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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1950
Page
6
Hal Boyle reflects on war correspondence in Korea. A journalist faces daily frontline danger yet returns to temporary safety, feeling guilt and awe as comrades risk or lose their lives. He recalls soldiers' blunt honesty about reporters being there by choice and their lasting bonds.
Moscow pursues West German alignment with promises of reunification with eastern Germany and Soviet occupation gains. Western experts warn rearmament of West Germany is now seen as essential to defend Europe, while East German officials push underground sabotage to hinder Western economic recovery.
Questions answered by The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau clarify brain power in apes versus humans and explain changes to the Zuider Zee. An ape’s brain power is likened to a two year old, with estimates of 5000 US adults below ape power. It notes four countries using United States in official titles and describes the Zuider Zee becoming IJssel Meer after a dam sealed it in 1932.
Radio listings spotlight Ernest Tubb at the Grand Ole Opry with Jordanaires Hickory Singers and Minnie Pearl plus Rod Brasefield comedy. Saturday Dance Date features Jan Garber Jimmy Dorsey from New York and Chicago venues. Tales of the Texas Rangers and Your Hit Parade also air with top tunes and orchestras.
An informal La Crosse Tribune coupon promotes Webster's Illustrated Tower Dictionary and Atlas. It highlights 16 pages of color maps and handy crossword puzzle usefulness. The offer price is 40 cents postpaid.
A brief item indicating mailing routes and addresses for sending mail to Washington DC. No additional context or events provided in the readable text.
The CIO American Newspaper Guild and New York World-Telegram and Sun reached a 15 hour bargaining session mediated settlement on all issues. Guild members will vote on Tuesday with picket lines continuing and no plant reopening before the vote.
Tokyo reports a 3800 word white paper declaring Japan supports the United Nations in the Korean conflict as a self defense measure. It urges all Japanese to prevent sabotage and warns against neutrality while condemning minority opposition to Allied bases as Communist tools.
A portable exhibit of Robert Ripley artifacts and Believe It Or Not objects, assembled after his travels, arrives in La Crosse by a Disabled American Veterans unit. The display runs August 20 to 22 on Main Street between Fourth and Fifth, free to the public 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Donations support veterans services.
Washington announces the army will call 570 reserve captains and lieutenants from the engineer corps to active duty, involuntary, by October 13. Eighty captains and 174 lieutenants will come from the Fifth Army area.
R J Fink of Menasha was elected president of the Wisconsin Elks association at the 48th annual convention in Oshkosh. Other officers named include L C Welch Baraboo and Henry P Brezinski Two Rivers. The convention ends Saturday with Baraboo awarded the 1951 meeting.
Julien Le haut 66 president of the Belgian Communist party and MP engaged in debates before Leopold’s return from exile. Lamar Hardy 71 former U S attorney who prosecuted a Nazi spy ring before World War II. John Reuther 85 inventor of potato diggers and labor implement patentee.
International Harvester boosts pay for 18 000 non union workers while two major unions reject a company wage plan for 49 000 production workers. A 5 000 member FEUE strike at Chicago tractor works follows the rejection, as UAW and FEUE negotiations continue with 27 000 and 22 000 Harvester workers respectively.
Penny the terrier aboard Capt. Jack Fredenberg's freighter Norseman from Oslo has landed only in Archangel among her 10 voyages and is the sole port of call allowed by Russia since her 1948 purchase for 50 cents in Poland.
Fair and cooler conditions with diminishing winds across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Light frost possible in favorable areas tonight with frostier pockets in the northwest. Sunday brings fair and cool to mild warmth for each state with minor regional temperature differences.
Hastings to Guttenberg river readings show only minor changes today due to strong winds. Stages stay nearly stationary through Sunday as cool Canadian air moves across the Great Plains. Showers occur north of the front in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming while the storm shifts through the Ohio Valley toward Pennsylvania. Low temps trend cooler in the northern Great Plains with readings in the 0s to 40s in the Dakotas and Montana, and warmer interior West with mid 90s in Oregon and Washington.
New York reports on speculative views about H bombs spreading radioactivity. Authors warn gamma rays and neutrons from fusion would travel farther than A bombs, potentially spreading radioactivity globally. The piece notes cobalt targets, radioactive fallout paths, and a theoretical scorched earth attack use.
In Kenya's Chyulu Hills a volcanic eruption and strong earthquakes prompted fears of elephant stampedes in the 6,000 square mile national game park between Nairobi and Mombasa. Rangers reported panicked herds including a group of over 200 elephants near a tourist hotel as lava moved downslope.
Washington reports that federal taxes for the coming year are expected to reach a near 50 billion dollar total, about 12 billion higher than this year. Senator George chairing the Senate Finance Committee says a second installment tax bill will be taken up in January to raise 7 billion more to fund Korea and national defense. The bill is to include an excess profits tax on corporations effective January 1, 1951, aimed at 4 to 6 billion dollars annually.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey personnel arrive from Madison to set up for Monday performances in La Crosse. They inspect railroad sidings, prepare the lot at Salzer airport, arrange 41 tents and the big top, and organize 1450 meal services and daily supplies for the show. Reserved chairs are sold at Hebberd's with general admission at the grounds.
Dun and Bradstreet reports a rise in consumer spending as soft goods purchases climbed this week. Apparel, back to school clothing, coats, suits, dresses and woolens drove the gains with total retail volume 6 to 10 percent above the year-ago period across regions.
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