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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1949
Page
3
Lake shipping will end the Great Lakes season on December 13. Mariner radio and weather bulletins will cease then, with navigation assistance available on request from weather bureau offices. End of season depends on operating ships, with about 24 still active as of the statement, diminishing hourly.
Milwaukee reports a surge in ice cream consumption with demand doubling since 1939 as dairy foods gain status as nutrition. B Grant of New York told Wisconsin milk dealers that children favor ice cream with fruit or cereal for breakfast and mothers see a scoop as equal to a half glass of milk. Conventions ended Thursday.
Oak Ridge Tennessee reports workers returned to a $66,000,000 atom project after a four day wildcat strike by about 3,000 construction workers. By Thursday night roughly 65 percent were back on the job and contractors planned full scale operations Friday.
Drama teams from 12 Wisconsin high schools will compete at the University of Wisconsin Saturday. Participants include Eau Claire Kewaunee La Crosse Aquinas Milwaukee East Milwaukee Marquette Mondovi Mosinee Muscoda Oconto Falls Pittsville Shawano and Superior Central.
Forty three mail room workers at the Louisville Courier Journal were discharged after a three hour sit down strike in protest of a new contract. Police were called to remove the union members from the mailing room where they had locked themselves in. The company took over mailing duties and continued late editions. Negotiations had been active since June with wages and contract length unsettled.
Dundee's first Scottish country dance drew 1500 attendees to Cairdhall with many waiting an hour for doors to open.
Outdoor columnist argues against hatchery trout and worm fishing, urging dedicated fly only waters to boost native trout and stream productivity. Michigan streams already set aside for fly casting, with a few scattered creeks suitable for all to try.
Luther College lost to Augsburg 59-50 at the Minneapolis Armory. Luther trailed 29-13 at halftime and fell behind by 21 early in the second half as Augsburg dominated. Luther’s Don Nylund scored 15 points to lead Luther, while Beaman scored 15 for Augsburg. Luther faces St. Olaf next.
Westby and Westby Coon Prairie Lutherans plan a 9 a m service and 9 a m Sunday school with 9 a m confirmation classes. An earlier hour aids Christmas program practice with 8 p m Luther league and a Dobson film showing.
Jacob Andreasen pastor leads Friday program at 8 p m in Bloomingdale hall with film The United States and lunch served. Saturday 9 a m confirmation at Westby. Sunday 9 30 a m nak ogdalen Lutheran 9 45 a m Sunday school Westby 10 45 a m service Westby 5 30 p m junior league remaining events listed.
Final rites set for Friday for Rex Beach 72 at Lakeside home near Sebring Florida. Vicar Arthur J Lively will officiate at 4 p m services with cremation planned. Beach famed for Yukon gold rush writings killed himself with a pistol shot to the head after two years of cancer.
Mexican customs officers halted a fast truck on the international bridge at Nuevo Laredo and seized 180000 rounds of ammunition destined from the United States to Tampico. The smugglers had bribed a customs officer, but he was off duty when the crossing occurred and officials found case after case of ammunition in calibers .32 .38 and .45.
The government will adopt a modernized parity standard on January 1 to measure farm prices and determine fair and equitable levels. The new method, replacing the old O-4856 rule, uses demand and production cost data from the prior decade, promising higher parity for livestock products and lower parity for crops. Supporters note it reflects changes in machinery costs and wages since 1909 14.
Madison Wisconsin authorities say the state department of taxation seized Dane County Judge Fred Evans' automobile on a jeopardy assessment warrant for 1483 dollars claimed in overdue income taxes. Tax commissioner Arthur E Wegner called the move not unusual when collateral is uncertain. The seizure followed an assessment of 483 for alleged taxable income of 235 for 1944 47 in the Madison district.
William J. Grede president of Grede Foundries in Milwaukee was named regional vice president for Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota by the National Association of Manufacturers. Directors at large elected were Cola G. Parker president of Kimberly Clark Corp Neenah and Harry Zinsmaster president of the Zinsmaster Bread Co Duluth.
The Dark Ages extended from the fall of the western Roman Empire in 475 A D to the revival of learning in 1150, a period of seven centuries. Learning in Europe was at its lowest ebb during this era.
Olivet Lutheran church on French Island will be dedicated Sunday at 2 30 p m with Bishop Martin Anderson officiating. Dr Carl O Pederson will serve as liturgist and Mrs R F Tabbert will be organist. The First Lutheran choir of Ona laska will sing and offerings go to the Olivet building fund. Lunch will follow the service.
The Western Wisconsin Schoolmasters club gathered at the Stoddard hotel to discuss using community resources in education. Speakers included Willard Hanson and June Rose among others from 35 western Wisconsin schools.
Hollywood reports Phillip Burrows, 20 months, got a junior size vessel stuck on his head. His mother and medical staff failed to remove it until a city fireman sawn it off. Phillip was taken to a police receiving hospital Wednesday for treatment.
Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm urged strict enforcement of the new speed limit law, ordering officers to enforce 55 mph at night and 65 mph by day. He said the 1949 law aims to reduce accidents and that motorists should be aware of its existence after warnings of lax enforcement.
Prague Czechoslovakia renames its highest peak Mount Gerlachovka to honor Generalissimo Stalin for his 70th birthday on December 21. The 8,737 foot summit in the Tatras previously bore the name of Czech Legionnaires who fought with the Allies in World War I.
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