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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1949
Page
3
The army will release about 30,000 draftees and volunteers under the 1948 selective service act. They may choose 12 months in the active force and enter the reserve or 21 months before reserve, 33 months total with no reserve, or discharge for the government and re-enlist in the regular army. ROTC graduates called to active duty for 21 months will also be released after 12 months.
A light plane owned by Curry Flying Service of Galesburg took off without a pilot from Mt. Olive airport after Jack Hallas touched the propeller. The craft climbed, banked left, and disappeared before crashing on the Frank McGrew farm roughly 100 miles from its start. No injuries reported.
MADISON Wis Mrs Eugene F Sumnicht Portage former state agriculture employee pleaded guilty to 18 counts of forgery and one count of embezzlement of state funds Circuit Judge Herman Sacht Sen sentenced her to concurrent terms of one to two years on the forgery counts then suspended on the embezzlement charge he ordered three years probation and fined 50 and costs She must restitution 1775 The case ties to Harold Crawford Stoughton Wis who pleaded guilty and is serving a one year term Two other former employees Jacqueline Peterson and Patricia Feeney Madison were fined 50 each for participation in the forgery Crawford admitted taking 3226
During the 1897 to 1898 gold rush, about three thousand mules perished on the White Pass Trail in Alaska. A monument to their memory stands near the summit of White Pass.
J C Penney Co directors authorize a special payment equal to two weeks pay for full year 1949 associates and proportionate for others. Over 50 000 Penney workers nationwide participate, including 115 at La Crosse store. Payment is non recurring and not a Christmas bonus.
The robber crab of the Indo Pacific islands climbs palm trees to reach fruit, Britannica reports. The unusual behavior highlights the crab’s adaptable foraging as part of its broad ecological niche.
A US Japanese survey disputes rumors of Japanese flyers for Chinese Nationalists. Singapore reports Thailand intends to buy Spitfires and plans to deploy 30 pilots to oversee them. London cites Dr Parker stating Britain’s coal supply could last 200 years at a yearly consumption of 250 million tons.
Pittsburgh Mayor David L. Lawrence ordered a doubling of night foot patrolmen after the brutal murder and rape of 38 year old Jean Brusco. He also proposed adding 100 new police officers as part of a ten year police revamp. Detectives have no lead on the assailant.
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