Seek Decision In Sawyer Case
Application to County Judge R V Ahlstrom seeks an order transferring the Mary Sawyer estate trust fund to the city to plan Sawyer municipal will construction. Attorneys for the trust fund say transfer from Frank La Rowe Buffalo may be executed when proper. they question court authority to terminate trust on La Rowe’s death. Trustees are willing to turn over the fund.
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R. V. Ahlstrom
Mary Sawyer Ane Trust Fund
Sawyer Municipal Ek
C. A. Beranek
Memorial Auditorium
Lees Bunge
First Wisconsin Trust Company of Milwaukee
J. C. Bunge
Buffalo
la Rowe
Lae
Hale
Mercury Dips to 10 Below in La Crosse Area
La Crosse experienced the nation's second coldest reading Thursday with the airport at 10 degrees below zero. Fraser Ohio led with 24 below at a high mountain station. La Crosse dropped to zero and rose to nine above by late morning as flurries spread from the eastern Dakotas. Nearby Rob Red Wing Minnesota logged seven below while Grand Forks North Dakota and Twin Cities posted subzero temps.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Fraser
Ohio
Coulee
Dakotas
Grand Forks
N. D
Twin City
Sanal
Mississippi
Red Wing
Minn
Oscar Day Set for March 20 Oscar Ceremony
Hollywood reports the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that Oscar Day in Hollywood will be held on March 20 for the annual film awards presentation.
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Hollywood
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Tonight and Friday
Increasing cloudiness and not so cold tonight with snow beginning late tonight and a low around 15. Friday remains mostly cloudy with light snow at intervals, temperatures rising to a high near 26.
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la Crosse
Critical Fuel Oil Condition Reported By Firms In City
Oil distributors in the city report a critical fuel oil condition due to tight supply shipping facilities and rising demand. Wholesalers say they cannot take new customers and fear shortages will worsen through the cold season. They cite worn tank cars high prices and a vicious cycle of rising crude costs freight rates and furnace sales.
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Ser
Freight Train Derails Near Sparta Wisconsin
A westbound Milwaukee train of 65 cars derailed about 10 05 am one and a half miles east of Sparta Wisconsin due to a broken rail. Seven cars left the tracks and one coal car plus a sand car spilled contents on the right of way. No injuries reported and restoration expected between 4 and 5 pm. Train 5 and 55 rerouted via North Western tracks. train 101 to be routed normally when tracks rebuilt.
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Sparta
Wis
Milwaukee
Martin Rules Drawing Of Names Of Deer Hunters Not A Lottery
Madison Wisconsin The State conservation commission drawing of names for Ne cedah wildlife refuge deer permits was not a lottery since no consideration was involved Attorney General John E Martin said He declared the board action illegal in a telegram to District Attorney Charles P Curran Juneau County Curran asked whether the drawing by lots was a lottery and illegal
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Madison
Wis
State Conservation Commission
Necedah Wildlife Refuge
John E. Martin
Martin
Charles P. Curran
Juneau County
Curran
Cochran Sets World Speed Record in Propeller Plane
Jacqueline Cochran claims a new world speed mark of 469.5 mph for a 100 kilometer closed course in a propeller-driven P-51 Mustang. She said the speed is 28 mph below the jet plane record for the same route, achieved during a recent flight in Palm Springs California.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Aviatrix
Jacqueline Cochran
Santa Excused From Jury Duty in Binghamton
In Binghamton New York Santa Claus known as J Franklin Talbott a department store figure asked to be excused from jury duty. City Judge Walter J Relihan noted the request and Talbott said he would rather serve another time rather than disappoint the children.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Walter J. Relihan
Santa Claus
J. Franklin Talbott
Department Store
St. Nick
Federal Judge Sentences Five In Liquor Ring
Five members of an illegal liquor distribution ring operating in Iowa were sentenced by Federal Judge Henry N. Graven. Aloysius Faltersack, 48, of La Crescent Minnesota, received $900 fine and six months in prison as the group’s alleged brains. Four La Crosse Wisconsin men received fines and suspended sentences, while a Dubuque man was also charged. The ring moved liquor to clubs and lodges in Mason City, Cedar Rapids, Oelwein, Waterloo and other Iowa cities.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Henry N. Graven
Aloysius Faltersack
la Crescent
Minn
la Crosse
Wis
Falersack
Howard
Eddie) Johnson
Franklin Werner
Joe Reno
Gordon Jones
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Ooclwein
Waterloo
Driver Dies After Car Strikes Tractor-Trailer in Michigan City
Herbert Root, 66, of Fontana Wisconsin, died in hospital after his car slid off a byway into the path of a tractor-trailer driven by Kenneth Schire, 34. Root’s wife Alma Root, 50, suffered serious injuries while Schire was hurt with undetermined injuries.
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Michigan City
Ind
Herbert Root
Fontana
Wis
Kenneth Schire
Joliet
Seek Anonymous Letter Writer In Weckler Case
In London a push by the United States to halt reparations removals from eastern Germany faces Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. Secretary Marshall demands a yes or no from Russia on ending German asset withdrawals, while talks on Germany's economic unification continue.
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Germany
Molotov
London
United States
Russia
V. M. Molotov
George C. Marshall
Britain
Marshall
U. S
Rome Strikes Paralyze Capital as 500000 Idle
A leftist directed general strike silences Rome with 500,000 idle workers amid police patrols and a stalled mid morning conference with government labor officials. The stoppage follows a slum riot that left one dead and risks spreading to central and southern Italy as newsrooms threaten a separate walkout over wage promises.
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Rome
Chamber of Labor of
Ministry of Labor
Alcide de Gasperi
Primavalie
Italian
Ialy
Italy
Gates To Jerusalem Walls Blocked To Halt Violence
British troops closed the gates of Jerusalem's old walled city as heavy fighting spread through its maze of streets. The move halted further exodus by Jews and Arabs as several hundred families fled the area, a sector normally housing about 26,500 people of mixed nationalities.
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Jerusalem
Poison Caused Death Of A F Bishop At Grandview Hospital
Albert F. Bishop manager of Grandview hospital was found dead on November 18. Laboratory reports show mercury poisoning and lethal organ quantities, but no proof of murder linkage to the James E. McLoone case. Coroner initially called a heart attack.
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Albert F. Bishop
Grandview Hospital
John S. Coleman
Albert Bishop
James E. McLoone
Bishop
George Reay
Bishops
McLoone
Roy Lapitz
la Crosse
Turn About Is Fair Play Thief Outwits Store Staff
In Milwaukee a young thief rifled a cash register in a department store. Manager Ben Salzberg and two workers pursued him, but the thief cried for help and customers joined the fray, aiding the suspect until he escaped.
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Milwaukee
Ben Salzberg
Salzberg
Vollmar Rites Planned Here
Funeral services for Pfc. Robert Donald Vollmar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Vollmar, will be held Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at Blaschke Funeral Home and 9 a.m. at St. Joseph's Cathedral with Msgr. Peter Pape presiding. Burial in Catholic Cemetery. Vollmar, born January 16, 1924, in La Crosse, served in Co. M 23rd Infantry 2nd Division. killed in action December 18, 1944 near Nedim. Survived by parents and four siblings. Catholic War Veterans and other groups will participate. CWYV Commander Frank Billock in charge.
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Robert Donald Vollmar
Raymond L. Vollmar
Pinestreet
Belgium
Blaschke
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Peter Pape
Rosary
Co. M
France
Germany
Nedium
Vollmar
St. Joseph’s School
Eupen
la Crosse
North Western
David
James
Louise
Patricia
Frank Billock
CWYV
Intensify Probe After Arrest Of Bud Sennett
Authorities in Wisconsin pursue leads in the Weckler case as Dist Atty Honkamp appeals for a Kaukauna girl to identify herself and share information. A letter to Dane County officials is tied to the Sennett investigation while searches, a cemetery clipping find, and police notes unfold in Appleton and Richland Center.
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Appleton
Wis
Tre
Georgia
Jean Weckler
Midwest
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
Dist
Elmer Honkamp
Kaukauna
Weckler
Honkamp
Dist. Atty
Francis Garity
Jefferson County
Buford Sennett
Robert Winslow
Carl Carlson
Superior
University of Wisconsin
Edwin Wilkie
Garity
Sennett
Robert
Waupun Prison
Leo Lownik
Richland County
Lownik
Sennett Yard
Richland Center
Wilkie
Madison
Japanese Beauty Stabbed To Death in Tokyo Robbery
Yoriko Miyao a 23 year old hailed as Tokyo's finest in Shimbashi was stabbed to death and her mother wounded by two robbers armed with 12 inch knives who were captured by police last night in Tokyo.
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James A. Lynch
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Romeo
Atlanta
NEA Telephoto
Tokyo
Yoriko Miyao
Shimbashi
Agreement on British Soviet trade pact reached
London reports the British board of trade says all main points of a British Soviet trade pact have been agreed. J Harold Wilson, returning from Moscow talks, reported to Prime Minister Attlee on the negotiations.
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London
British Board of Trade
Moscow
J. Harold Wilson
Attlee
Stassen proposes seven point plan to curb food costs
Doylestown Pennsylvania Harold E Stassen outlined a seven point program to level off and bring down prices He urged a major investigation of government food market operations and insiders and called for bans on officials profiting from commodities creating new export controls and restoring consumer credit limits to curb rising costs
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Doylestown
Harold E. Stassen
Pennsylvania
Truman
Stassen
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