Hold Miller At 2 Counts In La Crosse Burglary Case
La Crosse police testified in county court as Melville Miller 24 of Seattle faced two counts of breaking and entering in the night for burglaries at Kennard Buick Co and Elfman Motors Co both on Copeland Ave early June 10. Miller pleaded innocent while companion Louis Wilson 23 pleaded guilty and was bound over to circuit court.
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la Crosse
la Crosse County
Melville Miller
Seattle
Wash
Miller
Kennard Buick Co
Copeland Ave
Elfman Motors Co
Louis Wilson
William Black
Richard King
Elfman’s
Black
Wilson
King
John Bosshard
Robert W. Loeffler
Loeffler
Elmer Kennard
I.O.U
Kennard
William Michael
William Boma
Bernard Sauer
Kennard Company
Chicago
Ill
Leo Kihm
Willard Sill
Vern Weber
Roy V. Ahlstrom
Mistaken Identity Ends in Arrest After Rooming House Death Mixup
In Mrs. Phillips rooming house a body was identified as Weekes but police later learned it matched Becker. Weekes was arrested after a brief street chase. Becker’s mother described his absence and routine trips. five sleeping tablets were found on Becker’s body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Jimmy
Weekes
Little Elkhart Lake
Camp McCoy Soldier Fined For Speeding Near La Crosse
Camp McCoy soldier Donald H. Duddles was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to speeding 90 mph on Highway 16 in Burns Township. Judge Roy V. Ahlstrom admonished him as he imposed the sentence. Another McCoy soldier, Billy James Moore, paid 15 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to speeding on Highway 16 in Hamilton on June 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy V. Ahlstrom
la Crosse
Donald H. Duddles
Burns Township
Billy James Moore
Hamilton
Pacific Northwest Weather With Showers Northern Rockies to Middle Atlantic
Forecast covers Pacific Northwest and Northern border states with most rain. Scattered showers or thundershowers expected from Northern Rockies to interiors of the Middle Atlantic States. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy conditions with varied overnight lows: New Orleans 75 New York 65 Chicago 78 Miami 77.
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Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Middle Atlantic
New Orleans
New York
Chicago
Miami
Dollar Day in La Crosse Planned by Merchants Group
La Crosse observes Dollar Day on July 11 per the La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce merchants division. Glen Bowman chairs the Dollar Day committee with Sam Fellows and Ray Wrobel helping plan. Retailers citywide will participate and two planning meetings are set at 10 a.m. on Thursday and 10 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Merchants’ Division
la Crosse County
Polio Gamma Globulin Tests Outline For Children
The article explains gamma globulin G G shots as temporary antibodies to polio. It notes G G is not a vaccine and tests in humans are needed to see if it protects children from paralytic polio. Most over 15 already have antibodies. Red Cross supplies G G from pooled blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Red Cross
McCarthy and Wiley Not Recorded on Seizure Vote
In Washington yesterday the Senate voted 42 32 to defer action on the McCarran amendment to bar the President from seizing private property without congressional consent. Moody of Michigan supported the measure while Ferguson of Michigan opposed. McCarthy and Wiley of Wisconsin were not recorded as voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCarthy
Wiley
Wisconsin
Senate
McCarran
Congress
Moody
D-Mich
Ferguson
R-Mich
Sunbonnet Girls Sponsor Coffee in Onalaska Event
The Sunbonnet Girls of Onalaska sponsor a coffee on Wednesday June 25 at the Fred Holt Haus lawn. Bid-time music will provide dancing at the corner of Third and Irvine. Old time songs will be sung by the group in a community song fest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onalaska
Wis
Sunbonnet Girls
Fred Holthaus
Third
Irvine
Livestock Prices At Chicago and Surrounding Markets
Report covers Swift & Co buying hours and discount rules for overfilled livestock, hogs and cattle markets with price ranges by weight, sows and bulls, calves, lambs, and regional quotes from Chicago and South St. Paul markets. Includes hogs 9,000 plus cattle and veal trades, and potato butter egg prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Co
Chicago cash grain and poultry prices update
Cash wheat unavailable as of this report. Corn prices for No 2 yellow at 1.80 percent, No 3 at 1.76 percent, No 4 at 1.72 percent, No 5 at 1.68 percent with sample grades around 1.52. Oats and barley show nominal or minimal activity with barley around 1.25 to 1.65. Soybeans show a sample grade yellow at 13.19 percent Illinois origin. Poultry receipts at 1,294 coops with prices mostly unchanged except fryers or broilers down 1 cent per pound. heavy hens 21-22, light hens 19-20, roosters 28-29, fryers or broilers 27-30, old roosters 18-19, ducklings 28.
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Ooeaney Socony Vac
Abbott L
Gt. Ir. Ore
Sou. Pac
Allied Em
Gt Nor. Ry. Spiegel
Allied
Greyhound 117 Ltd. Brands
Allis Chalmers
Homestake
Oil Car
Aman
Houd. Hersh
3Rd Oil
Ind Am Car & F
Hudson Met
Ltd. Oil NJ
Am. Gas
Int
Tel & Tel
Tel. & Tel
Pac
Tobacco
Kennecott Os
Armco
Keystone S. & W
Zenite
Warn
Nat
Bisc
Bud A Pn
Deiry
Ark
Nat. Gas A Sh
Canadian Pac
Nat. Steel
el Bond
Case J
N.Y. Central
Hecla Min Ches. & Ohio
Nia
M. P. Kaiser-Frazer Chi
No. Am
Kingston
Chi. R. L & Pac
No. Amer. Co
Chrysler
No. Pac
G. Heileman
Ohio Oil
Owens Ill. Glass Mass. Inv
Cong. Nairn
Packard
Northwest Ban
Pan Am. W. Airn
N. Gas
Param. Pic
Northern States
Penney J. C
Cleveland Clift
Penn. R.R
Chicago
Pepsi Cola
Ham
Phelps Dod
Inter Cellucatton
Crane Co
Philip Mor
James
Phillips Pet
McQuay
Curtiss Bragas
Nat'l Tool Co
Doug. du Pont
S Radio Corp
Minn. Ont. P
Eastm
Kod
Reo Motors
Nekoosa Edw
Olgear
Eaton Mig Repub
Paragon
Auto Lite Schenley Ind
Koehring
Eric Scott
Ray O Vac
Gen. Foods
Sears Rock
Safway Steel
Gen. Motors
Shell Oil
Lax Telep
Gen. Time
Simmons Co
Wis. P. & Lite
Goodrich
Sinclair Oil
South 8St. Paul
Illinois
Chicago Poultry Chicago
USDAN
F.O.B
Wisconsin High Court to rehear Dairyland dam case in September
The Wisconsin Supreme Court granted a rehearing for Dairyland Power Cooperative and Wisconsin Electric Cooperative on the 1947 law authorizing county boards to approve dam projects. A May ruling declared the law unconstitutional, saying damming is a state issue, not local. The case concerns a Sawyer County area and a dam proposal, with Public Service Commission to reexamine permits and weigh recreation against economic value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Dairyland Power Co-operative
Wisconsin Electric Co-operative
Sawyer County
Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Screening May Extend War Warns Allies
North Korean Gen Nam Il warned the United Nations that continued screening of prisoners on Koje Island could prolong the Korean War. Maj Gen William K Harrison replied that the right to freedom cannot be bartered, as about 45,000 prisoners are being questioned to see who wishes to return home.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Koje Island
Nam Il
William K. Harrison
Koje
Aunt Het Reflects On Newborns And The World
A humorous note on babies born with blue eyes and the bright expectations they face as they first glimpse the world. The speaker wryly remarks on innocence and perception in early life.
Eisenhower Urges Collective Security Plan Against Isolationism
Eisenhower outlines a four point peace and world security program urging strong UN and NATO support. He warns Taft’s isolationist stance would isolate the U S amid a world of communism and calls for a positive foreign policy and strengthened both spiritual and military power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
America
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
Taft
United States
Louisiana
Chicago
Sen. Carlson
MacArthur Backers Seek Support in 1948 Nomination Race
General MacArthur signals openness to a future nomination while opposing a military state. Eisenhower backers dismiss Taft’s chances and deny that MacArthur seeks Eisenhower’s removal to clear a 1948 bid. Maj. Gen. Whitney rejects Eichelberger’s claim that MacArthur plans to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
New York
R. L. Eicchelberger
Eisenhower
Eichelberger
Japan
Asheville
N.C
Storm disrupts airport and company communications lines
Storm damage left the cable for communications facilities at the airport and Brice Prairie CAA station out of service. The cable to the Auto-Lite Company was knocked out and all independent toll lines to nearby communities were inoperable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vice
Brice Prairie
County Court Dockets From La Crosse District
John Raymer, 22, West Salem, ordered to pay costs after conviction for driving a non registered car in Campbell Township June 19. Joseph Perkins, 108 S. 2nd St., sentenced to 30 days in County Jail after pleading guilty to vagrancy. Eleanor Apka, 11542 S. 3rd St., and Hector Estela, Camp McCoy, each fined $50 and costs for disorderly conduct in a public place at La Crosse June 22. Coy Daugherty, 2916 S. 21st St., fined $1 and costs and ordered to pay a $2 state fee after driving a nonregistered car in the 1300 Block on State Street June 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
John Raymer
West Salem
Campbell Township
Joseph Perkins
S. 2Nd St
Eleanor Apka
S. 3Rd St
Hector Estela
Camp McCoy
Coy Daugherty
S. 21St St
1300
State Street
Reckless driving and public intoxication in La Crosse court
In La Crosse Police Court Robert Mc Gregor of 1015 Vine St was fined 100 dollars and had his license revoked for one year for reckless driving. Caspar Peterson of 718 Gillette St paid 12.50 for drunk and disorderly conduct with two others also fined 12.50 each.
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la Crosse
Robert McGregor
Vine St
Caspar Peterson
Gillette St
Amos Henning
Tomah
Reckless and DUI Charges Hit Local Defendants in Sparta Court
Justice Court in Sparta Wisconsin fined D E Hardin of Camp McCoy $25 plus costs for reckless driving. Eddie Maurer of Sparta paid $10 and costs for speeding. Julius Sommers of Camp McCoy faced $75 and costs for driving while intoxicated. Warren G Huber of Melrose was fined $75 and costs for driving while intoxicated. William Merryman of Camp McCoy sued a $10 bond on a single.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
Sparta
Wis
D. E.hardin
Camp McCoy
H.C. Fanning
Eddie Maurer
Julius Sommers
Warren G. Huber
Melrose
William Merryman
Debate Coach Honored At National Forensic League Dinner
John D. Davies of Kenosha Wisconsin was among twelve high school debating coaches honored with diamond keys at the opening dinner of the National Forensic League event in Boston.
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Boston
John D. Davies
Kenosha
Wis
Ministerial Appointments Made For Methodist Churches
Bishop Clifford Northcott announced area Methodist ministerial assignments at the West Wisconsin Conference closing in Chippewa Falls. Revs listed include Bell in Caledonia Street, Wilson at Asbury, Newell at Wesley, Mecklenburg at Onalaska, Grover at Black River Falls, Clarke at Sparta, Ivey at Stoddard, Kistler at Tomah Tunnel City and Valley Junction, Attwood at Trempealeau Centerville, James at Viroqua Salem Ridge, Jenswold at Westby Asbury and Sugar Grove, Mader at Melrose Cataract and Shamrock, Davenspike at Manston, Marshall at Liberty Pole Bishops Branch and Springville, Thompson at La Farge Pleasant View and Viola, Bennett at Independence and Whitehall, Wild at Rockland and Big Creek, Schmel ling at New Lisbon Dellwood and Necedah, Wal lington at Elroy Camp Douglas and Union Center, Story at De Soto Retreat Red Mound and Victory, Hibberd at Wilton Kendall, Walker at Casonovia and Ironton.
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J. Pierce Newell
Onalaska
Willard Mecklenburg
Black River Falls
Wayne L. Grover
Sparta
E. E. Clarke
Stoddard
A. M. Ivey
New Lisbon
Dellwood
Necedah
S. J. Schmelling
Elroy
Camp Douglas
Union Center
Elton Wallington
de Soto
Retreat
Red Mound
Victory
Anton Story
Wilton and
Kendall
Earl Hibberd
Wonewoc
Caseinovia
Ironton
W. T. Walker
Taxicab Auto Collision in Rain Near Ward Avenue
A Checker Cab Co. taxi and another car were badly damaged in a rainstorm crash near Ward Avenue and Losey Boulevard. Arthur Bert Hohl, 58, of 911 S. 4th St., drove the cab. Jo syl o Callaway, 67, of 2525 S. 25th, drove the other vehicle. Callaway said he turned into a lumber company parking lot when the collision occurred. Both drivers reported no injuries and no tickets were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Checker Cab Co
Ward Avenue
Losey Boulevard
Arthur Bert Hohl
S. 4Th St
Yo Callaway
S. 25Th
Callaway
County Highway
Births Reported From Wisconsin and Minnesota Hospitals
A sequence of birth notices from St Marys Hospital in Sparta Susan Mary at St Ann s and Caledonia Minn community hospital and Whitehall Wis hospital list daughters and sons born to families across towns including Tomah Hokah Melrose Genoa Ettrick Coon Valley Galesville and Springfield with parents named and addresses noted for tracking births across the region.Years June 20 to June 23 are noted for multiple families and include names such as Clair Ziegler Chandler Campbell Leland Wilson and Edward H Knepper among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Hospital
Sparta
Wis
Clair Ziegler
Tomah
Mary Drinkwine
Chandler Campbell
State St
Jeanette Salter
Caledonia
Minn
Community Hospital
Leland Wilson
Hokah
Minneapolis
St. Ann’s
Edward Bernard ‘Jr
Edward B. Melde
Market St
Geraldine M. Oestreich
Jacqueline Mary
John E. Dwyer
Vine St
Marcella M. Roesler
Charlene Marie
Donald Carson
Box
Genoa
Hilda M. Hastings
Terrence Patrick
Francis L. Christiansson
Ettrick
Theresa A. Sheehy
Mary Rose
Lawrence J. Mormann
Jessie M. Baldwin
Arlan M. Dwyer
Coon Valley
Virginia A. Klos
Edward H. Knepper
Galesville
Patricia D. Schwarzhoff
Senate weighs Taft Hartley options in steel dispute
Senate moves to press President Truman to use the Taft Hartley Act to curb the steel strike. Truman questions the act citing fairness and past delays. Proposals from Humphrey and Morse outline plant seizure powers with limited durations and no union shop mandate.
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Senate
Truman
HST
Humphrey
Morse
Congress
Weather Record For Wisconsin Minnesota And Iowa
Weather record from the U S department of commerce notes for Wisconsin partly cloudy humid and warm with occasional showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday with locally severe squalls in central areas. Minnesota is partly cloudy with little temperature change tonight and Wednesday and heavy showers and thunderstorms in the south portion with locally severe squalls tonight. Iowa is partly cloudy warm and humid tonight and Wednesday with local thundershowers and severe squalls possible in the west and north central portions this afternoon or early evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department OF Commerce
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi River Forecast Range From Hastings to Guttenberg
Mississippi River rises expected for several days as rains increase flow. Upper pools from Winona southward will see larger increases, with rises extending to Prairie du Chien. Smaller tributaries begin falling today, with Root River readings easing.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Mississippi
Winona
Prairie du Chien
Thankful
Root River
Bar Group Renames Representatives To Judicial Council
Madison presiding Wiscon sin Bar Association president Oscar T Toebaas announced re election of representatives to the State Judicial Council. Attorneys W Wade Boardman Ralph M Hoyt and Circuit Judge A W Kopp were named by mail ballot. The president elect E Harold Hallows will serve as ex officio member as the council studies judicial administration for the 1953 legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Oscar T. Toebaas
Wisconsin Bar Association
State Judicial Council
W. Wade Boardman
Ralph M. Hoyt
Milwaukee
A. W. Kopp
Platteville
E. Harold Hallows
Ban Lifted On Output Of Color Television Sets
Washington reports the government ended the ban on color TV production for home and theater use. The National Production Authority will permit firms that can show color TV will not disrupt defense output. Administrator Henry H. Fowler expects few home set makers will qualify due to defense commitments.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Henry H. Fowler
Jet Interceptor To Roar Over La Crosse Morning
Lt Col Victor Milner commander of the 176 fighter interceptor squadron at Truax Field will fly the F-89 Scorpion over La Crosse between 8 and 8:30 a.m. He will later discuss jet aviation at La Crosse State College science workshop as part of the aviation education institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Milner
176
Truax Field
la Crosse
la Crosse State College
Aviation Education Institute
Scouts Attend Summer Stock Plays In La Crosse
Scouts may view plays sponsored by the Jaycees at the Vocational School. Every Thursday night Girl Scouts are admitted free with a parent. Adults pay two for one admission. Members must show membership cards or pins for ID.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts of la Crosse
Jaycees
Girl Scouts
Three Prisoners Escape From Wisconsin Prison Farm
The State Board for Public Welfare reports three inmates escaped last night from the state prison farm near Cambridge. Identified are Robert G. Walker 27 Donald W. Lavigne 29 and William R. Knuth 32. They had been assigned to farm work for two months and went missing after the 9 30 bed check following dinner Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State Board For Public Welfare
Cambridge
Robert G. Walker
Donald W. Lavigne
Milwaukee
William R. Knuth
Pewaukee
GM Orders 12000 Layoffs Amid Steel Strike Impact
General Motors announced layoffs totaling more than 12,000 workers due to a steel shortage. About 10,000 will lose jobs at the Flint Chevrolet production center on Wednesday and Thursday, with 2,400 Detroit forge plant workers to be laid off tonight. The cuts mark the first major auto-industry layoffs tied to the CIO Steel Workers strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors
Chevrolet
Flint
CIO
McGranery Orders Full Probe Into Knetzer Jail Escape
Atty General McGranery orders a full investigation into the escape of Robert L. Knetzer from Springfield Illinois city jail last week. Knetzer faces federal charges tied to selling scarce automobiles during postwar years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atty
La Crosse Tribune Office Registration Note
The La Crosse Tribune records its status as a second class matter entered June 23 1904 at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office under the 1879 Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Subpoena Issued for Mrs Bartelt in Inquest Fire Death
A subpoena was issued for Mrs. Paul Bartelt to appear at an inquest into the death of her daughter Nancy Bartett, as investigators seek the cause of a fatal June fire and possible accelerant. The inquest was set for 10 a.m. Monday, but a location depends on her availability. The State Crime Laboratory report has arrived but its contents were not released. Mrs Bartett declined a lie detector test per her doctor's advice amid conflicting accounts and physical findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bartelt
Dist
John Bosshard
Sheriff’s Department
Bartelt
Bosshard
State Crime Laboratory
Nancy Bartett
Lone Ranger Identity Puzzle Stirs Local Mystery
Mrs. Edwin Helgerson reports meeting a man claiming to be the Lone Ranger at her home on St. Paul Street. The unidentified man asked about her children and gave two bags of black jelly beans for them. Neighbors say he has appeared before as Santa Claus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Helgerson
St. Paul St
Lone Ranger
Milwaukee Youth, 18 Charged With Grand Larceny
An 18 year old Milwaukee youth faces grand larceny charges after a car theft in Pierre. A 15 year old girl captured with him following a Sunday chase and all night pursuit through the countryside was held. The pair said they left Milwaukee on June 15 for Wyoming to find work and marry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perre
S. D
Milwaukee
Clair B. Ledbetter
William Kieckbusch
Pierre
Kieckbusch
Ledbetter
Wyoming
Air Force B-50 crashes near Mildenhall. 11 feared dead
A U S Air Force B-50 medium bomber with 11 men aboard crashed minutes after takeoff from Mildenhall England. Fire and ruptured fuel tanks halted rescue efforts as flames consumed the wreck near Bryant May Bottom. Police said there were no survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildenhall
England
Suffolk
Bryant May Bottom
Badger Girls State Opens Ninth Wisconsin Session
About 274 high school girls from across Wisconsin gathered on the university campus for the ninth annual Badger Girls State. They will spend a week of training in government with opening day activities including city government organization and county caucuses of the Federalist and Nationalist parties. The event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of the American Legion auxiliary and the UW extension division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Badger
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
UW Extension Division
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