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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1949
Page
5
Hal Boyle recounts nights with Bongo the phosphorescent gorilla who insists on playing games. The gorilla dominates checkers, cheats with searchlight eyes, and occasionally switches to chess, leaving Boyle sick yet amused.
AP analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reports China’s conflict shifting to guerrilla warfare. Nationalists abandon Chengtu, establish western HQ in Sikang with 300,000 troops and air support. Possible guerrilla pockets, Formosan air supply, and paratrooper drops threaten to intensify the civil war.
City residents asked to prepare waste paper and place it on curbs by 8 a.m. Saturday as Boy Scouts cover every section. Troops weigh loads at the weighmaster and divide revenue by pounds. call the Scout office if no pickup by 4 p.m.
Blair Wisconsin high school debate squad opens its 1949 50 season with a two day tournament in Tomah. Delegates Verdel Kolve Larry Bradie veigerberg and Lois Kolve travel with coach Hal Goetsch to debate the question Resolved that the President of the United States should be elected by a direct vote of the people.
The Royal Neighbors will host their annual Christmas party in Blair Wisconsin at the city hall Saturday afternoon with members expected to attend and enjoy the holiday gathering.
On December 10 juvenile members are invited as guests for a gift exchange while a regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday evening with December 13 as a note of date.
Trempealeau county pension outlay for December totaled 41 917.77 with the county paying 8 369.35. Old age recipients 652 received 33 424.67, Trempealeau county share 4 409.87. Dependent children 148 benefited 6 565.60, county share 2 347.60. Blind pensioners 19 received 968, county share 132.13. Disabled retirees 17 received 959.50, county share 479.75.
Broadway actors use gag mail to attract roles with quirky gifts and props sent to 200 talent offices. Notable stunts include a cactus plant a tissue wrapped pear a baseball bat and a lollypop each paired with a role appeal. Mary Ellen Munro also mails Valentine themed art to promise acting availability.
Reader questions cover home music history and earnings for John Howard Payne to the origin of star groupings. Paynes Paris residence in 1823 produced minimal proceeds. Andorra enjoyed long peace. Roy Rogers T rigger is Morgan quarter horse mix. Greek Aratus explained grouped star names for practicality.
At Christ Episcopal Church in Dayton a pattern of candy, fruit, and later a nickel appeared on the altar. Two young boys, one in fourth grade and one in first grade, admitted to leaving offerings of food to Jesus after praying at the chancel. The rector explained offerings teach about Jesus and perishability of candy.
The text imagines a world where Earth always faces the sun with no moon and a perpendicular axis, resulting in no days months or seasons. It states we would be unconscious of time passing.
New York reports college attendees pressed 454th NAM congress leaders on welfare state policy. Student questions to business figures, including Ralph Cordiner of General Electric, challenged private industry to avert depressions, while a financier urged courting middle income venture capital.
A major roundup of aliens smuggled from Cuba was predicted within two to three days by patrol and immigration agents. U. S. District Attorney Ernest L. DuHaime said two men and their wives and at least three aliens are already under arrest. A note on airplane stall risks is included.
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