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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1948
Page
14
Chicago reports a six week decline in cattle and sheep marketings as droughts in the Southwest and higher corn prices squeeze supplies. Analysts cite heavy slaughter of cows and ewes, reduced feeder demand, and tighter lending as factors shaping higher prices and trimmed output.
Merrill T. Hickok twenty one former De Soto resident was killed in a Milwaukee automobile accident Sunday. He is survived by his parents three sisters and one brother all of Milwaukee an uncle in De Soto and an aunt in La Crosse. He will be buried at two p m Tuesday in Milwaukee.
Clair Stone of WTAQ Green Bay was elected chairman of the Wisconsin Associated Press broadcasters at a Milwaukee meeting Saturday. William Weekes, chief of the Milwaukee AP bureau, was named secretary.
Two Civil Air Patrol pilots escaped uninjured when their two place plane forced down in a field near Sussex during CAP maneuvers. The Milwaukee men were pilot F. O. Earl Blum and Lt. Marshal Lambrecht, aged 25.
A 39 year old Viennese mother Frau Maria Hofbauer said she and her husband are fond of children after she delivered her sixteenth baby. The pair emphasized their devotion to expanding their family in a brief interview.
Washington reports the war time tax break for the military ends at midnight on the 31st. Congress may renew the exemption or raise military pay after Jan 3 to offset deductions. An estimated revenue from taxation of the armed forces is unlikely to exceed 25 million dollars.
Government forces in northern central Greece repelled a 2500 to 3000 strong Communist raid on Karditsa. Guerrillas used heavy weapons but reinforcements and tanks broke the assault, driving attackers toward Mount Agraf as fighting continued outside the town.
Washington reports American aviation may post one of its safest years with a projected 1.4 passenger fatalities per 100 million passenger miles on domestic trunk lines, far below last year's rate and near the lowest on record though final figures depend on a possible crash in the next three weeks. Per mile rail and bus fatality data for the year are not yet available.
Mrs. Julia Bassler age 87 died Saturday night after a short illness at a local hospital. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 9 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church with Rev. E. L. Knauf officiating, burial in the Catholic cemetery. Survived by son Wenzel of La Crosse and daughters Margaret of Harrisville Missouri and Helen of La Crosse. Visitation at Nelson funeral home Tuesday evening with rosary at 8 p.m.
Mrs Minnie Mowatt 63 of La Crescent died Sunday night in a local hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p m at the La Crescent Methodist church with Rev E J Hertler and Mrs Harold Vetsch officiating. She leaves a brother and two grandchildren. Friends may call at the Waldo home in La Crescent Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Fred G. Steig of Bowman North Dakota died Sunday evening at home. Formerly Lizzie Wold of La Crosse she is survived by husband Fred son Gilbert of Bowman two daughters Doris Olson of Bowman and Inez of Washington D C three brothers Wold of Long Beach California William of Hobart Indiana and Walter Wold of La Crosse. Funeral services will be Thursday at Bowman.
Mrs Helen Limberg Jones aged 74 of 1522 Winnebago street died at home Sunday night after a brief illness. She is survived by seven sons John Limberg of Waupun Wisconsin Carl Henry Joseph William Frank and Martin Limberg all of La Crosse one daughter Dorothy of La Crosse one sister Ceeee Minn 24 grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral arrangements will be announced later
Ensign James Hackner funeral services arranged for Wednesday at 8 30 a m at the Blaschke funeral home and at 9 o a m at a Blessed Sacrament church with Rev Willibald Hackner officiating Burial planned in the Catholic cemetery Rosary scheduled Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the funeral home
A tame silver jackal is employed to train dogs for tracking and hunting wild jackals blamed for killing numerous sheep in the Wry Head area of South Africa.
SWIFT & COMPANY reports Winona livestock arriving through Friday and weighed prices set next morning for late arrivals. Chicago markets show unsettled butter and firm live poultry with mixed grain and potato quotes, list prices for U S extra and standard grades, futures closes and cash grain bids including wheat corn oats rye soybeans and potatoes with regional price points and shipments.
The advertisement lists poultry and egg prices effective December 13 1948 at Swift & Co La Crosse Wisconsin with items including heavy hens light hens leghorn hens and roosters by weight and grade A B Boo s.
Salable hogs 16 000 of 21 000 total, demand moderate. most prices 25 cents higher, top $22.75 for short loads, 170-220 lb range $21.75-22.50, heavier hogs down to $20.00. Cattle and calves 16 000 and 700 respectively. slaughter steers and heifers very slow, prices 50 cents to $1 lower with many bids off. Cows weak to 50 cents lower. top $35 for 1 260 lb fed steers. prime loads $31.00-32.50. most good and choice heifers $25.00-28.50. beef cows $21.00. vealers $31.00 down. Stockers and feeders 50 cents to $1 lower.
Army imposes curfew and patrols Chiquinquira in Boyaca after six killed and 15 injured in an ambush. A military mayor is named as reports say peace is restored. El Siglo calls the killings a political crime, noting Conservatives targeted near a Liberal farm.
Translated Salvation Army choruses have spread to non members as Africans in fields join in singing the tunes in Zulu during work hours and leisure.
France Soir reports that the UN assembly spent about 1.7 billion francs on 10,000 words of address, equating to 170 francs per word or 53 cents per utterance. The article frames the total cost of modern diplomacy as a financial score.
Business Mirror notes firms are using cartoons in rule handbooks to illustrate prohibited behavior from horseplay to attendance lapses. A National Industrial Conference Board survey of 300 companies shows shift from military style rules toward individualized treatment and fewer topics, focusing on nine areas including attendance, punctuality, injuries, smoking, and personal calls.
Six year old Daniel Corrigan played a seven balls for a penny game in a candy store. He jammed a finger in a penny slot and was freed after more than an hour by police and emergency squads. He was treated in hospital and given a lollypop for a bruise.
Judith Anderson said the Media tour will skip Milwaukee and Madison due to Wisconsin law prohibiting employing children under 12. Cast includes Gene Lee age 8 and David Stolery age 6 who perform Medea’s chime. The production may move from Chicago to Detroit mid January.
In La Crosse County Wisconsin the County Court will hear Emma C Troger on January 4 1949 at 10 am at the La Crosse Court House for probate of Henry J Troger s will appointment of an executor with will annexed and to determine surviving heirs. Creditors must file claims by March 12 1949 or be barred and claims will be examined March 15 1949 at 10 am at the La Crosse Court House. In the Matter of the Estate of Azalia W Hirshheimer Deceased.
Two deer died in separate Sunday incidents as responders attempted rescues. A doe in the La Crosse river near Gillette Street bridge had a broken front leg and was euthanized by warden Leroy Small after bystanders lassoed it. Later a 10 point buck broke through ice at Goose Island and drowned before help could reach it. its body was recovered at 9 p.m.
In autumn Moscow planted 263000 trees and 1400000 shrubs along main streets as part of a campaign to make the capital one of the world’s greenest cities with trees lining every street.
The term Horse Marines traces back to marines on sailing ships who cast off halyards becoming House Marines. Sailors shortened it to Hoss Marines and then Horse Marines in a humorous evolution.
Two children were injured in separate city auto accidents reported to police over the weekend. Ellen M. Strong, seven, of 821 South Fifth Avenue, was treated for a head bump after being struck by a car driven by Dick Calvin Chatten of Frenchtown at 3 15 p m Saturday on Fifth Avenue. witnesses said she darted from behind parked cars not at an intersection. Jimmie Scott, three, was taken to a hospital for a lacerated eye after his father’s car rolled over on its side at Ninth and Vine streets between vehicles driven by Philip H. Poehling and Lester Scott. Damage estimates: Poehling $45, Scott $300. Additional accidents at 11th and Cameron streets and other locations caused smaller damages.
Madison coroner's jury heard that a rooming house where a fatal November fire occurred had been listed as a two family flat and not inspected as an apartment. Fire Prevention Bureau chief Capt Paul Gabbei said the department relies on city directory classifications to determine dwelling type.
Wisconsin beverage tax division raided spots in Wausau and Hurley over the weekend leading to several arrests. Director D H Prichard said nine investigators took part and seized gambling equipment including roulette wheels dice tables numbers jars and slot machines.
Special agent Conrad Barth of the Burlington railroad warns Chicago police of 5000 Hart Schafner and Marx suits overcoats and trousers stolen from a freight warehouse. Shipment was consigned to the Yton company of Minneapolis. Indelible numbers are in all trouser pockets. Notify Burlington railroad police with any information.
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