Freedom Train Plans Outlined For Rotarians
Frank W. Crane area director for the Freedom Train spoke to Rotarians outlining a 13 month national tour bringing 100 documents to 307 communities. The nonpartisan project emphasizes citizen action to preserve democracy with a week of rededication before La Crosse arrival on June 25. The effort is funded by the American people and organized by the American Heritage Foundation. Rotarians observed a moment of silence for Ralph Page.
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Frank W. Crane
Freedom Train
la Crosse
United States
Crane
United States Attorney General's Office
Tom Clark
Clark
America
American Heritteage Foundation
Ralph Page
Funeral services set for Mortimer Jones in McGregor
Mortimer Jones, 75, former McGregor resident, died Tuesday in a La Crosse hospital. His funeral is scheduled for 11 a m Friday at Pilkington Funeral Home in McGregor. Guy Pierce, 77, dies after heart attack at his Winona County home. Pierce was active in Farm Bureau AAA and rural electric programs. He is father of Richard Pierce of Caledonia.
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Mcgregor
Pilkington
Mortimer Jones
la Crosse
Caledonia, Minn
Guy Pierce
Winona County
Pierce
Richard Pierce
Caledonia
The
Farm Bureau
AAA
Rural Electric Program
Dale Enterprises Inc Forms For Real Estate Auctioneering
A new firm named Dale Enterprises, Inc. files in the office of the register of deeds in Waukesha Wisconsin. Signers listed are E. O. Dale A. M. Johnson and E. O. Offerman.
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Charles Acts
Register of Deeds
Dale Enterprises, Inc
Waukesha
Wis
E. O. Dale
A. M. Johnson
E. O. Offerman
Weather Record for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Forecast Brief
Mostly fair weather in Wisconsin with clear to partly cloudy skies and slightly warmer after night. Minnesota expect party cloudy with a few showers mainly in the east tonight and Saturday, warmer by Saturday. Iowa shows partly cloudy tonight with showers in the eastern portion and warmer Saturday. Shifts forecast indicate 36 to 40 mile travel and project shipments north and east.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
le Crosse
South End
River forecast from Hastings to Guttenberg
Weather outlook covers Hastings to Guttenberg with 48 hour trend of slowly falling temperatures. High pressure west of Hudson Bay influences northern states bringing clearing, while Lake Erie region sees a low pressure system and widespread rain and showers east of the area.
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Hestings
Guttenberg
St. Paul
Gence
Pleirie
Hudson Bay
Mistiseipp
Wiecentia
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Land O'Lakes Arcs
Lake Erie
Montene
Wyom
Logan High School Hosts Junior High Music Assembly
A special Logan High School assembly showcases Lincoln junior high music under William Stephens with choir, orchestra and solos. Selections include Blue Bells of Scotland, I Got Shoes, Wearing a Black Mantilla, In a Chinese Garden, Rendezvous and The Emperor Waltz, plus vocal solo and violin duet performances.
Milwaukee youth wins top AW art award
Milwaukee resident Richard Houghton took the top prize at the University of Wisconsin’s 20th annual student art show for his entry Imagin ative Portrait. Madison’s Ted Wolfe earned four awards across pencil watercolor graphic and pictorial entries.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Richard Houghton
Milwaukee
Houghton
Ted Wolfe
Deaths Last Night in Beaver Falls and Across Cities
Irish immigrant Peter D White, president of Babcock and Wilcox Tube Co and Hearst executive, born in Dublin, noted alongside Charles J. Brown 65 inventor of Micarta bearing in steel mill work and longtime American Steel & Wire Co. figure. Robert Jesse White 65 former vaudeville singer and North Carolina Presbyterian conference director.
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Associated Press
Beaver Falls
Peter D White
Babcock and Wilcox Tube Co
Thomas J. White
Hearst Newspaper
Dublin
Pittsburgh
Charles J. Brown
American Steel & Wire Co
Sherman
N. Y
Noblesville
Ind
Robert Jesse White
Southern Presbyterian Conference
North Carolina
Infant John Patrick Weiland Dies in Holmen
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Ruben Weiland Holmen Wisconsin died in a local hospital Wednesday evening Survived by parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Jobe Weiland La Crosse and Mr and Mrs M Soukup of Wausau Funeral services held Friday at 3 pm at Holy Trinity Catholic church Rt Rev Msgr V Precity officiating burial in Catholic cemetery
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John Patrick Weiland
Ruben
Weiland
Holmen
Wis
Jobe. Weiland
la Crosse
M. Soukup
Wausau
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Msgr. V
Mrs Elizabeth Niggli dies. rites set in La Crosse church
Mrs Elizabeth Niggli 60 of 316 Mississippi street died Thursday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held 1 30 p m Sunday at the Sletten McKee south chapel and 2 p m at the First Lutheran Church with Rev Fritz Miller officiating. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Survived by husband Walt and brother Edward Schultz La Crosse. Friends may call Sletten McKee south chapel Saturday evening.
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Elizabeth Niggli
Mississippi Street
South Chapel
Sletten-McKee Funeral Home
First Lutheran Church
Fritz Miller
Oak Grove Cemetery
Walt
Edward Schultz
la Crosse
Sletten-McKee
Marion Harris 93 Dies After Lingering Illness
Marion Harris 93 died Wednesday evening at his daughter Mrs Roy Yarrington 216 North Seventh Street after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be in Viroqua at 2 p m Saturday with Rev Roy Williams of Viroqua and Rev Robert Brown of La Crosse officiating. Burial will be in a Viroqua cemetery. He is survived by his daughter one son Herman of De Soto 13 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
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Marion Harris
Roy Yarrington
North Seventh Street
Viroqua
Roy Williams
Robert Brown
la Crosse
Herman
de Soto
Riotous Girls Battle With Makeshift Weapons
Police broke up a gang fight at Oakland involving 350 pupils from Elmhurst and ick junior high schools after a hair pull at an all girl track meet. Leaders were nabbed and weapons seized including two sawed off baseball bats, pipes, brass knuckles, a butcher knife and metal bars.
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Oakland
Ick
Elmhurst
Junior High Student Kills Couple in Ohio
A 14-year-old Bryan junior high athlete, Ervin Arthur Ingle, confessed last night to shooting and killing John Gabriel and his wife Pearl to steal their car for a dance. He was held without charge in Williams County jail as details emerged of hiding the pistol at home.
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Bryan
Norman A. Barnes
Ervin Arthur Ingle
Williams County
Barnes
Ervin
John Gabriel
Pearl
Lincoln Junior High Music Event Delights Community
The Lincoln Junior High School music department staged an assembly on Wednesday. The program featured band, choir, and orchestra pieces including My Lady Waltz, March Marionette, Fairy Wings Waltz, Valley Forge, Over the Stars, Our School March, Blue Bells of Scotland, I Got Shoes, Wearing a Black Mantilla, Glow Worm, In a Chinese Temple Garden, Rendez Vous, When Day Is Done, I’ll See You Again, Tea For Two, The Emperor Waltz, and March of the Crusaders. Judy Shanesy starred as soloist with Jo Ann Johnson also spotlighted. William Stephens directed.
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Logan High School
Lincoln Junior High
William Stephens
Blue Bells
Scotland
Purcell
Ketelbey
Aletter
Katcher
Strauss
Jo Ann Johnson
Patty Ramlet
Libby Lindenberg
Judy Shanesy
Lincoln Junior High School
King
Church Dykema
Weidt
Valley Forge
Jane
Janet Larson
Joyce McKillip
Bonnie Erickson
Sally Frey
Louise Balmer
Lincke
Ketelboy
Coward
Thomas Rooney VFW post plans May events and state encampment
The Thomas Rooney VFW post sets a May 12 meeting and notes Buddy Poppy days May 28 29 and Memorial Day May 31 with a parade march led by the post drum corps. A May 2 district meeting included a hospital tour by 60 veterans and a 1 30 p m parade with 50 La Crosse veterans.
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Thomas Rooney
VFW Post
Buddy Poppy
Tomah
Veterans’ Hospital
la Crosse
Caleb Johnson
Dept
Richard J. Stebbens
Less Meyers
Milo Welch
Edward Otto
Wausau
Thomas Rooney Post
Richard J. Steffens
Estimate of GI insurance expenses and policy totals
Washington reports the process of paying dividends on GI life insurance will cost about 20 million dollars. The VA lists active policy face values near 36 billion and inactive values around 115 billion. Total policies by branch offices include Chicago 1,955,997 and St Paul 1,019,936.
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Washington
Veterans Ee
Chicago
St. Paul
Farm Aviation Unit Hussa Helps Form Flight A In Winona
Col. Curtis Hussa, commanding officer of the 243rd Air Force Reserve Squadron in La Crosse, assisted Thursday evening in forming Flight A of the 243rd squadron at Winona Minnesota. He outlined the program and aided in planning.
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Curtis Hussa
243Rd Air Force Reserve
la Crosse
243Rd
Winona
Minn
Hussa
County Court Guilty Pleas Highlight Local Docket
In La Crosse County Court Harold Haas Onalaska pled guilty to operating a non registered vehicle with costs due. William Buchner pleaded guilty to arterial violation paying $1 and costs. East Melvine forfeited $5 cash bond for arterial violation after failing to appear. Allan Paulson forfeited $125 bond for drunken driving after missing court. Frohock Jr. pleaded guilty to driving without license and paid $5 plus costs. Christianson and DeLaney pleaded guilty to allowing unlicensed operation. fines and costs paid. Parnow pled guilty to no license. fine suspended and costs paid. Schwarts paid $5 and costs for no license. Earl Thompson paid $5 and costs for no license. Dollie forfeited $10 bond for unlicensed operation. Schlicht pled guilty to drunken driving. fined $100 and costs or 60 days. license revoked for one year. Nundah pled guilty to vagrancy. 30 days county jail. Police Court La Crosse: Walter Ross pleaded not guilty to DUI. Pesik fined $50 and costs for drunken driving. $5 for no license. Evenson fined $10 and costs for reckless driving. Knothe fined $1 and costs for parking without lights.
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le Crosse
Harold Haas
Onalaska
William D. Buchner
Georgest Reet
Costes
Jacob East
Melvine
Wis
Allan Paulson
Minneapolis
Minn
George Frohock, Jr
Robert Christians
Division Street
Robert C. DeLanery
Prospect Street
Ewald Parnow
Market = street
Stenney Schwarts
Liberty Street
Earl Thompson
R. 1
la Crescent
Joseph E. Dollie
Trompesteau
Carl William Schlicht
East Avenue South
Wisconsin
Tillman
Virequa
Pred Pesik
Kendall
Clement Evenson
Westby
Earl Knothe
Property Transfers Noted In Le Crosse Region
A list of land conveyances records multiple transfers in Le Crosse area including Nobin to Logs in Be nger Mary Moe to Franz in Shelby Kistler to La Pieur in Barre Roberts to Pvans in Benger Leonard to Send in Shelby Snyder to Warner in Shelby Owen to Searle on Liberty street Everett to Tietz on Kane street and other lines.
Chicago Livestock Prices and Market Movements
Local Chicago livestock data show hogs 8 000 head and cattle 3 000 head offered. Hogs 230 lbs and under up 75 cents to a dollar, heavier weights slow, sows not established. Cattle and calves steady to firm with select steers and yearlings $29.50 to $32.25, top steers 1 286 and 1 290 lb at $32.75. Beef cows to $26.00, canners and cutters $14.50 to $19.25, vealers about $30.00 and down.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Chicago live poultry and butter prices steady
Chicago reports slow live poultry receipts on seven trucks with no price change. Butter firm shows receipts of 559 186 pounds with prices unchanged to the cent per pound and grade notes 93 score AA 83 92 A 82 90 B 80. Fees steady with receipts 44 970 cases and prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Trucking Lines Hear Applications For New Carriers
Public Service Commission examiner Alvin Olson heard five appeals at the courthouse in Madison involving authority to operate as contract motor carriers. Opposed by the Coulee Region Truckers Association, petitioners argued public need. opponents said sufficient service exists. Cases will be decided after Friday hearings by three commissioners. Names of petitioners and preparers listed from Onalaska to Tomah and Mindoro to Minneapolis.
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Public Service Commission
Alvin Olson
Court House
Madison, Wis
Coulee Region Truckers Association
Lynn Ashley
Samuel Bryan
William Whitney
Madison
Robert Schaller
George van Aelstyn
Onalaska
Elmer Kas- Stenschmidt
R. J. Mindoro
Ray E. Manke
Bangor
Harvey Gilbertson
West Salem
Joseph and
Marshall Rehberg
Tomah
Fred E. Baumgartner
la Crosse
Douglas E. Paisley
Mindoro
the Quickie Transport Company
Minneapolis
Norman N. Olson
Sparta
C. L. Gerke
Allan E. Gerke
Experts advise parents on thumb sucking and aggression
Cleveland reports mental hygiene expert Dr. Luther E. Woodward says thumb sucking causes no organic damage and that early aggressions in children should be treated lightly. He told the Family Service Association that hostility appears before fist clenching and urged parents not to worry.
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Cleveland
Luther E. Woodward
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Woodward
Family Service Association
Air Progress Group Plans Monday Meeting
Wendell L. McEldowney chairman of the Chamber of Commerce air progress committee calls a 4 p m Monday meeting at the Chamber of Commerce office. Committee members include R L Bangsberg Robert F Bartl Robert Cline George Dialler E H Erickson Frank Fuchs Casey Gregorich George C Nixon William H Oliver Oscar Paulson Walter Roth Schneider Ted Villeneuve and John Wilkinson.
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Wendell L. McEldowney
Chamber of Commerce Air Progress Committee
Chamber of Commerce Office
R. L. Bangsberg
Robert F. Bartl
Robert Cline
George Dialler
E. H. Erickson
Frank Fuchs
Casey Gregorich
George C. Nixon
William H. Oliver
Oscar Paulson
Walter Roth
Schneider
Ted Villeneuve
John Wilkinson
Wisconsin to observe Statehood Day as Poppy Day
Gov Rennebohm announced a proclamation stating Wisconsin Statehood Day May 29 will also be observed as Poppy Day. He urged cooperation and expression of gratitude for the men and women who sacrificed to safeguard the American way of life.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Stock Averages and Grain Prices from Chicago Cash Market
A rundown of stock averages for May July September and December across Wheat Corn Oats and Livestock, with opening highs lows and closing values. Includes Chicago cash grain quotes for Wheat Corn No 1-3 oats Barley Soybeans and poultry and eggs prices from Swift and Co effective May 7 1948 with purchase terms and hours.
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Chicago
Wisconsin Air National Guard HQ to be at Billy Mitchell Field
Milwaukee announces the Wisconsin Air National Guard headquarters will be established at Billy Mitchell Field. The 128th fighter group will be formed there as soon as enough personnel enlist, shifting plans from Truax Field in Madison.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Air National Guard
Billy Mitchell Field
Adjt
John F. Mullen
128Th Fighter Group
Mullen
Guard
Truax Field
Madison
Knights of Khorassan to Stage Ceremonial in La Crosse
The Lodge of Knights of Khorassan presents a ceremonial Saturday night at the Pythian castle in La Crosse. Imperial secretary Carl Mitchell of Cincinnati attends with visitors from Minneapolis Milwaukee and western Wisconsin. Imperial prince Frank Sheppard of Cedar Rapids will also be present. The La Crosse temple is one of two in Wisconsin the other located in Milwaukee.
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Order of Knights of Khorassan
Carl Mitchell
Cincinnati
Pythian Castle
Clinton
Avon Streets
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Frank Sheppard
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
la Crosse
FCC Grants FM Construction Permit to WAUK
The Federal Communications Commission announced the granting of an FM radio construction permit to WAUK Broadcasting Co. of Waukesha Wisconsin.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Wauk Broadcasting Co
Waukesha
Wis
Complete Screening Of Rent Advisory Boards In Country
Housing expeditor Tighe E Woods announced the completion of a survey of over 600 local rent advisory boards nationwide to assess representation of landlord tenant and public interest groups. He urged governors to nominate additional members to balance boards and ensure impartial leadership for rent law implementation.
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Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Govenors
Japanese Bull Fight Planned in Tokyo under Purely Local Style
Tokyo will host a May 15 bull fight organized by the Japan Cattle Breeding association with no Spain style elements. Public admission is barred as such events are illegal. bulls lock horns in a brutal, no holds barred display where the loser is disgraced but survives.
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Tokyo
Spain
Japan Cattle Breeding Association
Rail Employes Hail Veterans Banquet Honors 40-Year Members
The Burlington railroad honored 40-year members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen at a Thursday night banquet at the VFW hall. Recipients were H. W. Warren F. C. Elman L. B. Stephenson R. F. Collins Percy Boyle and J. R. Maha, receiving 40-year pins and bill folds.
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Burlington Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad
VFW Hall
H. W. Warren
F. C. Elman
L. B. Stephenson
R. F. Collins
Percy Boyle
J. R. Maha
Bill Folds
Joseph Mulroy
Aurora
la Crosse
Dick Graf
Truman backs UN to work for peace on tough road
President Truman told the National Conference on Family Life that the United Nations would be made to work for peace. He acknowledged a rocky road but said the U S has overcome prior difficulties and cannot let this stop progress. Capitol Hill heard renewed calls for a major UN shakeup with or without Russia.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Capitol Hill
Russia
National Conference On
Marine Corps Institute Provides High School Diploma
Sgt. John McDonald announces a Marine Corps program allowing men enlisting without a high school education to complete high school through the Marine Corps Institute at Washington. The institute, recognized by the American Council on Education and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, awards a Marine Corps Institute high school diploma in addition to the local high school diploma. Credits may be accepted by colleges, depending on each institution’s policy, and the institute runs its own courses, staff, and guidance.
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John McDonald
Marine Corps
la Crosse
U. S. Marine Corps
Washington
American Council On Education
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Marine Corps Institute
McDonald
BRF School Director Ends 24 Years Work
E S Jedney resigns after 24 years as Black River Falls board of education director to join the Jackson County school committee. Mrs Philip B Mills, former high school faculty member, is named Jedneys successor. The 1924 appointment followed the death of Mrs C J Van Schaick. the high school building project began in 1927 and was completed and dedicated in 1938.
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Black River Falls
Wis
E. S. Jedney
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