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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1952
Page
10
La Crosse County Community Council hosts a children’s clinic Saturday from 9 30 to 11 30 in City Hall second floor. Mrs A M Johnson child welfare chairman oversees the event.
President elect Eisenhower spends Christmas with family at home and in church. He avoids comment on Stalin's proposed meeting while John Foster Dulles says he will speak with Eisenhower first. Stalin says he is interested in ending Korea war and does not see East West conflict as inevitable. Family includes Mamie, grandchildren, John Eisenhower in Korea, and Mrs Elvira Doud.
Mrs Anna Nekola 70 of 1319 Liberty died after a long illness widow of Joseph Nekola and longtime associate at Guggenbuehl and Nekola Department Store. Survived by Naomi Lois Narcis Daniel Richard and seven grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at Blaschke South Side chapel and St James Church. Rosary Friday. Burial Catholic Cemetery. Gary Lee Hicke 16 died suddenly. Survived by parents brother and grandparents. Funeral Monday at Nelson Funeral Home. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Mrs Viola Mason West 79 died Thursday in La Crosse hospital survived by three sons a sister a brother. Funeral 2 pm Saturday Hellwig Morris Chapel. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call Friday.
Obituaries note deaths of Hattie Loomis 86 of La Crosse with four sons and a brother and funeral Monday at Hellwig Morris Chapel. Fred W. Fullmer 82 of 1205 2nd St. dies Thursday born June 3 1870 in Delavan. survived by daughter, sister, brother and two grandchildren. funeral Saturday at Sletten McKee chapel. Hansine Robinson 86 dies at daughter’s home. funeral arrangements pending. Caroline Randall 55 of 409 N 8th St. dies Thursday. survived by husband Richard and son Clifford. services Monday and burial in South West Prairie Church cemetery.
Edward Pepan, 65, of Milwaukee, died Thursday from injuries after being struck by a car Monday at a Milwaukee intersection.
The post lists events including Monday goodfellowship nights and December 25 Christmas celebration. December 31 New Year party. Tom and Jerry event, and early reservations urged for NYE. Mentions hats, noisemakers, band Royal, and Legion memberships as gifts. Also notes Jan 22 county Legion banquet, tickets forthcoming.
Baltimore police report Santa Claus actor Paul Street aged 28 fell from a third story window while entering a building and sustained injuries. He was taken to Maryland General Hospital with possible broken wrist and back injuries but refused treatment and returned home to finish delivering toys.
The Dutch owned SS Bacchus and Norwegian owned SS Holberg collided about three miles from the Mississippi mouth in heavy fog. The Bacchus suffered a 30 foot hull breach and damaged steering but remained afloat. Fernand Bonce, 33, of Haiti, received a minor injury and was treated in New Orleans hospital.
In Milwaukee the Skwierawski family welcomes its second Christmas baby. Martha Ann was born in 1945 and now daughter Martha Ann is joined by a son named Stephen, born on Christmas Day Thursday.
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association reports over half of clinic work in towns under 2,500. About 55,000 residents benefited from Christmas Seal service in 12 months ending Dec 1, with 38,000 X-rayed by mobile units and 16,500 given tuberculin skin tests. Kammeier notes 2,000 new Wisconsin cases yearly. emphasis on early discovery and community chest X-ray and tuberculin testing.
Birth notices list several newborns with dates in December at St Ann’s and other locales. Names include Leeann Marie Gerling, Mary Ellen Viner, Robert Albert Walters, Susan Kay Stinson, and more, with parent names and street addresses.
Chicago report states the Brodie Siamese twins Roger Lee and Rodney Dee stay in critical or precarious condition after their December 17 separation operation at University of Illinois Hospital. Parents Royt and wife from Moline Illinois visit them at the Illinois Neuropsychiatric Hospital as the boys' prognosis remains uncertain.
On Christmas eve about 2,000 city workers queued at the Milwaukee treasurer to cash checks while a vault remained locked with 420,000 inside. Treasurer Joseph Krueger called a locksmith and borrowed 209,000 plus tax receipts to cover payroll until the vault opened at 6 p.m.
Paris reports that lemonade dealers blame private stills for France’s growing drink problem. They cite four million farm distillers and cite cirrhosis deaths rising from 2939 in 1944 to 4396 in 1948, noting weak regulations and access, especially in rural areas.
A La Crosse mother, Bonnie Gabrielson 21, was charged with assaulting depraved mind after a shotgun incident in the family home. Judge Roy V. Ahlstrom set a $5,000 bond and ordered a January hearing. Police say she fired at her 6 month old, missing but causing powder burns before Arlo Gabrielson disarmed her.
Gordon H. Feinberg reports the Southside Businessmen's Association will hold its sixth annual children's Christmas Party at the Strand Theater Saturday morning. Guests include children from St Michael's Orphanage and the La Crosse Home for Children, with buses provided by La Crosse Transit Company. Committee members are Bernard Zahn chairman Philip Dyer John Stephen Jr Bernard Balduzzi Ernie Holberg George Williams and Feinberg.
Billie Shonnae 23 known as The Flame charged with murder in Alfred Rosenfield Jr. 38 found shot in Roscoe Ails apartment. Ails 54 a nightclub comic, jailed without bond, says self defense after repeated visits to the apartment early Sunday. Shonnae arrested in Cedardale Oklahoma. Ails and Shonnae are married, according to attorney Maury Hughes.
Portland resident William J L Happy Howard claims a 196 day flagpole sit across two states Washington and Oregon. He began June 1 in Washougal and was moved by truck to a Portland amusement park before ending the challenge on Christmas Day. He says Emma Leach of Eugene previously held 152 days atop a pole in California.
In Whitehall on Monday Judge P. M. Paulson handled several cases. Wayne Kittelson pleaded guilty to driving an unlicensed vehicle and paid a 15.40 dollar total. Arne S. Rene pleaded guilty to drunken driving with a 105.40 dollar total, sentence suspended to January 10 to allow payment. Leonard Amundson deposited 20 dollars after arrest for disorderly conduct. failure to appear led to a 10 dollar fine and 10 dollar costs. Richard Dahl faced a preliminary hearing for disorderly conduct and was found guilty. fine 5 dollars and 13.90 dollars costs.
On December 24 and 25 firefighters dispatched engines to several calls including an ambulance plane standby at the municipal airport, a motor on a furnace fire at 608 5th Ave South involving Warren Kerr, an overheated furnace at 119 North 10th Street for Nora Stigen, a flooded oil furnace at 1006 South 6th Street for Walter Avon, and an overheated motor in a car at West Avenue and State Street owned by Brigel Aaron.
In Hawthorne California Mrs. Jean Garrett 27 faces a caesarean section at Angelus Hospital to save her unborn baby though Hodgkins disease will likely shorten her life. Doctors say the baby may be normal while the mother vows to endure.
Tri State area reports two funeral notices. Philip Amundson 36 died of a heart attack in Des Moines Iowa while employed as associate editor of Better Homes and Gardens. He studied journalism at the University of Wisconsin and is survived by wife four children his mother and grandmother. Jacob Vigeland 92 died at Spring Grove hospital Minnesota after a month as patient. He was born in Norway and settled in Fillmore County later moving to Mabel. He is survived by four sons a daughter and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
A 24 year old woman, Mrs Jane Reene of 2320 S 19th St, received a cut on the left knee after a crash at 16th and Horton Streets at about 11 20 am Thursday. Her husband George Lane also involved, with vehicle damage estimated at 100 dollars.
Carrie Prestegaard 65 of Viroqua died in a Madison hospital after a two week stay. William Reed 84 of Trempealeau died in an Eau Claire hospital after living in Trempealeau. Jesse M. Hayden 81 of Viroqua died in the Viroqua hospital. Margaret Ella Doten 59 of Sparta died at her Sparta home. Funeral plans list church services and burial sites across Immanuel Lutheran Trempealeau Saint Bartholomew Trempealeau Liberty Polo Cemetery Congregational Church Sparta Mt Hope Cemetery and Vance Hill Funeral Home with survivors named for each case.
Police ambulance units transported two residents to area hospitals on Wednesday. Robert Sila, 38, of 2121 Playfield Ave., went to a hospital at 11 22 a.m. from Northern Engraving and Manufacturing Co. Mrs. James Standfield, 48, of 2135 Hyde Ave., was taken at 5 30 p.m.
In San Jose California three Connett children aged four two and a half years and four months were buried without either parent attending. Archie Connett 31 a high school teacher is alleged to have killed the children by swinging them against walls and furniture after stabbing his wife Wynona 28 who survived with knife wounds and shock. The couple’s separation preceded the tragedy and Wynona’s parents Mr and Mrs Carl Gottlieb of Denver arranged today’s funeral rites for Michael Teresa and Carl Paul. Local authorities say Connett killed the children during a pre Christmas visit after a dispute over where he would sleep. Both parents are hospitalized recovering from injuries and poison.
Senator O'Conor urges Americans to avoid letting allegations that subversives infiltrated U.N. staff undermine faith in the United Nations. He notes 29 U.S. nationals were discharged from U.N. staff for suspected disloyalty and says the issue must be corrected without harming international cooperation.
Guy Cherry known as Texas Tiny, a Long Beach DJ, had trimmed his weight from 642 to 369 pounds to fly to California for the holidays. He abandoned the diet for a Christmas dinner, threatening his plan to return by air.
Police recovered two bundles of unfinished galvanized sheet metal furnace pipes left on a city street about a week ago. Investigators urge the owner to identify the pipes by markings or distinctive features to reclaim them.
A 19 month probe into the federal tax system criticizes the Treasury and Justice Departments for errors in collection procedures and calls for broad inquiries. The Ways and Means subcommittee urges stricter policing, larger enforcement staff, non political merit promotions, detailed taxpayer records, income disclosure, end of certain tax free business deductions, and full publicity of compromises.
Allied fighter bombers hit 15 Communist supply dumps six artillery positions 10 troop bunkers and 27 buildings along the Yalu front. Secondary blasts damaged ammunition stores and rail lines while a bridge was damaged. 16 Sabre jets and 16 MIGs reportedly crashed near the Yalu border with no MIG losses confirmed.
H. C. Cole-Tinsley outfits his personal car and all vehicles on his 2200 acre Holbeach farm in Lincolnshire with walkie talkie apparatus to stay in touch with his men.
West Berlin police officer Herbert Bauer was killed in the French sector on Christmas Day. French sources blamed three Russian soldiers who invaded the French sector and molested civilians. Soviet commander Sergei Dengin rejected the protest and accused West Berlin police of attempting to kidnap Soviet border guards, calling the incident a criminal provocation.
Park crews sprayed and flooded rinks Friday as cold weather moved in. Park Director Harold Schick said some rinks could be skating by Saturday though none will open officially. A few may open Sunday but which ones remain undecided.
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