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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
2
CHICAGO The Montgomery Ward CIO union dispute enters a new phase as the government intervention continues and the Chicago operation returns to direct board control under Sewell L Avery. The CIO union claims victory in a bargaining election but principals say core issues remain unsettled, with court action looming.
A union has a mandate to press for a contract as negotiations with the employer have not begun. Local authorities place Montgomery fully responsible for potential disturbances in industrial relations. Gov officials offered no comment beyond Judge Holly’s forthcoming order on dismissal. Paul D. Lowell faces a charge for removing a government poster after a federal seizure.
Minnie Brown transfers to George M Betz and wife in Shelby. Gerald E Hegg transfers to Raymond W Smith and wife amid street names Cunningham and Campbell. Fire units respond to rubbish burning and brush fires at multiple locations including 2402 South 13th street and 360 boulevard. Mildred Klein pleads not guilty in De Soto preliminary hearing. bond set at 10000. Alfred Geppal found guilty of assault and battery. fined 690 plus costs or 30 days jail. paid the fine.
Peter Lawrynk of Stoddard Wisconsin was fined 65 for improper brakes after a Wednesday accident that involved a child. Otto Ruhner on Pine Street paid 7.50 for speeding 45 mph on Main Street. others fined for speeding and parking include Arnold Anderson 7.50 for 43 mph on Causeway, Walter Drendel 3.50 for arterial sign violation, Albert Mahoney 3 for overtime parking, and Clarence Christianson 350 for Redheining street incident.
Oklahoma lawmakers and the House refused to adopt the Broadway song Oklahoma as the official state song. Gov Kerr supported it noting its nationwide appeal, but rural lawmakers objected citing church attendance and propriety in village meetings.
Sanitation Chief L. A. Le Laurin says 25 male workers were drafted and eight women volunteered the first day. The women proved they could do the job, sparking a shift in the city’s approach to garbage collection. Meanwhile Erie plans rationing of sugar at three quarters of a pound per person per week.
In Ann Arbor the University of Michigan starts a residence hall for international students. The J Raleigh Nelson house houses 16 students from China India and Latin America as the school opens its first dorm devoted to foreign students in 127 years.
In Ottawa Kansas Hawthorne school youngsters challenged elderly custodian Eldon Mahoney to a marble lagging game at a line. Mahoney proved skilled and took 50 or 60 marbles from the boys before they quit in disgust.
John S. Clark of Huntington New York was elected president of the American Guernsey Cattle Club and urged uniform interstate shipment rules and an auction ethics code at the closing session of the annual convention. About 300 Wisconsin dairymen joined 500 attendees.
Samp of La Crosse elected president of the Wisconsin State Telephone association. He will serve as director for four years and is vice president and plant manager of La Crosse Telephone. Other officers named include Walter Dakin as vice-president and A H Bowden as secretary. A regional speech warned that centralized government threatens democracy and urged powers return to states and municipalities.
Mrs Chester A Disbrow 61 formerly Lillie Kroner of La Crosse died suddenly in a local hospital Wednesday night. Survived by husband Chester A Disbrow Geneva daughter Mrs Lyman Nancy Lewis Geneva son John Pan American Airways pilot Seattle sister Mrs Gotterdam and brothers Edgar and William Kroner La Crosse. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Miss Anne Chapko 27 formerly of French Island died Monday in San Antonio Texas. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p m at the Nelson funeral home with Rev L C Smith officiating. Burial will be in the French Island cemetery. Friends may call at the Nelson home Thursday evening.
Wilhelm F. Beckman 78 of 500 Cass street died in a local hospital this morning. He was born in Wietzke Germany on Sept. 9 1865. He is survived by two children William of La Crescent Minnesota and another child.
Mrs. Robert Millington of Long Beach California is survived by a brother Fred of Mound Prairie Minnesota a sister Mrs Alvina Schmitt of La Crosse and seven grandchildren. Services are set for Saturday at 2 30 p m at Madden Funeral Home with Rev Walter A Schuman officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the Madden home Friday evening.
Edward Grove 57 of 717 North 10th street died in a local hospital Wednesday night. He is survived by his mother Mrs Michels Grove his wife two daughters Mrs Vern Pralle of Wisconsin Dells and Mrs E G Rees of Louisville Ky and three grandchildren. Rosary Friday at 8:30 p m at the Dwyer funeral home with viewing after 3 p m. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Rt Rev Msgr Peter Pape to officiate at 9 a m Mass Saturday at St Joseph Cathedral.
Practice confined to treatment for Acute and Chronic Arthritis Neuritis and all forms of Rheumatism. Hours are from 9 to 12 AM and 1 to 4 PM.
May 10 report from southern Italy recounts how Capt. Robert L. Wingfield landed the damaged B-24 Big Fat Mama with tail fin of another on the nose. Crew members parachuted after the collision during a raid over northern Italy. Wingfield guided the plane to Corsica amid low fuel and gale conditions.
An elderly man, Seelig aged 86, was killed when a wall of an old hen house he was tearing down collapsed and buried him under stone and mortar on a farm in Waupaca County. His son Otto discovered the body.
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