Two More Polio Deaths Increase Wisconsin Toll
The Associated Press reports two more polio deaths in Wisconsin from Oneida and Douglas counties. Dean Johnson, 13, died en route to Superior for treatment. Grant Kramer, 5, died in an ambulance while being moved to a hospital. The deaths follow one of Laila Sonna Marks, 16, from Oneida county last Sunday. Five new polio cases were also reported, totaling 297 for the month, in Brown, Sheboygan, Iowa, Kewanee, and Pierce counties.
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Wisconsin
Oneida
Douglas
Dean Johnson
Einar Johnson
Solon Springs
Superior
Douglas County
Rhinelander
Grant Kramer
William Kramer
Laila Sonna Marks
Madison
State Board of Health
Brown
Sheboygan
Iowa
Kewaunee
Pierce
Soldier With Vehicle Tools Arrested Here
Pfc Charles Abraham Day of Lily Kentucky, stationed at Camp McCoy, was arrested after police found a portable tool chest hidden under his blouse containing 51 items. Day pleaded not guilty to larceny in county court with a preliminary hearing set for Aug 29 and bond of 500 dollars. Police noted a wrench protruding from under his clothing and that one man identified tools as his stolen from a car on North Third street.
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Pfc
Charles Abraham Day
Lily
Day
Camp McCoy
Clarence Pinker
Oo Street
North Third Street
Badger
la Crosse
Parked Car Damaged on Ferry Street
Clarence Poeski reports his 1946 vehicle left front fender damaged in front of his home on Ferry Street. Brown vehicle paint found on the car indicating impact occurred Wednesday night while parked.
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Clarence Poeski
Ferry Street
New Buildings Favored for State Fair Park
Milwaukee news reports the state department of agriculture advisory board will back several new structures at the state fair grounds for the 1948 centennial. Chairman Ira Inman announced after a meeting with Governor Goodland that the recommendations include a new woman's building a centennial memorial structure with a 1200 seat auditorium a larger junior club building and a modern fire department.
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Milwaukee
State Department of Agriculture Advisory Board
Ira Inman
Beloit
Inman
Goodland
Btue
Murder Charge In Lover Slaying Sparks Death Penalty Demand
In Danville Illinois 21 year old Robert Beatty is charged with murder in the stabbing of Lois Nelson 19 after she resisted advances. Assistant State's Attorney John W Unger says he will seek the death penalty. Beatty was declared sane by three psychiatrists after examination in Chicago. The charge followed Beatty's return from Chicago.
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Danville
Ill
Robert Beatty
Lois Nelson
John W. Unger
Beatty
Chicago
William Wayland
OPA to Lift Milling Restrictions and Enforce Meat Ceilings
The Office of Price Administration outlined steps to lift wheat milling restrictions this fall while stepping up enforcement against black markets in meat. Porter said 2,500 investigators will monitor meat transactions by next month, with ceilings to be restored if prices for milk and butter rise. Coal price increases stem from new law requiring stable dealer margins. Restorations for fats oils grains and feeds are scheduled across late summer and early fall with specific dates for each category.
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Agriculture Department
Porter
OPA
Delay Harvester Strike in Chicago Holds Indefinite Postponement
A 2000 worker strike at six International Harvester plants is postponed indefinitely. A CIO farm equipment workers union official expects a full settlement.
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Chicago
International Harvester Co
CIO
Green Bay Man Charged With Kidnaping
A 33-year-old Green Bay man Harrison W. Asimont was arraigned on a federal kidnapping charge after police and FBI nabbed him at 4 am. He allegedly hired taxi driver Tony Seeger in Ashland to drive to Odanah then forced him at gunpoint to Sault Ste. Marie Michigan and later robbed another driver in Woodruff. He waived preliminary hearing and remains held on a $15000 bond.
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Green Bay
Wis
Ashland
U. S
John D. Kehoe
FBI
Harrison W. Asimont
Western District Court
H. K. Johnson
Milwaukee
Asimont
Superior
Johnson
Tony Seeger
Odanah
Seeger
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Ironwood
Ed Johnson
Hurley
Woodruff
Damage suit filed against NMU by Nicholson Transit
Detroit filed a $250 000 damage suit against the National Maritime Union CIO sponsor of the eight day old Great Lakes shipping strike. Nicholson Transit Co alleges contract violations including strikes and slowdowns and seeks to restrain NMU picketing at ships and docks in suburban Ecorse. It is the second suit against NMU after three tanker fleet operators sued in Cleveland.
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Detroit
National Maritime Union
CIO
Great Lakes
Nicholson Transit Co
Ecorse
NMU
Cleveland
Police Court fines and bonds from La Crosse La Serre to Miss Taylor
Daily Records from La Crosse list fines for reckless driving speeding and license violations including Leon La Serre $25 fine Gerald Greider $10 Lynn Nichols $5 Emil Biadiie $82 Russell Geary $2 Joseph Palkowsky $65 James L Osgood $5 Warren Gardner $15 Lee Van Sivke $10 James McDonald Holmen $25 bond forfeited for molesting Gertrude Stuhkjaer Madison $2 bond for alley parking John O Malley West De Pere $12.50 bond for speeding E L Sheehan fine withheld until Sept 19 Rudolph Pralle fine withheld until County Court La Creme Charles A Day Lily Ky pleaded not guilty to larceny bond set Herman Hicke guilty vagrancy 30 days Clyde Bay forfeited $5 bond for stopping at a stop sign Jane Taylor paid $100 costs drunken driving license revoked one year.
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la Crosse
Leon la Serre
Fine Street
Gerald Greider
South Sixth Street
Lynn Nichols
Rockland
Wisconsin
Emil Biadiie
Cameron Avenue
Russell Geary
South Front Street
Joseph Palkowsky
Fifth Avenue South
Wis
John O'Malley
West de Pere
E. L. Sheehan
Mainstret
Rudolph Pralle
Main Street
la Creme
Charles A. Day
Lily
Herman Hicke
Copeland Avenue
Clyde Bay
Glendale Addition
Jane Taylor
North Seventh Street
Miss Taylor
Real estate transfers and aviation notes in La Crosse area
Real estate transfers list multiple pairs: Earl and Jessie Olson to Robert and Lydia Terpstra. Joseph and Janet Callaway to Walter and Helen Hachey. William and Lilly Plenge to William and Ethal King. Edward Lemke to J Floyd and Edna Valley. E L Weisbecker and others to Royal and Beatrice McGinnis. Richard Kersha to Herbert and Esther Walter. Federal Land Bank of St. Paul to Alfred and Mabel Breswick. Dorthy Brooks to Joseph and Caroline Selleck. Fires report details August incidents at 520 North 11th Street and 219 Vine Street with limited damage. Aviation notes cover a busy schedule and pilot ratings, including several flights and license accomplishments.
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la Creme
Earl C. Olson
Jessie Olson
Robert Terpstra
Lydia L. Terpstra
Adams
Johnson Streets
Joseph Callaway
Janet Callaway
Walter C. Hachey
Helen Hachey
Shelby
William Plenge
Lilly Plenge
William R. King
Ethal Mae King
Goddard
Caroline Streets
Edward Lemke
J. Floyd Valley
Edna L. Valley
Car
Rose Streets
E. L. Weisbecker
Jessie Weisbecker
Royal E. McGinnis
Beatrice McGinnis
Green Bay
21St Street
Richard W. Kersha
Herbert W. Walter
Esther E. Walter
West la Crosse
Federal Land Bank of
AFL Poll Sees Wallace Ahead for President in Labor Survey
Milwaukee report from AFL International Union leader Lester Washburn cites a poll of 250,000 United Auto Workers members. It finds 53 percent favor Democrats as the party likely to advance labor interests and 48 percent name Henry Wallace as preferred next president, with Truman at 9 percent and Pepper at 6 percent.
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Milwaukee
AFL Auto Workers
Democratic Party
Henry Wallace
Lester Washburn
Washburn
AFL International Union
United Automobile Workers of America
Democrats
United States
Wallace
Truman
Pepper
Sen
Taft
R-O
Bricker
Ohio
Stassen
Minnesota
Gov
Dewey
New York
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Byrnes
Balkans Powder Keg Tensions Rise at Peace Conference
At the peace conference Greece pressed Albania over Epirus as Tsaldaris demanded northern Epirus be assigned to Greece. Manuilsky warned the Balkans could endanger world peace while Albania’s Hoxha accused of stirring false impressions. Brazil urged a just peace with Italy.
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Paris
Ukraine
Balkans
Europe
Albania
Greece
Balkan
Dimitri Manuilsky
Constantin Tsaldaris
Epirus
Enver Hoxha
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tsaldaris
Brazil
Italy
Power Firm Official Victim of Monoxide
H F Blackburn 41 assistant general manager of the Mississippi Valley Public Service company was found dead in his Winona garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. Coroner Dr Tweedy said he likely died three hours before discovery with no motive evident. Blackburn had lived in Winona since 1937 after moving from Chicago and had worked for General Electric in the past.
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Winona
Minn
H. F. Blackburn
Mississippi Valley Public Service Company
Blackburn
Winona County
Robert Tweedy
Tweedy
Chicago
General Electric Company
Hollywood Pupil Displays Dried Apple Dolls
Hollywood pupil Joy Calahan, a grammar school student, shows hundreds of dolls crafted from dried apples bark coconut wood straw china cloth and reindeer skin. The collection includes Eskimo Chinese Guatemalan Balinese Turkish Indo Chinese Dutch and American dolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Young Joy Calahan
Joy
Indiana
Special Council Meeting Called by Mayor Vercota
A special meeting of the common council scheduled for Friday night is called by Mayor J J Vercota to discuss issues related to the north side bathing beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
J. J. Vercota
First Canadian Expeditionary Force Departed for France
An early start marks the departure of the first Canadian expeditionary force for France on December 3 1914. The contingent begins its long overseas campaign amid mounting war effort signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Myers cites Russia for deliberate acts of violence
U S Senator Francis J Myers of Pennsylvania accuses Russia of deliberate acts of violence in Europe and the far east. He says the incidents aim to discourage American presence near Soviet dominated sectors in Europe and China, as he spoke at the Pennsylvania American Legion convention in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U. S
Francis J. Myers
Onalaska Man Shoots Self at Farm Home
Earl Olson, 34, of Onalaska, died after shooting himself in the head with a rifle at his mother Emma Qualle’s farm home. He was found at 8 a.m. and died at about 10 a.m. County coroner Dr. George Reay called it death by own action, noting the man had been mentally low.
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Earl Olson
Onalaska
Emma Qualle
R. J. Holmen
Olson
la Crosse
George Reay
Green Bay Mayor Wins Wisconsin Chicken Pick Title
Wisconsin State Fair chicken picking crown goes to Green Bay Mayor Dominic Olejniczak after he denuded two leghorn hens in 37 seconds. Racine Mayor Francis H. Wendt takes second with Plymouth Mayor W H Eldridge third and West Allis Mayor Arnold H Klentz last.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Dominic Olejniczak
Green Bay
Francis H. Wendt
Racine
W. H. Eldridge
Plymouth
Arnold H. Klentz
West Allis
Oklahoma church to occupy former Abe Hale club building
A Pentecostal Holiness church in Oklahoma City plans to move into the former Abe Hale restaurant and night club, after purchasing the property for 37 000 dollars from the founder's widow. Bible lessons will replace floor shows and dance orchestras this fall at the county venue.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Oklahoma
Satan
Oklahoma County
Abe Hale
AFT Reelects President and Adds Vice Presidents at 29th Convention
The American Federation of Teachers announced re election of the president and four new vice presidents at its 29th annual convention in St Paul. Re elected were E Robert Leach of Fort Wayne Indiana and Mrs Natalie F Ousley of Gary Indiana. New vice presidents include E Max Wales of La Salle Illinois.
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ST. Paul
Minn
American Federation of Teachers
E. Robert Leach
Fort Wayne
Ind
Natalie F. Ousley
Gary
E. Max Wales
la Salle
Report India Riot Spreading Across Provinces
Communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims, after 3000 deaths in Calcutta last week, spread to Bengal Bihar and Assam with four more killed and score injured. Leaders in New Delhi condemn the rioting while observers say interim government plans remain on track. Authorities seek to boost Calcutta food supplies as disposal squads clear wreckage and bodies.
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Bombay
Calcutta
Bengal
Bihar
Assam
New Delhi
India
Move British Force To Italian Base
An Allied military spokesman said the British First armored division is being moved from Italy to relieve the Sixth airborne division in Palestine. The transfer, already underway and nearly complete, places the unit from Bologna Naples Bari and other Italian locations, and does not affect Venezia Giulia occupation. London insisted no relocation to Palestine was planned.
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Trieste
First Armored
Italy
Sixth Airborne
Palestine
Bologna
Naples
Bari
Venezia Giulia
British War Office
London
Admiral Blandy Urges Outlawing Atomic Bomb Use
Vice Admiral Blandy, who directed Bikini tests, backs outlawing the bomb but says the U S should not ban its use unilaterally. He calls for a workable enforceable global plan acceptable to all nations during a news conference in Washington with Secretary Forrestal and other officers.
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Washington, D. C
W. H. P. Blandy
United States
Blandy
Navy
James Forrestal
Army
Pacific
Tighten Control Of Alien Ship Probes
The coast guard tightens oversight of foreign ships entering U S ports to ensure full checks on passengers crews and contents. Authority comes from amendments to the 1917 anti espionage act. Control was strict during wartime and relaxed after the fighting ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coast Guard
United States
Yugoslavia Crisis Tests UN Security Council Procedures
The United States considers asking Dr. Oscar Lange to call a special UN Security Council session on the Yugoslav issue within 48 hours of the ultimatum. The move could trigger debate on emergency procedures as the council has never met in such a case. Officials weigh invoking articles 34 and 35 of Chapter VI to investigate potential threats to international peace and security. Councilmembers planned to meet early next week after recent sessions.
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Belgrade
Security Council
Oscar Lange
Poland
Council
Lange
Newspapers face longer newsprint stock as July totals rise
New York headlines report 37 days of newsprint on hand at end of July up seven days from June as industry leaders note 54 days supply nationwide by July 1945. Elephants like onions as much as peanuts.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
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Vine Street
Sol Lindenberg
Eau Claire
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Amboy
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Cedar Flying Service
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Culver
C. A. Monaghan
Minneapolis
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Elmer Dunn
Lone Rock
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Elkhart
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P. R. Colrick
Carol Peters
Fpanta-Reed
R. Pivonka
Frontenac
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Tomah
Thorn
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CAA
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Howard Helen
Westby
Jack Fanta
Robert Stuckey
New Glarus
Miller
Greg Oldenburg
Boys Ranch
Jackie [Butch] Jenkins
James Craig
Skipp Homeier
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la Guardia
Norman Thomas
Wagner
Hollywood Pupil
Terry
Self
Satan By
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Dippo
Barron
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