Tribal Throne Awarded To White Girl
Seretse Khama faces backlash as regent Tshekedi Khama and tribe oppose his marriage to Ruth Williams. Williams, 24, in London wedding last autumn, sparks crisis in Bamangwato. Four day palaver ends with confidence vote for Seretse as chief, regent vows exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serowe
Bechuanaland
Seretse
Tshekedi Khama
London
Ruth Williams
Tshekedi
Miss Williams
Bamangwato
Serets
Labor leaders back new anti Communist world union
George Meany AFL and James Carey CIO pledged support to a new anti Communist international labor group in Geneva. They represent about 15 million U S union members as delegates from 42 million anti Communist workers met to form the organization opposing the WFTU in Milan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
AFL
CIO
World Labor Organization
Milan
World Federation of Trade Unions
WFTU
George Meany
James Carey
U. S
Town Meeting Goes Abroad For Showings
American leaders from labor industry agriculture and civic groups depart to bring Town Meeting of the Air to 12 foreign capitals. In London Paris Berlin Vienna Rome Ankara Tel Aviv Alexandria Karachi New Delhi Manila Tokyo and Honolulu two Americans will meet two local representatives in each city. Ivor Kenway ABC vice president said the 73 day tour aims to aid world peace and stabilization. Robert Hansen of Milwaukee is among the travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Broadcasting Co
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Rome
Ankara
Tel. Aviv
Alexandria
Karachi
New Delhi
Manila
Tokyo
Honolulu
Ivor Kenway
ABC
Robert¢. Hansen
Milwaukee
Youth Charged With Murder In Man’s Death
In Jackson Mississippi Ronald M Pitts an 18 year old high school student was charged with murder over the fatal shooting of Perry W Henderson a 48 year old vacuum cleaner company executive in Hendersons home Det Sgt A P Shipp filed the warrant before City Judge J R Nobles Henderson was the father of a girl involved in a romance dispute defender says he was sent away to break up the relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
A. P. Shipp
J. R. Nobles
Ronald M. Pitts
Perry W. Henderson
Henderson
Weather Outlook for Wisconsin and Iowa Regions
Partly cloudy with occasional thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Cooler conditions expected in the northwest portions and east and south areas. Potentially patchy showers in some zones with a cooler trend spreading across western sections Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Towa
River Readings and Forecasted Pool Levels
River readings indicate upper pools near Hastings to Guttenberg will fall slightly over the next 26 hours with minor drops from Paul to Genoa and at Dame 8. If heavy rains occur tonight gate operation may release surplus water, triggering two tidewater gages to fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Guttenberg
Weather features heat across the northeast and cool air in the Rockies
Fair conditions continue east of the Mississippi with hot readings in the northeast yesterday. New York City 95, Boston 93, Washington 88, while Colorado reached 100. A broad shower band extends from Nebraska into Manitoba with low pressure in the northern plains. Wyoming and Montana see cooler air, West Yellowstone reports 25. The outlook calls for cooler weather and local showers Tuesday night into Tuesday.
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Mistressppi River
New York City
Boston
Washington, D. C
Lake
Upper Mississippi
Nebraska
Mantoba
North Dakota
Canadian
Plains
Wyoming
Montana
West Yellowstone
Colorado
Edee
Stock Market Quotes and Chicago Livestock Prices
Commodities including CHM AGGRATIN TAREE WHEAT, CORN, OATS, RYE, and LARD show varied July, September, and December open, high, low, and close figures. Chicago LIVESTOCK reports USDA hogs sales and price ranges for calves, steers, heifers, cows, bulls, and vealers, noting overall declines and supply conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lardae
Greene elected Milwaukee county Democratic chairman
Charles P. Greene former state Democratic chairman won the Milwaukee county party chairmanship Saturday to succeed Robert E Tehan who has been named a federal judge Tehan moves from county leadership to the federal bench.
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Milwaukee
Charrles P. Greene
Milwaukee County
Democratic
Robert E. Tehan
South St Paul Livestock Market Report
Cattle receipts 5,500 with weights mostly 25 to 26 price range. Steers and heifers mostly steady to 1.00 lower with good to choice calves 23 to 27. Bulls and stock cattle weaker. cows not enough data for quotations. Hog numbers 5,000 with barrows and gilts down about 50, hogs steady to 25 lower. sows 39 to 17 per head. feeder pigs 21 to 22.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
South ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
Winona
Cherie Bassewe and Gite
Wisconsin Legislature Hopes for Quick Adjournment
Madison legislators head home after a long week as party leaders weigh tax bills and must laws. The outcome hinges on tax increases for school aids and welfare buildings with debates over income taxes and corporate levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Finance Committee
Senate
Livestock and grain market notes from Chicago
USDA live poultry prices steady to firm with small changes across roasters fryers and fowl. Butter and eggs mostly steady with slight raises on top grades. Chicago cash grain shows No 1 yellow hard wheat at 1.92, corn bids range 1.26 to 1.39 with several mixed grades priced. soybeans listed as none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
U. S
Barney
Hospitalized Groom Marries On Operating Table
A 25 year old Girardville man, Arthur Engle, was married at Ashland State Hospital on Sunday as he lay on the operating table after sustaining knife wounds to the chest, leg and arms in a fight Saturday. The bride, Mary Harkaway, 23, from Mahanoy Plane, Pa., stood by despite his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Girardville, Pa
Ashland State Hospital
Arthur Enge
Mary Harkaway
Mahanoy Plane
Engle
Klan Ordered To Take Off Masks In Alabama
In Birmingham the head of Alabama Ku Klux Klan ordered members to stop wearing hoods except at initiation ceremonies. Dr E P Pruitt, chairman of the board, said visors will be worn only during initiations. A mask ban passed the state senate and awaits House action next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
E. P. Pruitt
Federated Ku Klux Klan, Inc
State Senate
House
Notable Deaths Across States From 67 to 88 Years Old
A string of obituaries from Peoria Illinois to Lexington Kentucky notes the deaths of Orman Callender 67 a real estate broker and former Hiram Walker director Roscoe James Doss 65 vice president in charge of traffic at Atlantic Coast railroad Huntington R Tack Hardwick 58 Harvard All American end and Charlies leglesden 88 editor of the Kenish Express Earl A Miller 65 Presbyterian pastor Richard C Stoll 73 former circuit judge and UK trustee born in their locales The notices list birthplaces and notable roles across several cities and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Peoria. Ill
Orman Callender
Honnel
Hiram Walker and
Peterboro On
Wilmington
N.C
Roscoe James Doss
Atlantic Coast Railroad
Canton
Lexington
Richard C. Stoll
University of Kentucky
Deaths Saturday AP Milwaukee Richie Mitchell former lightweight contender
Names and brief bios of three notable deaths: Richie Mitchell 54 Milwaukee former lightweight boxer who claimed he was one second from the light weight crown in a fight with Benny Leonard. Elias Antonie Smith 75 New York patent holder in metal refining linked to copper industry. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur 84 Palo Alto chancellor of Stanford University former secretary of the interior physician and humanitarian born in Boonsboro, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Richie Mitchell
Benny Leonard
Richard Harvey Mitchell
New York
Elias Antonie Smith
Palo Alto
Calif
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford University
Secretary of the Interior
Boonesboro
Drake's 1579 voyage marks claim in Martin County California
Sir Francis Drake landed in 1579 and affixed a metal plate to a post claiming the region for Queen Elizabeth I. The historic act tied the area to England and marked a notable episode in early exploration along the California coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Francis Drake
Martin County
California
Elisabeth of England
Children Kept Busy At City Playgrounds This Week
Hundreds of La Crosse youngsters filled playgrounds with crafts, puppets, and games. At Hood Street, kids made masks and pot holders while midget teams clashed 3 to 2 with Hogan. Roosevelt and Copeland squads won and lost in softball, with upcoming inter-team play and a puppet show planned.
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la Crosse
Hood Street
Josephine Miller
Hogan Playground
Richard Lonkowski
Robert Lonkowski
Lincoln Playground
Lee Nordrum
Jack Litsheim
Marvin Slater
Henry Meyer
Jim Evans
Phil Smith
Walt Holsinger
Ray Johnson
Ronnie Lowell
Don Casberg
Dave Nutter
Bob Petrosik
Patty Larrabee
Copeland Playground
Roosevelt
Joe McQuillan
Bernie Wakeen
Gary Larken
Don Bruckman
Ronnie Dickson
Fred Hogue
Don Rudie
Billy Abraham
Ed Larken
Garmen Ammerman
Ronnie Panke
Roosevelt Playground
Copeland
Boehlke
Knight
Alcorn
Seeman
Lachmann
Graff
Nelson
T. Graff
Taylor
Wateski
McGuire
Faas
Lubinsky
Hansen
van Riper
Wittenberg
South Avenue
Northside
Douglas Stoll
Donald Erickson
Norm Erickson
Emerson Eters
Leah Kuperschmid
Doug Smith
Karen Ashland
Steve Miller
John Sayer
Timmy Walling
Longfellow Playground
Saterbak
Allen
Jerry
Lynn
Little Mothers Club
West Avenue Peveroune
Cubs
Washington Cubs
Hogan
Hogan Cadets
Miss Miller
Miss Woods
Washington Playground
Washington
Gerald Hein
Gerry Thompson
Tom Gilbertson
Turtle-Paced Drivers Face State Speedup
Slow drivers may be instructed by law officers to speed up under new 1949 statute Sec 85.40 6. Officers can order motorists to move at a reasonable speed or yield the roadway to overtaking traffic. Section 85.12 bars refusal to comply with lawful police directions.
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Motor Vehicle Department
Arctic voyage sets sail for uranium search from Bowdoin
Comdr. Donald B. MacMillan led the Bowdoin schooner from Boothbay Harbor Maine on a 28th Arctic expedition to seek uranium. The voyage began Saturday with the veteran explorer pursuing distant northern deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Donald B. MacMillan
Bowdoin
Arctic
Explorer
City Seeks Bids for Traffic Signal Upgrades at Nine Intersections
The City of La Crosse invites sealed proposals by July 6 1949 for furnishing and replacing traffic signals at nine intersections. Bids must include contract and bond or certified check equal to five percent. Work begins sixty days after award and ends by December 31 1949.
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City of la Crosse
Board of Public Works
City of
la Crosse
Wisconsin
F. L. Kramer
Fred E. Steele
la Crosse County
Miss Amalie Hussa
Vivar Smith
Amalie Hussa
Bangor
Said
Court House
R. V. Eee
Florian D. Hussa
West Salem
Wis
Jap American Soldiers Stage Benefit In Osaka Street
In Osaka a Japanese American soldiers benefit unfolds on a street corner. Tomoyuki Sahara, a one legged veteran, taps a rhythm with his artificial limb while two U S soldiers join in guitar and singing. A crowd gathers and money pours into the box before the pair vanish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osaka
Japan
Tomoyuki Sahara
U. S
Sahara
South Side Storm Sewer Bid Details for La Crosse Project
The City of La Crosse invites sealed bids by July 6 1949 for concrete pipe work and manholes for Storm Sewer on Wall Street Black River to Charles Street and South Side routes. Specifications require ASTM C-14 41 pipe up to 12 inches and ASTM C-75 reinforced pipe over 12 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
South Side
City of la Crosse
Board OF Public Works
John H. Barth
F. L. Kramer
Fred E. Steele
Commissioners
Wall St
John H. Berth
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Qalerrville
Ed la Crosse
Salem
Houston
Tuesda
Tereday
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Cal
Abbott Lab Sanderd Ov Ind
Alice Chem. & Dre
Homesta&ke Mining Standard
N. J
Allis-Chalmers Mig Am Can
Am. Car & Pers
Inland Steel
Studebaker Corp. Co
Am Ve
Inepire
Johns-Manville
United Airlines
Armco Bee Armour
L. T
Atch & &O
Marshall Pie
Woolworth
F. W
Westinghouse
Elec
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War & M. Pr
Avco
Nash-Kelvinetor
Balcwin
V. Biscu
Berdin Aviation
Sie
Carr Pethlehem Steel
Nations Destry
Borden Co National Steel
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NY Central RR
O's
Aviation Tbs
Bond & Sh
Northern Perci
Badger Meter
Phillips Chicago
Crane Co
Cellucottesa Hamilton
Curtiss-Wright
Bs Radio Corp
du Pont de Nemo
Se Ms
Republic Steel
McQuay Eaton Mig Auto-Lite
Scott Paper Minn
Ge. Me
Shell Union Oil
Simmons Co. It
General Foods
Ougear
General Motors
Sinclair
Prentiss-Walters Qoodrich
Soconty-Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Salway Steel
Norren Ore Spiegel
Greene Takes Over
By Arthur Bystrom
Madison
Chippewa Falls
Assembly
Education Commission
Grammnebohm
Winona Livestock
Swift & Company
Klan
Cuttyhunk
Mass
Huntington R. ‘Tack
Hardwick
Harvard
Quincy
Ashford. Ens
Sir Charlies Leglesden
Kenish ‘Express
America
The
Donald Hamm
Donald Bendal
Helen (Adams) Keller
Tuscumbia
Radcliffe College
City Hall
Mississippi St
21St St
Losey
Lacrosse
O. E. S. Masonic Temple
Tues
Mina Huber
Funeral Home
Market Street
Kiznahs Flower Shop
Bulova Watch
Donerey’s
Avalon
Dr. Hauser
Black River Falls
Spencer
Elizabeth Griffith
la Crosse Street
Barrons
Sears Roebuck & CO
Tribune
Daggett and Ramsdell Debutante
National Cosmetic Company
Ford Hopkins
Lynn's
Rose
Guam
Carpenters Cement Finishers
Concrete Workers
Maxon
Wisconsin State Employment Service
5Th Ave
Guarantee Roofing and Siding Co
Vine
Salary
W. L. Peterson
the Grand Union CO
W. 7Th St
St. Paul 2. Minn
Army
Navy
Theodore G. Lamp
Wisconsin Department of the Army and Navy Union
Leslie Lippert
Wisconsin Rapids
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