Jaycees Honor Outstanding Public Service
La Crosse Jaycees present a good government award for outstanding public service by a local official at a Tuesday chamber meeting begun at 7 30 PM. The winner’s identity will be announced at the event, with plans for an annual future recognition. Also on the program are Jean Struxness describing the St Paul winter carnival and Norman Biebel reporting on the Kenosha Jaycee meeting. Lou Pagliaro will give a table tennis exhibition at Gan High School gymnasium.
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Kenosha
Lou Pagliaro
Gan High School
Eighteen Patients Visit La Crosse Cancer Detection Center
Eighteen examinations were given at the La Crosse county free cancer detection center in the Vocational school Monday night. One physician six registered nurses and two nurse aides provided the care. Several appointments were refused due to full reservations though some callers failed to cancel in time. Appointments must be scheduled in advance and cancellations should be called in to the provided number. The center is sponsored by the La Crosse County Medical Society and the La Crosse field army of the American Cancer Society.
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Missing Water Goes Up The Creek In Kenosha
Kenosha city water department traced a daily loss of one to one and a half million gallons to a six inch main that cracked beneath pavement. Water flowed into a culvert, then Pike creek and into the harbor. Lowe Publishing Co reported sprinkler sounds and aided the investigation.
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Lonely Hearts Scheme Ties Murders Of Widow And Child
Byron Center Michigan police unearthed the bodies of widow Delphone Downing and her 20 month old daughter Rainelle as prosecutor Roger McMahon said Martha Beck confessed aiding in two killings tied to a national lonely hearts racket. Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez admitted kidnapping and killing the Albany New York victim and the Downing child amid drugs and planned movement. Fernandez had cash and assets, with an FBI check requested on 14 names from a list found at the Downing home.
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Wisconsin bill bars Reds from public buildings
A measure introduced in the Wisconsin assembly would bar Communists and allied groups from using any public building or property. The secretary of state and attorney general would determine disqualified groups, with veterans' organizations allowed to seek court actions to block threatened usage. Other items covered appropriations and conservation bills in the same session.
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German woman lawyer sues Hamburg president for defamation
A young German woman lawyer sues the president of the Hamburg criminal court for defamation of character claiming he interrupted a trial to condemn her makeup and nail polish during Germany's current misery. Woodpeckers rarely destroy healthy trees but swarm against harmful insects.
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March Arrives With Freezing U S Weather
March comes in with continuing freezing temperatures across the nation. La Crosse area faces eight inches of ice and two inches of snow as U S forecasts call for increasing cloudiness and a gradual warmup later in the week.
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Louis Confirms Retirement Plan in Letter
Louis states retirement decision remains in force and promises a detailed letter outlining future boxing plans. His stance endangers Mike Jacobs Twentieth Century Sporting Club outdoor championship at Yankee Stadium and signals a rift with Jacobs, who has long promoted major New York fights.
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Overheated Motor May Have Caused Mine Fire
Madison Wisconsin dispatch reports an overheated electric motor may have sparked a fire in a Benton lead mine trapping a crew of miners. State inspector Albert W. Asadel will file a report after conferences with Kittee Mining Co. officials and an on site inspection. Workers said the motor felt hotter than usual.
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Wis
Benton
Albert W. Asadel
Industrial Commission
Kittee Mining Co
Asadel
Five Accused In Hungary Withdraw Confessions In Mindszenty Case
In Budapest, five of 14 defendants on trial for black market dealings linked to Cardinal Mindszenty pulled back their pre trial confessions alleging police intimidation. A sixth withdrew part of his statement while broker Ignmond Deutsch said he was only partly guilty and named partners he says were randomly chosen.
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Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
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Local Man Taken To Hospital After Illness At Home
Herman Weiss aged 73 of 121914 West avenue south was transported by police ambulance to a local hospital at 3 11 p m Monday after falling ill at home. He was reported in good condition Tuesday. The article also notes the fife as the most primitive wood wind instrument.
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West Avenue South
Debate Over German Shipbuilding Role Prompts Policy Clash
Washington reports say government agencies clash over Gen. Lucius D. Clay’s push to let western Germany build and operate ocean going ships. The dispute involves Britain, France, and the Cold War, with Truman likely to decide amid Potsdam constraints.
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France
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Gales Lash Europe Kill 23 and Halt Berlin Airlift
Strong winter gales across Europe and Britain killed at least 23 people and caused widespread damage. War damaged buildings fell in western Germany with twenty deaths including Cologne, Rome saw a fatal building collapse, and a Yorkshire roof killed a woman. Western Germany landing fields were closed, stopping the Berlin airlift.
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