Thousands Travel as Memorial Day Opens Summer Holiday
The Associated Press reports a heavy travel period from Saturday through Monday for Memorial Day weekend. Airlines highways and railroads expect overflow crowds with extra trains and equipment. The National Safety Council estimates 225 deaths in traffic accidents over the period, potential to drop with careful driving. Indianapolis will host the 500 mile auto race Monday amid peak travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Indianapolis
Government Continued from Page 1
Malan campaigned for stricter segregation of colored persons proposing native confinement to reserves. He urged representation by six white senators with three elected and three appointed, while mixed heritage Cape residents would be separated from both natives and whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malan
United States
Ameribe
Cape
Obituary for Miss Mary Lagas
Miss Mary Lagas aged 80? funeral services set for Tuesday at Dwyer funeral home at 8:00 a.m. and St James Catholic church at 8:30 a.m. Rev Joseph Marx to officiate. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Rosary at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. St Francis Alumnae to recite rosary Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the funeral home. A 192? graduate of St School of Nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lagas
St. Paul Street
Dwyer Funeral Home
St. James Catholic Church
Joseph Marx
St Francis Alumnae Association
Pg Funeral Home
Miss
St. School of Nursing
Labor union meeting schedule and Memorial Day tribute
The CIO Labor News lists a weekly meeting timetable for locals 316 UAW 175 UAW 396 and 401 with a special session and notes affiliated locals joining the Auto Workers International. Delegates pledge support to La Crosse Brewery Workers and Archie Rogers and Malcolm Lloyd attend a Local 12 UAW meeting in Toledo. Memorial Day observance honors fallen workers and veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UAW
Legislative and Educational Committee
la Crosse County
FTA Awu
Auto Worker International
la Crosse Industrial Union Council
la Crosse
Marriage No Way To Leave Earning Class
Chicago report notes married women outnumber single women in the labor force with a 50 percent rise since 1940. Paul C. Glick of the U S Bureau of the Census cites statistics showing many households now rely on both spouses for income and living standards rather than a sole breadwinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paul C. Glick
U. S. Bureau of Census
King
University of Chicago
Glick
Cub Scouts Jet Auto Championship Contest Tuesday
Cub Scout packs in La Crosse county host a jet car finals event at Logan High School gym Tuesday at 7 p m. About 50 balsa cars compete in A and B classes with fast, CO2 powered runs. Awards go to the fastest in each class and certificates to each entrant. 125 Cubs participated in preliminaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Logan High School
Memorial Day Parade Plans Across City Parks
Memorial day officials outline parade units and conduct rules with tributes at Riverside Park and Campbell Cemetery. Veterans groups, schools, and scouts form sections along Market Square and Cameron Park. attendees urged to salute the flag and observe proper decorum. In a separate note, Mexican teachers seek eight months pay, and students monitor the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Cemetery
Burton Smith
Boy Scouts
Memorial Day Committee
Ahlstrom
Maj
Mpaul Co. Gotterdam
John S. Coleman
W. B. Johnson
J. W. Prindley
Olaf N. Hoff
J. W. Brindley
Market Square
Logan High School
Wisconsin National Guard
U. S. Army Reserve
Naval Reserves
Coast Guard Reserve
Civil Air Patrol
Marine Corps League
Marine Corps Red Cross
Logan
Central High School
Wilson Colwell Relief Corps
GAR
William McKinley Relief Corps
Casberg Post
VFW
Drum
Terion Legion
Legion Auxiliary
American Veterans
Second Division Association
Gold Star
Navy
Daughters of American Revolution
DAR
Painting questions haunt Congress over Alaska governor’s mansion
The House Appropriations subcommittee questioned a $4,500 bid to repaint Alaska Governor Gruening’s rambling mansion, eventually deeming no paint is needed for now. Gruening confirmed the house is peeling and cracking, joking about a sign explaining its condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alaska
House Appropriations
Department of Interior
U. S. Territories
Rep
Stockman
R-Ore
H. Rex Lee
Interior Department
Ernest Gruening
Govenor
Gruening
Waukon Man Dies In Fall On Farm
Waukon Iowa Harry Urell 48 died Friday after falling while fixing a well top on a farm seven miles west of Waukon His body was found in a 12 foot well Coroner Dr Claude Rominger said shock from the fall into cold water caused the death No inquest planned The sheriff investigated His wife Mary Curtain Urell survived with two brothers James of Dubuque and Tom of Waukon Funeral plans incomplete
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Harry Urell
Here
Claude Rominger
Rominger
Mary Curtain Urell
Urell
James
Dubuque
Tom
Convict Kills Self On Train Heading To San Quentin
A 37 year old prisoner being transferred from New York to San Quentin shot himself on a New York Central train near Chesterton while in a drawing room. He wrested a revolver from a state parole agent, fatally shooting himself between the eyes as the escort looked on. The agent L Vickers was unharmed. Kaplan had been on parole for passing and forging bogus checks. Detectives believe he was a Chicago native and was wanted for additional checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
San Quentin
New York
New York Central
Leonard M. Kaplan
Chicagoan
Kaplan
L. Vickers
California
Joseph Newman
Chicago Police Department
Newman
Chesterton
City councilman proposes farm animal children's zoo in Franklin Park
Boston councilman Walter Bryan calls for a special children's zoo beside the city zoo in Franklin Park. He says thousands of Boston children have seen big animals but may never see cows pigs or lambs, and supports filling the exhibit with farm animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Walter Bryan
Franklin Park
Happy Birthdays Noted in Local Cards
Birthday notices list Jack Ooweiler of 518 South 11th Street Mrs. Ances Schmitt of 608 South Ninth Street Barbara Kiechler of La Crosse R 1 and Mrs. Edmund Evensen of Tollefson Coulee with no ages or dates provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ooweiler
South L1th Street
Ances Schmitt
South Ninth Street
Mixes Barbara Kiechler
la Crosse
R. 1
Edmund Evensen
Tollefson Coulee
Store Detective Wannabe Arrested in Larceny Case
Mrs Vivian Cod dington Mann 37 told police she intended to steal $34.67 worth of goods from a department store to return them later and convince the store it needed a detective. She is held for investigation of larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Vivian Coddington Mann
Truman and Swedish Prince Visit Chicago for Pioneer Centennial
President Truman and Prince Bertil of Sweden will travel to Chicago on Friday to give the Swedish pioneer centennial an official sendoff. Throughout June the prince and nine Swedish delegates will visit about twenty American cities to mark the 100th anniversary of Swedish settlement in the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Truman
Prince Bertil
Sweden
Midwest
Also Mentioned on This Page
Batavian National Bank
Samuel B. Pettingill
WLCX
CIO Labor News
Sanitone Nowel
Missus
Gether
South Side Branch
Main St
Caledonia ST. Branch
CaledonIa St
Cub Scouts
William Murphy
Aquinas
Lincoln
John Bader
Albert P. Funk, Jr
Msgr
Pape
Riverside Park
Main Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Navy Mothers
Wilson-Colwell Relief Corps
Charles J. Wachs
K E. Salzer
Cameron Park
CIO
Goard
Central Band
Washburn
Jefferson School
Boy Scout
Salvation Army
Hogan
Hamilton
Erickson
Franklin
Webster
Roosevelt
Longfellow
Teachers College Training School
Emerson
Immanuel Lutheran School
First Lutheran School
Russell Sieger
A. H. Engelhard
T. H. Bailey
Blessed Sacrament School
St. Wenceslaus School
Holy Cross School
Holy Trinity School
St. Michael's Orphanage
Polytechnic
Mexico
Congress
United
Barre
la Crosse St
Self
Cma
Tecipie
Sterling
Young's
Linker
Ralph H. Young
American Gem Society
Jackson
Florshop
LaCrosse
Heileman's
French Island
Carrolls, la Crescent
Fourth and King
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Court House
Legion
Copeland Park
Prairie du Chien
Kiwanis Club
Stoddard
Barber Shop Quartet
Lions Club
American Legion Social Meeting
Commodore
la Crescent
Optimists Club
Hotel Stoddard
American Legion
Hokah, Minn
Toastmistress Club
YMCA
Rotary Club
Trane Company Sales Engineers Institute
Badger State
Badger
Shrine Club
Masonic Temple
Central
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Stoddard Hotel
Heileman’s
Heileman
Amelia
G Heileman Brewing CO
Wisconsin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!