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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1949
Page
2
A pair of geese were kept at Frey Park and later joined Pettibone park's barbecue scene. Two youths paid fines in county court for overpricing meals as one goose vanished and the other remains missing. A lone goose now inhabits Myrick park sanctuary pondering late summer appetites.
A Rochester woman suffered a forehead cut and shock after a two car collision at Seventh and Market streets at 3 06 p m Wednesday. Mrs William Holcomb 63 118 South 11th street was taken to a local hospital. Her car sustained 400 damage while Bernice Holcomb 50 damaged the other vehicle. Charles Dummer 631 South Sixth street drove a car east making a sharp left turn. A separate incident involved a platform truck backing to park on Jay street at 1 46 p m Wednesday striking a whiteway lamp pole. Ghelfe Genoa said he could not see through the rear window due to precipitation. The pole was broken in two pieces.
Kenosha Wisconsin resident Franklin S Hubbard was elected senior vice commander in chief at the annual Runkle election. Harrisburg Pennsylvania’s John U Hun kle was named commander in chief the same day.
George N. Craig Bra zil Ind attorney was elected national commander of the American Legion at its 31st national convention. The body also urged strict immigration limits and backed area seminars in Birmingham Indianapolis New York and San Francisco to study Russian fifth column activity. A citizenship oath proposal would require bearing arms for the U S and communities would lead unemployment solutions without federal aid. Also approved restoring the veterans employment service field staff to 350.
About 850 workers left Roddis Plywood Corp in Marshfield in a spontaneous walkout. Local 1733 AFL United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners seeks a 2.5 cent raise from 85 cents for men and 80 cents for women and a plant seniority plan to replace the present system.
About 435,000 World War I insured veterans will get special dividend checks totaling 40 million dollars early in September. Eligibility covers permanent plan policyholders in force through 1948, with reserve buildup determining receipt. VA says this is separate from the national service life World War II policy dividend.
Funeral services for Harry A Mollet will be at 3 30 p m at the Viroqua Methodist Church with Rev George officiating Burial follows in Viroqua cemetery Mollet born on Guernsey island came to the United States at 21 and settled east of Viroqua He belonged to Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges for 25 years Survivors include his wife one son David a sister Mrs Hugh De Garis Batavia Ill and several sisters and brothers in England
Mrs Clara Doerr 80 died at her daughter's home in Viroqua Tuesday. Services set for Friday at Iroqua Methodist Church at 2 p m with Rev George Marshall officiating. Burial in Viroqua cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs Carl Alden son Waldo Doerr of Viroqua and sisters Mrs Minnie Weeden Osceola Neb and Mrs Belle Merrick Ponca Neb.
Mrs. Sarah Lowrie 75 of Trempealeau died Wednesday in Davenport Indiana after three months of illness. Survived by daughters Ruth Hauck Davenport Helen Anderly St Paul and Lila Baker Trempealeau Funeral Friday in Davenport with burial in Iowa City.
Rescue near the confluence of rivers shifts a river program into a chaotic night as canoes and a Speck launch collide. Rover Yves Kor bendau remains aboard a swamped craft while Ingli is swept away. Parade at Jacques Marquette statue is canceled. banquet proceeds. French Rovers recover at Dr. D. P. Fagan’s home.
The Madison area outlines a $325 000 airport improvement program started in 1947 with plans and federal state aid updates. Federal allocations of $70 000 and state aid of $28 750 are noted, plus unspecified construction funds. The city commits $81 250 or 25 percent of costs, whichever is lower.
William P. Stephens, longtime music director at Lincoln Junior High School for three years, has submitted his resignation to the board of education to take a new position in Racine. The announcement confirms his departure and upcoming plans.
The Public Health Service reports the polio outbreak easing with 3 214 new cases for the week ending August 27 down from 3 422 the prior week. Year to date totals reach 20 513, compared with 11 155 last year, as diagnoses and reporting improve.
Anna Schmallenberg aged 81 of 624 North 10th Street died in a local hospital. Survived by brother Henry Poehling of Bangor and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at Blaschke Funeral Home 8:30 am Friday and St Joseph Cathedral 9 am. Burial Catholic Cemetery. Rosary Thursday 7:30 pm. Lula A Finn, 64 of 239 South Eighth Street, funeral 8 am Saturday at Dwyer Funeral Home and 8:30 am at St Marys Catholic Church. Rosary Friday 7:30 pm. Burial in Catholic Cemetery.
Funeral services for Christian C. Rogstad 90 of 2253 South 14th street will be Friday at 2 p m at Bo Dahl funeral home with Alvilden officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. He is survived by several nephews and a niece. His parents and a brother Magnus preceded him in death. He was a member of the Sons of Norway and long associated with Nora House. Friends may call this evening 7 to 9 p m.
The piece laments failed Allied unity from 1939 to 1949 and portrays Berlin as the hotspot of looming conflict. It notes the rise of a Soviet backed force in Germany labeled as a people’s police and critiques Western hesitation on defense spending while Tito's Yugoslavia and Chinese advances shape a tense, polarized world order.
Winona Minnesota. Four men were sentenced in a graft case involving road equipment sales to county officials. Flesch and three Winona county commissioners received one year in prison with suspended terms upon fines totaling 2 000 dollars. The judge described the sentence as a deterrent and noted the commissioners’ age influenced jail suspension. A fourth ex commissioner was ill and could not attend.
County Highway Commissioner Paul Hartwig told the highway committee that 1.65 miles of Big Creek road in Burns have been completed. Approaches to bridge No. 59 on county trunks are done, the bridge raised three feet with a new center pier and creosote laminated floor. Street work in Rockland is half finished and Bangor is one quarter complete.
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