Divinity Graduate Identified as Yale Psychiatrist Killer
A 27 year old divinity school graduate was identified as the night caller who fatally shot Yale psychiatrist Dr Lewis Thorne and wounded his wife in North Haven. State Police said Trent Lyon a Yale honor graduate and Harvard divinity alumnus was identified by Mrs Thorne as the shooter after Springfield officers captured him with a .22 pistol. Dr Thorne 42 was an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and mental hygiene at Yale School of Medicine.
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New Haven
Conn
Divinity School
Yale
Leo F. Carroll
Lewis Themewee
Trent-Lyon
Harvard Divinity School
Carroll
Trent Lyon
Thorne
North Haven
Ine
Springfield
Yale School] of Medicine
Runaway Motorist Linked to Early Morning Crashes
Police connect two crashes at 1:10 and 1:18 a m to Norman Kane 620 Rose street. Kane fined 50 dollars on each count and license revoked for one year. Police linked a second collision to the same driver by car registration and a shattered window fragment. Multiple injuries and property damage reported in subsequent accidents across La Crosse Wisconsin including 18th and Main and Rose Street areas.
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la Crosse
Norman Kane
Rose Street
21St
Main
2!St
Mary Urban
Avon Street
Joan Grams
South 13Th Street
Kane
Central Station
18Th
Main Streets
Alvin Erickson
Main Street
J. J. Curtis
Greendale
Wis
Curtis
City
Mrs. Erickson
Carl Olson
Onalaske
Olson
Melvin McElhinney
Stoddard
Mississippi River
Servicemen's Group Set Tuesday Night Meeting
The Servicemen's Group will meet Tuesday night at 8 p.m. in the La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce conference room. Reports from the seven subcommittees will be presented to Camp McCoy Servicemen's committee by the subcommittee chairmen, and plans for subcommittee operation will be discussed under J N Cribben.
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Camp McCoy
J. N. Cribben
la Crosse County
General Church Receives Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
Maj. Gen. John H. Church commander of the 24th Infantry Division is awarded the first bronze oak leaf cluster to the Silver Star for gallantry at the Naktong River crossing on September 19.
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Tokyo
John H. Church
24Th
Naktong River
Egg Prices Expected to Stay Lower Through 1950
The agriculture department forecasts egg prices to remain below 1950 levels for the rest of the year while chicken prices are expected to mirror last year. Officials cite recent Korean War price spikes easing, rising production, and large current supplies as reasons for the ongoing decline.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Farmer Tries Tropical Broom In La Crosse County
Wisconsin farmer Julius Poehling in Barre Mills experiments with broom corn on about 10 acres across La Crosse County. Seed types include White Italian Black Spanish Illinois Favorite Austrian and Pfiefer’s Dwarf with harvest and drying steps detailed amid cost and market uncertainty. The effort, likely first in the county, aims to assess growth viability and future machinery needs.
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la Crosse County
Julius Poehling
Barre Mills
West Salem Packing Co
Wisconsin
Poeh
Irish Coulee
Illinois
Wendell McEldwney
Poehling
Pfiefer’s
McEldowney
la Crosse
Obituaries for Nekola Black and Jahn in La Crosse daily news
Mrs. Kate Nekola 76 died at her daughter’s home in La Crosse. Survived by sons Frank and George and daughters Catherine Smith Helen Gilles and Marie Sannes. services at Schumacher funeral home and Holy Trinity Catholic church with burial in Catholic cemetery. Isaac Black Holmen died in hospital. funeral arrangements pending. Herman W. Jahn 59 a G Heileman employee for 38 years died after short illness. veteran, lodge and church affiliations. services at Nelson funeral home with burial in Oak Grove cemetery.
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Kate Nekola
Joseph Gilles
Farnam Street
Frank
George Nekola
la Crosse
Catherine Smith
Minneapolis
Joseph
Helen) Gilles
Marie Sannes
George Zahn
Minn
Schumacher Funeral Home
Winnebago
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
V. J
Isaac Black
Holmen
Nelson Funeral Home
Herman W. Jahn
South 22Nd Street
G. Heileman Brewing Co
American Legion Post
North la Crosse
Eau Claire Meeting Lists TC Instructor Leonore Wilson
Leonore Wilson a State Teachers College faculty member is listed on the program of the Northwestern Wisconsin Teachers association meeting in Eau Claire on October 13. She will join the language arts round table to discuss Language Arts and the Development of Self. The event starts at 10 30 a m in the Christchurch parish house.
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Leonore Wilson
State Teachers College
Northwestern Wisconsin Teachers Association
Eau Claire
Miss Wilson
Round Table
Christchurch
Two North Dakota men arraigned in Whitehall car theft case
Lloyd Monder of Neche and Harland Ruff of Arcadia were arraigned before Justice P. M. Paulson on a charge of taking a 1935 Oldsmobile owned by William Tollefson. They waived preliminary hearing, were bound over to circuit court, and jailed in Trempealeau County after failing to post $500 bail each. They were picked up at Carleton, Minnesota, by Sheriff Charles N. Keilholtz and brought to Whitehall.
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Lloyd Monder
Neche
N. D
Harland Ruff
Arcadia
P. M. Paulson
Whitehall
William Tollefson
Trempealeau County
Carleton
Minn
Charles N. Keilholtz
Local Couples Announce Pending La Crosse Marriage
Edward Hass Jr of Route 38 and Patricia Gaustad of Building 23 Apt C plan marriage this October in La Crosse. Ralph Zielke of 915 Pine Street and Constance Damiel of 611 North Ninth Street also announce marriage in October.
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la Crosse
Edward Hass, Jr
Patricia Gaustad
Apt. Apt. C
Ralph O. Zielke
Pine Stret
Constance N. Damiel
North Ninth Street
Births at St. Ann’s and area hospitals in early October
Local birth notices list new arrivals at St. Ann’s and nearby hospitals. Names include Brian Ray Thompson of Onalaska, Dennis Glen Kelly of La Crosse area, James Harvey Morris of Bangor, Gary Vernon Meszaros of La Crosse, and Elizabeth Ann Rice of Houston, with several others from Arcadia Caledonia and Galesville communities.
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Brian Ray
Raymond M. Thompson
North Second Street
Onalaska
Verna Thorpe
Dennis Glen
Willard L. Kelly
North 15Th Street
Leona Gilman
James Harvey
David F. Morris
Bangor
Wis
Lena Wittmerhaus
George H. Lawrence
Linda Lou
Robert F. Todd
Houston
Minn
Wife Of Reservist Leaps From Window In Tragic Death
In Salem Massachusetts a naval reservist's wife, Theresa Pelletier 27, leaped from a third floor window after tossing out her older child. Four month old Lorraine Pelletier died. sister Linda 3 is in fair condition. Theresa survived in very poor condition. father had just received orders to report for active navy duty on October 13.
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Salem
Mass
Lorraina
Henri Pelletier
Linda
Salem Hospital
Theresa
Navy
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Blaine Amann
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Ling
Idius Hanson
Lynn Mikkelson
Mindoro
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Daily Records County Court
Ross M. Joslin
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Rabin Kourt
Orval Hanson
Ronald W. Lenser
Chaseburg
Iliam S. Pucin
Waukegan
Ill
Bernard Deshart
Tomah
Clair Wayne Sletten
de Soto
Sgt
James Preston
Donald R. Ellis
St. Paul
Prof
Selby Maxwell
Ly Ad Os
Justice Court
Whitehall, Wis
West Salem
Turkey
Allimin
Jackson
Sam
le Crosse and Vicinity
Franklin Institute
St. Ann's
Elizabeth Ann
Robert Rice
South 16Th Street
Elizabeth Bender
Galesville
Ralph Eldon, Jr
Ralph E. Legried
Marian Severson
Caledonia, Minn
Community Hospital
Laurel Runigen
Alma Stoltz
Elmer Horn
Julius Dierson
Western
Germany
H.C. Liesle
Mere Ive
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