Groups Travel To State Fair
La Crosse county 4-H youths head to Milwaukee for state fair events with Edith Brevig guiding three girls in demonstrations and dress revue. A caravan with eight youths and Edward Brudos heads also for Milwaukee, accompanied by Larry Davis and Al Francour. Some contests will be omitted, but all county youths will attend, with lodging aid from the La Crosse Chamber of Commerce.
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la Crosse County
Milwaukee
Edith Brevig
Elorda Johnson
Wilma Waldenberger
Darone Hix
Edward Brudos
Larry Davis
al Francour
Mary Hansen
Gregory Schmitz
Morris Meyer
Bernadine Servais
Bill Kapanke
Lois Sommerrfield
Polly Huggett
Carol Zabel
State 4-H Club
la Crosse
Tribune
Piroto Edward Brudos
Mindoro
Everett Hoff
Holmen
Fall Creek
Eau Claire
Rush Captures New Russian MG in Korea War Evidence Flight
Delayed infantrymen of the 35th regiment captured a 1950 model Russian machinegun and turned it over to the United Nations front line team. It will be flown to Lake Success, New York, as evidence against Soviet Representative Jakob Malik's claim that the Soviet Union gave no military equipment to North Korea since 1948.
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U. S
Korea
United Nations
Lake Success
New York
Jakob A. Malik
Soviet Union
North Korea
Vehicle Ransacked in front of Residence on Mississippi Street
Gerald Hopkins reported his vehicle ransacked Sunday in front of his home on Mississippi Street. The thief took binoculars a folding camera and two calibers of cartridges. Frank Meyer said a radiator was stolen from a winch truck parked near Monitor Street west end, valued at 40 dollars.
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Gerald Hopkins
Mississippi Street
Issing Dee
Frank Meyer
Gould Street
Monitor Street
Woman Hurt In Fall At Home
Mrs. Elizabeth Kruger 85 of 924 Main Street was taken to a local hospital by police ambulance at 12 39 am Saturday after a fall in her home caused a fractured left knee.
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Elizabeth Kruger
Main Street
Hosm’s
Administration Drives To Speed Up Western Rearmament Plan
The Truman administration planned a two front push this week to accelerate western rearmament against potential Soviet aggression in Europe. Secretary of State Acheson will seek rapid approval of a 4 billion dollar foreign arms aid fund and his deputy will press allies in London to expand defense programs. John Sherman Cooper amplified the warning that Western Europe faces mortal danger from Moscow backed aggression.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Truman
Europe
Acheson
Senate Appropriations Committee
America
Middle East
Far East
State Department
U. S
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
New York
Cooper
Soviet Union
Moscow
Russia
South Korea
Western Europe
United States
Hokah Woman Dead At 89
Mrs Amelia Ender 89 dies at daughter’s La Crescent home after long life as matriarch of five Ender generations. She was born August 29 1860 in La Crescent Township and lived on farms in Bush Valley and South Ridge before retiring in Hokah. Survived by one son six daughters two dozen descendants. Funeral Tuesday at Hokah Methodist Church with Rev William Lowden officiating. Burial Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may call Monday at the Goode home.
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Hokah
Minn
Amelia Ender
Enders
William Goode
la Crescent
Ender
Leonard Ender
Amelia Radtke
South Ridge
Bush Valley
William
la Crosse
Charles
Anna) Pilger
Caledonia
Laura) Goede
August
Julia) Goede
Lillian
Mount Hope Cemetery
Auto Pioneer Ransom E Olds Reported Critically Ill
Ransom E. Olds, the 86 year old automotive pioneer, was described as still critically ill and weakening at his Lansing, Michigan home. Dr. T. S. Bauer cited complications of old age as the cause.
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Auto Pioneer
Lansing
Mich
Ransom E. Olds
T. S. Bauer
Australian quads thrive after birth names announced
Mrs. Berry Sara and Percy, the quads born in Bellingen, are healthy. Alison weighs 3 pounds 9 ounces, Phillip 5 pounds 11 ounces, Judith 5 pounds, and Mark’s weight was not disclosed. The couple plans to enlarge their home, and a Sydney fund drive aids the quads.
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Sydney
Australia
Berry Sara
Percy
Alison
Phillip
Judith
Mark
Bellingen
Rioting inmates in San Quentin sequestered in solitary
Eleven ringleaders of three weekend riots in San Quentin prison are held in solitary confinement after outbreaks in the mess hall. Eleven inmates suffered injuries from flying trays cups and other utensils as Warden Clinton Duffy called the events outbreaks of hoodlumism.
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San Quentin
Calif
San Quentin Prison
Clinton Duffy
Round-The-World Jeepers Reach Azores After Long Hiatus
Halifax report confirms Mr. and Mrs. Ben Carlin are safe in the Azores. The Australian engineer and his Boston-born wife began their amphibious jeep voyage July 19 seeking a trans Atlantic crossing and a global circumnavigation if successful.
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Halifax
N. S
Ben Carlin
Azores
Carlin
Atlantic
Carlins
Births at La Crosse Hospital
Two birth notices list an Aug. 20 boy named Jerry Lyle to Mr and Mrs Lyle Cooper of 2406 Wood Street and an Aug. 21 girl to Mr and Mrs Thomas Moore of West Salem Leona Mikkelson noted as the observer Christel Wittig.
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Jerry Lyle
Lyle Cooper
Wood Street
Christel Wittig
Thomas Moore
West Salem
Leona Mikkelson
City chest clinic appointments filled for August
Miss Dorothy Anderson reports all August appointments are taken for the city chest clinic. Those with appointments should keep them or report cancellations to the health department. Clinic hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday in room 224 of the Vocational school, funded by Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association Christmas seals.
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Dorothy Anderson
City Public Health Nurses
Health Department
Vocational School
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Mobilization Bill Heads to Senate Vote Amid Debate
The Senate faced a Monday vote on a home front mobilization bill granting President Truman broad emergency powers over the economy. The measure includes credit restrictions and defense production features, with wage price controls and rationing possible. House approval Aug 10 favored similar legislation amid predicted Senate approval of a version acceptable to the president.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
CIO
Undt
Ferguson
Mich
McCarran
D-New
La Valle GI Hurt In Korea
Eight Wisconsin men including one from La Valle are named on Korean casualty list No. 70. Corp. Frank B. Dargel of La Valle was wounded in action. Pfc. Robert H. Duprey of Two Rivers and Marine Richard Orlowski of Milwaukee are wounded. Pvt. Eugene Van Der Steen of Kaukauna is injured. Missing in action are Corp. Norman R. Henricksen of Milwaukee Pfc. Bernard L. Howe of Darlington Pfc. Frederick E. Pierce of Edgerton and Ret. Melvin G. Washburn of Oshkosh.
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Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
la Valle
Defense Department. Corp
Frank B. Dargel
Bessie Nee Dargel
Robert H. Duprey
Ruth Duprey
Two Rivers
Marine Corp
Richard Orlowski
Harry Orlowski
Milwaukee
Eugene van der Steen
Mary van der Steen
Kaukauna
Corp
Norman R. Henricksen
Anna Henricksen
Bernard L. Howe
Richard Howe
Darlington
Frederick E. Pierce
Matthew J. Pierce
Edgerton
Melvin. G. Washburn
George Washburn
Oshkosh
Weather Record for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Weather record from the U S department of commerce notes fair conditions in Wisconsin with cooler north central areas and spotty frost on mucklands tonight. Tuesday remains fair and cool with higher afternoon readings in the north portion. Minnesota shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with cooler east and warmer north and central portions. Iowa expects mostly fair tonight with brief thundershowers in the extreme southwest and Tuesday fair with little temperature change.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Dam gate changes to maintain pool levels at Lake Pepin
From Hastings to Guttenberg Iowa the plan lowers gates from Dam 4 to 10 due to decreasing stream flow. Present pool levels will be preserved with only slight tailwater drops at gages and minor gate operation.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Lake
Pepin
Weather patterns show high pressure dominance with tropical system offshore
Morning weather chart indicates high pressure over most areas with a narrow trough from Hudson Bay to Colorado. The tropical hurricane moves north off New England, bringing heavy rains along the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Maine. New Haven measured 2.22 inches in the last six hours. central U.S. had scattered showers. Temperatures were warmer in the north and central Rockies and cooler near the Lake region and Mississippi valley. Garden City and Dodge City hit 57 F. Chicago St Louis and Terre Haute reported record August lows. Light frost and some frost damage observed in central and northern Wisconsin yesterday.
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Hudson Bay
Colorado
New England
Atlantic
New Jersey
Maine
New Haven
Conn
Rocky Mountain
Plains
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Garden City
Dodge City
Kas
Chicago
St. Louis
Terre Haute
Wisconsin
Judge presides in High Low Jack court game
In Los Angeles a Federal Judge joins a street courtroom poker scene. Spectators laugh as Judge Ben Harrison calls the calendar and orders the clerks to ante up while three defendants admit border crossing without credentials and face one year in the federal jackpot.
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Los Angeles
Ben Harrison
Murray Wire
Gray Promises A Shakeup In Tennessee VA
General Carl R. Gray Jr announces a broad VA shakeup in Tennessee after irregularities in the rehabilitation and education program. Ten top officials face actions including discharge, reprimand, resignation, or pending decisions related to overpayments to two GI training schools. J M Nixon’s case remains unresolved due to illness. The board reported irregularities but specifics were not disclosed.
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Hudson
Wis
Veterans Administration
Tennessee
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Gray
J. M. Nixon
Nashville
Nixon
Board of
Moose Opens House of God for Children of All Faiths
Mooseheart Illinois dedicates a 1.5 million dollar house of God during the Loyal Order of Moose 62nd annual convention. The child city near Chicago houses about 5000 youths since 1913 with Protestant and Catholic chapels and an 800 seat main auditorium as Willis E. Donley delivers the dedication address.
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Mooseheart
Ill
House of God For
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose
Chicago
C. D. Payne
John J. Laffey
Willis E. Donley
Menomonie
Wis
Order
Margaret Rose 20 and Still a Spinster at Balmoral
Margaret Rose reaches age 20 at Balmoral Castle as the king and queen observe a quiet birthday. Despite persistent rumors of attachment, she remains unmarried, challenging the long held belief that a Glamis born woman must wed by 20.
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Margaret Rose
Balmoral
Scotland
George VI
Elizabeth
Glamis Castle
Margaret of the Merry Eyes
Balmoral Castle
Margaret
Senators Probe Gangsters Entering Legitimate Business
Senator Hunt says investigators found evidence gangsters control a New York bank and Chicago cleaning and dyeing firms while moving into hotels distilleries steel companies and other sectors. Kefauver’s panel plans public hearings to reveal racketeering leverage and wartime profiteering from a candy factory seized for 150000 during sugar rationing.
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New York City
Chicago
Hunt
Senate
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Committee
New York
Child's Dancing Taps Ignite Mystery Gas Fatality
In Mukwonago Wisconsin Patsy Cline two and a half died after her clothes caught fire from a spark on the lead taps of her shoes as she danced on the kitchen floor. Her parents had turned off the outside valve to a bottled gas supply when the incident occurred. She died at Waukesha Memorial hospital the following day.
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Mukwonago
Wis
Everett Cline
Patsy
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Red Cross Urges Broad Blood Donations for Korea War
The American Red Cross called on all Americans to donate blood to meet the needs of fighting men in Korea and expanded armed forces. Korean supplies have come from volunteers in Japan, with shipments to the Far East to support combat zones and stockpile plasma and derivatives for military use.
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Washington
Red Cross
Korea
All Americans
Japan
Far East
24 Swimmers Ready for Mass English Channel Swim
Twenty four swimmers await the London Daily Mail race with a 1000 pound prize. They will start from Cap Gris Nez in France at midnight local time. Weather forecast for the channel swim looked favorable as the event prepared to begin.
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Folkestone
Eng
London Daily Mail
Cap Gris Nez
France
Six year old hit by truck on Johnson Street
Maryline Hoyer six years old of 2231 Johnson Street suffered a forehead cut after being struck by a westbound truck on Johnson near 22nd while playing on a curbside trailer with two brothers. She was taken to a local hospital by police.
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Maryline Hoyer
Johnson Street
Warren J. Culver
South Eighth Street
22Nd Street
Marylin
Richard Adams
Copeland Avenue
William Wilkinson
Loomis Street
Gillette Street
Avon Street
Wilkinson
Passaic River Bubble Show Stuns Garfield Crowd
The Passaic River appeared as a bubble bath Sunday night as spectators along nearby streets watched foam cover about 40 yards below the Dundee dam. The foam reached three feet in height. Police suspect a factory discharged a chemical causing the froth as water flowed over the dam.
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Garfield
N. J
Passaic
Dundee Dam
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