Portage Canal Plan Opposed at Public Hearing
In Portage Wisconsin twenty one residents opposed a proposal by the U S Army Corps of Engineers to urge Congress to abandon the Portage Fox River canal and the Fox River system. The hearing ended with a unanimous vote against the plan and discussion of a levee at the canal mouth if abandonment proceeds.
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Portage
Wis
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Torkelson
State Planning Board
Ol. J. O. Colonna
Milwaukee
Army Corps
Phillip Owens
80Th Congress
Fox River
Col. Colonna
Owens
Native Wisconsin football star dies in Wisconsin Rapids crash
Schultz a famed local fullback and multi sport athlete dies after a collision reported in Wisconsin Rapids. Funeral set for Thursday at First Lutheran with burial at Oak Grove. Survivors include siblings and relatives across La Crosse and nearby towns. Redman and Miss Kessel are noted in connections to local figures.
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Schultz
Central Court
Wisconsin Rapids
University of Wisconsin
Pat Harder
Elroy Hirsch
Armed Forces
Army Engineers
Mandate Islands
Rykyu Islands
Ralph
Albertina Schultz
Clara Schultz
Fifth Avenue
Herman C
George Schultz
South Fourth Street
Lucy Ash
North 10Th Street
Charles Peterson
First Lutheran Church
Roland Gurgel
Oak Grove
Nelson Funeral Home
Decorah
Pemacee
Essel
la Crosse
Redman
Bradley Polytechnic School
Peoria
Ill
Harry Redman
Hilke
Five Bullets Olson Finds Drive Ballistics Talk Amid Tavern Death
The transcript details Olson finding five bullets in the room where Mrs. Moore was found and sending them to Chicago for ballistics testing. Juryman Petrick asked how close the shooter stood, Olson estimating about 10 feet. Witnesses recount Mrs. Moore's routine, the tavern cash handling, and that no strangers were present the night of the killing.
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Olson
Sicilian Youth, Yank Mascot, Celebrates First U. S. Christmas
Danville Illinois reports Johnny Jones a 12 year old Sicilian youth who arrived in America last year after wartime trauma. He lived in Luneville France and Italy as a mascot before being adopted by Raymond Jones in Danville last March. The piece notes malaria deaths nationwide.
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U. S
Danville
Ill
Johnny Jones
America
Johnny
Jean Dresin
Luneville
France
Raymond
Pete) Jones
Italy
Pete
Africa
Jones
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Neapolis
Minn
Gordon Evans
Washington State
Gustav Schultz
Australia
Toas
Larry Ziemann
Dale Simons
Blue Denim
His
Orchestra
United States
Ed's Roost Tavern
Barron
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