Whalan Home Is Fire Loss In Minnesota
Whalan Minnesota special report says a sunlibe bed stove overheated in the remodeled frame house causing a blaze discovered at 10 45 p m Wednesday by Mr and Mrs Milford who heard a plaster like sound from upstairs Flames spread to the upper half and the home owned by Mrs Anderson was untenable Fire crews from Blag and Lanesboro controlled the fire in about an hour saving little from the upper rooms occupants may stay with relatives temporarily while furniture was saved from the lower areas
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Whalan
Minn
Milford
Oomee
Lanesboro
Blagsvedts
Ex County Sheriff Jo Nen Dies at 59
GREEN BAY Wis Ex Brown county Sheriff Jo Nen died Thursday after a long illness at age 59 Coleman led the counties law enforcement in 1935 36 following four years as undersheriff and ten years as state reformatory guard Survivors include his widow and three sisters
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Green Bay
Wis
Brown County
Jonen
Coleman
Judge Stone Says He's Santa Case Continued
Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone continued the case of a 14 year old Minnesota boy who stole a car and drove it to Wausau Wisconsin. The youth admitted stealing the vehicle to run away from home and said I’ve been a bad boy as the judge declared it Christmas and the case would run for two years.
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Wausau
Wis
Patrick T. Stone
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Snow Delights Coulees With First Winter Snow
Snow arrived in the Coulees on Wednesday night bringing 3.8 inches and a white Christmas mood. Residents of La Crosse welcomed the powder for skating and sledding as cold air settled in with near zero temperatures expected Friday night and a high around 22.
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King Winter
la Crosse
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Viroqua Pioneer George McMullin Dies at 89
George McMullin 89 longtime Viroqua resident died suddenly at his home. Survived by three daughters Minnie Groves Elsie Drake Myrtle Falck. one son Roy Co. McMullin. two brothers Henry and William. two half brothers Lloyd Hall and Emmett Hall. six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Jacobson and Swanson Funeral Home Viroqua with Rev. Roy Williams officiating. Burial in the local cemetery.
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Viroqua
Wis
George McMullin
Viro
Vernon County
Minnie Groves
Elsie Drake
Myrtle Falck
Racine
Roy Co. McMullin
Richland Center
Henry
Sparta
William
Cashton
Lloyd Hall
Emmett Hall
Westmont
Ill
Jacobson and
Home Town Judge Reports on Ramirez Background
Judge Houston S. Smith of Crockett County Texas details Jose Ramirez a 23 year old Ozona resident held in Monroe for first degree murder. Ramirez pleads innocent by reason of insanity and trial before Judge Cowie set for January 23.
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Sparta
Wis
Houston S. Smith
Crockett County
Ozona
Tex
Jose Ramirez
Monroe Ao
Mareomaltone Ay
Cc. D. Ambelang
Cowie
Hoag
Toey
Judge Smith
Smith
Ramirez
Tomah
Onalaska Concert Rescheduled to 8 P M at Methodist
ONALASKA Wis Special The Onalaska Methodist church concert will start at 8 p m Thursday Dec 22 instead of 730 p m as first announced Mrs Ben Sias serves as choir director
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Onalaska
Wis
Onalaska Methodist Church
Ben Sias
Western Europe security aid debate during ECA session
The article notes Vandenberg opposing drastic ECA spending cuts during a congress session and clashing with Taft and other Republicans on the issue, as western European nations urged greater self help and responsibility.
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Vandenberg
Taft
Ohio
City's Sewage Plan Attacked in Peshtigo Hearing
In Peshtigo Wisconsin City Attorney Robert Murphy told a state water pollution hearing that the city releases raw sewage into the Peshtigo river while awaiting improved sewage and mill waste treatment. Officials argued delays threaten public health and fish habitat as fishermen report oxygen loss and slime coated nets.
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Peshitgo
Wis
Peshtigo
Robert Murphy
State Committee On
Murphy
Warren Resh
E. A. Meyer
Dger
Adolph Benson
Marinette
Maurice Peterson
Funeral services for Mrs Ray mond Servais
Funeral services for Mrs Ray mond Servais of Silver Springs Maryland will be held Saturday at 9 a m at Sacred Heart church in Fort Dodge Iowa. She died suddenly at her home Wednesday noon and is survived by her husband a former La Crosse resident.
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Raymond Servais
Silver Springs
Sacred Heart Church
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Funeral for William Chester of Onalaska
Attendees at the funeral for William Chester, Onalaska, who died December 17, include Mr. and Mrs. Jens Jensen of Waupac a Mr. and Mrs. Simon Quann tance of New London Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Saeck Dorothy Boyardus of Rockford Ill Mr. and Mrs. James Pearsall of Elroy Mr. and Mrs. David Griffin Mrs. Flora Griffin and son Floyd Mrs. Berteo and family Rev Care Mrs. N O Wheeler Mrs. John Keach Mamie Smith Mrs Bernard Rasmussen Viola Mr. and Mrs. Torge Johnson Kendall. Services were at Fossum funeral home with burial in Onalaska cemetery.
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William Chester
Onalaska
Jens Jensen
Waupaca
Simon Quanntance
New London
Arthur Saeck
Dorothy Boyardus
Rockford
Ill
James Pearsall
Elroy
David Griffin
Flora Griffin
Floyd
Berteo
Care
N. O. Wheeler
John Keach
Mamie Smith
Bernard Rasmussen
Viola
Torge Johnson
Kendall
Fossum Funeral Home
Onalaska Cemetery
Death notice for Katherine Pinker of Hood Street
Katherine Pinker age 76 of 932 Hood Street died suddenly at home Thursday. Survived by two sisters Mrs Rudolph Kreutz and Miss Mary Pinker of La Crosse, seven nephews and ten nieces. Funeral Saturday at 9 a m at St Wenceslaus Catholic Church with Rt Rev Msgr F Cech officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Friends may call Friday afternoon and evening with rosary at 7 30 p m.
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Katherine Pinker
Hoodstreet
Rudolph Kreutz
Mary Pinker
la Crosse
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
F. Cech
Richard Rottman
Farnam Street
Julius
Theodore
George
Hellwig-Morris
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Victor Plecity
Albert M. Kubal
Chicago
Thomas
Robert
Msgr
Ferdinand Cech
Rosar
Obituaries for Victor Cassel Richard Rottman and Albert Kubal
Victor Cassel 60 died suddenly at his West Salem home. Survivors include wife Cora and eight children. Masonic services Saturday in West Salem, burial in Hamilton cemetery. Richard Rottman 55 of 1015 Farnam Street died after brief illness. burial at Holy Trinity Catholic cemetery. Albert Kubal 70 former La Crosse resident died in Chicago. burial in Catholic cemetery after services in Chicago and West Salem churches.
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Victor Casse
West Salem
Cora
Arlene Kelly
la Crosse
Peter Heintz
Portland
Ore
Wilson
Melrose
Arnold
Sat. Donald
Las Vegas
Nev
Winnie Cassel
Masonic
Cassel
Jostad Funeral
F. C. Boller
Bangor
Hamilton Cemetery
Brannan discusses egg price support and surplus disposal plans
Brannan advocates allowing egg prices to find a natural level with farm payments to ensure farmer returns. The department holds about 90 million dollars of surplus dried eggs from this year and has not announced a guarantee method for next year's support. Purchases this year paid poultrymen at least 35 cents per dozen for west run ungraded eggs, mostly in the Midwest surplus region.
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West Run
Mid-Western
Boy Unharmed After Poison Remedy Mix Up
In New Brunswick New Jersey a two day search ended with Donald Stalker age 10 found unharmed after given a poisonous silver nitrate solution by mistake. His mother Mrs Chester W Stalker of Burbank California had mistaken the solution for a car sickness remedy during a trip east.
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New Brunswick
N. Y
Philadelphia
Chester W. Stalker
Burbank
Calif
Donald
Outlook Ed From Page 1 Shows Economic Shifts and Policy Impacts
The bulletin notes easing installment terms after credit controls ended and warns that a drop in overall credit demands could limit money supply growth. It cites fall currency outside banks, lower consumer costs from cheaper items, and a 1950 pork supply rise. It also discusses egg price supports, steel price boosts after a union pension deal, and potential coal price pressures from labor contracts.
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Reserve Board
Board
Agriculture Department
U. S. Steel Corp
National Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Philip Murray
CIO
Weather outlook and road conditions across Wisconsin
The report notes a low of three above in Superior on Wednesday night with a forecast of 10 to 15 below in the far northwest and from zero to five above in the southeast. Slippery roads stretched from Prairie du Chien to Green Bay, with North of Eau Claire and Rhinelander roads clear. Landing operations aided traffic in some areas around Madison.
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Kee
Superior
Prairie du Chien
Green Bay
Indison Pe
Eau Claire
Rhinelander
Madison
Passenger Avoids Fare After Night Ride
Sidney Borreson, driver for Town Taxi, picked up a man in West Salem at 12 14 a m Thursday. The passenger vanished after saying he would fetch money, leaving footprints toward highway 16 and later two farms. Sheriff Vern Lamp investigates as the unpaid fare remains unresolved.
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Sidney Borreson
Borreson
West Salem
Designator
Highway 16
Vern Lamp
Lamp
Public Transportation Strike Shocks Cincinnati Officials
A midnight strike deadline by unionized transit workers in Cincinnati halted the city’s mass transit, catching Mayor Thomas A. Burke by surprise. Mayor Burke summoned union leaders Thomas P. Meaney and Harry C. Lang to city hall to demand they honor a pledge not to strike until further discussion, amid enforcement threats under the Ferguson act.
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Thomas P. Meaney
Ohio
Sainey
Thomas A. Burke
Burke
Meaney
Harry C. Lang
Lang
Robert Stack
Detro
Gas pipeline explodes near Trosudale no injuries reported
A 24 inch Tex gas line owned by the Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Co exploded near Trousdale Kansas early Thursday. A snow and ice cover prevented a major fire and officials said there would be no service disruption as gas remained in the line to cover distributors until repairs.
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Trousdale
Kas
Texas
Detroit
Here
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co
Kansas City
Wisconsin
Michigan
Hugoton Field
Army reserve force surges surpassing targets in 1948 to 1949
The Times reports a 54 percent exceedance in the army budget figures with active reservists rising from 47,500 at year end 1948 to 230,000 last October. Drill days climbed from 161,000 last July to 317,000 in October as drill pay funds face full use for the year to train units per authorized establishment.
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Tate
Times
Items Buried for 100 Years in Alexander Virginia Cylinder
Cur rent newspapers and items of interest will be sealed in a stainless steel cylinder at Alexander Va for a century. The project aims to preserve era documents and curiosities for future discovery.
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Alexander Va
Fire destroys shed and garage on Ontario area farm
A Thursday blaze on Mike Lawrence's farm five miles east of Ontario along STH 33 destroyed the machine shed and garage and all Christmas presents stored there. The tobacco crop being stripped in the shed was also lost. Ontario fire department arrived with a new truck and prevented spread to the home and other buildings. Cause and total loss were undetermined.
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Ontario
Wis
Mike Lawrence
Lawrence
Rail lines stretch 34 miles within Washington DC
Within the District of Columbia there are 34 miles of railway lines forming the urban transit grid.
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District of Columbia
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