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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1948
Page
2
Trial Examiner Arthur Leff found the ITU guilty of Taft Hartley violations for pursuing closed shop conditions in newspaper composing rooms. Nine ITU local unions were also found guilty on similar charges in the nationwide case and in a Chicago papers dispute.
Senate Republicans led by Bridges and Millikin rebut President Truman’s budget figures. They argued excess inflation of White House estimates and defended deficit and surplus forecasts, claiming defense, foreign aid, and veteran costs would shift under current realities.
A marginally legible note credits Stephen Foster with writing Oi Polks at Home, a popular American song, estimating the author’s lifetime artistry as 61.6467 during his lifetime.
Milwaukee crowds surged for Wisconsin’s 100th anniversary fair weekend with 127 177 attendees, later eclipsed by about 150 000. Johnny Mantz won the 100 mile AAA national championship race as harness racing drew 25 000. Minor injuries occurred when a wheel detached from a racing car. Wisconsin cities Green Bay Janesville Stevens Point were honored with a band. The Haberman report calls for a uniform statewide policing agency to replace dual county and sheriff patrols, abolish village constables and establish civil service village police.
A 1947 safety report urges reform including abolishing the coroner and town constable offices, transferring duties to the district attorney and appointed medical examiners, and replacing the constable with hired police. It calls for a unified county police radio system, salaried sheriffs, broader warden powers, and state police radio absorption.
Gov Earl Warren and Dwight D. Eisenhower era candidate plan strategy talks at Albany with Dewey staff. Warren names top issues peace with honor and campaign themes as speeches and schedules are set for the forthcoming GOP meetings.
The committee plans further hearings and possible recesses as investigators chase leads. Russian teacher Mikhail I. Laramine and 52 year old Oksana Kosennkina face subpoenas for testimony. Kosennkina's 1960 consulate rescue sparked an international incident as the Soviets seek her return.
Harold Gunn reports the loss of a black 15 foot flat boat from the mouth of the Crosse river over the weekend. The two seater craft with a square bow vanished from the owner's property at 812 Livingston Street.
Nancy Hoover and her sister Betty, both in their teens, run an open-air vegetable stand on seven acres outside Detroit city limits. They have sold produce for four summers to fund college educations, moving outside the city to avoid strict rules and cut overhead while keeping their business thriving.
Delbert Lee of Hokah reports nine cattle stolen from his stockyards in Hokah Minnesota last Monday. The missing bovines include two roan cows, two brown Swiss cows, a red horned cow, a black calf, a roan calf and others weighing 170 to 1,200 pounds. Sheriff Lamp asks for information at 83 or 685.
A fall Friday afternoon injured the oldest Lansing resident, wife of the late W. E. Albert longtime Iowa state game warden. Her condition is listed as satisfactory.
Dr and Mrs Charles B Hankins depart Whitehall Wisconsin for Omaha Nebraska after a two week visit with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Glen Os on The Hankins pastor Grace Methodist Church Omaha Nebraska
David J. Summerville, 73, member of the Wisconsin state highway commission, died at a Madison hospital after a short illness. A former Rusk County assemblyman, he moved to Madison from Ladysmith six years ago. His wife died two years ago. Surviving: brother William of Manning, Iowa, and sister Mrs. George Carstens of Omaha, Nebraska.
Go To Yellowstone RUSHFORD Minnesota special reports Mr. and Mrs. Robert Higham and two children completed a 10 day motor trip to Yellowstone Park. On the way back they spent time with friends in Hettinger North Dakota and Fulda Minnesota at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George M Higham and family.
Excavations at Pompeii began around 1748 and the city was about half cleared of volcanic debris from 78 A D. The effort has uncovered walls streets and artifacts revealing daily life of ancient residents.
The city seeks the lot behind the library for off street use but the plan stalled again as mayor inspects the site for library purposes only. This follows a prior failed attempt to obtain a lot from McKenzie Chevrolet, marking a second hurdle in using parking meter funds for lots.
A freight train wreck occurred on the main line of the Pennsylvania about 9 15 a m in Fort Wayne Indiana. Conductor C Beard and Engineer E Wells were not injured. Both men are Fort Wayne residents.
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