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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1946
Page
10
Sylvester Kulas 20 pleaded guilty to wilful destruction of property after using a truck and chain to pull away railing and planking from a bridge in Wausau Wisconsin. He was bound over for circuit court with a $500 bond after admitting irk at the bridge sound and a damaged tire.
Wisconsin reports 23 new poliomyelitis cases bringing August total to 182 as Milwaukee records a second polio death. A Baraboo health order bans gatherings of under 15s, closes pool and theaters, and bars church dances after two new cases. Alleys and streets were sprayed with DDT earlier in Baraboo.
Washington reports the U S may back limited transit rights for Russia through the Dardanelles while opposing Moscow’s calls for military bases. A Turkish conference under Montreux is discussed as diplomats seek an amicable accord amid Turkey Iran tensions.
In Vera Cruz Mexico 881 Germans left Latin American countries aboard the steamer Marine Marlin heading for Germany yesterday after stopping to collect 75 expelled Germans including 21 accused of wartime espionage.
VA head quarters room 208 will open Saturday from 8 am to 12 noon as announced Friday. Officials say the headquarters will operate on a 44 hour week in the future.
Theater officials announced winners in Rivoli theater Vitaphone anniversary contest selecting proper titles for 20 silent era scenes. First place went to Mrs Lillian Moe of 321 South 21st street, followed by Mrs C Harter of 1601 South Seventh street, Mrs Fred Henry of 1712 Kane street, and Miss Jane Walter of 1117 King street taking fourth.
Rehearsals for the Wings of Time pageant directed by Miss Ethel Rockwell wrap up tonight. The Black Hawk war scene will be staged on the park bowl slope with Bonnie Harris as the Indian princess. Major and Mrs. Bernard Lewison portray Governor and Mrs Jeremiah Rusk. A horse show at the fair grounds follows an air show, with the Five O clock Shadow contest in front of the grand stand. Bishop Schuyler Garth will deliver the Centennial sermon at Eckhart park with a massed choir led by Rev Holum of Westby.
United States Weather Bureau notes for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa show partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers tonight and Saturday. Warm and humid conditions persist with warmer readings Saturday and thunderstorms more scattered in western Iowa.
From Hastings to Guttenberg Ia. no gate operation has taken place beyond a slight lowering at Genoa dam. Water levels remain practically stationary for several days while Chippewa flow rises slightly.
A trough of low pressure runs from southwestern Minnesota to northern New Mexico while high pressure sits along the north Atlantic coast. A new low forms in Canada north of Montana as systems move slowly. Scattered thundershowers affect eastern and southern Kansas to western Minnesota and toward West Virginia with several Midwest stations recording over two inches of rain and St. Louis total 7.34 inches as the Mississippi River rises rapidly.
Ira Lehman died at his Trempealeau home on Wednesday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the home with Masonic graveside rites and burial in Trempealeau cemetery. Lena C. Roster, 74, died Wednesday in a Rochester hospital after a long illness. Rosary is Friday evening. funeral Saturday at 9 30 a.m. at St. Patrick church Brownsville with burial in Brownsville Catholic cemetery.
George H. Decker, 71, died at Sparta hospital Thursday morning. Funeral services set for Sunday at Lanham mortuary in Sparta at 2 p.m. Rev. E. E. Clark to officiate. Burial planned in La Grange cemetery north of Tunnel City.
Julius W Feuerhelm aged 73 will be buried in Mount Calvary cemetery after funeral services Saturday at 9 a m at St Peter s Catholic church Hokah. The La Crosse man died in a local hospital two weeks after an operation.
Henry W. Wohlers 73 Brownsville died Thursday in a La Crosse hospital after five weeks illness. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at his home and 2:30 p.m. at Evangelical Reformed church with Rev. Fransmeier officiating. Friends may call Friday and Saturday evenings.
Readstown Wisconsin funeral services were held Friday for Ellen O Leary Boyle age 108 who died Wednesday She was born in Ireland in 1838 and came to the United States at age three Survived by two daughters Mrs Rosson and Mrs Helgerson and one son Joseph burial was in Rising Sun church cemetery near Black Hammer neighbors from Readstown attended the rites and rosary at her daughter's home prior to services
Rear Admiral T G W Settle of Menlo Park California assumed command as chief of naval airship training and experimentation at Lakehurst naval air station yesterday. He replaces Rear Admiral Charles E Rosendahl who is retiring after leading the unit.
Directors of the Wisconsin Electric Power Co declare a 25 cent dividend on common stock payable Sept. 1 to holders of record Aug. 15. The utility paid 17 1/2 cents a share in the two preceding quarters.
Winona Minnesota buyers report hogs and cattle prices for 9 am to 4 pm arrivals. Hogs show steady to 50 cents lower with tops near 22.00 while cattle and calves in Milwaukee and Chicago markets vary by weight and class. Poultry and eggs rates, along with potato quotes for Chicago, complete the daily market snapshot.
Wisconsin La Crosse County probate and public notices announce multiple matters. Administrator John Arnison invites sealed bids for sale of Delia Tolvstad property in Holmen with cash terms and $50 certified check. bids due at Pension Department Office. Additional probate hearings for John F Hellwig and Amalia Worthington estates set for September and early January, with claim deadlines and inheritance tax determinations. A separate summons details Nicholas J. Greenaway Jr. versus Katharine H. Greenaway in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
Chicago cash grain prices list No. 2 red wheat at 1.99 and No. 1 hard at 2.03. Corn values include No. 2 yellow 1.85 and No. 3 yellow 1.84. Oats show No. 1 heavy mixed 77% cents and No. 1 white 77% cents. Barley malting 1.53 to 1.78 nominal. Futures show January corn 1.31 open, high 1.3234, close 1.317. Oats August 74.42 open high 74.42 close 74. September 72.71 open high 72% low 71% close 72.71. Barley November 1.27 close.
Baraboo Wisconsin police were ordered to arrest anyone under 15 who gathers in public places to curb polio spread. Health officer Dr. F. E. Tryon announced after two new cases were found, leading to pool closure and barring minors from theaters and churches.
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