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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1935
Page
14
Rushford Minnesota prepares a three night pageant Abraham Lincoln portraying the life of the great leader. About two hundred performers will enact the story from boyhood to national fame. The event features a large fireworks display and a vast outdoor amphitheatre with a peninsula stage and hillside seating.
La Crosse police and Brown county sheriff seek a man who sold razor blades knives or roller skates after items were stolen from a Greenleaf hardware store. He was seen in Richland Center Thursday driving a Ford V eight with Iowa license 77 8681.
Willis Thornton recalls Will Rogers as steadfast in values despite Hollywood fame. Rogers cared for family and ranch life, rarely partaking in nightlife, and his death drew tribute from Eddie Cantor and others. Rogers left an estate over 2 million, with substantial insurance and oil interests.
Minnesota weather events this year caused at least 1 675 000 in damage across the state. The Weather Bureau reports conservatism, noting additional losses from early-week storms and multiple incidents in Duluth, southwestern Minnesota, and Twin Cities area. Specific totals include 300 000+ from sleet in March, 461 200 in July tornadoes and windstorms, 200 000 in early August, and 250 000 from May snow, sleet, hail with 33 500 from May floods near Bird Island and Helle Prairie. The record shows 16.47 inches of moisture statewide, 1.05 inches above normal, with Leech Lake Dam leading precipitation and Faribault the lowest. The month was warmer than usual, average 75 degrees, and drought fears ease.
The obituary notes Will Rogers rooted acts of generosity in life with quiet aid to many. It recalls paying a Scout trip and supporting Dawson Alaska teams, painting him as Hollywood’s simple yet generous figure and describing the calm at his Santa Monica ranch after his passing.
Deaths reported with two obits from Greenwich Connecticut and St Louis Missouri. Isabel Stillman Rockefeller widow of Percy A Rockefeller aged 58 daughter of Jamies Stillman noted as New York barker. Al McHenry aged 42 well known soccer player toured Europe with a St Louis team in 1919. He retires three year.
Malian police arrested five Albanians in connection with the August 15 assassination of Gen. Leon de Ghilardi, inspector general of the Albanian army, in Bari Italy.
Herbert Hoover's public and private activities spark intense GOP debate in Washington. Some conservatives push for his renomination while others urge a firmer stand on Old Guard policies, with Hoover seen as a symbol of conservatism even without an organized campaign. Nye notes voters may resist a return to old Hoover-era policies.
Radio Tonight at 6 p m features Hy the Associated Arena and lists WEBC KSTP WTMJ WMA. 7 p m Beauty Box Theater NBC stations WMT WTMJ WIBA KSTP WEBC and 8 p m Leith Stevens CBS stations WABC WOC WCCO WISN 10 p m Frankie Martens Orchestra CBS stations WABC WISN WCCO WOC. Ivory remark notes Africa tusks used as cattle pens less than a century ago.
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