Increased Consumer Spending Signals Growing Confidence
Post Labor Day activity shows consumer spending rising as housing, auto sales, department store receipts, and industrial output regain momentum. Analysts say increased optimism may curb inflation risks while Canada and Berlin tensions frame broader economic outlook. The shift comes as consumers, previously saving, begin to spend more, signaling a robust late year outlook.
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Ford
General Motors
Berlin
Menon’s neutralism under fire at Washington visit
The piece evaluates V. K. Krishna Menon’s neutralist stance at the White House, arguing his logic is flawed and his realism unreli able. It cites India’s border concerns with Red China and U S nuclear test debates to question his defense policy approach and perceived pro Soviet tilt. It closes with a biblical quotation from John 11:27.
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India
U.N
V. K. Krishna Menon
Moscow
Peiping
White House
Washington
South Viet Nam
U.S
Menon
Russia
United States
Interview with Sweden's Axel Wenner-Gren
In this 1961 interview Wenner-Gren, touted by some as the richest man in the world, discusses his Nazi era ties and the 1942 U.S. blacklist. He recounts meeting the interviewer on the yacht Southern Cross near Miami and why he edited the piece to avoid offense to Axis powers.
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John D. Rockefeller Sr
Henry Ford
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Hyderabad
Paul Getty
Stockholm
Axel Wenner-Gren
Wenner-Gren
United States
Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
Nassau
Miami Beach
Wenner- Gren
Southern Cross
Florida
You
Hitler
H.R.H
Werner-Gren
Miami
Bragging About Dodging Work Predicts Failure
The passage warns that boasting about avoiding work leads to failure and suggests embracing boredom with friends to gain popularity and social acceptance.
Review of the News in Years Past 1941 and 1921
A sprawling recap recalls events from 1941 including Japan talks, Far East tensions, Nazi setbacks, Libyan campaigns, and local arrests. It also surveys 1921 rail gains, milk economics, and civic notes with city officials, court actions, and community life across Wisconsin.
Recognition of partial vision in children guidance
The National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness advises teachers and parents to spot signs of partial vision in children. It lists behaviors such as squinting, rubbing eyes, head tilting, and headaches from close work, urging eye testing and addressing myths about eye care.
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National Committee For the Prevention of
Portraits John C Metcalfe Soldier Boy
A 1961 Field Enterprises publication presents a poem titled Portraits John C Metcalfe Soldier Boy. It expresses longing and connection for a soldier far from home, vowing steady remembrance across Germany and distant lands. The piece invites letters to bridge distance.
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Germany
West Berlin
Rhine
Field Enterprises, Inc
Unnecessary Concessions In President Kennedy Interview
The piece argues Kennedy erred in granting an interview to a Moscow editor and warns the public forum could weaken support for freedom in Germany and Eastern Europe. It contends the dialogue drifted into indeterminate policy and risked Soviet propaganda shaping world opinion.
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Germany
Washington
United States
Forum of World Opinion
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Moscow
Lawrence
White House
East Germany
Hungary
Romania
Poland
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Asia
Soviet Union
America
Russia
Cuba
Africa
Southeast Asia
Tax Bill Compromise Outlook Echoes Wisconsin Legislature
In Madison the Assembly Republican leaders show willingness to negotiate with Governor Nelson on a tax bill while the Senate faction remains noncommittal. The measure faces a first test vote in the Assembly, with pressure on the Upper House to follow, as leaders jockey over a potential sales tax and broader tax revision ahead of year end.
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J. H. Rogers
Burlington Railroad
Dan Grady
Portage
J. D. Beck
Agriculture and Markets
Zimmerman
Madison Court
India
London
MacDonald
Mahatma Ghandi
Fred Steele
A. W. Fagerstrom
Chamber of Commerce
James J. Walker
San Francisco
Tom Mooney
Frank P. Walsh
New York
Mooney
John Kroonemeyer
West Salem
First Presbyterian Church
Mindoro
Albert M. Munson
Pioneer Burlington
Prospect
Mary Blaschke
A. E. Blaschke
College of Saint Teresa
Winona
Minn
Otto Sill
Mmes
Anna Trevalle
Irene Birnbaum
Minnie Mercier
Ida Denny
Louisa Rutz
LaBelle Riordan
Lydia Nelson
Etta Betsinger
Carrie Day
Sue Peters
Margaret Wolf
Anna Rick
Alice Beg
Elizabeth Hollnagel
Minnie Cahape
Frances Fjelstad
Madison
Wis
Assembly
Nelson
State Senate
Wyngaard Tions
Alfonsi
Pommerening
Haase
Senate
Frank Panzer
W. A. Draheim
Finance Committee
Wives Who Love the Truth Should Not Ask Many Questions
A terse truism on women and honesty notes that those who value truth are less prone to questions. It suggests that attractiveness may invite more scrutiny from men, implying social judgments about behavior and gaze.
Part score trap in bridge ends with 800 off
South gambles on a 2NT response for a game score. East doubles to push hearts and spades into defense. West leads hearts, East wins with ten and returns spades. Three spade tricks plus two hearts and clubs seal a minus 800 for South and a lesson to hold back on reckless gambles.
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North
East
West
Dummy
South
La Crosse Tribune masthead and pricing notice
The La Crosse Tribune publisher editor and staff are listed with office in La Crosse Wisconsin. The notice outlines circulation contact hours and advertising representation. It also lists home delivery rates for La Crosse area and surrounding regions and mail subscription prices with advance payment requirements.
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Tribune
Jann & Kelley, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Atlanta
la Crosse
Onalaska
la Crescent
Sunday Tribune
Carrier Bay
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Inez Robb
Sweden
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Tojo
Far East
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Fuehrer
Libya
Cairo
Kenosha
Petain
Admiral Darlan
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Stephan Bicha
Women's
Fred Levermann
Paul Wegner
Levi Chapiewski
Oscar
Richard
Gustave Berg
Bangor
E. P. Ruppenthal
Fred Schroeder
Henry Dessner
Elmer Newburg
Arthur Miller
Joseph K. Kidder
del Vitale
Margaret Sill
George J. Roellig
Louis F. Brown
U.S. Court
Thomas H. Skemp
E. W. Crosby
Neillsville
Rail Board
Ireland
Charlie Jacko
Carpenter
Oakland Coupe
Peter Nelson
10Th
Main
Idamae Bentley
Dubuque
Merlin Hall
Black River Falls
Elks Memorial
Fred McGlachlin
F. E. Gunther
Carl O. Semsch
State Department of Markets
Wisconsin
Taft
J. M. Furstman
St. James
H. Coughlin
A. Collins
M. Bamberger
Thomas Morris Jr
Emma Miller
William and
Maurice Coughlin
Helen Hurley
William Thrun
A. Coughlin
Marcella Zoellmer
Evelyn
Lillian Faas
Nelsons
Ed Gautsch
Frank Tillman
F. A. Holbrook
Josephine Bushnell
Evanston
Ill
Harvey Derr
E. H. Derr
Edith Derr
Harold T. Hyman, M. D
John C. Metcalfe
David Lawrence
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
John Wyngaard
Uken
Sanguinary Assembly
Santa Claus
Jacoby
By Oswald Jacoby
Che la Crosse Tribune
T. Burgess
W R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
Kenneth FP. Teachout
LEEW
ED Keefe
E. L. Burgess
Howard Colvin
Maxine Kahler
Luther Wilkins
la Guero
4Th and
Cass Sts
la Crosse Tribune
Lee Enterprise, Inc
Cal News
AP News
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