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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1950
Page
7
Hal Boyle reports that the buddy system pairing U S troops with South Korean volunteers in the Korean War has failed. Implemented August as a wartime staffing measure along the Naktong line, it soured amid language and loyalty strains and was eventually shelved.
AP Foreign Affairs columnist notes that a Chinese advance in Korea alarms Southeast Asia. Hanoi observers fear China would move south for resources as colonial powers struggle with rising independence movements. They warn colonial systems are waning though some nations remain dependent for now.
Billy Daniels, a 34 year old singer, refused to press charges after showgirl Ronnie Quillan 29 slashed his face with a butcher knife. The incident occurred at the white showgirl's apartment early Thursday morning and led to Quillan's arrest on assault suspicions. Daniels said he hopes to return to his $5,000 a week cabaret job in Hollywood soon as the case ends.
A reader questions common facts about beaver diets city nicknames burial sites and eyeglass lenses. The Tribune Information Bureau provides concise answers noting beavers’ vegetarian bark diet Philadelphia’s Greek meaning brotherly love and Calamity Jane’s burial in Deadwood along with trifocal lens advantages for mid sight as well as near and far.
The La Crosse board of park commissioners adopted a December memorial for Thaddeus H. Brindley born November 28 1883 who died October 27 1950 and served as president of the park department since 1927. The document lauds his civic service and proposes copying the tribute to department records and his family. Bremen population 400000.
The planetary metals are lead tin iron silver mercury gold copper.
N C A Congressman Paul Johnson of Mississippi introduced HR 7252 to prohibit female persons in the District of Columbia from smoking cigarettes in any public place and to bar owners from permitting women to smoke on premises under their control with penalties specified.
The present average car being scrapped had about 12 percent of its expected service years and roughly 103000 miles. Twenty five years ago the average scrapped car was about 6 percent of service life with 25740 miles.
ROTC advanced students in the senior division are generally given deferment. The secretary of defense may designate other ROTC students for deferment if they agree to serve on active duty later for two or more years.
The Defense Department confirms an officer may obtain an increased allowance for a dependent parent under certain conditions. The officer must file a certificate detailing dependency and the parent must provide a similar certificate. He should discuss the matter with his commanding officer.
From the pituitary gland of the hog. This gland is about as large as a pea and it takes 400 000 hogs to produce one pound of ACTH.
The Kitty Hawk flight aircraft used a 12 horsepower motor. It achieved speeds around 30 miles per hour.
A purchasable home medical guide describes over 50 diseases with symptoms and treatments. It lists medicine chest items and sick diet suggestions in alphabetical order for easy reference. Postpaid for 15 cents with coupon to the Information Bureau in Washington DC.
The U S Geological Survey completed a report on the geologic structure and ore deposits of the upper Mississippi valley zinc lead district spanning 2,500 square miles across southwestern Wisconsin, northwest Illinois and northeast Iowa. Studies begun in 1942 have already found new zinc deposits and offer theories on ore origins and detailed cross folds faults and ore bearing joints.
Whitehall served as the official residence of English monarchs from 1697 until Buckingham Palace replaced it in 1837. The Court of St James derives its name from a former religious establishment once on the site.
Harris A. Jennings 58 grand master of the Wisconsin grand lodge of Odd Fellows died of a heart attack Saturday while shoveling snow. He was an accountant for the Superior Duluth Bus Co. Jennings visited the La Crosse lodge on Oct. 28.
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