Woman Killed As Car Hits Truck North Of New Lisbon
Mrs. George W. Novy of a farm near New Lisbon was killed instantly when her car collided with a truck at an intersection nine miles north of New Lisbon. Her husband, 46, was taken to Mauston hospital with a fractured pelvis and shock. the truck was driven by Roger W. Uphoff, 35, of Madison, who and his wife were uninjured. Accidents across Wisconsin claimed two lives and drownings four over the weekend, including a Rhinelander youth and girl in the Wisconsin river near Rhinelander, and two boys aged 8 and 10 drownings at Lake Koshkonong in Rock county.
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New Lisbon
Wis
George W. Novy
Mauston
Roger W. Uphoff
Madison
Wisconsin
Associated Press
Rhinelander
Wisconsin River
Oneida County
Lake Koshkenong
Rock County
Darrell
Tony Tripke
Howard Tripke
Charley’s Bluff
Charles
McCoy Firing In Progress At Camp McCoy
Firing by reserve officers training corps cadets and artillery of the 14th regimental combat team will occupy Camp McCoy ranges June 26 to 30. Air gunnery and rocket firing at Camp Williams continue on range 454 north and north artillery range. Residents near Sparta Tomah La Crosse area urged to expect possible extra ranges. highways 21 and 16 stay open while firing may occur in most areas except the cantonment.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Officers Training Corps
14Th
Camp Williams
North Artillery
Sparta-Tomah-La Crosse
Two Burglary Attempts Here
Rip Brothers City service station at 223 South Third Street was broken into Saturday night with drawers ransacked and a failed safe entry. Harold Stockle of Belmont cafe at 111 North Fourth Street reported an attempted entry Friday night with hinges damaged and a door nearly falling.
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Rip Brothers Cities
South Third Street
Harold Stockle
Belmont Cafe
North Fourth Street
Stockle
Wisconsin Tornado Slices Through State Leaving Damaged Roads
A tornado ripped across central Wisconsin injuring Unity area barns and power lines. A 39 year old worker in Unity died when a wind toppled a barn. Widespread damage included rolled cars, gouged highways, downed power lines and extensive tree crashes. Authorities tracked the storm path from north of Rhinelander to west of the city.
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Wisconsin
Kers
Here
Highway 17
Rhinelander
Uthorities
Farewell Event for City Minister and Wife
Members and friends of Trinity Lutheran church held a farewell party for Dr. and Mrs. Carl O Pederson at 2:30 Sunday. Clergy from La Crosse and nearby areas offered greetings. The couple plans to move to Seattle after nearly 11 years of ministry.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Carl. O. Pederson
la Crosse
George Alvilden
S. D. Sorgen
Gordon A. Selbo
J. L. Ranum
West Salem
E. T. Anderson
Holmen
J. C. Meyer
Ladies Aid
Pederson
Seattle
Wash
Guards Save Life Of Boy At Municipal Pool
Lifeguards at the municipal pool credited with saving 10 year old William Roellick from drowning after he stepped into water eight feet deep believing it four feet. Unconscious and floating, he was revived with artificial respiration before firefighters arrived and then taken home by squad car after a 10 01 a m call.
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la Crosse
William Roellick
South 11Th Street
William
Fire Department
13 000 State Workers Receive $2 Bonus Hike
Madison Wis approximately 13 000 state civil service employees will gain a $2 a month cost of living bonus starting July 1 after a 2 5 point rise in the index from Nov 15 1949 to May 15 1950. The move costs about $260 000 annually and follows a law linking bonuses to the index. Bonuses vary from $43 to $39 monthly depending on earnings.
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Madison
Wis
Civil Service
State Emergency Board
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Milwaukee
Smith Wins NC Senate Runoff Over Graham
Willis Smith defeats Graham in a bitter Democratic runoff in Raleigh by a margin of about 20,000 votes. unofficial returns show Smith with 277,672 to Graham's 757,156 across nearly all of North Carolina's 1,990 precincts, with total votes reaching 534,838. Smith positions himself as a southern democracy advocate amid debates on Communism and the Truman administration.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Willis Smith
Truman
Frank P. Graham
U. S. Senate
Smith
American Bar Association
Graham
Hospital Trips After Ambulance Calls
Police reports record three medical transfers. Fred Erickson of 1406 Rose Street was taken to a local hospital by ambulance at 10:51 a m Saturday after a reported stroke. Ed Madden of 415 Market Street fell ill and was hospitalized Sunday evening. Maynard Johnson from Camp McCoy was transported by ambulance from police headquarters after a fall at 4:14 a m Monday.
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Fred Erickson
Rose Street
Ed Madden
Market Street
Maynard Johnson
Camp McCoy
Campaign Probe To Investigate Worthy Complaints
Senator Gillette announces a probe by the Senate elections subcommittee into complaints about this year's senatorial races. Investigators will visit five states including Pennsylvania Illinois Florida and the Carolinas to review concerns though detailed preelection financial reports are not requested.
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Gillette
Washington
Senate
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Florida
North
South Carolina
Red's Invasion Spurs Draft Bill
Washington negotiators moved toward a draft bill giving the president power to order men into uniform when Congress is out of session. The Korea crisis fueled push for a single bill combining Senate and House versions with a two year extension of Selective Service, merging long standing differences on trigger control and inductions.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Senate House
South Korea
Capitol
House
Invasion plans war while it talks peace
A compilation of editorials and opinions from major U.S. papers condemns Soviet actions in Korea and warns that Soviet diplomacy masks aggression. West coast and eastern papers urge firm resistance to Stalinism and warn of a broader war if appeasement continues.
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Washington Post
Washington Evening Star
Kremlin
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Philadelphia Inquirer
Chicago Daily News
South Korea
New York Post
Stalin
Boston Globe
Korea
Nashville Tennesseean
Far East
Europe
Russia
America
Two La Crosse Men Plead Guilty in Break In Case of Beer Theft
George Taylor and Henry Miller pleaded guilty in county court to breaking and entering at night and stealing a case of beer from G Heileman Brewing Co. Police said the men, chased away by employees, were arrested after a case with no federal stamp was found. Bond set at $2,500.
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la Crosse
G. Heileman Brewing Co
George Taylor
Mtd. R
Henry Miller
Copeland Avenue
Longtime Viola Resident John H. Smith Dies at 87
John H. Smith, 87, longtime Viola resident and elder of a five generation family, died recently. Funeral services were held Sunday at Viola Methodist Church with Dr. George H. McAhron and local pastor officiating. Burial followed in Viola Cemetery. He served as Viola police officer for 20 years and county board representative for six. He was a Mason and Odd Fellow. Survived by six daughters, two sons, 19 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. wife Nora Bell Clark predeceased him.
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Viola
Wis
John H. Smith
Viola Methodist Church
George H. McAhron
Fennimore
Smith
Indiana
Nora Bell Clark
Kansas
Wisconsin
Forest
Dott
Masonic
Odd Fellow
Harry
Cora) Clift
Gilman
Vernon Peckham
Richland Center
Boy saves 3-year-old from Fowler Lake near Oconomowoc
In Wisconsin Billy Eggers, 10, is credited with rescuing a three-year-old boy from drowning at Fowler Lake. The child slipped from shore while playing with two sisters. Eggers jumped from a boat, kept the boy's head above water until Mrs. Eggers helped lift him aboard.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Billy Eggers
Fowler Lake
Tommy Grabow
Young Eggers
Tommy
County Court Tightens Fines For Traffic Violations In La Crosse
Daily records from La Crosse County Court list Joseph A. Tulius fined 15 dollars plus costs or 10 days in jail for operating a vehicle with an overloaded load. Others include Rudy Sprenger fined one dollar or five days for failing to stop at an arterial sign and George Patros fined one dollar, plus a 2 dollar fee, or five days for a non registered vehicle. Bonds forfeited by Arne Hanson and Roy Marshall for speeding. Agatha Meier fined five dollars or five days for driving without a license. Donald Hermanson fined 15 dollars or five days for driving a non registered truck. Bonds forfeited for drunken driving and a pair of looser charges with trials set for June 30. Fire calls noted in the city with several motor shorts and a near drowning at the municipal pool.
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la Crosse
Joseph A. Tulius
Dodge
Rudy Sprenger
Onalaska
George Patros
Donald D. Hendrickson
Holmen
Arne Hanson
Minneapolis
Minn
Roy
Arthur J. Grossback
R. J
James Grabar
South 24Th Street
Alvin Dutcher
Green Island
Kaminsky and Huxsahl to wed in La Crosse July first
Theodore H Kaminsky of Onalaska and Rita J Huxsahl of 603 Monitor Street plan marriage in La Crosse on July 1. In Sparta Justice Court James Tuthill was jailed 15 days for negligent driving after a collision with a Greyhound bus on U S Highway 12 north of Tomah. he chose the sentence. Bus passengers Tomah Malloye and Janesville were treated for minor injuries in Tomah.
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Theodore H. Kaminsky
Onalaska
Rita J. Huxsahl
Monitor Street
la Crosse
Justice Court
Sparta
Wis
James Tuthill
Kirby
U. S. Highway 12
Tomah
Greyhound
Malloye
Janesville
Winona Livestock Prices and Market Report
The Winona report from Swift 2 Company lists hogs, cattle, calves, and lambs with prices by weight and grade. Cattle and hogs show weakness or gains across lots, while calves and lambs hold steady. regional data from South St. Paul and Chicago grain figures accompany the market snapshot.
Chicago Livestock and Produce Market Report
The Chicago market shows salable hogs near 10,000 with mixed demand weights. hogs 180-230 pounds mostly 20.00-20.50, heavier weights weaker. Cattle at 11,000, calves 500, with steers 28.25-31.50 prime, cows 18-23, vealers 22-28, and mids to heavy grades down slightly. Produce prices: live poultry stable. butter and eggs steady with wholesale quotes provided.
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New York
Eaton Mfg
Reo Motors Ark
Republic Steel
General Electric Scott Paper el
Bond & &K
Sears Roebuck
Shell Oil
General Motors Simmons Co
Abbott Lab
General Time
Sinclair Oil
Allied Chemi Goodrich
Socony-Vacuum Allied Stores
Goodyear
Southern Pacific
Nor
Spiegel
Allis-Chalmers Mig
Gt. Nor. Ry
Standard Brands
Greyhound
Standard Oil
Cal
Car & Fdry
Homestake Mining
Ind
Locomotive Am. Gas & Elec
Houd.Hershey
N. J
Am. Power & Lt
Hudson Motor
Starrett (L. 8
Ilinois Central
Sterling Drug Am
Inland Steel Studebaker
Inspiration Copper
Swift & Co
Harvester
Texas Co
Int
Harvester Pf
Timken-Drt
Axle
Int. Nickel
Trans-Amrica
Waterworks
Baldwin Locomotive
Libby, McN. & L
Western Union Tel
Bendix Aviation
Marshall Field
Westinghouse Air Br
Bethlehem Steel
Montgomery Ward
Westinghouse
Elec
Borden Co
Nash-Kelvinator
Woolworth
Borg-Warner
National Biscuit
Worth. P. & M
Briggs Mig
National Container
Budd Co
National Dairy Pr
Zenite Products
Case
J.1.) Co
National Steel
Caterpillar Tractor
N. Y. Central
Chesapeake & Ohio No. Am. Aviation
Chicago & NW
No. American Co
Badger Meter
Cage, R. I. & Pac
Northern Pacific
Chicago Mold P
Continental Can Container Corp
Penn. Penney
J.C
R.R
Nekoosa
Continental Steel
Pepsi Cola
Oilgear
Phelps Dodge
Paragon
Crane Co
Curtiss-Wright
Philip Morris
Prentiss Walters
Phillips Petroleum
Ray-O-Vac
du Douglas Aircraft
Pure Oil
Safway Steel
Radio Corp
la Crosse Tele
Swift 2 Company
South ST. Paul
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U. 8 S
U. S
Chicago Potato Market Tightens Amid Mixed U S Shipments
Potatoes show modest demand with supplies steady as AR rivals at 41 on track 252 and weekly U S ship totals 930 Friday 748 Saturday 253 Sunday. Prices firm for regional varieties with Arizona Triumphs 4 25 to 4 35 Pontiacs 4 30 California Triumphs 4 30 long whites 3 15 to 3 30 Ok Triumphs 4 00 Texas Triumphs 4 15.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Arizona
California
Texas
Chicago Cash Grain Prices and Grain Types
Chicago cash grain listing shows wheat remaining none. Corn values reported as No 1 yellow around 1.50 percent to 1.52 percent and sample grades near 1.45 percent. Oats include No 1 heavy white 95 percent and No 1 white. malting and feed notes appear with varied prices. Station data cites Illinois and Indian tracks.
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Chicago
Distress Signals Seen Near Breezy Point Island
County highway police and sheriff officials investigate Sunday night flares spotted on Red Oak island just west of Breezy point on French island. The flares were reported by Robert Daniels.
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Red Oak Island
Breezy Point
French Island
Robert Daniels
Convention Leave Sparks Debate Over Post Office Cuts
At the convention, Horak defended Donaldson's order cutting post office services, citing 74 percent of expenditures go to salaries and saying the cuts are necessary. J H Marks was to address the group, with instruction sessions to follow. Joseph J Lawler delivered the main address in place of Pearson who could not attend.
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Horak
Donaldson
National Association of Letter Carriers
J. H. Marks
Chicago
Stoddard
Marks
Cecil Christiansen
la Crosse
M. G. Eberlein
Madison
Osborne A. Pearson
Bureau of Finance
Margaret McGonigle
Joseph J. Lawler
Pearson
Lawler
Post Office Service
Personel
Two La Crosse Riders Injured In North West Salem Mishap
Two La Crosse residents suffered injuries when their motorcycle tipped over after a dog ran into the road north of West Salem. Leonard R. Nichols endured facial and knee scrapes with a bruised nose while Dorothy Abbott sustained a cut knee and scrapes. The dog was shot by the dog owner’s husband. A Bangor farm boy, Gordon Horstman, was taken to a La Crosse hospital after cutting an upper arm when he stuck it through a window.
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la Crosse
West Salem
Leonard R. Nichols
South Seventh Street
Dorothy Abbott
Loomis Street
Nichols
Dorothy Severson
Bangor
Gordon
Robert Horstman
Horstman
Highway 16
Sweden Produces Tires and Tennis Balls From Dandelion Rubber
Sweden advances green materials by producing tires and tennis balls using rubber derived from cultivated dandelions. This initiative showcases a shift to renewable plant based sources and reduces reliance on latex from traditional rubber trees.
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Sweden
Melrose Youths Admit Involvement In Three Car Thefts
Two Melrose boys aged 15 and 16 confessed to a spree that started Friday night in Hixton and included three stolen cars and burglaries in Melrose. Police say the loot was found in a La Crosse abandoned vehicle and the sheriff will take custody for transfer.
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Melrose
Hixton
la Grange
la Crosse
Huntersbridge
Galesville
Caledonia Street
R. C. Cheney Co
Reardon
Copeland Avenue
Monitor Street
Black River Falls
Entry of Innocence Plea in Harmony Cafe Burglary
Edward Korzeja pleaded innocent to a charge of attempted burglary in county court. A preliminary hearing was set for 2 p m June 30. Police said he attempted to enter the Harmony cafe at 128 North Third Street Saturday night and was found hiding in the doorway after witnesses saw a broken outer door window. Bond was set at $2.
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Edward Korzeja
Camp McCoy
Korzeja
Harmony Cafe
North Third Street
Mother and child killed as stock car crashes at Atco
BERLIN New Jersey A 33 year old mother and one of her children were killed when a speeding stock car tore through a guard rail at Atco speedway on Sunday. Another child was seriously injured. The car driven by Don Mac Farland of Horsham Pennsylvania hurled through the track fence injuring spectators. Mac Farland was unhurt.
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Berlin
N. J
Atco Speedway
Don MacFarland
Horsham
Otto Hussa Dies at 71 Former Bangor postmaster remembered
Otto Hussa of Bangor, retired postmaster after 15 years, died suddenly at his home aged 71. Born January 21, 1879 in Bangor, he rose from bottling clerk to brewery bookkeeper before leading the canning operation. He married Margaret M. Roberts in 1905. they would have marked their 45th anniversary this fall. Survived by wife, two sons Morris and Owen, two daughters Lillian and Mary, three grandchildren, and brother Alphonse. two children Emil and Gretchen predeceased him. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Hussa home conducted by Rev. F. C. Boller. burial in Fairview cemetery. Fossum Funeral Chapel handling arrangements.
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Otto Hussa
Bangor
Sparta
Hussa Brewing Co
Margaret M. Roberts
West Salem
Morris
Washington
D. C
Owen
Cincinnati
Lillian
Mary M. Druliner
Alphonse, Dresbach
Minn
Emil
Gretchen
Hussa
F. C. Boller
Fairview Cemetery
Fossum Funeral Chapel
Voice Of Democracy Salute On WKBH Cavalcade
A dramatized salute to the annual Voice of Democracy contest will air on WKBH NBC Cavalcade of America Tuesday June 27 at 8 pm. Peggy Ann Gardner stars in Gloria Chemish’s story as a 17 year old immigrant. La Crosse Jaycees announce Wisconsin and national finalists have featured local students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wkbh-Nbc
Cavalcade of America
Ramah Schneider
la Crosse
Junior Chamber of Commerce Americanism Committee
Peggy Ann Gardner
Gloria Chemish
United States
Jaycees
Wisconsin
Voice of Democracy
John Seinfelder
Janice Mader
Aquinas
Southern Front Crumbles Near Seoul As City Burns
Uijongbu defense collapses as northern forces push toward Seoul with heavy tanks. The American embassy burns secret papers in a bonfire as air raid sirens sound. President Syngman Rhee meets with his cabinet at midnight amid reports of a crisis on the Ongjin peninsula.
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Uijongbu
Syngman Rhee
Ongjin Peninsula
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Howard Thompson
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Boy Scout
Fred Davenport
John Gates
Ronald Schnick
Joseph Longfellow
Donald Osburn
Billy Ulry
Donald Hawkins
Donald Falke
James Zoerb
Wayne Reigg
Tribune
Red
North 23Rd Street
Lyle Wagner
R. 1
Farnam Street
Alois J. Rudolph
Third
Cass Streets
James F. King
Winona Livestock
Hatin
Page
Seoul
Chicago Fair
George S. May Company
Central Division Engineering
Martin
Detroit
Northwest
Orient Airlines
Goli Travel Service
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