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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1948
Page
12
State motor vehicle department urges motorists to slow down on snow and ice to avoid accidents. Brakes should be equalized, tires with good treads, chains carried for severe conditions, and safe following distances maintained. Avoid sudden speed or direction changes and use smooth starts and stops to prevent skids.
Jurors who served in the Fall term of the Wisconsin circuit court are being recalled after affidavits of prejudice were filed against Judge Robert S. Cowie. Judge Edward S. Gehl will preside when court resumes at 10 a.m. on Monday Jan 17 1949.
The inaugural committee announced neither Wisconsin nor Utah will have a parade float. Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm cannot return before the January 3 float entry deadline, and Utah Governor-elect Lee says no funds are available for a Utah float.
SPARTA Wis Special Winners in the Sparta Christmas home lighting and decorating contest have been announced in each ward. James DeGracie’s residence was judged best in the first ward. The decorations featured Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In the second ward Clarence Scheid’s home was best decorated. In the third ward Ruth Arnodt’s home and in the fourth Howard Teasdale’s were noted.
Logan high school ends the year with a Christmas program presented to students in the upperclassmen area. Parties were held during the afternoon home room period and a large brightly trimmed tree stood in the main hall as pupils are dismissed until January 3.
Logan high school senior and junior GAA held a joint Christmas party on Monday December 20. Jean Richmond led the senior group and Donna Wittenberg led the junior group as presents were handed out from under a decorated tree. Caroling games and refreshments followed with Miss Clarice Oren serving as faculty adviser.
Judges Fred R. Cramer and P. P. Boll in Hamilton Ohio will hear no divorce cases from a week before Easter to the day after Easter. The nine year moratorium has resulted in at least 30 reconciliations and will be extended to the Easter period.
In Paris a high court acquitted Marcel Bernard Peyrovton of treason charges after a jury returned a verdict of not guilty last night. The trial centered on allegations by officials seeking treason convictions.
Madison announces the state division of departmental research will be reactivated February 1 with Prof. William H. Young of the University of Wisconsin political science named to head the division. The division, created in 1939, will study Wisconsin administration personnel and budgets to improve government quality. Young takes leave from UW February 1. He recently urged changes in campaign finance and corrupt practices laws andl limits.
Cleveland dealers say the used car market has collapsed with sales down about 75 percent from a year ago. Sam Greenfield of the Cleveland Used Car Dealers Association says a committee will seek regulatory modifications as demand fell after controls went back into effect last September. Regulations cap time payments at 18 months and set minimum monthly payments of $70 on balances of $1,000 or more.
The U.S. communications commission heard final technical data from Lakeland Broadcasting Corp and John R Tomek of Wausau Wisconsin for a new radio station on 1239 kilocycles at 250 watts unlimited time. Examiner Basil Cooper noted a decision may take several weeks.
In Madison, Dr. Paul Stevenson of the federal health service urged Wisconsin's 550 public health workers to participate in a preventive health program. He noted nurses are well positioned to encourage participation and spoke at the University of Wisconsin public health conference closing session. He emphasized mental needs include recognition and security.
The note recalls Cornelius McGillicuddy known as Connie Mack born December 22 or 23 1862 in East Brookfield Massachusetts. He discovered the true birth date as December 29 but kept the older date in Who's Who and other records. It mentions his shortened name to fit on a scoreboard and a $500 bet with Newark. His Athletics claimed nine pennants five World Series titles and 16 cellar finishes.
Baraboo Wisconsin city leaders face a choice on 225 parking meters and their posts after residents opposed the timing devices. Meter payments collected about $3,000 in 11 weeks, with half routed to device payments, following a prior voter referendum.
The church school will hold a 4 p m worship service of recitations and pageantry at Sixth and King streets. The nativity pageant features junior and senior high departments with a cast of named children and adults, directed by Mrs John Mangan and Rev Mark L Andrews.
A five day investigation by an Organization of American States commission into the Costa Rican invasion by Costa Rican forces from Nicaragua is complete. The panel leaves Managua for Washington and aims to deliver a draft report on arrival Thursday.
The Douglas F. McKey Christmas club held its annual meeting then dispersed with gifts for needy families across the county. Founded in 1918 by McKey before his 1921 death, the club now has about 150 members and aids around 400 children yearly with food clothing and toys.
An unclear report from Freshford Somerset mentions a postman named Thomas Musty involved in an odd incident with a dog and a cookie. The fragment suggests a domestic or local disturbance but lacks full details or clear context.
Keith Ransom and Frances Snape both sixteen, went carolling in Sutton when they stopped to sing a tune and thwarted thieves in the area.
Denmark expresses gratitude to Wisconsin for gifts received by Gov Rennebohm office. Ambassador Henrik Kauffman signs a letter noting gifts included a Racine ancestry scroll a Racine sailing ceremony painting and recordings presented to King Frederik the Ninth. Shipments carried aboard the Signeborg of the Wis Centennial Friendship fleet.
The Rt Rev Msgr Robert B Condon pastor of St Marys Catholic church announces six Christmas masses with the midnight high mass followed by 8 830 9 930 and 10 am services. Assisting clergy include Rev J Kelly Cosgrove Bernard McGarty and two ecclesiastical students from Kendrick and St Johns seminaries. The adult choir will perform the Jubilee Mass by Marsh with Sanctus and Benedictus by Gounod. choir roster lists sopranos tenors and basses and Mrs Edward Stanek to play the organ.
The NBC Christmas Eve program from 11:30 to 11:55 p m features the First Presbyterian church choir NBC orchestra and a sermonette by Dr Louis Hadley Evans pastor of the Hollywood church Narration by Jimmy Stewart includes stars Dennis Morgan Porter Hall Virginia Mayo Michael O'Shea and Colleen Townsend broadcast over WKBH La Crosse
The National Safety Council estimates 265 traffic deaths may occur during the Christmas holidays from 6 p m Friday to midnight Sunday. The final toll could rise due to delayed fatalities and may be overstated if drivers and pedestrians avoid risky behavior or if weather is severe reducing travel.
The Freedom Train finishes its nationwide tour in Philadelphia after a five day showing. It began here over a year ago and visited 322 cities, drawing about 3.8 million viewers to its display of Americans documents before moving on to Washington for the inauguration of President Truman.
Police suspect a break in at Arthur Wohlwenders boat house on Lake Winnebago. A hole in the ice under a window suggests an intruder may have fallen into five feet of water and crawled back onto the ice.
Major General Johnsson Hagood 75 a U S Army retiree from 1936 linked to a Roosevelt era dispute with command of the Eighth Corps area based in San Antonio Texas. Also noted are biographical lines for A Sykes author and scientist and for Leadbetter 78.
A reflective line notes the couple's tenderness in daily chores as time passes, predicting one partner will tire soon and miss doing the dishes for the other. The piece emphasizes enduring care amid weariness.
Retail turkey prices reached an all time high with choice birds selling from 69 to 79 cents a pound. Managers report a 40 percent drop in supply but say customer resentment at high cost will ensure adequate stocks for buyers who pay.
Mayor appoints Robert D Smyth as Justice of the Peace for the Seventh ward. Board of Education members reelected. Council approves varied department bills totaling over 86 thousand dollars. Several reports and resolutions referred and adopted including water, sewer, street, and parking measures. Notice of hearings on estates and final settlement scheduled for January and March 1949.
Market report from Winona shows holidays observed with closures on Christmas day and revised hours until 4 p.m. daily. Hog cattle calf and lamb values listed with prices by weight, plus Chicago market activity and grain table data from Swift & Co and Chicago cash grain.
Chile’s foreign ministry called for cooperation with American governments to check revolts and revolt plots that troubled Latin America in 1948. It urged measures to strengthen the stability of democratic regimes in a formal statement.
Tass reported by Soviet monitor that Safer Gussein Ogly, an Azerbaijan farmer from Morul village, celebrated his 138th birthday and remains sturdy and in good health.
Names and charges from county court include Lloyd Alderson fined and jailed for drunken driving. William Igowski pled guilty to vagrancy. William E. Gevin placed on probation. Kendre Gavin wage matter settled. Speeding fines listed for Decorre Maas Reuben Lerson Merin A Devy Robert Noben Lewritt Burdoin Jr Walter Burke Miles Olson and Gerald Hees. Fire damage incident noted with Lempert camage.
A 110 person cast led by 65 voice St. Rose convent choir under Sister Mary Pierre performs a Christmas drama with hymns prayers and string accompaniment. Rev. Alfred He bert directs the La Crosse Catholic devotional hour from St. Rose convent music hall.
Pvt Richard M. Hill, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Hill of La Crescent Minnesota, has graduated from the miscellaneous equipment operator's course at the USAF technical school Ft Francis E Warren Wyoming Col John C B Elliott announced. The course is among more than 20 offered at Ft Warren, a base of the Air Training Command. Graduates are assigned to air force bases worldwide to serve in peacetime air force operations.
Christmas in song art and heart filled the Longfellow auditorium as about a hundred pupils staged Noel through a junior high choir orchestra and art department. The program featured a novel canvas narrative and a cantata The Christmas Story by Banks with notable solos and an ensemble accompaniment under Elvin Saterbak.
Santa Claus arrives at the Dorsey family's tar paper shack on the city outskirts to deliver two toys per child and bags of candy and fruit with groceries for Christmas. Mrs. Dorsey, a 26 year old mother, relocated from Panora Iowa with ten children while Arthur Dorsey, 45, disabled, will receive a later gift and medical surgery for a hernia. Welfare authorities and The Salvation Army outfit the visit.
God So Loved the World will be the theme of St Matthew's Lutheran church Christmas service in Stoddard Wisconsin on December 24 at 7 30 p m. Seventy seven children perform including a girls choir and primary age participants singing and reciting with hymns by the congregation.
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