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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1948
Page
10
Wisconsin meat production rose for the first nine months of this year, with a 2 to 3 percent increase over 1947. Cattle and hog slaughter edged higher, while beef, veal, pork, and lamb output showed varied changes per federal and state reports.
Former City resident Wright was returning to Milwaukee in the ambulance he had just bought in Janesville. Betty Orr, 37, driving behind him, skidded on snow on highway 15 east of here and collided with another vehicle. Wright received a knee injury and bruises.
Lincoln Lincoln Union High School prepares its Christmas assembly to be held Wednesday. The program features a scene titled Customs through the Ages based on a Wisconsin Idea theater publication with acts featuring French Friars Swiss dancers Austrian candles Notre Dame carols and a Ruggles Family American tableau. Background music includes a 70 voice choir and small ensembles. Ninth grade English students read the choral narrative linking scenes. Directed by Mrs. Erbin Reedy with Nine Mickleson in charge of costumes Leo Jenkins staging and William Stephens music. Mexico hospitals are dismissing all untrained nurses.
San Fernando California reports a partly crippled janitor Leslie H. Lawrence 45 his wife and 11 children faced eviction from a tent dwelling due to health rules. A group completed a three room bungalow to be ready by Christmas Eve with a tree and gifts planned.
The post office reports corrected December figures showing 1638 days totals of 4638.71 on December 17 3653.86 on December 18 3375.33 and a grand total to date of 45361.98 for the first 18 days of December. This compares with 42524 for the same period last year andSun day’s total will be added to Monday’s total per the postmaster.
The correction states the Christmas program at First Lutheran Church located at West and Cameron avenues will be held at 7 p.m. Friday instead of Thursday as previously listed in the La Crosse Tribune church notices.
Paducah Kentucky Senator Alben Barkley announced he will spend Christmas with American airmen on the Berlin airlift. He said he planned to attend the Interparliamentary Union meeting in Paris December 28 and 29, leaving early to join the airlift personnel.
In Marquette nine year old George Brey, diagnosed with an incurable kidney ailment and given six months to live, will spend his final Christmas at a town party funded by residents. A benefit at the Elks lodge drew crowds raising funds for a Christmas Eve visit to the Old Family orphans' home with 100 other children before returning to St Marys hospital. Santa Claus is set to attend with toys and gifts.
Alma Hanson Nelson 60 found dead in Decorah home after neighbors failed to reach her. Carl Siekert 52 found dead in Sparta home. time of death undetermined. Conrad Hirsch 77 dies in his East Montgomery Street home with funeral at St. John s Lutheran. Theodore Selberg 77 to be buried at Oakland Cemetery after funeral at Zion Reformed. Surviving relatives noted for each case.
The outlook suggests livestock and livestock products may hold up better than grains and cash crops. Hogs could fetch around 15 dollars per cwt and milk about 2.50 per cwt on an eight state average basis. Net farm income in such a recession would be no more than half of 1947 levels and about twice 1935-39. The farmer's share of the consumer food dollar will not show major declines in 1949. Labor remains the key factor with hourly earnings now about double 1935-39 levels.
A blind terrier named Yippie woke its owner, Anna McGlinchey, 60, in Gloucester New Jersey, with a warning whine that alerted her to a fire and prompted calling for help.
The See high school choir under Alvin Mikelon presented two renditions of Handel's Messiah focusing on the Christmas section. A brass sextet led Yuletide music before each performance, and seven choral numbers were sung from memory with strong intonation despite some tuning issues in softer passages.
Newton Mass The atomic energy commission medical chief Dr Shields Warren says deadly radiation from cyclotrons has apparently caused cataracts in about five unnamed American scientists. He notes no evidence these individuals worked on atomic energy.
Tokyo report says Col. George N. Schurmann, deputy chief surgeon, blamed American housewives in Japan for headaches greater than those of combat troops after several people fell ill from poisoned oysters at a private dinner. He said serving Japanese shellfish at American homes had become fashionable and noted food inspection here lags behind U.S. standards.
Rep. Kersten of Wisconsin says Soviet espionage rings are aiding Alaska defense threats. He cites Nome and Anchorage activity, a Communist party member aiding fisheries union councils, and calls for 16 000 combat troops for Alaskan airfields, promising a formal report later.
Washington article notes the Fish and Wildlife Service suggests repurposing old Christmas trees as backyard bird feeders. Replace popcorn and decorations with seeds and fruit to attract birds.
Dr Ralph Bunche the acting UN mediator for Palestine declared the Palestine war is now over and a final solution to problems from Israel creation is well on its way The new Jewish state is firmly established and current fighting is only local incidents not to be regarded seriously
Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts accepted general chairmanship of the 1949 national Planned Parenthood campaign. He urged that the United States cannot continue aiding friends abroad without a program to control population growth at home in overcrowded areas.
Serving on the aircraft carrier USS Soeone, aviation structural mechanic third class John A. Grabarkiewicz, son of Edward P. Grabar, trains with Task Force 38 in the western Pacific and the China Sea. The program gives officers and men realistic naval training and acquaints them with foreign ports and people.
Diana Lyn Webs and John C Lindsay, both named in a society notice, are honeymooning today after a Saturday wedding. Also noted is the report that over seventy passenger trains have been suspended recently in Yugoslavia.
The Jaycees announce an I Speak for Democracy presentation Tuesday night at the American Legion club rooms honoring La Crosse dignitaries led by Mayor Charles A. Beranek and Rev. Ralph Kuether. Prizes will go to local contest winners led by John Seinfelder as top prize receiver followed by Kenneth Erickson and George Krismer. Chief speaker John Jackson, noted Wisconsin Midwest orator, will address the gathering.
The U S S Breckenridge is set to depart Shanghai on December 27 with about ten percent of its cabins filled. Evacuation pace slows as local confidence grows and previous distress fades.
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