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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1946
Page
11
A violent clash at the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range ore docks left several men injured after about 65 policemen confronted pickets. Two men were hospitalized. seven arrested for disorderly conduct as the melee ended within minutes.
Copenhagen reports that Bornholm once again falls under Danish control after Russian withdrawal. The island sits between Sweden Denmark and Germany as a natural fortress with 41 000 residents and exports including china clay coal and marble though it is best known for its charm and character.
Hal Boyle reports on Berlin university where 3,000 active students study amid rubble and political factionalism. Freshmen dominate, books scarce, and a damaged library contrasts with lectures by a Red Army captain. Students view the new democracy as window dressing while fearing future coercion.
A Wisconsin family loses their home and father in a rapid sequence of tragedy. Mrs. Miller and her four children, aged 1 to 6, returned to find their residence near Gresham destroyed by fire. About an hour later Arnold Miller, returning from a construction job in Pella, was killed when his truck overturned on County Trunk M.
Mrs. Ethel Senn 56 of rural La Crosse died in Madison Monday evening born New London Wis December 31 1899 she is survived by husband Nichols Senn daughters Lillian Hanson Violet Bahr and Marian Brague sisters Delia Baker and Mrs Charles Swanson brothers Warren William Ben Milo Sibley and six grandchildren Private services Thursday 2 p m Sletten-McKee Co south chapel Rev W Ross Conner. Burial Woodlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel tonight 7 to 9.
Joseph B Cibulka 93 died at his daughter Anna Petrick’s home 1223 Adams street in La Crosse Monday morning. Born in Czechoslovakia he lived in La Crosse 66 years and is survived by two daughters, one son, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services Friday at 8:30 at the home and 9 at St Wenceslaus Catholic church with Rev. F Cech. burial in Catholic cemetery. Rosary at home Thursday 8 PM.
Belgium honors Mile. Andree de Jongh for organizing and leading daring escapes to return Allied airmen and soldiers to freedom. She crossed mountains and borders, even swimming the Somme twenty times to aid those unable to swim, enduring ambush and harsh conditions.
A 1946 market note from Swift & Co. La Crosse lists poultry prices for various grades and weights, plus delivery terms. Chicago USDA reports cover hogs, cattle, calves, and stock trends, with price ranges and top quotes. Separate entries detail Chicago potatoes and cash grain prices for wheat corn oats and malting.
Winona Minnesota market report from SWitt & Company shows hogs and cattle prices with ceilings not fixed yet and updates on buying hours. The document notes sharp declines in hogs with top at 15.00 and cattle at lower values, plus calf and lamb market调整s and Milwaukee quotes for comparative levels.
Wind and rain last week damaged Wisconsin crops especially tobacco corn and apples but meteorologist H J Thompson said the damage is minor compared with the moisture benefits. Showers were widespread in the south and central regions with heavier rainfall in Dunn Chippewa and Barron counties.
In Collins Mississippi two white men Ernest Earl McDonald Jr 20 and Oscar Moore 18 were arrested on charges sworn by two daughters of a Negro preacher for attempted rape at gunpoint. The girls fled as gunfire erupted. brothers of the girls fired back near their home. A hearing for the suspects is set for 10 tomorrow before Justice T C Campbell.
At Wright Field Ohio American ingenuity repurposes surplus Army Air Forces fuel tanks from V J Day stocks. Des Moines depot buyers convert tanks into storage tanks for irrigation, troughs, duck ponds, dog houses and even sand boxes for children. Some become backyard showers and waterproof dog houses in warm climates.
Observers report Japanese rule created vast out-of-bounds zones for British forces to halt disease spread. Women police patrols, strict control of workers, and closing dance halls were used. educated women recruited as waitresses or clerks were degraded, a welfare worker says Shanghainese womanhood was eroded beyond repair. Opium smoking was encouraged and remains a problem. Floating mines are still captured off the Irish coast.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered showers in Wisconsin and Minnesota and Iowa. Warmer in the north and west portions Thursday. River forecast shows little change in upper middle district with very low tributary flow. A cool air mass from Canada has brought lowering temperatures and showers across the region, with a front from Lake Huron to Montana and warming in the far west.
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