Ruling Expected Soon On Rutledge New Trial Plea
In Cedar Rapids Iowa the defense argues a juror lied during selection claiming he had no opinion on Dr. Robert G. Rutledge Jr.'s guilt in the stabbing death of an aircraft specialist. The trial has focused on whether a new trial should be granted after Rutledge was convicted of second degree murder last May. The judge is pending final arguments before ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Robert G. Rutledge, Jr
Walter J. Barngrover
R. S. Milner
Barngrover
Emil Novotny
Novotny
Dr. Rutledge
St. Louis
Byron C. Hartman
Rutledge
Hartman
Sydney
Priest Sentenced in Czechoslovakia for Refusing Sacrament
Prague radio reports a state court has sentenced a Roman Catholic priest to eight years for treason for denying the last rites to an elderly woman because she was a Communist. It marks the first such sentence in the Communist regime's war on the Catholic hierarchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Prague Radio
Refus
Alexei Cepicka
Air Reserve Meeting With Lt Vandrey Speakers and Films
Air Reserve to meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the VFW for members of the 9657th volunteer air reserve training squadron. First Lieut Morris Essock to discuss Air Power and the Principles of War followed by films Radar the Invisible Scout and Inside the Atom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Vandrey
Air Force Reserve Office
Federal Building
9657Th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron
VFW
Morris Essock
4 H Band To Meet At Pfafflin Farm Home
Mrs Clifton Storandt announced that the La Crosse county 4 H band will rehearse Thursday evening at the Edward Pfafflin farm home on county trunk XX near New Amsterdam. The practice starts at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Storandt
la Crosse County
Edward Pfafflin
Pafflin
County Trunk XX
New Amsterdam
Frozen coffee coming to grocers this fall
Frozen coffee will be brewed concentrated and canned for home freezer use this fall. The article notes rapid growth in frozen foods since the postwar slump, with orange juice driving industry expansion and a jump in frozen outlets from 60,000 to 100,000.
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New York
Florida
H. K. Schaffler
National Wholesale Frozen Food Distributors Association
Operations, Inc
Chicago
Association
Doctor, Former Amery Man Dies At Superior
Dr. Rudolph E. Christiansen 44 died at his Superior home Tuesday after a heart attack. A native of Amery Wisconsin he earned his medical degree at Marquette University and served in Europe during the recent war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
Rudolph E. Christiansen
Amery
Christiansen
Marquette University
Europe
Boy 9 crushed by tractor in Campbellport tragedy
In Campbellport Wisconsin a nine year old boy died after a tractor overturned and crushed him on Tuesday. An older brother riding with him escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ampbellsport
Wis
David Lanning
Notice of Probate and Heirship for Bertha Hardie
In La Crosse County Wisconsin the County Court will hear on August 23 1949 at 10 AM the probate of Bertha Hardie deceased and appoint executors with the will annexed. Creditors must present claims by November 2 1949 or be barred. Court action will determine heirship and adjust claims at the La Crosse Court House. Dated August 1 1949. By Order of the Court R V Ahlstrom Judge Hale Skemp Nietsch Attorneys 515 State Bank Building La Crosse Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Bertha
Hardie
Sven
la Crosse
Bertha Foster
Louise le
Bertha Hardie
City of
Court House
R. V. Ahlstrom
Hale
Skemp & Nietsch
State Bank
William L. Gilles
Elizabeth D. Gilles
William le» Gilles
Said
Lucille M. Scherdin
Jobns
Yo & Coleman
Attorn
Iseon
Andrew C. Bangsberg
Robert E. Bangsberg
Harold A. Bangsberg
State of Wisconsin
Emia Ae Iven
Gilbert
Paudier
Emil Paudier
Notice of Probate Hearings in La Crosse Estates
Notice lists hearings on August 20 1948 for Elizabeth D Gilles administrator of William L Gilles estate and heirship determinations. Also notices for Andrew C Bangsberg estate probate heirs and Emi Paudier estate heirship and executor appointments with deadlines in 1948 1949 and locations in La Crosse Wisconsin.
Chicago Grain and Potatoes Market Report
Chicago grain closes show wheat corn soybeans and lard with mixed daily ranges and new crop closes. Cash prices list No 3 red wheat to 1.93 94 and assorted corn oats barley soybeans. potato arrivals light with white and red varieties priced across Colorado Idaho Nebraska and other western regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Saas
Rys
Berley
USDA
U. S
Colorado Bliss
Idaho
Doomed Killer Seeks Quiet Before Execution
James Morelli, 22, set to die by electric chair on Aug. 12, asks for peaceful last nights in a death cell near the execution chamber. He complains of noise from other inmates and says the basement cell will be quiet, while jail officials report he has slept well since relocation. Morelli was convicted for the Dec. 12, 1947 gangland slaying of Emil Schmeichel. two other killers in the case are serving long terms or dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Morelli
Death Row
Mad Dog
Morelli
Chester Forendy
John E. Donnelly
Donnelly
Emil Schmeichel
Thomas Pane
Lowellentress
Navy Recruit Paul L Collins Under Training at Great Lakes
Seaman recruit Paul L Collins son of Paul O Collins of 124 South Third Street is undergoing recruit training at the world's largest naval training center in Great Lakes Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul L. Collins
USN
Paul O. Collins
South Third Street
Great Lakes, III
Police and Firefighters Quit in Lov es Park
In Lov es Park Illinois eight policemen and fourteen firemen resigned after Mayor Frank Larson placed them on one month probation for unpaid service since incorporation a year ago. The council had planned payroll hires, but the mayor insisted on probation first. Roy York, chief of both departments, did not resign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loves Park
Ill
Rockford
Frank Larson
Roy York
Both Deaana
Ee OS Payro
Winona Livestock Markets Report With Prices and Hours
The Winona Livestock exchange lists buying hours from 8 30 a m to noon Monday through Friday and Saturday closing at 4 p m. Hog prices rise about 25 cents with ranges for various weights and quality. Cattle values show steady to mixed moves with steers, heifers, cows and calves priced across multiple grades and weights. Chicago livestock markets mirror gains in hogs and mixed cattle movements with top quotes and weight-based brackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Chicago
USDA
Chicago Produce Report Details Steady Poultry and Butter Prices
Live poultry remains steady to firm with 25 truck receipts and no price changes. Butter holds with 874,967 pounds received and price unchanged except slight upticks for 89 C grade butter at 54 and 89 C cablots at 55. Eggs show weakness with 9,484 cases received and prices flat to one cent lower per dozen across U S extras 52-54, standards 44-48, current receipts 42-43.5, dirties 38.5, checks 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
U. S
Weather Record Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Forecast
The U S Department of Commerce reports fair to cool conditions tonight across Wisconsin with pleasant Thursday. Minnesota sees fair and pleasant tonight and Thursday with warmer Thursday. Iowa notes mostly fair conditions tonight and Thursday with slightly warmer Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Weather Review and River Forecast Hastings to Guttenberg IA
Fairly stationary river stages expected from Hastings to Guttenberg with a slight rise at Dam No 5, tributaries falling slowly. High pressure over the upper Mississippi valley brings clear skies and cool conditions across the north-central states with scattered showers in parts of the Appalachians and north Atlantic region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Guttenberg
Upper
Mississippi Valley
United States
Central Appalachians
North Atlantic States
Rocky Mountain
Plains and Plateau
Rockies
Oregon
Washington
California
Sliver Lake
Indio
el Centro
Pines
Wyo
Wisconsin
Author Of The Week Robert Carver North
Author Robert Carver North known for Revolt in San Marcos was born in Walton New York and educated in Andover and Union College class of 1936. His novel won the Alsace Stegner prize at Stanford where he studies contemporary revolutions at the Hoover Library. He is a member of the Explorers Club Phi Beta Kappa and Royal Geographic Society and has a wife who is American Indian and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Carver North
San Marcos
Walton
N. Y
Andover
Mass
Union College
Alsace Stegner
Stanford
Hoover Library
North
Explorers Club
Phi Beta Kappa
Royal Geographic Society
Obituaries for Ole Swiggum and Mrs Brandenburg
Ole Swiggum 79 died at a local hospital in Westby Wisconsin on Monday morning. He is survived by one brother Alfred B Swiggum of Westby. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 pm at Our Savior's Lutheran in Westby with burial in Segstad cemetery. Mrs Albertina Brandenburg born in Germany November 7 1866 funeral Thursday at 2 pm at Wesley Methodist church with burial in Oak Grove cemetery. She is survived by a daughter Elmer Thiel of La Crosse two sons Earl W of New York City and Harold F of Madison two sisters Mrs Frank Helbing of Watertown South Dakota and Mrs Charles Gauger of Clear Lake South Dakota three brothers Fred John Raasch of Watertown SD William Raasch of Castlewood SD seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Friends may call Sletten-McKee company south side chapel Wednesday 7 to 9 and at church Thursday from 12 noon until service time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Swiggum
Westby
Wis
Alfred B. Swiggum
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
H. O. Aasen
Segstad
Albertina Brandenberg
Wesley Methodist Church
Ross Conner
Oak Grove Cemetery
South Side
Sletten-McKee Company
Brandenburg
Germany
Elmer Thiel
la Crosse
Earl W
New York City
Harold F
Madison
Frank Helbing
Watertown
S. D
Charles Gauger
Clear Lake
Fred
John Raasch
William Raasch
Castlewood
Obituary: John Pinker 78 La Crosse Resident Dies at Home
John Pinker of La Crosse aged 78 died at his home Wednesday after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Anna two daughters Mrs Frank Sokolik and Mrs Walter Engler all of La Crosse three sisters Mrs Rudolph Kreutz Catherine Pinker and Mary Pinker. Funeral set for Friday 8 30 a m at Schumacher Funeral Home and 9 a m at St Wenceslaus Church with Msgr Cech officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Rosary at 7 p m Thursday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pinker
Fifth Avenue South
Anna
Frank
Mary) Sokolik
Walter
Lillian) Engler
la Crosse
Rudolph Kreutz
Catherine
Mary Pinker
Schumacher
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Msgr. F. Cech
Lawrence Kubal dies after short illness at Fort Snelling
Lawrence Kubal of Minneapolis and formerly La Crosse died July 30 at Fort Snelling after a short illness. Survived by wife Blanche two daughters Mrs Gene Schutz Mrs Ervin Keister four sons Lawrence Jr Harold Donald and Robert at home his mother Mrs Katherine Kubal 1600 South Ninth Street five brothers George Milwaukee Willard Ralph John and Edward and sister Dorothy of La Crosse Funeral services were Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kubal
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Fort Snelling
Minn
Blanche
Gene Schutz
Ervin Keister
Lawrence, Jr
Harold
Donald
Robert
Katherine Kubal
South Ninth Street
George
Milwaukee
Willard
Ralph
John
Edward
Dorothy
Infant Ronald Leonard Funeral Service Held
Funeral services for Ronald Leonard infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Leonard were conducted at 2 p m Wednesday at the Nelson funeral home with burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Dr Carl O Pederson officiated. He is survived by parents, grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Leonard of La Crosse and Mr and Mrs Leonard Scheck of Rockland, and great grandmothers Mrs Margaret Leonard and Mrs Barbara Kleinhaus of La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Leonard
Eugene Leonard
Gillette Street
Nelson Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Carl O. Pederson
Frank Leonard
la Crosse
Leonard Scheck
Rockland
Margaret Leonard
Barbara Kleinhaus
State Man Appointed Budget Chief in Customs Bureau
A 31 year old native of Menomonie Wis Wilbur H Ziehl was appointed Tuesday as budget and management chief in the customs bureau Ziehl served in field services of the agriculture and war departments before coming to Washington in 1943 with the budget bureau He joined the treasury three years later Ziehl succeeds David B Strubinger recently named assistant customs commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Menomonie
Wis
Wilbur H. Ziehl
Customs Bureau
Ziehl
Agriculture and War Departments
Budget Bureau
Treasury
David B. Strubinger
Customs
Marriages Scheduled Across Wisconsin Towns and Counties
The Daily Records lists multiple upcoming marriages across Wisconsin towns including Whitehall and La Crosse. Couples such as Lian Whitehall and Herman Hoesley, and Lorraine vanee Jereczek with Dodge, are slated for Aug and Sept ceremonies, with details of partners and locations. Also noted are a county court case for Joe Fisher, charged as a vagrant, with bond set at 500 dollars and a fine or 30 days jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Olson
Soldiers Grove
Conrad Ewers
Readstown
Ernestine Langer
Junior Good
Hillsboro
Sparta
Wis
Carl B. Sain
Grant
Margaret Ones Dexrudama
Lillian Krom
Caledonia
Minn
Jerome V. Carelius
Alvera Jensen
la Crescent
la Crosse
William J. Frisch
Ferry Street
Carol Patricia Ott
Lyle
South 25Th Street
Alice Sherpe
Viroqua
Raymond J. Weigel
South Sixth Street
Elizabeth Johnson
Mississippi Street
Carol Rodenbertd
la Venne Pederson
Barre
Kenneth Roger Krohn
Shawano
Betty Delores Dengel
Rockland
Robert William Swanbeck, Jr
Pine Street
Betty Eines
Mtd
Eighth Street
Joe Fisher
West Avenue South
Fisher
Radioactive Isotope Market Booms With Global Shipments
The Atomic Energy Commission reports booming business in radioactive isotopes with 7 613 shipments to institutions over three years. While most went to U S researchers, 21 foreign countries received 588 shipments since August 2 1946. Isotopes such as iodine phosphorus and carbon serve as tracers for research and medical uses including brain tumor detection and cancer treatment. Industrial research uses include measuring engine wear with radioactive piston rings and agriculture studies across 14 states on plant phosphorus uptake from fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge
Tenn
The
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
City Immunization Clinic Sees Forty-One Attend
Forty-one children ranging from six months to 15 years attended the fifth immunization clinic conducted by the city health department on Tuesday. Some received diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus shots while others received boosters or vaccinations. The final clinic will be held next Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the Knights of Pythias hall on the north side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
Knights of Pythias
Airlines Approved to Fly Freight Into Milwaukee
The Flying Tiger Line of Burbank and U. S. Airlines of Atlanta were authorized by the Civil Aeronautics Board to operate schedule air freight service in and out of Milwaukee on a tentative decision from April, the action affirmed Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Flying Tiger Line
Burbank
Calif
U. S. Airlines
Atlanta
Civil Aeronautics Board
Milwaukee
Wis
Schulz Enlists in U S Marines for Three Years
David E. Schulz son of Mr and Mrs Herman Schulz of Winona Minnesota enlisted in the U S Marine Corps for three years at the La Crosse marine recruiting station room 312 federal building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Schulz
Herman Schulz
Winona
Minn
U. S. Marine Corps
la Crosse
Federal Building
House subcommittee eyes five percenters in uniform trade
A House Armed Services subcommittee voted to seek Army Secretary Gordon Gray s information on any five percenters tied to the military uniform business. Rep Hebert says Gray will testify behind closed doors while Natl Assn of Uniform Manufacturers exec Sec Stanley J Cummings is away until Aug 15. Hebert notes Hunt offered 25 000 to influence Maj Gen Feldman to rescind a manufacturing order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Armed Services
Army
Gordon Gray
Hebert
D-La
Gray
Stanley J. Cummings
National Association of Uniform Manufacturers, Inc
Cummings
Brooklyn
N. Y
James V. Hunt
Hunt
Herman Feldman
Beloit pool discrimination probe underway
Wisconsin Attorney General Thomas Fairchild investigated a racial discrimination complaint at Beloit public pool after Doris La Bundy of the Beloit Socialist group said four Negro youths were barred and sent to a separate pool. He said no ruling yet and called for civic action. The governor's human rights commission and Beloit Churches Federation assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Thomas Fairchild
Beloit
Fairchild
Doris la Bundy
Beloit Socialist Organizatio
Turtle Creek
Rock County District Attorney’s
Governor’s Commission On Human Rights
Beloit Federation of Churches
Two Boats Recovered in City Waters
Police report two boats found by La Crosse residents one floating on the Mississippi River the other sunk in Black River The floating vessel is green with red trim the sunken craft is gray with a pointed bow and tin deck It was partly filled with rocks and its oarlocks were broken Further information available at the police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Mississippi River
Black River
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