Rain forecast and crop report from Wisconsin lands
The La Crosse Tribune notes A. D. Sanial predicts cool to warm weather with a 60 degree low and 84 degree high, while Thursday brings partly cloudy skies with possible thundershowers. Rain across northern Wisconsin damages crops, slows maturing, and delays early pea harvests. warmer stretches later boost corn and hay, but frequent downpours threaten fields north of Taylor and Lincoln counties.
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A. D. Sanial
Leon
Norseconsin
Taylor
Lincoln
Wisconsim
Dunkirk Couple Romances Teacher-Student Tie That Ends in Marriage
In Dunkirk New York Robert Mueller, recently discharged from the navy, marries Agnita Schwartz a former pupil and teacher at Dunkirk High School. Mueller returns to complete his diploma while Agnita takes over the unexpired term of a resigned teacher.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Dunkirk High School
Robert Mueller
Agnita Schwartz
Mueller
Agnita
Over Ceiling Auction Of Black Market Used Cars
Detroit witnesses describe a nationwide used car black market run by the OPA ring. Thomas Doran, 35, and others bought cars above ceiling prices and sold them to southern buyers via weekly over ceiling auctions in Murray and Cairo Illinois. Ben Fishel, 33, of Cairo, is named as a ring leader in the $3 million conspiracy.
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Detroit
Office of Price Administration
Thomas C. Doran
Murray
Doran
Arthur A. Koscinski
Joseph C. Murphy
U. S
Cairo
Ben Fishel
OPA
Local Coast Guard resumes search for four in Lake Michigan tragedy
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin coast guard teams resume search for Leather D. Smith 59 and three other crew from his shipyard in a Lake Michigan sailboat capsize. Missing are Elton Washburn 45 Howard Hunt 29 and Mary Loomis 19. Patricia Smith 19 survives after a six hour icy swim as a 400 foot dragging device is prepared to locate bodies.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Coast Guard
Leather D. Smith
Lake Michigan
Smith
Elton Washburn
Howard Hunt
Mary Loomis
Winnetka
Patricia Smith
Door County Memorial Hospital
Green Bay
Smith Shipyards
Charges Army Forced London Marriage
Leslie Moore, 26, a furniture plant worker, sues for annulment of a London marriage allegedly forced by military officers on March 2 1945. He asserts he had no involvement with his wife Joan since their arrival last March and that she and the baby were cared for by the Red Cross and his parents.
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Rockford
Leslie Moore
London
England
Moore
Joan
Red Cross
Ion
Motion Day in Circuit Court Next Monday at 10 A.M.
Plan Motion Day will be held in circuit court next Monday at 10 a m. Judge R S Cowie will preside. An ol tiger may develop taste for human blood, being disabled from over taking bie usual prey.
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Circuit Court
R. S. Cowie
County Considers Dog House On Court House Lawn
Ivan Wright county highway police chief considers a dog house on the front lawn of the courthouse after 21 stray dog calls last week. Current dogs include a female black bull terrier and a male black cocker spaniel. Call No. 222 if you can identify your pet.
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Ivan Wright
Seventh Day Adventists World Mission And Outreach Highlights
The article notes Adventist aims to spread the gospel globally with 860 languages in use. It reports 850 missionaries sent in five years and 31.5 million dollars raised for home and foreign work in 1945. It mentions 184 hospitals worldwide, 13 in America, Loma Linda medical school, and Bible school enrollment of 96,000. It also cites humanitarian aid including 500 tons of clothing and food shipments to famine areas.
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Cargill
West Avenue
Cass Street
A. J. Niebruegge
Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
Welfare Societies of the Churches of North America
J. J. Strahle
Denmark
Sweden
Europe
Poland
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Seventh Day Adventists
America
Loma Linda
Calif
United States
Bible School
Union seeks picket man for barber shop job in Wisconsin Rapids
A two column display ad in the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune offers a man wanted to picket a non union barber shop in the city. It promises $2 per hour for a good reliable man and was inserted by the local barbers union.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune Today
Barbers Union
Two Can Firms Are Indicted For Trust Violations
Attorney General Tom Clark announced indictments against American Can Co Continental Can Co Inc and seven officers for conspiring to violate the Sherman anti trust act by fixing tin can prices and terms. Grand jury at San Francisco returned the indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tom Clark
American Can Co
Continental Can Co., Inc
Clark
San Francisco
Harbor Project Before Council
A special meeting of the common council is set for tonight at city hall to discuss building a small boat harbor on Isle la Plume. Committees meet at 7 15 p m at the sewage disposal plant to inspect the site, and a Chamber of Commerce proposal to use part of the dock area for housing units will be reviewed.
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Common Council
City Hall
Isle la Plume
Chamber of Commerce
Grounds and Building Committee
Board of Public Works
Army Engineers
St. Paul
Army recruiting stations stay open late for veterans
First Lieut. C T Harris announced that La Crosse and neighboring stations will stay open until 9 p m on June 29 and 30 to allow honorably discharged veterans since May 12 1945 to re enlist in suitable grades. After June 30 former service men must re enlist within 20 days of discharge to keep their prior grades with some specialists allowed up to 90 days under pamphlet 12 16. The La Crosse station is at 322 Exchange building.
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T. Harris
Crosse
U. S. Army Recruiting Service
War Department
Lieut
Harris
la Crosse Station
Freezes on Siren Trap Indiana Insurance Man
In Indianapolis H Poske, an insurance man, stepped on a siren button while exiting a police car driven by Inspector Audrey Jacobs. The siren blared as downtown traffic halted and Poske remained frozen with his foot on the button until Jacobs removed it.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ae H. Poske
Audrey Jacobs
Poske
Jacobs
Milwau kee Salvation Army to screen Who Is My Neighbor
Salvation Army youth leader Maj Marlon M Cohn will host a public screening at the Milwau kee citadel 507 Vine street Wednesday at 7 30 p m The feature sound moving picture Who Is My Neighbor draws on the Good Samaritan story and invites community attendance.
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Marlon M. Cohn
Salvation Army
Milwaukee
Salvation Army Citadel
Vine Street
Good Samaritan
Veterans re-enlist deadline in La Crosse Wisconsin
Four days remain for qualified veterans to re-enlist in the same grade held at discharge. The deadline is June 30. Visit the Army Recruiting Office at 322 Exchange Building in La Crosse Wisconsin for details.
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Army
322 Exchange Building
la Crosse
Wis
Canada Britain wheat pact collapses after US opposition
British Food Minister Strachey leaves Washington and Ottawa without a long term wheat accord with Canada. The proposed 10 year deal would have set Canada wheat at about 1.13 U.S. dollars per bushel, far below current and world prices, as Washington signals multilateral trade preferences for postwar structure.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Britain
United States
John Strachey
London
Washington
U.S
U. S
Bridston Leads In North Dakota Vote
Fargo dispatch reports one third of precincts in Bridston of Grand Forks leading U S Senator William Langer for the Republican senatorial nomination by about two thousand votes. Bridgston 25 909 Lanier 23 929 with 744 precincts. In the short term race Milton R Young leads with 36 054 to Lanier 18 832 and Nye 9 594. Nye and Lanier have conceded Young's election.
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Fargo
N. D
J. B. Bridston
Grand Forks
U. S
William Langer
R-Nd
Ublican
Bridgston
Lanier
Senate
Milton R. Young
RND
Bill Lanier
Gerald P. Nye
Nye
Young
Atoms Debate Moves Toward General Assembly
The article details unresolved disputes over the Spanish issue in the atomic council with Poland pushing to keep it on the agenda by Sept 1 and Britain proposing to send it to the general assembly by Sept 3. The discussions show a clash over veto rights with Soviet delegate Andrei Mykoyko opposing surrender of the veto.
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Poland
Council
General Assembly
Au Cil
Andrei Myko
Atomic Commission
United States
Bernard M. Baruch
Russia
Midget Performer Mrs Si Stebbins Dies in Milwaukee
Mrs Si Stebbins a former Singer Midgets member died after a long illness at 58. She stood 32 inches tall and had pursued show business since age 17. The report notes an unrelated line about diamond mining in India dating to between 800 and before Christ.
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Milwaukee
Si Stebbins
Singer Midgets
India
Mechanic's stunt triggers two state kidnap alert
In Nashua New Hampshire Harold Scott a garage mechanic confessed after reporting his 11 year old son missing and placed in a car trunk to stop a rattle. Firefighters witnessed a man stuffing a boy in a Massachusetts car and driving away triggering a multi state chase. Scott later told police I guess I am your kidnapper describing his experiment to locate the noisy hinges.
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Nashua
N. H
Harold Scott
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Scott
Bernard McLaughlin
Three Dead in Staten Island Ferry Station Fire Loss
A Staten Island ferry terminal fire killed three people including ticket agent Mrs Cornelius White and firefighters Harold Clendening and Jeremiah Cronin. The blaze caused about two million dollars in damage and injured around forty, with sparks from an electric train explored as a possible cause.
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Staten Island
New York
Cornelius White
Harold Clendening
Norwegian Singers Set Convention in Minneapolis Vic tory Sangerfest
Norwegian Singers of America hold the Vic tory Sangerfest in Minneapolis from June 27 to 29 with concerts at the armory on Thursday and Friday. Frederick Wick of Minneapolis directs about 1000 singers. soloists include baritone Joseph Ericksen and soprano Alfhild Queber Steen. A Thursday concert excerpt airs on KSTP KRO KYSM WEAU and WEBC.
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Norwegian Singers of America
Victory Sangerfest
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Armory
KSTP
St. Paul
KRO
Rochester
KYSM
Mankato
WEAU
Eau Claire
WEBC
Duluth
Country Store Piano Goes Bing in Montana Town
Hamilton Mont. country storekeeper Harry W Johnson enjoyed a singalong when he played piano to his song Have You Ever Seen Montana as a tourist sang the refrain The tourist was Bing Crosby passing through town The note also mentions birds of several colors in a playful aside
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Hamilton
Mont
Harry W. Johnson
Montana
Bing Crosby
La Crosse Chamber Weighs Local Road Program
La Crosse area road program discussed by Chamber of Commerce road and bridge committee on Tuesday. The group planned inviting Paul Hartwig and T M Reynolds to discuss projects including U S 14 from La Crosse to Vernon County, U S 53 from Onalaska to Hunter’s, and possible relocation toward Highway 35. They also considered improvements for Lynxville to De Soto, a northward relocation from Midway to Trempealeau, and Galesville to Winona work this year. The Lansing toll bridge dike and timber trestles, closed since 1944 45, may be repaired.
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la Crosse County
Chamber of Commerce
Paul A. Hartwig
T. M. Reynolds
la Crosse
Vernon County
Onalaska
Hunter's
Lynxville
de Soto
County
Midway
New Amsterdam
McGilvary Bottoms
Trempealeau
Galesville
Winona
Lansing
Plan GI Universities to Ease Pinch at Regular Colleges
Washington reports several plans for GI universities to relieve congestion at established colleges. Northwestern lawmakers learned of about six proposals to establish a GI campus at Farragut Idaho and other states. War assets administration and Service administrators show cooperation. Wisconsin uses two war plants as instructional and living quarters units for veterans.
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Washington
Northwestern
Farragut
Idaho
New York State
Ookahoma
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Wisconsi
War Assets Administration
University of Wisconsin
University
Degnan Case: Man to be questioned in Arizona inquiry
Police plan to fly to Phoenix to interview Thomas after Sheriff Roach alerted them to his story. Thomas, a former nurse at Woodlawn Hospital, is linked to the kidnapping and dismemberment of Suzanne Degnan whose body parts were found in sewers near her home. He faces a pending sex case involving his daughter and may be released before sentencing to avoid jail.
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Storms
John A. Olson
Arizona
Thomas
Suzanne
James E. Degnan
Degnan
Slave rate high estimate cites six million enslaved people
An estimate indicates about six million individuals remain in slavery worldwide. The figure highlights ongoing bondage across regions, urging action by governments and organizations to combat trafficking and exploitation.
Forgetful diner leaves crutches at Indianapolis cafe
An Indianapolis cafeteria customer arrived on crutches, ate, paid, and left, forgetting his crutches hanging on a hook. The staff and manager report no incident and await his return for the missing item.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Local Lady Feeds Own Dinner to Pet
A Wisconsin resident describes severe digestive distress including gas and constipation. After trying Tru Lex she reports relief from stomach gas and constipation and now enjoys meals. The ad claims Tru Lex cleanses bowels and aids liver and kidneys with roots and herbs from distant lands.
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Trulex
Tru-Lex
Wisconsin
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Sixth
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Cargill House
Army Office
Servisoft Soft Water Service
North Front
Frank Funke
Mgr
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Harry T. Montgomery
Strachey
Bridston
North Dakota
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Macmillan Ring Free
Wisco Battery Company Wholesale Distributors
la Crosse Area
Chamber
Food Works
Yellow Cab CO
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South Third Street
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