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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1945
Page
6
An observer notes OPA actions during hearings on food policy and price controls. Testimony alleges the agency overstepped, issuing orders and press releases before central approval, with regional offices in discord with Washington on pricing and industry advisory roles.
The USO hosts the third weekly center dance from 8 to 11 30 featuring Larry Ziemann. Chaperones are Mr and Mrs H T Cahape Ray Nibbe and A E Lokken. The piece also notes Orient windows admit 40 percent of UV light, all of which glass blocks.
FBI testimony reveals a German espionage plot to learn how the South Dakota shot down 32 Japanese bombers and how it was foiled. Agent Thomas Spencer described a coded letter via Spanish seamen, with a family message, aiding Germany. Bail set at 25,000 for each defendant as the case advances.
Reported remarks quote Senator from Indiana about Japanese peace offers and Secretary Grew denying such claims. Denial marks the second time in two months that Grew has rejected the idea of relinquishing conquered territories including Manchuria.
Alfred Helgeson 60 died suddenly Wednesday at his Holmen home. Survived by wife Arland sonCorp Helgeson in EnglandJostad of West Salem and Mrs Rector B peeing me two brothers Oscar Helgeson Holmen Theodore Helgeson Palatine. Funeral Monday at 1 30 p m at the home and 2 p m at Violmen Lutheran Church La Crosse officiating. Burial in Half Way Creek Cemetery. Friends may call at the Holmen home Sunday evening.
One month old Candace Elaine, daughter of Pfc. and Mrs. Richard A. R, died in Phoenix Arizona on June 26. She is survived by her parents a brother Richard Jr and grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank A Betsinger of La Crosse and Martin Olson of Holmen Wisconsin.
Peter F. La Sarge aged 60 of 1122 South Seventh Street died Friday morning in a local hospital. Mrs. St. Paul and Mrs. Etta Swarts of Los Angeles are noted as survivors. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Funeral services for Mrs Peter Pierce who died at her West La Crosse home Thursday will be held Monday at 1 15 p m at the home and at 2 p m at Trinity Lutheran Church with Dr Carl O Pederson officiating Burial will follow in Pierce Cemetery A the may call is planned Sunday afternoon and evening
In Fairbanks Alaska at Ladd Field a fire destroyed the barracks forcing WAC personnel to flee with only what they could carry. The unit issued clothing from men’s stocks as replacements for their uniforms.
Seenel Ghechen of 510 West Avenue North paid a 50 dollar fine or 30 days in county jail after a reckless driving charge and had his license revoked for a year. Real estate transfers list numerous property deeds in La Crosse Onalaska Bangor and nearby areas including Erwin Witske to Leo Schneider and Gilmar Erickson to Rudolph Seidel among others. A guilty plea for willful damage to a coach resulted in a fine of 825 plus costs.
Soran, tas at this village and is leaving. The new owners Mr George Petry Bend will double the town population. Rahn, who had many marriage offers upon resigning as postmaster, plans to go to Portland to see a big city.
Corporal Thurman E. Laws, 25, formerly of North Carolina, was convicted of murder and sentenced by firing squad for stabbing his wife and Tech. Sgt. Waldeman A. Vernet Jr. at a Kingman buffet. The execution time and place await higher authority approval. Laws claimed he believed an affair existed between the victims and that he saw them embrace before the killings.
The Associated Press ration guide covers stamps for meats fats and other items with valid dates and quantities. It lists fresh fruits and vegetables ceiling prices in La Crosse and Sparta Wisconsin and Winona Minnesota for June 28 to July 5 including bananas cherries lettuce onions tomatoes and more with specific per pound and per quart prices and reminders to turn in waste fats.
Coroner in Bridgeport ruled Imogene Stevens criminally responsible for the death of Albert Kovacs, a 19 year old submarine sailor, shot in a neighbor’s home in New Canaan after a night of liquor and an illicit affair with Charles Milton. The inquest cited intoxication but affirmed manslaughter charges.
The report notes fair and cooler conditions for Wisconsin and Minnesota with Saturday mild in Wisconsin and cool elsewhere. It details Mississippi River level changes from St Paul to Guttenberg over 36 hours due to rainfall, and local showers from Lansing to Dubuque with cooling trends into Saturday in La Crosse area.
Winona Minnesota buying hours 9 am to 4 pm with after hours care. Hog and cattle prices listed across weights and grades, including hogs at 14.30 top, cattle steers 14.50-16.00, cows 11.00-13.00, calves 12.00-15.00, lambs 14.00-15.00. Chicago livestock and grain figures mirror market activity with ceilings and varied lots.
A children’s day service will be held Sunday at 10 30 a m at the Ettrick Lutheran church for parochial school pupils taught by Miss Elaine Williams. Children will sing and a catechism review will be given. Rev K M Urberg will deliver the sermon and dinner will be served at noon by women of the congregation.
A $75 coon dog owned by Earl Saxton of Roseville was stung to death by a swarm on Thursday while tied to its kennel in Zanesville.
Special portrait notes Private First Class Carl H. Ikert husband of Mrs. Marcella Ikert of La Crosse Wisconsin serving in Germany with the 14th Armored Division 68th Armored Infantry Battalion since entering the army in 1942 He arrived overseas in 1944 and has fought in the Vosges campaign the liberation of Alsace the Siegfried Line breach and the drive into Germany He wears the European Theater ribbon with two battle stars and the Combat Infantryman Badge.
R W Graves of Chicago is appointed trainmaster of the Milwaukee Road Iowa and southern Minnesota division effective July 1, announced by division superintendent R C Doddy at Austin Minnesota. Graves has been with the road since 1916 and previously served as trainmaster at Algerdeen South Carolina Madison Wisconsin and the Chicago terminal division following the death of W J Lieb on June 13.
MEYER NORMAN 24 Sparta Wis listed missing March 2 now listed killed in action in the Pacific area He served with the 94th Division after training at Camp Livinia Camp Philips Camp Me Cain and Camp Me Miss overseas June 1944 Survived by mother three sisters and three brothers A requiem high mass set for July 4 at St Patrick s Church with Rev Joseph Paul cousin as celebrant
Caledonia Minnesota Special: Adolph Gran died Tuesday evening after a long illness following a paralytic stroke three years ago. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 1 30 p m at the Potter funeral home and 2 p m at the Norwegian Lutheran church with Rev Lawrence L Lee officiating and burial in Evergreen cemetery.
Bangor Wisconsin funeral services are set for Mrs. Reuben Jones who died Wednesday afternoon. The rites will begin at 1 30 p m Sunday from the home and 2 p m at the Baptist church in Bangor with Rev P H Norton officiating. Burial will be in Burns Cemetery.
Demonstration by J. O. Beadle agricultural teacher at Galesville high school will show rope halter making at the Cloverleaf 4-H club meeting on July 24.
Mrs Frank Noel of 417 North Sixth street Carla Howland of 409 North 15th street and Shirley Bakkum of 1418 Badger street send birthday wishes to Arthur Bobst in De Soto Wisconsin.
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