Hopes Fade For Five Airmen Lost In Lake Michigan
Milwaukee airman Major Milton Bender is the only body recovered after a crash near Lake Michigan. Six crew were aboard the aircraft Saturday night and the search was scaled back Tuesday with one coast guard cutter patrolling and civil air patrol units continuing to dusk. authorities weigh whether to extend the hunt beyond Tuesday as silence follows the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Air Force
Milton Bender
Racine Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Coast
Education Notes From School Board Proceedings
The board authorized a student trip for 40 to 45 high school seniors to United Nations headquarters and Washington DC. Officials will attend Milwaukee and Oshkosh meetings, with bids to be secured for multiple refurbishments including electrical service at Logan and physics room remodels at Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Proctor
Alice Moehring
Elizabeth Hanson
M. G. Batho
United Nations
Washington, D. C
Milwaukee
School Boards and Administrators Association
Madison
Oshkosh
Logan
Roosevelt School
Central
Washington
Hamilton Manufacturing Co
Logan High School
John B. Coleman
Actor Jack Carson’s Father E L Carson Dies
E L Carson 68 father of actor Jack Carson died in Milwaukee after several weeks of illness. He was agency manager for a life assurance company in Milwaukee for 27 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jack Carson
E. L. Carson
Milwaukee
Life Assurance
Obituaries From Burns to St Petersburg
Frank Wood 76 farmer of Burns La Crosse county dies after illness in local hospital. Survived by daughter Dorothy Howard Alaska two grandchildren and sister Mrs F A Compton Williston ND. Burial Burns cemetery Wednesday 2 PM Presbyterian church service led by Rev F C Boller. Emma Bentley 80 of St Petersburg dies March 1 from accidental oil stove fire, formerly Emma Emerson of La Crosse. Ida Wiles 82 of La Crosse area dies Monday, survived by husband two daughters two sons nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services Thursday 2 PM at Sletten McKee north side chapel with burial Oak Grove cemetery. Call Wednesday 7 to 9 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wood
Burns
la Crosse County
Fish Creek
la Crosse Ee
Dorothy Howard
Alaska
F. A. Compton
Williston
N. D
Grace Philips
Galesville
Wis
Oe Presbyterian Church
F. C. Boller
Burns Cemetery
Emma Bentley
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bentley
Emma Emerson
la Crosse
Frank Bentley
Baraboo
Republican Party
Ida Wiles
1609
Avon Street
Canada
David H. Wiles
Edmund
Ada) Rice
Lawrence
Ruby) le Fevre
Sterling, Ill
Clesson H. Wiles
Proctor, Minn
Delbert Wiles
Seattle
Wash
Aaron Roberts
Sletten-McKee Co
George H. Bell
Oak Grove Cemetery
Weather Update Warns Of Bridges Buckling And Flood Rise
Weather notes from Page 1 warn of dangerous thaw conditions near city limits with buckling Jus ten bridge on Highway 14 and 61, rock slides, and rapid river rises. Frost loosening causes sand slides while Samal reports floods on West Salem tributaries and the Mississippi rising despite warmer areas. Old Brownsville road submerged and Hokah sawmill sits in an unplatted lake as crews clear roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justen
Mindoro Cut
Samal
West Salem
Brownsville
Hokah
Root
Zumbro
Kickapoo
Mississippi River
One Way Streets Divide City Traffic Plan Debated
Officials and merchants clashed over proposed one way streets to relieve congestion. Cribben defended the plan while others warned of rat races and lost business. George Barton to present data on accident rates on future council meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Greene
Cribben
Barton
Common Council
George W. Barton
Associated Consultants
South Avenue
Jackson Street
A. L. Olson
George Eastling
A. Boerner
Court House Square
Leo Schneider
Lyle Gilbert
Leonard Bennett
Harryenburg
Edward Lueth
Oscar Harebo
Kenneth Niedbalski
Grant Thrune
Peter Schwarz
Youth declares desire to die after Brooklyn knife killings
A 19 year old Negro youth, released four days earlier from a hospital for the criminal insane, told a magistrate I just want to die. William Jones faced arraignment on a homicide charge for fatally slashing four men and wounding three others in Brooklyn on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Jones
Brooklyn
Livestock Market Prices and Trading Notes
Chicago hogs and cattle markets show steady to slow activity with varied weights and price ranges. Beef and veal values edge higher in spots while lambs and mutton move steadily. produce and potatoes see steady prices amid shipments and regional offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UBDA
Bemc
Atras
Cattle Calves Market and Chicago Grain Prices Report
La Crosse Livestock core and Company lists cattle quotes and calf market steadiness with top at 27.50. Chicago cash wheat and grain data show No 2 red 3.21, corn around 1.35–1.30, oats near 0.76–0.78, with several futures open and close ranges across March through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Core & Company
South Avenue
Paley and
Wis
Winona
Chicago
Timothy
Low
Bose
Maj
Sagen
Women Wrestle In Benonith Africa Duel Ends in Fine
In Benonith Africa two married women wrestled after a quarrel. Mrs D M Sonnekus won by kneeing her opponent in the back and pulling hair while kicking the neck. She paid a 40 shilling fine for the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benonith Africa
D. M. Sonnekus
Ous
UAW Studies Lewis Loan Amid Chrysler Strike
The United Auto Workers weigh accepting a $1000 loan from John L. Lewis offered to aid the 42 day old strike against Chrysler Corp. The loan proposal arrives as UAW leaders await the full letter and report on negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
UAW
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Walter Reuther
Washington
Flyers Group Holds Regular Meeting In La Crosse
Members of the La Crosse Flyers association met for their regular monthly dinner session with President Robert Cline presiding. Discussion covered boosting membership attendance and club activities, plus plans for a joint meeting with the Winona group and breakfast flights. Attendees included Robert Cline George Eastling Arthur Millard Fred Manske Frank Muth Harry Heiser Jr Alfred Staplecamp Alvin Hodgen Kenneth Reed David Wolf Helen Hoeth Robert Bell Bruce Bjerstedt Harry Kiedrowski Lorraine Rebhan Joseph Ewers Richard Kabat Lloyd Heintz William Mulvenna and others from La Crosse Onalaska Dakota Minn Caledonia Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Flyers Association
Robert Cline
Winona Association
Messrs
Mes
George Eastling
Arthur Millard
Fred Manske
Frank Muth
Harry Heiser, Jr
Alfred Staplecamp
Alvin Hogden
Kenneth Reed
David Wolf
Ray Schultz
Helen Hoeth
Robert Bell
Bruce Bjerstedt
Harry Kiedrowski
Lorraine Rebhan
la Crosse
Joseph Ewers
Onalaska
Richard Kabat
Dakota
Minn
Lloyd Heintz
William Mulvenna
Caledonia
Republican Women Urged to Mobilize for 1948 Effort
Rouse and Harold Plummer urged La Crosse County Republican women to answer questions, make home calls, and locate absentee voters as part of a broad 1948 campaign. They argued Democrats control the treasury and attract Wall Street influence, contrasting past Republican gains and urging organized block by block outreach. Peter Pappas warned the need to unite to preserve individual liberties and avoid a government that factions against each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rouse
Democratic Party
Brannan
U. S. Treasury
Wall Street
Harold Plummer
Madison
Plummer
la Crosse County
Truman
Te Inet
Lrosse County
Perfects
Peter Pappas
Princess Margaret Confined With Influenza At Buckingham Palace
Princess Margaret, 19, has influenza and remains confined to her room at Buckingham Palace. The illness prevents her from taking part in Tuesday ceremonies surrounding the state visit of French President Auriol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Margaret
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Royal Palace
Auriol
Pathologist Says Air Could Not Have Killed Mrs Borroto
In Manchester New Hampshire Harvard expert Dr Richard Ford testified that 40 cubic centimeters of air could not have killed Abbie Borroto. He contrasted prosecutors claims of air embolism with a defense stance that only about 28 CCS were injected and that death was not due to the air introduced by Dr Hermann Sander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
Harvard
Mercy
Abbie Borroto
Hermann N. Sander
Richard Ford
Harvard Medical School
Department of Legal Medicine
Borreto
Sander
Ford
Alice
Gertrude Morency
Wisconsin river plunge proves Boyd's sturdy character
The article sketches a lifelong nonconformist named Boyd, now white haired and bespectacled, who at 60 swam the Wisconsin river with his son on his back from the Boscobel bridge. It notes his marriages, six living children, and a birthday cake gift from Erickson bakery. He reflects that life is preparation to meet God and is ready to go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd
Walter
Boscobel Bridge
Wisconsin River
Donald Boyd
Steuben
Robert
New Rockford
N. C
Freeport
Ill
Allen
Los Angeles
Calif
Edward
Madison
Earl
Goldie) Dvorak
Caledonia
Minn
Richard
Ames
James
John
William
Erickson Bakery
la Crosse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lake
Florence
Barrons
Mrs
Daddy
Abbott
al. Chem
Greyhound
Tek
Tratsamerica
Libby, McN
L. Woolworth
Bald
Leco
Marshall Pie
Mont Ward
Beth. Steel
Nash-Keir
A Nat
Biscuit
Lance Curbston
Borg-Warner
Steel
Oetan
No. Am
Avia
North Amer
Gisholt Machine
Northern Pac
G. Heileman
Childs Ohio
Home Insurance
Chi BL & Pee
Comweaith
Edison
Am Am
Congoleum Nairn
Param
Northwest Bane
Phil Morris
James Mfg
Curtiss-Wright A. I'S
Mar
DuPar
Repub. Sd
el Auto-Lite Beatt
Ollgear Ithy
General Electric Poods
Sears Shell
General
General Motors
Simmons
Prentiss-Walters
Sinclair
Goodrich Socony- Vac
Away Steel
Winona Livestock
Ted
Barron
Flyers
Tion
Prescription Pharmacy
Fifth Avenue
Air
Henry Supple
Sara Phelps
Kentucky
Martha Markins
Ohio
Godere
Sunbeam Toaster
Cnarest
Jewelers
Main St
le Crosse, Wis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!