School Safety Awards Highlight La Crosse Pupils Effort
Jefferson school won first place for safety patrol work at a Jaycees sponsored event with La Crosse police, attended by 200 patrol members. St James Lincoln Franklin placed second and third. all patrols will receive theater scrolls. Entertainment featured include a peanut-rolling contest gymnastics by Logan high and a band concert from Washington and training schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson School
Myrick
Jaycees
la Crosse
St. James School
Lincoln
Franklin School
Stephenee
Leonard Weisensei
Legion
Michael Mertens
Blessed Sacrament Church
H. K. Holley, Jr
la Crosse Trust Company
Ashburn
Hogan
Franklin
Jefferson
St. James
Roosevelt
St. John’s
Hamilton
Fifth Avenue Theater
Arne
Don Odbert
Vince Voight
Carl Helke
Robert Klein
Logan
Rodney Martin
Washington
Contri
Aie Ae Ee Portien
Siees
Gilbert
Harold
Bernard Gguietee
Dinner Honors Two At Aquinas
A dinner at the Stoddard hotel honored Rev. John Pritzi and John Michuta retiring Aquinas High School principal and coach. J. F. Walljasper served as toastmaster with addresses by Stephen George Charles Blecha and John Prizzi. Local laity included Dr. R. B. Horschak and John Michuta. the Simones performed and the Raymond Veheen group accompanied. Several priests attended including Msgr. L. P. Hirt and An Norbert Dall Hubert Crubel Charles Brady L See man Raymond Halker Joseph Ferron Evaristus B. Oberdien and Alfred Druman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pritzi
John Michuta
Aquinas High School
Stoddard Hotel
J. F. Walljasper
Stephen George Charles Blecha
John Prizzi
R. B. Horschak
Simones
Love With
Johann
Raymond Veheen
Mary Ann Sinniger
Donna Rudolph
Msgr
L. P. Hirt
An. Norbert Dall
Hubert Crubel
Charles Brady
L. E. Seeman
Raymond Halker
Joseph Ferron
Evaristus B. Oberdien
Alfred Druman
Flambeau River Canoe Trip With La Crosse Scouts
Eighteen La Crosse scouts and Y men explored the Flambeau River in northern Wisconsin Friday to Sunday. They left La Crosse for Park Falls for supplies and launched about 24 miles above the Falls, reaching halfway down stream by Saturday morning amid two inches of ice. William Cosgrove, an Eagle Scout and Park Falls photographer for Life Magazine, met the group at Park Falls. Participants included Walter Baeder and his son Don, Ted Griffin, Russell Aldrich, Mervin A. Kalling, Emmet Stiegstra, Allana Ford, William Sauerberg, Charles Varco, Budotcheeson, Robert Luxford, Donald Odbert, Dr. Emil C. Bach, B. W. Inglis, Gerald Muir, and Kenneth Lintelman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Flambeau River
Wissard
Park Falls
Nce
William Cosgrove
Troop 83
Hillsboro
Neenah, Wis
Life Magazine
Walter Baeder
Don
Ted Griffin
Russell Aldrich
Mervin A. Kalling
Emmet Stiegstra
Allana Ford
William Sauerberg
Charles Varco
Bud Otcheeson
Robert Luxford
Donald Odbert
Emil C. Bach
B. W. Ingli
Gerald Muir
Kenneth Lintelman
Beloit College to fete Judge Wickhem of Supreme Court
Beloit College will honor 11 Beloit graduates with honorary Beta Kappa memberships during commencement week. Justice John D. Wickhem of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and State Senator Robert P. Robinson will be recognized for distinguished careers since leaving college. Wickhem, Beloit 1910, former Beloit High School teacher, was elected to the Supreme Court in 1930 and chairs the college board of trustees. Robinson, a 1905 Beloit graduate, is starting his first Senate term.
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Beloit
John D. Wickhem
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Beloit Oo
Robert P. Robinson
Justice Wickham
Beloit High School
Discontinue Vets Certification Work In Eau Claire Area
Certification of World War II veterans for surplus passenger cars station wagons and typewriters ended as of May 31 announced by Maurice Cos Tell o chief of the Eau Claire district Minneapolis region War Assets Administration He said the action reflects inadequate yes and does not remove these items from the set aside list and sales to already certified veterans will continue while supplies last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice E. Costello
Eau Claire
Minneapolis
War Assets Administration
Tragic death identified at county morgue
Mrs. Unger identified the body at the county morgue this morning after the two players had completed their hand.
City Faces Rising Vandalism as Youths Suspected
Police report daily acts of minor destruction mainly targeting industrial sites. A $100 damage incident occurred at Peter Nelson and Sons on West Avenue over the weekend with about 500 files broken. Three young children admitted breaking factory windows by throwing stones. Authorities urge parental supervision amid a wave of vandalism, noting Fehr Pipe works also suffered smashed gauges and dumped sand.
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Police Department
Peter Nelson and Sons Company
West Avenue
Fehr Pipe Works
State Sen Cashman Denmark Dies in Manitowoc Hospital
State Senator John E. Cashman of Denmark dies at Holy Family hospital Manitowoc at 80 after long service in the legislature. A veteran first district lawmaker since 1922 with a 1936 39 gap, he authored highway and farm woodlot acts. Funeral set for Saturday at St James church Cooperstown with burial in church cemetery.
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Manitowoc
John E. Cashman
Holy Family Hospital
Route 1
Denmark
John R. Cashman
Cashenen
Senate
St. James Church
Cooperstown
Church
Wochos
AFL Backs LaFollette For Senate Reelection
William Green, AFL president, endorses U S Senator Robert M LaFollette Jr for the Republican nomination for reelection. William H Cooper, secretary of the building service employees international union local, said a letter from Green announcing support was received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
U. S
Robert M. LaFollette Jr
William Green
American Federation of Labor
William H. Cooper
Building Service Employes International Union
Green
la Fol
Seaway Bill Moves Before Senate Panel
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the St. Lawrence Seaway project 12 to 5 with Chairman Connally stating the full Senate may not act on the measure this session. The bill would open the Great Lakes to ocean shipping and faces opposition from Connally.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Great Lakes
Senate
Wisconsin State Fair awards 1946 prizes total 104000
Prizes totaling 104000 will be awarded at the 1946 Wisconsin state fair. Open class live stock premiums amount to 45000 and junior fair awards total 22000, according to manager Ralph E Ammon.
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Milwaukee
Ralph E. Ammon
Sidelights On La Salle Fire
Chicago reports detail the La Salle hotel fire with casualties and heroism. Battalion Chief Eugene Freeman 55 directed the blaze response and died, architect Perry Swern 57 perished after staying at the hotel, an unidentified couple remained in their room, a switchboard operator refused to leave, and Samuel Unger milliner 47 called his wife during the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eugene Freeman
la Salle Hotel
Freeman
Loop
St. Luke's Hospital
Perry W. Swern
Oak Park
Caroline
Swern
James A. Whalen
la Salle
W. H. Bradfield
Julia Barry
Bradfield
Samuel Unger
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Residents fled with possessions as corridors filled with abandoned items and streets piled with belongings. Heroic acts included taxicab drivers helping at the hotel and Chicago Elevated Lines worker Walter Boris rescuing twelve people, carrying a couple from their bed to safety before police evacuated them on stretchers.
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Walter Boris
Chicago
Boris
Victims Named in Hotel La Salle Fire
The Cook County morgue identified the dead from the Hotel La Salle blaze. Leonard Salter of Madison Wisconsin and Maj Hugh Huddleson of California, a US Army officer with a courtesy deputy sheriff’s card from Green County Wisconsin, were among the dead. Injured include Dr Edward T Thompson of Kansasville Wisconsin with a back injury H G Gasser of Superior Wisconsin smoke inhalation and George Burrill 35 of Madison Edward Thronton 34 of Madison Lieut Comdr William Downes son of Admiral John Downes former 9th naval district commander.
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Chicago
Hotel la Salle
Cook County
Leonard Salter
Madison
Wis
Hugh Huddleson
California
Green County
R. H. Schoonover
Edward T. Thompson
Kansasville
H. G. Gasser
Superior
George Burrill
Edward Thronton
William Downes
John Downes
9Th Naval District
Church Plans Parish Hall At Our Savior's Lutheran
Our Savior's Lutheran Church on Sixth and Division plans a drive to raise 50 000 for a new parish hall adjoining the present building. The project includes classrooms offices and an assembly hall to serve a Sunday school of more than 400 children. Construction would use Lannin stone and cost about 50 000 with completion aimed within two weeks. a southern expansion may allow demolition of the old church for an empty corner lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Division
Lannin
Ter
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Division Streets
Division Street
George Alvilden
Econo Pians
Ralph Young
J. E. Stokke
M. B. Skundberg
Leonard Hetland
H. O. Anderson
Paul Hartwig
Toastmasters Club Holds Regular Meet at YMCA
Stanley Callicut served as toastmaster at the Tuesday night Toastmasters meeting at the YMCA. Speakers included Ray Gilson on Why We Should Make a Will and Robert Pitsch on Credit Clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Callicut
YMCA
Ray Gilson
Robert Pitsch
Credit Clothing
Armor Gunnison
Marshall Olson
Charles Ping
Robert Nebel
R. M. Spooner
John Strand, Jr
Richard Adams
Ray Ping
Robert Lindmark
Robert Moen
Military arrivals list for ships Bardstown Victory and Sea Barb
Scheduled to arrive June 3 in Seattle on the Sea Barb were Maj. Herbert C. Anderson Albert Lea Lieut. Wayne F. Bolton Albert Lea T5 Verlyn A. Strangstaken Westby Pfc. William O. Wemette Coon Valley S. Sat. Bailon G. Falder Hixton T4 Clifton S. Johnson Cashton Also docking June 3 was Pvt. Leo W. Winmann Winona and T. Dallas E. Ames La Crescent on the Bardstown Victory in New York. Sgt. Donald H. Hundt Cashton was due in San Francisco on the Ocean Mail Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Herbert C. Anderson
Albert Lea
Wayne F. Bolton
Verlyn A. Strangstaken
Westby
William O. Wemette
Coon Valley
S. Sat. Bailon G. Falder
Hixton
Clifton S. Johnson
Cashton
Leo W. Winmann
Winona
T. Dallas E. Ames
la Crescent
Bardstown
New York
Donald H. Hundt
San Francisco
Ocean Mail
Navy Discharges Report From Fort Sheridan and Great Lakes
Dischargees include Sgt Calvin L Greene of Tomah at Fort Sheridan on June 3 and Navy personnel from Great Lakes on June 2. AETM3c Aloizy Misch Arcadia Sir Leon ard E Munson Eleva ARM2 Harold L Jensen Galesville. GM3c Roman A Berzinski Galesville and Sir Ernest L Felton Strum released May 27. Joseph William Gund store keeper 1927 Loomis street discharged after honorable Navy service at Norman Oklahoma.
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Calvin L. Greene
Tomah
Fort Sheridan
Navy
Great Kes
Norman
Okla
Seven Planes Land In City At Local Airport
The aviation board log records seven aircraft arrivals Monday and Tuesday at the municipal airport. Entries include a Stinson piloted by Schneider La Crosse to Rochester and back, plus a list of planes such as Ercoupe Aeronca Cub and Beechcraft with pilots from Aurora Dubuque La Crosse and other nearby towns. The mixed flights spanned La Crosse to Rochester Winona Janesville and back with multiple stops and operators.
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Aviation Board
Stinson
Schneider
la Crosse
Rochester
Ercoupe
H. P. Moody
Aurora
South St. Paul
Aeronca
M. M. Hawkins
Twin Valley
Minn
Janesville
Cub
Fanta-Reed Air Service
Jack Fanta
Madison
Beechcraft
Auto-Lite Co
J. Rutledge
Toledo
Cessna
Skyways, Inc
J. Salsman
Winona
Indianapolis
Cedar Flying Service
L. A. Prell
Dubuque
Claremont
Start Building College Units for Veteran Families
The project funds 24 emergency family dwellings for student veterans at La Crosse State Teachers College. The FPHA plans dismantling 12 metal barracks from Baton Rouge and reerecting them on 16th and Vine streets. Completion is targeted for July 24 under a $445.6 million Lanham Act grant. the college covers site and utility costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse State Teachers College
Benjamin Chemers Company of
Chicago
Orvil R. Olmsed
Federal Public Housing Authority
Baton Rouge
Olmsted
16Th and
Vine Streets
R. S. Mitchell
Assi
FPHA
Local man praises TRU LEX for relief from bloating
A Wisconsin man describes relief after using TRU LEX claiming his postmeal bloating and gas stopped. He reports regular bowels for the first time in years and says he can eat what he wants. The claim notes TRU LEX contains 12 herbs and is sold in local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trulex
Wisconsin
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LA Crosse Tribune
Myrick Park
Aquinas
Steadly
Bulova
Main Street
Beloit College
Judge Wickhem
Supreme Court
Ality
IATA
Cashman
AFL
LaFollette
Seaway
Servisoft Soft Water Service
North Front
Frank Funke
Mgr
Pat d. Service
Brett
Rugby Knitting Mills, Inc
Nelson Clothing Co
Caledonia Street
Linwood Nelson
Cornell Granke
Paul Johnson
Charles Mahlke
Gerhard Monson
Herbert Smaley
Paul Arnson
Oliver Helgerson
Harold Rasmussen
Olaus Vaaler
William Morrison
Melvin Hoff
Russel Haugen
Alvin Mikelson
Phillip Bjorge
Harold Wehrenberg
John S. Casberg
O. C. Evenson
Otto Jacobson
K. O. Johnson
Henry Schwandt
Harold M. Smevog
Angus Nelson
Alvin Wensole
Mark Cravens
Glenn Johnson
A. O. Mickelson
Lauritz F. Nelson
Ray Richert
Fred Ristow
C. A. Skundberg
Sig Sorenson
O. G. Cappelen
William Christiansen
Walter Gabel
Kermit Rudrud
William Kreuzer
Palmer Kirking
O. C. Lee
Walney Nustad
C. E. Bourret
A. H. Erickson
Edwin Pahl
Carrol Stokke
Burton Wethe
Raymond Larson
L. C. Wedeking
Orlando Burke
Kenneth Larson
Donald Tranen
Adolph Bue
Carl Rauk
H. A. Beekman
Elvin Larson
Theodore Mannstedt
Alf Modahl
C. R. Moen
Robert C. Moen
Kenneth Pierce
Clifford Quammen
E. H. Saterbak
Nordahl Nustad
Toastmasters’ Club
Totnes
Engo
Betas Ross
Betsy Ross Sgreca
Lester
Betsy Ross Spinet
House of Lester
Betsy Ross Spiners
Terry's
Friendly Dealings
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Wes Conoco
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