Damages Sought in La Crosse Legion Club Altercation
Roy R. Frederickson of 2102 Park Dr. begins a personal injury suit in Circuit Court alleging conspiracy by eight La Crosse residents after a New Year Eve 1949 attack at the La Crosse American Legion Club. He seeks damages for a broken arm and knee, with defendants named Kabat Kotnour Kotnour Opitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy R. Frederickson
Park Dr
la Crosse
Frederickson
Fred R. Kabat
Joseph Kotnour
Ray Kotnour
Robert Opitz
Legion
Veterans’ Club
Lincoln Neprud
Verona Franzini
Louis Peterson
Eloise Dunn
Leah McCann
Oscar J. Ramio
Albert Leigang
George Gensch
Henry Heider
Hamilton
Theodore Kroener
Farmington
Helen Tolvstad
Holmen
Sylvester Clements
Greenfield
Edgar Schilling
Burns
Rail Worker Near Death After Love Triangle Shooting
Donald Jack Colburn a 27 year old St Paul railroad brake man was shot three times in a La Crosse tavern dispute over a dating relationship with Mrs Flaten. District Attorney John Bosshard said Colburn was on the verge of death with blood poisoning and high fever. If he dies Bosshard will seek first degree murder charges against Oscar Flaten a 44 year old La Crosse photo finisher who shot Colburn. Flaten pleaded guilty by reason of temporary insanity to assault with intent to murder and was released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Jack Colburn
St. Paul, Minn
John Bosshard
la Crosse
Bosshard
Colburn
Oscar Flaten
la Crosse Tavern
Flaten
Steel Strike Continues as Senate Debates Taft-Hartley Amendments
The steel walkout affects 650000 steelworkers and 100000 others as Congress resumes debate on measures to end the strike. Sen Byrd urges invoking the 80 day injunction and Sen Maybank seeks authority to seize a threatened defense industry. Top defense orders shift to nonstrike plants. about 30 firms remain operating at 12 percent of normal output. A price rise is anticipated with any settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Maybank
D-Sc
Supreme Court
National Production Authority
Reds refuse to accept terms in prisoner exchange
The exchange stalls over how to handle about 100,000 captured Reds. The Reds demand all soldiers be returned while the Allies report only 70,000 willing to be repatriated. The U.N. Command insists no one will be repatriated at bayonet point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.N
Allied forces claim heavy North Korea losses near Pukhan and Sonchon
An Allied unit on the Central Front reports killing 32 Reds Monday in the Pukhan River area. US Air Force and Marine pilots conducted close support strikes Sunday night with ten B-26 sorties and nine B-29 missions dropping 90 tons of high explosives on Red frontline positions and the Sonchon rail bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chorwon
Pukhan River
Sonchon
Obituary Notices and Funeral Details
Obituaries for Mrs. Mary Anderson 89 Blair Wis wife of Blair native dies at daughter’s home burial Blair Resthaven. Philip H. Wrobel 58 Chaseburg Wis dies in local hospital survived by wife six brothers and Legion service. Einar Hanson Sr 67 Ward Avenue Housing Project dies. arrangements incomplete. John Hammes 17 Plymouth Ind son of La Crosse residents drowns. Anna Dodge 88 former La Crosse resident dies Byron Ill graveside Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Einar Hanson
Einar Hanson Sr
Ward Avenue
Plymouth
Ind
John Hammes
Charles Hammes
la Crosse
Anna Dodge
Byron, Ill
J. LeRoy Dodge
Burlington Railroad
Oak Grove Cemetery
George Bell
I New York
Goodrich
Southern Pacific
Abbott Lab
Goodyear
Spiegel
Gt. Nor. Ry. Pi
Standard Brands
Sited Chemical
Greyhound
Standard Oil Cal
Allied Stores Homestake Mining
Standard Oil Ind
Allis-Chalmers Mig Hood
Hershey
Standard Oil N.J Am. Can
Hudson Motor
Starrett L.S . Am. Car & Fdry
Illinois Central
Sterling Drug
Am. Gas & Elec
Inland Steel
Studebaker Corp
Int. Harvester
Swift & Co
Power & Lt
Int. Harvester Pi
Texas Corp
Nickel Transamerica
Int
Tel. & Tel
Am. Tel. & Tel
Johns-Manville
Union Carbide
Tobacco Kennecott Copper
Union Pacific Jam
Keystone 8 & W
United Airlines
Kimberly-Clark
United Aircraft
Anaconda Copper
Armco Steel Lid.-O.-Ford Glass
U.S. Rubber
Armour & Co
Libby, McN
L. T. U.S. Steel
Marshall Field
Western Union Tel
Atch
Montgomery Ward
Westinghouse Elec
Avco
Nash Kelvinator
Woolworth
Bendix Aviation
National Biscuit
Zenith Radio
Bethlehem Steel
National Container
Borden Co
New York Curb
Borg-Warner National Dairy Ark. Natural Gas A
Briggs Mfg
Owens-Ii Glass
Chrysler Corp. Cities Service
Northwest Banc
Packard Motor Pan Am
W. Airw
Trane Company
Corwith
Edison
Cleveland Clift
Paramount Pictures
Pa. Coal & Coke
Chicago Mold
P. Hamilton
Container Corp
Pa. R.R 'S Cellucotton
Continental Can
Phelps Dodge
Continental Steel
Philip Morris
James Copper Range
Phillips Petroleum
McQuay
Crane Co
Pure Oil
National Tool Co
Curtiss-Wright
Radio Corp
Minn. Ont. P
Douglas Aircraft
Reo Motors
Nekoosa
du Pont
Republic Steel
Oilgear
Eastman Kodak
Schenley Ind
Paragon
Safway Steel
General Foods
Simmons Co
Sinclair Oil
Wis. Power & Lt
General Motors
Mrs George Weiland Dies After Long Illness
Mrs George Weiland of 164 R J Stoddard La Crosse died Monday in a La Crosse hospital after a long illness. Survived by husband Frank and three children, plus three sisters and three brothers in Poland. Funeral 8:30 a m Wednesday at Blaschke Funeral Home and 9 a m at St Thomas More. Rosary 7:30 p m Tuesday. Burial Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weiland
George
Mary) Weiland
R. J. Stoddard
la Crosse
Frank
Walter
Grace) Neumeier
Reinhart
Gertrude) Graff
Poland
Alois
Blaschke
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
Thomas E. Mullen
Burns O Halverson 61 dies after long illness at Holmen
Burns O Halverson a retired farmer age 61 died at his Holmen home after a long illness On his wife Olga he leaves two daughters Eve lyn Moen and Jeannette Nelson both of Holmen a son Warren Lee Holmen two brothers Albert and Jewett Halverson Holmen and two grandchildren The service is set for 2 pm Thursday at Halfway Creek Lutheran Church with Rev E T Anderson officiating Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery Friends may call at Jostad Funeral Home West Salem Wednesday evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip H. Wrobel
Chaseburg
Wis
Carl
California
Albert
Gilmanton
Henry
Mondovi
George
Raymond
Oswald
Stoddard
American Legion
Burns O. Halverson
Holmen
Olga
Stanley
Evelyn) Moen
Orton L
Jeanette) Nelson
Warren Lee
Jewett Halverson
Halfway Creek Lutheran Church
E. T. Anderson
Jostad Funeral Home
West Salem
Funeral services for Mrs. David Joseph
Funeral services for Mrs. David Joseph, 77, of Onalaska will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Nelson Funeral Home with Rev. A. M. Ivey officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the Nelson Home Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Joseph
Onalaska
Nelson Funeral Home
A. M. Ivey
Woodlawn
Nelson Home
Soviet Germ Warfare Warnings Stir US Readiness
American officials cite Voroshilov speeches and alleged Soviet BW centers to show Moscow prepared to deploy toxic weapons. Die Tat reports bacteriological sites near Eupatoria Brerzinsk and Omsk led by Professor Vorenin. Cohen warns disarmament without safeguards risks counterproductive concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Lovett
United States
Maryland
Utah
Kremlin
Marshal Vorosshilov
Voroshilov
Ussr
Die Tat
Zurich
Switzerland
Korea
Great Britain
Eupatoria
Baku
Brerzinsk
Omsk
Vorenin
Russia
Benjamin V. Cohen
U.S
United Nations’ Disarmament Commission
Free World
Plane carries 108 passengers on historic four engine flight
New York reports a chartered BOAC jet with 108 aboard including 42 war brides and 65 children left for London. The crew said it set a record for this aircraft type while Cosmpolitan Associates organized the trip. The single man wondered about a bar as the nursery filled the cocktail lounge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
British Overseas Airways Corporation
England
Frank Braun
Philadelphia
Cosmopolitan Associates
Torrance High School Girl Dies After Prom Refusal
In Torrance California a 15 year old girl Vancille Elsine Silva sophomore died from an overdose after her mother refused permission to attend the junior prom. Police ruled it an apparent death by self harm. The girl had been reprimanded for truancy and told to stay home Friday night. Her brother found her Saturday in her bedroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrance
Calif
Vancille Elsine Silva
Voncille
Blair Area Pioneer Woman Dead At 83
Mrs Amelia Dahl 83 of Blair Wisconsin died Friday at her farm home on Tappen Coulee born August 9 1869 in the same farm she lived all her life oldest resident of the coulee and daughter of pioneer settlers Sever and Helen Toraason. Survived by six sons a daughter thirteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren funeral Tuesday 1 30 p m at home and 2 p m Zion Lutheran Blair with Rev L W Halverson officiating burial Zion Cemetery. Friends may call Gibson Funeral Home Blair Monday 7 to 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson
Blair
Wis
George P. Dahm
Kane St
First Lutheran
Conrad Arberg
Resthaven
Dahl
Amelia Dahl
Tappen Coulee
Melvin
Omer
Joel
Philip
Rudolph
William
Albert
Ruth) Toranson
Zion Lutheran
L. W. Halverson
Zion Cemetery
Gibson Funeral Home
Republicans Battle Over Delegates and Keynoter at Convention
Delegates listed show Kefauver 246 and Russell 86 percent in a split Democratic contest while Taft presses MacArthur as a potential high post choice. Keynoter plan, temp chair debates, and party clash over Texas delegations underscore a tense GOP convention buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
W. Averell Harriman
Mutual Security
Taft
Washington
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Truman
Milwaukee Race Driver Killed In 100 Mile Event
A catastrophic weekend toll in Wisconsin includes Johnny McDowell 37 of Venice California killed when a rear wheel failed during a Milwaukee State Fair Park 100 mile big car time trial. Wife Nellie and two children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Johnny McDowell
Venice
Calif
State Fair Park
Milwaukee
Nellie
Reuben Scheilerer
Wisconsin Rapids
Lake Wazeecha
Wisconsin Radio Units Broadcast Home Tones to Servicemen Abroad
In a nationwide Armed Forces Radio Service plan starting August 17, 1,000 broadcasters will air familiar home town voices from 25 Wisconsin cities including Milwaukee Ashland Green Bay Waukesha Beaver Dam Eau Claire Marshfield Monroe Wisconsin Rapids La Crosse Sparta Ladysmith Oshkosh Menomonie Kenosha Neenah Menasha Sturgeon Bay Racine Richland Center Wausau Stevens Point Watertown to troops overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Wisconsin
W. M. Wright Jr
Armed Forces Radio Service
Hollywood
Milwaukee
Ashland
Green Bay
Waukesha
Beaver Dam
Eau Claire
Marshfield
Monroe
Wisconsin Rapids
Madison
Rice Lake
la Crosse
Sparta
Ladysmith
Oshkosh
Menomonie
Kenosha
Neenah
Menasha
Sturgeon Bay
Racine
Richland Center
Wausau
Stevens Point
Watertown
New Russian Moves To Tighten Satellite Forces
Belgrade reports from Yugoslav papers say Moscow plans to tightly integrate satellite armed forces and standardize arms and training. The aim is to counter Western efforts toward unified defense on the Iron Curtain's western edge, according to Yugopress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Yugopress
Parade Floats Highlight Rockford Centennial Celebration
Rockford Illinois drew about 100000 spectators for a four mile parade of historically themed floats. Temperatures near 95 degrees caused seven heat prostrations as Centennial queen Vera Traum presided, crowned by Gestal Olden burg Swedish consul general at Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Ill
Four Mile
Vera Traum
Gesta Oldenburg
Chicago
Canadian air mass cools Great Lakes and Midwest
The forecast shows cool 40s and 50s across the Great Lakes and Midwest as a Canadian air mass moves in from the Northeast. Minimum temperatures include Atlanta 72, New York 60, Chicago 52, and Duluth 40, with a dark line indicating the air mass edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Midwest
Atlanta
New York
Chicago
Duluth
Softball Field Backstop Upgrade Suggested After Car Hit
County highway police urged a five foot higher and 30 foot longer backstop at a softball field at 32nd Street and State Road after a foul ball narrowly hit a car windshield. Motorist Clarence Johnson said his son was thrown against the windshield as he swerved to avoid the ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
32Nd Street
State Road
Edward Tabbert
Clarence R. Johnson
West Salem
Johnson
Niece of Tommy Manville Sues Belgian Count for Divorce
Lorraine Manville du Monceau de Berendall 24 sues her Belgian nobleman husband Count du Monceau de Berendall for cruelty and desertion. They wed in June 1948 and have a son, Thomas. The count sparked an international stir last January by removing the child from their Long Island estate and fleeing to Belgium using diplomatic immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
Tommy Manville
Lorraine Manville du Monceau de Berendall
Belgium
Washington
Old People Can Face Surgeries With Confidence Says Surgeon
Dr Louis Carp visiting surgeon at Goldwater Memorial Hospital New York tells the American Geriatrics Society that many operations can add years to life and life to the years for the aged He urges against snap judgments that patients are too old or too sick to undergo surgery noting steadily declining mortality in elderly operations
Fire Continues In Camp McCoy Death Inquiry
The girl was found beneath a table near a bedroom window and died at a local hospital. The blaze origin was not yet explained as State Crime Laboratory units examined the scene. Fire officials expect a fire marshal and lab report within a week to guide an inquest scheduling. Nancy Bartel’s father Dr Paul Bartel was visiting Port Washington when the fire happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Ted Richards
Camp McCoy
State Crime Laboratory
al Hamman
William Rowan
Bosshard
Nancy
Paul Bartelt
Port Washington
Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Weather Outlook
U.S. Department of Commerce forecast shows Wisconsin fair and cooler tonight and Tuesday. Minnesota partly cloudy to tonight and Tuesday with a chance of light showers southwest late tonight and Tuesday. Iowa fair tonight turning partly cloudy Tuesday with a touch warmer and possible light showers in the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Readings Forecast Across Hastings to Guttenberg
River readings show gates lowered at all dams to maintain elevations. Expect fall of 0.3 to 0.4 feet at tallwater gauges over Tuesday. Tributaries show little change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Guttenberg
Contested July Convention Faces Naval Delegation Split
National pageant officers debate the Texas delegation and floor fight as July approaches. Knowland may chair platform committee after a June primary victory, while MacArthur backs Taft and Eisenhower supporters weigh a brokered keynote choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabrielson
Texas
Martin
House
Knowland
Senate
California
Truman
Far East
Earl Warren
Eisenhowser
MacArthur
Taft
Ralph Cake
Oregon
Eisenhower
Pacific
J. Russel Sprague
New York
Chicago Grain and Livestock Prices Report
Chicago cash grain mixed with livestock quotes from South St. Paul and Chicago markets. Wheat and oats light or unavailable. corn values range from 1.77 to 1.87 per bushel. cattle, hogs, and cows show varied steady to higher close readings and notable weight categories. Prices for steers, heifers, bulls, and sows listed. hogs brisk with select cuts at upper ranges. dairy and poultry trade steady to firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Barney
South ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
Soviet Ambassador in NYC on way home to new post
Soviet Ambassador to the United States Alexander S. Panyushkin lies in New York on his way home with his wife and secretary after a motor trip from Washington. He plans to sail aboard the Stockholm tomorrow to Sweden where Georgi Zarubin will replace him as ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexander S. Panyushkin
United States
New York City
Panyushkin
Washington
Stockholm
Sweden
Georgi Zarubin
Livestock Market Report Highlights Steady Hog and Cattle Prices
Swift & Co reports a week of steady hogs and cattle with varying prices by weight. Hog rates range from 16.25 to 20.00 for different classes, while cattle show prime to common ranges from 21.00 to 34.50, and calves and lambs follow similar steady patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Co
Lews
Ought To Have A Few Irish Takers Here
Cork Ireland rental notice seeks tenants for a castle with 17 furnished rooms near the Blarney Stone. Mrs Penelope Hamilton as trustee cites high taxes forcing six month lease. Renters may kiss the famed stone at will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Ireland
Penelope Hamilton
Jet-Powered Seaplane Tests Underway at Navy Project
Baltimore reports tests on the jet powered seaplane M270 developed from a World War II experimental draft by Glenn L. Martin and the Navy. The hull of the former M1 has been revised and the craft is taxiing and flight tested as a test model for future jet designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Company
Navy
Ihe
Sheriff Questions Crash On Highway 61 North Of Dakota
Winona Minnesota sheriff investigates a Friday night crash on Highway 61 near Dakota. An unidentified driver abandoned a heavily damaged car in a ditch two miles north of Dakota. The car, towed to La Crosse, bears a license toMarlin Frommell of Prospect La. Sheriff Fort and La Crosse authorities report no crash records. Ground along the shoulder shows heavy skidding before the vehicle left the road and rolled over several times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon E. Gabert
Egg Harbor
Fish Creek
Door County
University of Wisconsin
Victor J. Turk Jr
Sheboygan
Lake Ellen
Cascade
Sheboygan County
Turk
Allen Schaefer
Route 1
Malone
Fond du Lac County
Johnsburg
Emil van der Heyden
Elmwood Park
Ill
Kenosha
Ralph Redmond
Milwaukee Road
la Crosse
Redmond
Grodon D. Stebnitz
Fond du Lac
Washington County
James Small
Pittsville
Winona
Minn
George Fort
Dakota
Fort
State Highway Patrol
Sheriff Fort
Marlin Frommell
Prospect
Soviet jets buzzed U.S. plane over Vienna corridor
Deputy High Commissioner Wal ter Dowling said Soviet pilots circled the Paris bound C 47 with Donnelly aboard over the Vienna Linz air corridor on Wednesday. Donnelly testified in Washington that the jets came within 25 feet on the starboard side and then headed south toward a Soviet air base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Walter J. Donnelly
Walter Dowling
Donnelly
Vienna-Linz
Washington
U.S
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William Knowland
David S. Ingalls
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Eisenhower Campaign Headquarters
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Mineral Point
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Oscar Fischer
St. Louis
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