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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1948
Page
6
New York reports outline a two day Memorial Day observance with a Sunday broadcast by President Truman from Arlington National Cemetery at 11 p.m. featuring the U S Marine Band and a Gettysburg Address reading. Indianapolis Motor Speedway races are also scheduled.
The French news agency said last night that complete accord on control of the Ruhr had been reached in the London discussions on Germany. No details were given, but a communique will be issued on the talks today.
The article lists MBS NBC CBS and ABC time slots for programs and events. It notes Gen Omar Bradley's address in Long Meadow Massachusetts and coverage of Indianapolis races across four pickups. It mentions quiz shows Sing It Again Who Can It daytime and nighttime schedules with Pat O’Brien theater replacing Phil and Alice and Mystery Tunes speculation.
Ambassador Walter B. Smith flew back to Moscow after a two day stopover in Germany where he stayed with Gen. Lucius D. Clay, the American military governor, during a fishing holiday in France.
The Berlin Kommandatura session stretched 15 hours and ended as Soviet commander Maj. Gen. Alexander Kotikov said he would no longer sit beside American Col. Frank Howley. A Soviet deputy will be placed between them as the acrid meeting raises doubts about the Allied supervisory council’s future function.
Funeral services for Joe D Seeby will be Tuesday at 9 a.m. at St Joseph church with burial in the Catholic cemetery. He died Friday and early calls are invited Monday evening at Sletten McKee. Rotary at 7:30 p.m. Survived by wife and siblings in Hungary and La Crosse. Clayton F Hauser died Friday after a lingering illness at age 43. Survived by wife son mother and two brothers and a sister. Services Monday at 2 p.m. at Nelson funeral home with burial in Hauser family cemetery. viewing Sunday evening.
Funeral services for Miss Bessie Bell Hutchison one of the first staff members of La Crosse State Teachers College will be held in Mineral Point Wisconsin on Tuesday. She died in Huntington Park California last Tuesday after retiring from her work here in 1935
Miss Jennie Hanson aged 80 of 320 Fifth Avenue South died in a local hospital Saturday after a long illness. She was born October 14, 1867 in Rothland Wisconsin. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
George W. Drexel 53, of Dakota Minnesota, died Thursday night in a La Crosse hospital after a lingering illness. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Nadine Lutheran Church with Rev Ott Klett officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. Funeral home in La Crosse Saturday evening.
George Storlie 69 of Whalan died Tuesday in a Lanesboro hospital after a 10 day stay. He had suffered long illness. Funeral services set for Saturday at his Whalan home at 1 30 p m and at First Lutheran Highland at 2 p m with Rev P C Hiller officiating. Burial in Highland church cemetery. Eire has increased movie admission taxes.
Minnesota stock and livestock quotations list bid prices and ranges for cattle hogs and poultry. Tables show weights grades and price ranges in dollars and cents with notes on market conditions and closing times. Also includes Chicago market data for hogs cattle and grains with price movements and futures.
Wisconsin County Court in La Crosse schedules two hearings on estates. On June 2, 1948, at 10 a.m., the court will hear La Crosse Trust Company as executor of Edwin Erickson’s estate for final account examination and residue distribution, with debts and heirs determined. A second hearing on June 22, 1948, at 10 a.m., requires examination of Paul Hass as administrator of Jane Hayden’s estate for final account and inheritance tax adjudication.
Formosa, a Japanese colony for nearly 50 years before Pearl Harbor, measures slightly larger than the combined area of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Department of Commerce weather bulletin notes partly cloudy skies across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Wisconsin predicts warmer tonight and Sunday with scattered showers in extreme southwest. Minnesota sees partly cloudy and slightly warmer tonight with Sunday partly cloudy and warmer. Iowa expects cooler tonight then mostly cloudy and warmer Sunday with scattered showers in extreme west.
No impact changes are indicated in river stages until the effective reinforcements. gate adjustments have been completed with normal pool elevations reached.
Republicans move to delay or block major nominations including Frieda B. Hennock to the FCC while aiming to keep key posts unfilled for a potential Republican presidency. They back extending Lilienthal and AEC terms only to 1950 as Truman seeks five year terms for the chair.
In Bucharest dairymen who watered milk to profit from price controls were exposed and forced to wear placards stating I am selling milk with water. St Peters birthplace attribution varied among Scotland England Wales and France.
The Wisconsin department of agriculture approved disease control work for brucellosis in four counties. Juneau county and seven towns plus Hustler village. Monroe county with 18 towns and Kendall, Richland. Cazenovia and Sauk with 16 towns and Baraboo area including 22 towns and seven villages.
The note observes March 17 as the anniversary of St Patrick’s death rather than his birth. It confirms the historical timing used in commemorations and traditions.
About 90 percent of Jewish displaced persons in Austria have registered to move to Palestine, according to Jewish sources in Vienna. The report notes plans involving Jerusalem and reflects postwar resettlement hopes.
Ten year old S Shelton while playing cowboy and Indian climbed a tree in Hayward California and attempted a rope descent. Playmates found him hanging by the neck thirteen feet above ground and lifeless, ending a child’s game gone tragic.
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