Rockies Snow Amid East Heat Wave Weekend Update
Snow fell in northern Rockies and Butte Montana as New England baked with heat and no rain. The drought threatened crops and forest fires rose in Adirondacks while Oregon fire danger eased with showers.
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Rockies
Butte
Mont
New England
U. S
Weather Bureau
New York State
Adirondacks
State Conservation Department
New Jersey
Oregon
Washington
Centralia
Local Man Graduates From Layton School of Art Milwaukees
Harold H. Lutiger of 1400 State Street graduates from the Layton School of Art Milwaukees painting and illustration course. His work is shown in the Layton Art Gallery honor exhibit of student work featuring a planned route through three galleries. Lutiger's pieces include one lithograph one ink drawing and two silverpoint drawings. He is a graduate of Central High School.
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Harold H. Lutiger
State Street
Layton School of Art
Milwaukee
Layton Art Gallery
Lutiger
Central High School
Driver Blinded By Lights Crashes Car
Joseph Trussoni of 2805 South 21st Street reportedly was blinded by lights and crashed into the rear of a parked car at 2 02 am on Friday. The incident occurred on Jackson Street near West Avenue South as Trussoni traveled west. The parked vehicle belonged to Mrs Elaime Sciborski of 1219 Jackson Street and sustained 50 dollars in damage while the other car listed 150 dollars.
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Joseph Trussoni
South 21St Street
Jackson Street
West Avenue South
Trussoni
Elaime Sciborski
Michigan Abolishes One Man Grand Jury System
Governor Williams signed a law abolishing Michigan's 32 year old one man grand jury. The act replaces it with a three judge grand jury system with strict limitations.
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Michigan
Lansing
William
Williams
Meanest Thief Sought After Child Loses Change
Bruno Walden reports a theft in a local store near 323 Fifth Avenue South. His 12 year old daughter Gwenn dropped four one dollar bills as change, a youth about 19 or 20 grabbed the bills and fled after she failed to retrieve them.
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Bruno Walden
Fifth Avenue South
Gwenn
Walden
Marriage Licenses and County Court Notices in Daily Records
La Cromer Frenkiin Sherman Britt to be married in Brenger June 24. Le Crom Mitchell St Cyr guilty of drunk and disorderly conduct, 15 days in county jail. Various traffic and license violations, fines paid or bonds forfeited. Refrigerator fire damages noted at Lee Folvegge residence. Ruth Deneen almost total loss. Milton Kreger pleads guilty to non support. prison term set 1 to 10 years.
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le Crom Mitchell St. Cyr
South 20Th Street
Picader
Dave
Gregory Venner
Barnum
Wis
Grunken
Riving
Bend
Richard R. McKengie
State Street
Wilty
Charles Coningham
Colleen Duresky
Market Street
Hethevine
Robert Terrest
Eacet Avenue
Richard Weigel
South Avenue
Sile
Milton Kreger
Chicago
Wacpaen
Michigan's former governor and local officials reported dead
ALPEXA Micha Wilem A Comstock Tr former Democratic governor of Michigan 1933 36 and a Detroit city councilman once in 1940. BEAVER FALLS Pa Dr James C Twines professor of education at Geneva College and director of extension and summer school divisions born in Antioch. WASHINGTON Edward W Scheer 74 former president of the company and Central Railroad of Jersey born in Zaleski.
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Alpexa
Micha Wilem
Comstock
Michigan
Detroit
Beaver Falls
James C. Twines
Geneva College
Antioch
Washington
Ward W. Scheer
Petiree
Central Railroad of
Jersey
Zaleski
Four Snuffed Out In Crash at Harvard Illinois
A truck vehicle collision in Harvard Illinois killed four people and left a fifth child critically injured. The victims include three Minneapolis women Mrs Glenn Larson Mrs Louis Buesing and Mrs Helga Anderson aged 84 mother of the two women. Glenn Larson Jr 15 also died while Sinclair Morris 25 of Chicago the truck driver remained in critical condition. A witness said the car veered into the truck’s path.
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Harvard
Ill
Victi Minneapolis
Glenn Larson
Louis Buesing
Helga Anderson
Glenn Larson, Jr
Sinclair Morris
Chicago
Tri-State Deaths in Wisconsin and La Crosse Area
Two obituaries from Viroqua and Galesville report A J Favor 75 of Viroqua dies after brief illness in Richland Center Hospital and Mrs William Conrad 66 of Galesville dies of heart ailment in La Crosse hospital. Funeral services for Favor are Saturday 2 p.m. at Qualy Funeral Home Viroqua with burial in Viroqua cemetery. Conrad’s services Saturday include a home service at 11 45 a.m. and a church service at 12 30 p.m. at Hardies Creek Lutheran Church. Survivors include daughter Mrs Harold Reese and several relatives including a sister Mrs A J Moe.
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Viroqua
Wis
A. J. Favor
Richland Center
Harold Reese
Reese
A. J. Moe
Sioux Falls
S. D
Qualy Funeral Home
Ellery Beal
Viroqua Cemetery
Galesville
William Conrad
la Crosse
Julia Raynum
Glasgow
Harvey
Francis
Greenwood
Harold
Florian
Verna) Emerson
Hollis
Laura) Dibby
Leonard
Helen) Wood
Hardies Creek Lutheran Church
M. A. Zimmerman
Burr Oak Lutheran Church
Funeral services for Flora E Heyer McGregor Friday
Funeral services will be held Friday at Lamont for Flora E Heyer McGregor who died Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs E R Jennerjohn in McGregor. She had lived with the Jennerjohns for nine months.
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Flora E. Heyer McGregor
Lamont
Flora E. Heyer
E. R. Jennerjohn
McGregor
Jennerjohns
Applicants for Fire Chief Post Pursued by Board
Applicants for the fire chief job to replace Gerge Hansen, effective July 1, will be interviewed Friday night by the board of police and fire commissioners. Secretary Frank R. Schneidler says there may be a selection, but he does not know how many applied.
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Gerge Hanson
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Frank R. Schneider
Commission
Five Month Old Quads Die At Birth in New Jersey
Four premature quadruplets two boys and two girls died within fifteen minutes of each other at Monmouth Memorial hospital in Long Branch New Jersey. Their mother Mrs Raymond Caffrey of Union Beach had been five months pregnant.
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Long Branch
WN. J
Raymond Caffrey
Union Beach
N. J. Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Caffrey
Warships Drop Anchor in England for Planned Visit
Ten U S warships led by the 45000 ton battleship Missouri dropped anchor at dawn Friday in Portsmouth for an official eight day visit to Britain. About four thousand officers and men and 1200 Annapolis midshipmen on a six weeks training cruise are aboard.
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Portsmouth
Eng
U. S
Missouri
Britain
Annapolis
Wisconsin 1899 Graduate Joins Half Century Club
Miss Cora Desmond joins the University of Wisconsin Half Century Club as part of the 1899 graduating class. A longtime Central High School teacher before retirement she resides at 421 North Lake Street Madison.
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University of Wisconsin
University
Cora Desmond
Central High School
Miss Desmond
North Lake Street
Madison
Aalborg Boy Found Dead After City Swim
About four thousand bathers packed Aalborg city swimming area before nightfall. An eight year old boy, Freddy Petersen of Aalborg, was missing during the event and found dead hours later after the swim ended.
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Aalborg
Denmark
Freddy Petersen
Wisconsin Grants 2 700 Bachelor Degrees At 1949 Graduation
At the University of Wisconsin commencement 1949 the largest class in a century received 2700 bachelor degrees and 700 higher degrees. Thirteen honorary degrees were awarded and David Lilienthan will receive one later. Gov Rennebohm urged graduates to support American governance and participate in public life. The ceremony began the university’s second century with a new building program and a cornerstone dedication at the engineering building near Camp Randall.
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Madison
Wis
E. B. Fred
University of Wisconsin
America
University Field House
David E. Lilienthan
Atomic Energy Commission
Rennebohm
Camp Randall
Skull fragments found near Ironwood probe linked to missing woman
Four more teeth were found near the spot where part of a human skull and a woman's purse were uncovered. Officials sifted soil and searched the Gogebic county area while awaiting a state lab report. Investigators seek a link to the year old disappearance of Mrs. Cecelia Lemay as two Milwaukee deputies assist the probe.
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Ironwood
Mich
Gogebic County
State Laboratory
Lansing
Milwaukee County
Cecelia Lemay
South Korea's President Claims Readiness Despite Troop Drawdown
President Syngman Rhee said U S troops could leave Korea at any time because Koreans are prepared to attack the North. He noted most American troops would depart by month’s end, with five hundred officers and men remaining to train the South Korean army.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee Friday
U. S
Young Republic
Wisconsin Assembly OKs lease for former governor residence
The Wisconsin Assembly concurred with the Senate to lease the former executive residence to the National Isaac Walton League. A separate bill to purchase a new residence was signed. The league seeks national headquarters in Madison if the state building can be used.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Izaac Walton League
Assembly
Senate
League
Farmers' share of consumer dollar dips under 50 cents
The Agriculture Department reports farmers earned 49 cents of every consumer dollar in April plus an outlook near that level for May, the smallest farmer share since May 1943. The peak share of 55 cents occurred several times from 1945 to 1948.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Pastor and minister clash over marriage rite in Missouri
In Rockport a Presbyterian pastor was injured in a single punch by a Methodist minister over who would perform a wedding. The Methodist minister was fined 25 dollars for common assault, and a Presbyterian pastor assisted in conducting the ceremony.
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Rockport
Ellis J. Hough
Third Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
Kenneth J. Bressier
Fairfax, Mo
Hough
Bressier
Wilma Wright
James Schoemann
Bressler
Fairfax
Ha Park, Jr
Fairfax Presbyterian Church
Becomes Great Grandmother With Complex Family Ties
In Rockford Newfoundland Mrs. Margaret Kennedy becomes a great grandmother and great great grandmother through births to Robert Withers and Linda Lou Koteski. The newborns create a web where Withers is father and great uncle to the Koteski infant while Edwards is grandmother to Linda Lou. Linda Lou and Robert Jr. are second cousins.
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Rockford
Margaret Kennedy
Robert, Jr
Oliver Withers
Linda Lou
Edward Koteski
Withers
Clyde Ed
Wards
Oconto Falls Driver Pleads Innocent in Four Deaths
Ardeal Thomson of Oconto Falls pleads innocent to charges tied to four highway deaths last Friday. Victims include Mr and Mrs Edward Fye and two sons from Abrams. two other children were critically injured. Case adjourned until June 23 after bond set at $2,500.
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Oconto
Wis
Ardeal Thomson
Oconto Falls
Edward Fye
Robert
Edwin
Abrams
Dist. Atty
Edward Herald
Thomson
Joseph Fisher
McCoy Camp Seeks Steamfitter and Plumber Workers
Camp McCoy Wisconsin announces job openings from June 13 to 22 for a steamfitter grade 16 and a journeyman plumber grade 12. Pay is $1.31 and $1.22 per hour respectively, with positions not lasting more than six months. Applications and forms available at first or second class post offices for Civilian Personnel, Camp McCoy.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Case of Tomah Teacher Settled Out of Court
Margaret Gill former Tomah physical education teacher sued Employers Mutual Liability Insurance and others over injuries from an accident on March 13 1947. A jury heard testimony Wednesday and Thursday before Judge Bruce F Beilfuss approved the out of court settlement shortly before noon. Gill said the injuries left her extremely nervous and unable to continue teaching.
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Sparta
Wis
Margaret Gill
Tomah
Vsmployers Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Bruce F. Beilfuss
Beilfuss
Miss Gill
Bicycle Stolen From Pool Area, Gerald Wakeen Reports Loss
Gerald Wakeen a 15 year old of 1033 Caledonia Street told police his new Schwinn bicycle was stolen from the municipal swimming pool Wednesday after noon. The coach green bike with ivory trim had a spring fork speedometer generator set and saddle bags.
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Gerald Wakeen
Caledonia Street
Schwinn
Weather Record for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Partly cloudy to night with considerable cloudiness and fog near Lake Michigan. A few scattered thunderstorms in the extreme northwest. Saturday partly cloudy warm, with scattered thundershowers in the northwest and warmer in the east. Lake Superior region not so warm at noon. Showers and scattered storms across Minnesota with cooler south and east portions. Parity clouds tonight with thunderstorms developing in extreme northwest and continued warmth with some thundershowers in the extreme northwest.
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Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Minnesota
River Forecast For Hastings To Guttenberg Iowa
River readings show flood stage at several stations with Dam No 7 and 8 listed and forecasted levels. The river is practically stationary over the weekend with cool air from the north and high pressure over the east bringing below normal mid June temperatures and fogs in the Great Lakes area.
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Dakota
Es Lansing
E- Prairie du Chien
Bleck
Neilisvile
Bieck
Gatesvile
la Crosse
Houston
Hokah
Hastings
Guttenberg
Iowa
British Columbia
North Pacific
Montana
Utah
Nevada
Continental Divide
Butte
West Yellowstone
Aiso
Coarier
Lake Superior
Arizona
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Wyoming
Chicken A La DDT Sends 3 To Hospital
A Southern fried chicken dish prepared with DDT batter sent a housewife and two luncheon guests to a hospital with acute food poisoning. The housewife Mrs Helen L Brown 39 said she mistook the DDT for flour and garnished potato patties with it.
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Washington
Helen L. Brown
Cancer Center Fills Requests At New Location
Eighty two requests for literature were filled at the first session of the cancer information service center at the new location Northern States Power Co office on Fifth Avenue North. The center will meet every Wednesday from 1 to 4 pm. Public interest pleased local army officers and Miss Dorothy Anderson who recorded two requests for private consultations. Service is free and sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
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Cancer Information Service Center
Northern States Power Co
Fifth Avenue North
Field Army
Dorothy Anderson
American Cancer Society
New Safety Eye Piece Aimed at Child Eye Protection
American Optical unveils sandwich glass eyeglass lenses with a plastic core to resist BB gun bullets. Demonstrations show the new lenses stay intact while ordinary lenses crack and shed fragments. The lens withstood a BB rifle bullet at 35 feet, promising safer eyewear for children.
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New York
American Optical Company
Priests Granted Mass Privileges by Pope in China
Italian reports say priests underground in Communist China may celebrate mass with ordinary bread without altar candles missal or testaments. English is spoken today by over 270 million people, more than half in the United States.
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Communist
China
Italy
Stolen 16-foot hunting skiff reported on Chase Street
Reine Miller reported a gray 16 foot hunting skiff stolen from the foot of Chase Street. Miller lives at 2206 South I14th Street and notified police on Thursday about the theft. Buy Savings Bonds.
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Reine Miller
South
I14th Street
Chase Street
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Little Mexico
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Concordia Hall
Nick & Bee’s Steak House
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la Crosse Hotel
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