Vehicle Collisions Reported In Two Separate Incidents
County traffic officials logged a 1:50 a m crash on route 33 near county trunks when a car driven by Joseph Roraff struck Leonard Breidel from the left side, causing Breidel’s vehicle to roll. In a second incident at 7 p m on 27th street and Glendale Place Shelby township a child, Thomas McCoy sr, was hit by Leonard Schneck after darting from behind a parked car. the boy suffered bruises and a broken arm and was hospitalized.
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Bud Arenz
Hagar Street
Leonard Breidel
R. J. la Crosse
Pest
Breidel
Joseph Roraff
Redfield Street
Roraff
27Th Street
Glendale Place
Shelby Township
Thomas McCoy
South 27Th Street
Leonard Schneck
Rockland
Schneck
Leopold Group Falls Short of Majority in Belgium Vote
In Belgium, after about 70 percent of 5 million ballots counted, the Social Christian party led with 1,523.32 votes or 44.4 percent of 3,431,630 ballots, but failed to reach an absolute majority for a Leopold referendum. The Communists suffered heavy losses, Liberals gained, and Premier Spaak called it a small defeat before the cabinet resigned as customary after an election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Leopold
Social Christian Party
Liberal Party
Paul-Henri Spaak
Stock Market Posts Best Three Week Gain Yet
New York reports a rising market with over 1 billion dollars added to total listed shares in the week, the largest weekly gain since March. Prices average rose for the first time in three weeks, but trading volume was notably light with 3.4 million shares changing hands, the smallest since last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Plumbers End Strike After 25 Cent Wage Hike
Eau Claire workers of the plumbers and steamfitters union ended a week long strike by accepting an hour raise. The 25 cent increase brings journeymen wages to 2.30 dollars per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wis
Ar » Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
GOP Women Urge Active Voter Campaign Across States
Madison report on National Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs leaders rallying 40 state organizers to mobilize 45 million nonvoters. Speakers urge political engagement and critique Truman era policies while promoting fiscal conservatism and citizen responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Joseph R. Farrington
Washington
National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs
National Federation
Farrington
Alexander Wiley
V. Rennebohm
Kert W. Macauley
Truman
Aging Lady Charmer Held For Grand Jury
Sigmund Engel a 73 year old con artist known for bilking women was ordered held for the grand jury on a confidence game charge with bond set at 50000. Police trapped him at a Michigan avenue luggage shop as he planned to recruit a new victim Mrs Reseda Corrigan 39 mother of three and he allegedly promised marriage to her while talking of a 250000 hidden fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reseda Corrigan
Chicago
Sigmund Z. Engel
Engel
Sigmund Engel
Grand Jury
Bond
Michigan Avenue
Reseda J. Corrigan
Navy Plans Missile Testing At 7000 MPH
The navy will test tiny missile models at speeds of 7000 mph or more, about ten times the speed of sound. Each model, four-fifths of an inch wide including fins, will be fired from a 20 mm cannon in a 313-foot closed tube at the White Oak Maryland ordnance lab. Varying tube pressure will allow accurate calculation of full scale weapon performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
White Oak
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Body Identified as Harry Koehn In Wisconsin River
A body found in the Wisconsin River near Merrill on Friday was identified Sunday as Harry Koehn of Sheboygan. The adopted son of contractor Gerhard Koehn, the victim had worked on a new high school building in Merrill and had been a UW student. officials found no evidence of violence.
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Merrill
Wis
Wisconsin River
Harry Koehn
Sheboygan
Gerhardt Koehn
Koehn
University of Wisconsin
City Bus Collides With Car In Saturday Crash
A city bus driven by August Woldis collided with an eastbound car driven by Cris M. Nelson at Cunningham and Loomis streets causing about 200 dollars in damage. Separate incidents report damage to Vernon Curtis’s parked car on Badger Street and a pedestrian collision on South Avenue plus a rear-struck car owned by W Ralph Lance.
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Cunningham and
Loomis
August Woldis
Winnebago Street
Cris M. Nelson
Onalaska Avenue
13Th
Badger Streets
Vernon Curtis
Onalaska
Badger Street
Harry E. Castor, Jr
Main Street
Rejected bachelor kills woman and her suitor at Hawk Point
In Hawk Point Missouri a 50 year old rejected bachelor George Hammonds killed Florence Zumwalt 32 and Henry F Grober 20 with a shotgun then died by poison. Wounded was William D Mordt 31. Sheriff says the killings stemmed from a one sided love affair.
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Hawk Point
George Hammonds
Florence Zumwalt
Henry F. Grober
High Hill
William D. Mordt
Porter
Hammonds
Grasshoppers Use Poison Bait and Chemicals Across County
County agents supervise poison bait distribution and spraying with chlordane or toxaphene to control grasshoppers. Do not use these chemicals in pastures within two to three weeks or spray hay and small grain before harvest. Bait or chemicals may be used in cut hay fields, and application should occur before hoppers reach corn and grain fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
Wholesalers to Meet at Chamber Committee Session
The chambers of commerce wholesaler committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the chamber office. The committee is led by Eugene Newburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Newburg
Florida Governor Weds In Sunny California
Florida Governor Fuller Warren married Barbara Jeanne Manning in a candle lit ceremony at Westwood Community Church in Los Angeles. About 200 guests attended as the 43 year old governor and his 23 year old Californian bride exchanged vows. The Rev. A J Soldan officiated omitting the word obey. The couple left for a southern California destination before planning a late Monday flight to Ft Walton Florida.
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Los Angeles
Fuller Warren
Florida
California
Barbara Jeanne Manning
Atestwood Community Church
A. J Soldan
Ft. Walton
Fla
Pensacola
Tallahassee
Former Spanish Premier Lerroux Dies at 85 in Madrid
Alejo Lerroux, 85, five time premier of Republican Spain, died early yesterday in Madrid. The exiled politician returned from Lisbon in 1947 with Franco's permission and was buried in Madrid. Lerroux, a lifelong Republican and opponent of socialism, started as a newsman and built wealth in shipping before turning to law. He is survived by his wife and adopted son. his wife died in 1943.
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Madrid
Spain
Alejandro Lerroux
Lerroux
Lisbon
Portugal
Franco
Alfonso XIII
Radical
Republican Party
Artist's Wife Shoots Herself After Spat Over Dishes
In South Harpswell Maine Mrs Stephen Etnier, wife of noted painter Stephen Etnier, shot herself with a .22 pistol while at her dressing table after a quarrel over using their automatic dishwasher. Deputy Norman Emerson said she was near death Saturday after entertaining poet Robert P. Tristram Coffin at dinner earlier in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Harpswell
Norman Emerson
Stephen Etnier
Body Of Youngster Recovered From River In Michigan
The body of two year old Nichael E Nowack was recovered from the Grand River hours after he wandered away from his parents home on the riverbank. State police located the tot about fourteen hours after he left the yard as hundreds searched nearby swampland. Gerald Nowack, the father, said the boy wriggled from a playsuit harness attached to a clothesline in the yard. The family missed him about noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nichael E. Nowack
Grand River
Gerald Nowack
Nichael
Bandsmen Injured In Plane Crash Near Portland
A National Guard bandsmen transport plane crashed after departing a Portland municipal runway into Fore River. All 24 aboard were injured, one critically. The party included 20 members of the 195th ground forces band en route to Old Orchard Beach for an American Legion parade, plus a regular army photographer and three crew members. Most passengers were from Bangor and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
National Guard
Fore River
195Th Ground Forces
Old Orchard Beach
American Legion
Bangor
Dixie Suffering From Lynching Crosses and Flaring Racism
The article chronicles a wave of racial violence across Alabama Tennessee and Georgia from February to June with lynchings floggings cross burnings and bombings. Victims faced beatings threats and property damage as laws and authorities struggle to respond amid Klan denials and federal probes.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Blue Hills
Chattanoogs
Tenn
Jefferson County
Birmingham
U. S. Atty
Tom Clark
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Congressional
Alabama Senate
House
KKK
South
Irwinton
Canadian Voters Decide On Country Leadership
Canada heads to the polls after a seven week campaign. Voters will decide if Prime Minister Louis St Laurent leads the Liberal party or George Drew heads the Progressive Conservatives. About 8 million Canadians 21 or older are eligible to vote for 262 House of Commons seats. The party with the most seats will form the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal Party
St. Laurent
George Drew
Progressive Conservatives
Yukon
Newfoundland
Dominion
House of Commons
State Convention to Honor Moose President in Superior
Willis E. Donley of Menomonie, current supreme junior governor, will be honored as the new international governor at the Loyal Order of Moose 34th state convention in Superior. John Murry of River Falls, state association president, will preside as sessions run Friday through Sunday with Donley to be elevated at the San Francisco international convention in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Willis E. Donley
Menomonie
Moose Lodge
San Francisco
John Murry
River Falls
State Association
La Crosse Summer Opera Tickets On Sale Now
The La Crosse Summer Opera Association offers Martha performances on July 26 and 27 in the Vocational School auditorium. Tickets are sold by Sweet Adelines and local stores with mail order option and reservations opening July 14 at Hebberd's drug store. Proceeds help sustain the non profit group.
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la Crosse Summer Opera Association
Martha
Sweet Adelines
Terry’s and Leibold’s
Hebberd’s
E. M. Saterbak
Minneapolis
Marshfield
Owatonna
Green Bay Street
la Crosse
Robbers Kill Two Armed Guards at Bank Holdup
Five police squads hunted three robbers who opened fire at the South Chicago Savings Bank during a Saturday holdup. Brinks Express guards Bruno Koziol and Joseph Den were killed, Den dying hours later. The robbers fled with 920 dollars in a green sedan with Indiana plates. a 5000 dollar reward was posted.
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Chicago
Armored Express
South
Bruno Koziol
Joseph den
Brinks Express
Indiana
Koziol
Den
Mexican Flash Flood Kills 52 Citizens
A half hour flash flood swept into Pachuca Mexico Friday night killing 52 people including six children. Rescuers found bodies in streets and autos swept into ditches as six to eight foot torrents surged through the mining town. Victims were stunned and drowned after being hurled against walls and pavements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pachuca
Mexico
Floods Displace Thousands in Southern Chile
Torrential rains swelled two rivers in southern Chile causing widespread flooding. Osorno and Llanquihue were submerged and rail service halted as about 2500 people were forced from their homes.
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Santiago
Chile
Osorno
Llanquihue
Deaths Tri State Mrs John Ellenz Caledonia
Mrs John Ellenz 56 died Sunday in a Caledonia hospital after months of illness. Born April 24 1893 near Brownsville she married John Ellenz January 28 1913 at Caledonia. Survived by husband two sons a daughter two sisters three brothers and three grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 9 30 am in church after a service at Blaschke's Funeral home followed by rosary at the farm home northwest of Caledonia.
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Caledonia, Minn
John Ellenz
Caledonia
Brownsville
John Davy
Holy Family Altar Society
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Everald
Milton
Melvin Wilson
Houston
Mayme Tessin
Frank Jennings
Joe Forer
Hokah
Tom
John
Ane James
la Crosse
Blaschke
Preston Man John Leister 89 Dies in Preston Home
John Leister aged 89 died Sunday in a Preston rest home where he had been a patient for a year. Born March 3 1869 in Brandon Wisconsin he married Minnie Schmidt of Wykoff December 8 1897. Survived by two sons Guy and Earl of Preston one brother Wil Jasper Minnesota and two grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 1 45 pm Heitner funeral chapel and 2 pm Evangelical United Brethren church Rev George Bahr officiating burial Crown Hill cemetery.
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Preston
Minn
John Leister
Brandon
Wis
Minnie Schmidt of
Wykoff
Leister
Guy
Earl
Wil
Jasper
Heitner
Evangelical United Brethren Church
George Bahr
Crown Hill Cemetery
Obituary: Knute O Holtegaard of Rushford
Knute O Holtegaard 35 died Saturday in a La Crosse hospital after five weeks there. Born June 12 1864 in Norway he came to America in 1869 settling on Highland prairie near Rushford. Survived by wife Marie died 1933 three daughters Cora Benson Mamie Gutterson Clara Anderson and four sons Oscar Peter Alfred Carl George 45 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Services Wednesday 1 30 p m at his daughter Guterson home and 2 p m at Rushford Lutheran Church Rev N L Otterstad officiating burial in church cemetery.
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Rushford
Minn
Knute O. Holtegaard
la Crosse
Norway
Ole Holtegaard
America
Highland Prairie
Marie Olstad
Rutter Rites Held For Ferryville Farm Resident
Charles H. Rutter 68 died suddenly Saturday at a Viroqua hospital after returning to a Ferryville farm from Montana in 1934. Born January 26, 1881, he was the eldest son of French and Sarah Ann Rutter. Survived by wife and two sons Thomas and Robert. Services set for Wednesday with arrangements at his home and Retreat Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Anton Stury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferryville
Wis
Charles H. Rutter
Montana
French
Sarah Ann Rutter
Thomas
Robert
Retreat Methodist Church
Anton Stury
Plan Parking Meeting to Discuss La Crosse Parking
A joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce civic affairs committee citizens parking committee merchants committee and the mayor special committee will be held at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce conference room. Action to be taken in solving the La Crosse parking problem will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee
Citizens’ Parking Committee
Chamber of Commerce Merchants’ Committee
Mayor's Special Committee
Chamber of Commerce
la Crosse
Supreme Court Sets Aside Watts Death Sentence
The Supreme Court unanimously voided the murder conviction of Robert A. Watts, an Indianapolis Negro sentenced to death for killing Mary Lois Burney. Justices ruled he lacked prompt hearing and adequate counsel during extended questioning, and asserted improper grand jury exclusion and coerced confessions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert A. Watts
Indianapolis
Mary Lois Burney
Justice Frankfurter
Watts
Marion County
Ind
Shelby County
Indiana Supreme Court
Frank E. Coughlin
Indiana
High Court
Frankfurter
Bangor House Painter John Friel Dies at 89
Bangor Wis special report says John Friel age 89, renowned local house painter, died Sunday after a short illness. Born in Merricks ville Ontario, he moved to Bangor at 18, farmed in Dutch creek valley, then built a painting and papering career. Survived by two sons Neil E La Crosse and Grover West Salem, two daughters Nellie Bascomb Watertown and Cora Buckmier Bangor, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday at Presbyterian church with Rev F C Boller and Rev F Parsons officiating. burial Fairview cemetery Bangor. Friends may call Fossum funeral home Bangor Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Wis
John Friel
Friel
Merricksville
Ont
Canada
Dutch Creek Valley
Néil E
la Crosse
Grover
West Salem
Nellie Bascomb
Watertown
Cora Buckmier
Presbyterian Church
F. C. Boller
F. F. Parsons
Missing Trempealeau County patient found near Arcadia
A patient who escaped from Trempealeau County Hospital near Whitehall around noon Friday was located on railroad tracks near Club 93 in Arcadia late Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County Hospital
Arcadia
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G. E
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Charmer
Corrigan
Kruger
Animal Headquarters
Hoeschlers’ Pharmacy
Fifth Ave
Montvic Rag Apple Sovereign
Dairy Farmers
A. c
Guernsey
Tri-State Breeders Coop
Westby
Wisconsin
Tri-State
Lash
Fiery Cross
BEM Price
Ala
Dora
Coaltown
William Rogers
Senate Special Investigating Committee
Johannes Fossum
Summer Opera Association
St Surge
West Salem, Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Williams
Williams Oil-O-Matic
Oil-O-Matic
Jackson Street
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