Fire Destroys Ontario Barn
A barn on Horace Sheldon farm near Brush Creek in Ontario Wisconsin burned Thursday evening. The Ontario fire department arrived around 10 p.m. but the barn hay a Shetland pony and some chickens were lost. Spontaneous combustion was listed as the cause. A second fire at 11 a.m. Friday near a hot water heater at Mrs Thede Hart’s home caused no damage.
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Ontario
Wis
Horace Sheldon
Highway 33
Brush Creek
Ontario Fire Department
Thede Hart
La Crosse Soldier Begins Air Force Indoc Training
Pvt. Frederick R. Bachman aged 17 of 2223 Ward Avenue starts indoctrination training at Lackland Air Force Base Texas. He will undergo military preparatory schooling and extensive testing plus counseling to place him in a suitable technical track. Lackland serves as the main indoctrination site for new airmen and a training center for reenlistees and officer candidates.
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Frederick R. Bachman
Fred Bachman
Ward Avenue
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Lackland
Air Force Station
Usaf Officer Candidate School
Human Resources Research Center
Belgian Red Army Chief Shot To Death
Julien Lahaut 66 head of Belgiums Communist party was shot to death at his Liege home Friday night. Two gunmen about 20 years old arrived in a car and fired three bullets at Lahaut wounding him fatally as his wife witnessed the murder. The Belgians official party newspaper accused pro Leopoldists of the assassination.
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Liege
Belgium
Julien Lahaut
Communist Party
Lahaut
Airmen Build 30-Patient Ambulance at California Base
Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base crews from the fifth and ninth maintenance squadrons spent seven days building a 40-foot flatbed trailer ambulance that can move 30 wounded servicemen at a time from planes to the base hospital, speeding medical transport from Korea.
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Fairfield-Suisun
Air Force Base
Calif
Korea
Attorney Dies In 20 Story Fall
Milwaukee police report Atty. Joseph Lieberman aged 45 fell from a 20th floor window in a downtown building. The ventilator glass was removed and the window open about three feet. Associates say he had been in a depressed mood for over a week.
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Milwaukee
Joseph Lieberman
Lieberman
July Homebuilding Tops In History
The government reports July as the best homebuilding month on record with 144 000 new non farm dwelling units started. First seven months total nearly 893 000.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
North Koreans Must Be Taught A Lesson Says Lie
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie told a Friday night broadcast that North Korean aggressors must be forced to end hostilities and retreat behind the 38th parallel by military means. He spoke while vacationing in Norway.
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Oslo
Norway
United Nations
Trygve Lie
38Th Parallel
Lie
Baruch Turns 80 With Park Bench Celebration
Bernard M. Baruch, adviser to presidents, reached eighty on Saturday. A public celebration was held Friday at the Central Park bench that has served as the financier’s informal office for years.
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New York
Bernard M. Baruch
Central Park
Community Religious Services and Schedules Listed
A digest of church listings shows Adventist, Assembly of God, Baptist, and Catholic congregations. It notes Sabbath services at Sixth and King, various Sunday schools and worship times, and parish details including St Joseph Cathedral and St Marys with mass times and devotional observances.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
Sixth and King Streets
South Avenue
J. H. Meier
Servces
Assembly OF God Assembly of God Church
North Seventh Street
G. P. Brown
Seventh Street Baptist Church
Seventh and Ferry Streets
Fred R. Lemmert
Gospel Heralds
Baptist First Baptist
South Sixth Street
W. F. Huxford
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Msgr
Peter Pape
Edward J. Sobczyk
John P. Trant
Our Lord Mother
St. John the Baptist Church
Avon St
Philip T. Weller
George Nelson
Mother of Perpetual Help
Asbury
Redfield Streets
Winslow Wilson
Redfield Street
Diverse church listings announce weekly services Onalaska and area
Churches across Onalaska list mass times confessions and instruction for St Patrick’s St Thomas More and others. Christian Science First Church of Christ Scientist hosts services reading room. Several denominations including Lutheran Methodist Presbyterian and Nazarene publish service times programs and special events for the week.
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Christian Science First Church of Christ, Scientist
West Avenue
King Street
Batavian Bank
Locals Townsend club to meet and annual picnic planned
Townsend club No. 2 schedules a Monday meeting at 7 30 p m at the north side library Kane and Gillette streets. The club announces its annual picnic at Myrick park on August 27. St Thomas More Swiss steak dinner is planned for August 20 with family style seating.
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Townsend Club No
North Side Library
Kane and
Gillette Streets
Myrick Park
R. G. MacDonald
St. Thomas More
Roth's
Flor-Mart
Weston
Lund’s
Cathedral
VFW Picnic Set for 23rd Annual Event at Myric Park
Veterans of Foreign Wars post 1530 invites all members and families to a Sunday picnic at Myric Park. Each family should bring a covered dish and table service. coffee and refreshments will be provided by the committee.
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Thomas Rooney
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Myric’ Park
East Prairie Faces City Government Crisis After Resignations
East Prairie Missouri with a population of 3033 has no functioning government after the resignations of Mayor Ray Fulkerson Aldermen Joe Braden and Harry Lewis and City Clerk Sullivan Brigman The remaining two aldermen Harlan Russell and A K Hocker Smith scheduled a special election for August 29 but lack a quorum The mayor cited city interest concerns and factional splits as the reason for quitting leaving no clear leadership or direction for the city
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East Prairie
Ray Fulkerson
Joe Braden
Harry Lewis
Sullivan Brigman
Harlan Russell
A. K. Hockersmith
Ao City
Chinese Language Strained To Describe Modern War
Taipei Formosa dispatch notes how Chinese translations render war terms. Examples include aircraft carrier as aviation mother ship and rocket as flaming arrow, illustrating the mismatch between modern warfare and Chinese equivalents.
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Taipei
Formosa
Korea
John the Baptist headsman tale in Sunday lesson
The piece reviews John the Baptist as a blunt speaker who faced execution for free speech, citing Josephus and biblical text. It contrasts historical and biblical accounts, notes Herod's fear of uprising, and summarizes Luke 3 7 20 with emphasis on repentance and ethical commands.
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Abraham
John
Christ
The Name John in Religious History and Its Messianic Link
The article traces the name John from biblical origins to its cultural prominence. It covers John the Baptist's birth, Nazarite life, and role as forerunner to Jesus, including the baptism of Jesus and the ensuing temptations. It reflects on Jesus's realization of his mission and the lasting influence of his life and John’s portrayal across two millennia.
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John the Baptist
John
Mary
Jesus
Gabriel
God
Divine
DAV News La Crosse DAV chapter plans drive and events
The La Crosse chapter No. 12 reports a strong Aug 8 meeting as it donates the 1951 membership trophy to the top state chapter and urges new member recruitment. Aug 8 brought several new members and plans include the Get-me-not drive in October and a district picnic at Onalaska park. The article notes national DAV events in San Francisco Aug 13 to 18 and lists upcoming meetings at the VFW with new officers installed in the auxiliary.
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la Crosse
Duelle Hart
Edgerton, Wis
Urban J. Baer
Kenneth G. Clow
Milton Oles
Almon Krale
Milton Wateski
Onalaska Park
Dick Kavanaugh
Department
Matt Werel
Aletta
Disabled American Veterans
San Francisco
Matt
VFW Club
DAV
VFW
Tomah
Lynxville
Frances Blaska
Katherine Klaus
Aletta Werel
Ann Muetze
Elsie Larson
Sylvia Hoeft
Jobless Clerk Charged in Theft of Atomic Research Papers
William Wakeham, 35, a jobless clerk, was charged in London with stealing a suitcase containing secret atomic research papers belonging to the British government. The suitcase, owned by John M. Greenlees of the Ministry of Supply, disappeared Aug 8 at Euston station and was recovered with papers intact in a hotel. Wakeham was later arrested in Folkestone.
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London
William Wakeham
John M. Greenlees
Ministry of Supply
Britain
Greenlees
Euston Station
Wakeham
Folkestone
Adam's Bridge links Ceylon to Indian coast разг
The British crown colony of Ceylon lies at the southern tip of India and is connected to the mainland by a chain of sand bars and reefs known as Adam's Bridge.
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India
Ceylon
Adam's Bridge
La Crosse Tribune Classified Notice
La Crosse Tribune notice details postal classification and filing date as second class matter with the June 23 1904 entry at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office under the 1879 act.
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la Crosse
Wis
Noses Shaped Attitudes Said To Drive Life Outlook
Associated Press reports plastic surgeon Dr. Harold M. Holden argues noses influence personality and neurosis. The feature surveys nose psychology, historical nose surgery, literary and cultural references, and tests of scent perception, noting big noses in Napoleon and Aristotle.
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Associated Press Science Reporter
New York
Harold M. Holden
Los Angeles
World Publishing Co
Cleveland
Holden
India
Rostand
Napoleon
Man 24 Back In Jail Two Days After Release
Robert Heim, 24, was released from jail Saturday and returned to custody Monday after being sentenced to one to two years at Waupun for stealing a car. The theft occurred two days after his release from a 90 day sentence for the same offense. Evidence showed he stole his stepfather's car after buying duplicate keys following his release.
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Green Bay
Wis
Robert Heim
Heim
Waupun
Donald W. Gleason
Movie Producer Plans Aga Khan Life Film
Paris reports European producer Alexander Salkind says he will make a biopic about the Aga Khan. The mogul, one of the world’s richest men and Ismaili leader, will supply castles and scenery for the production. The Aga Khan’s daughter in law Rita Hawyworth is married to Prince Aly Khan.
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Paris
Aga Khan
Aga
Rita Hawyworth
Prince Aly Khan
Alexander Salkind
Sister of Tommy Manville Divorced in Las Vegas
Mrs Lorraine Manville Dresselhuys sister of the socialite Tommy Manville divorced Cornelius W Dresselhuys a former Dutch diplomat now at The Hague. She charged cruelty and non support. Decree granted Friday. The couple wed in 1937.
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Las Vegas
Lorraine Manville Dresselhuys
Tommy Manville
Cornelius W. Dresselhuys
the Hague
Dresselhuys
New York
Aga Khan Weighed in Platinum in 1956
Bombay reports the Aga Khan, aged 75, will be weighed in platinum in 1956, continuing a tradition of weighing the spiritual head in precious metals for charity. He was weighed in gold in 1935 and in diamonds in 1946, as platinum trades around $67 an ounce.
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Aga Khan
Bombay
County Treasurer Opens Conscience Fund After Anonymous Gift
Appleton Wisconsin county treasurer Ray Feurstein received 400 dollars in conscience money from an anonymous donor. He announced the creation of a conscience fund and invited further contributions, noting this was Outagamie county's first such donation.
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Appleton
Wis
Ray L. Feurstein
Feurstein
Outagamie County
Milwaukee Road Wins Safety Award on 100th Anniversary
The National Safety Council granted the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad a special honor for exceptional service to safety during its 100th anniversary celebration. The citation notes the Milwaukee road’s long focus on safety and a casualty rate well below Class I railroad averages since 1928, with 1949 rates 26 percent better than 1948 and 34 percent better than 1946, and 23 percent better than the industry average.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
Milwaukee Road
Births list from St Ann's and area dates
Birth notices across St Ann's La Crosse La Crescent La Moille Winona Ona laska Madison and other towns detail Aug 16 19 births including Thomas William Barbara Ann Leonard Lee Dennis Ray Liza Kathleen Ann Barbara Joan Kathleen Ann John Harold and Timm Reed with parent names and locations. U S tornado death toll averages over 200 a year.
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St. Ann’s
Thomas William
Reuben W. Brieske
la Crosse
Marie Hehn
Barbara Ann
Arnold J. Shea
la Crescent
Minn
Patricia Schneider
Leonard Lee
Clifford E. Beuge
la Moille
Hazel Phillips
Dennis Ray
Laurel R. Yeske
Caledonia Street
Ethel Flaten
Harry G. Viner, Jr
Redfield Street
Wilma Schoenfeld
Henry J. Niedercorn
Liza Katherine
Melvin O. Wedal
Grand Street
Winona
Delores Lippert
Barbara Joan
James V. Cuimette
Krause Kabin Kourt
Harriet Sparlich
Dauhter Kathleen Ann
Robert J. Wing
Wood Street
Irene Helen Soller
John Harold
Harold A. Kessel
Onalaska
Wis
Marian Hottinger
Whitehall
Community Hospital
Kermit Fredrickson
Mondovi
Joe Kulig
Independence
Leonard Lemb
Blair
St. Mary's Hospital
Madison
Timm Reed
Francis R. Anderson
Vahlen Avenue
Kathryn Murrie
Caledonia
George Althoff
Delores Hundt
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Red Army
Baruch
Drug Store
Jackson
Adventist
Carl R. Cline
Baptist First Baptist Church
Church In
Red Asia
St. Wenceslaus Church
10Th
Winnebago
Ferdinand Cech
Chester B. Maczarny
St. James Catholic Church
James J. Sheridan
Augustine Sulik
Peter Stoll
St. Mary's Church
Seventh and
Cameron Avenue
Robert B. Condon
D. D
J. Kelley Cosgrove
Holy Cross Church
Ferry Streets
Stanley Andrzejewski
Henry Hoerburger
Holy Trinity
13Th and
Park Avenue
W. J. Plecity
Matthew Molinaro
William B. Nikolai
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
24Th and
King Streets
Francis E. Wallace
Andrew Bosenkamp
Our Lady of Fatima
St. Patrick’s Onalaska
Joseph N. Bach
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
20Th
Weston Streets
Jos. M. Wagner
Church OF God Church of God
West Avenue North
John Kurtz
Dial
First Congregational Church
Main Streets
F. W. Hyslop
First Presbyterian Church
Old Presbyterian Church
Sixth
Fred W. Hyslop
WKBH
Episcopal Christ Episcopal Church
Ninth and Main Streets
Robert D. Winter
Albert W. Hillestad
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Logan
Avon Streets
Christchurch
Evangelical Free
Moody Memorial Evangelical Free Church
Campbell Road
John Ellefson
Elm Grove
Elm Grove School
Bethany Gospel Tabernacle
The
Evangelical Free Church
North Street
Onalaska Avenue
O. L. Larsen
Bethany Hour
WLCX
Evangelical Reformed St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Market Street
Ralph Kuether
Jehovah's Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
North 16Th Street
Latter Day Saints Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Liberty and Sill
English Lutheran Church
Sixteenth and Cass
Harold N. Stoffel
South 20Th
Trinity
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Division Streets
George Alvilden
Lutheran St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Division Street
Sanford D. Sorgen
Neil Eckstein
Trinity Lutheran Church
Sill and
Charles Street
Strum
Ettrick
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
South 26Th Street
William Lange
Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
South 16Th Street
Harold F. Backer
George R. Bell
Pine Lake
Mr. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Eighth and
J. Pierce Newell
Cass Street
Edwin C. Dixon
Wisconsin Dells
Samuel Beers
Wisconsin State Prison
Church OF Nazarene Church of the Nazarene
West Avenue South
Clifton B. Nixon
Ee FM
Church OF Open Bible
Church of the Open Bible
Liberty and
Clinton
E. R. Briggs
Rev. A. Jacobson
Rev. Jacobson
Ministry of Divine Healing
Presbyterian
Sixth and
Mark Lewis Andrews
Union
Fred Hyslop
Salvation Army
Clare Edwards
Genevieve Shafar
Holiness
C. Edwards
Young People’s Legion
Salvation
Shafar
WM. Southern, JR
Josephus
Herod
Philip
Machaerus
International Council of Religious Education
Wilds
Elijah
Jerusalem
Jordan
Heaven
DAV News
LA Crosse Tribune
By Alton L. Blakeslee
Rano de Bergerac
Dr. Holden
Man
Main Street
U. S
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