City survey urged before building parking deck
George W. Barton, engineer and director of Associat Con sultants, told La Crosse business leaders that a traffic and parking survey is essential before a multi deck structure. He cited cases where poor site choice limited use and warned against assuming demand without careful study and traffic origin data.
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la Crosse
George W. Barton
Associated Consultants
Evanston, IL
E. B
Associat Consultants
Evanston
Ill
Chamber of Commerce
Barton
Ford and UAW Seek Peace Talks Amid Auto Strike
Detroit negotiations begin after Henry Ford I accepts union leader Walter Reuther’s invitation to talks. The walkout idled 65,000 workers, with 40,000 more at risk if no settlement by Friday. Ford declines personal presence and a public debate, urging resolution at the bargaining table.
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Detroit
Ford
Wasevan
Tuesay
CIO
United Auto Workers
Henry Ford I
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Briggs Stadium
Detroit Tigers
La Crosse Area Weather Tonight And Wednesday
Fair and quite cool tonight with temperatures about 42 in the city and 39 nearby. Wednesday looks fair and warmer with highs around 65.
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la Crosse
Plan Aviation Education Day In City May 15
La Crosse county observes Wisconsin aviation education day from 1 30 to 3 pm at La Crosse municipal airport. A noon air parade precedes a 1 30 pm program with demonstrations of airplane controls taxi parade model flights and civil aviation demos. Free tickets available at the airport entrance.
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la Crosse County
la Crosse
Robert Cline
Air Progress Committee
Robert Budde
Sparta Civil Air Patrol
Rochester
Purse Lost by Mrs Spah Reported to Police
Mrs Tomas Spah 929 Island street reported a black cloth purse containing about 70 dollars was lost at S. S. Kresge Co 418 Main street around 1 p m Monday and turned in to police.
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Tomas Spah
Island Street
S. S. Kresge Co
Main Street
Tomah Man Dies In Crash On U S 12 16 Oakdale Viaduct
Kenneth Joseph Mason 36 of Tomah died in a high speed crash on U S 12 16 near the Oakdale viaduct Monday night. Witness Gilbert Herman of Blair reported the car failed to turn and traveled 170 feet off the road. Mason’s body was ejected 21 feet. He lived with a sister at 1823 Superior Avenue and had previously resided in Boscobel and Two Rivers. He sustained a broken neck and a broken left shoulder and arm. Officials said no inquest would be held.
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Oakdale
Wis
Kenneth Joseph Mason
Mason
Superior Avenue
Tomah
Boscobel
Two Rivers
J. A. Muberek
H. R. Biegel
Monroe County
Chris Hendrickson
M. J. Lanham
John White
Lanham
City confronts wall ownership snag in wrecking old building
The city faces a legal snag in demolishing the old brick structure at 119 Pear Street after a survey showed one wall also serves as the Hotel Gannett rear wall. City Engineer John Barth says the wall is city owned. tearing it down could leave the hotel without a rear wall. Work continues as the common council considers the issue.
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Pear Street
City Engineering Department
Gannett
Second
Pearl Streets
John Barth
Barth
Common Council
Otto Mueller
Missing Humboldt couple linked to low flying plane sighting
A report of a small plane seen over tree tops near Hunter's bridge on May 1 is being checked for clues about missing Humboldt residents Mr and Mrs John Russell who left Chicago in a light plane. C47 and PBY aircraft searched the Coulee Region that Sunday for them.
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John Russel
Humboldt
Chicago
William Solberg
Tyler Street
Galesvile
Hunter’s Bridge
Solberg
C47
PBY
Coulee
Readstown Viola Crash Fatalities Leave Community in Mourning
Western Wisconsin communities around Readstown and Viola report the death of Adolph Gald 17 in a head on collision near Folsom. He is the fourth high school student to die from the crash weekend. Others injured include Norma Lee Callaway 14 and Charles Anderson 26 with extensive injuries. Funeral for Philip Heal 15 and services for Dorothy Anderson and Julia Bolstad are planned.
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Wisconsin
Readstown
Viola
Folsom
Adolph Gald
Mondday
la Crosse
Gald
Norma Lee Callaway
Charles Anderson
Miss Callaway
Viroqua Hospital
Anderson
Miss Anderson
Julia Bolstad
Philip D. Heal
Dorothy Anderson
Bolstad
Heal
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Les Milan
Hubert Grove
Viola Cemetery
Future Farmers of America
Kenneth Heal
Donald
Larry
Buchanan Ridge
Gordon Core
Sylvan Cemetery
Henthorn
Ora Burns
Knapps Creek
Reedstown Town
Brayton Rites Set for La Crescent Burial
Memorial graveside services for Aaron M. Brayton founder of The La Crosse Tribune will be held Thursday at 2 p m at Prospect Hill cemetery La Crescent Minn The funeral procession will leave Sletten McKee Co chapel at 1 30 p m Brayton born Nov 30 1872 in La Crescent was a UW law graduate who helped found The La Crosse Tribune in 1904 later led The Wisconsin State Journal until 1942 Survivors include wife a daughter two sons and two sisters.
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Aaron M. Brayton
The
la Crosse Tribune
Whittier
Calif
Prospect Hill Cemetery
la Crescent
Minn
A. J. Soldan
Village Church
Westwood
Luther Memorial Church
Madison
Sletten-McKee Co
Aaron Martin Brayton
la Crosse
Law School
University of Wisconsin
Spokane
Wash
Charles Hebberd
Tribune
Wisconsin State Journal
Inez Lowndes
Seattle
Richard Knox Brayton
Potter Burnell Brayton
Los Angeles
Abbie Ruediger
Altadena
Fannie Brayton
Brayton
New Council Eyes Bonds for Jefferson School and Parking Plan
The new council, sworn in April 19 with four aldermen and Mayor Henry J. Ahrens, will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday and Friday for its first sessions. It may consider a $595 000 Jefferson school bond and a Market Square multi deck parking plan with a 500 to 600 car capacity funded by a 15 year bond. A public utility would oversee meter returns and Market Square revenues. An ordinance to curb off premises beer sales in grocery stores and near schools or churches is also under review.
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Common Council
Henry J. Ahrens
Jefferson
Board of Education
Citizens’ Parking Committee
Market Square
Council
Sportsmen Favor State-Wide Nine Day Deer Season
La Crosse county sportsmen at a conservation congress urged a nine day deer season statewide starting November 12 to allow hunters to move before heavy snow. They backed shotgun ball cartridges bow and arrow and specific bird seasons. They proposed a state wide trapping season and general fishing seasons with June and May dates and limited motor trolling.
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la Crosse County
Conservation Congress
Court House
la Crosse
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Four Uranium Claims Reported Promising Near Montreal River
Veteran prospector Ray Ransom said four winter-staked claims about three miles northeast of the Montreal River mouth show evidence of a potentially major uranium deposit. He noted security rules prevent size estimates, with Camray region nearby where earlier discoveries were made.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Canada
Theane Point
Ray Ransom
Ransom
Montreal River
Camray
Wanted to Rent Ad Promises Quick Tenant Response
A Tribune Want Ad offers a middle aged couple with no children seeking a 2 to 4 room furnished or unfurnished apartment. They request contact by phone 4400 during office hours or 2415 RX after 5 30. All Wanted To Rent ads must be placed at the Tribune office.
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Tribune
la Crosse
European white swans lose six eggs at Mesker Park Zoo
Evansville Indiana European white swans at Mesker Park Zoo had six eggs stolen from their nest Sunday. Animal superintendent Bob McGraw found planks spanning a waterway to an island nest on Monday. The birds are valued at about $150.
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Evansville
Ind
Mesker Park Zoo
Bob McGraw
Big Zoo
McGraw
Parties Back Spending Cut Advice in Truman Report
Democrats and Republicans in Congress endorsed a Council of Economic Advisers recommendation to cut government spending due to unsettled business conditions. They discussed possible excise tax cuts and delaying a Social Security payroll tax boost set for July 1 while President Truman decides whether to pursue his $4 billion tax plan. Senator George of Georgia said the advisory report supports his stance, though it has not been formally released.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Wisconsin Assembly May Kill Redistricting Study Panel
The judiciary committee urged the assembly to kill a Democratic bill creating a citizens panel to study reapportionment, with gubernatorial appointment. Other actions included shelving bills on death Penalty referendum, protecting rape victims names, higher fines for discrimination, longer rape prison terms, and inquests by coroners. Senate set hearings on judges and rent control.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Citizens’ Committee
Judiciary Committee
Assembly
Wisconsin
Senate
Joint Judiciary Committees
Disputed Nationalization Bill Faces Lords In Britain
London reports a government plan to seize 107 iron and steel companies with a 300 million pound payout. The bill, approved by the Commons, heads to the Lords amid expected amendments before a 1950 takeover start.
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London
Britain
House of Lords
House of Commons
Lords
Commons
Government Holding Corporation
Holding Corporation
Labor Party
Labor
Bank of England
Sheriff Holds Boy For Theft Of Two Calves
A 16-year-old Highlandville area boy is held in the La Crosse county jail pending a case over two calves stolen from Arthur Arenz of Rockland. Auto tracks near a gate led to Sparta stock yards where both calves and the suspect were found. calves returned to the owner, $60.80 and a used .38 pistol refunded to Bangor dealer. The youth reportedly loaded the animals into a pickup Saturday night and the calves were missing Monday.
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Highlandville Area
la Crosse
Arthur Arenz
Rockland
2 Gate
Monroe
Sparta Stock Yards
Bangor
Jury Selected for New Trial in Hegge Case
A new trial proceeds in the Mary Jane Hegge versus Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co and Philip Bigley suit arising from a July 12, 1947 crash at Bliss road. A 1948 jury awarded damages, the high court reversed, and a fresh panel of 12 jurors was chosen under Judge Arold Murphy with Judge Robert Cowie ill at home.
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Mary Jane Hegge
la Crosse
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co
Philip Bigley
Viroqua
Grandad Bluff
Bliss Road
Bigley
Miss Hegge
Supreme Court
High Court
Arold Murphy
Marinette
Robert Cowie
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Young Ford
Plan Aviation
City
Tomah Man
New City Council
la Crescent Cemetery
John Frisch
Wisconsin Dental Society
Frisch
F. A. Bull
State Board of Health
T. A. Hardgrove
Jefferson School
Lake Superior
Committee
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