Bystander Hurt In Auto Crash
Three weekend accidents left one bystander injured and minor property damage. Lemuel McGinnis fell asleep at 2 a.m. Sunday, tipping his pickup. Robert Paisley was injured after being struck while helping another crash victim. No hospitalizations reported.
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Lemuel McGinnis
R. 1
West Salem
Highway
McGinnis
Robert Paisley
Mindoro
Webster Brown
Gordon Allen
Wood Street
Highway 108
Allen
Brown
Paisley
Highway 16
Vernon Curtis
Onalaska
Clarence Morehouse
la Crosse
Curtis
Morehouse
Blind Lions banquet planned in La Crosse county
Will Entertain Blind Lions club hosts its annual banquet for the blind of La Crosse county at 6 30 Wednesday at the Cargill home Ray Wrobel serves as banquet chairman The American Chemical Society counts more than 58000 members
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
la Crosse County
Cargill
Ray Wrobel
The
American Chemical Society
Final Guild Operetta The Bells of Capistrano at St James
Sunday performances of The Bells of Capistrano presented by the St James choir and Dramatic guild under Harmer Root drew near capacity in the school auditorium. The operetta with music by Charles Cadman tells of drought and a curse on Rancho Ortega and the mission bells that must ring to lift it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capistrano
St. James Choir
Dramatic Guild
Harmer Root
Charles Cadman
Rancho Ortega
Pose
Jake Kraft
Lone Eagle
Noneeta
Ortegas
Long Eagle
Marie Addis
Maureen Coggis
Noel van Brunat
Art Kofta
Fred Melde
Fred Simmones
Delmer Chesebro
Arcie Brake
Edward Divine
Helen Burke
Dick Collins
St. James School
Kenosha Attorney Dies On Florida Vacation
Val W. Dittman a 53 year old Kenosha Wisconsin attorney died in Pensacola Florida after several months illness. He began practice in 1925 after graduating from Marquette University Law School and was born in Racine Wisconsin. He and his wife were visiting their son Navy Lieut George Dittmann funeral plans not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Val W. Dittman
Kenosha
Wis
Dittman
Navy
George Dittmann
Marquette University Law School
Racine
Birthday tribute to Alfred Sloan Jr. GM magnate
Alfred Sloan Jr., born May 23 1875 in New Haven Conn son of a coffee and tea importer, rose from draftsman to president of Hyatt Roller Bearing then General Motors chairman. By age 41 he was worth nearly 5 million and later the highest paid U.S. executive by 1936. People familiar with Sloan note his early bent toward mechanics and science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Sloan, JR
New Haven
Conn
General Motors
M.I.T
La Crosse Farm Bureau Board Picks Leaders and Allocates Roles
La Crosse county Farm Bureau board in West Salem announced the resignation of organizational director and supply manager Fred F. Miller and named George Brudos as director representing Farmington. Mrs. Norbert Nuttelman was named county Associated women chair and Mrs. Melvin Schomberg delegate to the state short course. L. E. Jewett noted insurance rate changes for youth drivers and urged amendments to compulsory agricultural workers compensation. A new Eau Claire branch office is planned to service new counties, and the group aims to send an outstanding 4‑H pair to the state convention as membership reaches 27,346 nationally and 563 in La Crosse County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred F. Miller
George Brudos
Farmington
la Crosse County Farm Bureau Board
West Salem
Miller
Norbert Nuttelman
County Associated Women
Melvin Schomberg
Green Lake
Jewett
William Kasakaitas
Farm Bureau
Leroy Beilke
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Barstow Street
Eau Claire
Farn Bureau
la Crosse County
McClean Family Gifts $100,000 for Penn Donner Clinic
The descendants of William L. McClean, late publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, donated 100000 to the Donner Diagnostic Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania medical center. The gift funds the main entrance hall and reception room, to be named the William L. McClean Memorial Reception Hall. McLean died in 1931. his son Robert is current bulletin publisher and AP president.
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Philadelphia
William L. McClean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Donner Diagnostic Clinic
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Penn
Harold E. Stassen
Donner Clinic
McLean
Robert
The
Bulletin
Associated Press
Barber Shop Quartet Chorus Sets New Meet Day
Weekly rehearsal at Central High School moved from Tuesday to Wednesday at 8 p m announced Monday. The Barber Shop Group plans the session to practice vocal harmonies and prepare for upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber Shop Quartet
Central High School
Amann Promoted In 7th Infantry Division Camp Crawford
Pvt. Leslie R. Amann of Court Acres Wisconsin has been promoted to private first class and named company clerk of the reconnaissance company in the 7th Infantry Division at Camp Crawford Hokkaido Japan. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ernest G Amann of Onalaska Wisconsin. He attended Aquinas High School and completed infantry basic training at Breckinridge Kentucky on February 8 1949. He plans to open a grocery business after discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
7Th Infantry Division
Camp Crawford
Hokkaido
Japan
Leslie R. Amann
Court Acres
Wis
7Th Reconnaissance Company
Amann
Ernest G. Amann
R. 1
Onalaska
Army
Aquinas High School
Senator Watson's Widow Dies at 83 in Indiana
Flora Miller Watson, 83, widow of Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, died after a three week illness. Funeral services are set for 11 a m Wednesday at Gawler's funeral parlor, with burial beside her husband in Cedar Hill cemetery. He died July 29, 1948 after 39 years in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Flora Miller Watson
James E. Watson
Indiana
Gawler’s
Cedar Hill
Congress
Village Boards Authorized to Create Police Justice Office
Tribune Madison Bureau reports Wisconsin village boards may establish the office of police justice of the peace. Gov Renne’s enacted measure took effect last week, authorizing localities to create this new position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Office of Police
Justice of the Peace
Talks On Pension Plan With Rep Robert Secrist
Representative Robert T. Secrist Democrat of Oregon will discuss the Townsend plan on the ABC network Monday at 8 45 p m. The program will be carried by WLCX.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Secrist
Dem O
Townsend
ABC
WLCX
Man killed himself after arson and dog shooting in Wisconsin
EAU CLAIRE Wis Coroner Wallace Stokes said John Luer 65 a farmer burned his houses destroyed his auto and shot his dog before killing himself The incidents occurred Friday soon after he was served with divorce papers by his wife and were not found until Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wis
Wallace Stokes
John Luer
Stokes
Luer
Brannan Plan Backed By Democrats In 1950 Campaign
National Chairman J. Howard McGrath says Democrats bank on the Brannan farm subsidy plan to win farmers in the Midwest. A Des Moines rally June 11 with Brannan explains a plan offering government loans on存able crops while allowing perishables to fetch market prices. Critics warn of taxpayer cost and regulation. Thirteen states attend the Des Moines conference as campaigns gear up for control of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Brannan
Midwest
McGrath
Secretary of Agriculture
Des Moines
Iowa
Colorado
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Okanama
Wyoming
Montana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Congress
Pulp Industry Faces Buyer Resistance and Slowed Output
The commerce department reports mounting buyer resistance in pulp, paper, and paperboard sectors returning prewar selling practices. Wholesalers and consumers push back with biweekly stock lists and extended discounts as April output may dip below March, ending a quarter eight percent under 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Iowa Farm Family Killed In Crossing Accident
A farm family of six traveling to church was killed in a Rock Island railroad crossing crash three miles north of Northwood Iowa. Victims: Marvin A. Holstad 27, wife 26, children Marilyn 4 Montie Lou 3 Donavan 18 months and Diane Liedal 4 daughter of Milford Liedal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwood
Iowa
Church
Rock Island
Leidal
Holstads
Headlight glare blamed for $400 two car crash on Farnam
Police report a 1:23 am collision in the 500 block Farnam Street after Arden Dahle driving west was blinded by oncoming headlights from a motorist turning east. Dahle’s car struck the parked Sumner vehicle causing $150 and $250 damages to Dahle and Sumner respectively. Other incidents: Walter Hadley injured, $400 total in two more crashes on Eighth Street and Market. Frank Lacy and Richard Amundson damages listed along with several minor losses.
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Farnam Street
Arden H. Dahle
New Albin
Dahle
Raymond Sumner
Fifth Avenue South
Sumner
Walter Hadley
South Eighth Street
Eighth and Market Streets
Hadley
Anr
Rinehart H. Emery
Winnebago Street
Emery
Eighth
Charles Hoeschler
Main Street
Fifth Avenue
State Street
Frank Lacy
Viola
Wis
Lacy
Coon Valley
Richard L. Amundson
Jackson
10Th Streets
Edmund Weiland
Redfield Street
Longfellow Junior High Arts Program Highlights Seventh Grade Role
Three seventh grade English classes directed by Miss Irma Rideout presented an assembly program at Longfellow Junior High. The program featured three skits, a dance number, and a cello solo with students listed by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow Junior High School
Irma Rideout
Donald Devine
Jean Scullion
Ronald Seitz
Sharin Johnson
Leah Troyanek
Nancy Bion
Kenneth Scott
Robert Minor
Ruth Wheldon
Louie Olson
Bob Happel
Dick Wardwell
La Crosse Camera Club Holds Final Season Meeting
All members are urged to attend the last regular meeting of the season and to join summer activity plans. Winners of trophies will be announced, with actual presentation at a later special meeting. Tuesday's meeting also marks the last print competition night. Two exhibits will be viewed due to low attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Camera Club
New York Honors Inventor J. I. Case
Oswego county hamlet Williamstown plans a May 31 ceremony to honor native inventor and manufacturer J. I. Case. The event, expected to draw thousands, features remarks by Dean V W. T Myers of Cornell College of Agriculture, Dr. Earl R. Bates of the state agricultural museum, New York State Historian Albert Covey, and W. L. Clark of J. I. Case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
N. Y
Oswego County
J. I. Case
Dean
W. T Myers
College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Earl R. Bates
State Agricultural Museum
Cornell
Albert Covey
New York State
W. L. Clark
The
Court Resumes With Judge Rinehard Presiding in Chippewa Falls
Judge Clarence E. Rinehard of Chippewa Falls will preside when circuit court resumes Tuesday as Judge Robert Cowie remains seriously ill in a local hospital. Jurors are ordered to report at 10 a.m. Tuesday with ten more cases set for jury trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Rinehard
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Robert Cowie
Directors to Hold Regular Chamber Meeting at Noon
Chamber of Commerce board of directors will meet at 12 05 p m Wednesday in the conference room to conduct its regular session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
Horse Still Master Of At Least One Auto
A horse frightened by another horse toppled its rider and crashed into a parked car in Grand Rapids. The animal rolled over the hood damaged the windshield roof fenders and radio grill before getting up and trotting off. Ce cil Soules had his car towed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cecil Soules
Gridiron Banquet Prompts Club Meeting Cancellations
A La Crosse banquet organizer said 250 men are expected Tuesday at the VFW for the Gridiron dinner with Lieut. Cmdr. Patrick J. Ryan as speaker. Regular Kiwanis Rotary Lions Optimists and La Crosse Business Men's meetings are off this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Schubert
VFW
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions, Optimists
la Crosse
Schubert
George M. Hetherington
Patrick J. Ryan
la Crosse Naval Reserve Training Center
Labor Union Calls Off Unsafe Excavations In Milwaukee
Local 113 of the Common Laborers union in Milwaukee says to cancel any excavating job failing to meet state safety rules and to seek pay for lost time. Union official John Zancanaro cites numerous cave-ins on sewer tunnel and trench work as the reason for the move. Contractor group leader J J Frigerio claims 97 percent of contractors comply, with only rare lapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Common Laborers’ Union
AFL
John Zancanaro
Zancanaro
J. J. Frigerio
Associated Public Works Contractors
Farm Boy Killed by Lightning Near Orfordville Wis
Clare Piper 15-year-old farm boy was struck by lightning Saturday while helping bring cattle from pasture near Orfordville. He died an hour later despite resuscitation efforts. His father Eu gene C. Piper and two brothers were unharmed as they returned home before the bolt struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Wis
Madison Architect Frank M. Riley Dies at 73
Frank M. Riley, 73, prominent Madison architect, died Sunday at a local hospital. A MIT graduate with European study, he designed local school buildings, ornate homes, and buildings in UW Madison's fraternity row. He is survived by his brother Charles G. Riley, a Madison attorney. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Frank M. Riley
Riley
Massachusetts Institute of Technotey
Europe
Boston
New York
University of Wisconsin
Charles G
Petition To Seize Berlin Elevates Railways Rejected
Western military chiefs rejected West Berlin's bid to seize strike bound elevated railway stations. About 12,000 strikers clashed with Soviet police as 17 demonstrators and 15 police or strikebreakers were hospitalized. elevated lines remained paralyzed while West Berlin urged a boycott pending settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Frank L. Howley
Railway Union
UGO
Reichsbahn
West Marks
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Florida
Rans
Technicolor
Dana Andrews
Gene Tierney
Don Robby
Brudos
Publisher’s Kin
Tribune Madison Bureau
Inventor J. I. Case
ST. Thomas More Adult Choir
John Emerson
Anita Loos
Aquinas Auditorium
Pauline
Ryan
Harry Greene
Milo Knutson
Johnny Sullivean
Gage Staats
Howard Aiken
Danny Lebakken
C. L. Seaquist
Henry Ahrens
Gene Luening
Roy Wittenberg
Elmer Hougen
William Harrison
Marshall Batho
Morey Rifkin
Roger Hafner
Frank Wilkinson
Jim Arenz
John Arnison
Jerry Moriarity
St. James Dramatic Guild
St. James Auditorium
Avon and Windsor Streets
Inc
Angel
Katharine
Lansbury - Meriou
Moto Caitwge-Mayer
Liberty Fame
Caras
Maria Montez
Monterey
Abbott and Costello
Alan Ladd
Betty Hutton
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