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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1935
Page
9
Spring Grove Minnesota hosts a Women's Missionary Federation convention at the Lutheran church. The event features an opening program with hymns and sermons, addresses on stewardship and unemployment, and reports from committees. Local leaders and visitors participate, with sessions led by ministers and women from nearby towns.
Hale vor 7. Les, 65, died suddenly at his home southeast of Lown Tuesday evening. He is survived by his wife and several children, with funeral services at Oak Ridge Lutheran church on Sunday. The Lacies Ard society plans a program and social Friday evening at the church parlors. Various local residents attended a church convention at Spring Grove. Other notes include residents visiting, building projects, and guests of Johnson Heights.
Washington reports President Roosevelt proposed Michael L. Tene as federal attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. The nomination comes as part of a broader judicial staffing effort. The name appears in the nomination dispatches from the White House.
Correspondents across southern Minnesota towns contribute daily to this page with local notes and briefs. Athletic coverage appears on the sports page, highlighting regional events and schools.
Dresbach Minnesota special report on the Dresbach P T A annual election. Officers elected: Miss Myrta Widmay er president, Mrs William Tis solke vice president, Mrs John Kramer secretary, Miss Agatha Rogne treasurer. A Memorial day program was planned by Mrs Ja H Donaldson and the Misses Elsie Brown Agatha Rogne and Myrta Widmeyer. A program followed the meeting with John Blatnik of Winona speaking on The Crisis in Education. Additional performances included Isabell Johnson piano Selections Betty Walters tap dance and vocal solos by Judge Libring and Mrs I H Donaldson. Other notes mention visitors Mrs M Rapp Mrs Join Care pon Mrs Barbara Ann Carey and Miss Ruth Marker with others from Milwaukee and La Crosse.
The Rivoli presents Clive of India starring Ronald Colman Loretta Young and Colin Clive a tale of Robert Clive rising from clerk to empire builder and his later fall over love. Also showing Laddie at Majestic with John Beal Willard Roberson Dorothy Peterson Gloria Stuart and more.
James Roosevelt, eldest son of the president, extends an invitation for his father to attend a Milwaukee gathering of young Democrats on August 23. The visit would spotlight party youths and regional political activity.
Edward Johnson, a Preston, Minnesota, Preston High School teacher and athletics director, was arrested by Postal Inspector A.4. Wicht in Rochester in a chain letter case. He is charged with violating federal mail and lottery laws for sending about 100 mimeographed chain letters demanding funds to listed recipients. Hammond said Johnson’s name headed the list and appeared again as a supposed recipient.
A Minnesota survey shows residents paid 183 million dollars in taxes in 1924, averaging 72.40 per person. Local units led collections at 87.5 million, while the federal and state governments contributed 40.15 million and 43.92 million respectively, with roughly 100 million from property taxes. The report also notes Minnesota’s total net income for 1934 reaches 35 million dollars.
In St Paul Minnesota the 1935 legislature failed to budget enough funds to establish state weighing and grading of livestock at concentration points and hire nine inspectors at 3000 a year each. The railroad and warehouse commission may not attempt to implement the act for two years, as only 10000 a year was provided for administration. Col Matson noted estimated annual costs to operate the measure would run 40000 to 50000.
Houston county received a $5000 special allotment for road damage during Highway 44 construction. A tuberculosis clinic will be held Friday May 24 in Caledonia from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dr. J. A. Malerich’s office, funded by Christmas seal sales. A Caledonia Study club meeting featured papers on “The Re eve From Soviets” and Helen Keller. Dorthie Mae Metcalf married William W. Grinker of Waterloo on May 12 in Waterloo. About 200 gathered for Henry and Mrs. Quinnell’s 25th wedding anniversary at Wilmington church basement. Several local visits, showers, and a birth are noted among Caledonia residents.
Canton Minn special report describing the senior class production Beyond Reason to be staged in the Canton school auditorium at 4 15 Friday evening May 17 directed by Miss Myrtle Lee. Cast includes Leslie Ottman Winifred Turner Geneva Smedsrud Cyril Rice Virginia Hudson Clyde Loring Stanford Knox Lavonne Gossman Stuart Farmer Luella Graham Willard Greeley Irene Springmeyer Lyle Claussen. There are 21 graduates. Miss Geneva Smedsrud valedictorian Robert Rosenthal salutatorian. Junior-Senior banquet May 23 in the assembly room with the prom. Baccalaureate by Rev. C W Hobanks on May 26. Commencement May 29.
In Neenah Wisconsin the eleventh annual convention of the evangelical women's union opened with about 300 women in attendance. Speakers included Rev. K Koehler of Fond du Lac Rev E C Kollath of Neenah Mrs A Schwartz district president and Rev William Hackman of Fond du Lac.
An advertisement touts Bladder Lax as a cure for bladder irritation that disrupts sleep. It promises relief in four days with ingredients like buchy leaves juniper oil and Bukets packaging, claiming effects similar to castor oil on bowels and urging readers to consult a druggist if not pleased.
State Commission in Minnesota begins staff purge of 350 by dismissing 20 junior positions effective June 1 and adding 16 new hires. Farmers Labor rulers Knud Wefald and Charles Mann say most workers will be dismissed over two years while most remaining staff stay. Swanson chief clerk of stockyards division replaced by A S Jensen. G F Farrell rehired as chief chemist of grain testing lab.
A Duluth vote to rehire two cancer specialists followed their dismissals, with Farrell's firing occurring six months earlier. The recount shows a unanimous decision to re-employ. Separate item notes Prof Adolph Knopf estimating oceans to be at least 109 million years old.
Milwaukee officer George Beutler aged 39 on foot at North Thirtyfifth and West Burleigh streets tripped on a curb and severely strained a tendon in his heel. An operation was performed. The report notes his long riding career without accident.
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