Free driver in accident not charged after police probe
Acting District Attorney Frank R. Schneider ruled Harry Gibbs not negligent in failing to report an accident that injured Rita Rogowski a 3 year old girl on the Rose street viaduct. The child was carried by Gibbs car about 75 feet and escaped serious injury after police determined no improper driving by Gibbs or other motorists.
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Frank R. Schneider
Harry Gibbs
R. 1
Trempealeau
Rita Rogowski
Gould Street
Gibbs
Rose Street
William J. Daley
North Sixth Street
Rexford E. Downing
Logan Street
Daley
Texas Standard Oil President Dies After Stroke
A. J. Cunningham of Houston president of Standard Oil of Texas died Tuesday in El Paso after suffering a stroke Saturday on a business trip. Cunningham, 60, was born in Beloit Wisconsin and studied at the University of Wisconsin.
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EL Paso
Tex
A.J. Cunningham
Houston
Standard Oil of Texas
Cunningham
Beloit
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Madison road contract awarded for 2.8 miles of State Highway 29
Gov Goodland announced a highway improvement contract worth 240316 dollars with L G Arnold Inc of Eau Claire to relocate grade and surface 2.8 miles of State Highway 29 in Pierce and St Croix counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
L. G. Arnold, Inc
Eau Claire
Pierce
St. Croix
Goodland
Real Estate Transfers Listed in Daily Records
Real estate transfers shown include Crover Wilhem B Puller Jr and Lucy Fuller to Walter F Whiting and Fior ence Whittie. Transfers also include Marie Fiorence Real and Lyle Hyrer to Pred Tauecher and Elie Tauecher. Other deeds cover West Basel Onalaska Campbell Onalaska Prospect Street and additional parcels on 19th Sixth Street and corner of Zist and fave Kreets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crover Wilhem B. Puller, Jr
Lucy Fuller
Walter F. Whiting
Fiorence Whittie
Bhelby
Marie Fiorence Real
Lyle Hyrer
Pred Tauecher
Elie Tauecher
West Basem
Martha Roellig
William J. Bartschenfel
Mirmie Bartschenfelé
Onalaska
Jonnson
Jackson Streets
George G. Wright
Maud M. Wright
Armond Gross
Sophia Grows
Campbell
Alfred Lessig
Katherine Lassig
Walter J. Gutie
Amelia J. Gute
Zist
Fave Kreets
Outspoken Captain Squelched By Army
BAD NAUHEIM Germany The army barred Capt Earl J Carroll a San Bruno California attorney who exposed the imprisonment of 13 Americans without charges or counsel from representing defendants in army cases. He had been asked by at least five accused soldiers and civilians including one set for trial Thursday.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
Earl J. Carroll
San Bruno
Calif
Elsie Hamilton Seeks Complex Name Change
Victoria BC reports Elsie Hamilton requests a legal name change to Lesly Robin Cairn Sherry Jane Mitchell Keith Falconer Hamilton. The petition aims to simplify future formal use of the full name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Elsie Hamilton
Lesly Robin-Cairn
Sherry Jane Mitchell Keith - Falconer Hamilton
Crime rise hits thirteen percent in first half
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced a 13 percent crime increase for the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year. He called it the highest rise since 1930 when national crime figures were first compiled.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Hoover
Racing Fans Pay Over Fifty Million In State Taxes
Racing enthusiasts contribute more than 50 million dollars annually to state treasuries through wagering and related activities, supporting public budgets and services.
Herat Transforms From Ancient Bastion to Modern Trade Hub
In Herat Afghanistan a former remote bazaar town grows into a modern city with paved streets, government buildings, a central park, and a large hotel. Officials say 3,100 structures rise in less than a decade as telephone lines and power reach new districts.
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Herat
Afghanistan
Genghis Khan
Tamerlane
Alexander the Great
Karakul
Alexander
Old City
Exhumation Delayed in Indiana Poison Probe
Burlington Iowa report notes Mrs Hattie Calhoun whose 1937 Dupont Ind death ties to Mrs Lottie Lockman. Indiana officials seek exhumation to link suspected killings by mercury poisoning from Lockman’s care. Detective Earl Smith travels to Indianapolis for legal guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Hattie Calhoun
Indiana
Lottie Lockman
Paul McCord
Earl Smith
Case Continued In Ship Strike Brawl
Hearing of malicious mischief charges against two Indiana Harbor men was continued in boys court to Sept. 9 after a disturbance at the Lake Carriers' association hiring hall. Defendants Irving Eidenberg 28 and John Ruillard 32. Forty strikers were alleged to have attacked Harold Engelke 54 hall manager and his assistant Melvin Landro 35 on Saturday. Four other men arrested will also appear Sept. 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Lake Carriers’ Association
Irving Eidenberg
John Ruillard
Harold Engelke
Melvin Landro
Premium checks available at 1946 Inter State Fair office
The 1946 Inter-State Fair premium checks for 4-H and other departments are now available at the secretary Joseph W. Frisch’s office in the 310 Hoeschler Building. Many open class checks were issued to exhibitors on the fair’s closing day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Frisch
Hoeschler Building
Ultra-Modern Vet Hospitals Planned by Army Engineers
The army engineers award contracts for 23 veterans hospitals in a multi million program featuring central oxygen piping, allergy filtered rooms, and space for a canteen, barber and beauty shops. Iron Mountain Michigan will host a 250 bed medical surgical hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Engineers
Veterans Administration
Iron Mountain
Mich
Farm project begun on 37000 acre Bolivian tract
In Bolivia near Achacachi the government starts an animal husbandry project on Finca Belén to breed quality livestock for the Altiplano. The farm holds 1000 sheep 100 hogs and 84 cattle of native type for cross breeding with imported pure blood stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finca Belen
Achacachi
la Paz
Vets Call for Filing Unused Service Leave Pay
Veterans in La Crosse and nearby areas are urged to file unused service leave pay applications. Blank forms are available at the county veterans service office, Security Bank Building, U S Veterans Administration office, federal building, U S Employment Service office, Exchange Building, five postal sub stations, Auto-Lite Trane and Rubber Mills plants, and post office windows. The office offers notarization at no charge. Women veterans excluding nurse corps are also eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Veterans’ Service Office
Security Bank
U. S. Veterans Administration Office
Federal Building
U. S. Employment Service Office
Exchange
Auto-Lite
Trane and Rubber Mills
Veterans’ Service Officer
County Veterans’ Service Office
Two Admirals Leave On Europe Mission
The navy reported two of its top admirals are en route to Europe, but details of their mission were not disclosed. Adm. Marc A. Mitscher and Vice Adm. Forrest P. Sherman left Washington, with London reports noting visits to troubled areas. All U. S. naval forces in Europe are near the Mediterranean as the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt and two destroyers depart Lisbon for a training cruise.
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Washington
Navy
Europe
Marc A. Mitscher
Atlantic Fleet
Forrest P. Sherman
London
U. S
Mediterranean
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lisbon
Portugal
Clark Burnett County School Heads Named
Madison announces appointments of two county superintendents. Fred Lundberg becomes Burnett county superintendent succeeding the late E J Adams. Russell Drake is appointed Clark county superintendent, replacing E W Laur ent who resigned. Dorothy McCuskey named curriculum coordinator for the state department of public instruction.
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Madison
John Callahan
Fred Lundberg
Webster High School
Burnett County
E. J. Adams
Russell Drake
Neillsville
Clark County
E. W. Laurent
Callahan
Dorothy McCuskey
Ohio
Connecticut
State Department of Public Instruction
Edward Krug
The
University of Wisconsin
Conference Delays Italian Treaty Discussion Amid Proposals
Delegates from 21 nations debated postponing the Italian treaty and its preamble until a midnight amendment deadline. Russia urged action now while Poland and Greece pressed for position on borders with Bulgaria and coinages of trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trieste
Leif Egeland
South Africa
Australia
Herbert Evatt
Poland
Desires Denied Fatal Stabbing of Lois Nelson in Park
Danville Illinois reports Robert Beatty 21 confessed to stabbing his girlfriend Lois Nelson 5 times on a Kickapoo state park road after attempting to assault her. The motive given was fear she would tell her parents and her refusal of his advances. Nelson a 1943 Danville graduate and glove factory worker.
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Danville
Ill
William Wayland
Robert Beatty
Lois Nelson
Wayland
Beatty
Miss Nelson
Kickapoo State Park
Harlan English
English
Nelson
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
W. H. Eller
Danville High School
Guatemalan inflation fuels calls to raise ceilings or lift controls
The government faces ongoing pressure amid rising prices and economic volatility. Officials weigh policy moves to adjust price ceilings or remove controls to ease inflationary stress on households and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Dismiss Charges In Abortion Death
A second degree manslaughter charge against Dr. Daniel M. Tingley was dismissed by Municipal Judge Herbert Steffes after the assistant district attorney said evidence was insufficient. Dr. Tingley, who pleaded innocent, faced the death of Anna Matkovich, 34, mother of four, from peritonitis after an alleged abortion on February 5, 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Daniel M. Tingley
Herbert Steffes
Joseph Tierney
Tingley
Anna Matkovich
Seek Italian home for Austria refugees
Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson said the United States asked Italy to take in about 25 000 homeless Austrians. The embassy in Rome had sounded out Italy with no reply yet. A separate note claims a quart of water is secreted by the nose daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Poland
Belgium
Netherlands
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Dean Acheson
United States
Austria
Rome
Seek Women In Jobs Here
In La Crosse the U S employment service seeks women ages 25 to 50 for survey work. High school graduation and people skills are valued. initiative, tact, intelligence and integrity matter more than prior experience. Work is irregular and may involve door to door interviews with housewives or visits to the business district. Apply at the Exchange building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
U. S. Employment Service
N. E. Schulze
Schulze
Exchange
Circus Offers Reopened Prewar Magnitude In Boston Visit
The circus features newborns including a baby giraffe born May 19 in Boston, a rare western hemisphere rhino birth, a pygmy hippo, two giant hippos, and numerous elephants. It touts a Toyland on Parade pageant, an elephant act The Changing of the Guard, and acts by The Inimitable Wallendas Don Colleano Bill Heyer Roland Tieber and more than 100 clowns. A downtown ticket sale at Liggett’s Drug Store on Main Street runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toto
Boston
Rhino
Buckingham Palace
Wallendas
Don Colleano
Bill Heyer
Liggett’s Drug Store
Main Street
Local Man Praises TRU LEX For Gas Relief
A Wisconsin resident reports relief from post meal bloating gas and acid reflux after using TRU LEX. He describes improved digestion with regular bowels and ability to eat freely, attributing his change to the product marketed as containing 12 herbs that cleanse bowels and aid the liver and kidneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trulex
Wisconsin
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TMF
LA Crosse Tribune
Texas Standard Oil
Edward R. Bradley
Idle Hour Stock Farm
St. Paul Catholic Church
Lexington
Truman
Quonset, R. L
New England
Elsie
Capehart
Terry
Friendly Dealings
Joseph C. Goodwin
Chamber of Commerce
Banque Melli
National Bank
Iran
Russia
Baluchistan
India
Britain
America
M.brayer
Hed Phillips & Seoms Distributing Corp
Wis
Clark, Burnett County
Paris
Andrei Vishinski
Greece
Bulgaria
M. P. Pipinopolis
Heeschlers’ Pharmacy
Highway No. 35
de Soto
James Armotto, Jr
Schultz
South Fourth Street
Schultz & Nelson
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