Third Crash Victim Dies in Wisconsin Car Tragedy
Thomas Smith 39 of Black River Falls dies from injuries after a Friday collision on US 12 north of Tomah increasing fatalities to three. Earlier victims were Thomas Mould 65 of Baraboo and Hans Riemer 35 of Madison. Smith's death follows the crashes involving Frank Sawacki and accompanying passengers Maurice Harmon and Riemer. A St Paul trucker Ray Lobentein assisted at the scene as Mould hit a semi trailer, killing him instantly. Coroner to view body Monday at Ness Funeral Home. no testimony.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Thomas Smith
Tomah
Smith
Thomas Mould
Baraboo
Hans Riemer
Madison
Lila Tooley
M. J. Lanham
Ness
Theft Reported In Winona From Car On Island Street
Edward Malasker of Winona Minnesota reported a leather zipper bag stolen from his parked car on Island Street near the Olympian hotel. The bag held clothing the car title and the cafe key.
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Edward Malasker
Winona
Minn
Island Street
Olympian Hotel
Malasker
Obituary of Eugene Arentz 53 at Bangor
Eugene Arentz died in a local hospital Sunday at age 53. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Phoebe Arentz of Bangor and sister Mrs. Luella MacPhetridge of La Crosse. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Hellwig Morris Funeral Home with the Rev. Boller of Bangor officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery, Bangor. Friends may call Tuesday afternoon and evening.
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Eugene Arentz
Weston Street
Phoebe Arentz
Luella MacPhetridge
la Crosse
Hellwig-Morris
Boller
Bangor
Ting
Fairview
Death notices for Mrs Shirley Smith of Holmen Wisconsin
Mrs Shirley Smith 72 Holmen died in a local hospital Sunday. She is survived by one daughter Mrs Marvin Poss Rock Falls Wis four grandchildren four sisters Mrs Julius P Anna Johnson Mrs John Freda Gaarder Mrs Bernard Ella Johnson Holmen and Mrs Ernest Clara Potter Fayette Ia three brothers Carl Martin Holseth Holmen Herman Holseth West Salem Funeral service Thursday 1 30 p m at home Holmen and 2 p m at Holmen Lutheran Church Rev Kenneth Torvik officiating Burial Onałaska cemetery Friends may call Jostad funeral home West Salem Wednesday evening
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Shirley Smith
Holman
Suny
Marvin Poss
Rock Falls
Wis
Julius P
Anna) Johnson
John
Freda) Gaarder
Bernard
Ella) Johnson
Holmen
Ernest
Clara) Potter
Fayette
Carl
Martin Holseth
Herman Holseth
West Salem
Funeral services for Mrs Mary G Gundolf held at St Josephs Cathedral
Funeral services for Mrs Mary G Gundolf pioneer La Crosse resident who died in St Louis Saturday will be held at St Josephs Cathedral at 9 30 a m Wednesday Burial in Catholic cemetery Friends may call at Dwyer funeral home Tuesday evening Rosary at 7 30 p m She was the widow of Sebastian J Gundolf lived in St Louis 25 years mother of 11 children 27 grandchildren seven great grandchildren sister of the late Mrs Joseph Buchner and Mrs Fred Hasselbush
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Mary Goller Gundolf
la Crosse
St. Louis
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Dwyer Funeral
Gundolf
Sebastian J. Gundolf
Joseph Buchner
Fred Hasselbush
Funeral services set for Mrs. E. B. McMinn of Onalaska
Funeral services for Mrs. Hilma Jorstad McMinn 46 of Onalaska who died Sunday at a La Crosse hospital will be held 1:30 p m Tuesday Fossum Funeral Home Onalaska. Dr Carl Q O Pederson will officiate. Onalaska chapter 249 OBS will conduct rites at Onalaska cemetery. Mrs McMinn born November 9 1902 in Gills Coulee La Crosse County was active in First Lutheran Church serving in ladies aid Rebecca Guild and church board. She was junior past matron of Onalaska chapter 249 OES.
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E. B. McMinn
Onalaska
la Crosse
Fossum Funeral Home
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Carl Q O. Pederson
OBS
Hilma Jorstad
Gills Coulee
la Crosse County
Hans
Minnie Jorstad
Campbell Township
Ridgeland
Wis
Roberta Receives Her Dream House in Chicago
In Chicago a 14 year old burn survivor Roberta Lee was presented with a new home. The ceremony featured a blue ribbon, a 40 piece band and speeches by dignitaries. Michael Sexton of the Carpenters presented her a gold key.
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Chicago
Roberta Lee
Michael Sexton
The
Carpenters
Local Woman Honored as Present Chaplin Among Fraternal Groups
The deceased was present chaplin and belonged to Golden Rule shrine No. 21 La Crosse Struck-Klanrud post American Legion auxiliary and Circle No. 3. Survived by husband daughter Lois mother Minnie Jorstad four brothers Henry Ridgeland Pete Hokah Ingemar Campbell Bernard Viroqua. Friends may call Fos sum home Monday evening.
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Chaplin
Golden Rule Shrine No. 21
la Crosse
Struck-Klanrud Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Circle No. 3
Lois
Minnie Jorstad
Henry
Ridgeland
Wis
Pete
Hokah
Minn
Ingemar
Campbell
Bernard
Fossum Home
Mrs Mathea Anderson 82 Holmen Wis dies after illness
Mrs Mathea Anderson aged 82 from Holmen Wisconsin died in a La Crosse hospital after a lingering illness. Born in Norway April 3 1866 she immigrated to the United States at 19. Surviving are son Clarence Holmen two daughters Mrs Willie Severson and Mrs Julia Mahlum 17 grandchildren six great grandchildren two sisters Mrs Martha Peterson and Mrs Jennie Granum. Funeral at Holmen Lutheran Church at 2 PM Wednesday Rev Kenneth Torvik officiating burial Lewis Valley Cemetery. Friends may call Fossum Funeral Home Onalaska Tuesday evening.
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Mathea Anderson
Holmen
Wis
la Crosse
Norway
United States
Clarence
Holmen Lutheran Church
Kenneth Torvik
Lewis Valley Cemetery
Fossum Funeral Home
Onalaska
Weather hampers search for B-26 crash on Mount Fuji
Fog and four to six feet of new snow delay ground parties in locating the B-26 wreckage after it crashed on Mount Fujiyama Sunday. Four crew members were aboard the light bomber and wreckage was sighted by search planes.
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Tokyo
Mount Fujiyama
Scarlet Fever Quarantines Near Ettrick Wisconsin
Scarlet fever cases prompt quarantine warnings in Abrahams Coulee and French Creek areas. Four year old twins Alice and Ellen Toppen of Irvin Toppen family are quarantined. The George Shay home in French Creek also under quarantine after a child contracted scarlet fever.
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Ettrick
Wis
Alice
Ellen
Irvin Toppen
Abrahams Coulee
George Shay
French Creek
Shay
Danager
Burgman Chronology Ties Hokah Native to Wartime Service
The article traces Burgman birth in Hokah, schooling there, and work as a stenographer before World War I service as an army field clerk in Germany. It notes his prewar visit, wartime tour of Hokah, and a postwar German marriage with one child. Burgman was arrested with Axis Sally amid treason indictments and convictions in WWII cases.
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Er. Burgman
Hokah
WBU
la Crosse
Germany
Burgman
Woman Faints At AFL Club Prompting Hospital Run
Mrs. Victor Bradburn of 1408 South 21st Street was taken to a local hospital by police ambulance after fainting at the AFL club on 423 King Street at 9 14 p m Friday.
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Victor Bradburn
South 21St Street
AFL
King Street
Stalled Boat Breaks Free In Lake Ice
In Duluth Minnesota a Great Lakes ore boat named the St George Stephenson freed itself from an ice jam on Lake Superior within 15 minutes as the coast guard cutter Woodrush approached. The John T Hutchinson reached port first and will depart Monday with over 500000 bushels of wheat, nearly tying the 1942 early opening record.
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Duluth
Minn
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Coast Guard
St. George Stephenson
Sault St. Marie Ocks
Head of the Lakes
Stephenson
Woodrush
John T. Hutchinson
Buckeye Steamship Line
Hutchinson
Olga Evenson dies after illness in Whitehall area
Olga Evenson 33 of Fly Creek near Whitehall died at Whitehall hospital Saturday March 26 after an illness of months. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Our Saviors Lutheran church with Rev. O G Birkeland officiating. Burial in Old Whitehall cemetery. Born November 19 1915 in Coral City daughter of Andrew and Agnes Evenson. Survived by sister Mrs Pal mer Ida Lunde of Hixton and brothers Ernest and Clifford at home.
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Whitehall
Wis
Olga Evenson
Fly Creek
Whitehall Hospital
Johnson Funeral Home
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
O. G. Birkeland
Old Whitehall
Miss Evenson
Coral City
Pigeon
Andrew Evenson
Agnes Sveen Evenson
Palmer
Ida) Lunde
Hixton
Ernest
Clifford
Death of Ann Garrity 87 in Elroy Wisconsin
Ann Garrity 87 died after a short illness at a Manston hospital. Funeral services were scheduled Monday at 9 a.m. from St Patrick's Catholic church Elroy with Rev J J Sheridan officiating. Burial in the Catholic cemetery. Rosary said at Mueller Funeral chapel Sunday at 8 p.m. Survivors include brothers Thomas Elroy and Michael Minneapolis.
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Elroy
Wis
Ann Garrity
Manston
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
J. J. Sheridan
Mueller
Thomas
Michael
Minneapolis
Taylor man dies of heart attack after friend's birthday
Sever Skutely, 80, died Friday after arriving at the home of his friend R. C. Pischke to mark Pischke's first birthday. The Tay lor Lutheran church service was held Wednesday afternoon with Rev. B. J. Harlem officiating.
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Taylor
Wis
Sever Skutely
R. C. Pischke
Mark Pischke
Taylor Lutheran Church
B. J. Harlem
Funeral services for Henry Ripke in Hillsboro Wisconsin
Henry Ripke 75 farmer of Greenwood township died March 25. Funeral Monday March 28 at 1 30 p m Hart Funeral home and 2 p m Saint Pauls Lutheran Hillsboro with burial in Mount Vernon cemetery. Survivors include wife one daughter three sisters and one brother. Also a second obituary notes Edna Luella Norberg 65 died March 26 in Sparta survived by husband R J Norberg.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Henry Ripke
Greenwood Township
Hart Funeral Home
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church
E. A. Mahnke
Mount Vernon
Ripke
Woodland Township
Greenwood Farm
Bertha Kahler
William
Mable) Janousek
Ernest
Elma) Spaulding
Spokane
Wash
Leslie
Laura
Edna Norberg
Sparta
Edna Luella Norberg
Lanham Funeral Home
Joseph Morgan
Columbus
Ind
Norberg
R. J. Norberg
Wisconsin Measles Toll Rises Through March
The state health bureau reports 9 285 known measles cases from Jan 1 to March 19, higher than 5 350 in the same period in 1948. Dr Arthur Zintek notes cases are heavy but not epidemic.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State — of Health
Monay
Arthur Zintek
Polio-Stricken Mother Presents New Baby
Wil lard Dare, a barber, learns he is father to a baby girl after a phone call. He hands a dollar to a shaver to finish his customer, then hurries to the hospital. His wife Virginia, 28, a polio victim, has an iron lung and the infant weighs six pounds four ounces.
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Los Angeles
Willard Dare
Virginia
Milwaukee Youth Held in Sister's Death and Flight
Police charge Milton Babich with murder in the death of Patricia Birmingham. Evidence includes a gun discharge during a confrontation with Patricia, Babich dragging the body to a river with a makeshift block and wire, and him returning home before the missing sister led to the investigation. Kathleen Birmingham later eloped with Babich.
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Babich
Patricia
Kathleen
Birmingham
Babichan
Kalamazoo
Mich
Minneapolis
Albert T. Birminghams
McCauley
Victor
West Allis
Christoffel Case Granted Supreme Court Review
Harold R. Christoffel Milwaukee labor leader secured a Supreme Court review of his perjury conviction for saying the House labor committee never had been a Communist. The appeal argues the panel’s absence at his testimony voids perjury claims and notes FBI scrutiny of the jury pool.
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Washington
Harold R. Christoffel
Milwaukee
Supreme Court
House Labor Committee
Christoffel
U. S
Theu. S. Court of Appeals
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
District of Columbia
FBI
Madeira wine named for Portuguese island origin
Madeira wine derives its name from the island of Madeira in Portugal. In Portuguese the term refers to timber, linking the name to its historical trade and aging practices.
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Madeira
Portugal
Portugese
Smith Heads First Army
Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith, recently ambassador to Russia, is named commander of the First Army with headquarters at Governors Island New York. He succeeds Gen Courtney Hodges who retired January 31. Smith, 53, is a native of Indianapolis and former Eisenhower chief of staff.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Russia
First Army
Army Department
Smith
Governors Island
N. Y
Courtney H. Hodges
Moscow
Walter Reed Hospital
Florida
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Indianapolis
Uninjured in Bangor Crash Involving Parked Car
Fred Hanson 40 of Bangor was uninjured when his auto hit a parked vehicle on Highway 162 at 7 30 p m Sunday. Damage to Hanson's car estimated 350. Hanson said bright lights from another car blinded him. The Matiah car veered into a ditch, with damage to the rear left fender and trunk.
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Fred Hanson
Bangor
Jed Matiah
Hanson
Matiah
Dent
Urges Haste In Developing Synthetic Oil
Secretary of the Interior Krug warns a transportation collapse is possible if foreign oil is cut off and urges rapid development of shale and coal oil extraction. He notes domestic crude has about two generations left and stresses speed to build alternate supplies despite optimistic reserves estimates.
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Washington
America
Atomic Energy For Transportation
Krug
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