No Fighter Touches B 36 Says Kenney in Testimony
George Kenney, in testimony to the House Armed Services Committee, called the B 36 a superb combat plane able to operate at 40 000 feet where no fighter could reach it. He followed earlier remarks by former War Secretary Patterson who defended a 1943 pre test order for 100 B 36s and admitted taking responsibility for the move to hasten production. Patterson said his involvement aimed to pursue production despite the aircraft not yet tested and questioned the contract’s circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kenney
Kenney
House
Armed Services Committee
Robert P. Patterson
Water safety talk stresses chlorine levels for La Crosse system
Dr. Weidner argues untreated ground water caused most early epidemics and urges safeguards for La Crosse water. He notes 2 parts per million chlorine beyond organic material is sufficient and plans taste tests at the Aug 24 Optimists meeting. Guests F. J. Valentine and Bob Philips attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Weidner
la Crosse
Ence
Chicago
Milwaukee
State Board of Health
Dr. Weidner
Optimists Club
F. J. Valentine
George Hall
Bob Philips
St. Paul, Minn
John Haddad
Youngsters Donate to March of Dimes at Washington Playground
Children at the Washington playground carnival raised 2 in nickels pennies and dimes for the local March of Dimes fund. The event was organized by Playground Director Ann Van Zant and conducted during summer recreation activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Playground
March of Dimes Fund
Ann van Zant
Fair Weather At The Grounds Draws Crowds
Midgets from a carnival show will visit St Michael's orphanage and the La Crosse Home for Children on Friday to entertain the youngsters. The Rotary club luncheon featured the performers. A horse pulling contest Saturday at 9 am will have three classes based on team weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sters
St. Michael’s Orphanage
la Crosse
Rotary Club
Racine Council weighs airport sale offer
Racine Wis The common council airport committee met to consider selling the Racine Horlick airport to the city for 175000. The offer from Batten Realty Co owner P H Batten would be withdrawn if not acted on within 60 days and covers 266 acres including runways landing strips hangars and admin buildings minus two small structures. City officials and businessmen recently toured the state to study municipal airports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Common Council
Racine Horlick
P. H. Batten
Batten Realty Co
Batten
Funeral services for Lawrence Livingston
Lawrence Livingston of Paint Creek township dies Tuesday. Funeral held Thursday at St. Pius Catholic Church with Rev. Francis Cassidy. Survived by wife Harriet Kelly. three sons James John Keith. two daughters Ann Marian. three brothers Leo Gregory Paul. five sisters Joseph Walker Waukon Junction C Nichols on James Williams Harpers Ferry Sister Mary Lee Cedar Rapids Sister Mary Anthony Kalispell Mont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Lawrence Livingston
St. Pius Catholic Church
Francis Cassidy
Livingston
Paint Creek Township
Harriet Kelly
James
John
Keith
Ann
Marian
Leo
Gregory
Paul
Joseph Walker
Waukon Junction
C. Nicholson
James Williams
Funeral services for Henry Grangaard in Paint Creek
Henry Grangaard 67 died Wednesday at his daughter Mrs. Robert Anderson’s home in the Eton area. Services will be held Saturday at the old East Paint Creek church with Rev. Baalsom officiating. Born Dec 11 188? in Paint Creek township he lived there until ill health forced retirement with his wife Guda Lander. Survived by daughters Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Frank Bechtel Lansing a son Henry Grangaard Jr a brother Alex Waterville and three sisters in South Dakota.
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Anderson
Frank Bechtel
Lansing
Henry Grangaard, Jr
Alex
Waterville
South Dakota
Mrs Knud Villand 89 Dies After Minneapolis Fall
Mrs Knud Villand aged 89 died August 9 in a Minneapolis hospital from injuries after a fall at her daughter’s home. Born Theoline Olson May 26 1860 in Norway she married Knud Villand July 6 1881 in Oslo. They settled in America in 1883 living in Sauk Rapids then Westby since 1884. Survived by two daughters Mrs Hjalmer Halverson Chippewa Falls and Mrs Henshaw and two sons Edwin and Carl Westby. husband and oldest son Oscar preceded her in death. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran church.
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Westby
Wis
Knud Villand
Minneapolis
A. E. Henshaw
Theoline Olson
Norway
Oslo
America
Sauk Rapids
Minn
Coal Operators Meet With John L. Lewis
Northern and western coal operators met with John L. Lewis to renew contract talks amid rumors of a new walkout by United Mine Workers and a potential extension of the three day work week. The discussions follow Lewis signaling contract termination 60 days ago, with no official comment from either side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
Northern and Western
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mississippi
Lewis
Reaction To Hoover Talk Follows Normal Pattern
Washington reports congressional reaction to Herbert Hoover's claim that the U S is moving toward a powerful state. Republicans and southern Democrats support Hoover while Administration Democrats oppose him. Senator Myers calls Hoover out of date, Capehart warns of socialization, and McCarthy urges action on government reorganization bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Palo Alto
Calif
Myers
Pennsylvania
Senate
Capehart
R-Ind
Indiana
Congress
McCarthy
R-Wis
Kefauver denounces dangerous basing point bill in Senate
Senator Kefauver argues the basing point legislation is dangerous by confounding unfair methods of competition. He urges killing the bill or adopting House amendments to curb price discrimination against small businesses. Senator Long seeks to revive Senate action and conference talks proceed as factions differ over monopolistic pricing risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Long
D-La
Congress
Douglas
D-Ill
Car Thefts Reported Around North City and Depot Area
Police logged two thefts from cars in the northern city. one victim at 912 Caledonia Street saw entry via vent window and losses of a briefcase and clothing worth 100 dollars. Another motorist on 2421 George Street reported clothing and a pistol stolen after entry through a ventilator window. A young man was seen fleeing in a possibly 1935 Ford without headlights. Additionally cigarettes were stolen from La Crosse Transit Co. employee cars at the north streetcar barns by a boy and girl aged about 11 and 14, with three similar thefts since Aug. 4. Threshers killed 189 rats in a single corn stack at Westley England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Western Railroad
Clair van Sickle
Caledonia Street
Arthur Ryan
George Street
la Crosse Transit Co
Flanagan cites Hunt files in sale of automotive parts
Investigation in a St. Louis led by Mundt mentions Flanagan reading a letter from Hunt to Oehler dated August 7 1947. The memo claimed confidential information and carte blanche to sell automotive parts valued at about 100 million in acquisition value, with plans to direct the program and time ripe to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mundt
Hunt
Oehler
Flanagan
Makeshift Iron Lung Saves Life in Illinois Town
In Bloomington Illinois eight year old polio victim Rudy Landherr survived after a handmade plywood iron lung saved his life. Sister Celine administrator at St Josephs hospital said the boy was placed in the improvised device Wednesday night when two regular lungs were occupied. Fifteen local men built the lung at Eureka Williams Boston Co using a tractor inner tube washing machine motor a large washtub hydraulic mobile jack an alarm clock and household switches. The company offered blueprints to others and builders said assembly could take 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Rudy Landherr
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Celine
Morrison
Normal
Eureka-Williams
Boston
Pair Held In Robbery Of Beloit Gas Station
Beloit police arrested David M. Roberts and Robert Webster after a lightless car fled a Beloit filling station with a knife wielding robber taking 32 dollars from attendant Darrell McMillan. The pair denied involvement and were to be arraigned Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Wis
David M. Roberts
Robert Webster
Darrell McMillan
Webster
Obituary for Rev P E Lorentzen Former Calvary Pastor
Rev P E Lorentzen 56 longtime Calvary Baptist pastor died suddenly in Chicago. Funeral at Albany Park Baptist Church Illinois with burial in Mount Olive. Survived by wife Anna and children Melvin Effie. Born Muskegon Michigan March 14 1893, educated at Northern Baptist Seminary Chicago.
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P. E. Lorentzen
Calvary Baptist Church
Chicago
Albany Park Baptist Church
Mount Olive
Lorentzen
Albany Park Church
Wilson Avenue
Anna
Melvin
Effie
Logan Street
Peter Elias Lorentzen
Muskegon, Mich
Elling
Caroline Lorentzen
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Logan Square
First Baptist
la Crosse
Franksville
Waupaca
Wis
Northern Seminary
Albany Park
Norwegian Baptist Conference of America
PTA
Wood man spares a dead elm with dangerous fall
Bartonville volunteer fire chief Sam Ball felled a dead elm Wednesday. The tree toppled across four 1300 volt power lines causing $2000 in direct damage plus up to $10000 to nearby homes and businesses. Electric gear failed, power outages hit Kingston Mines Mapleton Bartonville and two coal mines. Water pumps at Broadmoor Heights were down eight hours and several cars were damaged. Bartonville near Peoria with 2000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartonville
Ill
Sam Ball
Ball
Central Illinois Light Company
Kingston Mines
Mapleton
Broadmoor Heights
Peoria
Local Engineers Attend Conference in Green Bay
Four La Crosse members of the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers attended the summer conference at Green Bay on August 5 and 6. The group included Frank Carlson, La Kehoe, Mel Noth, and Richard C. Clark, with wives of the first two joining. Alan G. Stanford, president of the National Society of Professional Engineers, delivered the main address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers
Green Bay
Frank Carlson
la Kehoe
Mel Noth
Richard C. Clark
Alan G. Stanford
National Society of Professional Engineers
Mrs Lida Messick Dies in Los Angeles
Mrs Lida Messick formerly of La Crosse and Dresbach Minnesota died in Los Angeles Sunday. Survived by daughters Mrs Eva Nelson and Mrs Cyril Clow three grandchildren Mrs Alfred Mueller and Mrs Bernard Quilling of Los Angeles and William M Clow Dresbach and one great grandchild. Funeral at 2 p m Sunday from the Methodist church Dresbach with Rev Paul Metzger officiating Burial in Dresbach village cemetery Friends may call at Hellwig Morris funeral chapel Saturday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida Messick
la Crosse
Dresbach, Minn
Los Angeles
Calif
Eva Nelson
Cyril Clow
Alfred Mueller
Bernard Quilling
William M. Clow
Dresbach
Methodist
Paul Metzger
Dresbach Village
Hellwig- Morris
Fall Kills Wisconsin Farmer in Hay Rack Accident
Frank P. Crotty 59 a Wayne Township farmer died in a highway 11 fall incident when a loaded hay rack toppled over on Wednesday. Local sheriff said the casualty occurred in Darlington Wisconsin authorities investigated the scene and identified Crotty as the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlington
Wis
Highway 11
Frank P. Crotty
Wayne Township
Coffee origins debated between South America and Ethiopia
The text notes a claim that coffee is not native to South America and suggests its discovery may trace to Abyssinia, highlighting a historical dispute over the beverage’s origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Abysinnia
Fatal bus crash near Bloomington shocks Indiana towns
Preliminary exam shows no mechanical failure in the Indiana bus wreck. Driver Wayne Cranmer 25 Indianapolis said steering gear or tire blowout could have caused the crash. Mrs Arminta Brown 61 Indianapolis and Homer G Brown 55 died. Arminta was mother of late racer Wild Bill Cummings. The southbound bus from Indianapolis to Evansville struck a bridge abutment on state road 37 and burned north of Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Cranmer
Indianapolis
Arminta Brown
Wild Bill Cummings
Homer G. Brown
Evansville
Strikin
Bloomington
Citizens Asked to Share Pool With Fair Workers
La Crosse residents were urged to allow fair visitors and concession workers to use the municipal pool. Health officer Dr. Garland Weidner and recreation chief E. P. Hartl said sharing would comfort visitors and residents and reduce polio-related personal contacts.
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la Crosse
Garland Weidner
E. P. Harti
Weidner
Hartl
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Pepsi-Cola Co
la Cresse
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Westley
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Carload Sale
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