Industry and Junior Fair Share Spotlight at Wisconsin State Fair
Industry and Junior Fair finals drew crowds as Holsteins Ayrshires and Jerseys competed in cattle shows while swine and sheep judged. Attendance reached 30 180 on Friday, with total seven day tally at 395 204. break-even goal looms at 600 000. Manager W M Masterson cited polio, heat, and highway work as factors. Winners include Dick Christianson Oshkosh Hampshire ram and Marjorie Hill Janesville Guernsey female grand champion along with multiple Brown Swiss and Hereford divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
W. M. Masterson
Masterson
Dick Christianson
Oshkosh
George Ducklow
Oconomowoc
Oxford
Voigt Packard Co moves locations in La Crosse area
Several businesses relocate within La Crosse and surrounding towns. Voigt Packard Co moves to 518 State St with auto body work at 124 Pearl St and showroom at 518 State St sharing space with Todd Motor Co. SM Supply moves into 228 S. 2nd St. Metropolitan Life offers a hospital and life insurance plan to Standard Oil dealers and employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voigt Packard Co
la Crosse
State St
Vince Voigt
Pearl St
Todd Motor Company
State Street
Voigt
Voigt Company
SM Supply Company
S. 2Nd St
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Dwight F. Benton
Standard Oil
Metropolitan Life
Homes Burn as Gabby Woman Refuses to Yield Line
Huntington West End fire destroys one home and heavily damages two others causing 19 homeless after a neighbor failed five minutes to persuade a woman using a party line to hang up. Fire Chief John W. Gallagher said the blaze was 6 900 dollars in damage and only saved by pulling the alarm. No serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gallagher
Gallagher
Huntington
West End
Korean Women Protest Communist Spies Near Embassy
About 3,000 Korean housewives and schoolgirls marched past the American embassy in Seoul. They denounced Communist truce inspectors, shouting the slogan Communist spies get out of Korea and bearing banners with the same message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Kohler Co Denied Right To Offer Photos At NLRB Hearing
The Kohler Company failed to present photographs as primary evidence at an NLRB hearing on unfair labor practices. Trial examiner George Downing ruled the photos were secondary, while company counsel Lyman Conger argued they were vital to show mass picketing and violence. The session recessed 17 days to review voluminous records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohler Co
NLRB
Sheboygan
Lyman Conger
Conger
George Downing
National Labor Relations ‘Board
Downing
CIO
United Auto Workers
Paul Jacobi
Jacobi
Births List From Lutheran Hospital and Area Hospitals
Birth notices from Lutheran Hospital and Grandview Hospital include many newborns and their parents across Wisconsin and Illinois. Names include Hillesland, Koch, Smyth, Rieber, Krajewski, Williams, Leszcynski, Trehus, Merfeld, Pearse, Klomsten, Thompson, Rave, Whitegull, Jacobson, Matson, Dow, Rodencal, Prescott, Decorah, Brown, Brynildson, Burns, Sterba, Cizek, Sutherland, Fillner, and more with locations such as Spring Grove Black River Falls Oshkosh and Galesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Smyth
Losey Blvd
Patricia Guilfoyle
Robert J. Cuta
Farnam St
Marie Marsolek
Harold S. Rieber
Fountain City
Marie Koopman
Francis M. Krajewski
R. J
Virginia Bailey
Powell St
Mary Collins
Richard H. Pearse Jr
King, St
Sally Hyde
Oswald A. Klomsten
Main St
Lorraine Pitkanen
Ronald Eugene
James E. Thompson
Osseo
Delores Halverson
Joyce
Henry Rave
Black River Falls
Irene Whitegull
Edwin Thiesse
Joan Thorson
Glen Stubrud
Belva Barclay
Rhonda Lea
Gary Jacobson
Alma Center
Barbara Frost
Jeffrey Dean
Orville Matson
Nellie Mae Olson
Bradley Dean
Herman Dow
Irene Halverson
Linda Lea
Robert Rodencal
Doris Bartos
Hope Marie
Hugh Prescott
Elsie Stanton
Patricia Ann
Walter Decorah
Edith Crowe
Richard Brown
Marcella Zillmer
Diane Lynn
Hensel Brynildson
Taylor
Evelyn Jacobson
Terry Doyle
Doyle Burns
Mildred Smith
Susan Kay
John J. Sterba
Merrillan
Joan Cizek
Taxpayers urged to monitor local budget and state aid
La Crosse County Taxpayers Assn president John Hennick urged residents to watch local spending this fall to see if higher state aid for highways translates into relief or larger budgets. He warned the state budget could rise by millions, with a gap near 500000, if October proposals pass. The group promotes attending a Sept. 24 regional education conference in La Crosse supporting the White House Education Conference efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hennick
la Crosse County
Hennick
la Crosse
White House
Unfaithful Wife Confesses In Print
A Formosa divorce confession appears in a Taipei newspaper. The unnamed wife states she married six years ago to Hu Ku Fang and admits leaving home and failing to fulfill wifely duties. With Hu Ku Fang's consent she has obtained a divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Hu Ku-fang
Mr. Hu
Woman 67 Drowns in Branch River Pond Near Morrison
Mrs. John Kuchenbecker, 67, drowned Friday in a pond on the Branch River near her Morrison home in Brown County. Authorities reported the accidental death occurred in the rural area, with no further details provided.
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Green Bay
John Kuchenbecker
Branch River
Morrison
Brown County
Marriage Licenses Issued in Wisconsin and Missouri
Marriage licenses list shows cene Olstad and Nancy Brown of Melrose with a planned Aug. 28 ceremony. Slava Parrish Jr of Wilmington and Joe and Betty June Butler of Lexington Missouri are also tied to Aug. 27 marriages.
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Cene Olstad
Nancy Brown
Melrose
Slava Parrish, Jr
Wilmington
Joe
Betty June Butler
Lexington
Polio Claims Baby Victim In Milwaukee
The 5 month old Gregory Knaack of Milwaukee died at home with autopsy confirming polio as the cause. Milwaukee county toll reaches 31 with three new cases in vi and Dodge counties, including Evan Gagne a Beaver Dam high school assistant football coach. Schools delay openings in Neenah Menasha and Manawa while Appleton shifts a pastors school to Whitewater due to polio.
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Wisconsin
Gregory Knaack
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Dodge County
Evan Gagne
Beaver Dam High School
Waupun Hospital
Neenah
Menasha
Manawa
Waupaca County
Scandinavia
Appleton
Whitewater
Coon Valley Phone Hearing Scheduled
Madison schedule lists hearings by the Public Service Commission on Sept. 6 for Coon Valley Farmers Telephone Co to convert to dial operation Sept. 14 for Rhinelander Telephone Co rate increase Sept. 15 on county water rates Sept. 16 for Chicago and North Western Railway crossing signal protection in Edgar. Also approval of Franksville Telephone Co sale to Wisconsin Telephone Co for $50 000.
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Madison
North Central Bus Lines Company of Chippewa
Public Service Commission
U.S
Ladysmith
Rhinelander
Franksville Telephone Co
Racine County
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Wisconsin
Franksville
Coon Valley Farmers Telephone Co
Vernon County
Rhinelander Telephone Company
Chicago and North Western Railway
Third Avenue
Edgar
Marathon County
Pedestrian Fatalities In State Decline
Pedestrian deaths in Wisconsin show a 10 percent drop this year. Through July the state recorded 73 fatalities, down from 82 in 1954 and 90 the prior year. Milwaukee reported 18 deaths to Aug 1 with Shorewood, Eau Claire, and Madison at two each. several other cities exceeded one fatality as well.
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Madison
Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department
Milwaukee
Shorewood
Eau Claire
Appleton
Kenosha
Manitowoc
Menomonie
Neenah
Racine
Sheboygan
Superior
Watertown
Waukesha
Wausau
West Allis
Wisconsin Rapids
Kohler Urges State To Honor Labor Day Observance
Wisconsin residents are asked by Gov. Kohler to observe Labor Day on September 5 by honoring labor in public meetings and suitable observances. The proclamation notes the day originated with organized labor but is now observed by all citizens.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Kohler T
La Crosse Tribune Publication Details and Subscription Rates
The La Crosse Tribune dates from 1904 as a daily paper with city state and editorial staff listed. Subscription prices are shown for home delivery and mail within 75 miles and outside that radius, with annual and short-term options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Lee Newspaper Group
Associated Press
AP News
Tribune
la Crosse
Sunday Tribune
Boy Mail
Former UW grid star Walter Alexander leaves estate
Milwaukee historians note Walter L. Alexander a former University of Wisconsin football and crew star died Jan 20 in Melbourne Florida at age 83. An inventory filed in county court shows he left an estate valued at 306 538 dollars with distribution to his wife and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Walter L. Alexander
University of Wisconsin
Alexander
Melbourne
Fla
Old Union Refrigerator Transit Co
Chicago
Government weighs legal advice on cheese deal
Secretary Benson said the Agriculture Department may consult the Department of Justice over multi million dollar cheese transactions labeled unauthorized and improper by the comptroller general. The deals began after Benson cut the price support rate in April 1954 prompting the government to buy about 90 million pounds at 37 cents and sell back to cheese makers at 42 cents.
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Washington
Benson
U.S. Agriculture Department
Department of Justice
Comptroller General
Fountain
D-Nc
House
Department
Joseph Campbell
Agriculture Department
Campbell
Fairbanks-Morse Union Leaders Deny Talks Broken Off
In RELOIT the CIO United Steel Workers Local 1533 says contract talks are not broken off and seeks a large meeting space for 3,200 striking workers to hear progress. The plant president asserts the latest offer of 11% cents cannot be increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks- Morse & Co
W. E. Watson
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
M. R. Nelson
Leo Keefer
Usw-Cio
Watson
Robert H. Morse Jr
Riddles of a Crimin al Case and Moral Elevation
A cryptic fragment hints at a crime scene with a careless crew and a detective facing danger. The text contrasts a living threat not tied to Isis with a question of status, suggesting a detective’s ascent and dominance over those beneath him.
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Nancy Bovee
Bassett
Kenosha County
David Viney
Evansville
Sylvia Reuter
Shirley Everson
DeSoto
Jerry Fox
Janesville
John Gurgesell
Beaver Dam
Marilyn Miller
Lodi
Aberdeen
Jack May
Mineral Point
Calvin Molder
Hartland
Don Draheim
Bill Carey
Tom Tonkin
Frederick Bubolz
Howard Huschina
Viroqua
le Roy Knudsen
Edgerton
Pam
Afl
Wis
N. Main St
I. E. Casperson
Raymond Jacobson
Lloyd Miller
Caspersons
Casperson
Electro-Lux Co
DE Soto, Wis
Logan Youn
de Soto
Carl Horum
Retreat
R. Ford Stickler
Bankers Life
Institute For Advanced Life
Roy Franz
Cass Sts
Isa
C.W. Canfield
Franz
Sentinel Radio Corp
Evanston
Gabby
Huntington, W. Va
Paramount
Packard
J. R. Williams
Alton Vernald Hillesland
Spring Grove
Harriet Ohnstad
Grandview Hospital
Jay D. Summers
Houston
Ruth E. Wilcox
Ralph Koch
Orlean Arnedt
St. Ann's Hospital
Krohn Hospital
Black River Falls, Wis
Laura Clare
John Sutherland
Sparta
Galesville, Wis
Michael Louis
Terrill Fillner
Wichita Falls
Texas
Fillner
Galesville
Polio
The
Shawano
Coon Valley
Kohler
la Crosse Tribune
W. T. Burgess
R. L. Bangsberg
E. Lienickken
Alfred W. Rice
Leonard Lee
Howard Colvin
A. E. Teachout
Luther Wilkins
Ed Keefe
Mgr
EL. Burgess
4Th
Cass Streets
Zeker
Fairbanks-Morse
Chicago Tribune
N'Ig
Weir
Isis
Germany
Italy
Mom
Junior
UNE
E Tribune
Chicago Sunday Tribune
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