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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1946
Page
5
Officials and searchers voiced grave fears for survivors after a U S Marine aircraft vanished while flying from San Diego to here. The last signal was near Toledo Washington at 6 13 p m Tuesday with rescue teams concentrating on Mount Rainier terrain and surrounding areas.
Unconfirmed reports say Chinese Communists attacked government forces 15 miles from Dairen but were driven off after two days. The reports from Tientsin note nationals remained at 15 miles from Dairen to avoid incidents the Soviets, who control the port, could exploit.
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington holds more than 18 million specimens in its scientific collections across its museums and research centers.
Central high school's 55 piece orchestra under Alvin Mikelson prepares for a December 17 concert at the Vocational school auditorium. The program features Grieg Heartwounds and The Last Spring, Wagner Walters Prize Song From The Meistersingers, and includes five players qualified for Civic Symphony. Ann Van Zandt presides as president with Donna Hahn as concert mistress and Jean Dixon as secretary among a long list of instrumentalists.
Billy Bryant of the Bryant troupe shared the family life on river showboats at Teachers College, detailing 40 years on the water with hardship, ingenuity, and famed productions like Jesse James Hamlet and Ten Nights in a Barroom It notes their start on the Water Queen, wartime tugboat service, and Bryant's literary work Children of Ol Man River with Hollywood film rights.
In Arkansas near Mt. Crest two men were found dead in a burned airplane wreckage. The tentative identifications point to Theodore Coskowski of Milwaukee and Wesley Sheppard of Beloit. The naval basic trainer reportedly converted to a civil aircraft skidded from a peak during a rainstorm.
New York reports a surge in coin collecting with an estimated quarter of a million followers and about 40 000 serious collectors. The Stack brothers note prices for old coins have doubled since the war, with rare pieces like the decadrachm of Athens valued up to fifty thousand dollars and a 1894 San Francisco dime worth fifteen hundred.
Washington Republicans applauded Truman for creating a temporary office to take over price, reconversion and stabilization powers. They urged vigilance to ensure savings materialize and warned Congress may act if economies fall short. Senator Wiley criticized unrealized savings while Senator Millikin noted shifting rules and lingering housing and rent controls amid veteran group splits.
Discovery credits the ancient Hebrews with the oak bark tanning method still used today. This vegetable tanning process forms the basis for most sole leather production.
Tony vows a last confrontation to force Rosa to commit to marriage or break forever. He clings to the word forever as the pivotal, tragic moment nears, while Rosa remains unhearing to his pleas.
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