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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1952
Page
2
The Polar Chest Frozen Food Locker Company and Market at 1920 State Rd completed a major remodel begun in April. The interior doubled for grocery and meat departments after removing a large partition and fronting updates. Peter Weaver, owner, notes 500 lockers remain for frozen food locker service in the basement.
The article advises inspecting ignition timing once the cylinder head is removed from an engine since adjusting timing is easier with the head off than after it is refitted.
A naturalization ceremony Saturday at 10 a.m. in the La Crosse Courthouse will grant citizen status to 14 foreign-born residents. Circuit Judge Lincoln Neprud will preside with remarks by Dist. Atty. John Bosshard and welcome from Mayor Henry Ahrens. The ceremony includes the American Legion color guard and oath administered by Circuit Court Clerk Pearl Instenes Roop. The group includes two Camp McCoy soldiers and natives from Denmark and the Philippines among others.
A jumble of names and places appears, including individuals tied to Austria Hungary Norway Ireland Germany Finland and the Camp McCoy area. The scattered notes mention addresses such as 1319 Hyde Ave and 916 Mississippi St along with towns like Sparta La Farge Tomah and Elm. The fragment reads like a roving directory or witness list without a clear single event.
United Nations fighter bombers concentrated on Communist rail lines linking Sinanju and Sinuiju in extreme Northwest Korea as weather risked reducing operations. No MIG15s were observed. Ground action remained light amid heat with nearly 6,000 rounds fired at Allied positions, mainly northeast and west of the Punchbowl, during May Day contacts.
New York Max Conrad announced the Los Angeles to New York non stop light plane record at 24 hours 54 minutes after landing at LaGuardia Field He flew 2461 miles despite storms and headwinds His Piper Pacer will be sent to Washington for official confirmation The 49 year old from Mirror Lake Minnesota is father of ten and composer of Green Waters and Poor Kathalina
The Accordioneers directed by Robert A. Halter will perform at 2 30 pm Sunday in the Vocational School Auditorium under The Conservatory sponsorship. The Chicago group formed in 1943 to support USO centers and War Fund activities and has won multiple prizes at Chicago and national accordion competitions. The program features a world premiere concerto G minor with soloist Miss Joan Mertic and includes performances by the McRae Dancers and opera soloist Miss Catherine Tripoli.
Whitehall resident Joseph Wilczek was among about 100 Wisconsin citizens taking a four day UW course for operators of city and village water departments.
Birth date May 2 1902 and place King's Norton Worcester England marked early in a long career. The article recalls Aherne in The Constant Wife with Katharine Cornell in their 21st year as a team and his 1931 New York debut in The Barretts of Wimpole Street. He first trained as an architect before acting success changed his path. The note ends with a stray line about birds imported by white settlers.
Public notice printed in the La Crosse Tribune with filing and publication details. This entry marks the newspaper’s second class mailing status as of June 1904.
Industry groups clash with TV tower growth as aviation officials urge FCC to curb heights from 1000 to 2000 feet. The Air Transport Association and the Air Line Pilots Association push for limits, local site rules, warning devices, and booster stations to avoid air hazards.
In Cahokia Illinois the first permanent white settlement on the Mississippi was founded in 1699 by priests from the seminary of Quebec. The note adds Cahokia is 19 years older than New Orleans and 65 years older than St Louis. A Palomar Observatory telescope enables viewing clusters a billion years distant.
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