Association For Disabled Picks New Officers
The Wisconsin Association for the Disabled La Crosse district elected a new slate aboard Raymond C. Bice’s boat. Raymond C. Bice was named president, James G. Peterson stepping down after three years. Margaret Easton became vice president Fay Roth secretary succeeding Ariene Boyle, W. B. Johnson remains treasurer. The group voted 100 for Shriner’s Hospital and three Jaycettes will escort 27 campers from Camp Wawbeek.
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Wisconsin Association For the Disabled
la Crosse
Raymond C. Bice
James G. Peterson
Margaret Easton
Fay Roth
Ariene Boyle
W. B. Johnson
Phil J. Kirch
Madison
Shriner's Hospital
Minneapolis
Robert Pitsch
Helen McCormick
Carl Haase
Camp Wawbeek
Deaths from Heart Attacks Reported in Milwaukee
Police answered calls to the Milwaukee depot at 5 25 pm Friday finding G E May 73 of Regina Saskatchewan dead of a heart attack In a later call at 9 pm Friday Peter Seiger 70 of 519 King Street was taken to a local hospital and treated for a cut on the head from a fight over food consumption per person in the United States was virtually unchanged from 1909 to 19
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Milwaukee
G. E. May
Regina
Saskatchewan
Peter Seiger
King Street
United States
Weather Outlook Across States Tonight Through Sunday
Wisconsin reports considerable cloudiness tonight and Sunday with occasional showers or thundershowers mainly in the west and extreme south. Minnesota foresees mostly cloudy conditions with light rain in the north and scattered showers or thundershowers in the south. Iowa remains partly cloudy with scattered light showers or thunderstorms and little temperature change.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Towa
River Porpcast From Hastings to Guttenberg Iowa
Weather bulletin notes slight rises on the tallwater gages Nos 2 3 and 8 over the next 36 hours with changes in the main channel of the Mississippi. Minor rises expected in tributaries especially the Root River which has risen one foot for this morning’s reading.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Mein
Mississippi
Weather pattern brings widespread showers across southern plains
A moist warm air flow from the Gulf of Mexico moves north through the southern plains producing bender showers reaching the Mississippi valley and Wisconsin. Texas Oklahoma Missouri report the heaviest rainfall with many stations at one to two inches, while eastern Iowa and northern Illinois show scattered variance. Temperature changes in the past four hours were negligible.
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Gulf of Mexico
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
Texas
Obituary for Agatha Kneifl 82 of La Crosse
Miss Agatha M Kneifl age 82 of 323 North 17th street died at her home Saturday morning. Survived by three sisters Kathryn at home Mary Soll er and Anna Delphenich all of La Crosse and one brother Joseph of La Crosse. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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Agatha M. Kneifl
North 17Th Street
Kathryn
Mary Soller
Anna Delphenich
la Crosse
Joseph
Frances Kerrigan Dies in La Crescent After Short Illness
Frances Kerrigan 67 of La Crescent Minnesota died in a local hospital Friday night after a short illness. Funeral services are set for 9 a.m. Monday at the Church of the Crucifixion in La Crescent with burial in Pine Creek Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at the Peter Gittens home Sunday evening with a Rosary at 8 p.m. She is survived by her son Elmer, daughter Mrs. Harry Albrecht, six brothers, two sisters, and seven grandchildren.
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Frances Kerrigan
la Crescent
Minn
Pine Creek Catholic
Peter Gittens
Elmer
Harry Albrecht
Labor Seeks Higher Wages Across Major Corporations
Westinghouse Electric Corp in Pittsburgh announced wage hikes of nine to 16 cents an hour for 1 500 production and salaried workers, with similar gains for CIO United Electrical Workers 70 000 production workers. Ford contract talks intensify as UAW demands rise 28 cents per hour.
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
Pittsburgh
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
CIO United Electrical Workers
Federation of Independent
CIO
United Auto Workers
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Reds Take Dim View Of Dewey Warren
Moscow Morning papers show Republican nominees Dewey and Warren as strong critics of Roosevelt's New Deal and favorable to the Marshall Plan and Truman doctrine with Dewey backed by influential New York financiers and business circles.
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Dewey-Warren State
Moscow
United States
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Albei
Een We Warren
Dewey
New York
John Foster
Reay Elected to Executive Committee of Wisconsin Coroner Group
Dr George D Reay county coroner was elected to the executive committee of the Wisconsin State Coroners Association Friday He is retiring president of the group New president is Joseph Murray Fond du Lac vice president Dr T A Teitgen Manitowoc and treasurer J A La Monie Milwaukee Dr E L Thaninger Milwaukee also elected to the executive committee The report also notes a strange claim about whiskey as an antidote to venomous snake bites in rats and guinea pigs
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George D. Reay
Wisconsin State Coroner's Association
Reay
Joseph Murray
Fond du Lac
T. A. Teitgen
Painter Flottmeier Hurt After Skylight Fall at Allis-Chalmers
Ronald Flottmeier a painter of 1324 Rose Street fell through a skylight at the Allis-Chalmers foundry on the north side yesterday. He sustained a fractured skull a severe scalp wound a broken right arm possible internal injuries and possible pelvis and hip fracture with facial and body bruises. The 40 foot descent at about 10 40 a m was cushioned by a ceiling beam before emergency transport to a local hospital.
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Ronald Flottmeier
Rose Street
Allis-Chalmers
Flottmeir
Flottmeier
Prison Term For Slashing Wife’s Face
RACINE Wisconsin Ervin Handrich 35 admitted slashing his estranged wife s face with a pocketknife so no one else would want her and was sentenced to one to two years in Waupun state prison Handrich pleaded guilty June 16 to assault with intent to do great bodily harm He was arrested June 2 and after sentencing attempted suicide by sleeping pills and cut his arm Handrich s wife recovered and had filed for divorce shortly before the attack
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Racine
Wis
Ervin Handrich
Waupun
Handrich
Romanian Officers Sentenced for 1941 Mass Killings
A Bucharest court sentenced four former Romanian army officers to life terms for killing 10,000 or more Romanian Jews in 1941. The verdicts were part of a trial against 32 defendants. four were acquitted and others received sentences from life to 15 years.
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Bucharest
Romania
Fruit Consumption Shifts in 1930s vs 1920s
The article notes that during the low mood 1930s the per capita U S consumption of fresh fruits rose six percent above the best five years of the prosperous 1920s. This comparison highlights changes in fruit availability and consumer behavior in the era.
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U. S
Royall Outlines 16 Mobile Army Divisions by 1949
Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall announced a plan for a mobile striking force of 16 infantry and armored divisions by 1949. Six would be National Guard units including the 26th Massachusetts the 28th Pennsylvania Vermont Rhode Island the 45th Oklahoma and the 49th Texas. The force aims for full training and maximum equipment to act immediately in emergencies and form the nucleus of a postwar army. The 12 regular divisions will include six domestic units and the 82nd airborne at Fort Bragg as a near full-strength example.
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Norfolk
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
National Guard
Army
Armed Forces Staff College
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Rhode Island
Oklahoma
Texas
Jotary Royall
America
United States
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N. C
Support Prices Announced for Late Summer Potatoes
The agriculture department announced yesterday minimum support prices for late summer potatoes. Prices range from 2.75 dollars per 100 pounds for U S No 1 in several states to 15 dollars in Minnesota and North Dakota. Lower grade potatoes receive 50 percent less. The government guarantees these prices and will buy potatoes or make farmer loans to support them.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
U. S
Minnesota
North Dakota
GOP factions shape Taft successor and 80th Congress defenses
The GOP moves after Taft as Dewey weighs a new campaign setup with a special director and veteran leaders likely to head the four year committee term. Harry Darby is suggested, while Brownell may direct the campaign. Dewey forecasts a tranquil approach to Stalin via normal channels. Warren backs shared policy with Dewey.
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Robert A. Taft
Dewey
New York
Harry Darby
Herbert E. Brownell
Truman
Joe Stalin
Warren
Mrs Ellen Walker Celebrates 101st Birthday For Second Time
Wakefield England Mrs Ellen Walker has just celebrated her 101st birthday for the second time after discovering last year she was a year younger than she believed. She keeps house for her 73 year old bachelor son George and calls him from the fields for lunch by blowing a miniature bugle. Once she could blow a full sized army bugle. She says these days she hasn’t enough puff.
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Wakefield
England
Ellen Walker
Break-in Hits Avalon Parking Lot. Handbag Stolen
Clarence Eikens of Caledonia reports a Friday night break-in in the Avalon parking area. A ventilator window was forced open to gain entry, and a ladies' handbag containing about $20, keys, a driver’s license, and personal effects was taken.
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Avalon
Clarence Eikens
R. 3
Caledonia
Minn
Chicago Markets Drift With Livestock And Grain Prices
The daily report shows Salabie hogs and sows firming slightly while cattle and stockers vary. high and choice steers reach near 38.90 with mids around 33.45, and calves and feeders show mixed gains and declines. Grain futures move as July and September wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans fluctuate, with cash grain in Chicago noting No 1 yellow corn around 2.34 and oats near 1.05 to 1.08, while poultry and eggs listings reflect regional price ranges and distribution.
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Chicago
Jilted Woman Seeks Purse. Pavlovich Fined for Petty Larceny
Mary Mitchell of Covington Kentucky traveled to Kenosha Wisconsin to confront Paul Pavlovich after discovering he was already married. She left a purse containing eleven dollars at his home and Pavlovich did not return it. Municipal Judge Edward J Ruetz fined Pavlovich twenty five dollars and costs for petty larceny.
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Kenosha
Wis
Edward J. Ruetz
Mary Mitchell
Covington
Ruetz
Paul Pavlovich
Pavlovich
Miss Mitchell
Indian Eyes 5 America Colonization Plan for Indians in South America
Sir C. P. Ramaswami Aiyer advocates South American colonization of Indian nationals after a lecture tour. He notes sparse housing and India-like climate in parts of the region and urges India to urge South American governments to consider settlement proposals. He also remarks that the United States dominates helium supply from Texas and Oklahoma natural gas.
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Madras
India
C. P. Ramaswami Aiyer
South America
S. Aiyar
North
Brazil
Argentine
Peru
Panama
Mexico
United States
Texas
Oklahoma
Meets Captor Thirty Years Later in Melbourne
In Melbourne, former Irish leader Eamon De Valera met William Carruthers, the British soldier who arrested him 30 years earlier. Carruthers, now a masseur, recalled the search that led to De Valera’s capture and said Dev was not the monster imagined. De Valera responded, seeking the true story of his capture.
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Melbourne
Australia
Eamon de Valera
William Carruthers
de Valera
Carruthers
Dev
New England Hosts United Nations Institute at Mount Holyoke
Mount Holyoke college in South Hadley Mass hosts an Institute on the United Nations from June 20 to July 17 with more than 60 specialists and officials. Notable speakers include Warren R. Austin Eliahu Epstein George V. Allen Francis Biddle and Carlos Romulo. Twenty five undergraduates serve as student assistants for scholarships.
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State Department
United Nations
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
Joseph Barnes
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Eliahu Epstein
Israel
George
Lake Success
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Lion cub at Moscow zoo prefers milk over meat
A sickly lion cub at Moscow Zoo recovered after being cared for by the beasts of prey manager. It initially drank from a baby bottle, then ate meat, but still shows a strong milk preference and reacts angrily if its bottle is removed.
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Moscow
Moscow Zoo
Beasts of Prey
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