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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1952
Page
16
Schumacher Lawnmowers and farm sickles sharpened and repaired with guarantee. Pickup and delivery available. Call 2-6551 or 2-5057. 118 South 2nd. Handy Dandy Cleaners offers painting exterior interior windows washed walls cleaned screens repaired replaced floors sanded. Want ads buy sell rent trade hire. No job too large or small.
Physical educators from across the state, parents, and townspeople attended La Crosse State College gym for the biennial physical education demonstration. Lincoln Junior High School band opened with a concert directed by Frank Italiano. Under W. J. Wittich, majors demonstrated five coed activities including body building, apparatus work, self testing, tumbling, and group play, followed by recreational and cultural segments featuring modern dance fencing, square and round dances, girls basketball, and soccer skill games.
Church officials from the Assembly of God in Cherryville express twofold worry over Rev. J. J. Ivie who has not eaten since April 1 and aims to fast until prayer for world religious awakening or death. Ivie weighs about 120 pounds after losing 26, he sips water at times and has banned physicians. Officials Hastie and Lawson from Springfield plan a visit to assess the situation and protect the church’s image and Ivie’s welfare.
Washington reports the Senate opened two hours early to push price wage rent and other controls and to advance a $6.7 billion foreign aid bill. Majority Leader McFarland said he would object to committees meeting during Senate sessions without unanimous consent, though several panels proceeded unofficially.
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee was set to win the state's 28 delegate votes at the state convention. Tennessee Democrats rally behind Kefauver and plan to instruct delegates to vote as a unit for the native son. The State Democratic Executive Committee recently provided $5,000 to Kefauver's campaign.
Senator Blair Moody chairing an anti censorship subcommittee demanded all U S agencies disclose how they classify and label documents The inquiry includes President Truman s September order directing secret or confidential marks and how agencies revoke labels when secrecy ends Replies are requested by next Thursday.
Mexico plans its first newsprint plant with Italian capital and technicians. The project, costing 100 million pesos, will be in Durango state’s forest area in the northwest.
Pvt Don Hooper a 22 year old Texan in the 7th Division in Korea says he has plenty of mail from home. His sister Justine Bailey teaches sixth grade in Sundown Texas and had her 26 pupils, averaging 13 years old, write him letters for a class project. He answered all the letters at once and sent a note to his sister to read to the class.
Two 16 year old Tomah youths, paroled after a Kendall School break in, were arrested in Sparta after taking a Tomah Dry Cleaner truck earlier that evening. They drove 100 miles with 10 gallons of kerosene, which they had borrowed from a home, and were brought to Monroe County jail by Deputy Trainer as Officer Mc Cauley made the arrest.
Harland Stiteley 26 was moved by ambulance from Fond du Lac to a Tomah hospital to be near home for the 20 week waiting period before his surgery. The Northern States Power employee was badly injured in a 50 foot pole fall when his safety belt failed, breaking bones in both legs, two vertebrae, and his left arm. The accident occurred March 26 and his mother Mrs. Ella Skoglund accompanied him back from Fond du Lac.
Maj. Gen. William F. Marquat, who directed Japan's economy during the Allied occupation, departs Tokyo by ship for a new post in Washington as chief of the Army Department's Office of Civil Affairs, Military Government.
Laur en Andringa of Sparta had his car damaged in a collision with a Raymond Sonday vehicle on Franklin Street. A separate minor accident on East Montgomery Street involved cars driven by Ard Powell and Floyd Bisher from La Crosse.
Birth notices record numerous newborns from May 20 to May 28 at St Ann’s Genoa Mary Mary May 27 Genevie Malone May 28 Richard Evarist and other name entries. Parents include Malin Lind Har ry Voves Frederick Yarbrough Jewel Haag Severson Crocker Krawcheck Meyer Berg Hesse Zeman Ander son Dunn Laufenberg with addresses in Genoa Black River Falls Sparta Merrillan Hixton and Cashton Wisconsin.
Washington grocers began computing new price ceilings after government approval of higher industry margins. The Office of Price Stabilization allowed up to 25 percent increases, averaging about a penny per item, potentially raising annual costs by 100 to 150 million dollars.
Boston Post article states Mrs. Marion L. Manning of South Weymouth is told to expect five babies, though Weymouth South Shore Hospital disputes quintuplets and notes she is not term or a current patient. Dr. Robert R. Ryan reportedly predicted five after earlier assessments. Birth expected mid August, with possible earlier timing.
Victor Morris Olson and Dorothy Ann Yanke of Garden Valley plan to wed June 6. William H. Ome of Milwaukee and Kathleen Olson of Black River Falls wed June 7. Harold W. Zellmer and Arlene M. Baker of Tomah, and William A. Hoppman of Adrian with Marie J. Ivens of Sparta are listed.
Mrs Leola Cason a 60 year old widow faces a lawsuit from Mr and Mrs Jeff Earlywine of Inglewood seeking 14750 dollars. They allege a bird bath and seed crumbs in her yard two years of interference with shrubs fence and peace.
The public library promotes a summer reading contest Freedom Train Vacation Tour starting June 2 and urges readers to explore travel resources and stay home reading options. New nonfiction titles feature Swanson Camping for All Its Worth MacLean There’s No Place Like Paris and Gordey Visa to Moscow, plus biographies on Nell Gwyn Melville etc.
Administrative staff and contact details for the La Crosse Tribune are listed. Publication schedule notes and AP affiliation are included. Subscription pricing is provided for home delivery in La Crosse and surrounding areas, with rates for longer distances and mail options.
Funeral services for Hans Amundson 70 were held Tuesday at Ness Funeral Chapel with burial in Riverside Cemetery. He died at home after a long illness leaving wife Hannah and twin brother John in northern state. Chris Thompson 81 died Wednesday afternoon at his Viroqua home after a long illness. Services set for Saturday 1:30 p.m. at Viroqua Lutheran Church, burial in Freeman Lutheran Cemetery. Survivors include wife one daughter Mrs Paul Vaaler and two sons Lloyd and Archie, both of Viroqua.
Fairfield California reports Ella Gord an itinerant farm worker who died by suicide after working at A R Gonzales fruit ranch left her whole estate to Gonzales in a will found among her meager effects. Attorneys put the value at 25 000 to 50 000 dollars.
A Hillsboro area boy named Richard Nemec aged 6 suffered severe burns Tuesday at his farm home when he ran into a pail of boiling water being poured out by his mother. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Martin Nemec.
Public notices announce probate of wills for May Oyen and Robert L. Eagan with hearings in La Crosse County Court. Creditors must file by August 28 and August 25 respectively. further hearings set for September 2 and August 26. Additional notices relate to George Shaw estate administration and heirs. coal and fuel oil bids requested by district education board.
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