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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1949
Page
16
Preparations for Poppy Day in La Crosse are complete. Mrs. Verne H. Lamp chairs the poppy committee of the American Legion auxiliary Roy L. Wingers unit. Volunteers will distribute poppies citywide with baskets and coin boxes ready for contributions to aid disabled veterans and veteran children.
Two La Crosse State Teachers College ball players remain hospitalized two weeks after a crash that killed Harold Haugstad and William Benedict Jr. Ronnie Engler was released the day after. Ray Gripentrog, treated in Chippewa Falls, later moved to Marshfield with a broken jaw. Larry Mitchell at Luther Memorial Hospital in Eau Claire recovers from internal injuries and a brain concussion.
Brake dies at the Bendix products plant remained inside the strike closed facility due to a serial number discrepancy. Five trucks Tuesday night removed 160,000 brake parts for Allis Chalmers Manufacturing and Harry Ferguson Inc. Buy Savings Bonds.
Millions over forty years report relief from itching and smarting piles using a cooling soothing astringent formula. A user testimonial claims itching stopped and sleep returned after use. Available in 40c and 60c at all druggists with money back guarantee.
President Truman nominates Nathaniel P. Davis as minister to Hungary restoring U S legation presence since the Mindszenty trial. Davis, ambassador to Costa Rica, would replace Selden Chapin who returns to Washington. Also named are Joseph Flack to Costa Rica and George P Shaw to El Salvador.
Three Minnesota residents were involved in a $600 two car crash at 4:07 a m Wednesday at Market street and Fifth avenue south. A passenger with Ronald A Seares Brownsville Minn named Arthur Mullen 18 suffered a right temple cut and would seek his own treatment. Mullen rode with Seares in the northbound vehicle. Melvin Henderson Houston Minn drove west and his car ended on the CIO hall front lawn with 250 damage. Seares report put vehicle damage at 350. Officials logged another intersection collision at 10:25 a m Tuesday at 10th and Mississippi streets involving Harold Eggen Onalaska driving a Sears Roebuck truck and Ivan E Kubitza Staples Minn. truck damage listed at 5 while the other car had 125.
Rep. Al Vin E O'Konski asks the communications commission for a standard radio station at Menominee Michigan. The request covers 250 watts unlimited time. He currently owns WLin and WLIN FM at Merrill.
Berlin reports a Soviet controlled Reichsbahn offer to settle the five day Berlin rail strike by paying strikers in West marks and restoring most workers. Kreikemeyer said fares would use West marks in western sectors while police guard property and locomotives faced standoffs with Soviet units and Allied authorities.
Kiwanis in La Crosse sends sons and daughters as delegates to the governor's conference on children and youth in Madison. Attendees include Henry Ahrens Jr, Richard Bunt, James Garvalia, Robert Ward, Marian Dragsbak, Gayle Highberg, Joan Nelson, Joyce Ringquist. chaperones are Mrs. C L Ringquist and Maj. C H Dragsbak. The event aims to shape Wisconsin's view for a 1950 White House youth conference, with expenses covered by the Kiwanis club.
Shawano Wisconsin Frank Dodge 25 of Neopit bound over for circuit court trial on negligent homicide in the May 5 death of Frank Duquaine 56 also of Neopit a passenger in his car when it overturned at Matoon is
The Tribune Washington Bureau reports six Wisconsin congressmen opposed the military pay raise bill as it moved back to committee. Biemiller Byrnes Davis Murray OKon s ki Withrow voted to kill the bill. Zablocki opposed recommittal and Keefe was paired for recommittal.
The Wendlandton College Board lists results from last week’s student elections at River Falls State Teachers College. Winners include Wallace Smetana Bloomer editor of the Student Voice Mary Carlson Rice Lake vice president Mary Harris River Falls secretary Gordon Olson Chippewa Falls treasurer Wesley Wendlandt La Crosse Dale Johnson Pepin and James Murphy Spring Valley as senate members. Senior class officers are Stan Lee Woodville president Arvin Gilbertson Clear Lake River Falls secretary and Wallace Smetana Bloomer treasurer. Junior class officers: Harold Tech New London president James Russell New Richmond vice president Jean Mc Laughlin River Falls secretary Donald Goodrich River Falls treasurer. Sophomore class officers: Donald Benson River Falls vice-president Phyllis Hathaway Hammond secretary Eleanor Davis Spring Valley treasurer.
A Neenah trucking firm paid 235 in six counts after pleading guilty to hauling 950 cases of beer from Chicago without a carrier license and using license plates for another vehicle. No contest pleas were entered to four related offenses including trailer without a carrier permit and missing registration cards. The fines were set by Fond du Lac Municipal Judge Hazen W. McNessy.
Senator Morse calls for stronger civilian control of the defense secretary to avoid being hog-tied by military brass. He plans five amendments to centralize purchasing, transfer rules, and elevate assistant secretaries to defense leadership, warning against Marines or naval aviators being barred from transfer.
Athletic awards presented by Rod ney Rohrer and Waldo Marsh honor Robert DeBuw Floyd Hanson Archie Engum Heinrich Vohs Lloyd Gunderson Ardell Linnerud Dayton Lovlien George Skogstad Allen Thompson and Allen Krueger for football basketball and baseball football and track contributing to school sports recognition
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, brother of Queen Elizabeth, died Tuesday at Glamis Castle. He was 84 and the eldest of the queen's three brothers. Ill for several months, he became the 15th in line after his father’s 1944 death.
English sportsman William Coke, a portly hunter, devised the bowler hat after the top hat hampered him while crawling through hedges. The invention arose from practical needs during his hunts.
Louis Engler Jr of Cochrane earns star Wisconsin state farmer at state FFA convention in Green Lake. Engler, 18, is a Cochrane High School senior and Engler family farm partner, with active FFA roles and 4-H involvement. He has invested about 2000 dollars in farming and led various school farm projects.
Rep Zablocki of Milwaukee was the sole dissenting vote in Wisconsin's delegation as the House recommitted the pay-raise bill 227 to 163. He stood with 120 Democrats against the proposal while Biemiller joined Republicans Byrnes, Davis, Murray, O Konski and Withrow in supporting it.
Undulant fever in humans is traceable to Bangs disease in cattle and to brucellosis in swine, highlighting cross species infection pathways.
The Nation magazine remains banned for another year from New York City public high school libraries. The action, announced Tuesday by the board of superintendents, drew criticism from editor Miss Freda Kirchwey who called the move unfair and undemocratic.
At the Old Fashioned brewery in La Crosse two new officers were elected. Vern H. Pralle becomes vice president and sales chief while Charles A. Beranek is named treasurer. George Schneeberger starts his second year as president.
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