Two In One Sighted for County Abandonment Plan
La Crosse county board may dismantle the old 19th and Jackson shop after completing the new county shops. Supervisor John D. Ward favors including a stipulation to remove the structure to clear highway 33 sight lines. Dismantling could speed removal and allow highway curve realignment, offering two major benefits in one move.
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Oes la Crosse County Board
19Th
Jackson Streets
John D. Ward
I Am Afraid of Sorrows in My Heart
A fragment expresses fear and guilt, pleading that the speaker believes they have not been spared from judgment. The lines evoke a spiritual struggle with accountability and forgiveness.
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Job
Stockpile Shortfall Echoes 1942 Material Famine Warned Again
Washington officials warn that postwar stockpiles of strategic materials remain only about 40 percent of minimum needs with little recent buying. Lead, tin, zinc critical items are nearly exhausted, while foreign production via Marshall plan funds faces uncertainty in a European war scenario. Immediate rethinking of stockpiling plans is urged.
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WPB
Congress
Munitions Board
ECA
Washington
Big Corn Crop Caps Harvest Heads Across Plains
A record 3.5 billion bushels of corn harvest dominates the season, aided by a late spring and wet summer across the plains including Iowa. The bumper yield promises ample livestock feed and potential drop in meat prices, with corn's uses broad from paper to adhesives and explosives.
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Great Plains
Iowa
Christmas Spirit From Calvin Coolidge’s White House Message
A laconic president Calvin Coolidge wrote a Christmas message 21 years ago at the White House. He defined Christmas as a state of mind and urged peace, mercy, and goodwill to bring a Savior and a guiding star of hope to the world.
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White House
Calvin Coolidge
Dock strikes end but leave lasting toll on workers and nation
The dock strikes conclude after a period of disruption yet inflict substantial losses on workers and the broader economy. Both sides face lingering costs as supply chains recover and public opinion shifts.
Why Suppression of 1937 38 Documents Matters
A discussion of stolen State Department correspondence from 1937 and 1938, its suppression to protect sensitive code systems, and the possible impact on understanding U S diplomatic efforts before World War II. The piece notes fears of Russian distortion, potential exchanges with Britain and Russia, and the secrecy surrounding cipher methods and breaks.
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Washington
Department of State
United
United States
Europe
Munich
Britain
France
Hitler
Roosevelt
von Mussolini
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain-Daladier
Polic
Rute
Balkans
Russia
Germany
House un-American Activities Committee
Campbell leaves Hardin farm to aid French wheat push
Tomas D. Campbell of Hardin Montana, a top wheat grower, departs to assist the French government in boosting wheat production. He argues North Africa can adopt practical methods now, noting its soil and climate resemble Montana's and that prior Roman era abundance faded after centuries of lag.
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Kenosha
Tomas D. Campbell
Hardin
Mont
North Africa
Africa
Campbell
Montana
Rome
St. Augustine
Mediterranean
Ones
Science finds new uses for DDT in Alaska and the West
The article notes entomologists testing DDT on snow for Alaska mosquitoes and in streams for fish, with successful results in Oregon and Washington. It also mentions eradicating barberry bushes to combat stem rusts in cereals, claiming economical, effective outcomes beyond standard methods.
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Chicago Drovers Journal
Science
Alaska
Oregon
Washington
States urge move to single license plate era
The piece notes fifteen of forty eight states favor using a single plate next year with the end of hostilities. It argues front plates offer little practical value beyond identification and calls for continued use of rear plates only with legible designs amid steel shortages.
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NEW York Times
Bigger Wisconsin Schools Drive Teacher Shortage Debate
Madison correspondent John Wyngaard argues state schools face crowding from nearly half a million more students and a nationwide teacher shortage. He urges expanded school plants, better pay, and community action to attract and retain teachers, plus improved working conditions and job security.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
The Poor Man’s Goat and the Hypochondriac’s Tale
Hal Boyle laments his foot ailment as a feigned illness and reveals a health fable about hypochondria. He recounts seeing doctors, taking salts, and a plan to joke with colleagues while hinting at payday malnutrition and faux gout.
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Hal Boyle
Frances
America
Davis Wilson Mount Wilson Pioneer in California Timber
Mount Wilson in California honors Benjamin Davis Wilson who blazed the path up the mountain to harvest timber for wine cask making. The site stands as one of the world’s largest to its kind and reflects early exploration efforts in the region.
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Davis Wilson
California
Benjamin Davis Wilson
Contempt of Congress debated in prewar spy probe contrast
A House Un-American Activities Committee hearing on a prewar Soviet spy ring sees witnesses cited or not cited for contempt for refusing to answer questions. Henry Jullandleigh invokes the Fifth Amendment, while Hollywood writers in a separate case faced contempt after nonresponsive answers. John Howard Lawson appeals to the Supreme Court challenging the committee's legal standing.
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Washngton
House
UN American Activities Committee
Congress
Congressional
Henry Jullandleigh
State Department
Wadleigh
Hollywood
Communist Party
John Howard Lawson
U. S. Supreme Court
Lawson
un-American Activities Committee
Come
Ten Years Ago Purves Visit Nashua Area And City Elections
Tribune recalls events from ten years ago with Appleton visitors at Hugh G. Corbett residence and a Friday common council election naming Otto Zielke for South 17th Street. Also notes three board of education members re elected and a Peoria Ill trip spotlight.
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John T. Purves
Appleton
Hugh G. Corbett
Peoria
Ill
Arkansas
Texas
Board of Education
Otto Zielke
South Third Street
South 17Th Street
Common Council
Sarah Luther
E. O. Miller
Hagar Street
Cincinnati
Sunny
The
Clothiers
la Crosse
Otto Mueller
Fredericka Franko
William Deitrich
A. E. Thompson
J. E. Steele
R. P. Goddard
la Crosse Plow Company
Milwaukee
Spies and pumpkin papers haunt 1937 38 state secrets
DeWitt Mackenzie recalls the 1937 38 state department code leak amid a congressional probe into Communist spy activity. He notes foreign powers reading secret prewar codes and cites a 1998 log reflecting a long history of espionage and public fear, including a German linked ring and a red haired agent.
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John H. Peurifoy
State Department
House
UN American Activities Committee
Moscow
Europe
United States
Ferer
America
Canaan
Haskin Service Answers Simple Reader Questions
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau offers answers to reader questions for 3 cents postage. Topics include rail passenger totals in 1920, Lorenzo Dow’s saying, diving depths, inventor of the cow catcher, UN Lake Success quotas, house painting duration, English royal parole, WWII veteran pension eligibility, Twain publishing house, and orange blossom end sweetness.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington, D.C
United States Map Sale for Students
Public notice advertises a five color United States map 21 by 28 inches with Alaska Hawaii and dependencies insets. Reverse side lists state areas populations largest cities and metropolitan districts plus scenic places by state. Coupon offer 15 cents postpaid to address in Washington DC.
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United States
Alaska
Hawii
Editorial staff byline and city editors listed
W. T. Burgess publishes the editorial department with R. L. Bangsberg as editor and J. E. Lienlokken as news and photo editor. Alfred W. Rice serves as city editor and G. G. Moriarity as state editor.
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R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
Alfred W. Rice
G. G. Moriarity
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Tray
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John
HM Plensir
Wisconsin Béwration
Plenzee
JOR
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Soviet Union
Japan
Haskin Service
Lorenzo Dow
God
Jack Browne
Loch Argyllshire
Scotland
W. Ballard
Isaac Dripps
Camden and
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Richard I
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Eng
Mark Twain
C. L. Webster and Co
U. S
Washington, D. C
Cowles
W. T. Burgess
Keefe
Advertising Department
E. L. Burgess
T. Bus
A. E. Teachout
Luther Wilkins
la Crosse Tribune Company
4Th
Cass Sts
le Crosse
the Tribune
Lee Newspaper Group
Associated Press
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