Wisconsin may lose 32nd National Guard division
Milwaukee dispatch reports Wisconsin faces losing the 32nd National Guard division unless state and National Guard leaders declare Saturday. Governor Rennebohm warns full organization requires more funds than the $593,000 allotted for two years starting July. Adjutant Gen. Mullen says a complete division cannot operate on the reduced amount and hopes the assembly will restore the cut.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
National Guard
Navy Club
Rennebohm
Michigan
Madison
John Mullen
Goodland
Finance Committee
Mullen
Assembly
Food Dealers To Hold Fourth Annual Banquet Sunday Night
Western Wisconsin Retail Food Dealers association prepares its fourth annual banquet Sunday at 5 pm in the AFL temple on King Street. More than 500 are expected. speakers include Carson Morris of Hormel and Rose M. Kiefer of the National Retail Grocers association discussing stock turnover and grocery merchandising trends. Entertainment by Jack Martin and troupe with a free dance after the dinner.
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Wisconsin
Morris
Hormel Packing Company
Rose M. Kiefer
National
Stone Emil A. Stone Died After Lingering Illness In Wisconsin
Emil A. Stone 55 of Midway Wisconsin died after a lingering illness. Survived by four sons Rodger Gien and Douglas at home and Clayton of Wisconsin. two daughters Arlene and Gloria at home. mother Mrs Emma Stone of Ettrick. five brothers Tilman Bernard Lester James and Lofus. five sisters Mrs Mabel Zimmerman of Mel Evanston and Mrs Marion Busse of Ettrick. Funeral services Monday at 1:30 pm at Fossem funeral home and 2 pm at Norwegian church in Es Dr Carl O Pederson officiating. Burial in Ona cemetery. Friends may call Fossem home in Onalaska Sunday evening.
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Emil A. Stone
Midway
Wis
Rodger
Gien
Douglas
Clayton
Arlene
Gloria
Emma Stone
Ettrick
Tilman
North Bend
Bernard
Taylor
Lester
West Salem
James and
Lofus
Mabel Zimmerman
Mel
Evanston
Marion Busse
Fossum Funeral Home
Carl O. Pederson
Ona
Fossum Borne
Onalaska
Mrs Eliza Buchholz Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Eliza Buchholz 87 of 1532 Kane Street La Crosse died at home Saturday night after a lingering illness. She is survived by two sons Amos and Elmer, a daughter Mises Mary, all of La Crosse, and a sister Mrs A D Pischke of North Bend Wisconsin. Funeral arrangements are in progress.
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Eliza Buchholz
Kane Street
Amos
Elmer
Mises Mary
la Crosse
A. D. Pischke
North Bend
Wis
Funeral services for Oscar Staats at Hellwig Morris
Funeral services for the late Oscar Staats of 614 South 21st street will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at Hellwig Morris officiated by Rev M Vanderbeck. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery with the Veterans of Foreign Wars in charge.
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Oscar Staats
South 21St Street
Hellwig-Morris
Rev. M. Vanderbeck
Oak Grove Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sitdown Strike Shuts Down LA Trackless Trolley Work
In Los Angeles residents of South Wilton Place staged a new sitdown strike Saturday to halt transit track work. Workers appeared early to dig postholes, but residents dressed in bath robes swarmed from homes, squatted in holes, and crowded other potential sites, blocking the digging operations.
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Los Angeles
Black Market Baby Practice Covers U S
Atlantic City reports a rising practice of illicit baby adoptions across the United States with New York City as a focal point. Drs Weisman and Tollefson along with Miss Brenner describe prices of $2500 for a baby and note increases in recent months. They warn of unscrupulous physicians and lawyers who arrange adoptions for the highest bidder and skim substantial doctor fees.
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Atlantic City
N. J
New York City
United States
American Society For the Study of
Abner L Weisman
Donald G. Tollefson
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Ruth F. Brenner
Free Synagogue Child Adoption Committee
New York
King Helps To Reunite Pre War Pen Pals
In New Wilmington Pennsylvania Wallace Abel of Uniontown and Kenneth Kirby of Stratford Manchester England, once pen pals since 1939, were reunited through letters after both served in the war. Abel wrote to King George VI at Buckingham Palace and soon received instructions on how to reach him, reconnecting the long separated correspondents.
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New Wilmington
Wallace Abel
Uniontown
Kenneth Kirby
Stratford
Manchester
England
Abel
Kirby
King
Buckingham Palace
Mother Discovers Baby Is Smothered in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati a Windsor Ontario couple, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Veneteau, arrived by Greyhound with two-week-old Ellen. Inside the depot the mother loosened the baby's blanket and screamed that the infant was dead. They hurried to General Hospital where Dr Wyeth Hamlin said the baby apparently smothered in the mother's embrace. Coroner Herbert P Lyle reported.
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Cincinnati
Eugene Veneteau
Windsor
Ontario
Ellen
Melon Man at LSU Cultivates Citrulns on Campus Plot
Decathlon performer Bobby Lowther of Louisiana State grows Citrulns on a half acre beside his campus hutment. The unusual hobby turns profitable as he markets melons locally, highlighting postwar farming effort on campus.
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Baton Rouge
Bobby Lowther
Louisiana State
Hollywood Delusions Meet Real Money in Lively City
In Hollywood the dream outpaces reality yet the town keeps growing bigger. A writer notes how delusions turn real, with a hilltop house replacing a mountain and a mood of wealth everywhere. A publicity man laments $250 wages, while servants strike for $400. Hollywood defies satire with every headline.
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Hollywood
Greenwich Village
Marion Davies Buys Huge Pickering Estate
Santa Monica a former film star Marion Davies has purchased the Pickering estate built by W A Pickering of Kansas City. The four acre Mediterranean style property, once costing 750000, changed hands for about 150000 with an 85000 pipe organ and rooms fitted with organ accessories. The house has been vacant for 11 years.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Marion Davies
Pickering
W. A. Pickering
Kansas City
Just Like Camels Nomad Hunters Adapt in Central Australia
Nomad hunters of central Australia reportedly can consume large quantities of food and drink then travel long distances with little water or sustenance. The observation notes their camel like resilience and endurance in arid regions.
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Central
Australia
June brides exposed by society columns in La Crosse
A era of June brides dominates society pages while grooms fade from view. The town promotes Flag Day events on Saturday with a 7 p.m. parade from the courthouse to Riverside Park for a 7:30 p.m. program. On June 1 the government lifted home building restrictions, leaving the challenge of obtaining a house. Seminal local ad for Mann lumber and See mann Lumber & Coal Co. highlights roofing insulation hardware paints and home repair supplies at competitive prices.
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la Crosse
Piks
Court House Square
Riverside Park
Seemann Lumber & Coal Co
Invents Jubilee Cognac Wins Stalin Prize
MOSCOW Comrade Vakhtang Davidovich Tsitsishvili received a Stalin prize of 50 000 rubles for 1946 achievement. His invention is a new kind of cognac named Jubilee.
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Moscow
Vakhtang Davidovich Tsitsishvili
Russia Reports Colored Cotton Growth in Experimental Study
Russian scientists announce experimental growths of cotton showing natural color varieties including rose lemon brown and green in a controlled study. The project explores pigment inheritance and potential market interest in colored cotton fibers.
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Russia
Hagerstown storm causes heavy damage downtown
A flash storm concentrated on a six block area in downtown Hagerstown caused heavy damage to apartment buildings and a church Saturday night and disrupted telephone and electric service. Police reported the property damage is terrible but said they knew of no casualties.
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Hagerstown
Norway coastal outline shows tight circumference
Norway has a roughly 12 000 mile coastline while the total circuit around the coast is about 1 000 miles indicating a highly indented shore.
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Norway
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