Eight Traffic Crashes Listed
A list of eight traffic crashes is reported with names ages and addresses. Incidents include a parked car rammed on Gillette Street causing $140 damage, a vehicle hit by a parked car with $100 and $40 damages, and a chain of icy street collisions on Avon and Cass with damages totaling over $125. A truck backed into a car on Cass Street causing $65 damage. crashes into poles on the Causeway lead to a DUI case with a $75 fine and $150 vehicle damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasty Johnston
Hhis
Gillette Street
Ole Mollendahl
Onalaska
Mollendahl
McKendahl
Pareers
Clinton Street
Marcus Doolittle
Kane Street
Avon Street
John Webber
Caledonia Street
Webber
Cass and
16Th Streets
Adrian Fuchs, Jr
State Street
Hardware Company
Cass Street
Lillian J. Townsend
South 21St Street
Mississippi Valley Public Service
Dodge
Fire destroys lumber yard and house in Higginsville
A $50,000 fire swept a Higginsville lumber yard Monday night and spread to an adjacent house. Fire Chief Newman was injured when near the yard as flames raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higginsville
Newman
Ration Guide and Price List Far North Wisconsin Markets
The record lists ration stamps for meats fats and processed foods with valid dates through 1945 and mentions gasoline coupon details. It then provides current week price quotations for fresh fruits and vegetables in La Crosse Sparta Wisconsin and Winona Minnesota, including specific items such as apples cranberries and onions with exact weights and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
la Crosse
Sparta
Wis
Winona
Minn
Washington
Michigan
Texas
California
Florida
Idaho
Colorado
McClure
Weather Record Tr. S S Department of Commerce Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Partly cloudy with little change in temperature tonight in Wisconsin. A little warmer Tuesday. Minnesota expects a cold night tonight then warmer Wednesday. Iowa clears tonight and Wednesday with cold tonight and warmer Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tr. S&s. Department OF Commerce
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Wermer
Mrs Margaret Ellen Sims' Obituary Notice
Mrs Margaret Ellen Sims formerly of 1320 Jackson Street died in a local hospital Monday after noon after a lingering illness. She is survived by one daughter Viola Gillespie of De Soto and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Dwyer Funeral Home Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. and at Holy Cross Catholic Church at 9 a.m. with Rev Andrzejewski officiating. Burial will be in Catholic Cemetery. Rosary will be at Dwyer Funeral Home at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Friends may call there after 4 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ellen Sims
Jackson Street
John
Viola) Gillespie
de Soto
Dwyer Funeral Home
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Andrzejewski
Rosary
Dwyer Funeral
Death of Bertha Ziegler at 76 in local hospital
Bertha Ziegler aged 76 of 515 South 14th street died Monday in a local hospital. Born July 26, 1868 in Leon Wisconsin she is survived by husband John N. Ziegler daughter Florence both of La Crosse two sisters Mrs Ann Sholts Sparta Wisconsin Mrs Susan Paulman Madison Wisconsin three brothers Adolph Cornelis Jacobs Ss Wis and John Jacobs Baker Colorado Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2:30 p m in the south chapel Sletten McKee Co Rev F W Hyslop to officiate burial at Oak Grove cemetery Friends may call at the chapel this evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Ziegler
South 14Th Street
Leon
Wis
John N. Ziegler
Florence
la Crosse
Ann Sholts
Sparta
Susan Paulman
Madison
Adolph and
Cornelis Jacobs
Ss Wis
John Jacobs
Baker, Colo
Funeral services for Mrs. John Gerrard
Funeral rites for Mrs. John Rena Gerrard 68 of 912 South 16th street will be held Thursday at 7 30 a m at Blaschke funeral home and 8 a m at Holy Trinity Church with Rev C W Gille officiating Burial is in the Catholic cemetery Rosary is Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Blaschke home The Diocean Council of Catholic Women will say the rosary at 3 p m Wednesday Mrs Gerrard was born in Trondheim Norway on September 20 1876 and came to the United States at age 17 She married John Gerrard on December 8 1896
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Rena) Gerrard
South 16Th Street
Blaschke
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
C. W. Gille
Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women
Gerrad
Trondheim
Norway
U. S
John Gerrard
Mrs. August Gehrking Dies After Illness at 76
Mrs. August Gehrking 76 of 1141 State street died in a local hospital Monday night after a lingering illness. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs. Henry Ortmier, two sons John and George, two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. One son preceded her in death. Funeral services Thursday at Hellwig Morris chapel at 1 15 pm and 2 pm at Christ Lutheran West Salem. Burial in Hamilton cemetery. Relatives may call Wednesday. Word also reached of Gus Freysleben 85 of Moberly Mo. Survived by wife Katherine. Burial Oak Grove mausoleum Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Gehrking
State Street
Doris Wehrs
West Salem
Henry Ortmier
John
la Crosse
George
Austin
Minn
Hellwig-Morris Chapel
Christ Lutheran Church, West Salem
Walter Paustian
Hamilton Cemetery
Gus Freysleben
Moberly
Katherine
Oak Grove Mausoleum
Hollywood Premiere Accounts For War Bond Sales Over 35000
La Crosse moviegoers bought more than 35000 in war bonds at the Hollywood theater and 5th Avenue box offices for the premiere of Frenchmans Creek starring Arturo de Cordova and Joan Fontaine. The romantic tale set on the Cornish coast in 1668 follows a pirate and a Englishwoman as they arrive at Narton House and Frenchmans Creek amid lavish technicolor scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Hollywood Theater
Hollywood
5Th Avenue Theater
Arturo de Cordova
Narton House
Miss Fontaine
Frenchman's Creek
Joan
de Cordova
Pirates at Navron Spark Fiery Love and Escape
Pirates use Navron as a hideout. La Mouette anchors nearby. Cecil Kellaway schemes with de Cordova to woo Joan. Joan and de Cordova flee to the pirate ship and a marriage is strained. Ralph Forbes pursues justice, rescue follows, and de Cordova is captured but later saved. Joan remains loyal to her reforming husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navron
la Mouette
Cecil Kellaway
de Cordova
Joan
Ralph Forbes
Kellaway
Grange endorses price support plan and war surplus use
The Wisconsin State Grange led by state master Neal Peck endorses a postwar price support system to avoid ruinous farm surpluses and protect prices. They also back red cross blood banks, dairy price adjustments, syn rubber and alcohol use for fuel, and cooperative purchase of surplus materiel. The Grange votes to hold its 1945 meeting at Marinette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peshtigo
Wis
Wisconsin State Grange
Neal Peck
Peck
Red Cross
United States
Congress
Grange
Marinette
U S Population Shapes Western Front Role
Washington notes that American manpower drives the Western Front effort with four American armies versus one British, one Canadian, and one French unit. U S population at 131 million dwarfs Britain's 46 million, guiding where forces are funneled, with Italy predominantly British and Pacific War led by the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
United States
Western Front
Italy
Churchill
Allied planners design postwar Germany occupation plan
In London Allied officials map long range control of Germany. The European advisory commission proposes a military occupation program to be approved by the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain. It aims to destroy Germany's military power liquidate the Nazi regime and prevent future German wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
London
European Advisory Commission
U. S
Russia
Britain
Allies to Block Nazi Party Property in Germany
Gen Eisenhower announced a military government order to block all Nazi party property and those of leading officials and supporters. The move aims to preserve assets for orderly ownership determinations while protecting UN properties and nationals under Allied control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Germany
Nazi Party
United Nations
Move To Offer Burma Self-Rule After War
Lawmakers in the commons proposed a pledge of self government with dominion status for Burma soon after the war. Conservatives and Labour pressed the government to clarify Britain’s stance to the Burmese people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
London
Commons
Girl Taken To Hospital After Illness At Rubber Mills
Frieda Heck an 18 year old employee at Rubber Mills was taken by city police ambulance to a local hospital shortly after 11 30 am Tuesday after she became ill at the plant on Loomis street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frieda Heck
Loomis Street
Votes To Buy County Lands for Brule River Forest
The Wisconsin state conservation commission voted to purchase 9,909 acres in Douglas county for addition to the Brule River state forest at a cost of 27,489. Chairman William J. P. Aberg called it a major acquisition aiding fish, deer, forest and erosion control. Funding comes from cedar swamp, hunting ground fees, and forestry funds. The panel also approved selling buildings on Horseshoe island in Sturgeon Bay after Aberg protest over lack of commission sanction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
State Conservation Commission
Douglas County
Brule River State Forest
William J. P. Aberg
Commission
Forestry Fund
Conservation Department
Horseshoe Island
Sturgeon Bay
Peninsular State Park
Aberg
Packages Delivered To Yank Prisoners In Germany
New York reports food packages moving steadily to American prisoners of war in Germany and delivered faithfully. Maurice Pate, director of prisoner of war relief for the American Red Cross, said Tuesday after arriving from Europe by clipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
Maurice Pate
American Red Cross
Europe
Clipper
Psychiatric Methods Salvage Half of War Industry Workers
Streamlined psychiatric methods salvaged 50 percent of workers cracking up mentally and enabled them to return to vital war industries. The group included psychoneurotics and some so mentally ill they would usually be hospital inmates for life, showing treatment can keep patients productive instead of becoming community liabilities and shaping postwar plans.
Train interiors go dark on Bengal and Assam Railway
War Transport Board member in New Delhi says thefts of light globes from Bengal and Assam Railway trains are so frequent that many trains run in a blacked out state. Delays in obtaining replacements leave compartments unlighted, officials explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengal and
Assam
War Transport Board
New Delhi
India
Church Budget Plan for Missions and Rehab Heads to Convention
The Northern Baptist convention's general council approved a tentative $10 million budget for foreign missions and veteran rehabilitation and a $3 million unified budget for home work. Final approval awaits the full convention in Grand Rapids on May 21 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northern Baptist Convention
General Council
Grand Rapids
Mich
South Africa price controls spark cattlemen stock withholding
Cattlemen withhold stock from markets as union government price ceilings prove too low. Meat Commission cites a 125 percent rise in meat prices since 1938 versus about 65 percent for general agricultural products, following their study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Union
The
Meat Commission
Commission
Edinburgh plans postwar child care expansion after war
The Edinburgh Corporation buys a 14 acre estate to expand child care. The Public Assistance Department uses the mansion for housing and care of children and plans a postwar building program for 700 tots. Wartime operation has been restricted to 50 youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh Corporation
Public Assistance Department
Picketing at Detroit Montgomery Ward stores continues in snow
Workers from Montgomery Ward and Co picketed in a snowstorm at four Detroit area stores. CIO unions claim 1500 of 2200 employees joined the strike, yet all four locations remained open and operating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Retail, Wholesale and Department Employes Union
CIO
Montomery Ward & Co
Grand River
Mich
Detroit
Montgomery Ward and Co
Basis of Vocabulary Outline
A compact description of the vocabulary system notes four blocks: 400 general nouns 150 adjectives 100 operators including verbs and pronouns and 200 names of picturable things. The outline emphasizes structured word classes for basic English usage.
Orchard owner moves trees indoors to beat frost
J. E. Graven sheltered his orchard inside his home to escape an early frost. A potted orange tree bought four years ago yielded a nine orange harvest, highlighting an unusual backyard adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peka
Kas
J. E. Graven
President Zachary Taylor Had Not Voted in 40 Years
The article notes that President Zachary Taylor had abstained from voting for four decades prior to a recent political development. It discusses the unusual lapse in suffrage activity by a sitting president and the broader implications for public perception and civic engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zachary Taylor
Wheat and Grain Market Update from Chicago
CHICAGO GRAIN TABLE shows Wheat Dec May and Sept options with opens highs lows and closes around 1.68 1.65 and 1.10 percent. RYE and BARLEY lines appear with open close price ranges and July and Sept figures amid scattered OCR noise. CHICAGO CASH GRAIN lists Wheat No 1 Red No 2 Red and oats and barley samples with nominal prices and yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
SeoGwen
Wishich
Lees
Birthday Greetings and Addresses Listed
Happy Birthday Lieyd Pete Petersen 1437 Kane street. Miss Leif Welch 2116 South 15th street. Mrs Jerome F Mitchell 164 Rose street. Frank J Wiggert 158 Rose street. Lieut William R Wais England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieyd “Pete” Petersen
Kane Street
Leif Welch
South 15Th Street
Jerome F. Mitchell
Rose Street
Frank J. Wiggert
William R. Wais
England
Death of Dr Arthur Torrance Linked to Fraud Indictment
Highland Park California doctor and explorer Dr Arthur Torrance aged 56 died at a friend's home. He served a two year gross negligence sentence connected to the death of his bride Mrs Ed Loveland in 1941. He was arrested last October on a fraud indictment over a draft on a Kalamazoo bank allegedly forged with his wife's name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park
Calif
Arthur Torrance
Mexico
Ed Loveland
Friends
Torrance
Kalamazoo
Mich
Striking Workers Challenge Vera Cruz Officials Power
In Vera Cruz city workers at two factories struck to protest the replacement of local officials. They refused to return to work until their ousted authorities were reinstated, creating two rival municipal authorities each claiming power and none with a clear legal right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Shoes Reveal Island Assignments in Pacific Theater
Soldiers on the Mariana Islands wear red brown dyed footwear while those on the Marshalls or Gilberts tread dusty grey shoes from coral sand, allowing quick identification when they move to other stations, says S. Sgt. Robert W. Harvey, marine combat correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Mariana Islands
Marshalls
Gilberts
Islands
Robert W. Harvey
Marine Combat
Whales marooned along Australia coast near Adelaide
A short strip of Australia’s south coast reported a record pile up as nearly 200 whales ran aground at high tide near Adelaide. Most died from suffocation in the sand as they struggled while the tide receded during mating season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Adelaide
Mexican City Sees Record Deaths By Own Action Wave
Officials report a rising wave of self harm deaths in Mexican City, marking a new record. The series of fatalities, many of them among mothers, is linked to despair from long fuel lines and hardship accessing household essentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Postwar pipe dream faces nationwide sewer costs
A national survey by the sanitary engineers division of the U S public health service finds 13 915 of 16 752 communities need sewerage or treatment. The full program including new sewers and treatment plants would cost about 2 255 150 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Sanitary Engineers Division
U. S. Public Health Service
Counties in Eire Dig Peat for Local and National Pool
Counties in Eire are digging peat to meet local needs while also contributing some to a national pool. The arrangement supports domestic energy needs and coordinated national supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eire
Chicago Livestock Prices Slid in Early Trade Amid Mixed Demand
Chicago cattle and sheep markets opened with salable cattle at 9 000 head and 13 500 total, down 15 cents on most weights. Fed steers eased 25 cents, with early top at 17.75 and bids scattered from 13.00 to 16.50. fat pelts and lambs showed modest gains while certain loads of western lambs traded at around 14.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Company
Winona
Mian
Chicago
Weason
Montana
Milwaukee live stock market price report
Milwaukee live stock prices for hogs cattle calves and sheep show mixed shifts with hogs up to 25 cents higher others steady or mixed. Notable ranges include fat hogs 14.25 to 18.00 per hundredweight, steers 16.00 to 16.75, calves 14.50 to 15.00, sheep 12.75 to 14.00 for lambs and 6.00 to 8.00 for ewes and bucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bologna
Milwaukee
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Grid Notes Prices
Chicago wholesale potato market shows moderate supplies and steady demand. Northern stock quality varied with U S No 1 prices listed for Idaho Russets Red McClures and other varieties across several grades and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rivals
Idaho
Michigan
Green Mountains
U. S
Chicago market report on dairy eggs poultry and fowls
Butter firm at 216,103 receipts with market unchanged. Eggs receipts 7,757 with market up 1. Liv e poultry firm. receipts 1 ear and 6 truck POB prices. Leghorn fowls 24 25 cents. fryers 24 25 cents. heavy young ducks and other prices unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Real Estate Transfers and Fire Reports in La Crosse
Peter F. Nelson and Anna Sieger transfer property on Vine street between Ninth and 10th to Tee O. Pinstad. A fire at 1 South Eighth Street and a Lutheran Hospital dump fire prompt investigation and hose lines. Ed Barta reports smoke and requires action. The fires occurred December 11 413 pm and December 12 9 03 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Peter F. Nelson
Anna Sieger
Tee O. Pinstad
Vine Street
Ninth
10Th Streets
South Eighth Street
Ed Barta
Lutheran Hospital
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Guttenberg
Camotes
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77Th Division
Ormoc
Philippines
U. S. 7Th Division
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France
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John Ziegler
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St. Ol
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Gen. Foods
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Goodyear
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Trone Co
Winona Livestock
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Swift and Company
South Ave
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