La Crosse 4-H Leaders Announce State Fair Entrants
La Crosse county will send four 4-H girls and five 4-H boys to the Wisconsin State Fair with free trips and contest eligibility. Doris Moen will enter food preservation and demonstrate vegetable freezing. Ruth Chalsma, Lorna Barclay, and Carol Price will compete in clothing, state dress, and demonstrations. Dairy, live stock, and crops judging entries include Ervin Nuttleman, Dwayne La Fleur, Harlan Meyer, John Ofstedahl, and John Gilsdorf. Emil J. Schiesser notes calves and pigs will join junior livestock shows.
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la Crosse County
Doris Moen
Council Prairie Club
Ruth Chalsma
New Amsterdam Club
Lorna Barclay
Adams Valley
Carol Price
Midway-Brice Prairie
Ervin Nuttleman
Pleasant Valley
Dwayne la Fleur
New Amsterdam
Harlan Meyer
John Ofstedahl
Union Mills
John Gilsdorf
Bangor Club
Emil J. Schiesser
Roger Buswell
Mindoro
Neshonoc
Anita Gundlach
Germain A. Davison
Five New Yorkers Nabbed in Berlin Paris Smuggling Ring
An army CID announcement reports a criminal network tied to a New York City family, with two members captured in Berlin and Paris and three others linked to the smuggling operation.
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Berlin
New York City
Army
Criminal Investigation Department
Paris
Start Second Week Of Natural Gas Hearings In Washington
The second week of a federal power commission natural gas hearing opened with plans for an $84 million Texas to Michigan pipeline. The Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Co says the line would deliver over 630 000 MCF daily and serve Maryville Missouri Mount Pleasant Burlington Fort Madison Keokuk Iowa and 13 Wisconsin cities. The project schedule shows initial costs around 56.8 million with total outlay at 84.1 million after four years. The amended plan adds Wisconsin cities Green Bay Sheboygan Appleton Oshkosh Fond du Lac Manitowoc Two Rivers and Stoughton while dropping Illinois and most Iowa towns. Gas would be stored in Michigan depleted fields to allow year round operation.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Texas
Michigan
Maryville
Mount Pleasant
Burlington
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Wisconsin
Michigan - Wisconsin Pipeline Co
American Light & Traction Co
Green Bay
Sheboygan
Appleton
Oshkosh
Fond du Lac
Manitowoc
Two Rivers
Stoughton
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan-Wisconsin
Austin
Plan To Exhume More Victims In Indiana Poisoning Case
Jefferson County authorities plan to exhume four more bodies after mercury was found in the remains of Minnie McConnell who died in 1945 under care of Lottie Lockman a 62 year old housekeeper charged with murder. Coroner Haigh ordered exhumations of Uncle Fred Giddings Hattie Calhoun Frank Lockman and Wallace Lockman. The case centers on suspected mercury poisoning in Dupont and Burlington Iowa.
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Madison
Ind
Jefferson County
Lottie
Tot) Lockman
Lockman
R. N. Harger
Minnie McConnell
McConnell
Donald Bear
Harry E. Nichols
Fred” Giddings
Hattie Calhoun
Frank Lockman
Wallace Lockman
Giddings
Dupont
Calhoun
Burlington
Harger
Haigh
Eugene Cooper
Mamie McConnell
Here
Mannie McConnell
Weather Outlook for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Tonight and Tuesday
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions with scattered thundershowers near the Mississippi River in Wisconsin. Minnesota expects partly cloudy skies with slowly rising temperatures and scattered showers. Iowa notes considerable cloudiness with showers west and cooler east, with Tuesday mostly cloudy and occasional thundershowers.
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Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Iowa
River Forecast From Hastings to Guttenberg In
Forecast notes very little change in river stages across Hastings to Guttenberg for several days unless effective rains arrive. The bulletin signals stagnant levels and limited movement in the district.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Weather Map Shows High Pressure Over Great Lakes Region
The morning weather map indicates a large high pressure area centered over the Great Lakes bringing cool northerly winds and fair weather to the eastern half of the nation while the south Atlantic states remain unsettled. Western low pressures near California eastern Colorado and northern Wyoming are linked to rainfall in the Rockies and plains.
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Great Lakes
South Atlantic
California
Colorado
Wyoming
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Montana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Dakotas
Jap Gets Life for 1944 Panay Beheadings
Former Japanese army captain Jiro Motoki, charged with beheading four Filipino civilians on Panay island in 1944, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a war crimes commission.
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Manila
Jiro Motoki
Panay Island
Fire and court notices dominate La Crosse records
Daily Records reports car fires and smoke alarm calls in La Crosse area plus transfers of real estate in La Crosse county and multiple county and police court actions. The entry lists incidents Aug 11 to Aug 12 including vehicle fires, intoxication, speeding, and drunken driving penalties, along with several real estate deeds and court penalties across multiple towns.
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Emil Nissier
Adams Street
Wisconsin Theater
Main Street
Home Accident Injury Rate Cited At Six And Half Seconds
A statistic notes that a person sustains an injury in a home accident roughly every six and a half seconds, highlighting the prevalence of domestic injuries and the need for safety measures.
Dairy Show Winners Highlight Inter State Fair Judging
Robert Gilster won grand champion Holstein female in a 4 H dairy show at the Inter State fair with multiple firsts and seconds across Holstein Guernsey Jersey and Brown Swiss classes. Donavan Glennie claimed grand champion Holstein male while Jersey and Beef classes awarded numerous top spots to Hall Ramm Gollnick and Pralle among others.
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Burke
Robert Gilster
Robert
Donavan Glennie
Jerry Jewett
Douglas Jewett
Robert Elliott
Robert Rhyme
Guernsey
la Crosse County
Robert Nuttleman
Lester Pralle
Fred W. Schomberg
la Verne Hall
Jersey
Vergill Ramm
Dean Waldenberger
Donovan Glennie
Harry Meinking
John Kish
Evelyn van Dunk
Gordon van Dunk
Richard Granum
Gracie Guernsey
Fred Schomberg
David Miller
William Schomberg
Morris Meyer
Perry Anderson
Gracie
Arnold Gollnick
Wallace Moilien
John Ofstedahl
la Verne Sjuggerud
Ellen Jane Hall
Arnold Golinick
Deaths of Willard W. Cole and Mitchell Red Cloud
Willard W. Cole 72 died of a heart attack August 9 in Alma Center Wisconsin after a fall at a feed mill. He was a Spanish American War veteran and retired barber, survived by four sons a daughter two mothers and a wife. services held August 11 at the Alma Center Methodist Church. Mitchell Red Cloud 50 died August 10 in Black River Falls Wisconsin after years bedridden. survived by wife Nellie and three sons Mitchell Merlin and Randall. He wrote Heap Tepee Talk for Banner-Journal and helped with Jackson County archives. Burial at Alma Center cemetery for Cole and a memorial service in Black River Falls.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Willard W. Cole
Alma Center
Cole
Tabor
Black Rover Falls
Sidney J. Jensen
Hixton
Lester Cole
Ellen Cole
Oak Grove
Dodge County
Andaughter
Mmes
Ellen Palmer
Lottie Gault
Neillsville
Isadore Ister
Milwaukee
Elsie Hart
Baraboo
Ellen Dagen Cole
Emma Cole
Methodist Church
American Legion
Sachtsen
Merrillan
Mitchell Red Cloud
Hatley
John Red Cloud
Nellie Red Cloud
Mitchell
Merlin
Randall
Life-long Centerville resident Herman L. Halderson dies at 73
Herman L. Halderson 73 a longtime Centerville resident and farmer who bought livestock and served in Trempealeau county politics died at his home Sunday after a long illness. He leaves his wife three daughters Ruth Lacia Mary Olson and Helen all of La Crosse and sisters Stella M. and Tena A. Halderson of Winona. Services Tuesday at 2 pm at the family home with Rev. George Marshall officiating and burial in Centerville Evergreen Cemetery.
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Centerville
Wis
Herman L. Halderson
Andrew Halderson
Hala
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Trempealeau
Trempealeau County
Board of Supervisors
Ruth Lacia
Martin
Mary) Olson
Helen
la Crosse
Stella M
Tena A. Halderson
Winona
Minn
George Marshall
Centerville Evergreen Cemetery
Airport routes eyed linking Midwest and Great Lakes hubs
CAB officials hear proposals to extend service with three feeder routes across Wisconsin and beyond. Proposals connect Duluth Superior to Chicago via Ashland Ironwood Rhinelander Wausau Clintonville Oshkosh and Milwaukee with a Clintonville to Milwaukee link via Appleton Sheboygan. A third route would run Minneapolis Saint Paul through Rochester La Crosse Stevens Point Clintonville Green Bay Sturgeon Bay Menominee Iron Mountain to Marquette Michigan.
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Duluth-Superior
Chicago
Ashland
Ironwood
Rhinelander
Wausau
Clintonville
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
Appleton
Sheboygan
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rochester
la Crosse
Stevens Point
Green Bay
Sturgeon Bay
Menominee
Iron Mountain
Marquette
Mich
Settlement Reached In Brieske Land Dispute
An out of court settlement ends the Ben Brieske case against Ridgeville and Wilton Townships. Brieske protested land needed for a road as Judge O W Sprecher named commissioners to view the site and hear testimony before the matter was dropped.
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Sparta
Wis
Ben Brieske
Ridgeville
Wilton
Brieske
O. W. Sprecher
Mrs. Frederick Welke 69 Died After Stroke in Wis Hospital
Mrs. Frederick Welke age 69 died at the Whitehall hospital after a weeklong stroke suffered at a daughter’s home in Kenosha. Funeral services were held at Rhode chapel and St. Paul Lutheran church with Rev. H. W. Neubauer officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. She was born Sept 4 1876 in Hale town. Survived by three daughters one brother five sisters and two grandchildren.
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Whitehall
Wis
Frederick Welke
Whitehall Hospital
Kenosha
Hale
Rhineheld
Wilhelmina Sielaff
Welke
Alfred
Ida) Everson
Edwin
Mabel) Gunderson
Ettrick
Marjorie Sielaff
The
Waves
Philadelphia
Fred
Osseo
Carl Knutson
Elk Creek
Bertha Schroeder
Ernest Sielaff
Pleasantville
Paul Schroeder
Carl Schaefer
Soviet proposal on Dardanelles joint defense with Turkey
Informed sources say the Soviet Union proposed placing the Dardanelles under joint defense with Turkey. The idea was in a Soviet Montreux convention modification application discussed by the Turkish cabinet in a lengthy session yesterday.
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Istanbul
Soviet Union
Dardanelles
Russia
Turkey
Montreux
Three Teen Aged Looters Linked to Culbertson Son
Three teenage boys including Ely Culbertson's 17 year old son were jailed in Rockland County for grand larceny involving radio and radar gear taken from ships in the Hudson. The trio aroused after a seaman described a flotilla awaiting junking and were arraigned and jailed for grand jury action. Ely Culbertson denounced the punishment as excessive, calling it a boyish prank.
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New York
N. Y
Ely Culbertson
Rockland County
Hudson River
Bruce Ely Culbertson
Harry Anderson Atslett
Harry Maxwell Keiser
Cpl
Clarence Sullivan
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
New York State Police
Hudson
Sparta Records Multiple Auto Accidents Friday Night
Sparta authorities investigated several minor auto accidents. Gorman Gillan struck Walter Dutton’s mailbox and guard posts at Angelo. Ernie De Witt’s door damaged by Harry Brooks. Hurley Showen and Idessa Brooks collided on West Main Street. Ver Jones and Clarence Marx involved in a Ridgeville crash injuring five year old Richard Marx.
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Sparta
Wis
Gorman Gillan
Camp McCoy
Walter Dutton
Angelo
Gilan
Jefferson and
Water Streets
Ernie de Witt
de Witt
Harry
Fred Handy
Tomah
Robert Hanson
Byron
Traffic Accidents Reported Across City Streets
A series of weekend crashes caused various damages across town. William Roelig and Marion Hafner collided at 13th and Badger streets, with Roelig’s car damaged $75 and Hafner’s $10. no injuries. A hit-and-run at State and Second streets damaged a parked car about $100, with no witnesses. Sgt Floyd Blackdeer’s vehicle and Norman Melde’s car collided on Rose street causing $150 and $50 in damages respectively.
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la Crosse Street
Rottman
Brestow
Campbell Machine
William P. Roellig
North 13Th Street
Marion J. Hafner
State Street
13Th
Badger Streets
Hafner
Roellig
Badger Street
William Twieg
South Avenue
State
Second
Floyd L. Blackdeer
Onalaska
Norman A. Melde
Rose Street
Blackdeer
Melde
Father And Daughter Drowned At Waterford
Jerome Komorowski 38 and his four year old daughter Gloria of Milwaukee drowned in the Fox river Saturday while sailing a skiff. The empty boat was found after they failed to return to the family cottage at Waterford Woods, Racine County.
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Waterford
Wis
Jerome Komorowski
Gloria
Milwaukee
Fox River
Racine
Robert Matheson
Waterford Woods
Fish yields handbag found near Isle of Man
A trawler crew near the Isle of Man recovered a woman's handbag from a fish. Inside were $46, ration books and clothing coupons. The bag, identified as Miss L. N. Morgan of Blackpool England, had been dropped into the sea from Blackpool North Pier a week earlier and swept away.
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Isle of Man
Glasgow
Scotland
L. N. Morgan
Blackpool
England
North Pier
Pledges Fly Fast As Candidates Put On Final Campaign Spurt
Campaign chatter filled the night as candidates made last minute appeals before the primary. Wisconsin figures including Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman endorsed Immell for governor amid GOP rifts while La Follette warned of voter apathy threatening democracy. Democratic hopeful Howard J. McMurray urged party loyalty as Stearns attacked La Follette’s record. Socialist Walther Uphoff argued for cooperative ideals amid atomic bomb anxieties.
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Associated Press
Fred R. Zimmerman
Ralph M. Immell
Zimmerman
Delbert J. Kenny
Oshkosh
Immell
Howard J. McMurray
U. S. Senate
Milwaukee
Lone Wolf
Perry J. Stearns
Senate
la Fol
Lette
Stearns
la Follette
Walter Uphoff
Madison
Socialist Party
Uphoff
Obituary for Miss Martha Lightbody of La Crosse
Miss Martha Lightbody died after a long illness in Madison. Funeral services are Tuesday at 2 30 p m from Bird chapel Congregational church with Rev Fred W Hyslop officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. She was born December 18 1883 in La Crosse and lived there most of her life. She served nearly forty years at the La Crosse public library and was a Congregational church member. She is survived by her brother Herbert Lightbody of Milwaukee.
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Martha Lightbody
Madison
Bird Chapel
Congregational Church
Fred W. Hyslop
Oak Grove
Sletten-McKee Company
la Crosse
Miss Lightbody
Mrs Lena Bohl Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Lena K Bohl 65 of 904 La Crosse street died at home Saturday evening after a lingering illness. She is survived by daughter Mrs Ralph Brown La Crosse two grandchildren two great grandchildren three brothers and two sisters. Funeral services Tuesday at 10 am at Dwyer funeral home with burial in Catholic cemetery. Friends may call Monday evening at Dwyer. Birds have the highest body temperatures of all creatures 104 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Lena K. Bohl
la Crosse Street
Ralph
Marie) Brown
la Crosse
Dwyer Funeral Home
Dwyer Funeral
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