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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
2
Local groups of business and industrial firm heads began meetings to prepare for the inaugural Community Chest drive in La Crosse. Nine groups of 20 to 40 owners or managers will meet from Thursday to next Wednesday, discussing the campaign’s purpose and methods led by chairmen Milo G. Knutson and others at Hotel Stoddard and the La Crosse Club.
Volume of business and industrial loans reached 12.963 billion dollars, up 137 million since August 3 low. Employment gains continued for a fourth week, though overall levels remain about two million below the July peak of 61.615 million.
The Wisconsin Roadside Development council announced its annual meeting will be held at an institute in Sheboygan this October. The council comprises representatives from six civic groups focused on roadside improvement projects.
Milwaukee AFL Local 200 of the Auto Truck Drivers union schedules a 6 pm walkout over failed wage talks with the Building Trades Employers association. About 400 drivers haul excavation materials under a labor agreement since last spring seeking 40 cents per hour. contractors offered 5 cents. 20,000 other building trades workers may not join the strike.
Fred C. Dierkop 58 of 1605 Farnam Street died suddenly Wednesday. Born January 17, 1896 in La Crosse he was survived by his wife Edna A Erickson a daughter Gloria four sisters Mrs Norman Lovejoy Mrs James Bartusek Mrs W E Hackett and Mrs Dorothy McMurchy and three brothers George Earl and Charles Dierkop all of La Crosse He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 30 p m at Our Savior Lutheran Church Rev George Alvilden officiating Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Friends may call at Dahl Funeral Home Friday 7 to 9 p m
Mrs. Walter Wittenberg of 919 St Andrew street received word that her father Jess Furgeson aged 60 died in Peace River Alberta. Dan Furgeson, a former La Crosse resident, is identified in the notice.
Mrs. R. A. Albrecht, aged 71, of 1717 Madison Street, died Thursday morning in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Gerald Clouser of Milwaukee Wisconsin applied to the communication commission on Wednesday for a permit to operate a new standard radio station. Buy Savings Bonds.
The La Crosse County Teachers Institute will hold its annual meet ing Friday at West Salem High School with registration at 8 45 a m. Five sectional meetings cover reading studies writing music and testing. Officers will be elected and Robert Tremain of the Juneau county normal school will discuss benefits from Wisconsin Education Association membership.
Doctors described killer Unruh as quiet after an uneventful night as funeral plans proceed for 12 victims. Twelve burials are planned with one more, the 13th, for the family to arrange. Detectives noted a hospital threat by a relative of one victim, and a further witness implied intent to retaliate. Authorities warned Unruh has not been declared insane and requested continued observation by four psychiatrists.
The state health department's mobile X ray unit will visit three plants Friday. It will operate at Trane Co. plant No. 1 from 8 30 to 11 a m. Swift and Co workers are scheduled 1 to 4 p m, Gateway Transportation Co from 2 to 4 p m. Small firms can request a stop at a nearby larger plant if enough employees are interested.
Daily records show Cecil Miller of Onalaska pleading innocent to contributing to indecent exposure and a preliminary hearing set. speeding fines and license forfeitures across La Crosse and Onalaska including Florian Jensen LeRoy Troyanek and others with varied speeds and fines. a jail sentence chosen for intoxication without license.
The La Crosse city health department will chlorinate any industry upon request during a test period. Dr. Garland Weidner announced the plan Thursday and said tests will show potential economic effects. William Dewey joined to aid public information efforts with taste tests and displays on water quality and chlorine testing.
A presidential fact finding board steps toward a report on the steel labor dispute while Ford and Chrysler wage talks with the CIO United Auto Workers continue. In New York federal mediators plan separate talks to settle the 131 day Hawaiian dock strike as violence erupts in Buffalo and labor groups clash over pensions pay and picketing.
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