Nation records worst Independence Day death toll
The National Safety Council reports 676 deaths over a three day Fourth of July period with 296 traffic fatalities 245 drownings and 135 violent deaths. The toll exceeds the 1941 record of 628 and prompts warnings on traffic rules and safety amid peak summer travel and heat.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
New York City
Kansas
Nevada
Columon City
Relief Amid Heat as Clouds and Showers Sweep Wisconsin
Cool air from Canada eased the six day heat wave across much of Wisconsin with midweek relief from clouds and a line of showers. La Crosse saw a drop in temperatures after a noon cloud cover, while Mayflies clogged streets and debris crews cleaned up along the Fourth of July.
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Canada
Wisconsin
A. D. Sanial
Weather update for La Crosse region today and tonight
Partly cloudy warm and humid conditions with brief showers and thunderstorms continuing into the night. A cooler spell after the showers. Wednesday should be generally fair with a low around 72 and a high near 72.
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la Crosse
John Hintgen Dies Monday at 83
John Hintgen 83 of 1241 West Avenue South and county highway commissioner from 1910 to 1932 died at a local hospital Monday morning. Born January 20, 1866 in Greenfield, he was lauded for major road improvements in La Crosse County. Funeral is Wednesday at 3 p.m. at First Lutheran Church with burial at Oak Grove. Burial and visitation details provided by Sletten McKee.
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John Hintgen
West Avenue
Hintgen
la Crosse County
Greenfield
Oak Grove
eBay Long South Side
Sletten-McKee Company
Rep Withrow Denies Charges on Campaign Expenses
Cong Withrow, back from Washington, reiterates denial of irregularities in campaign expenditures. He says all reports were filed per statute and accepted. He will meet La Crosse labor group officials Tuesday afternoon. group contributed 1500 to his campaign.
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Gardner Withrow
Washington, D. C
Madison Capital Times
Withrow
la Crosse Committee
George W. Hall
la Crosse Trades and Labor Council
AFL, Cio
Railroad Brotherhoods and
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Madison
Capital Times
Aoe
Engel Bond Cut in Chicago Bond Reduction
Bond for Sig mund Engel dropped Tuesday from 50 000 to 30 000 yet still bars the jailed con artist. Attorney Harry J. Busch called the sum nearly as high as the prior amount and warned Engel cannot meet the reduced figure.
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Chicago
Sigmund Engel
Harry J. Busch
Engel
Czech Bishops Accused Of Collaboration With Nazis
Prague diplomats and officials accuse Czech Catholic bishops of collaboration with the Nazis during occupation. The government says church leaders are unpatriotic and anti-state for resisting a state church accord, amid calls to align with Communist control.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Dachau
Laco Novomesky
Slovakia
Vin
Bratislava
Antonin Zapotocky
Vladimir Clementis
Soviet Union
Iym
Sazava
Bohemia
Zdenekejediy
Res Vestenad
Josef Ploshar
Nejedly
Twenty One Suffer Poisoning At Family Picnic
Twenty one members of the Surges family suffered food poisoning after a Monday reunion in Milwaukee. Potato salad was blamed as the cause and four ambulances and four sheriff squads assisted at the Robert Surges home. Victims were treated at County General hospital and reported greatly improved Tuesday.
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Milwaukee
Surges
Robert Surges
County General Hospital
Ashland County Faces Deluge 7.77 Inches In Four Hours
In Mellen Wisconsin a record 7.77 inches of rain fell in about four and a half hours causing widespread damage. The Bad River and Devil Creek flooded, forcing 12 families from homes, bridges were stressed, and a church and several structures took lightning damage. A man, Steven of Ashland, died likely of a heart attack in his car near Highway 2.
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Ashland County
Nidaros Lutheran
Ashland
Lake Superior District Power Co
A Restore Power Service
Steven
Highway 2
Mellen
Prentice
Merrill
Miners Resume Pits Under Three Day Week Policy
Pittsburgh reports most of the nations 480000 coal miners returned to work in three day weeks after John L. Lewis ordered resumption without a new contract. Talks between United Mine Workers and operators resume July 12 for hard and soft coal, while some western miners stay on five day weeks.
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John L. Lewis
Mississippi
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Anthracite Committee
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Unexpected DDT Spraying Irrks Spartans
Spartans residents protest after Sparta Wisconsin conducts a second air spraying for insect control. Downtown shoppers complain at short notice while cars and clothing are smeared with DDT oil. Arthur Aldrich of Milwaukee, under contract to spray before July 10, cites scheduling needs for other jobs.
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Sparta
Wis
Arthur Aldrich
Milwaukee
Polish Underground Officer Heads For Tomah As DP
A 32 year old Polish underground officer Jadwiga A Raczynska arrived in New York as a displaced person aboard the R L Howze from Bremerhaven. She will live with sponsor Louis Betthauser in Tomah Wisconsin while awaiting employment. She described open street battles in Warsaw from August 1944 to October 1944 and a shrapnel wound. Her husband was killed in the Warsaw uprising. She was captured by Germans, survived a POW camp, and was liberated by American troops in April 1945.
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New York
Jadwiga A. Raczynska
Bremerhaven
R. L. Howze
Tomah
Wis
Louis Betthauser
Warsaw
Mrs. Gleason Pioneer Dies at 85 in La Crosse
Barbara Gleason 85 of 722 Copeland Avenue La Crosse dies after a lingering illness in a local hospital. Born November 4 1863 she lived in La Crosse except for two years in Hokah Minn. She was a pioneer St James altar society member and WBA member. Survived by two sons Francis of La Crosse Raymond of Tomah five grandchildren three great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday 8 am from Dwyer Funeral Home and 8 30 am from St James Church Rev officiating. Burial Catholic Home Tuesday afternoon and evening Rosary 7 30 pm Tuesday.
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la Crosse
Barbara Gleason
Copeland Avenue
Barbara Wiskirche
Julius, Gleason
Robert
Gleason
Hokah
Minn
St. James
John Wiskitchen
Mtd R
Dwyer Funeral Home
St. James Church
Leroy Keegan
Catholic Home
Rosary
Youth Held After Slaying Near Salyersville Kentucky
In Salyersville Kentucky a 19 year old Newby Whitt from Bear Branch district is jailed in connection with the weekend killings of farmer Charles Williams 27 and his wife Wanda 24. The couple’s seven month old baby survived with shotgun pellet wounds.
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Salyersville
Glenn Prater
Prater
Newby Whitt
Bear Branch
Here
Charles Williams
Williams
Wannie
Whitt
Government Rests Its Case Against Hiss
In New York the perjury trial of Alger Hiss nears another phase as Judge Kaufman schedules remainder of testimony and jury deliberations. Prosecution rests after dispute over former wife of Eisler testimony. key witnesses include Walter Hebb and details about the typewriter linked to a Soviet spy ring. The case, now six weeks old, may go to a 12 member jury later this week with two women.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Federa
Samuel H. Kaufman
Kaufman
U. S. Marshall
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Gerhart Eiser
Eisler
Hede Massing
Paul Massing
Rutgers University
New Runswick
Walter M. Hebb
Washington, D C
Esas
K Street
Woodstock
Priscil- Hiss
State Department
Capt. Fried Dies, Noted Ocean Liner Master
Yonkers New York report says Capt. George Fried, 71, renowned master of some of America's largest ocean liners, died Monday. He commanded major transatlantic vessels and was a familiar figure in maritime circles.
Dr. Harold Hansen Dies at 79 in La Crosse
Dr. Harold Joseph Hansen, 79, prominent La Crosse dentist for nearly 50 years, died Monday in a local hospital. He lived at 215 South 11th Street, studied at Chicago College of Dental Surgery, and practiced after 1900. Survived by his wife Anna Erickson, daughter Gertrude Lynch, two grandchildren Brian and Monica Lynch, and brother George Hansen. Funeral Thursday 2:30 pm at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, graveside Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday 7 to 9 pm at Dahl Funeral Home.
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Harold Joseph Hansen
la Crosse
South 11Th Street
Chicago College of Dental Surgery
America Dental Association
Hurdalen
Norway
Hansen
United States
Brian
Monica Lynch
George Hansen
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
George Alvilden
Oak Grove Cemetery
Dahl Funeral Home
Woman First Polio Victim In La Crosse
A 26 year old La Crosse woman became the citys first polio case of 1949. The case was reported Saturday and confirmed Tuesday and is of local origin. She is in an isolation ward. An eight year old Cataract area girl also has polio, bringing the regional total to seven with prior cases in La Farge Bangor Valley Coon Valley and Viroqua.
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Garland Weidner
la Crosse
la Farge
Bangor
Valley
Coon Valley
Viroqua
Weidner
Directors To Meet Chamber of Commerce Board
The board of directors will meet at 12 05 p m on Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
Queen Of Coon Valley Centennial Announced
In Coon Valley Wisconsin a two day centennial celebration ended with Carol Amundson crowned queen by John Lamb. The event honored early settlers and eldest descendants as Mayor Ted Dreves and Capt. Anna Solberg attended. Iville Radland announced winners for costume float and distance prizes.
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Coon Valley
Wis
Recreation Park
Carol Amundson
John Lamb
Queens
Carol
Ted Dreves
Minneapolis
Iville Radland
Drownings and a Traffic Death Mark Fourth of July Toll
Three drownings and a single traffic fatality marked the Fourth of July weekend in the La Crosse area with Wisconsin and Minnesota reporting multiple heat related and accident deaths. Notable victims include nine year old Richard Newman of Minneapolis who drowned in the Mississippi near the sewage plant after stepping into a 15 foot drop. John Forester of Tomah 30 drowned when a boat capsized on Lake Tomah. Authorities responded with multiple fire units and rescue boats to recover bodies and treat survivors.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Newman
Iowa
Richard Newman
Minneapolis
Bernard Cathman
Bridgeport
John Forester
Tomah
Lloyd N. Peterson
Richard Considine
Wyattville
Minn
Basil G. Dennis
Stone
James Newman
Grant Haugstad
No. 1
William McDonald
Adolph Kessel
No. 5
Vern Lamp
Erling Eide
Eide
George D. Reay
James C. Newmann
George Newmann
Glenwood City
Wis
Etta Vetter
Clifford Newman
Farnam Street
Welander-Quist Mortuary
Emanuel Lutheran Church
O. G. Schuppman
Rosehill Comery
Tomah Man
Tomah Roofing
Monroe County
Forester
Lake Tomah
Tom Keene
Carl Witz
Here Today Gone Tomorrow Ad Rates Promoted
Classified note advertises order methods for want ads with 4 and 7 day rate options and a contact phone number 3680. It emphasizes quick placements and affordable pricing.
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