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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1948
Page
11
The report covers livestock bids from Minnesota to Chicago with steers heifers calves and lambs priced by weight, plus a Chicago livestock summary. Grain futures quotes include wheat corn oats rye and soybeans with bid prices for No 2 red wheat and yellow corn, along with cash grain bids and futures.
Wisconsin real estate and personal property were valued at 6.54 billion dollars for the past year, up 12 percent over 1946. Local assessed value reached 4.945 trillion with total taxes of 171.2 million, including state, county, town, and school levies. Average local tax rate stood at 34.6 mills. Personal property was valued at 1.203 billion, led by manufacturers stock. Cattle and other property figures were also recorded.
Mayor C A Beranek says he is negotiating for an off street parking site on the northeast corner of Second and State streets. This brings the total to six potential parking locations under consideration.
Victor Eubank retires after 15 years writing the principal daily stock market story for the Associated Press. A 45-year career spans reporter, editor, foreign correspondent and business news writer with AP since 1921, including Tokyo bureau chief and London naval center coverage.
An old La Crosse river tradition returns as the excursion boat Avalon departs Riverside park levee at 9 20 p m for a La Crosse river frolic. The 1500 passenger craft from the La Crosse Chamber of Commerce features Karl Barber and his orchestra and The Trio, with refreshments offered and gambling not allowed.
A crowd of men backs Herman Talmadge, son of the late Gov Eugene Talmadge, campaigning at the Baldwin County courthouse on a white supremacy platform.
In La Crosse Wisconsin the county court sets September 10 1968 hearing for Lillian Thoreson probate of Alfred B Thoreson deceased and appointment of executor with will admitted. Creditors must file claims by November 13 1948 and advance judgments will be settled at the court in La Crosse City.
Multiple filings in La Crosse County Wisconsin probate court announce hearings on August 1948 for Mary Schwabenbauer estate with applicants Roland Schwabenbauer and Vivian Schwabenbauer. attention to creditor claims due by November 1968. separate matters include Andree Hanson administratrix final accounts and heirship proof. Christ Larson lands inheritance tax and heirs. Frederick William Fox estate administrator appointment and heirship proof due by November 1968.
Public notice states all outstanding 2 per cent Treasury Bonds of 1948 30 dated December 6 1939 are called for redemption December 15 1948. Interest on called bonds stops after the redemption date. Bondholders may exchange all or part of called bonds for other interest bearing securities. John W Snyder Secretary of the Treasury Washington August 13 1946.
The La Crosse Legion post greets returning soldiers from Korea and Japan after a two year tour. Details include dances on Aug. 21 with Nordine Becker and Gloria Loehnis as hosts, a proposed fall home talent play, a fall schedule of events, and a May 1928 Poppy sale that netted 416.25.
Mrs. Loretta Huskey sat at her vanity when a car tire, torn from a vehicle in a collision, bounced into her boudoir. The tire struck a chair and wall before landing on her bed as two astonished drivers looked on from outside the broken window.
President Sadie Heth reschedules the auxiliary meeting to Aug 18 to hear convention delegates reports and aims for a final statement from the fairground concession. Gratitude expressed to all ladies assisting. Firing squad members for the Gage comrade funeral include Counts Braun Tank Peterson Fredrickson Evans Schreiber Mann and Ottaway Greene with bugler Harvey Mann.
Six Cashton businesses were burglarized between 2 and 3 a m with firearms and cash taken. Targets included Ford garage Joseph Wais tavern Huby Klinkner tavern Flick hardware store and Lees hardware store with three shotguns stolen from the hardware and an alarm at Western Supply. Sheriff Hans Biegel suspects two men carried out the break ins.
The Board of Public Welfare announced a ban on corporal punishment in state institutions, abolishing it at the state school for boys in Waukesha and making such discipline grounds for dismissal. The department will transfer control of the boys school to the Youth Service Commission and appoint a new superintendent. civil service exams are set for late this month. Wisconsin aid recipients may see cost of living raises, with proposed increases of 18 percent for personal allowances, 25 percent for household expenses, and a food boost tied to item costs, to be finalized by counties.
General Motors Corp announced a new Detroit transmission division plant to add 250000 square feet of floor space near the main plant. The Hydra-Matic transmissions produced for Cadillac Oldsmobile and Pontiac will expand output from a daily rate of 2000 due to rising demand.
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