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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1920
Page
6
Federal agents seized seven stills and a moonshine toll outfit at the farm home of Juin Syctuck near Arcadia. Authorities recovered gallons of mash, cans of molasses syrup, and moonshine liquor. A search warrant was executed and the case is expected to be brought before a grand jury.
Allentown Pa silk workers and nearby mills will see a wage reduction starting January 1 the announcement came from the largest mills in the city. The exact cut was not disclosed and more than ten thousand workers could be affected.
A heated debate surfaces on the House emergency tariff bill focusing on taxation, wartime debts, and protection of American industry. Key speakers argue for and against new taxes on bank deposits and stamps, while discussions touch on deflation, national debt, and Europe’s ability to pay the United States.
Trade World outlines national economic figures and resources including 250 billion dollars in trade, 40 billion dollars in income, and vast mineral and land holdings. The article highlights lease reforms, coal, phosphate, and sodium deposits, population growth, and a proposed 100 million dollar foreign trade reserve under a new American Bank association plan.
Washington reports the youngest ever to occupy the Treasury post. Lt. Porte, a George Washington University graduate of 1826, served in the army and as an attaché to the American delegation at The Marne before joining the treasury staff and later filling the vacancy created by Shouse.
The patient George Hoeth of Geese Island Lumer remains in critical condition after a Sunday rabbit hunt injury. A Lutheran hospital report on Tuesday states there is still hope for recovery despite the seriousness of his wounds.
Stock market close report highlights activity in copper and related metals. Companies listed include Kennecott Copper, Atlantic Copper, Northern Pacific, Utah Copper, and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel peers, with mentions of Union Carbide products and industrial producers as traders weighed copper futures and refinery shares.
New York report on a Waldorf Astoria dinner honoring Myron T. Morrick and praising John J. Esch for leadership on the 1920 transportation act. Speaker Herrick lauds Esch and Gummins, notes Esch’s defeat in Congress, and urges national service beyond local politics.
John Torrance Sr. 1514 West Avenue South died Tuesday morning at 7:15. He was born in La Grosse March 17, 1860, and lived here most of his life. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Parlor Sletten and Dahl on South Street with Shaver officiating, burial in Oak Grove cemetery. He leaves a son John Torrance and a daughter Miss Jean Mary Torrance among others.
A New Jersey bank siege ends when forty armed men attempt a robbery at First National Bank in Newark. Police capture five suspects after a gunfight with revolvers shotguns rifles axes and pitchforks. Citizens alerted by a water main break helped locate the quartet.
Dhoorah Iowa reports the county board of appraisers found a dead farmer valued at 200, eighty seven acres with assets totaling about 100,000. Neighbors believed him poor. investigators uncovered Diberty Bonds worth 23,000 and other assets pushing estate value past 100,000. A brother is the only known living relative.
Detectives and American Railway Express investigators probe an alleged inside job in a $16,000 robbery at Toledo offices on Monday. A larger safe valued at over $50,000 was moved through the same door less than half an hour earlier, suggesting a planned theft.
The Trades and Labor council voted to bring a welfare committee speaker from Wisconsin to Green Bay to discuss labor conditions. The offer aims at all central labor unions in the shire with lectures on labor needs and raber problems led by RG. Kautson, who will coordinate with the La Crosse council and Green Bay organizers.
The Trades and Labor Council voted to forward a substantial sum to the state federation of labor to aid striking Hamilton Beach Racine workers. La Crosse unions were asked to contribute to the fund. The article recalls the 1920 sequence of strikes, lockouts, injunctions, and lawsuits tied to Hamilton Beach plant labor disputes.
Washington the senate recessed Tuesday after adjournment Monday night planning another three day ad journment through Thursday. With war finance measure revived and other business disposed of a similar New Year recess is planned.
The body of a well dressed woman about 39 was found buried on a Baltic beach with a bullet hole above the right eye. The coroner investigates whether it was murder or self-inflicted. Sudden winds and many islands make Baltic navigation dangerous.
The report lists 218067 U S Army personnel with 162918 in continental United States and 143 in occupation forces on the Rhine. It notes 18047 in the Philippines Hawaii 5400 in Porto Rico 1106 in China OT in Alaska 161 in Iran England and a November 1 strength of 552 more than authorized 182830. New York Guard leads with 1848 men Texas etc.
A. C. Dulingon was appointed president in charge of traffic for the Chicago and North Western Railway, effective May 1, replacing H. R. McCullough who retires after 40 years. Johnson, formerly division freight and passenger agent in Winona, rises to vice president in charge of traffic, overseeing operations nationwide with roots dating to 1894 in South Dakota and Minnesota. McCullough began work in 1879 in Winona and held the division agent role before his retirement.
A cryptic item notes an aged man of 57 linked to a Hitler era automobile incident. The brief, terse phrasing reflects a wartime or postwar society shorthand with limited context. The reference to Boston and a reporter’s nickname suggests a local news fragment from a bygone era.
A Sauk County petition states Alfred T. Ringling estate valued at 1 056 543 with Wisconsin property worth 23 554 and Wisconsin inheritance due of 209 77. The widow receives dower furniture and rents, the son gains a one fourth co ownership in Ringling Brothers shows and shares of various properties, with rest to him after the widow’s death.
Massachusetts to California Christmas message signed by Governor Coolidge the vice president elect and Governor Stephens will be relayed by ten amateur wireless operators across the continent Tuesday night Philip Robinson Tufts College student of rate engineering will start the message at 10 50 p m if atmospheric conditions permit tests by the American Radio Magazine officials should take no more than ten minutes for each relay
Charles Firemorris, superintendent of police, filed suit to prohibit a boxing carnival planned by a Chicago newspaper fund to supply dinners for the poor. The city barred the event Monday night after protests from Methodist and Baptist Ministerial Associations.
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