La Crosse State Teachers College stages The Heiress
Nine first time college actors delivered a polished Heiress under director William Dwyer in a rich mid-19th century setting. Gretchen Engelhard as Lavinia Penniman and Bette Lewinski as Catherine Slo per led a strong supporting cast with Martha Willey Nancy Doyle Betty Herold and others contributing solid performances. The 8:15 p m show runs again Friday and Saturday in the training school theater. The production showcased teamwork and stagecraft from crew Kathryn Dorow and Lee Jensen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse State Teachers College Players
Little Theater of Training School
William Dwyer
Bette Lewinski
Catherine Sloper
la Crosse
Lavinia Penniman
Gretchen Engelhard
Catherine
Morris Townsend
Dwyer
Cupid
Howard Silberman
Sloper
Silberman
Townsend
Lee Hodge
Marian Almond
Dr. Sloper
Margaret Willey
Maria
Nancy Doyle
Barbara Larson
Stanley Miller
Marion Almond
Arthur Townsend
Morris
Montgomery
Betty Herold
Kathryn Dorow
Lee Jensen
Stock and cattle market report from Swift & Co quotations
Swift & Co quotes show a full market report from the livestock yard with buying hours 8 a m to 4 p m and prices by weight for hogs cattle calves and lambs. The cattle section lists dry fed steers yearlings heifers and grass stock with price ranges and quality notes while hogs and calves show steady or varied bids and top prices. Chicago grain and produce figures accompany the livestock data including corn oats soybeans lard and potatoes with adjacent market movement and prices.
Controls loom over steel price rollbacks and mobilization
Officials discuss timing of price controls as inflation fights global crises. Senate leaders urge quick action to shield the free enterprise system from totalitarian pressure. White House denies imminent national emergency orders while acknowledging all-out mobilization debates. In Wisconsin, probate notices list estates of Blasinske and Heigeson with hearings set for early 1951.
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ESA
Truman
O’mahoney
Senate-house Economic Committee
Stalin
White House
Stephen T. Early
Korea
Tide clock to warn Woolacombe bathers of danger
A tide clock at Woolacombe England will issue a danger warning to bathers when tides pose hazards.
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Woolacombe
England
South St. Paul Livestock Market Report
In South St. Paul Minnesota cattle numbers show 4 000 head with 2 100 calves and all slaughter cattle steady. High good and choice steers and yearlings 33 00 to 36 00. vealers 32 00 to 36 00. hogs 21 000 head with bids on good and choice 170 to 240 pound barrows and gilts 18.00 and lower for other weights. Dairy cows unchanged.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
South ST. Paul
Minn
Wisconsin Milk Dealers Elect New Officers at Convention
Milwaukee based Wisconsin Milk Dealers' association named George H. Stueber of Wausau president at its annual convention. Other officers include Alvin Allison of Green Bay as vice president A C Fischl Jr of Manitowoc as secretary Arnold E Weber of La Crosse as treasurer and Clinton Hatch of Eau Claire along with W A Gifford Racine Duane Bowman Madison and Fischl as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
George H. Stueber
Wausau
Wisconsin Milk Dealers’ Association
Alvin Allison
Green Bay
A. C. Fischl, Jr
Manitowoc
Arnold E. Weber
la Crosse
Clinton Hatch
Eau Claire
W. A. Gifford
Racine
Duane Bowman
Madison
Fischl
Nationalization of Sport and Toy Shops in Czechoslovakia
Reports indicate that sports goods stores and toy shops across Czechoslovakia are being nationalized by the government. The move targets private retailers and transfers ownership to state control to align with planned economy policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
Mrs Charlotte Buchda Dies at 90 in La Crosse
Mrs. Charlotte Buchda age 90 of 519 North Ninth street died at home Thursday after a short illness. She was married to Herman B. Buchda and had lived in La Crosse. Survived by husband, one son Fred of Tryon North Carolina, one brother Fred Mueller of La Crosse, two daughters Clara Besch and Mathilda Buchda of La Crosse, three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. A son William died five years ago. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Charlotte Buchda
North Ninth Street
Hanover
Ger
Buchda
Herman B. Buchda
la Crosse
Fred
Tryon
N. C
Fred Mueller
William
Clara) Besch
Mathilda Buchda
Death of Ernest Hodous 82 Former La Crosse Resident
Ernest Hodous 82 died Wednesday in a Chicago hospital after years in Chicago. He is survived by brother Frank of Billings Montana and five sisters J Patterson Billings Alpha Van Loon California Martha Hubbard Chicago Alice Richmond and Gertrude Beranek La Crosse. Funeral services Saturday at 3 p m at A L Bentley and Son funeral home 2701 North Clark Chicago. Burial in Chicago cemetery.
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Chicago
Ernest Hodous
la Crosse
Frank
Billings
Mont
Josephine Patterson
Billings, Mont
Alpha van Loon
California
Stoughton
Wis
Martha Hubbard
Alice Richmond
Edward
Gertrude) Beranek
Funeral services for Mrs An na Pittman in Holmen
Funeral services for Mrs An na Pittman 60 Holmen who died Thursday will be held at 2 p m Saturday at the Nelson Funeral Home. The Rev Otto Larsen will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday evening.
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Anna Pittman
Holmen
Nelson Funeral Home
Otto Larsen
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs Buss 82 Dies at Home on Cass Street
Mrs John Buss aged 82 of 241 Cass street died Thursday afternoon at her home. She leaves three daughters Sister M Norma of Wausau Wis Mrs Adolph Berseng of Spokane Wash and Mrs Herman Durst of Richland Center Wis and one grandchild. Funeral services Saturday at 9 am at St Josephs Home 241 Cass Street conducted by Rev C A Blecha Burial is at Schumacher Funeral Home Seventh and Winnebago Streets with rosary at 7 30 pm Friday.
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John Buss
Cass Street
Norma
Wausau
Wis
Adolph Bergseng
Spokane
Wash
Herman Durst
Richland Center
St. Joseph’s
C. A. Blecha
Schumacher Funeral Home
Winnebago
Obituary: Pauline Pralle of Onalaska Dies at 83
Mrs Pauline Pralle 83 of Onalaska died at home Thursday. Born in Holmen April 10 1867 she lived in the area all her life. Survived by husband Herman died 1929 daughters Katherine Schroeder Alma Pralle Mrs Howard Hauser son Val Pralle 12 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren. Services Sunday 2 p m at St Pauls Lutheran Onalaska Rev Lange officiating burial in Onalaska Sletten McKee north side.
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Pauline Pralle
Onalaska
Holmen
Herman Pralle
Katherine Schroeder
Alma Pralle
Howard Hauser
la Crosse
Val Pralle
Cleveland
William Gilster
Clara Keppel
Fred Kramer
William Keppel
Mondoro
Wis
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lange
Sletten-McKee North Side
Death of Mrs. Harry P. Storkerson in Minneapolis
Word reached Mrs. Arthur Scheel of 717 Division Street that Mrs. Harry P. Storkerson died in Minneapolis on Thursday. A former La Crosse resident she is survived by one son, Jack. Funeral services and burial will be in Minneapolis Saturday.
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Arthur Scheel
Division Street
Minneapolis
Harry P. Storkerson
Louise Higbee
la Crosse
Jack
Smith and Oestreich to Wed in La Crosse on Dec 9
William Frank Smith of 816 Logan Street and Janet Lorraine Oestreich of 813 Market Street plan marriage in La Crosse on December 9. In Sparta Wisconsin Paul D. Lamb of De Witt Mississippi and Anna L. Scarbough of Santa Anna Wisconsin announce a December 6 wedding for their daughter to Mr and Mrs Norman Blume with Helen Lund of Galesville as a related party.
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la Crosse
William Frank Smith
Logan Street
Janet Lorraine Oestreich
Market Street
Sparta
Wis
Paul D. Lamb
de Witt
Mis
Anna L. Scarbough
Santa Anna
N. Madison
Norman Blume
Helen Lund
Galesville
Army Officer Praises MacArthur In La Crosse Talk
Capt. Edgar De Miller public information officer at Camp McCoy addressed the La Crosse Business Men's club at a noon luncheon praising Gen. Douglas MacArthur as a great leader and inspired Christian figure. He spoke on Japan’s character and the five battlefronts from military to spiritual then noted the unchanging importance of American leadership in postwar democracy.
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Japan
Edgar de Miller
Camp McCoy
la Crosse Business Men’s Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
Capt
de Miller
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
MacArthur
Capt. de Miller
Korea
United Nations
God
John C. Huecker
Edwin Mull
PIO
McCoy
Arthur Tabbert
Frank Chopieska
City Urges No Parking on City Lots After Midnight
Police ask drivers to avoid parking on all city owned lots after midnight Friday to aid snow cleaning by the street department.
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City Police Department
City
Weather Record Forecast For Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
U S Department of Commerce reports snow with blowing and drifting in Wisconsin with diminishing intensity tonight. Minnesota sees northeast snow and west to south flurries and drifting snow easing tonight. Iowa mostly fair south and cloudy north with a colder trend tonight and partly cloudy Saturday. Shippers forecast within 150 miles of La Crosse advises protecting shipments north 10 west 12 south east 15.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
River Forecast for Hastings to Guttenberg
River forecast shows almost no change in stages from Hastings to Guttenberg as pools freeze. ice thickness ranges from 3 to 11 inches. Dam No. 10 discharge reported at 21,500 cubic feet per second.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Heavy early December snow blankets Wisconsin and Great Lakes region
A Lake Superior storm center brings light precipitation to most areas while snow piles up in northern Wisconsin from 32 to 44 inches. Rain spreads into New England as central Rockies and California see broad precipitation. Temperatures rise yesterday then fall north of Wisconsin with strong winds easing later as the system moves east.
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Lake Superior
Great Lakes
New England
Wisconsin
Rockies
California
Minnesota
Dakotas
Bismarck
N. D
Larson seeks jury trial and broad discovery in county case
In a county court proceeding, Larson requests a jury trial and asks how to arrange witnesses and access state evidence. He demands retrieval of personal papers from Coleman and Boma and seeks copies of his wife’s divorce decree, but the judge rules on jurisdiction and limits.
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Larson
Gansen
Coleman
Tanion
Boma
Chinese divisions advance toward Pyongyang defense line
North Korean defenses in the northwest near Pyongyang solidify under U S Eighth Army control as Allied patrols probe for 18 Chinese divisions moving toward the line. Skirmishes occur and up to 40,000 guerrillas, mostly reorganized North Korean troops, operate behind the Eighth Army line on its far right.
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Red
Pyongyang
U. S. Eighth Army
Don Whitehead
Eighth Army
Woman Taken To Hospital After Illness
Mrs. Raymond Haitt aged 46 of 1603 Prospect Street was taken to a local hospital by police ambulance at 11 38 p m Thursday after falling ill.
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Raymond Haitt
Prospect Street
City Council Sets Regular Meeting Friday at 7 30 PM
The common council will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 30 PM Friday. The notice mentions purchase of security bonds as an agenda item.
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Common Council
Three Injured In Icy La Crosse Street Crashes
Police reports detail multiple crashes on La Crosse streets Thursday and Friday. Timothy Prescott, 22, escaped medical help after a left turn collision at 16th Street and South Avenue. Lorraine Schefer, 17, injured in a Third Street crash with Albert Hohlfeld’s car. Mrs. Kenneth Kearns suffered a bump at 16th and Green Bay as Shoger’s car collided with Larson’s. Other incidents include a panel truck and car at Ninth and Winnebago, a Yellow Cab collision at Fourth and Pearl, and several intersection collisions on 16th Ferry Loomis and Third Cass streets. Damage ranged from minor to $250.
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la Crosse
Timothy Prescott
Winnebago Street
16Th Street
South Avenue
James Burcum
Rose Street
Prescott
16Th
Lorraine Schefer
Mississippi Street
Gene Huntington
Genoa
Third Street
Albert Hohlfeld
Chaseburg
Huntington
Hohlfeld
Kenneth Kearns
Farnam Street
Green Bay
Charles Shoger
Roland Larson
South 13Th Place
Shoger
Larson
Kearns
Ninth
Winnebago Streets
William Klein
Losey Boulevard
Winnebago
Yellow Cab Co
Fourth
Pearl Streets
Rant Leibel
North Ninth Street
Pearl
Robert Averbeck
North 23Rd Street
Ferry Streets
Milton F. Lenser
Market Street
Ferry
LeRoy Hamm
Chase Street
Lenser
Loomis Street
North Salem Road
Loomis
Leland Hogue
Onalaska
Ralph Wilder
Caledonia Street
Virgil Miller
Seneca
Stanley Revels
Division Street
Third and
Cass Streets
Miller
Third
Cass
Revels
Campbell Road
Joseph Knothe
South
21St Street
Edward Tanke
Tanke
Coulee Region Weather Disruptions Update
The Coulee Region reports closures and travel hazards with east and west Illinois highways shut until Saturday. Several area schools did not open, Bangor stayed open but buses idle. Drifting snow hampers La Crosse area, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Rapids, Black River Falls, and Vern on counties. Highway 14 and 16 drifted. Highway 21 between Necedah and Oshkosh is bad.
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Illinois
Lower Dutch Creek
Blair
Taylor
Norwalk
Bangor
la Crosse
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin Rapids
Black River Falls
Vernon
Necedah
Oshkosh
Storm Beloit Blaze Claims Life Of Edward Hollis
Fire gutted a cement block residence on the davenport where Edward Hollis, 48, lived. Fire Chief Glenn Davis blamed an overheated stove pipe. High winds and heavy snow delayed Beloit responders as drifts shut roads and schools closed across rural areas.
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Beloit
Edward Hollis
Davenport
Glenn Davis
Hollis
Lake Shore
Milwaukee County
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Goodrich
Abbott Lab
Cal
Allie@ Chemical
Ind
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Gt. Nor. Ry
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Houd. Hersh
E Starrett
Car & Fadry
Hudson Motors
Am. Gas & Elec
Power & Am
Inland Steel
Texas Co
Timk. Det. A
Harv. Inspir
Am. Snuff UN. Car
Kimberly-Clark Glass
Lib.o
West
UN. Tel. West
Avco Mig
Libby, McN. & L
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Marshall Field
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Montgomery Ward
Wor. P. Pt. Pt
Borden Co
Nash-Kelvinator National Biscuit
Zenit
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Budd Co
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Inter
Cellucatton
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J.C
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R.R
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Radio Corp
Ray-O-Vachi
Eastman Kodak
Scott Paper Republic Steel
G. Heileman Co
Sears Roebuck
Home Insurance
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Auto Lite
Inv
Elec
Simmons Co
Foods
Sinclair Ol
Cleveland Clift
Gen . Motors
Socony Vacuum
Northwest Ban
Time
Pac. Trane Company
la Crosse County
John Blasinske
Blajeske
Emma Blasjeske
John Blasjaske
Shelby
John Biasiaske
Biajeske
Court House
Said
Said Dar
R. V. Ahlstrom
Schubert & Franzini
Hoeschier
State of
la Crosse Country
Ragna Heigeson
Herbert G. Hansen
Ragna Helgeson
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Ohia
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Linker
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Ilacrosse
Tri-State
U. S. Department OF Commerce
Denver
Duluth
New Orleans
Lacrosse Airport
T.W
Lansing
C.P
Dam No
Prairie du Chien
Black
Root
Houston
City Council
Shengene
West Ave
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