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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1946
Page
7
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson weighs tying price supports to production limits to prevent surpluses next year. Debate grows over a prewar acreage allotment system and legal authority as the potato crop this year becomes the largest on record. Dublin to gain a new 3 million dollar grav ing dock.
Paris reports a bloc including France China Australia and Canada formed to press for a softer peace for Italy. The group plans to present its stance at a meeting of the Italian political and territorial commission and may seek reduced reparations and greater credit for Italian wartime aid.
The article contrasts moths with butterflies noting thicker moth bodies and their generally harmful impact. It highlights pests like meal moths and flour moths along with grape vine moths and the bee moth that invades hives, preyed on by bees in day and night tests by Vernon Kellogg.
A call to request a free illustrated leaflet titled The Story Of China by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Uncle Ray care of the newspaper.
The American Institute of Public Opinion reports Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Harold E. Stassen as the top GOP choices for 1948. Vandenberg and Warren gain ground while 36 percent of Republicans have no specific frontrunner.
The Wisconsin Democratic slate issued a statement calling the Republican leaders unwilling to welcome liberal and Progressive voters. They invited Progressive party members to join the Democratic party after a meeting at Democratic headquarters led by State Chairman Charles P. Greene.
Wisconsin was given 67 142 dollars for planning and 1 622 925 dollars for construction under the hospital aid program. Michigan received 124 372 dollars for planning and 2 172 000 dollars for construction. Five hundred cubic feet of inspired air enters the nose every 24 hours.
In San Antonio a district judge advised Col. John F. Guillett to shoot the man his wife has been seeing after Guillett sought an injunction to stop visits and calls. The judge rejected the injunction and urged the colonel to withdraw the case or take decisive action.
The La Crosse office of the United States employment service reports a shortage of applicants in specialized branches despite local employment growth. Openings include construction workers, female power sewing machine operators, die makers, molders, auto mechanics, and female clerical workers.
Boston report says Dr. Robert Dudley Curtis, 55, pediatrician and former Harvard Medical School assistant, known for arranging adoptions of homeless babies, died last night. The obituary notes his medical career and humanitarian work.
Miami police report a car jumped a retaining wall and struck a World War I submarine moored in the Miami River. Patrolman D. D. Carver investigated after the desk sergeant doubted the incident.
Firefighters were called to the Broadway Inn early today and found a jukebox ablaze. Patrons reported the machine had been playing hot jazz when it began smoking.
Mrs. Cal Pickett in Tensleep Wyoming confronted a large rattlesnake on her path to the mailbox. She seized a five gallon milk can and killed the snake then calmly finished her mail run.
In Lander Wyoming a grandmother Mrs Sarah Ellen Gordon her son William Hale Thompson and her granddaughter Myra Jane Henderson wed in a triple ceremony. Gordon married Martin I Thompson, Thompson wed Agnes Peterson, and Henderson wed Andrew Hendrickson in a single event yesterday.
Wisconsin Elks opened their 44th annual convention with a banquet honoring past presidents. J Edgar Master reported the national order spent 4.25 million dollars in 1945 on charitable and patriotic causes, with 400 thousand dollars for Elk members. Tonight features a dinner for Charles E Broughton publisher of the Sheboygan Press and newly elected grand exalted ruler.
Eamon de Valera told Irishmen going to England for work that wives and families cannot accompany them due to housing and food shortages in Britain. He warned authorities would not permit non workers to enter. Buy Savings Bonds.
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