Winners Named For Crosse County Pig Club Awards
The Crosse County Pig Club announced winners for purebred pig awards at Myrick Park on June 16. Rural school children from La Crosse and surrounding areas passed a written exam, will donate gifts from the first litter, and receive a registered pig from litters of 1948.
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Crosse County
Myrick Park
George E. Krause
James Waldenberger
Roland Wolfe
Onalaska
Lauren Klos
Coon Valley
Cletus Hurtz
Jerome Newburg
Larry Cavadini
Donald Hesselberg
Rockland
Arthur Clements
Marvin Schroeder
Bernadine Servais
Allen Sprain
Sylvester Clements
R. 1
la Crosse
Betty Jean Tracey
Kenneth Brudos
Richard Witte
Mindoro
Arlan Permenter
Norma Jean Huber
Bangor
Adolph Johnson
James Olson
Agnes Schulze
Holmen
Phyllis Strittmaier
Melvin Kneifl
Fred Schomberg
West Salem
David Miller
Russell Davis
Rita Pfaff
Tornadoes injure fourteen and destroy homes in four states
Fourteen persons were injured and several farm homes destroyed as tornadoes struck rural areas in four midwest states. The twisters hit areas in southwestern Iowa northwestern Missouri northeastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska with eleven people hurt near Tarkio Missouri and a family of three injured near Essex Iowa. Showers and more activity followed in Iowa northwest Illinois and southwestern Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Midwest
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Tarkio
Essex
Illinois
Wisconsin
Horse Restores Lost Brass Box at Welsh Colliery
In Llianhilleth Colliery Wales a horse pawed the ground drawing the driver Godfrey James to an old discovery He found a brass tobacco box and returned it to a miner who had misplaced it twelve years earlier.
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Llianhilleth
Wales
Godfrey James
Murder Case Developments Link J Fike to Madison Trip
Details show J Fike arrested near Pigeon home while Mrs Lilia Conery faces three counts including threatening Siggelko to obtain a note for extortion. Fike and Conery linked to murder in Madison. nephew Robert Rowsiter remains a material witness. District Attorney Cur ran notes a note was burned by Mrs Fike amid relations questions.
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Fike
Pigeons Home
Lilia Conery
Madison
Siggelko
Robert P. Clark
Manston
Ike
Robert Lee Rowsiter
Robert Lee Peppinger
Charles Curran
Hanson Chronology Tells of a Long Fire Department Career
Hanson served in the department from 1909 to 1944 through multiple ranks including pipeman driver lieutenant captain and chief He held posts at stations No 5 2 1 then became assistant chief in 1933 and chief in 1944 His father Chris F Hanson was an early paid fireman retiring as captain in 1938 The elder Hanson helped shape the transition from volunteer to paid service The chief plans to travel to the west coast with his wife after retirement
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Hanson
No. 5
Burlington Railroad
No. 1
Chris F. Hanson
Balaban and Katz founder David Balaban dies at 51
David Balaban co founded the Balaban and Katz theater chain with his five brothers. One brother, Barney Balaban, serves as president of Paramount Pictures. Balaban died aged 51 in Chicago after leading a pioneering cinema group formed 33 years earlier.
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Chicago
David Balaban
Balaban and
Katz Theater
Barney
Paramount Pictures
City considers six-year master plan for public works
Alberts outlines need for stricter zoning and bed restrictions for streets and plats. Ward asks about county council consent for an upcoming office building. Plan engineers and a long-range traffic survey are proposed to align with a six-year program including schools fire stations recreation and civic center.
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Sion
Albers
Torkelson
John D. Ward
Alberts
Hale
Pettibone Park Commission
State Board
Roy Bangsberg
Plan Commission
T. H. Brindley
Joel Stokke
First Electric Power For Tular And Moronddava
Tular and Moronddava on Madagascar's southwest coast will receive their first electric power this year boosting anticipated industrial growth. The report notes bread baking as one of humanity’s oldest arts.
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Tular
Moronddava
Madagascar
Little Boys Play With Matches Start Major Fire
PRESQUE ISLE Maine Three young boys aged eight six and four admitted starting a $100000 blaze that destroyed a race track and fairgrounds buildings at the Northern Maine Fair Association property including the judges stand and several concession booths Police Chief Watson E Burlock and state arson chief Joseph A P Flynn said the fires were set in five separate locations in the grandstand one boy admitted lighting a fire that spread to the stand interior.
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Presque Isle
Watson E. Burlock
Northern Maine Fair Association
Burlock
Joseph A. P. Flynn
Dairyland reports 1948 finances and X plan for new lines
The cooperative lists assets of 18,544,451 and 1948 revenue of 3,148,038 with expenses across taxes administration transmission production and other items. John P. Madgett Jr reports plans for a Cassville plant and an office in La Crosse plus construction of 80 miles of 138 KV lines 200 miles of 69 KV lines and 150 miles of 345 KV lines with 20 distribution substations.
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John P. Madgett, Jr
Dairyland
Cassville
la Crosse
Apothecary Use Varied Across Regions and Eras
The term apothecary has meant druggist in the United States Scotland and Europe but historically in England it referred to a physician. This regional shift reflects differing historical roles in medicine and commerce.
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United States
Scotland
Europe
England
Man dies after marriage proposal on country road
Earl T. Bennett, a 41 year old Muncie bachelor, collapsed and died of a heart attack Wednesday night after proposing marriage to widow Mabel Daugherty while driving along a country road. Sheriff W. Pete Anthony said Mrs. Daugherty ran a quarter mile to flag a trucker who alerted authorities.
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Muncie
Ind
Sam Drake
Earl T. Bennett
W. Pete Anthony
Mabel Daugherty
Bennett
Anthony
Chambers Case Highlights Spy Network Testimony
Whit taker Chambers testified that Alger Hiss handed him state department documents he photographed and gave to J Peters. Chambers traced links to a Soviet spy network, while the defense pressed to limit espionage testimony and challenged Chambers credibility.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Chambers
J. Peters
Alexander Stevens
Hungary
Hiss
Peters
Harold Ware
Murphy
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Samuel H. Kaufman
Cambers
American Communist Party
Stryker
Muel H. Kaufman
Congressional
Grand Jury
Investigation At UW Asked
Resolutions introduced in the Wisconsin Assembly seek inquiries into two University of Wisconsin agencies alleging an alliance between ice cream makers and agriculture specialists and claims of racial discrimination in state housing and employment practices. A three member panel plus lawmakers would report findings and push action while a separate bill on wage law was tabled amid partisan clash.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
University College of Agriculture
Lucey
Ferryville
Duffy
Greenleaf
State Department of Agriculture
Thomson
Richland Center
Assembly
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Assembly Agriculture Committee
College of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Taylor
D-Racine
Catlin
Rappleton
Stone age tools found in India by Zeuner archaeologist
English archaeologist F E Zeuner reports discovery of primitive stone implements dating around 500000 years old in Southern India. The finds suggest earlier human activity in the region and contribute to understanding prehistoric technology.
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India
F. E. Zeuner
Water shortage near journalists colony in Mexico City
The newsmen's colony in Mexico City protests weekend water scarcity as the bull ring between the colony and the water supply diverts most of the flow. It would take about 3,000,000 earths to equal the sun's bulk.
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Colonia del Periodista
Mexico City
President Truman Slams Driver Testing as Scandalous
President Truman said driver testing and licensing systems nationwide are scandalous and weak in many areas. He urged expansion of highway safety programs, noting 32,000 traffic deaths in 1948 and praising gains like more driver education and safer highway design.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Conference On
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