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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
4
Wisconsin health official Dr. Carl N. Neupert links high milk production to general well being. He notes the state produced over seven billion quarts of milk two years ago, nearly twice that of Minnesota and New York combined, and urges higher milk consumption for all ages.
Dr Aldo Leopold conservationist and university faculty member died April twenty first from a heart attack while fighting a grass fire at his summer home near Baraboo Dane county court records show an estate of twenty five thousand five hundred with widow three sons Carl Cambridge Mass A Starker Berkeley Calif Luna Honolulu Hawaii and two daughters Adelina Columbia Mo Estella Madison named as heirs.
Advert says FASTEETH powder improves denture fit by keeping plates secure and odor-free. It claims to be an alkaline non acid formula that does not sour and reduces embarrassment from slipping teeth. Available at drug stores.
Frances Korbelik a 16 year old girl shown little emotion at her father William Korbelik 42 funeral in Wheaton Illinois. She was charged with murder in DuPage county with a hearing set for May 19 and held in jail.
State audit shows jobless benefit payments in April totalled 905 300 dollars, down 337 700 from March as the Wisconsin industrial commission reports 5 200 unemployed civilians received aid. Federal readjustment allowances of 430 500 were paid to 3 600 veterans, versus 642 000 in March.
The Burlington Liars club president O. C. Hulet will swear in 15 Octopus staff as members who must submit tall tales for the 1948 Liars contest. In return Octopus editor Edward G. Clark will award Hulet an honorary degree of “master of fabrication.”
Galileo, after discovering Jupiter's moons and naming them for friends, faced an offer of lifelong fame and wealth if he would dedicate his next major finding to Henry IV of France.
Naval reserve crews of 25 sub chasers mine sweepers and landing craft infantry will cruise the Great Lakes and midwest rivers this summer for training. More than 150 weekend cruises and 75 two week voyages are slated in the Ninth district from May 1 to Oct 1. Two week cruises include actual firing on Lake Michigan, with multiple ships for deck officer practice. Contact Lieut. (jg) M. R. Waldon at room 313 federal building for participation.
The item lists Erskin Gwynne a 49 year old novelist and Boulevardier publisher in Paris from 1927 to 1932. Reuben M. Anderson long time Sioux City weather bureau chief meteorologist for nearly 48 years. Mentions Leonardo da Vinci drawing plans for flame throwers grenades tanks and a flying machine.
Sheriff reports 49 year old Mary Dillman killed at Bible seminary in Westfield Indiana. Ex husband Homer Dillman 70 and janitor Orion Keeney 76 wounded. Dillman under guard in hospital. Keeney shot in groin. no charges filed. Reading notes say Dillmans were divorced last May. seminary affiliated with the Quakers.
The Roy Murphy farm in Iowa with 166 acres and a large home built near 1915 by J F Deems sold for about 70550 or 425 an acre. It is described as one of Iowa’s first horseless farms with no horses since 1921.
Walter Long, 50, Des Moines, was found guilty by a municipal court jury of petty larceny for stealing an 18 cent can of pork and beans from a grocery store on February 7. The maximum penalty is a fine up to $100 or 30 days in jail. Sentence set for Saturday.
Local man Frank Modde was walking near Fornick when he spotted straw across a creek. He leaped onto the straw and says a wolf emerged, knocked him into the water, and he told the tale to friends afterward.
Back pressure can cause a knock in the line to the oil gauge. Fix by removing a short pipe section near the pump or distributor and installing a six ply rubber hose to eliminate the vibration.
A report notes that even without treatment about 85 percent of snakebite victims survive.
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