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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1948
Page
11
The Rotary Club hosted its annual Christmas party for 36 children from Emerson Orthopedic School. A Santa Claus distributed presents amid cheers while the children sang carols led by Miss Myrtle and the group. The event has been held since the club’s formation in La Crosse.
Reported dog in distress led bystanders to intervene. They used a thick stick to pull the animal away, and had to shoot the baboon to free the dog.
A tiny pony, claimed as the world's smallest at 22 inches tall, helps John McGovern in Northern Ireland as they join a weeklong charity effort. The unlikely duo tour events to raise funds for local causes, drawing attention to the unusual animal’s role in philanthropy.
The article explains that starting Jan 1 1949 military members lose special income tax exemptions and will have withholding begin. It notes a push to extend deductions to Dec 31 1949, outlines GI bill training questions and readjustment allowance while sick, and invites readers to contact Maj. Nial for service related issues.
The Department of Agriculture records early December average delivered milk at 214 cents per quart, with a 2 cent drop in several northern central cities and a 2 cent rise in Providence Rhode Island. Farmers paid 5.25 dollars per hundred pounds for class one milk, down 2 cents from November yet up 23 cents from December 1947. Britain prints 30,000,000 postage stamps daily.
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin announced that the next Congress will iron out inequities in the displaced persons law. He cited Professor Carusi and figures showing 1,615 refugees had entered by December 10, with about 1,000 more en route or waiting at German ports. He labeled the Dec 22 1945 registration rule discriminatory and urged changes to speed admissions.
Seven year old Cynthia Landvick, daughter of Mr and Mrs Erling Landvick, died from injuries after being struck by a North Western railroad train near her home in Madison Wisconsin last night. Local authorities report the accident remains under investigation.
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