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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1945
Page
8
In a 1945 overview Herman R. Allen explains codes and ciphers, distinguishes the two, and details how the Vigenere Tableau uses a repeating key. The article notes the practical limits of codes, the ease of deciphering most ciphers, and gives an example with a sample encoded message and key.
The passage explains how the Vigenere tableau and bigrams help cryptographers deduce letter mappings and keys. It contrasts substitution and transposition ciphers, describing how frequency analysis reveals normal letter patterns and how layering methods complicate decryption.
Mrs. Ella E. Raymond 84 of 1254 Farnam street died in a local hospital after a short illness. She is survived by daughter Jessamine Dyer sister Madge Philippi of Cable Wisconsin two grandchildren Alfred Sime and Philip Dyer and six great grandchildren Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at Lakewood cemetery in Minneapolis.
Robert L Rundorff 45 of Minneapolis formerly La Crosse died in a St Paul hospital after a short illness. Born in Burlington Iowa he married Dorothy Sutor of La Crosse on April 30 1927. He was a chemical engineer for Northern States Power with HQ in St Paul. Survived by wife son Robert Jr and sister Mrs Clay Gross Shelbyville Indiana. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Louis Sprain 85 of Barre dies at home Sunday morning. Survived by wife Louisa Schaefer Sprain, six sons Walter Louis Alvin Rudolph Ervin Theodore, one daughter Dora Meyer, sister Margaret Miller, brother George Sprain, 17 grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Two sons and one daughter preceded him. Funeral Wednesday 1:30 p.m. at farm home and 2 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Barre with Rev. Henry Paustian officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Friends may call Tues evening.
Mrs Anna Moe aged 73 of 225 South Seventh Street died at home Sunday. Born in Norway on November 17 1872 she is survived by five daughters including Vivienne Moe and Mrs Spencer Gilberg in La Crosse and three sons Neal Earl and Kenneth all in La Crosse. Also four sisters two brothers and five grandchildren. The Rev Carl O Pederson will officiate with burial in the Onalaska Cemetery. Friends may call at Sletten McKee Co chapel from 7 to 9 tonight.
Mrs Phoebe Pust aged 79 died at her residence on Sunday morning. The obituary notes her surviving relation Mrs Samuel Irma Donnell and lists 321 Fifth Avenue South as her address.
Obituary fragment notes a survivor list for a La Crosse resident with a son Walter Post in Winona and three sisters E H Hoffman Amelia Rice and W H Davis all of La Crosse along with a brother August Steinman. Service held at Sletten McKee Co South chapel with Rev C Boland officiating and burial at Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening 7 to 9.
Herman A. Niemeyer aged 64 of 316 South 23rd street died suddenly at his home Monday morning. He is survived by his wife two daughters Mrs Emil Graff of La Crosse and Mrs Sylvester Janisch of Milwaukee four brothers Fred Henry and Emil of La Crosse and Edward of Detroit Mich two sisters Mrs John Kling of California and Mrs Henry Wittenberg of La Crosse and two grandchildren.
Mrs Joshua Heintz died at a La Crosse hospital after an operation. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday at 1 30 pm at Potter funeral home with burial in Union Ridge cemetery. George Jordan Jr died Saturday in a Sparta hospital after six weeks illness. He was 26, born November 9 1919 in Sparta, educated at local high school, completed a UW agriculture short course, recently returned from Bremerton Washington navy yards. Survivors include his parents, wife Katherine Wilkins, a step son, siblings, and in-laws. Funeral Tuesday at Plummer's funeral home at 3 pm with burial in Woodlawn cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. E J Schneider 57 will be held Monday afternoon at the Presbyterian church. She died Friday at her farm home near Waukon after lifelong residence in the area. Surviving are her husband and five children Ray Cleone Wave Ruth Lloyd and Paul. Also three sisters and two brothers.
Sam Stromstad a 28 year old from C Valley Route 1 was brought to a local hospital Monday morning by the La Crosse county highway police after falling while removing tobacco from a shed where it had been hung. The attending physician said his condition was fair at noon.
Death notices list George Wiley 85 former Michigan Savings Bank president and Detroit Edison treasurer in Detroit. Hiram Mothereell 57 author and former Chicago Daily News foreign correspondent in New York. Dr Alex S Wolf 75 Austrian dermatologist and Zionist council member in St Louis. George Maron 65 stage veteran director of 31 Ziegfeld productions in Monterey. Dr Harvey Geul 64 organist and composer in Pittsburgh. Charles F Hart 77 former NYTimes mechanical superintendent in Scarsdale.
Ellery B dis charged from the Navy seeks to reinstate his $8,000 National Service Life Insurance. Premiums were paid by allotment. lapse occurs after a 31 day grace period. Reinstatement within six months requires no medical exam if health matches last policy date. Red Cross home service points readers to forms and guidance. two monthly premiums needed for reinstatement.
La Crosse county boards No. 1 and No. 2 released lists of 18 year old registrants for November. Board No. 1 includes Laurel De Jarlais Virgil Grabinski Gordon Mashak Robert Skemp Leo Pfaff Milton Hanson Donald MacLachlan James Gilles John Doocy Robert Blystad Roger Ingham. Board No. 2 lists Walter Bay Clinton Olson Marvin Baker Walter Johnson Eugene McIntyre James Merrill Glenn Jenkins.
LeRoy Troyanek driver of a City Cab and Pat Johnson collided on Sunday at 5 59 AM at 16th and Main. Troyanek’s cab sustained 300 dollars in damage while Johnson’s car had 200 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported.
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with light snow in northern areas. Slightly colder in east portions tonight. Temperatures show little change Tuesday. Shippers forecast covers 36 hours within 150 miles radius, advising protection north 12 to 14 hours, west 16 to 20, south and east 20 to 24.
The river forecast from Hastings to Guttenberg shows only a slight rise at Reads and the high waters of Dam No 4 with little change in stages across the district over the next 36 hours.
A storm moved from Iowa toward Lake Huron while a second center along the Texas coast brings rains to eastern Texas and Louisiana up to two inches. Cloudy skies cover the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes with some clearing in the central and northern plains. Wisconsin and upper Michigan report snow depths from none to 6 to 8 inches. Subzero temps pinspire in the Rockies, Wyoming and Colorado.
Wisconsin and Minnesota service members return home with multiple discharge notices. Soldiers aboard ships SS General Ernest SS Levi Woodbury SS Sea Star SS Hood Victory SS William Sharon and SS Santa Maria are listed along with towns La Crosse Prairie du Chien Hokah Caledonia Lewiston and more. Discharges include personnel from Fort Sheridan March Field and Bremerton naval center with names and hometowns across the region.
Leo T. Crowley, former alien property custodian, elected chairman of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific railroad as private operation resumes after a decade of reorganization. H. A. Scandrett named president, with a slate of vice presidents and officers appointed to run the new corporation.
Mrs Mabel Mealy 48 of 2521 Woodstreet wife of Edward Mealy has been missing since Sunday. She wore blue bedroom slippers an orange and brown housecoat a brown plaid coat and carried about $15. Described as 5 ft 7 in 107 pounds with blue gray eyes gray and brown hair pale and thin. She left in a 1939 blue Dodge sedan Wisconsin license 177 614. Police urge information.
Emil J. Schiesser county agent attended a conference of county agents and vocational agriculture teachers in Eau Claire Saturday to map plans for the 1946 Northwestern Junior Livestock Exposition set for September 30 and October 1 and 2 in Eau Claire.
Coon Valley Chaseburg Viroqua and Westby lost power Sunday due to faulty transmission lines. A line broke near Cashton around 6 30 p m ice on wires caused outages. service in Viroqua and Westby returned by 10 30 p m after linemen worked all night. Creameries operated Monday and 150 singers at Viroqua Christmas rally performed by candle light. theaters suffered the greatest financial loss.
Ottawa announces the dissolution of Canada’s wartime industries control board the body led by Munitions Minister C D Howe responsible for war material distribution. The move marks the end of the emergency agency after its years of service.
The 1946 Junior State Fair plans will be reviewed at Madison on December 14 and 15. The fair is set for August 17 to 25 with Emil J. Schiesser notified as county agent and club leader. J O Beadle named temporary board member during Don McDowell's military service. American soldiers will dump 100000 tons of ammunition off Italy shores.
The Winona Minnesota market reports buying hours 9 p.m. to 4 p.m with post closing care. Hog prices rise to 20 cents, with top at 13.75 for high quality hogs and varied quotes for truck hogs by weight. Cattle, calves, and lamb markets show mixed steady to weak trends, with specific ranges for steers, yearlings, heifers, cows, and lambs. Chicago cash grain shows prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and barley futures, plus Chicago produce and eggs with current receipts and price ranges.
USDA market notes show salable hogs 10 000 head total with gains 75 to 15 cents from prior days and top hog prices at 14.30. cattle and calves show scarce choice steers and yearlings at 17.50 to 18, heifers 14.25 to 17.85, cows 7 to 8. Bulls and worn-out stock steady. Slaughter lambs and yearlings hold near last week with 14.50 to 14.60 for Western lambs and natives 14.25 to 14.65. slaughter ewes about 7 down.
Milwaukee hogs receipts none with no trading. Cattle 1,400 steady with steers and yearlings at 16 to 16.70, dairy bred 7.50 to 12, cows 8.50 to 12, calves 12.50 to 15.50, vealers 12.50 to 15.50, sheep 300 steady with native lambs 13.75 to 14.50 and ewes 4 to 6.
Some Russian broadcasting stations air in 64 languages to serve the country’s many peoples. The extensive language coverage reflects Ukraine and Central Asian demographic diversity and the state’s information outreach strategy.
USDA field notes indicate moderate supplies and sluggish demand as market remains dull in Chicago. Idaho Russet Burbanks fetch 3.05 to 3.10 per unit, Nebraska Bliss Triumphs 2.90, and Minnesota North Dakota Bliss Triumphs 2.20 to 2.25 commercial washed, 1.85 to 2.00 unwashed, with 225 cars on track and total U S shipments 239.
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