Probe Murder Of Wealthy Salesman At Marguery Hotel
Police traced a pair of pistol cartridges to the Park Avenue shooting of Albert E. Langford 63 a textile salesman found dead in the Hotel Marguery corridor closet two men were described leaving the scene with Langford firing in his six room suite while his wife Marion Langford then Mrs Marion Grimes said two men asked to see her and fled after a scuffle detectives questioned neighbors including Lady Kempton and sought the missing weapon as they pursued the motive and suspects in this murder case.
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York
Park Avenue
Albert E. Langford
Marion
Langford
Teir
Marguery
Lang
Wilma
Raphael Diaz
Metropolitan Opera Company
Langfords
Marion Grimes
Joseph Mayer
Denver rider survives wild prairie chase with train
In Pueblo Colorado James Pruitt rode a rented horse across open country. The horse collided with a streamlined train sending both rider and animal to the ground. Pruitt escaped with minor injuries as he found the stirrup on his right leg detached from the saddle.
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Pueblo
Cole
James Pruitt
Denver
Lone Prairie
Pruitt
8th Air Force radio operator completes 12 months overseas
Gordon A. Neuman son of Mr and Mrs A P Neuman 1203 South 10th Street La Crosse Wisconsin has completed twelve months overseas service with the 8th Air Force He serves as a radio operator with General Jesse Autons Fighter Wing.
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8Th Air Force
England
Gordon A. Neuman
A. P. Neuman
South 10Th Street
la Crosse
Wis
Jesse Auton
Scholl To Get Navy Release From Camp Pinedale
Camp Pinedale announces that Seaman Lucerne Scholl has departed for a separation center to be discharged under the war department point system. The La Crosse Wisconsin native enlisted July 10, 1940, served in the Aleutians on Attu Amchitka and Semichi, earned 56 months of service with 30 overseas, and holds the good conduct medal and multiple campaign ribbons. He plans to return home and resume studies under the GI bill.
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Camp Pinedale
Calif
Lucerne Scholl
Uoon
War Department
Scholl
L. H. Scholl
Onalaska Avenue
Army
University of Wisconsin
Aleutians
Alaska
Attu
Amchitka
Semichi
Drew Field
Fla
la Crosse
Accidents In Tomah Area Are Reported
Two collisions near Tomah occurred on Highway 16 around 9 45 am when a feed grinder truck driven by Ray Christmas entered from an alley and struck a Gateway Transfer truck driven by Leo Mosher of La Crosse. At Mill Bluff park Andrew Funmaker's car overturned while he tried to quiet his baby in the back seat.
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Tomah
Wis
Christ Hendrickson
Tomah Courts
Highway 16
Hendrickson
Ray Christmas
Leo Mosher
la Crosse
Mill Bluff Park
Andrew Funmaker
Funmaker
Ekern Receives Unit Citation At Camp McCoy
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin Col George M MacMullin announced two soldiers will receive honors A distinguished unit citation to Clarence Ekern of La Crosse and a purple heart to S Sgt Donald S McDonald of the detachment of patients for wounds in the left ankle from Japanese mortar fire at Peleliu on September 16 He served eight and a half years in the Army and later spoke of the ducks 6x6 boats built around tank hulls used to ferry troops over coral reefs in combat The veteran is from Alma Michigan.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
George M. MacMullin
Clarence Ekern
la Crosse
Donald S. McDonald
South Pacific
Peleliu
McDonald
456Th Amphibious Duck Co
1St Marine Division
Solomons
Ad A Ville
Alma
Children Praise War Bond Purchases Across Nation
The treasury salutes U S school children for war bond contributions since August 1944 totaling 107 741 730 dollars funding military equipment including 7 866 ambulances 115 hospital service planes and 249 fighter planes. The effort spans more than 10 000 theaters and marks D Day anniversary events in Norway and tributes to Ernie Pyle in Wisconsin DC and western states with On to Tokyo observances.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Norway
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Ernie Pyle
Te Island
Okinawa
California
Nevada
Arizona
Tokyo
Double appendectomy twins surprise surgeon in Michigan
Harold Rickett of Sandusky Michigan underwent surgery to remove two fully developed appendixes found on opposite sides of his body. Both appendixes were successfully removed in a single operation.
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Harold Rickett
Sandusky, Mich
Deaths Last Night from AP: Col Henry W Harms 58 and Anna Matthias 88
Col Henry W Harms veteran air officer who led west coast air corps training at Moffett Field in 1940 and commanded troops in Newfoundland in 1941. Anna T Matthias, 88, once a member of the Austrian royal court and a pianist who played at Vienna charity ball opening in 1873.
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Associated Press
Henry W. Harms
Army Air Officer
West Coast Air Corps
Moffett Field
Newfoundland
Kansas City
Anna T. Matthiassen
Franz Josef of Austria
Vienna
Erickson Earns Fourth Oak Leaf Cluster for Air Medal
T. Sgt. Roger K. Erickson 21 of La Crosse Wis a radio operator and gunner on a B 17 Flying Fortress has earned the fourth oak leaf cluster to the air medal for meritorious achievement courage and skill during 8th Air Force bombing attacks on Nazi targets. He serves with the 34th Bomb Group of the Third Air Division noted for its Regensburg mission. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Erickson of La Crosse and before enlisting in April 1943 worked for Trane and graduated from Logan High School.
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8Th Air Force
England
Roger K. Erickson
la Crosse
Wis
34Th
Third Air Division
England-Africa
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Germany
Sgt
Erickson
Edwin Ericktson
Prospect Street
RAF
Trane Company
Logan High School
Scouts Seek Playland Role at State Fair
If the Wisconsin State Fair is held, senior La Crosse Girl Scouts may run Playland for Youngsters, a coveted job lasting Aug. 23 through 28. Troop No. 2 has signed up. others may join. Volunteers must be 14 or in ninth grade. Leaders with interested girls should report to the Scout office promptly.
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la Crosse
Casualties Rise as Destroyers Morrison and Luce Lost
The destroyers Morrison and Luce were sunk off Okinawa with heavy casualties, raising U S naval losses to 313. Each ship carried more than 200 crew. survivors include commanders James Richard Hansen of Morrison and Jacob W Waterhouse of Luce. Both ships were 2050 tons.
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Washington
Morrison
Luce
Okinawa
Navy
Jacob W. Waterhouse
Wheeling
W. Va
James Richard Hansen
Los Angeles
Mushroom blast under sidewalk shocks Salt Lake City
A sidewalk exploded in Salt Lake City prompting a University of Utah botanist to investigate. Dr. Walter P. Cottam explained that a common edible mushroom, swollen by heavy rains, generated about 2,250 psi beneath the walk and caused the blast.
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Salt Lake, City
Walter P. Cottam
University of Utah
Purse Missing After Toddler Tosses It From Car
Richmond California mother Julie Harnois asks police to locate a purse containing $900 in cash and five ration books after her 18 month old son Kenneth allegedly threw it from a moving car on a busy street.
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Richmond
Calif
Kenneth Harnois
Julie Harnois
Kenneth
Higgins workers ignore war labor board return to work order
New Orleans plants building invasion boats see limited compliance as about 7000 AFL union workers stay away. Higgins president says servicemen get jobs without union membership while union calls it a lockout and notes ex-service men may join without initiation fees.
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New Orleans
War Labor Board
Higgins Industries
New Orleans Metal Trades Council
AFL
WLB
Andrew J. Higgins
Higgins
Symbol of Eternity in Ancient Egypt Onion Oath
The onion symbolized eternity in ancient Egypt due to its two-layered form. Men swore sacred oaths with a hand on an onion bulb, reflecting its perceived permanence and sacred meaning.
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Egypt
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Him
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Ribune
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Montg
Montgomery Ward
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