Lower Priced Buick Special Model Put On Display Here
The Ken nard Buick Co displays Buick's redesigned Special line aimed at lower medium price class. The two door coupe and four door sedans start around 1 886 delivered in La Crosse with Dynaflow optional. Enhancements include updated grille vents interior, heating and defrosting system, and 110 to 120 hp engines. Buick targets 10 percent of new car registrations and third place in sales.
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Kennard Buick Co
Causeway
E. E. Kennard
Buick
Kennard
la Crosse
Snyder Urges Guarantees Against Loss in Foreign Investments
Treasury Secretary Snyder urged Congress to back private U S investments abroad with guarantees against risks peculiar to foreign investment. He tied the move to President Truman's plan to aid underdeveloped areas to raise productivity and living standards, referencing proposals to let the Export-Import Bank provide guarantees through administration bills.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Congress
U. S
Truman
Mustard Improves Burned Watershed Cover In Forest Service Study
The Forest Service reports common mustard as the most effective method to restore cover on burned mountain watersheds due to its rapid sprouting. The finding highlights mustard’s quick establishment as a stabilization tactic in postfire rehabilitation.
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San Francisco
Calif
United States Forest Service
Milton Berle’s Three Cameras in New Warner Film
Hollywood preview notes Milton Berle using three cameras in the opening scene of Always Leave Em Laugh to showcase TV techniques. Betty Hutton separation buzz, Bogart wants to borrow wife for In a Lonely Place, and Valentino life rights battle shift from Small to Fox. Marilyn Maxwell stars in Key to the City, noted as top box office tease.
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Hollywood
NEA
Milton Berle
Warner
Berle
Joyce Matthews
Milton
Fox
New York
Keenan Wynn
Betty Hutton
Ted Briskin
Betty
Humphrey Bogart
Warner Brothers
Bogart
Mike Romaanoff
Beverly Hills
Romanoff
Santana
Milton Bren
Catalina
Lovecake
Bogie
Claire Trevor
Eddie Small
Rudolph Valentino
Small
Ty Power
Valentino
E. Flynn
Museums win bid on Blake paintings for public use
Six British museums bid 168000 for William Blake paintings at an auction and then obtained them free under a secret will clause by Graham Robertson. The Robertson collection sold for 246396 while unsold works went to private collectors.
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London
William Blake
Graham Robertson
Blake
Robertson
Nationalities Stores Planned For Moscow
Moscow plans a group of restaurants and stores representing Soviet nationalities. Ogonek featured Armenian drawings showing design aimed at typifying Armenian art and architecture.
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Nationalities
Moscow
Ogonek
Soviet Picture Magazine
Armenia
Alger-Delta Cooperative Electric loan approved for farm service
The Rural Electrification Administration granted $287,000 to the Alger Delta Cooperative Electric Association of Gladstone Michigan. Funds will extend electrical service to farming areas. Buy Savings Bonds.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Alger-Delta Cooperative Electric Association
Gladstone
Mich
Senate OKs Hatchery Expansion and Sea Lamprey Study Bill
The Senate passed a measure authorizing the Interior Department to build or enlarge several fish hatcheries nationwide and to fund two studies of fish problems. It includes a $325,000 hatchery in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and a broader Great Lakes sea lamprey eradication study costing $359,000 the first year and $216,000 annually for about six years.
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Washington
Senate
Interior Department
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Great Lakes
House
Australian Mailmen Have Tough Job
In Western Australia the Meekatharra to Marble Bar post route spans about 1,164 miles with other long circuits like Carnarvon to Yardie Creek at 564 miles and Leonora to Lawlers to Wiluna at 462 miles. Mail contractors cover 2,276.130 miles yearly on rough bush tracks. air services now ease floods, mud, and river crossings that once hampered northern deliveries.
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Sydney
Meekatharra
Marble Bar
Western Australia
Carnarvon- Yardie Creek
Leonora- Lawlers
Wiluna
North Kimberleys
Australia
Return of white bread shocks South African stomachs
The reappearance of white bread after seven years causes nationwide discomfort as South Africans adjust to the lack of roughage in the diet.
Mrs Finch Ends 30-Year Government Career at Archives
Washington remembers Margaret M H Finch who retired after 30 years in government service, most of it handling 200000 pension and bounty land claims from the Revolutionary and 1812 wars. The 72-year-old widow born in Virginia treasures memories, plans long visits with grandchildren, travel, and perhaps a historical book.
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Washington
Margaret M. H. Finch
National Archives
Finch
War Department
U.S.A
Germany
Lizards and Turtles Flown to Brussels Museum
A pair of five foot lizards and eight water turtles were flown from New Delhi to the science museum in Brussels for Belgian scientists use.
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New Delhi
India
Science Museum
Brussels
Local Store Changes Hands a Small Name Change
Peterson buys Pederson Hardware at 1916 Campbell Road. The store becomes Peterson Hardware with Leon ard Peterson as owner. Three employees kept. plan to expand hardware lines and add more motors and guns. Peterson previously sold electrical appliances in La Crosse and Madison.
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Campbell Road
Pederson Hardware Store
Peterson Hardware Store
Leonard Peterson
Ray Pederson
Peterson
la Crosse
Madison
Raynes Park Pastor Allows Boy Choristers To Read Aloud
Rev. E. W. Eyden of Raynes Park England invites boy choristers to read during sermons arguing it is unreasonable that they sit quietly and listen, encouraging active participation in church services.
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E. W. Eyden
Raynes Park
England
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