Poor Man's Philosopher Finds Home At Korea Airfield
Hal Boyle describes a forward base in Korea where airfields feel like homes to pilots. The valley field supports fighters and control planes, with crews living in tents and weary fliers returning to tight mess halls. He notes fliers tend to be older than infantrymen and cites three married transport crew members with ten children among them.
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Korea
Ozarks
Missouri
Arkansas
Colorado
Japan
L. N. Moke
Topeka
Kans
Doran Kelly
Vallejo
Calif
Arthur L. Erickson
Denver
Colo
UN Battles Over Korea and China Seat Clash
The United States and its democratic allies press for peace action in Korea as Soviet demands for China’s UN seat surface at Lake Success. Moscow signals a potential bargain tying North Korea ceasefire to Red China’s UN admission, aiming to reshape Asian prestige and defer defeat in Korea.
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Korea
Lake Success
United Nations
Ce Ina
UN MacKenzie
United States
Moscow
Red China
China
Security Council
Jakob A. Malik
Russia
Asia
Peace Organization
Red
South Korea
25Th Division
Kumchon
Chinju
Pusan
City Officials Map Chicago Atomic Disaster Plan
More than 30 city department heads met on Wednesday to map an atomic disaster plan for Chicago ahead of a mock attack scheduled between September 25 and 29. Mayor Martin H. Kennelly urged seriousness and a workable preattack plan as state federal and city defense officials discussed a Seattle exercise.
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Chicago
Martin H. Kennelly
Seattle
Wash
Average 1900 women's wardrobe includes six starched petticoats
A historical note states American women wore about six starched petticoats on average in 1900, reflecting mid Victorian undergarment styles. The fact highlights clothing habits and gendered dress codes of the era.
Reader Inquiries Answered In Haskin Service Column
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau answers reader questions on wartime decorations for women in World War II, escalators, a wheat monument at Winnipeg, difference between national parks and monuments, passenger miles, cigarette nitrate treatment, and birth size differences between boys and girls. Answers cite Col Florence F Blanchfield and Col Oveta Culp Hobby, Capt Sue Dauser, Capt Mildred McAfee Horton, Seeberger, Reno, Winnipeg, and VEBR data.
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Department of Defense
Florence F., Blanchfield
Army Nurse Corps
Oveta Culp Hobby
Sue Dauser
Navy Nurses
Mildred McAfee Horton
Wave
Uncle Sam's Almanac 1950 Coupon Ad
A 1950 information bureau ad invites readers to order Uncle Sam's Almanac for 25 cents postpaid. It highlights topics like UN membership, governor terms, and new cabinet and Supreme Court members and directs readers to mail a coupon to the La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau in Washington DC.
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Spain
United Nations
Cabinet
Supreme Court
la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington
D. C
Health Forces End To Service In Wisconsin Sanatorium Board
Charles L. Burnham secretary of the Wisconsin Sanatorium Trustees association has resigned on doctors orders after years in service since 1931. Albert S. Lerdahl lauds Burnham for improving care standards and fire protection as the group prepares for its annual joint meeting with superintendents in Racine September 15-16.
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Charles L. Burnham
Wisconsin Sanatorium Trustees’ Association
Albert S. Lerdahl
Madison
Burnham
Trustees
la Crosse County
Oak Forest
Lerdah
Wisconsin
Lerdahl
Racine
Women’s college seeks fall housing in La Crosse
Women students at La Crosse State Teachers College urgently need rooms for the fall term. Anyone with available accommodations should contact the dean of women’s office at the college by telephone.
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la Crosse State Teachers College
Gessee the College
Watchdog group urges cut in non military outlays
Citizens Watchdog Tax Group led by T F Fitzgerald of Public Expenditure Survey urged immediate steps to reduce non military government spending. He called for curtailing federal non security costs and adopting Hoover Commission efficiency recommendations while Wisconsin entities trim budgets. Fitzgerald warned higher federal taxes loom and local budgets must prepare for next year. Boa constrictors sometimes short circuit power lines in Central and South America.
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Madison
Wis
T. F. Fitzgerald
New London
Hoover Commission
Congress
Wisconsin
Fitzgerald
Central
South America
Study Driver Manual Warns Motorists in Minnesota
The Minnesota highway department urges motorists planning to take license tests to study the driver manual before attempting exams. All new applicants must pass eye, sign, and law tests before the road test, with about half failing on first try. Copies are available free from district court clerks or the Department of Highways at 1246 University Ave, St Paul 4.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Highway Department
District Court
Department of Highways
University Avenue
St. Paul 4
Minnesota
Purse Thief Delivers Diamond After Sale
An Australian woman lost her purse containing $30 in a Sydney store. At home she found a diamond that had loosened from the thief's ring. With no reply to her ad offering return for the money she sold the diamond for $280.
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Sydney
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Gimbel’s
Philadelphia
Jesse Reno
Third Avenue
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New York
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Winnipeg
Canada
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America
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King St
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le Crosse, Wis
W.L.A.D
Citizens ‘Watchdog’ Tax Group
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