Mass Meeting Set to Boost La Crosse Tourist Promotion
Invitations issued for a June 6 mass meeting at the G Heileman Brewing hospitality room to discuss a stronger local tourist-promotion program. Service stations motels hotels taverns and others are invited. A H Kaulfuss will preside at 7 30 p m. Everett H Woehrmann urges attendance to help inform those who stand to gain from all-out promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Heileman Brewing Co
A. H. Kaulfuss
Everett H. Woehrmann
la Crosse County
Five County Beer Distributors Fined for Advertising Payments
Five distributors from Bangor Sparta and Barre were fined $35.10 each plus costs totaling $175.50 in County Court. They admitted giving money to Donald Schroeder for advertising on Bangor Bowling Alleys posters to raise funds for tournament prizes. Statutes ban beer wholesalers from paying tavernkeepers for ads. State Beverage Tax Division filed the case with Acting County Judge E F K Gansen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manfred Peterson
Levi Chapiewsky
Bangor
Rudolph Maurer
Harold Willgrubs
Sparta
George Reed
Barre
State Beverage Tax Division
Donald Schroeder
E. F. K. Gansen
Woman Hurt In Crash Of 2 Vehicles
A Wisconsin woman, Lena Fabert of Oxford, suffered a bruised arm in a two vehicle crash at 4th and Cass streets. She was a passenger in a car driven by Edward Fabert, who struck a taxi driven by Earl Blaske. Fabert faces a charge of failing to stop for a stop sign.
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Wisconsin
4Th
Cass
Lena Fabert
Oxford
Edward Walter Fabert
Earl Howard Blaske
S. 14Th St
Fabert
Memorial Day Services At Three Cemeteries
The Memorial Day parade by American Legion Post starts 11 a.m. at Walnut and S 2nd, marching to Prospect Hill Cemetery. The color guard and firing squad then perform at Dresbach Dakota and Nadine Cemeteries at 10 00 10 15 and 10 30 a.m.
Burglar Stole Heavy Cast Iron Sewer Gate on Livingston Street
Police report a burglary on Livingston Street near Highway 53 in the past week. A heavy 200 pound cast iron sewer control gate, 24 inches in diameter, was taken.
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Livingston Street
Highway 53
Inquest Details Dual Accounts in Buchner Shooting Case
Witnesses place Buchner at the filling station around 1 10 to 1 15 a m. Testimony covers the station phone, gas purchase, and baseball chat before a fatal head wound and bullet injury. Autopsy attributes death to internal bleeding with a back head cut and a bullet path from high on the back to the left groin area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berger
Dickson
Miss Dunham
Buchner
Vern Weber
Miss Udulutch
Basil F. Reardon
Park Ave
Rey Kaufmann
Rose St
Paul C. Dietz
Dietz
Jury verdict in shooting case names unknown killer
A Chicago jury found Buchner was shot to death by an unknown assailant. Witnesses described a dark complexioned man of Mexican descent, about 160 pounds and 5 feet 10 inches, wearing a blue jacket with a cloth over his face. Police photos and blood evidence were presented linking the restroom scene to the fatal wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchner
Richard Lee
Wilson St
Onalaska
Ellen Udulutch
Caroline St
Dist. Atty
Trolman
Walter Grosskopf
Herman Rick
Bernard Sauer
J. C. Maney
S. 17Th St
Roy Fritz
Loomis St
Walter Bigelow
N. 8Th St
Louis Hirschheimer
N. 7Th St
Joseph Schiffer
Prospect St
James Howard
Caledonia St
Oppose Bill To Legalize Bingo In State
Madison church spokesmen and tavernkeepers testified against a bill to legalize bingo under local option. The measure would levy a 50 dollar annual fee and require 10 percent of receipts for schools and communities, with a constitutional amendment needed to allow lotteries.
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Madison
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Laing Burns Jr
Wisconsin Council of Churches
A. C. Schumacher
Wendelin Kraft
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Tavern Keepers Assn
Youths Hold Memorial Day Services in Riverside Park
La Crosse Christian Youth Council will conduct annual Memorial Day services Thursday at 6 30 am in Riverside Park. If rain moves, the event will shift to the social rooms of the First Baptist Church.
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la Crosse
Tri State Deaths in Wisconsin and Iowa
Graveside services were held for Margaret Baxter 97 in Mt. Olivet Cemetery Rockwell City Iowa who died Friday. Gilbert Nelson 75 fatally struck by lightning near Viroqua Wisconsin will have funeral Wednesday at Northwest Prairie Lutheran Church. Jessie Christine Steele 89 widow of John N. Steele died in Sparta Wisconsin and will be buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Waukon
Iowa
Mt. Olivet
Margaret Baxter
Rockwell City
Charles Baxter
William Baxter
Viroqua
Wis
Northwest Prairie Lutheran Church
Gilbert Nelson
J. F. Master
Nelson
Andrew Nelson
Franklin
Vernon County
Leota Marston
Marjorie
Los Angeles
Calif
Alex
Chris
Albert
George
West Prairie
Sparta
Jessie Christine Steele
John N. Steele
Fred E. Steele
la Crosse City
Paul B. White
Woodlawn
Lanham
Steele
Obituaries: Pauline Spencer Dora Straight and Alice Rolfe
Necedah resident Pauline Spencer 96 dies after four year illness. Funeral Thursday at Nazarene Church Necedah with burial at Bay View Cemetery. Also Dora Straight 77 dies after four day illness in Millston area. Funeral Friday Millston Cemetery burial. Alice Rolfe 78 dies at Warner Creek after long illness. Services Wednesday United Brethren Church Rockton Cemetery burial. Survivors listed for each in local obituaries.
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Necedah
Wis
Pauline Julia Spencer
James Thorton
Mauston
Nazarene Church
Bay View Cemetery
Spencer
Mitchall Arquette
Frank Spencer
Leo Jones
Madison
Joseph Komberec
Earl
George
Wauxesha
Leonard
Wisconsin Rapids
Edward
Portage
Charles
Chicago
Louis Arquette
Antigo
Black River Falls
Dora Straight
Millston
Langlois-Galston
Wayne L. Grover
Straight
Dora Koskinsky
Ivan
Theodore
Julius
Wyeville
Alex
Sacramento
Calif
Alex Daukins
Spring Valley
Ill
Hazele
Bea) Davies
Valley
Jackson
Judson Ervin
Paddock Widow 87 Dies. Rites Planned at Tomah
Mrs. Daniel Paddock 87 died at her daughter Mrs. Leland Rose home in Tomah. Funeral set for Wednesday 2 p.m. at Our Saviour's Mission Chapel officiated by Rev. Clarence A. Johnson. Burial in Wood Cemetery near Wyeville. Born Aug. 12 1869 Vernon County near Hillsboro. Married Daniel Paddock Nov. 28 1889. Survived by six children Nathan Bruce Mrs. L J Sole Thomas John Silas and Mrs. Leland Rose.
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Tomah
Wis
Daniel Paddock
Leland Rose
Our Saviour’s Mission Chapel
Clarence A. Johnson
Wood Cemetery
Wyeville
Anna Louisa Burchell
Vernon County
Hillsboro
Jennie
Nathan
Bruce
L. J
Lydia Mae
Palmer Bergum 60 Dies of Heart Attack on Farm
Palmer Bergum 60 died of a heart attack while working in his farm barn near Whitehall Wisconsin on Tuesday. Funeral services are set for Friday at Our Saviors Lutheran Church at 8 p.m. with burial in Whitehall. He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs. Bergum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Bergum Sr
Lincoln
Howard
John
Whitehall
Wis
Palmer Bergum
O. G. Birkeland
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Charles B Van Gordon 91 longtime Alma Center business leader dies
Alma Center Wis special report Charles B Van Gordon 91 prominent Jackson County retired businessman and longtime funeral director in Alma Center died Wednesday. Jensen Funeral Home Hixton handles arrangements incomplete. He was the village's oldest resident.
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Alma Center
Wis
Charles B. van Gordon
Jackson County
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
van Gordon
Mutiny on the Treasure Island Ship Ends After Six Hour Standoff
Henderson held a loaded pistol on the ship bridge for more than six hours while crew and Marine officers urged surrender. Capt. Beer and others recalled the threat to kill him, as personnel debated peaceful surrender and legal counsel. Henderson later said the plan was to kill Mr. Morris amid a missing watch case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Robert C. Beer
San Mateo
Calif
Treasure Island Naval Base
E.M. Williams
Margaret Henderson
Treasure Island Security Headquarters
Mr. Morris
Death of Mrs. Anna Perviski in local hospital
Mrs. Anna Perviski aged 71 formerly Kubinski died in a local hospital Wednesday morning. Residence listed as 1230 Winnebago Street. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Perviski
Przywoski
Anna Kubinski
Winnebago St
Golfers Qualify For Elmer Seeling Trophy Event
Lady golfers from La Crosse Country Club will qualify on Saturday June 1 for the Elmer Seeling trophy 18 hole group Classes A and B while nine hole players qualify for the June handicap match A player may qualify early if out of town but must be with a association member Lunch will be picnic style north of the pro shop weather permitting If rain occurs serving will be in the ladies lounge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Country Club
Elmer Seeling
Pro
River Readings and Forecast for Mississippie Tailwaters
River readings list stage numbers at Winona Dam No. 6 and Dam No. 7 in pools 8.3 and 93 with T W values. La Crosse and Prairie du Chien show tributary stream data and streamwise levels. Forecast from Hastings to Guttenberg predicts a 2 to 3 inch rise in tailwaters over 24 hours. sunrise and sunset times noted along with moonset.
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Fiocod
Prec
Winona
T.W
Dakota
C.P
Lacrosse
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Trempleau
Dodge
Black
Galesville
la Crosse
W. Salem
Root
Houston
Hokah
Mississeppe
Hastings
Minn
Guttenberg
Iowa
Weather Outlook for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Wisconsin sees scattered thunder showers tonight mainly east, with Thursday mostly fair and cooler in the north. Minnesota reports partly cloudy skies with little temperature change and a few isolated thundershowers in the south. Iowa remains partly cloudy with widely scattered afternoon or evening thunderstorms through Thursday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Condition Of 2 Injured Unchanged After Crash
The condition of Mrs. Roy Bedore and Carl Morken remained unchanged in a La Crosse hospital after a Sunday night crash that killed Roy C. Bedore and his mother in law Mrs. D C Wood. Bedore's wife, Mrs. Wood’s niece, is related to Quincy Hale La Crosse attorney. Funeral services for Bedore and Mrs. Wood were planned at St Pauls Episcopal Church in Winona on Wednesday.
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Roy
Florence) Bedore
Winona
Minn
Carl Morken
Houston
la Crosse
Roy C. Bedore
D. C. Wood
Wood
Quincy Hale
Roy Bedore
Hale
Weather totals and temperatures across Minnesota and Wisconsin
Rainfall amounts in 24 hours ending 6 a.m. Wednesday ranged from .92 inches in Harmony Minnesota to .15 inches in Sparta. Decorah Iowa read 78 and Hokah Minnesota recorded .39 inches. La Crosse Wisconsin was the warmest spot with a low of 57 degrees by sunrise and a high of 75 on Tuesday afternoon.
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Harmony
Minn
Decorah
Iowa
Hokah
Viroqua
Sparta
la Crosse
Wisconsin
La Crescent Man Awarded $318 in Car Collision Suit
George Abnet of La Crescent received 318.65 dollars from a jury after 242 hours of deliberation in Houston County District Court. Martin Tschumper of La Crosse sued Abnet and his minor daughter Rose Ann Abnet over a Pine Creek Road collision on March 8, 1956, and Abnet won a counterclaim.
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Caledonia
Minn
George Abnet
la Crescent
Houston
Martin Tschumper
la Crosse
Abnet
Rose Ann Abnet
Tschumper
Pine Creek Road
Miss Abnet
Scouts to Distribute Posters in La Crosse
Boy Scouts will distribute posters to La Crosse business places during the June Daily Month observance. Businessmen are urged to partake as a public service project. Coordination is by the rural affairs committee and the La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce with scout officials.
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la Crosse
Rural Affairs Committee
la Crosse County
Burdened Families Face Hunger as Highway Toll Rises
The article documents families like the Britnells and Susie Rosch struggling on $71 to $74 monthly incomes plus limited land rents and welfare. It notes widows and children affected by job losses after a fatal car truck crash of William L. Roach and warns of widespread livelihood losses due to highway fatalities.
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Britnell
Susie Rosch
Florence
Ala
William L. Roach
Guild Organ Recital Highlights May Meeting at Church
The La Crosse Chapter of the American Guild of Organists met at Our Savior's Lutheran Church for a May gathering. Four members performed on a new Austin pipe organ with selections by Follendorf Bruhns Langlais Bach Vierne and Franck.
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la Crosse
American Guild of Organists
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Austin
Gordon Follendorf
Pachelbel
Bruhns
Frances Spangler
Boellman
Priere
Jeff Davis
Bach
Langlais
No Court Session Notices for Circuit Court
No Court Session No motion day will be held in Circuit Court on Friday according to Clerk of Court Carl F Schnick. Court was not in session on Wednesday. Spring Term Court jurors are asked to report to Circuit Court at 9 a.m. Monday.
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Carl F. Schnick
Circuit Court
Police Log Reports Two Losses and One Recovery
City police logged two loss reports and one recovered item. Hazel Baldwin reported finding a coin purse downtown. Emma Hoffman reported a lost $3.40 check on a bus near 17th and Main. David Larson reported loss of bicycle license 833 at Green Bay Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Baldwin
S. 7Th St
David Larson
Green Bay St
Emma Hoffman
S&s
Reimers Elected President of Church PTA
Basil B. Reimers of 1302 Hyde Ave was elected president of the Holy Trinity Parent-Teacher Assn at the final meeting of the school year. Officers include Mrs. Merle J. Hill as vice president Mrs. Alois J. Rudolph as secretary and Alvin Tornblom as treasurer.
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Basil B. Reimers
Hyde Ave
Holy Trinity
Merle J. Hill
Alois J. Rudolph
Alvin Tornblom
Robert Joanis
Msgr
V. J. Plecity
Thomas Langer
James Murphy
PTA
Fr. Langer
Ascension Thursday Masses Planned Across City Churches
Catholic churches in the city schedule Ascension Thursday Masses mostly in the morning with four evening services. St. Thomas More hosts an 8:15 Mass for graduation exercises, plus multiple morning hours at St. James and St. John’s, St. Mary’s offers 5:30, 7 and 9 am, and Blessed Sacrament, Holy Trinity, St. Joseph’s Cathedral, St. Wenceslaus, St. Patrick’s Onalaska and Holy Cross provide various morning times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascension
St. Thomas More
St. Mary’s
Blessed Sacrament
Holy Trinity
St. James
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
St. John's
Holy Cross
St. Wenceslaus
St. Patrick's
Onalaska
Runaway teens surrender to Madison police
Two teenage runaways ages 14 and 15 surrendered themselves to city police on Tuesday night. They were placed in the custody of the State Welfare Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Diagnostic Center
State Welfare Department
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Fox
Gen. Electric
Union Carbide Inc
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United Airlines
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Wis Fund
Gen'l Tel
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Trane
Goodrich
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Mig
Goodyear
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Northern
Woolworth
Wis. Pub. Serv
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Mr. Baxter
Miss Baxter
William Powers
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Jessie Steele
Pauline Spencer
Dora
Alice Rolfe
Charles van Gordon
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