Obituary: Two pilots with Northwest Airlines remembered
Pilot Robert Brenner and Robert Leslie Johnson, both longtime Northwest Airlines aviators, are remembered for their service in WWII and postwar careers. Brenner flew mail and personnel to the Aleutians and Alaska, later serving in the Army Air Forces. Johnson joined Northwest in 1942, flew routes including Minneapolis to New York and Chicago, and ferried planes to Alaska. Survivors include spouses, children, and siblings. Born in 1918, Johnson was from South Dakota. Brenner had ties to La Crosse and North Dakota.
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Pome 1
Central High School
Funti-Reed Air Service
State Teachers'college
Kansas City
Army
Spencer
Hamilton
Victory Field
Vernon
Tex
Northwest Airlines
Runa
Edmonton
Age
Aleutian Islands
Army Air Forces
Langley Field
Northwest
Detroit
Thomas
Ann
la Crosse
Robert Leslie Johnson
South Dakota
Lincoln County
Eric Soderstrom
Beresford
S. D
Lro
St. Paul
Johnson
Alaska
Acraign 2 Men On Statutory Charge Delmar Welch and Kemp
Delmar Welch 28 of 4u2 Liberty street and Robert Kemp 27 of 124 South 28th street were arraigned in county court Monday on a statutory charge. Both pleaded not guilty. Preliminary hearing set for Sept 3 at 2 pm. Each ordered to post $2,500 bond.
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Delmar ‘Welch
Liberty Street
Robert Kemp
South 28Th Street
Mmakante
Bluff Photo Released for Centennial Prizes
Centennial committee announced on Monday that the Grandad Bluff negative used for centennial prize reproductions has been turned over to Moen Photo Service. Black and white or color enlargements can be ordered by calling Moen Photo Service.
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Centennial Committee
Grandad Bluff
Moen Photo Service
Northwest Airlines Plane Crashes Over Fountain City
Northwest Airlines reports a fatal crash near Fountain City after severe turbulence and a thunderstorm receded, with 37 aboard. Investigators work amid scattered wreckage, with bodies recovered and the cause under study by the airline and CAA.
Vehicle tips over near highway 16 injures none
Five occupants escape injury after a car driven by Gerald Wiltin ger at 1623 South Eighth Street rolled over several times on highway 16 one half mile east of County Trunk SS. The driver pulled onto the soft shoulder to avoid a collision and lost control. In Holland, a separate two car crash on Sunday on Route 33 involved J C Lyon of Madison and Robert La Fleur of 1819 Loomis Street. Eight people rode in the two cars. damage was minimal and no injuries reported. Saturday a car fire was reported in the county with driver Robert Ender of 2104 South 17th Street, two blocks east of Losey Boulevard in Shel oy.
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Gerald Wiltinger
South Eighth Street
Highway 16
Wiltinger
Holland
J. C. Lyon
Madison
Robert la Fleur
Driver Hurt In Plunge Of Car Off Road
Joseph Woods of South Peurbone Island was severely injured at 9 41 am Sunday when his car left Highway 61 west of the west channel bridge between La Crosse and La Crescent. He suffered a possible skull fracture and internal injuries and was taken to a local hospital by Dr A A Skemp. Witness LeRoy Bonner said Woods skidded to the north curb, went over an embankment, fell at least twice, and was thrown from the car hitting a guard post. A young boy reportedly scrambled up the bank after the crash. City police noted the youth appeared to be unhurt and footprints were not found in the mud around the machine.
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Exrel
CAA
Hunter
Twin Cities
Chicaga
Northwest
Wynter
Fountain City
Airling
Thil
Tribune
Peresan
Richard Sullivan
Minneapolis
Midcontinent Airlines
Chicago
Fountain City Ridge
A. D. Sanial
la Crosse
Buffalo County
Bluff Ravine
John Sutter
Winona Lock and Dam
Mississippi
Joseph Woods
Peurbone Island
Highway 61
West Channel
la Crescent
Woods
A. A. Skemp
LeRoy Bonner
St. Paul Street
Bonner
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U. S. Army
William Burke Woodford
Winona
Penney
Pettibone Island
la Crescent Woods
Tribune Pho
Howard Rackow
Perry Island
Mississippi River
Stohr
William Heim
Milwaukee
Winona Bull Park
Midway Tavern
Orient
National Safety Council
E. W. Head
Toronto
Canada
B. H. Schlosstein
J. J. Gleason
Buffalo County Red Cross
HEC
Fifth Ave
South
Noorey Town
Edwin G. Yost
Hoeschlers’ Drug Store
Ecwin G. Yost
Joe
Dad
LA Crosse County
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