after a fall that caused a possible fracture of the right hip.
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Mary Weber
Mississippi Street
Coal Pinch Hits Plants Across Nation Amid Strike
Coal reserves shrink nationwide as production slows. J. C. Fitzpatrick says Illinois supplies drop 50 percent to 2000 carloads during a 27 day walkout affecting 400,000 miners. About 60,000 workers idle with 35,500 in steel mills and 15,000 rail workers furloughed. Carnegie-Illinois Steel warns capacity falls to 22 percent by May 19. Bethlehem Steel cuts coke oven output by 25 percent at Sparrow Point. Chicago Edison reports only 25 days of coal left for its area.
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Pittsburgh
J. C. Fitzpatrick
Chicago Solid Fuels Administration
Illinois
Chicago Commonwealth Edison Co
Chicago
Ilinois
Baltimore
Bethlehem Steel Co
Sparrow Point
U. S. Steel Corp
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Housing group named to set Wisconsin dwelling lines
Milwaukee federal housing chief Thomas R. King forms a committee of Wisconsin builders to meet in Milwaukee and allocate the second quarter 1946 housing goal of 6479 homes across ten districts. Members include M W O Leary Rhinelander A B Brightman Green Bay Robert Dane Jr Glen Webbermeier Beloit Harry Huber Harold Molzahn H C Rice La Crosse Russell Ward Neenah Walton Miller Racine George C Vogel Madison J R Schill Sheboygan and reps from Giesen Lumber Superior Walker Brothers Eau Claire and Durham Lumber Neenah.
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Milwaukee
Thomas R. King
Wisconsin
U. S
Wilson W. Wyatt
King
M. W. O'Leary
Rhinelander
A. B. Brightman
Green Bay
Robert Dane, Jr
Glen Webbermeier
Beloit
Harry H. Huber
Harold Molzahn
H. C. Rice
la Crosse
Russell Ward
Neenah
Walton Miller
Racine
George C. Vogel
Madison
J. R. Schill
Sheboygan
Giesen Lumber Company
Superior
Walker Brothers
Eau Claire
Durham Lumber Company
Hartland High Strike Parley Meets Officials
A fact finding committee probing the Hartland High School strike met with Waukesha county authorities. The panel will present recommendations to the Hartland school board next week as students seek the superintendent's ouster and the rehiring of two instructors after returning to classes on April 15 following a walkout on April 9.
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Waukesha
Hartland High
Waukecha County
Hartland School Board
Senator Lands Farm Help In Battle For OPA
Senator Mitchell described farm groups calls to mend OPA as important help in the battle over price controls. He cited support from National Farmers Union and American Farm Bureau while Holman urged ending milk price subsidies and all controls by June 30. Mitchell noted growing pro OPA sentiment and heavy mail in support.
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Senator Lands Farm
OPA
Washington
Mitchell
D-Wash
House
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Albert Goss
National Grange
Price Agency
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Association
O'Neal
Goss
Holman
Price Control Agency
Taylor
D-Ida
New Council For American’ Business
Canadian Vet and Family Die in Sault Ste. Marie Fire
Four people perished in a Turner avenue fire in Sault Ste Marie including Alfred McDonald a 38 year old veteran of Canadian forces his British wife Dorothy 22 and their two children Peter 4 and Patsy 3. Neighbors reported flames at about 2 30 am and the fire’s origin remains undetermined.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Sault, Ont
Turner Avenue
Alfred McDonald
Dorothy
Kent
England
Peter
Patsy
Fire Destroys Brooder House in Stoddard Wisconsin
Fire destroyed a 16 by 20 brooder house on the Bertha Stellner farm one mile northeast of Stoddard at about 11 p m. The structure held 212 two day old chicks. Tenant Raymond Springer said the family retired at 10 p m and he woke to barking dogs. The blaze left the brooder house and chicks nearly consumed and officials suspect a kerosene stove explosion caused the fire.
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Stoddard
Wis
Bertha Stellner
Raymond Springer
Blaine
Aue
Chicago
Naperville
Anniversary Program Marks La Crosse Odd Fellows 127th
In observance of the lodge's 127th anniversary members hold a Saturday night program at the Odd Fellows temple. A 6:30 p.m. covered dish supper welcomes all Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, followed by cards after the program.
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la Crosse
Odd Fellows Lodge
Odd Fellows Temple
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Richard Little Famed Chicago Writer Dies at 76
Richard Henry Little, Chicago Tribune war correspondent and author of Line o Type or Two, died at Clover Lea in Hanover County Virginia at age 76. He covered wars from the Spanish American to World War I and later wrote the popular column until retiring in 1936 living as a planter.
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Richmond
Richard Henry Little
Chicago Tribune
Clover Lea
Hanover County
Immaruel Episcopal Church
Leroy
Ill
John Little
Helen Hamiston Little
Bloomington
Illinois Wesleyan College of Law
The
Tribune
Berlin
Chicago
Little
Ben Hecht
Mark Twain
Petrograd
Europe
Bert L. Taylor
Helen Hanna
Shelby Melton
Virginia
Old Church
Frost Causes Crop Damage in La Crosse Valley Fields
Meteorologist A. D. Sanial notes frost damaged crops in La Crosse valley areas with temperatures near 30 degrees and several orchards using smoke pots to protect blossoms. No widespread vegetation damage reported in La Crosse as temperatures fell to 30 but quickly rose after dawn. Nearby areas saw lower lows from 16 to 26 degrees with light showers forecast and a warmer Sunday expected.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Samal
West Salem
Brice Prairie
Land O'Lakes
Wis
Park Falls
Sanial
No Rehearsal Of Evidence Wanted In Train Wreck Probe
State's Attorney Lee Daniels subpoenas Burlington railroad officials and crews to testify at a grand jury investigating the Naperville wreck that killed 44 and injured more than 100. He interrupted the railroad inquiry after crews failed to appear.
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Chicago
Lee Daniels
du Pay
Burlington Railroad
Naperville
Daniels
Aue
L. C. Atkins
Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginers
Blaine
Methodist Leaders Vote Farm Labor Plan
Milwaukee session of the Methodist board of evangelism adopted a plan to marshal church forces for gospel outreach to farm and factory workers. Dr James S Chubb said the rural and industrial field is open for Methodism and warned that labor unions may be unaware of God and the church.
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Milwaukee
Board of Evangelism
The
Methodist Church
James S. Chubb
Nashville
Church
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Bass
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N. J
Burlington Line
Potomac
Huber, Molzahn and Rice In Housing Group
Hartland
William W. Blaine
Galesburg
Burlington
Aurora
Richard Little
J. E. Aue
Rockford, T
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W. W. Blaine
Flagman
Aurora Hospital
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