Draft registration opens amid fatal airliner crash aftermath
The text notes began with 37 killed in the Northwest Airways crash and pivots to draft registration under the 1948 act. It reports 250 to 275 local youths born after August 10 1922 must register, with registration at the Vocational School gym and later in the district court rooms. Election of Clinton D. Grinwold as chairman and HK Holley as secretary is recorded, along with other board members.
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la Crosse County
Selective Service
Dente Board
Tae Crosve
Clinton 2D
Grinwold
Wert Sitem
HK. Holley
Ga Crosse
Fly Board
C. A. Loveland
Harvey Fr. Boyle
la Rrosse
Roam
Secernt District
Fecderal
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
First City Polio Case Reported In Seven Year Old Girl
The city health department reports seven year old Maureen Flannery of 1619 South 18th Street as the first local poliomyelitis case. She was admitted to St. Camillus isolation hospital over the weekend. Other regional cases are mentioned but she is the first city resident affected.
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City Health Department
Maureen Flannery
South 18Th Street
St. Camillus
Flannery
Enly
Bishop Oxnam Elected President of World Council of Churches
Dr G Bromley Oxnam was unanimously elected one of six presidents of the World Council of Churches today in Amsterdam. Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher and the four other candidates also were chosen unanimously for their respective offices.
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Amsterdam
G. Bromley
Oxnam
Methodist Church
New York
World Council of Churches Today
Canterbury
Geoffrey Fisher
Local Weather For La Crosse And Vicinity
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures. Lows tonight near 58, highs Tuesday around 85. Water temperature at the municipal swimming pool Monday was 72 degrees.
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la Crosse
Reds Move To Cut Berlin City Funds In Soviet Pressure
Russians order Berlin Soviet sector residents to pay taxes in their sector and dedicate funds to the Russian zone as Moscow presses the city administration amid talks on a four power communique. The move follows police, food and labor splits and signals bargaining power ahead of negotiations. The item also covers U.S. R-day registration for a peacetime draft, outlining the process, eligibility, and penalties.
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George Bria
Berlin
Muneuvers
Moscow
Socialist
Herlin
Kormmando
Cardinal Church Leaders Gather For Bishop McGavrick Rites
A cardinal and 16 bishops will attend the last rites for Bishop McGavrick tomorrow at 10 a.m. in Chicago area rites. Attendees include Samuel Cardinal Stritch and Archbishops Moses E. Kiley Henry P. Rohlman and Joseph E Springfield. Other prelates from multiple dioceses will join, with attendees listed from Milwaukee Dubuque St. Louis and more. Along the coast Hurricane warnings extend from North Carolina to Virginia as the tropical storm nears Cape Hatteras with 115 mph winds.
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McGavick
Samuel Cardinal Struch
Chicago
Moses E. Kiley
Milwaukee
Henry P. Rahlman
Dubuque
Joseph E. Rister
St. Louis
Willan T. Connor
Madison
Francis J. Schenk
Crookston
Little Rock
John Simmerman
Hatteras
N. C
Wilmington
Weather Bureau
Here
Virginia Capes
Charleston
Miami Weather Bureau
Wilminton
Cape Hatteras
Fire in Manitowoc wipes out Haupt Milk Transit storage garage
Fire swept a storage garage of the Haupt Milk Transit Company three miles north of Manitowoc, causing an estimated loss of 150000. The blaze on Saturday night destroyed the building along with several large semi trailer trucks with milk tanks and the private cars of three employees.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Manitowoc County
Haupt Milk Transit Ca
Here
Streamliner Crashes at Evanston Derailment Delays Train
The westbound Union Pacific City of San Francisco derailed in Evanston Wyoming yesterday after a rail turned over as the slowly moving train crossed a switch into the yards. No injuries were reported and the train continued west after a delay of several hours.
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Evanston
Wyo
Union Pacific City of San Francisco
Co Pilot and Stewardess from La Crosse in Northwest Crash
David F. Brenner 27 and Mary Elizabeth Ungs 26 were former La Crosse residents among the three crew members of the Northwest Airlines plane that crashed into Fountain City Ridge on Sunday. Brenner’s parents live at 2064 Cass Street. Ungs, a Dyersville, Indiana native, was a St Francis School of Nursing graduate and served in the Army Nurse Corps. She later became a Northwest stewardess after leaving service. a sister Edith also graduated from St Francis in 1945.
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David F. Breener
la Crosse
Mary Elizabeth Ungs
St. Francis School of Nursing
David F. Brenner
Northwest Airlines
Fountain City Ridge
Brenner
I. B. Brenner
Cass Streets
Jacqueline
J. R. Argall
Avon Street
David Jay
Blinneapolis
Miss Ungs
Dyersville
St. Francis W School of Nursing
Charles Ungs
St. Francis Hospital
Army
Nurses’. Corps
Worthiwest Airlines
Edith
St.’ Francis
Breoner
Wier Crab
Victims Named In Fountain City Plane Disaster
NORTHWEST Airlines crash near Fountain City Wisconsin claimed 37 lives as bodies were recovered from a rattlesnake infested area. David Brenner 27 Minneapolis formerly of La Crosse was among the identified dead. Officials from Martin Aircraft and the Civil Aeronautics Board led investigations as relatives moved toward the scene.
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Tripane Rhoter
David Brenner
la Crosse
Mississippi
Martin Aircraft Company
Fountain City
Wis
Baltimore
Winona
Northwest Airlines
Chicago
Minneapolis
CAB
John F Woodhead
Airlines Lists Persons On Martin Plane Crash Victims
A Chicago report lists 86 passengers and crew killed in the Northwest Airlines crash on a Chicago to Minneapolis flight near Fountain City Wisconsin. Names include Robert L. Dille and wife, Robert L. Jr., Miss Shurley Henderson, and Rev. F. E. Jennings, among others from cities such as Minneapolis Chicago Detroit Philadelphia and New York. The crew included Captain Robert Johnson and co pilot Brenner David with stewardess Angs Mary.
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Chicago
Northwest Air Lines
Minneapolis
Fountain City
Wis
Dille
Robert L
28Rd Avenue
N. E
Robert L. Jr
Steward
Shurley
111Th Avenue
S. E
Henderson
MacDonald L
Newcase
Ind
Jindrich
Wanecke
Lynn
Meredith
Derquist
Glen Elivn
Sh Fry
Robert
Battle Creek
Mich
Gould
Herbert A
O'Brien
J. A
Simpson
Costa
Gavin
H. T
Flossmer
Olin
Ralph
Yrica
Detroit
J. W. Tinker
Philadelphia
C. C. Plummer
Flin Flon
Manitoba
Canada
Toni Green
New York City
Morris Bienefeld
New
M. Bilyeau
Los Angeles
M. Bergerson
Miami
Fla
Zigmund Burzycki
A. Carlson
Worcester
Mass
Richard L. Sullivan
Mid- Continent Airlines
Johnson
St Paul
Brenner
David
la Crosse
Angs
Mary
Ripe Eggs and Tomatoes greet Henry Wallace in Greensboro
In Greensboro Wy C14 1 a shower of rotten eggs and tomatoes greeted presidential candidate Henry Wallace as he arrived. An emergency squad of Greensboro police was called out to quell a booing crowd that pelted him with the projectiles.
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Greensboro
Wy. C
Henry Wallace
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Minn
NWA
Reds
Washington
America
Coast Braces
Fountain City Municipal Auditorium
Buffalo County
Robert L. Johnson
MacDonald L. Menderson
Newcastle
Marshall
Duluth
Airlines
Martin
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