GOP And Dems Prepare Million Dollar Autumn Campaigns
Washington officials said both parties plan to spend about 1 million dollars each on autumn congressional campaigns across about 20 states and 90 districts including Wisconsin. GOP bets split roughly 800k for house races and 200k for senate, while Democrats expect up to 1.25 million total with no fixed house senate split.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Senate
National Committee
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Indiana
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Utah
West Virginia
Wyoming
Mystery unlocks stray Philadelphia horses prank pulled
In Philadelphia on August 5 1946 stray horses trotted streets after pranksters allegedly knocked off the livery stable door lock. Abe Rothblett a 70 year old stable owner said the horses were driven from his stable and police rounded up mares over the past four nights.
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Philadelphia
Abe Rothblett
Rothblett
Obituaries for Burns area residents headlining multiple deaths
Grace Wood of Burns dies at 71 after lingering illness born February 25 1874 in West Salem survived by husband one daughter granddaughter sister and brother funeral Tuesday 2 pm at Bangor Presbyterian Church burial Burns cemetery also reported James Naughton aged 71 of North Seventh Street dies at home Saturday born May 31 1875 in Elgin Illinois survived by two brothers and a nephew funeral details include St Josephs Cathedral with burial in Catholic cemetery reported next deceased woman from Onalaska with extended family funeral arrangements set at Nelson and Lewis Valley Latheined churches burial at church cemetery call for viewing Tuesday evening
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Frank
Grace) Wood
Burns
West Salem
William
Dorothy) Howard
Chicago
Ida Ketchner
South Pasadena
Calif
George Phillips
Dubuque
Bangor Presbyterian Church
FF. Parsons
Burns Cemetery
James Naughton
North Seventh Street
Elgin
Til
Daniel
Huntington Park
Lee Forrest Brown
Madden
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Peter Pape
Local Lady Feeds Dinner to Pets AfterGas Trouble
A Wisconsin resident described severe stomach gas and constipation that left her unable to eat, feeding meals to pets instead. After trying TRU LEX she reports relief from gas and constipation, praising its herbal formula and recommending it to others.
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Trulex
Wisconsin
Rudolph Rick 79 Dies After Short Illness at Local Hospital
Rudolph Pat Rick aged 79 of 215 South Third Street died Monday morning in a local hospital after a brief illness. Survived by four brothers Henry La Crosse Charles Albert and Harry Stoddard and three sisters Ida Hoch Minnie Palmer and Mrs Frank Kroll. Funeral Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Hellwig Morris chapel with Rev R F Halberg officiating. Burial in Stoddard village cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday afternoon and evening.
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Lewis Valley
Carl O. Pederson
Church
Nelson
Rudolph
Pat) Rick
South Third Street
Henry
la Crosse
Charles
Albert
Harry
Stoddard
Ida Hoch
Minnie Palmer
Frank Kroll
St. Mary’s
Ida
Hellwig-Morris
R. F. Halberg
Plan Aviation Event In Wild Rose Wis Field Day
The Citizens club of Wild Rose Wisconsin hosts an aviation field day on August 10 from 2 to 6 PM to boost local flying interest. T K Jordan of the aeronautics commission speaks at 4 PM. lunch is served, and there are tours to nearby sights. The event offers hotel discounts, fuel on site, and plane safety guarding, with contingencies to use Waupaca airport in crosswinds.
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Citizens Club of
Wild Rose
Wis
T. K. Jordan
The
Aeronautics Commission
Waupaca
Birthday Greeting for Carrie Peterson at 1927 Wood Street
A newspaper brief notes a birthday for Mrs. Carrie Peterson residing at 1927 Wood Street. It mentions Kid skin tanning as one of the few modern industries still largely handcrafted.
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Carrie Peterson
Wood Street
Begin Construction Project In Hokah Hokah Minn Highway Work Starts
Hokah Minnesota special report: main street highway through the village begun Friday by Hecter Construction of Hecter with gasoline shovels and bulldozers. Crew removed road crown and cut down large trees along curbs, including maples hacks and elms. A crushed rock fill will be laid, later surfaced with a bituminous top. Curbs gutters and walks to be built along 1.7 miles.
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Hokah
Minn
Hecter Construction Company
Hecter
Pickets Arrested As Rex Plant Reopens In Indiana
In Connersville Indiana fourteen pickets were arrested by state police as Rex Manufacturing reopened with guardsmen at the gates. Gov. Ralph F Gates ordered 200 state guardsmen and 130 state police on duty after a circuit court injunction blocked interference with workers entering the plant.
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Connersville
Ind
Rex Manufacturing Company
Ralph F. Gates
Fayette County
Rex Company
State Buys Land In Wisconsin Conservation Units
Gov. Goodland approved 1960s land purchases by the conservation department totaling 1 976 acres for 10 866 dollars. The parcels include 1 289 acres for winter deer yards in Tron county for 3 536 dollars, 519 acres in the Cedarburg bog near Saukville for 6 350 dollars for hunting fishing and forestry study, 168 acres in Brule River state forest for 780 dollars, and a lot in the Northern Highland state forest for 200 dollars.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
Conservation Department
Tron County
Cedarburg
Saukville
Brule River
Highland
Daily Records COUNTY COURT La Crosse fines and bonds list
Public court notices from La Crosse detail fines for motor vehicle violations including operating without due caution registration and license. Several defendants face jail terms or bonds. actions include obstructing traffic and drunken and disorderly conduct with multiple property transfers noted.
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Angelo Gachet
West Salem
Arthur Frank Puffer
R. 1
la Crosse
M. P. Ayers
Ferry Street
Joan F. Curran
Bangor
Cecil Rochester
Kane Street
Marilyn Delaney
Loomis Street
Bond
Edward Lummins
Camden
N. J
Albert Lea
Minn
Mary Jane Colby
Jerry Tibbets
Milwaukee
May Rests at Home Amid War Profits Probe
Rep. Andrew J. May lies bed-bound in Prestonburg under physician orders after a general collapse worsened by a chronic heart condition. The congressman, subpoenaed by a Senate committee over wartime roles in the Garsson munitions combine, halted public appearances as Congress adjourned. May, recently named in a War Profits inquiry, returned from Washington and did not vote in Kentucky’s primary while in seclusion.
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Ing
Prestonburg
May
Kentucky
Senate
Garsson
Mead
Congress
House
Combine
Andrew J. May
John Archer
House Military Committee
Bond Sales Jump in July Savings Bonds Totals
Americans bought 752.985 million dollars in savings bonds in July, the Treasury reported. The E, F and G series combined sales topped all months since January by a wide margin, with E series redemptions totaling 442.196 million against new purchases of 386.476 million.
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Washington
Treasury
NEW CRUISERS DOOMED REMAINS OF CUTLASS TO SHIPWRECK YARD
The destroyer H M S Cutlass slid from the Clyde launchways as one of six new ships but will not be commissioned. It will only make a voyage to a shipwrecker's yard. The vessels have no superstructures or fittings and all steel will return to merchant shipbuilding. Several other new launches faced the same fate.
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H.M.S. Cutlass
Clyde
Scotland
Glasgow
Noted football official Patrick Reagan dies at 54
Deaths Sunday list AP reports Patrick L Reagan a nationally known college football game official dies at 54 in Steelton Pa. Also noted were Venezuelan ambassador Don Alfredo Machado Hernandez 58 and former Polish finance minister Ignacy Matuszewski 55 among others in New York Buenos Aires and Washington obituaries.
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Associated Press
Steelton, Pa
Patrick L. Reagan
Washington
Don Alfredo Machado Hernandez
United States
New York
Ignacy Matuszewski
Budapest
Wisconsin Legion Convention Parade Crowds State Meet
The Wisconsin department of the American Legion held a victory convention parade with eight to ten deep crowds. Over 60 musical groups from Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana joined a four hour pageant that delayed bus routes in Kenosha Milwaukee interurban lines. Virginia Heinish won best baton twirler and Racine post won best float. Archie Lackeshire post Sturgeon Bay earned the Pindill trophy for community service among posts with 200 plus members. Appleton named 1947 state convention city after a floor fight with Madison. A resolution by the Americanism committee denounced the Ku Klux Klan as subversive and un-American.
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Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Illinois
Indiana
Kenosha-Milwaukee
Virginia Heinish
West Allis Post
Racine Legion
Archie Lackeshire
Sturgeon Bay
Legion
Blatz Post
Milwaukee
Appleton
Madison
Department
Americanism Committee
Ku Klux Klan
Death notices for Rev Otto E Schmidt and Agnes Fritz
Funeral services are planned for Rev Otto E Schmidt 73 retired manager of Aase Haugen Home Decorah Iowa with burial at Decorah Lutheran cemetery. He died Friday August 2 after over a year of ill health. In Lansing Iowa funeral arrangements are pending for Agnes Fritz who died Saturday afternoon after a short illness. Her services will be at Immaculate Conception Church with burial at Gethsemane Cemetery.
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Decorah la
Otto Schimat
Aase Haugen
Decorah
Decorah Lutheran Church
Lansing
Agnes Fritz
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Henry Scharphoff
Gethsemenne Cemetery
Lena Seymour, 89, dies in Sparta at home
Mrs Lena R Seymour aged 89 died Sunday at 2 am at her home on South Elm street Sparta Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 30 pm at Lanham funeral home Rev E E Clark to officiate Burial in Mount Hope cemetery
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Sparta
Lena R. Seymour
South Elm Street
Lanham Funeral Home
E. E. Clark
Mount Hope Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. Orvilla Richards held in Sparta
Funeral services for Mrs. Orvilla Richards were conducted today at Lanham mortuary at two o clock. The Rev. A. E. Fredricks officiated and burial followed in Pilgrim's Home cemetery at Norwalk.
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Sparta
Wis
Orvilla Richards
Lanham Mortuary
A. E. Fredricks
Pilgrim’s Home Cemetery
Norwalk
Mrs James Welch 83 Dies at Merrillan Home
Mrs James Welch aged 83 died Monday morning at the home of her son in Merrillan Wisconsin after a lingering illness Funeral arrangements are complete and will be announced by the family at a later time.
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Merrillan
Wis
James Welch
Seek Stolen Vehicle Monroe County Car Traced by Offenders
Monroe county sheriff's department seeks help from La Crosse county officers to locate a 1934 Chevrolet sedan stolen in Monroe county on Saturday. The vehicle bears Wisconsin plate 45 707 129, has a white star on the right side of the hood, and a missing rear bumper. It is painted black.
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Monroe County
Marines in China Will Shoot Back Says Commander
Admiral Charles M. Cooke Jr. said U S Marines in north China remain at full strength and will shoot back if attacked. He confirmed Chinese Communist attackers killed four Marines in the July 29 ambush near Piping. Current force about 22,000 to 23,000. unofficial peak earlier estimated at 50,000.
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Shanghai
China
Adi
Charles M. Cooke, Jr
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Pieping
Admiral Cooke
Laundry Stolen From Car Reported In Market Square
Irene Martin of 131 South Ninth street reported to central police that laundry was stolen from her parked car in Market Square on Sunday morning. The box contained five wash dresses two bath towels face cloths and other articles and some food items as well.
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Irene Martin
South Ninth Street
Central Police
Market Square
Machine Shop Burns On Schuber Farm Near Galesville
GALESVILLE Wis Special A machine shop on the Schubert farm four miles west of Galesville burned Friday with substantial loss. Fire likely started from a back-fire in the farm light plant. General tools, roofing oils and items were lost. The adjacent granary was saved though one end was charred and grain damaged by water. Water supply was drained and extra water carried from the Carl Schubert farm. Mrs Schubert's loss is insured.
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Galesville
Wis
Henry Schubert
Schuebert
Carl Schubert
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