Polio Deaths Rise in Milwaukee Area
Milwaukee reports three more bulbar polio deaths totaling five in 24 hours and 14 for the season, including 10 Milwaukeeans. Victims include an 18 year old from West Allis and two young boys aged six and seven. Health Commissioner Dr. E R Krumbiegel notes bulbar cases now about 36 percent of 61 city cases, up from usual 15 percent, with 22 bulbar cases and 10 deaths among them.
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Milwaukee
South Side
South View Hospital
Bay View
South Sie
E.R. Krumbiegel
City Board Deliberates Tax Exempt Club Assessments
The city board of review met to draft a decision on taxing tax exempt clubs in competition with hotels taverns and restaurants. Representatives of concerned factions voiced objections to exempt clubs operating on a business basis. Assessments will follow a January council resolution directing the assessor to review all tax exempt clubs and report back.
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Board of Review
Albert Funk
Northern Hotel Association
Jack Sheetz
Leggue
Common Council
Fred Steele
Man Resists Life Saving Attempt Tragedy in San Mateo
In San Mateo California a man determined to die resisted rescue as a fast freight train approached. George McLeod reported he tried to pry the man from the rail and pull him clear but could not loosen his grip, and the person was killed.
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San Mateo
Calif
Aorill
George McLeod
Soviet school teacher’s asylum offered amid medical talks
President Truman said Soviet citizens may gain asylum in the United States following the New York teacher’s escape. A Russian school teacher injured after leaping from the Soviet consulate continues to improve at Roosevelt Hospital, with Soviet Consul General Lomakin invited to a consultative meeting with her doctor Dr. Pennoyer and hospital staff.
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Truman
New York
United States
Roosevelt Hospitil
Hendl
Grant Pennover
Caoitaul
Yakov M. Lomakin
Pennoyer
Lemakin
Pens Royer
Toding
Kosonkina
Police ambulance calls report two heart attack arrivals
An emergency log notes a 3 52 p m call to Cameron Park where Fd Roemer of Green Island was taken home after a suspected heart attack. A second call at 4 38 a m Thursday sent Mrs Dave Stellich to no local hospital for a heart attack. A notice lists sealed bids by La Crosse Board of Education for 1944 49 school year services due by Sept 13.
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Cameron Park
Fd Roemer
Green Island
Dave Stellich
North Sixth Street
la Grosse
Board of Education
Buucatiog
A. F. Jordan
Tobacco Shed Nears Completion on Henry Johnson Farm
A new tobacco shed on the Henry Johnson farm in De Soto is nearing completion, located on the outskirts of the village limits in this special report from De Soto Wisconsin.
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de Soto
Wis
Henry Johnson
La Crosse Board Keeps County Hospital Rate at Four Dollars
The La Crosse county board of supervisors rejected a hospital plea to raise the per day rate from $4 to $5.25. The resolution, approved unanimously, supports continued care at the current rate. Delinquent tax parcels were slated for sale to cover back taxes, with eight properties described by Chairman Frank Check.
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la Crosse
William Ruplin
la Crosse County
Frank Check
Labor group debates Taft Hartley law and 1946 vote impact
Labor delegates discuss the Taft Hartley act as a fault of voters electing a Congress in 1946, with plans for convention resolutions. The convention may back Truman’s re election and repeal of the anti strike public utility law while considering the Oregon plan to inform voters about candidates. The slate includes secretary treasurer nominees William Nagorine and R Merrill Rhey, plus multiple vice presidents from several Wisconsin cities. George Haberman of WSIFL, still one year from his term, leads a long list of incumbents and candidates from Milwaukee and across the state.
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Minnesota
AFL
Lawson
Pres. Truman
Public
Pm Third
Oregon
William Nagorine
Milwaukee
R. Merrill Rhey
Kenosha
George Hall
la Crosse
Ire Olimsted
William Conners
Madison
Lawrence Reno
Oshkosh
Ernett Terry
Green Bay
Leonard Petérson
Superior
John Grant
Flacine
Ralph Harrison
Edgerton
Clarence Seefelt
Thomas Kelliher
Kewaunee
Norman Jensen
Walter Greschell
Joseph Maley
Kenneth Knudson
Eau Claire
Anthony Nowak
Wausau
Ray Fletcher
George Haberman
Milwauket
WSIFL
Tno
City Police Raid Narrows Idlewild Gambling Case
Police led by Capt Boma and Det Sgt Sanford moved after a Sunday raid on Idlewild by 12 plainclothes and eight uniformed officers. Gorsinge pleaded guilty to possessing gambling equipment used for gambling and paid a $50 fine plus costs, with equipment destroyed by order of the county court. Capt Winters, initially objecting to the raid, was released without charge and rumors of a broken arm were dismissed by X ray showing no injury.
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City
Baye 1
Idlewild
Aaaron Sanford
Herman Rick
John S. Coleman
Sanford
Willam Boma
Gorsinge
Gorsage
Sho
Ben Winters
Winters
Bama
County Trease Wey
George D. Reay
County Court Docket Highlights Pleas and Licenses
In La Crosse and Park Rapids areas several locals faced court actions. Palmer Trail, 1149 s Winnebago, was given 60 days in jail suspended and probation for intoxication related offenses. Clarence Shucan and Anton Manford handled cases. trial set for Aug 26 with bond at 200. Mary Alice Murray Cooley faced marriage license issues and potential jail if fines are not paid. Alfred Schannagle admitted drunken driving with $100 fine or two years county jail. Wisconsin driver's license revoked for one year. Richard Tronick pleaded innocent in a separate matter of operating a vehicle without a valid license.
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Daily Records
Gla Crosset Palmer Trail
Winnebago
Nantenco Wan
Anton Manford
Clarence Shucan
Park Rapids
Minn
Mary Alice Murray Cooley Krlamer
Bo Fleur
la Crosse
Alfred Schannagle
Ailes Sala Atreat
Werva
Wis
Canain
Obituary notes for Gurine Svendby and Mary Thea Sloulin
Gurine Svendby 64 died in a local hospital Friday. Funeral services incomplete. Mary Thea Sloulin 28 drowned Aug 8 at Long Beach Washington. Former La Crosse resident with civil service and government posts ending at Hanford. Survived by two sisters and a brother. Funeral Friday in Viola and Blessed Sacrament church. Rosary at Dwyer home.
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Gurine Svendby
North 15Th Street
Mary Thea Sloulin
Mathias Sloulin
Long Beach
Wash
la Crosse
Acg
Wis
Tfott
Northern Engraving Company
St. Paul
Panama City
Fla
Camp McCoy
Chicago
Denver
Viola, Wis
Dwyer
Governing party rifts and unity themes loom at state fairs
At the Illinois and California gatherings Republican and Democratic leaders debated unity and strategy. Gov Warren warned Republicans risk November losses if complacent, while Senator Barkley pitched a farm belt plan contrasting Democrat high prices with Republican low prices. A statewide GOP convention and Illinois fair events highlighted partisan contrasts and the push for a constructive, nonvilifying campaign.
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Gates
Chicago
America
Barkley
Kentucky
Springfield
Earl Warren
California
Lost Boy Carl Brickt Found After Two-Hour Search
In Reedsburg Mis, a boy named Carl Brickt, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Brickt, wandered from home about 6 pm. About 200 volunteers searched two hours and found him beside a hole in loose soil near his home. He cried but was unharmed, and his parents think he followed a dog.
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Reedsburg
Mis
Carl Brickt
Edward Brickt
Harold V Mitchell Faces Drunken Driving Charge
Harold V Mitchell age 30 of 828 Island Street faces a drunken driving charge after driving again seven years after a prior conviction. He was fined $75 in police court and his license suspended for four years, with his car likely headed for disposal.
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Harold V. Mitchell
Island Street
Mitchell
Arrest Motorist on Driving Charge near Pettibone Park
Fast moving city police arrested Lopie Danielson of Mindoro after a Sheriff Fort call led officers to his car near Dakota Minnesota. He faced drunken driving charges in police court and was fined 75 dollars with a recommended occupational license. Danielson said he drank four or five beers and may have been searching for an apple stand when he wandered.
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Pettibone Park Road
Dakota
Minn
George Fort
Winona
Lopie Danielson
Mindoro
Ito
Danielson
Rescue search near San Diego for unidentified vessel
Coast guard and navy planes and two destroyers hunted an area nine miles south of San Diego in response to an SOS from an unidentified surface vessel. The fifteenth naval district reported no boats available at once.
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San Diego
Calif
Fi — Coast Guard
Navy
Lfth Naval District
VFW Plans Annual Picnic At Myrick Park
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No LN announces its annual family picnic at Myrick park on Sunday. A commemorative ceremony marks the park’s monkey island display, with dinner at 2:30 p.m. and a program at 2 p.m. Commander W C Gibson will speak as the VFW notes it built and donated the monkey island 21 years ago.
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Thomas Rooney Post No. LN
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Myrick Park
Monkey Island
Veterans’ Organization
W. C. Gibbson
VFW
Nixon probes Chambers case in New York interview
Investigation details indicate George Crosley was a freelance writer linked to 1984 and 1930s contacts. Robert Stripling says the Hiss and Chambers families shared the Washington apartment briefly before moving. Nixon plans closed executive sessions with witnesses connected to the matter.
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George Crosley
Washington
Crosley
Robert E. Stripling
Committee
Hiss
Chambers
Hisses
Stripling
Nixon
New York
Randolph Charges ITV Has Not Been Given Fair Publicity
Milwaukee reports President Woodruff Randolph of the International Typographical Union says newspapers have not provided fair publicity. He cites bias in coverage, claims propaganda against the union, and notes misinterpretation by reporters under bylines. The convention meantime rejected a proposal to admit practical printers and mailers, while others urged organizing clerical workers.
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ITV
Randolph
Milwaukee
Woodruff Randolph
Freeups
ANPA
Associated Press
United Press
ITU
Complain Of Raids By Bike Gang Reported To Police
A complaint cites raids on neighborhood gardens and fruit trees by a group described as bike riding boys. Marshall Gaff of 617 North 22nd Street filed the report with city police.
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Marshall Gaff
North
22Nd Streel
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