Tipsy Driver Fined $100 and License Revocation
William L. Terry, 07 Prne es, fined $100 and had license revoked for one year after a drunken driving charge in police court Wednesday morning. His two block spree on King street caused $900 in damage to two cars a lawn and a tree. The incident began when Terry struck a parked car on 19th King street at 3 a.m. and continued with a curb jump and lawn damage before hitting a tree on Tom Hancock’s property. Final damages totaled $900 with $450 to Terry’s car and $150 lawn and tree damage plus $300 to the Jankowski vehicle.
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William L. Terry
Prne Es
Sist
King Street
Terry
Theodor Jankowski
Jankowski
Tom Hancock
Merlin Osborn
Hamilton Street
Carl J. Schams
South 28Th Street
Joyce Osborne
Shams
Gould Street
Rose Street
Osborn
Rose
William J. Garrity, Jr
Market Street
Harry F. Worth
State Street
Garrity
City Voters Support Air Spray To Combat Polio
The Lions and Rotary clubs voted to spray 940 acres from the air as polio prevention. Arthur Aldrich of Milwaukee, treating Sparta with DDT, attended the meeting. A tentative spraying time was set for Friday, with two applications planned, weather permitting. Attending in favor were Edward Lavine, Ert J. McGilvray, Lions club, and Dr. Robert Krohn, city health officer.
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Lions and
Rotary Service Clubs
Arthur Aldrich
B. 4 Inc
Milwaukee
Sparta
Edward Lavine Andert J. McGilvray
The
Lions Club
Robert Krohn
Honor 2 La Crosse Men Recognized for Na Guard Work
Two La Crosse servicemen were honored for National Guard duties at McCoy week. Pfc. Thomas F. Rusche earned a commendation from General Biester for exemplary service at the officers mess dinner on Sunday July 17. Pfc. Jerome W. Oestriech was selected as an honor card for Governor Renne maline in the Sunday review.
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la Crosse
Na Guard
McCoy Week
Luther J. Paulson
173Rd Field Artillery
Thomas F. Rusche
General Biiester
Jerome W. Oestriech
Oscar Rennem
Correction: St Johns Circle Meeting Date Change
Correction for the Deborah circle of St John’s Evangelical and Re formed meets at the Schneeberger cottage on July 28 instead of July 21 as previously announced.
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St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Deborah Circle
Schneeberger Cottage
Truman urges peace drive as he criticizes UN and defense plans
President Truman, addressing 70,000 at Soldier Field, warns the United Nations must be a going and militant force for world welfare while contrasting postwar spending with wartime costs. He questions the value of funding armaments for “another war” versus rebuilding Europe and Asia for peace. He hints at support for Europe’s rearmament under the Atlantic pact timing.
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Shriners of North America
United States
United Nations
Truman
Europe
Asia
Senate
Polio cases rise. boy dies at church camp
Trygve Flugstad 13 of estby died from polio after attending Green Lake Congregational church camp July 11 to 16. Dr. Garland Weidner urged rest for mild symptoms. the state totals rose to 53 with several new cases and an iron lung sent from Milwaukee to aid a 23 year old patient.
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Trygve Flugstad
Estby
Flugstad
Green Lake
Garland Weidner
Sletten- McKee Co
Walter E. Gutzke
Woodlawn
Marathon County
Wausau
Neillsville
Clark County
Milwaukee
Truman backs 5 percenter investigation
Washington reports a White House push for a deep probe into Washington five percenters tied to army contracts. President Truman wires officials to proceed with the inquiry, saying let the chips fall where they may and the army should clean its own dirty linen.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Patna Johnson
Army
Gray
Wisconsin Legislature Actions on Welfare, Milk, and Safety
The report outlines measures including vocational rehab funding limits, requiring suitable luncheons in workplaces, a $510 damage payment to Erwin Schwanz, 75 cent per pupil library aid, a $5 milk license, pasteurization rules, annual $10,000 for a state farm safety program, coroner authority to dispose of unclaimed bodies after 48 hours, and permission to sell mortars for fireworks.
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Industrial Commission
Erwin Schwanz
Neosho
Wisconsin School For Boys
University of Wisconsin
Crash Continues After Flight Fire Over City
A crowd of thousands witnessed flames and a crash in which many servicemen on furlough were aboard. Coroner reports describe badly burned remains with limited identification,including a wrist band and tattoo initials. It marked a second charter plane disaster at this field in seven months with Yale students among the deceased.
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Mae
Corco E Satech Air Force
Noether
Yale University
Seattle
Mons
Burbank
Calif
Standard Airlines
Long Beach
Brannan backs ending market supports for perishables
Brannan proposes Congress shift away from current price supports for perishables and many foods. Farmers would receive a check equal to the difference between market price and a government established fair price. He argues this would lower consumer costs while stabilizing farmer income.
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Brannan
Congress
Stork Delivers Eight Pound Ten Ounce Girl
In Waukegan Illinois a stork visits the Tru treetop delivering an eight pound ten ounce girl on July 19. The same day in 1943 and 1945 two earlier births are noted.
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Waukegan
Dozen Named as Possible GOP Chairman Successors
Nearly a dozen candidates emerged in Republican talks to replace Hugh D. Scott as national chair. New names include Hanford MacNi der of Iowa Sin clair Weeks of Massachusetts and Thomas E. Coleman of Wisconsin. Scott resigned ahead of a August 4 national committee meeting amid a signed seven member pledge to urge his departure. Summerfield is also floated as a potential successor.
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Washington
Hugh D. Scott
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
American Legion
Sinclair Weeks
Massachusetts
Thomas E. Coleman
Wisconsin
Coleman
Cnly
Scott
Bro T
National Committee
Senator Brewster
Maine
GOP
Congressional Campaign Committee
Rep
Leonard Hall
New York
Col R. B. Creager
Texas
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
Senator Martin
Pennsylvania
J. Russel Sprague
G. Mason Owlett
Summerfield
Missing Atom Project Worker Surrenders To FBI In Dallas
H Tracy Snelling, missing public information director at the Los Alamos atomic project, surrendered voluntarily at FBI quarters in Dallas. Rodney Southwick said no further details until FBI report. Snelling, 37, had been missing since Wednesday with a search launched after his wife received a letter.
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Santa FE
N.M
H. Tracy Snelling
Los Alamos
Baldwin urges pact adoption to expand world alliance
Senator Baldwin urges the Senate to ratify a North Atlantic treaty that could be expanded later into a world alliance and international police force within the range of possibility.
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Sen
Baldwin
Washington
Senate
North Atlantic
Three Teenagers Admit Theft Of Tent
Three teenage boys admitted stealing a tent on June 27 and were turned over to the probation department by acting County Judge Robert Smythe. They said they used the tent during a camping trip along the Mississippi river and left it at the campsite where it later disappeared. The tent belonged to Frank Pretasky of 2124 South 15th Street. Uganda aims to export 1,000 crocodile skins a month.
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Probation Department
Robert Smythe
Mississippi River
Frank Pretasky
South 15Th Street
South 14Th Street
Shriners Stage Huge Lakefront Pageant
In Chicago hundreds of thousands watched a five hour parade by Shriners across the lakefront. A Soldier Field pageant closes the diamond jubilee convention of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine with more than 67 temples and 1000 units. President Truman highlighted Tuesday’s foreign policy address at the lakefront stadium.
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Chicago
Soldier Field
United States
Canada
Truman
Big Lake Front Stadium
Milwaukee Man Arrested In La Crosse For Bad Check
A 22 year old Milwaukee man was returned to Milwaukee Wednesday after officers in La Crosse arrested him on a bad check charge. Police said Milwaukee authorities issued a warrant after he passed a no account check in a Milwaukee store while with a magazine selling team.
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Milwaukee
la Crosse
Life expectancy for Americans at 65 at 13.67 years
The article notes that Americans who reach age 65 are expected to live about 13.67 more years. This projection reflects statistical life spans and aging trends reported by the relevant health or government source.
City to improve garbage lids and rat control measures
The health department and Modern Garbage service will replace lids after trash collection to reduce fly breeding. Residents report complaints about uncovered raw garbage and a porcelainized bucket method is recommended. A citywide rat poisoning drive will expand this summer after a survey and calls to seal buildings and seal holes to starve rats.
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Health Department
Weidner
Chamber of
Boy Scouts
Pope Pius XII to Broadcast Worldwide Sunday
Pope Pius XII will broadcast to the world Sunday on Vatican radio during an audience with the Congress of Women's Catholic Action. About 11,000 Catholic women are expected to attend, including 1,000 delegates from participants around the world.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
Congress of Women’s Catholic Action
Congress
Fourth La Crosse Horse Show Promises Large Turnout
Frederic Crosby announces the fourth annual La Crosse Horse Show with strong ticket sales and public interest. Judges Cecil Rock of Des Moines and Maj. John Ayler, USA, stationed at Camp McCoy, will preside. entries still accepted though Saturday was the publication deadline. inquiries to Horse Show box 275, La Crosse.
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la Crosse
Elect Kolarov New Bulgarian Premier
Rome dispatch reports Sofia radio announcing Vassil Kolarov as premier of Bulgaria following the death of Georgi Dimitrov on July 2 at a sanatorium near Moscow. Kolarov succeeds Dimitrov in the new Bulgarian government.
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Kolarov
Rome
Sofia Radio
Vassil Kolarov
Bulgara
Georgi Dimitrov
Moscow
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