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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
18
Nine students will graduate from Our Saviour's Lutheran Sunday School Bible department in Whitehall Wisconsin during a 10:30 a.m. service. The 13th class completes a four year post-confirmation course begun in 1932. Graduates are Bennie Fremsted Thomas Hegge Rosalinda Betty Lou Bensend Fe d son Theodore Johnson Philip Johnson Sylvia Anderson Lorraine Berg. Commencement, moved up from July end, reflects boys entering service.
Judge Robert S Cowie orders Sparta landlady Elizabeth MacTavish and Tomah landlord Alvin Warnke to appear in Sparta circuit court to show cause why a temporary injunction should not restrain them from collecting rents above maximums or evicting tenants. Grover rent director for La Crosse and Monroe counties filed the action, with Robert W Arthur acting district enforcement attorney for the OPA, seeking to enforce rent control provisions.
Senate subcommittee ends six month inquiry into the rural electrification administration. Acting Chairman Shipstead says the REA should be divorced from the agriculture department and given independent status with a clear hierarchy, reversing its bureau position since 1939.
Daily Records reports a fire in Sparta causing the destruction of a play house and damage to a garage at Ed Wenstowski home. Estimated loss about 200 dollars. Fire started near an incinerator located 10 feet from the building. cause under investigation.
Chicago speech by DeWitt Emery president of the National Small Business Men association urges against government intervention. He calls for an administration in Washington offering full confidence and cooperation for fair operating conditions and profits.
The county court of La Crosse County Wisconsin will hold a June 20 1944 probate hearing for the will of W A Vaillancourt deceased and the appointment of an executor. Creditors must file claims by October 1944. all claims will be examined at an October 10 1944 term of court. Dayed May 17 1944.
Notice to creditors and guardians of heirs that Henry Muth applies for probate of Barbara Techmer's will and appointment of executor with the will annexed. Claims must be filed with La Crosse County Court by September 25, 1944. A hearing will be held September 26, 1944 at 10:00 AM at the La Crosse Court House.
The matter concerns the probate of Meda L. Schroeder's will and the appointment of an executor or administrator with the will annexed. Faye Cannon and Wilma Frye apply for probate before the County Court of La Crosse with a hearing set for September 18 1944 or September 19 1944 at 10 am. Dated May 17 1944. Attorneys Gordon Law Brody Johns Rorafy.
Notice to creditors for the estate of Lelia Budd deceased of La Crosse Wisconsin. Letters of administration issued to Lelia Budd Haverberg. Claims must be presented to La Crosse County Court by September 20 1944 or be barred. Court hearing September 26 1964 at 10 am. Dated May 17 1964. Rh V Ablstrom judge. Hupbert V Fuller attorney 410 North 1st Street.
Market steadiness mixed across cattle hogs and calves with various weight brackets and price ranges. Fat hogs 150 pounds and under 9.20-10.95, 180-190 pounds 13.30, 300-350 pounds 10.80-11.15. sows 400-500 pounds 9.95-10.05, larger 9.95-9.95. cattle good to choice 1450-1690 pounds 11.50-14.25, heifers 14.00-15.00, cows 30.50-31.75. calves 13.00-15.00. lambs 75-95 pounds 13.75-14.75. overall note on weight, condition, and discounts for poor fit.
Wheat and barley price quotes across Chicago and Milwaukee show opening, high, low, and close figures for July through December contracts. Cash grain values list oats, rye, and field seeds alongside cattle, hogs, and sheep market levels in Milwaukee with ranges for weights and classes.
In Chicago trading, U.S. potato shipments to California run 117 cars with 212 total supplies moderate and demand slow. For southern Triumphs, best quality remains steady with California Long Whites U.S. No. 1 priced at 3.94 to 4.21 and Louisiana Bliss Triumphs U.S. BS. No. 1 at 4.40 to 4.47.
Live poultry receipts 28 trucks and 1 car with f. o. b. prices quoted by WPA show fowl 23 1/4 to 24. Leghorn fowl 23 1/2 to 32 1/2. Roosters, fryers and broilers 29 1/4 to 30 1/2. Roosters 19 to 21. Butter firm with 865 387 pounds received and market unchanged. Eggs receipts 24 291 cases steady and market unchanged.
Salable hogs 16 000 and cattle 4 500 with calves 700 offered as market remains irregular and uneven. Hogs top 13 75 per cwt for light to medium weights, 11 50 to 12 25 for heavier hogs, sow values around 10 75 to 10 90, 10 000 unsold. Cattle steady to higher with steers and yearlings best up 25 cents, vealers firm, stock cattle slow. Sheep 2 500 offered. lambs strong at 16 25 for 100 lb fed wooled, ewes steady around 7 25.
Weather bulletin from the U S Department of Commerce notes partly cloudy skies with occasional thundershowers today through Friday. Temperatures remain warm and humidity high across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa.
In Hickory Flat Mississippi the protracted war means longer beards for residents. The town's only barber has moved to a war plant job and razor blades are in short supply, leading men to let facial hair flourish.
The notice lists validity changes for red and blue ration stamps across meats fats processed foods sugar and gasolines with June 1 or June 4 effective dates. It also provides price ceilings for fresh fruits and vegetables including specific item by item prices for apples bananas oranges grapefruit lemons lettuce potatoes onions cabbage carrots spinach cucumbers and peas.
Fred DeBold 54 died on a scaffold at 415 South 13th Street after a heart attack during wallpaper removal around 5 20 p m Wednesday Dr George Reay coroner said He suffered steam hose burns and a fall or attempted descent He is survived by his wife Hazel and four brothers Funeral services were set for Saturday at Hellwig Morris chapel and Holy Cross church with burial in Mt Hope Hokah Minn Rosary was planned for Friday evening.
An address by Pope Pius to the college of cardinals in the Vatican is set for 3 a.m. CWT Friday. The Vatican radio will transmit on 9.6 and 15 kilocycles and NBC may rebroadcast from recordings if reception is satisfactory.
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