Warning Against Coat Swindle Targets La Crosse Region
A Minnesota sheriff warns La Crosse authorities of a fur coat swindle by an elderly woman and a teenage boy. They traveled in a 1941 Pontiac with Iowa plate 73 5253, sold a coat for 85 dollars, used a cash check, and fled after doubts arose about quality. The pair were last seen heading toward La Crosse. the woman claimed a 5 am return with money. Authorities highlight a vacant Winona address and warn women to beware of cheap furs. The suspects are described as an 80 year old woman and a tall teenage boy with brown hair.
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Minnesota
Caledonia
Minn
la Crosse
Iowa
Cunninghams Visit Relatives In City
Mr and Mrs Louis Cunningham of Altoona Pennsylvania are visiting relatives in La Crosse. He is a former local resident who attended Central high school then Dartmouth college class of 1918 and later worked at National City bank of New York. He was transferred to Philadelphia and joined Janney and Co in 1932 becoming a junior partner recently.
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Louis Cunningham
Altoona
la Crosse
Cunningham
Central High School
Dartmouth College
National City Bank of New York
Philadelphia
Janney and Co
New Wonder Aid Promises Arthritis Relief
Scientist Fisher, PhD, unveils a sensational formula named Lrodrin and Emdrin touted to quickly ease rheumatic and arthritic pain. The makers claim rapid relief with directed use and money back guarantees, with sales through Hoeschlers Ford Hopkins druggists and stores nationwide.
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de Dive Fisher
Atory
Sede Onl
Hoeschlers
Ford Hopkins
Negro Who Survived Electric Chair Seeks Mercy Again
Willie Francis, an 18 year old black inmate in St Martinville Louisiana, awaits a second electric chair sentence after the U S Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal. His attorney sought relief while Francis remains under reprieve issued by the governor for further appeal consideration.
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ST. Martinville
United States Supreme Court
Willie Francis
Lavin
Supreme Court
Bertrand de Blanc
Louisiana Supreme Court
Willie
High Court
Washington
Gouin Resigns as New French Government Forms
Paris provisional president Felix Gouin and his cabinet resign as the constituent assembly convenes to set up a new government. Gouin, a Socialist, said the move preserves routine handling of current affairs. The MRP leads the assembly and proposes Georges Bidault for president.
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Paris
Felix Gouin
Constituent Assembly
Gouin
Marcel Cachin
Charles de Gaulle
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Georges Bidault
Justice Court Actions In Whitehall and Surrounding Areas
In Whitehall court, Emi Ralph Marsolek pleaded guilty to a reckless driving charge and paid a total of 94.93 after arrest following a head on crash with Louis Giesen of Fountain City on June 1. Leslie Brown pleaded guilty to assault and battery on his wife Winifred Brown, paying 14.40 in fines and costs. Kenneth R. Ott of Jackson County pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle on a public highway, No. 85 in Blair, with excess loed. he paid 14.40 in fines and costs. Numerous property transfers and records appear listed for Bangor Anna Indahen Wee Salem Campbell and other towns, with several parcels described between Madison and King streets and in Campbell, Bangor, and nearby areas.
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Whitehall
Wic
Emi
Ralph Marsolek
Independence
Justice Court
P. M. Paulson
Basil Erickson
H. F. Theurer
Louis Giesen
Fountain City
Marosiek
Leslie Brown
Elena
Winifred Brown
Erickson
Theater
Kenneth R. Ott
Jackson County
Blair
Herman Sense
Crowe
Mery Creig
Pred J. Gandmen
Wands Sandman
Bangor
Anna Indahen
Battie Kroener
Robert A. May
Wee Salem
L. B. Rewler
Irme M. Rawhey
Clarence J. Bruhe
Alice M. Bruhe
23Rd Street
Madison
King Streets
Dwight C. Kellicut
Rose J. Kellicut
Walter & Mariette
Patricia L. Millette
Campbell
Tebbert Denies Charges in La Crosse Assault Case
John Tebbert of 1682 Wood Street pleads not guilty to beating bruising and assaulting Maxine Call of 600 King Street. Trial set for June 14 at 2 PM with bond fixed at 250 dollars. Herman Brown of Route 2 French Island pleads guilty to assault and battery and gets six months suspended sentence conditioned on paying medical bills and leaving La Crosse within 24 hours.
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la Crowce
John Tebbert
Wood Street
King Street
Herman Brown
Hermen Brown
French Island
la Crosse
Iran says Azerbaijan settlement reached by seven-point plan
Tehran announced a settlement with Azerbaijan based on a seven point program. A government commission led by Prince Muzaffar Firouz flew to Tabriz to finalize terms including incorporation of Azerbaijan forces into Iran's army and gendarmerie and Jafar Pishevari named governor general. The deal ends longtime tensions that threatened civil war.
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Tehran
Foreign Office
Azerbaijan
Ahmed Qavam
Muzaffar Firouz
Tabriz
Azerbaijan Army
Fedai
People's Warriors
Jafar Pishevari
Madman Sought After Slaying Of Boston Paper Firm President
Boston police hunt a "madman" who killed William A. Whitcomb 73 president of Great Northern Paper in his downtown office. The killer, posing as a treasury department agent, spent seven minutes in the eighth floor office before calmly exiting as secretaries watched.
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Boston
William A. Whitcomb
Great Northern Paper Company
John F. McCarthy
Treasury Department
Whitcomb
Boston Safety Deposit and Trust Company
Wild scooter ride ends with injuries and tickets
Gladys Freimark 321 North Eighth Street received a ticket for operating without a license as a borrowed scooter veered after a chasing dog. Passenger Eleanor Svoboda 727 Caledonia Street was hospitalized with severe bruises to her right arm after the driver lost control and swung around a car. A separate incident at 2601 Jackson Street left Ned a nine with a fractured left leg when he slipped under a car driven by Warren Smith Sr 818 Rose Street.
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Gladys Freimark
North Eighth Street
Eleanor Svoboda
Caledonia Street
Miss Freimark
Reports Boys Damage New Buildings Here
Osborn Nolop of Losey boulevard reported juvenile boys vandalizing several newly started structures on Winnegabe and Ferry streets and North 24th. They broke fire brick and cement blocks, smeared mortar, and caused a basement collapse delaying work with about 50 dollars in damage. Police said the youths confessed to involved damage at Fehr Pipe Works and at a local church poor boxes.
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Central Station
Osborn Nolop
Losey Boulevard
Nolop
Winnegabe Streets
Ferry Street
North 24Th Street
Fehr
Nine Day Forked Horn Deer Season Favored By Congress
Wisconsin conservation congress delegates voted 39 counties in favor of a nine day forked horn buck deer season opening November 23, with a bow and arrow season earlier from September 21 to November 11. Debate centered on deer population and feeding costs, while other measures included a general fishing license and various county controlled seasons and bag limits.
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Congress
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Conservation Commission
The
Conservation Congress
Lincoln
Price
Oneida
Vilas
Ernest F. Swift
Conservation Department
Swift
H. O. Schneiders
Wausau
Lake Superior
Cisco
Forest
Navy Discharges List for Great Lakes June 10
Discharges include Sir Eugene Pierce Bangor Sir Calvin Dob son Gays Mills Cox and others from several towns plus ratings SM3c Edward J. Lemb EM2c Bernard R Keeler Y3c Francis J Duval AMM3c LeRoy Ralph Allen Y3c John H Traeder AOM3c John E Jacob S2c Morris A Engh and Roger Olson Westby Released June 5 AM3c Marvin L Bernet Norman E Gerth Donald Larson Maynard Hoem George W Hammond R R Linnell Paul M Sylla Victor Finstad Earl Gilbertson Kenneth Hanson from multiple Wisconsin locales in a Navy discharge listing.
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Great Lakes
Eugene Pierce
Bangor
Calvin Dobson
Gays Mills
Cox
Harry J. Chance
Genoa
Edward J. Lemb
Cameron Avenue
Bernard R. Keeler
South 16Th Street
L. F. Kroner, Jr
Cass Street
Francis J. Duval
South Avenue
LeRoy Ralph Allen
George Street
William H. Dorschied
la Farge
John H. Traeder
Reedsburg
John E. Jacob
Richland Center
Morris A. Engh
Westby
Roger W. Olson
Navy
Marvin L. Bernet
Alma
Norman E. Gerth
Black River Falls
Donald Larson
Maynard Hoem
Blair
George W. Hammond
Galesville
Hangchow Silk Factories Resume Operation Amid Recovery
Shanghai reports that 72 of 140 pre war silk plants in Hangchow have restarted production and 13 more plan to resume. Current monthly output stands at 6,000 pieces, about four tenths of the 1938 level.
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Hangchow
China
Shanghai
Sweden Aims 2000 Tires Daily by End of 1946
Sweden plans to ramp up production to about 2,000 rubber tires per day by year end 1946 as part of postwar industrial expansion. Authorities anticipate steady output once plants operate at full capacity.
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Sweden
Speeding sentence suspended for Marquette student in Milwaukee
Patrick Gannon, 23, Marquette University student, faced a speeding charge after driving 43 mph on Lincoln Memorial Drive to take his girlfriend to her dorm. Testimony cited a previous incident and a desire to avoid conflict led to the court suspending the sentence.
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Milwaukee
Patrick Gannon
Marquette University
Lincoln Memorial Drive
Harvey L. Neelen Yesteray
Neelen
USES Return To State Control Approved
The House Appropriations Committee recommended returning the United States Employment Service to state control starting October 1. The move opposes President Truman’s request to keep USES as a federal agency at least through July 1, 1947. The panel sent a $1,131,403,126 Labor Department bill to the full House, with $17,129,250 for federal operation through September 30 and $51,387,750 for state-administered payments thereafter.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
United States Employment Service
Truman
Congress
House
Labor Department
Old Hand Gives Up His Place On The Sun
Abraham G. Cole, 76, longtime collector for the Baltimore Sunpapers, retires after 65 years of service begun in 1886 reading news to founder Arunah S. Abell. A Maryland native, he plans to help at home with wife Minnie, married in 1894, and bake bread as one of his hobbies.
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Baltimore
Abraham G. Cole
Baltimore Sunpapers
Arunah S. Abell
Cole
Maryland
Minnie
Winona Livestock Report From Swift & Company
Swifts report from Winona Minnesota notes cattle and hog prices amid movement in US market. Grains quote Chicago cash and futures with July wheat near 1.98, corn around 1.46, oats about 87 cents, rye and barley listed, prices nominal at ceiling levels.
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Chicago
State Lists Vacancies in Civil Service Openings
State civil service offers opportunities for job seekers says N E Schulze district manager at La Crosse. Openings include stock clerk HL closing date June 13 business machine operators ditaphone closing date June 13 chief of police and policeman state fair park closing date June 17. Application forms and information available at the U S employment service in the Exchange building.
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State Civil Service
N. E. Schulze
U. S. Employment Service
la Crosse
State Fair Park
Schulze
Exchange
Stolen 1932 Chevrolet From Gannett Hotel Parking Lot
Willard L. Peabody reported a black 1932 Chevrolet coach stolen from the Gannett hotel parking area on Monday. The vehicle bore Minnesota license 487529 of 1946 and the engine number 2IBAD429146.
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Willard L. Peabody
Gannett
Weather Summary for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Clearing and cooler tonight with fair Wednesday. Wisconsin reports low 50s to 55 and cooler conditions east and south. Minnesota sees fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with cooler temperatures in the south. Iowa also clearing and cooler tonight with fair conditions Wednesday east and central areas.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mississippi River Forecast Sees Rise to Nine Feet at La Crosse
A general rise will continue in the main Mississippi from Hastings to Guttenberg through the week with average daily rises of 0.5 to 0.8 feet at tide gages. The maximum stage at La Crosse is expected to reach nine feet by June 16. Lower Chippewa and Black rivers show marked rises and the Wisconsin River from Wisconsin Rapids to Muscoda rises moderately. No flood stage is indicated with current precipitation.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Mississippi
la Crosse
Chippewa
Black Rivers
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids
Muscoda
Weather system stretches from Hudson Bay to Colorado
A trough of low pressure extends southwest from Hudson Bay through Wisconsin to Colorado. Thunderstorms with the system hit Kansas to Upper Michigan. Wisconsin reports up to 0.5 inch rain in 24 hours and about 1.25 inches in the Upper Black River area. Skies clear across Minnesota and the Dakotas. cooler, drier air moves into western Wisconsin tonight.
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Hudson Bay
Wisconsin
Colorado
Kansas
Upper Michigan
Upper
Black River
Minnesota
Dakotas
Poultry and Eggs Prices From Swift and Co La Crosse Wis
Swift and Co La Crosse Wis lists poultry and eggs prices effective June 11 1946 with hours 8 a m to 5 p m except Sunday grade A eggs large 36 medium 24 grade B large 26 grade C 24 undergrades 22 heavy colored hens 23 24 light colored hens 22 23 leghorn hens 19 20 heavy roosters 15 17 leghorn roosters 14 14 heavy broilers 2 lbs and up 29 30 leghorn broilers 2 lbs and up 28 29 all No 2 quality 4 cents less all poultry purchased on grade and free of feed delivered plant
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Swift & Co
la Crosse
Wis
Hogs and cattle prices steady at Milwaukee and Chicago markets
Milwaukee hogs 800 head steady with ceilings to 14.70 for choice, sows 13.95, piggy sows 13 to 13.95, stags 13 to 13.95, boars 9 to 12. Cattle 800 head steady with steers 16 to 17, yearlings 13 to 15, cows 13 to 14, cutters 8.75 to 9.75, calves 13 to 16, vealers 13 to 16.50. Sheep 80 head steady with spring lambs 15 to 17, ewes 5 to 7.50. Chicago markets show hogs 14.85 ceilings, sows 14.10, cattle active with steers to 18, heifers 17.50, cows 14 to 15, bulls up to 14.25, sheep 16.25 to 18 for spring lambs, ewes 8.50 to 9.75.
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Winona
Milwaukee
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Attlee Calls Britain to Pursue Cooperation Worldwide
Prime Minister Attlee told the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth that Britain seeks cooperation rather than force a dull uniformity. He urged other nations to enjoy the freedoms Britain claims and welcomed India if it remains in the Commonwealth, while offering friendship if it seeks independence.
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Bournemouth
England
Attlee
Britain
Labor Party
India
Labor
Victory ships to bear 60 plus college names
The new 10 800 ton Victory ships will carry the names of 60 or more U S colleges and universities.
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U. S
Faulty La Salle Wiring Probed
Chicago investigators including Mayor Ed ward J. Kelly and a seven man committee examined the La Salle hotel blaze that killed 61 people. They inspected the hotel premises and a wall space behind the Silver cocktail lounge where fire engineers suggest smoldering may have occurred before the fire broke out. Chief Fire Marshal Anthony J. Mulanney reported indications of faulty wiring in the wall area.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
la Salle Hotel
Anthony J. Mulanney
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Stenson
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Stenson who died Sunday evening will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at St Pauls Lutheran church. The Rev I M Giellstad will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the south chapel of the Sletten McKee company this evening.
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Mary Stenson
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
I. M. Giellstad
Oak Grove
Sletten-McKee Company
Readstown Farmer Hurt When Horse Steps On Ankle
Readstown Wisconsin special news reports Bird Seeley was leading a team of horses when one horse stumbled and fell on his right ankle. No bones were broken and Seeley is using crutches to move about.
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Readstown
Wis
Bird Seeley
Seeley
State Sealed Bids for Wisconsin Printing 1946
Wisconsin invites sealed proposals for state printing from January 1 1947 to December 31 1948 with bids due 11:00 AM July 23 1946. Director of Purchases will provide forms and price lists. bids must use prescribed forms and sworn statements of state production. The director reserves right to reject all bids and mandates provisions on in state production where applicable.
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State of Wisconsin
Bureau of Purchases
State Capitol
Madison
Wisconsin
State OF Wisconsin Bureau of Purchases
X. Ritger
La Crosse County Republican Voluntary Committee Ad
A paid advertisement appears in the La Crosse Wisconsin region tied to the Wis Sec La Crosse County Republican Voluntary Committee. The snippet shows monetary figures and references to the state and county party apparatus.
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Wis
la Crosse County
Republican Voluntary Committee
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Perry Shed
Peoples Ice
Main
Schuberts
Coke
and Fuel Co
Culligan
Ofousehold
Asie Ead
Iran
Scooter
Milton Ward Jr
North
Ora’s
Rey
Main Street
Phumiphon Aduldet
Siam
Ananda Mahidol
Bangkok
Doan
Doaa
Pitzner
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al. Chem
Gen. Motors
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Allied Kid
Goodrich Scott Paper Allis
Goodyear
Sears Roebuck
Shell Union Ou
Hudson
South Pac
Cent
A. T
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St. Oil
Cal Am
Ind
St. Oi
N. J Warn
Stew
Imour
Swift T and Sf
Johns Many Texas Co
Aviation Corp
Kennecott
Timken
Bendix
Kimberly Clark Union
Beth. Steel
United Air Lines
Borden
Libby
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Ett
U. S. Steel
Cal Hee
U. Tel
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Nash Kelv
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Ches
O. Nat
New York
Ark
Nor. Am. Co
Gas Pac
el. Bond
Ohio
Corn Owens Il
Crane Co
Packard
Gisholt Ma
Helleman
Home
Mass
North Banc Paris
Phillip Pet
Trane Co
Swift & Company
Winona, Minn
California
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Mississippi Bliss
AugustOpen
Weather Record
U. S&s. Department OF Commerce
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LA Crosse Airport
New Orleans
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C.P
Lansing
Neillsville
W. Salem
la Salle
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Judiciary
Tillman and Peiber
Rublee Streets
City of la Crosse
Rublee Street
Campbell Cemetery
Burlington Street
St. Cloud Street
Green Bay
L. Kramer
City Clers
Vernon County
Otto Lenser
R.J
Stoddard
Charlies Rick
Ivan Rumsey
Tilman Moe
Town of
Esther Domke
of la Crosse
Joseph F. McCarthy
U. S. Senate
Court House Square
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