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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1946
Page
2
A group of veterans and families occupying over 50 housing units for four weeks will vacate by Sunday night. Lawyers said the action drew attention to homeless veterans and urged the city to help find permanent homes. An agreement to drop charges was reached if they leave.
Madison reports that business and labor groups will push for wider Wisconsin unemployment compensation in the 1947 winter session. Proposals would extend coverage to workers in small shops and firms with three to five employees, aligning with industrial commission support though past legislatures rejected similar bills.
Detroit reports the CIO United Auto Workers outlined a comprehensive employer financed social insurance program. It calls for a three percent employer contribution to hospital surgical medical and maternity benefits at not less than 50 percent of average earnings for up to 52 weeks per disability. It also includes death and total permanent disability benefits at least equal to one year of average earnings. Walter P. Reuther urged securing benefits and pensions to preserve minimum industry standards.
Charles J. Ping and his brother Ray E. Ping launch the Ping Parcel Delivery service in La Crosse after three months of study. The operation began November 7 with co ownership by Charles and Gene Ping, both veterans. Charles earned the Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster after ten missions with the Eighth Air Force in England.
IRON RIVER Mich. Two hunters and one deer ended with John Stapleton 31 of Nelma Wis hit in the left thigh by a hunter who fired at the same buck in the Roberts Lake district Forest county Wis Stapleton’s wound not serious The other hunter fled through the brush after the deer not realizing he had shot Stapleton
Nearly 7,000,000 voters in Bavaria and greater Hesse ballot Sunday on new democratic constitutions and legislatures. In greater Hesse they decide whether to follow a leftward European trend and adopt socialist control of basic industries.
State Police report says a coal mine tipple fire at Ocean Mine near Clarksburg was arson. Fire damaged timbers before railroad workers extinguished it. authorities warn the incident could have caused major damage if not spotted promptly.
The Chicago farm youth exposition opened before 45 000 on opening day. Entries included a 970 pound Aberdeen Angus shown by Dwight Tabke and a 228 pound Hampshire barrow named Mike. The event featured numerous 4-H participants with farms in Wisconsin Iowa and Michigan, and total assets over 5 million with awards over 100 000 and sales around 2 million for exhibitors.
The report lists pilots and routes including Fred Parker of Rockford to St Paul and Joes King Joliet to St Paul, with Cessna and Stinson flights to La Crosse Minneapolis and Milwaukee. It notes Skyways students passing private pilot exams and Meynard Parks earning a commercial light plane rating in La Crosse.
The Chicago Tribune announced its Sunday edition will be the largest in its 99-year history, with 248 pages in home editions and up to 276 pages in some cities, and all editions will carry news.
The Wisconsin Education Association warns many elementary students may not have legally qualified teachers for at least four more years. Rural boards rely on emergency certificates as shortages grow, with only about 400 new rural teachers expected next June against 1,100 needed. Enrolment at state teachers colleges is high but only 40 percent study teaching, and rural positions attract few applicants.
The county board approved salary hikes for undersheriff deputy clerks clerks and other officials including the clerk of court district attorney jail staff and pension department positions. Increases range from 120 to 420 with adjustments for probationary periods and reclassifications alongside agents nurses librarians and park caretakers. There are 138 mosquito species noted in a concluding line.
County nurse Helen Hanson announced a cooperative immunization program with the La Crosse county medical society for smallpox diphtheria and whooping cough. The Elm Grove school hosts Schick testing on Tuesday December 10 and immunizations follow with three dose schedules for children and a booster for smallpox every five to seven years. Adults may be vaccinated and infants to schoolchildren from nearby schools report 8 to 8:30 a.m.
The American Legion Wisconsin state bonus committee meets in Milwaukee this weekend with Roy L. Wing ers post 52 commander Frank R. Schneider heading the group. Wisconsin veterans want a state bonus, a stance first moved at the Racine convention, despite earlier reports that the 1946 convention did not take a position.
Funeral services for Mrs Pau lina E Wuensch who died Wednesday evening will be held Monday at 1 p m from the Sletten McKee south chapel and 130 p m at the Mormon Coulee Reformed church burial in church cemetery Rev E D Rodel officiating Friends may call at chapel this afternoon and evening
Funeral services are scheduled Monday at 2 p m at Nelson funeral home for William J Ferries with Rev S J Lambright and North La Crosse lodge No 90 F and A M directing. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call Sunday at the funeral home. Ferries co owned the Royal Pies company.
In November a record sequence of rains and heat gave way to a dense fog that halted planes and slowed pedestrians across Southern California. Harbor ships were confined with visibility under 50 feet and trains crawled. a Long Beach vacationer drowned after getting lost while swimming. Loyola beat Whittier 13 to 6 as 3500 spectators moved to the sidelines. Two trolley cars collided near Santa Ana injuring 37 passengers, two seriously.
Roy Fritz of 2139 Loomis Street received a driving with due caution ticket after his northbound car struck two parked vehicles in the 2100 block of George Street. The owners were Leslie M. Nelson at 1432 Kane Street and Stanley Hanson at 2227 Kane Street. Fritz was located several blocks from the scene when he stopped to report the crash.
Science enables the deaf to hear faint sounds with a hand sized hearing device. Beltone offers a free booklet and demonstration at no cost, with approval by the American Medical Association Council on Physical Medicine.
The Federal Power Commission approved an 84 million dollar Michigan Wisconsin pipeline. It will span 1,076 miles with 892 miles of branch lines from the Hugoton gas field in Texas to Detroit Michigan and to Milwaukee Madison Oshkosh Janesville and four Missouri communities.
The first meeting of the La Crosse naval reserve organized division is set for 7:30 p m at the Vocational school room 224. Ex navy and ex coast guard personnel joining before 11:45 a m Wednesday may attend and begin drawing pay, per Lieut Lawrence House. For details contact the naval reserve office room 313 post office building or call 3791.
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