Police Led On Merry Chase Ends With Wrecked Wagon
An 18 year old motorist led city police on a high speed chase through Liberty Kane and Hayes streets. The borrowed station wagon crashed into a tree at 2201 Charles street, injuring three soldiers from Camp McCoy. The wagon belonged to John R. Robinson of Omaha who had given permission for its use.
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Camp McCoy
Hayes
Charles Streets
Army
Robin K. Haymond
Bud Lanke
Liberty Street
McCoy
Charles E. Jack
Charles Street
Inter
Porthattle
Axclundene
Fairmont
W. Va
Pisano
Bascom Hylan
Hivex
City Cab Co
Eorlier
Liberty
Logan
Kane Street
Delver
Cniter
Bil
Kane
Liberty ~ Gillette Streets
Hayes Street
Night and Day Guard On Barn Near La Crescent
Officials keep continuous watch on the Al Weiser farm barn near La Crescent Minnesota as a mysterious man sought for six weeks remains at large. A search led by George Brooks of La Crosse traced scent to the Lloyd Williams farm where a break in was recorded. Marie Glynn described the man as about 50, wearing khaki pants a red and black shirt and a large hat. He had a heavy beard and used a rope to hold up his prints. Weather partly cloudy and warm tonight with a cooler day ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crescent
Minn
Houston
al Weiser
Houston-Winona
George Brooks
la Crosse
Lloyd Willams
Marie Glynn
Williams
Fem
Trey
Urges Loan Program To Aid Rural Telephone Extension
Senator Stennis urged the Senate Agriculture Committee to approve a House-passed bill creating a federal loan program to expand rural telephone service. He argued rural phones are a necessary adjunct to electricity and vital for farmers, noting small company owners fear lack of financing will block expansion and affect every rural home in counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Hev
Grand Dragon Unmasks Klan Leaders in Georgia Ban
Atlanta report says Grand Dragon Samuel Green banned three Klan Klaverns in Tennessee and Georgia after a shooting incident and rising night riding terror. Chattanooga Trenton and Lafayette Klaverns were ordered dissolved with members to surrender regalia. Chattanooga group cited in church invasion lashings and intimidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Samuel Green
Imperial
Wiszard
Wime
South
Georgia
Georgia-Tennessee
Green
Association
Chattanooga
Tenn
Trenton
Lafayette
Chattanooga Times
Bs Telephone
Hold Slim Hope For Expanding Security
Democratic leaders virtually abandoned hopes for any social security expansion this year. The House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation to blanket 11 million more people under old age insurance and boost benefits by 50 to 56 percent, with higher payroll taxes to fund the expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Ways and Means
Lewislatan
That's All Mayor Says and He Died After Session
Grovetown Georgia reports Mayor J N Fielding 55 collapsed and died shortly after dismissing a municipal court session on Tuesday night. A physician attributed the death to a heart ailment.
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Grovetown
J. N. Flelding
Heat Wave Blamed For Region Death
A heat wave caused the region death of Oscar Sherry, 58, a tobacco grower from five miles west of Viroqua, who collapsed while working on his farm. Funeral plans not yet set. The forecast for La Crosse called for partly cloudy skies and continued warmth, with a Tuesday night low near 70 and Wednesday high around 94 as heat lingered across the eastern half of the nation. Temperatures in the upper Midwest reached the 90s, with Prairie du Chien at 99 and Duluth at 94, while cooler air edged east from the Rockies, not yet reaching the area.
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Coulee
Oscar Sherry
Viroqua
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Mercury
Rockies
Dakotas
Minnesota
Associated Press
Great Lakes
Upper Midwest
Duluth
Miami
Prairie du Chien
Marquette, Mich
Train Hits Bus, 18 Children Die
Hamburg reports a deadly accident as an express train struck a holiday bus, killing eighteen German children minutes before home arrival. The tragedy underscores national grief and rail safety concerns in the aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Controversies Face Council This Week
Several controversial issues will face the common council as it begins this week with a Tuesday committee meeting at Tenay Bp. m and a Friday monthly session. The water supply condemnation by health authorities and the push for chlorination loom large, with W. P. Roellig signaling a recommendation likely Friday that will not favor chlorination. The major street plan from Mayor Henry J. Ahrens aims for final passage Friday, including rerouting highways and a bridge to the airport. Bids on sewage plant needs, storm sewers, Wall Street work, and nine site signals are also under review by the public utilities committee.
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Common Council
U. S. Public Health Service
State Board of Health
Board of Health
W. P. Roellig
Public Utilities Committee
Roellig
Henry J. Ahrens
Fred Steele
Ahrens
Seventh Street
la Crosse River
Gillette Street
Sinether
Rose Street
Black River
George Street
Hayes Street
French Island
Wall Street
Charles Street
Ninth and Jonson Streets
L1th Street
South Avenue
Green Bay Street
Arange
Three Judges To Hear CIO Rent Test
Milwaukee area suit seeks to block Wisconsin rent law enforcement. CIO alleges federal law requirements and state action clash and asks judges to restrain Ray Rose from turning rent control records over to Milwaukee County clerk pending a ruling. The case, pursued by CIO attorney Max Raskin for four individuals, will be heard by a three-judge panel led by Federal District Judge Robert Tehan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Cio
Federal Dist
Robert Tehan
Ray Rose
CIO
Wisconsin
Chicago
Tehan
Rose
Vandenberg proposes 50 percent aid cut for Western Europe program
Senator Vandenberg urged a 50 percent cash reduction in the first year’s Western Europe arms aid, suggesting about 580 million dollars be provided by Congress and the rest via later contract authorizations. Secretary Johnson urged 1.45 billion dollars be provided to safeguard U.S. security, warning of a Soviet overrun and the risk of a prolonged mobilization across the Atlantic.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Louis Johnson
Eash
Congress
Vandenbrre
Truman
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee
United States
Europe
Soviet Union
Atlantic
Pilot Rescues Two Passengers From Crashed Light Plane
In Three Lakes Wisconsin the pilot of a light plane that crashed is credited with pulling his two passengers from the burning wreck just before the craft burst into flames.
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Three Lakes
Wis
59th Inter State Fair Opens Up Wednesday
The 59th annual Inter-State Fair opens Wednesday at the La Crosse fair grounds featuring William T. Collins midway shows and Aqua Follies. Stock entries closed Aug 2 with judging starting Thursday and Saturday the horse pulling contest caps the final day.
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Fai Association
la Crosse Fair Grounds
William T. Collins
Wisconsin
Sam Howard
Boy Scout
Polio Device Sent To City Four More Cases Reported
Standby respirator relief for bulbar polio was requested and received by a local isolation ward as area cases rose to 64. Grace Hoff, a 72 year old from Sparta, is the season’s latest case, joining the youngest patient Tommy Rice, month old son of John and Mrs Rice of Sparta, and other Sparta residents Dennis Albitz aged 2, Ralph Wettstein aged 40, Edward Miller Jr aged 12, and Sape land avenue resident. City totals show 17 cases in La Crosse County with additional respirators arriving from Wisconsin Hospital Madison for use after Monday’s third device.
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Grace Hoff
Sparta
Tommy Rice
John D. Rice
Dennis Albitz
Ralph Wettstein
Denton
Edward Miller, Jr
Sapeland Avenue
City of la Crosse
Wiscons Hospital
Madison
II & A.m
Rooms sought for 45 Teachers College women
Edith Cartwright, dean of women at Saie Teachers College, requests rooms for 45 college women immediately. Anyone with rooms within reasonable distance should call the dean's office at 4004.
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Edith Cartwright
Saie Teachers College
Jackson County Cancels Fair to Curb Polio Spread
Jackson county supervisors voted unanimously to cancel the Aug 27 to 30 county fair following polio concerns. Dr. Robert Krohn urged the move and a later 4 H achievement day may occur if conditions improve. Two women died of polio in La Crosse and Eau Claire hospitals, with a premature infant also lost. Local pools closed and public gatherings banned. three DDT air sprays were ordered to curb the outbreak.
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Black River Falls
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Robert Krohn
Gerald Northup
la Crosse
Eldon Scherrer
Eau Claire
Duluth
Last major La Crosse street work ends Tuesday
La Crosse to finish this summer’s highway upgrades with highways 14 35 33 and 61 open on Third Street and South Avenue late Tuesday. Paving finished over a week ago from Cass Street to West Avenue, with markings and minor work continuing after opening. Detours and arterial changes affect Fourth Street and Jackson Street as signs adapt to new routes. Grading and bridge work north of Pigeon Falls in Trempealeau county continues, detouring 53 via WI 27 and EE to 53/EE junction.
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la Crosse
T. M. Reynolds
State Highway Department
Third Street
South Avenue
Cass Street
West Avenue
Jackson
Cashton
Westby
Fourth Street
Cass
Jackson Streets
Jackson Street
Pigeon Falls
Trempealeau County
Whitehall
Senate Passes Foreign Recovery Bill By 63 7 Vote
The Senate approved the multi billion dollar foreign recovery bill by 63 to 7 amid two weeks of wrangling. Only six Republicans and one Democrat opposed the measure, with debates focusing on socialization and economic aid. Four amendments were considered but not expected to derail final action. Page 6.
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Don Whitehead
Washington
Senate
Gene Ate
Amos
Wich
Ywie
Johna+ton
South Carolina
Capehart and
Jenner
Indian
Kenn
Missouri
Langer
North Dakota
Malone
Nevada
Williams
Delaware
Kem
Economic Cooperation Administration
Tino Senate
Louis Hill of Sparta Dies After Illness at 79
Sparta Wisconsin Louis T Hill longtime banker and former Sparta Board of Education member died Sunday after extended illness. He was 50 year Bankers Association member and a 32nd degree Mason. Funeral services 50 p m Tuesday at Sparta Episcopal Church with burial at Woodland Cemetery. Born February 28 1870 in La Crosse he lived most of his life in Sparta. Masonic rites at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hill
Sparta
Louis T
Frenk
Bankers Association
Sparta Hoard
Educaton
Sparta Episcopal
Ra A. Hill
Mary Elizabeth Tyler
Shim
Bank of Sparta
Pushbuttons and Tribune Want Ads Power Home Ease
A dash of potent pushbuttons lets a star control car lights gate radio and furnace from three miles away. Tribune want ads offer similar power to hire help or even buy a house and car. For prompt results call 3689.
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Hollywood
Tribune
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Merry Chase
Waxon
Offietary
Birk
Jts
Hylan
Raymond
Gitlelnts
Wigan
John R. Robinson
Omaha
Nebr
Robinson
Grand Dragon
KKK
Klaverns
Council
Ambato
Ecuador
Curee
NEA Telephoto
CIO jAtty
Max Raskin
Teachers College
Jackson Fair
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