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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1944
Page
20
Minnesota highway department data show 124 licenses suspended for driving while intoxicated and eight for inebriety. July figures list 321 suspensions and 836 dueto DUI plus 43 for intoxication as major causes, with age patterns and county totals noted.
The Treasury reports 7,781,600 dollars in taxes paid on coin operated gaming devices in the last fiscal year. A tax of 100 dollars was paid on 77,816 machines, declaring these devices legal under federal tax laws while not shielding operators from state or local prosecutions. All 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii and the District of Columbia reported tax paid gaming machines.
A married airman in Salisbury Southern Rhodesia flies a trainer over the city offering 40 to anyone who reports a vacant house. He seeks to ease the housing shortage by alerting residents to available homes.
The La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce merchants division warns of a wrapping paper shortage with the National Chamber of Commerce predicting near end of supplies. Merchants urge customers to conserve all paper and plan gift parcels for overseas service members. A Victory day program will be studied, chaired by Mayor J. J. Verdota.
About 300 children attended a funeral service in Strabane Northern Ireland and a council complaint led to a rule barring youths under 14 from cemetery rites unless accompanied by a parent.
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