92 Year Old Man Injured By Automobile
A 92 year old man identified as Harry McCormick was struck while crossing at the Logan Caledonia intersection by a car driven by Howard Sagear of Caledonia Street. McCormick sustained a head laceration and was taken to a local hospital by police.
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Harry McCormick
Charles
Howard Sagear
Caledonia Street
Logan
Caledonia Streets
McCormick
Sagear
Caledonia
Ape
la Blauve Auto
McDougall
Jones
la Blanc
Edgar Jacobs
South 19H Street
George Meissner
Rtn
Turday
South Third Street
Two Breakins Reported To Police This Weekend
Weekend crime reports show two break ins in the city. The Pepsi Cola bottling plant at 1900 West Avenue was burglarized Sunday afternoon with $4 to $5 in nickels taken. Drawers were rummaged and candy machines pried. an alley door was found ajar. Emerson school at 517 St James Street had a broken window but no entry.
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Ciy
Pepsi-Cola
West Avenue
Roy Sampon
Emerson School
Crush
St. James Street
Winter Garbage Collections Begin in City
City announces winter garbage pickups with rules to keep cans warm, drain waste, and place out on collection day. Call 1554-W for disposal information and 1261 for the disposal plant. Tree and brush slashings under four feet long will be collected if placed on the cans. paper must be tied in bundles.
Drunken driving fines and license revocations in county court
A batch of county court records shows multiple drunken driving cases. La Crosse defendants include La Cromer and Niemeyer with license revocations. James Geeser and Miller face fines and jail terms. Panning also fined with license suspension. Other entries cover unlicensed driving, vagrancy, and failure to appear with cash bonds forfeited.
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la Cromer
Clinten Hermansen
R. 1
State Road
Hie
la Crowe
James Geeser
Baraboo
Wis
Jell
Pebruarty
Erwin Niemeyer
Sparta
Wisconsin
M. H. Panning
la Crosse
Richard Miller
Onalaska
Harley Evenson
North Third Street
Con
South Third Street
Hans Gren
Minneapolis
Minn
Albert Zimmerman
Tomah
George
Pierce
Rockland
Air routes and pilots chart La Crosse area flights
Oct 13 to 15 schedules list pilots and aircraft flying between La Crosse and cities such as Milwaukee Dubuque Minneapolis Chicago Chicago Duluth Minneapolis and more. Multiple crews including Stinson Cessna Navion Luscombe Aeronca BT-13 and others operate legs to Fargo Chicago Denver and beyond with returns noted.
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Stinson
Cornwall
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Ome
Long
Winene
Dubuque
Pinson
Warren Farr
Minneapolis
C. A. Rebhan
Cessna
R. L. Sceckey
Lake City
Minn
W. O. Wahl
Sterling
Chicago
C. C. Dailey
Bennington
Aeronca Seaplene
H. Brockway
Duluth
Luscombe
Ed Preyhoff
Jack Benice
Decatur
Ely
Birthday Greetings for Therese Ann Beranek in Wisconsin
A birthday notice honors Therese Ann Beranek of West Salem Wisconsin with a brief regional weather note for Wisconsin Minnesota and PORA showing warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday. Clara Larson of Weet Salem Wisconsin is also mentioned in the clippings.
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Therese Ann Beranek
West Salem
Wis
Clara Larson
Weet Salem
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Pora
Ten Draftees Report for Pre Induction Exams in La Crosse
Ten county men reported to the La Crosse Army recruiting district for pre induction exams. Capt John F Sills led the session with an orientation talk. A mental test of 153 questions yielded an average score of 100 with a passing mark of 70. Medical exams were conducted by four local physicians. Men leave the office uncertain of results but will be notified soon.
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la Crosse County
la Crosse
Army Recruiting Office
Army
Selec
John F. Sills
James W Wetzel
Lou R. Schmidt
Lester M. Gorenstein
Arthur J. Jr
Sills
Morals Case Warrants Discussed By City Mayor
Mayor Frank Zeidler announces a preliminary conference on juvenile delinquency and a possible metropolitan study. The meeting will address how delinquency is handled and separate human relations issues from delinquency concerns.
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Frank Zeidler
Festival Day Hock Tuesday remembrance in England
The second Tuesday after Easter is noted as Hock Tuesday a traditional English festival commemorating resistance against Danish invaders many centuries ago.
Street resurfacing contract details move forward
Street resurfacing began from Third Street to State Road with hot mix asphalt. Bituminous paving on Jackson Street is part of a $46 330 contract let to Mathy Construction by the common council on Sept 7. State Street resurfacing from West Avenue to Fourth Street also part of the contract was only completed to Seventh Street. Work delays were caused by the NCRL convention and Cass Street from Seventh to 14th remains unfinished, with manager Barth doubting completion this year.
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Third Street
State Road
Jackson Street
Mathy Construction Company
Common Council
State Street
West Avenue
Fourth Street
Seventh Street
NCRL
Cass Street
Seventh
14Th Streets
Barth
Deflated Gunman Demands Postal Receipts Crushed by Postmaster
A gunman confronted Postmaster H. C. Parrott in Little Brickhill England demanding postal receipts. Parrott noted the unloaded revolver and dismissed the thief with a sharp remark before the man fled.
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Little Brickhill
Eng
H. C. Parrott
Parrott
North Winds Linked to Criminal Types Say Dr Curry
Boston researcher Dr Manfred Curry argues wind direction influences crime. North winds may push Type C toward murder while Type W prefer cold air and restlessness. His theory, critiqued but deemed plausible by Northwestern University Journal editors, blends bioclimatics with behavior.
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Chicago
Manfred Curry
Boston
Curry
Northwestern University Journal of Criminal Law
Criminology
Electric Bills Change Little Across 1947 Says Federal Commission
The Federal Power Commission reported that residential electric bills changed little in 1947 despite rising costs. The survey of 3,788 communities found net average bills nearly flat as increases mainly reflected fuel tax and commodity charges. Lowest bills appeared in Madison Wisconsin Manitowoc Wisconsin and other small cities with public utilities. highest bills were in L Anse Michigan among partly public systems.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Madison Wis
Manitowoc
L’anse
Mich
Madison
Wis
Glendale Calif
Covington
Cincinnat
Burglar Strikes Fred Graff Boathouse Over Weekend
Police report a weekend burglary at Fred Graff’s boathouse in which a locker lock was broken and items stolen include a new pair of hip boots a brown hunting coat and brown boots.
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Fred Graff
Political Parade: Candidates Speak Across Nation Monday
Democrats President Truman opens with a Miami American Legion convention address at 1 p.m. Alaska Barkley speaks in Tennessee Chattanooga at 12:30 p.m. and Nashville at 8 p.m. Dewey tours New York stations en route Albany. Warren campaigns in California with a mass meeting at 8:30 p.m. Wallace heads to Pittsburgh for a rally at 8:30 p.m. Taylor speaks in Cumberland at 6:30 p.m. Norman Thomas headlines in Illinois at 8 p.m.
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American Legion
Miami
Alben Barkley
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Nashville
Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
Michigan
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Earl Warren
Caiia
Henry Wallace
Pitts
Glen Taylor
Cumberland
Cold Launches First Attack Across Midwest Weather
The article describes an icy Arctic cold outbreak across the Coulee Region and Great Lakes area with snow accumulations in Michigan and Indiana. It notes temperatures in La Crosse about 26 overnight and 35 high, with warmer trends expected later in the week and a forecast of 62 for Tuesday.
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Coulee
Great Lakes
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Traverce
Man Fails to Return Inmate Dies From Drunken Driving Sentence
A jailer reports Gilbert Dies missing since Friday night from the county institution. Dies, 20, of French Island, was serving a 60 day sentence after a Sept. 27 drunken driving conviction and had work orders to report to Allis-Chalmers by day and sleep at the jail. He is described as five feet six inches tall and 148 pounds with a dark complexion. Haiti won independence in 1804 through a slave revolt.
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Carl Schnick
Gilbert Dies
French Island
Dies
Allis-Chalmers
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