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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
10
Open class cattle and swine classes at the Inter-State fair finished with champions and placings recorded. Duroc Jersey boar Bill Suttie of Galesville won the all breeds championship with his Duroc Jersey barrow, as Art Collentine judged a competitive field.
Senator Wiley cites Bureau of Employment Security report stating Wisconsin unemployment compensation is paid promptly. He notes local complaints of delays and says Wisconsin requires two weeks before eligibility, warning the unemployment problem could worsen.
Bert A. Dempewolf, 51, was sentenced to Outagamie county jail in Appleton on a check passing charge. Authorities allowed day work and night jail time. he failed to return one day last week and was found in Neenah, jailed on a charge of passing worthless checks.
The Tribune notes five dairy cattle judged at the Inter State fair with top entries from Salem and La Crescent including Guernsey and Brown Swiss. In the junior fair swine division at the feed trough champions are shown with owners Bob Straus West Salem Duroc Jersey boar Bill Suttie Galesville Duroc Jersey barrow and Irvin Nuttleman Jr West Salem Poland China sow.
Harold Christoffel of Milwaukee will be retried in federal district court on perjury charges tied to testimony before Congress. He was convicted in 1948 for denying Communist ties before a labor committee but the Supreme Court reversed the conviction. A new trial is expected in November or December. Christoffel, former CIO Union Auto Workers president at Allis Chalmers, is free on a $5,000 cash bond as district officials plan a new bond.
Albert E. Hintz 53 manager of Oshkosh water department was charged with drunken driving after a Wednesday night collision on the wrong side of the road. He suffered a heart attack two hours after jail and was moved to Mercy hospital. his physician said he would be able to appear in court Saturday.
Gunn, throttle man of the Chippewa Hiawatha, faced a misty night near Plymouth Wisconsin as a heavy rainstorm washed 100 feet of track to a 12 foot depth at Elkhart Lake. He halted traffic and patrolled the line, enabling repairs to finish after the southbound train rerouted via Manitowoc and Sheboygan.
Ancient knights influenced early Inter-State fair ribbons with blue for first, red for second, purple for champions, and white for third. Since 1810 top ribbons followed this system, though fourth and fifth place colors vary by region. The International Fair Association later urged blue first red second and white third to unify colors, but left fourth and fifth unresolved.
An application by Edward D. Allen Jr and Edward W. Jacker doing business as Manitowoc Broadcasting Co seeks a 980 ny 500 watt daytime only AM station license in Manitowoc Wisconsin.
In Antigo Wisconsin three men escaped gambling charges after a clerical error in a liquor license. Judge A N Whiting ruled the license description did not cover the property where arrests occurred, voiding the case.
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