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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1949

Page

3

Wisconsin Youths Receive Prison Terms for Kidnapping

Federal Judge Stephen Chandler sentenced Wayne Sass of Racine to 18 months and Donald Klein of Appleton to 1 year and 1 day for kidnapping a motorist in Elk City Oklahoma. Sass was to report to Springfield Missouri’s federal prison medical center. Both were described as first offenders and were captured shortly after the Feb. 15 incident.

Oklahoma City Federal Dist Stephen Chandler Wisconsin New Mexico Wayne L. Sass Racine Donald J. Klein Appleton Chandler Sass Federal Prison Medical Center Springfield Elk City Okla

Wisconsin moulders union group organized in Appleton

The Wisconsin state council of the International Molders and Foundry Union of America AFL with 16 locals in the state was organized in Appleton on Sunday. Reginald Bixby of Wausau was named president Leon Johnson of Beloit was elected vice president and Gene Nagan of Kaukauna was chosen secretary treasurer. A board of directors election was postponed until June 19 at Wausau.

Appleton Wis Wisconsin State Council of International Moulders and Foundry Union of America AFL Reginald Bixby Wausau Leon Johnson Beloit Gene Nagan Kaukauna

Presbyterians Launch Drive For 100000

The First Presbyterian church begins a 100000 building fund drive with a 6 30 p m dinner at the Cargill Home West Avenue and Cass Street. About 100 solicitors organize into three divisions led by George Jansky Byron Mulder and Ian MacAuley with district captains and a campaign staff headed by John Ward. The plan includes a new sanctuary fellowship hall church offices and off street parking to ease Sunday traffic. The former church at Sixth and King streets sold to Seventh Day Adventists.

First Presbyterian Church Cargill West Avenue Cass Cass Street George Jansky M. Rosene A. McBain V. B. Rasmussen R. L. Bernhard Byron Mulder Babe Mulder Russell Johnson Willard Nimocks Dick Wheeler Ian MacAuley Henry Ahrens Stuart Brokaw A. Ramaker Alf Sorenson Wesley Bertelson John D. Ward Kenneth Dahl Ward Mark R. Andrews First Presbyterian Sixth and King Streets Seventh Day Adventists

Fifty Million Suckers Bet On Gambling, Book Claims

Ernest C. Blanche, chief statistician for the army staff, argues in You Can’t Win that 50 million Americans like to bet and are suckers. He asserts most gambling games are crooked or biased, with odds against winners even in honest games, citing poker hands, royal flush probabilities, and betting industry margins. He also notes a Brazilian menthol process in 50 plants.

Washington Phineas T. Barnum Phineas Ernest C. Blanche Blanche Army General Staff Public Affairs Press

Film Stars Safe Amid Morocco Flood Toll Rises

Tyron Power, Orson Welles, and Linda Christian escaped danger as floods battered Casablanca and wider Morocco including Algeria. Eight dead reported as storms drove flash floods from the Atlas mountains. Power and his wife stayed safely with a Moroccan aristocrat at Tourlait while filming The Black Rose.

Casablanca French Morocco Tyron Power Orson Welles Linda Christian Morocco Algeria Atlas Mountains Power Tourlait Welles

Free cattle plans begin in 41 towns across 11 counties

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture announced free Bangs disease control programs to start in 41 towns across 11 counties. Free vaccination of heifer calves and herd testing will occur in multiple towns across Columbia, Crawford, Dodge, Grant, Green, Juneau, Monroe, Ozaukee, Rock, and Vernon counties with named towns listed for the effort.

Madison Wis State Department of Agriculture Columbia County Scott Caledonia Newport Courtland Crawford Bridgeport Eastman Freeman Haney Marietta Prairie du Chien Seneca Wauzeka Lynxville Steuben Dodge Beaver Dam Trenton Grant Hazel Green Green Sylvester Juneau Lincona Plymouth Wonewoc Monroe Byron Ozaukee Mequon Port Washington Rock Clinton Johnstown Lima Spring Valley Vernon Coon Hamburg Greenwood Franklin Union Wheatland Stark Webster Chaseburg Coon Valley

State Solons Cast No Vote In Bill's Defeat

Washington reports the Senate rejected an amendment by Senator Lodge to distribute 300 million dollars in federal education aid based on 10 dollars per school child per state. Senators Vandenberg and Ferguson, both Michigan Republicans, voted against the measure.

Washington Wisconsin Senate Sen. Lodge R-Mass Vandenberg and Ferguson Michigan

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