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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
2
In Battle Creek Michigan calm county county fair scenes are interrupted by a bear hunt, a cocker spaniel incident, a horses weight pulling 2900 pounds, and a frisky cow that unveils a wallet containing 94 dollars. War ren Wilbur is named as the wallet’s owner.
John Milne 23 Canton farm youth died in a head on collision with a semi trailer on state trunk highway 44 near Caledonia Houston county. Jurors found Milne acted negligently driving under the influence on the night of August 17, not due to the other driver. Milne a World War II merchant marine veteran drove a 1941 automobile toward Spring Grove when his car hit a truck driven by Robert Barker Elgin Illinois. The truck owned by John M. Christen of Elgin was hauling baled hay to Neillsville. Jurors named six Caledonia residents as panel members.
A film titled Accent On Use depicting polio care methods and vocational rehabilitation will be shown at the Fifth Avenue theater at 11 a.m. Friday. Admission is free to the public. The La Crosse health department received the movie from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis through Palmer F. Davgs, Wisconsin representative.
President Truman invited southern poverty bolters to join the 1948 Democratic fold while demanding adherence to the party platform. The Democratic National Committee purged five States Rights members, as William Boyle vowed no purge of non Truman Democrats. The moves followed Southern opposition to civil rights measures and included expulsions of Marion Rushton, William H. Talbot, J B Snider, Hermes Gautier, and Anne A Agnew for bolting Thurmond Wright ticket last year.
McGREGOR Minn A whining dog aiding the hunt for missing three year old Larry Coleman guided searchers to a brush lined creek in swamp wilderness where he disappeared five days ago Sheriff Hjalmar Hulin ordered the search there Deputy Sheriff Paul Knutson owner of the Labrador retriever said the dog picked up the trail near the disappearance and followed it to the creek The Coleman family offered a $500 reward for the boy dead or alive.
Washington physician Dr Luria, 50, sought care for severe chest pains. Ambulance driver Samuel V Hurdle, 58, collapsed in the office. A second ambulance carried both to hospital where they died en route from heart attacks.
In Milwaukee two interurban coaches collided after one train backed up and was struck by a faster car. Fifteen passengers and two crews were hospitalized with injuries, including a conductor and a motorman in critical condition. Rescue crews and police treated the injured as the rear car split and toppled, with bystanders watching near North 49th Street.
London reports Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan expect a baby in February. Khan told reporters on arrival at Croydon from Deauville that the couple wed May 27 in Vallauris France. Each has children from prior marriages. Hayworth has daughter Rebecca with Orson Welles. Khan has two sons.
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina denied the defense motion for a mistrial in the Communist conspiracy case. The judge also rejected disqualifying juror Russell Janney and refused to order an inquiry into his possible influence on others.
Mrs. Paul Koebl 59 of 523 Charles street was hit by a car driven by Louis Meir 1502 Pine street at the Fourth and Jay streets intersection. Police say bruises on her left leg and a cut on the right arm with X rays taken. she was kept at a local hospital for observation. The collision occurred at 9 30 a m as she walked northbound on the west side of Jay Street eastbound traffic. Meir transported her to the hospital in his vehicle.
Daniel Webster, a Florida inmate, told NC authorities he stabbed a mother and drowned her four year old daughter in 1941. District solicitor Clifton L. Moore said the confession relates to Lelia Bryan, 36, and her child Mary Rachel, eight years after the crime.
Snoopy the 650 pound heifer owned by Cherine Lampman became trapped inside a partly filled silo near Osceola Wisconsin after slipping through a 20 inch by 30 inch opening. Everett Lampman planned to fill the silo with silage to force the cow’s release and then feed and water her until she is freed. Three and a half miles east neighbors watched as the plan to remove Snoopy unfolded.
Senator Tobey cites potential savings of a million dollars daily from scrapping 135 submarines. Bridges and Sikes question reducing submarine programs amid reports of Soviet U-boat buildup. Officials push ahead with cuts and rations for reserve officers as citizens committee hails Hoover report move.
John W. Dunne, 73, Banbury England, designer of Britain's first military airplane in 1906, died Wednesday night. He also gained renown for his theory of serialism developed in several books asserting that future events are foreseen in dreams through a mathematical argument.
Thieves took about 40 gasoline tank caps from cars of Standard Oil Co employees at 20 Copeland Avenue. Cars were parked in front of the office and the theft was noticed after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Some caps were recovered nearby. several remain missing, police report says.
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