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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1949
Page
12
Seven petitions with 222 names were filed at Whitehall city clerk’s office by noon Saturday requesting a vote on the sale of intoxicating liquor within the city at the April 5 election. The measure asks whether to permit sale and marks a spring referendum. The city had prior dry years with periods of prohibition history shaping the vote.
Madison Wisconsin William Honeg state highway maintenance chief is authorized again to set seasonal weight restrictions on state highways. The road system is classified by weights routes can safely carry and regulations will be invoked based on spring weather conditions.
A head on collision on highway 41 near Oshkosh killed Mrs. Frank Spiegelberg about 60. Six others were injured including Harry Rahn 48 of Keewaskum with facial cuts and possible internal injuries. Frank Spiegelberg and Clifford Werner with injuries were taken to Mercy hospital along with others.
Governor Rennebohm reduces sentences for three inmates from Rock Washington and Milwaukee counties. Dr Richard A Dehmel Germantown 62 moves from four to five years to one to five years and becomes parole eligible. George OBrien 42 gains commutation for earlier 5 10 year term due to good parole record. Paul R McGonagle 43 to serve shorter term per municipal judge recommendation.
The 77th annual convention of the Wisconsin Dairy Men's Association and the Wisconsin Junior Dairymen's Association will be held in Mauston on March 14. Speakers include representatives from the state departments of agriculture and health and the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
Walter Andrews 58 longtime Republican congressman from New York's 42nd district and former House military affairs chair died. Richard Duffy 75 author playwright and former magazine editor also died. Homer J. Meliett 72 Indiana research director and former state editor of the Sane News passed away.
Washington Senator J Mrmlie Broughton 66 U S senator from North Caroline since 1948 died Sunday He was born in Leigh B C Edwin H Colpitts 77 inventor and retired VP Bell Telephone laboratories died in Orange N J
Local officials deny circulating stories that a seeing eye dog program would cost 10 000 red tabs or involve children being used in packages. Police say no basis exists and urge obtaining facts from actual dog agencies which donate or charge only a nominal training fee.
Muskegon sheriff reports two of four prisoners who tunneled through a three foot wall of the county jail were recaptured within 12 hours. Orville Ha 20 from Howard City and Joe Sheldon 34 from Chicago were found at Forrest Homes Muskegon housing project. The escape involved tearing a door handle to batter a hole in the brick wall. A car possibly used by the remaining two fugitives was found near Benton Harbor per state police radio.
UAW AFL asks U S Supreme Court to rehear its ruling banning frequent work stoppages at Briggs and Stratton Wisconsin plant. David Previant says the NLRB may join the petition but the union will proceed regardless of board participation. The court's five to four decision upheld Wisconsin boards authority to bar the tactic viewed as a strike weapon.
Mrs Nettie E Corlett aged 91 died in a local hospital Sunday after being born in Monroe Wisconsin on July 28 1857 She formerly resided at 1419 Caledonia street Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Sletten McKee Co north side chapel with Rev George R Bell officiating and burial in Oak Grove cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday evening
Mrs Magdalena Jankowski aged 65 of 1909 King Street died at her home Sunday evening. She leaves her husband Theodore four daughters Mrs James Rice of Wisconsin Mrs Charles Noll of Pittsburgh Pa Mrs Thomas Barrett of Fairbault Minn and Mrs Ralph Padesky of La Crosse eight grandchildren and one sister Mrs John Bauer of Winona Minn. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Nora Eddington Flynn announces plans to divorce Errol Flynn after a series of separations and reconciliations. She says an oral agreement exists and that attorneys will draft the settlement within days, Flynn unavailable for comment.
The Chamber of Commerce health and education committee will meet at 4 p m in the chamber conference room. Members include chairman John B. Coleman, Mu riel Fuller, Robert Schilling, M. G Batho, Rexford Mitchell, Stanley L. Sims, the Rt Mev Msgr Peter Pape and Josephine Hintgen.
Milwaukee mayor Zeidler accepts appointment to the committee on public information of President Truman's highway safety conference.
The report covers Chicago livestock figures with hogs auction results up to 22.00 top and varying weights, calves and cattle sales, and beef prices. Poultry and eggs data from Swift & Co. in Wisconsin lists prices for heavy hens, leghorn stock, and graded eggs with March 7 1949 effective dates.
The public utilities committee of the common council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday to discuss safety lighting on Third, Cass and Seventh streets with Northern States Power officials. A map of the Shelby sanitary district will also be reviewed by town officials.
A Senate recess was arranged for a day in honor of the late Senator J Melville Broughton of North Carolina who died of a heart attack. Funeral services for the former governor will be attended by state and national leaders in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Chicago grain tables show mixed futures with May July and Sept corn and wheat trading near small gains and losses. Rye oats and soybeans list open highs and closes with varied implied values and notable price ranges. Chicago cash grain notes include wheat corn and soybeans prices across quality grades. Livestock: South St Paul reports steady to higher cattle prices with strong demand and robust hog bids around 20.75 to 22.25 for 170 lb barrows and gilts.
Cloudy with snow flurries in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Temperatures fall Tuesday with a cold wave and strong northerly winds. Shippers advised to protect north and east routes within 150 miles of La Crosse as rivers show slight rises at Dam No. 2 and little change at Dam No. 3. Precipitation limited weekend. cold air mass now over the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes with occasional light flurries along the Canadian boundary.
Two deaths are noted with services and survivors. Dell Brintnall 79 of Elroy died at his daughter's home. services scheduled from Congregational Church Elroy with burial in Elroy cemetery. Surviving daughters, sons, grandchildren and great grandchildren listed. Schumacher 80 died Feb 19. funeral Feb 23 at St Augustine Catholic Church officiated by Rev Knopp. survivor family detailed with prior marriages and farm life near Ontario.
Funeral services for William August Stein 78 will be held March 8 in Hart Funeral Home with burial at Mount Vernon. Stein a Hillsboro pioneer blacksmith, a long time volunteer firefighter and longtime city official, survived by his wife Matilda and daughter Harriet Tiugum. An obituary for Orval Jay Adams 32 notes his death February 22 from an accident. survivors include his wife four children his parents four brothers and two sisters.
Pyane Iver O. Solberg 86 of Lakes Coulee Blair died Sunday afternoon after a four year illness. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 p m at the home and 2 p m at First Lutheran Blair with Rev K M Arberg officiating. Burial Resthaven Blair. Born June 20 1862 in Norway he came to the United States at 22. Survived by wife Mathea five daughters two sons one brother in Norway and five grandchildren.
Mrs Eddie T Anderson 46 of Viroqua dies after brief illness. Private funeral at home Wednesday 1 pm then Viroqua Methodist Church 1:30 pm burial in Viroqua cemetery. Surviving husband Lawrence Sidie brother Lawrence Sidie Grinnell Jr grandmother Mrs Frank Davis. Lewis K Paulson 76 of Rushford dies after three weeks illness. Born November 30 1872 in Winona he farmed near Rushford then moved to town. Survived by wife Severina two sons three daughters brothers and sisters eleven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending.
A jeep left in the Antarctic for a year shows no rust and food remains preserved. The extreme cold slows deterioration of metal and organic matter, demonstrating remarkable preservation in polar conditions.
Notices detail a 1949 La Crosse County proceeding for Forest N. Clerk administrator with the annexed seeking court approval to sell Lots 2 3 and N 29 feet of Lot 4 in Johnston's Addition La Crosse to pay debts and costs. Court date set for April 1949 at the La Crosse County Courthouse.
Notice is given in La Crosse County Wisconsin that Ole J. Peterson applies for an administrator of the estate of Carl Frederick Helier late of Shelby town. Heirs will be determined. Claims must be filed by June 11 1949 or be barred. A hearing is set June 14 1949 at 10 00 AM at La Crosse Court House. Dated March 4 1948 Judge R V Ahlstrom Attorneys Lees and Bunge.
A collage of classified ads offering antique services, auto radiators and repairs, cabinet making, dressmaking, sewing machine sales, electrical repairs, extermination, and general contracting across towns like Old Salem, La Crosse, Onalaska, Holmen, Sparta, and nearby streets with phone contact details. The items showcase repairs, custom woodwork, and home maintenance services.
Large aluminum products producer seeks a salesman for Cook Ware Division. Requires established hardware, jobber, or department store clientele. In first letter provide age experience lines sold salary requested car ownership territory. Confidential.
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