Prairie du Chien rescues scout from Mississippi surge
Ken Smith editor of the Crawford County Press plunged into the Mississippi River to save Ingli a La Crosse Boy Scout executive who had been swept by treacherous waves. Kieser towed Ingli to shore and both men aided him to a boat and hospital. Ingli recovered from shock and exhaustion and was released to return to La Crosse after a night of rest.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Old Man River
Ken Smith
Crawford County
Ingli
la Crosse
Mississippi River
Smith
Russ Kieser
Kieser
Henry Speck
Tribune
Paris
Pearson Says Vaughan Sought Intervention in Tax Case
Oliver W. De Wolf reports Drew Pearson testified that Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan called the justice department in 1946 seeking intervention in the income tax case of W. T. Burton, a New Orleans oil man and ally of William Helis. Pearson cited McGranery and noted rumors of political influence in the Burton affair.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Harry H. Vaughan
Justice Department
New Orleans
Senate
White House
Truman
Vaughan
Pearson
W. T. Burton
William Helis
Burton
James P. McGranery
U. S
Ivania
McGranery
Tom Clark
Pecrcard
Burton McGranery
Louisiana
Kansas City
Polio cases raise La Crosse total to 118
Four new polio cases push the La Crosse area total to 118. Victims include Toni Kay Seymour Gerald Hansen 4 Onaleska Darrell Slette Blair and Russell Irmscher all isolated in a La Crosse hospital ward. Audrey Breen daughter of Mr and Mrs Clem Breen Alma was due to leave hospital after isolation. Buffalo County reports Zeller Waumandee returned from Rochester Minnesota for polio treatment.
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City Health Department
la Crosse
Toni Kay Seymour
Gerald Hansen
Onaleska
Darrell Slette
Blair
Russell Irmscher
Alma
Larosse Hospital
Health Department
Audrey Breen
Clem Breen
Buffalo County
Zeller, Waumandee
Rochester, Minn
La Crosse Weather Outlook Tonight And Friday
Fair and continued cool tonight with lows around 42 in the city and 38 in rural areas. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures.
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la Crosse
Canasta Card Guide Starts in La Crosse Tribune
William E. McKenney, noted card authority, begins a 12 part guide to the new Canasta game. The first article appears on page 13 of The La Crosse Tribune, explaining how to play this thrilling home entertainment.
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William E. McKenney
la Crosse Tribune
Senators Push For Compromise Farm Program
Senate leaders from both parties press for passage of a compromise farm program with President Truman’s backing. The Anderson bill would keep high level supports on 11 crops and replace others with flexible supports, aiming to align with wartime price measures while awaiting House action.
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Washington
Truman
Anderson
D-Nm
Senate
White House
Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Future Committee
GOP
Agriculture Committee
House
Lucas
Illinois
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Cooney Band Places Second in 40 and 8 Race
The Oconomowoc Wisconsin group finished second in the annual 40 and 8 society race conducted alongside the American Legion convention in Philadelphia.
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Cooney
Philadelphia
Oconomowoc
Wis
American Legion
200 Landowners Bar Hunters For Deer Season
About 200 landowners from Monroe and Jackson counties met in Warrens to form the Central Wisconsin Deer Protective league in protest of the antlerless deer season. The group aims to post land, raise a $100 fund for posting signs, and deputize landowners through county officials. Herb Gross was named chairman, Art Peterson secretary, with plans to expand into Wood and Juneau counties.
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Warrens
Wis
Monroe
Jackson Counties
Central
Wisconsin Deer Protective League
Herb Gross
Monroe County Board of Supervisors
Art Peterson
Wood
Juneau
Seek Bids For Airport Works
State aeronautics commission invites sealed bids for airport improvements in Madison under city aid. Bids due 11 am Sept 19 for electrical, paving, sewerage, waterworks, turfing. includes concrete apron roads parking curb drains and underground wiring. Proposals to Fred L. Kramer city clerk.
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Crosse Municipal Airport
State Aeronautics Commission
T. K. Jordan
Madison
Thursay
Wisconsin State Aeronautics Commission
Fred L. Kramer
Canvas To Shield Copeland Grandstand At Games
The City league baseball commission said a canvas will be strung along the Black River side of the land park grandstand tonight to stop chilly winds from hitting fans on that side.
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The
City League Baseball Commission
Black River
Land Park
Storm Ravages Tokyo Area Killing Dozens and Flooding
A massive typhoon and floods struck central Honshu including Yokohama, with 68 known dead, 223 injured, and 50 missing. About 66,000 homeless reported as 100,000 workers sandbagged levees while flood toll rose from shattered buildings and levee breaches near Aioi.
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Tokyo
Honshu
Yokohama
Tokyo Bay
Aioi
World War II Toll and the Echoes of Peace
Berlin observers mark the 10th anniversary of World War II amid ruins and fear of new conflict. The piece notes 22,060,000 deaths, German division, Soviet maneuvers near the Elbe, and an Allied mock campaign in the West as memories of Stuka raids and the holocaust linger.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Elbe
Germany
Ince
Slovakia
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Poland
Carpathian Mountains
Lvov
Anoth
Tribune Editorial Page Gets a New Dress
The La Crosse Tribune debuts an updated editorial page emphasizing readability through increased white space. Existing features stay, with a new local column Report From Around Town and a daily editorial cartoon added on the opposite page.
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la Crosse Tribune
Tribune
Test City Heat Here Thursday
Northern States Power Co prepares to turn on city heat with a Thursday test fill as a preliminary check. Heat goes on Sept 15 and coal cost adjustments may drop from 44 to about 34 percent for connected property owners, per a company spokesman.
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Northern States Power Co
Sai
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Boy Scout
Mississippi
Russia
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Vyacheslav Molotov
Reds
Maurice Gamelin
Edouard Daladier
Smigly-Rydz
Walter von Brauchitsch
Cruiser
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Karl Mundt
R-Sd
Senate Investigation Subcommittee
McCarthy
Mundt
By Oliver W. DE Wolf
Pearson Asks Hearing
FBI
Col. C. J. Mara
Mara
Capitol Hill
Committee
By Daniel Deluce
the Tribune
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