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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1946
Page
12
A La Crosse Tribune report exposes an illegal rent scheme where five tenants offered to sell furniture in exchange for housing. The area rent office warns such tie in deals exploit the housing shortage and violate rental laws. Landlords may still reject tenants and profits from the arrangement are unlawful.
Siamese representative Konthi Suphamongkhon met with members of the United Nations Security Council in a last minute bid to win approval for Siam's U N membership. He aimed to counter French charges that Siam attacked Indo China in 1940 and was not peace loving under the U N charter as the council's membership committee prepared its report on nine applications. The council has until August 29 to decide.
Navy micro seismologist Lieut. W. E. Hubert reported a heavy to severe earthquake centered in the Corateen area. He noted the event occurred during routine micro seismograph checks just before 9 a.m. as the recorder suddenly activated.
Martin T Haley 58 Hibbing Minnesota postmaster died suddenly Monday afternoon He was born in La Crosse in 1888 attended Central High School and WBU worked as a railway express employee In 1918 after WWI he moved to Hibbing He was a Knights of Columbus and American Legion member Survived by wife and son Martin R of Hibbing Parents Mr and Mrs Martin Haley and brother John predeceased him Funeral at Hibbing and Catholic cemetery Thursday 10 am Rev Robert B Condon officiating Friends may call at 15 South Seventh Street Wednesday evening
Mrs C Hi Kriese of 629 South Eighth Street is notified of the death of her brother William Harm age 76 in Long Beach California on August 16. Born March 24 1870 on a Houston County farm, he is survived by his wife two sons Roy in Spokane Ralph in Long Beach two brothers Frank of La Crosse Fred of Tacoma and four sisters Mrs Kriese Mrs Lizzie Nimetz of La Crosse Mrs So Stephens of Tacoma and Mrs Mary Dawson of Portland Ore.
Joseph B. Cibulka died in the morning at his daughter Mrs. Anna Petrick's home at 1223 Adams Street. Funeral arrangements are in progress.
The nation’s first state organization of tuberculosis patients will be formed at Rib Mountain State Park Wausau Wis Aug 24 and 25 at a state wide meeting of come back clubs Fred Brocker chairman says Dr Einar Daniels former assistant superintendent of the Wisconsin state sanitarium will speak The first come back club began in Milwaukee four years ago and clubs have since formed in Wausau Madison and Denver with growing attention
A British government informant said Britain will ask the United Nations trusteeship council next month to appoint a sole trustee for Palestine. The source said Britain believes a trusteeship is necessary since the League of Nations has ended and the legal basis of Britain’s mandatory rights no longer exists, but London would not surrender its mandate in the Holy Land.
William Ferguson presents a curious world item examining a 1 percent puzzle. A compact note traces the odd statistic through daily life and science, highlighting unexpected connections and prompting readers to reconsider small numbers.
A list of service members discharged in August from Fort Sheridan and Great Lakes includes Corp John C. Matson Taylor Pic Raymond A. Thurin S Sgt Lawrence L De Jarlais Sgt Donald D. Smith T5 Roman J. Kulas T5 Robert J. Arentz T3 Myron N Branton Readstown T Sgt Jer old Hoff and others from towns across Wisconsin. Navy releases name Virginia Mae Davis Donald R. McKeeth Raymond Demuth John Toubl Eugene E. Stillwell M B Zimmerman Robert W. Nelson Dean A. Skoles Thomas W. Welch Maurice R. Johnson Robert G. Schaefer Robert A. Larson Richard G. Miller Richard C. Zischke Kenneth Nesseth William Haney Donald H. Blank Richard V. Rick Harold L. Johnston Donald C. Mallory Robert W. Hammel Francis E. Kelsey A A Kober nick Larry Lep levy Harold Jopp Richard A. Brown Ervin Jacobson Lavern Kramer Harley Hall Ernest Woods Earl A. Johnson Charles Frederick Graham Lola Schlief.
Francis Xavier Spika of 1102 South 11th Street enlisted in the Marines on August 16.
Milwaukee dispatch reports Roger D. Kobs 18 of Jefferson a sailor AWOL from Great Lakes Naval Training Station arrested after allegedly burglarizing a tavern and assaulting his 60 year old aunt Helen Kobs who interrupted the break in. She was left in critical condition. A district attorney warrant followed.
A 1928 Chevrolet driven by James Armotto Jr. overturned on Highway No. 35 at De Soto. Armotto, his wife, and four children were injured, none seriously, and taken to a La Crosse hospital. One child David Armotto broke an arm and Mrs Armotto had severe arm bruises.
Philadelphia concert violinist and rare instrument collector Ben Stad, founder of the American Society of Ancient Instruments, died last night in Gloucester Massachusetts. Stad was 61 and was born in the Netherlands.
Tass broadcast from London says Chinese Communist forces did not sign a military agreement with the Soviet Union and Mongolia. The agency calls the reports from Shen Pao and Shanghai Evening Post a pure invention and the result of malicious aims.
DES MOINES reports 87 year old Luis Carrizales and his 22 year old wife expect another baby. Carrizales who became a father for the eighth time last October works at a manufacturing plant and says the new child is due in October.
Nine year old Richard Johne drowned in the Sheboygan river when he and his sister Betty aged 11 tried to swim ashore from a drifting boat. Betty reached the shore safely.
Six residents of Wausau Wisconsin led by Leroy Tesch became lost Sunday afternoon in a blueberry marsh in western Lincoln County. They waded through hip deep water built fires to dry clothing and followed abandoned railway tracks to a searching party. The group included Mr and Mrs Frank Tesch Mr and Mrs Martin Tesch and Mr and Mrs Herbert Kroeplin. They were found late yesterday with blistered feet after a berry picking trip that yielded eight quarts.
Moscow reports half of the Soviet grain acreage harvested with no yield figures. Officials expect bread rationing to end in autumn as earlier findings suggest generally fair yields and bumper crops in some regions.
George W. Matthes 87 Kansas City Mo died at daughter Mrs Martha Beebee Columbia Mo while en route to Matthes family reunion. Funeral at United Brethren church West Lima Wis burial Vernon county cemetery. Albert Speelend 75 Rushford Minn died suddenly from heart attack after walk. survived by two sons Bertram Theodore two daughters Ellen Lawrence and O A Ryan two sisters five grandchildren. Funeral services in Rushford and burial at Rushford Lutheran Cemetery.
United States Weather Bureau note reports generally fair conditions with cooling tonight and Wednesday. Wisconsin expected cooler spell, Minnesota fair and warmer by Wednesday, Iowa fair and cool with slightly cooler northeast area.
River forecast shows no major stage changes in Hastings to Guttenberg area over the next 48 hours with a slight fall in tailwater gages Genoa to Guttenberg. Weather notes describe a cool air mass moving from Canada into Minnesota and North Dakota with temperatures in the 40s and 50s and light rain in New England.
SWIFT & COMPANY in Winona Minnesota lists hogs and cattle quotes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with prices varying by weight, including top hogs at 20.50 and cattle good to choice 19.50 for steers and yearlings. Chicago and Milwaukee markets show similar trends with hogs down and cattle mostly steady, noting top steers around 27.90 and vealers 18 to 17.50, plus regional price ranges. Christopher Columbus noted for magnetic compass use.
The report lists futures and cash prices for corn oats barley and barley contracts, plus Chicago cash grain quotes for wheat corn oats and barley. It includes poultry egg and potato price levels from Swift and Co La Crosse Wis with freshness and delivery terms.
Gopher Ordnance Works at Rosemount will be dismantled with 697 structures removed to provide scarce building materials for veterans housing. The War Assets Administration funds the salvage, with federal, VA, and private builders given first priorities for resulting materials.
Wisconsin produced 2,591,000 pounds of wool this year, up from 2,426,000 last year but 391,000 below the 1935-44 average. The rise stems from a heavier fleece and about 328,000 sheep shorn, the crop reporting service said.
Gov. Goodland commuted the sentence yesterday of Raymond Daniels, 47, Milwaukee, who was convicted of adultery in Milwaukee municipal court on Nov. 16, 1945. He was sentenced to 12 to 18 months in the state prison, but the sentence expires today. A note on flowers mentions that pansies are among the oldest cultivated flowers in the violet family.
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