Community Chest Reaches Goal Through La Crosse Trust
The La Crosse Community Chest goal was reached via the La Crosse Community Trust which channels funds from estates to support health welfare culture civic and educational causes. The Trust via La Crosse Trust Co funds four scholarships annually to local high schools and the Teacher College, urging gifts for public welfare. The piece closes with a Nehemiah quotation.
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la Crosse Community Chest
la Crosse Community Trust
la Crosse Trust Company
Community Trust
Community Chest
Savings Plan Antidote To Inflation
The U S treasury reports that for the first full year since series E savings bonds began in 1941 more old bonds are being cashed than new ones issued. Cashing totals reach nearly 34 billion dollars, 178 million more than sales this year, signaling irony as bonds bought in patriotic times are redeemed amid looming war fears.
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U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Wilson Will Serve Production Well
The selection of Charles E. Wilson of General Electric to direct defense production earns broad support. Voters praise his large stature, proven public service, and extensive background in industrial management, noting his experience on the War Production Board Civil Rights committee and advisory bodies as essential for wartime leadership.
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Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Wilson
War Production Board
Civil Rights Committee
Advisory Commission On Uni
Progress In Medicine in 1949 Maternal Deaths Drop
The United States achieved a maternal death rate under one per 1,000 live births in 1949, down from 1.2 in 1948 and 6.2 in 1933 before sulfas and antibiotics. The Journal of the AMA notes this as a story of human and social progress and questions bureaucratic management.
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United States
Journal of the American Association
Past And Future In Our Asia Policy Unrest Over Acheson
The piece argues President Truman should not replace his secretary of state but that the fight centers on Asia policy. It critiques Acheson’s record in Asia, Korea, and China, noting U S responsibility in China’s shift to communism, and warns that opposition views may fade if new policies defend Korea, Taiwan, and Formosa while resisting Red China in the UN Security Council.
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Washington
Truman
Lale
Department of State
Pesons
Dean Acheson
Soviet Russia
Achison
Asia
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
China
Chiang Kaishiek
Anenv
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Korean Republic
South Korea
Capitol Hill
Acheson
Europe
Capid Hil
Formosa
Red China
UN Security Council
Security Council
Kores
Far East
Republican Party
Congress
Marshall
Urbanus E. Baughman
Secret Service
White House
Baughman
House Appropriations Committee
Blair House
GOP
Gordon Canfield
New Jersey
Canfield
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Churchill
Camden
N. J
Feet and footbath charm mar Burma embassy sighting
Washington notes recount U S Marshall Plan administrator William Foster barefoot in Burma entering the American embassy to disinfect his feet, a gesture well received by locals. The piece also covers the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development crisis over Nationalist China’s seat, with a vote to keep Chiang Kai-shek’s government on the board. only Czechoslovakia voted for expulsion as India and Britain abstained.
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William ©. Foster
Burma
International Bank For Reconstruction
Board of Governors
China
To Bank
International Bank
Paris
Formosa
India
United Kingdom
Reapportionment Drama in Wisconsin Capitol
Madison observers report a non partisan committee under Justice Hosenberry labors on a 1951 reapportionment bill amid strong odds of failure. Rural urban conflict dominates state politics, with a possible compromise by population in one house and geography in the other.
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Madison
Wis
Marvin B. Hosenberry
Senate
Assembly
Capitol
Alfred Ludvigsen
Legislative Council
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Ludvigsen
Blueprint for Noncooperation in National Emergency Policy
Washington Republican policy committee drafts a confidential plan for non cooperation with the White House during a national emergency. Taft emerges as chief advocate amid intra party dissension as the memo by George H. E. Smith outlines aims to mobilize public opinion, justify executive power, and steer Congress, with questions on loyalty and potential coalition politics.
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Washington
Republican Policy Committee
White House
Taft
United States
Executive Branch
Truman
Acheson
Ohio
Harry Truman
George H. E. Smith
GOP
Canada
Great Britain
Congress
Plans for Wisconsin UCT convention in La Crosse
From the Ten Years Ago files the Wisconsin United Commercial Travelers plan an annual convention in La Crosse announced after a Saturday night UCT meeting. A large crowd greeted 10 La Crosse National Guardsmen returning on a 10 day Camp Beauregard leave.
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Wisconsin United Commercial Travelers
la Crosse
UCT
Milwaukee
Lea
la Crosse Tribune
Arthur Teachout
New Lisbon
Louis H. Pammer
Ames
Iowa
la Crosee
Des Moines
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National Association of Credit Men
Snyder
David Lawrence
Burges
Bangsberg
Washington News Notebook
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Capitol Dome
Drew Pearson
The
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Wayne Morse
Oregon
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Ines
Second and Main Streets
Northern Engraving Co
la Crosse Drug Co
la Crosse Clothing Co
Fourth and Vine Streets
George Reay
State Street
Thomas Reay
Thomas Morgan, Jr
Fort Atkinson
Frances Campbell
General Hospital
3 C
Burns Fruit Co
Elks
Charles Weiss
Berlin
Italy
St. Joseph's Cathedral
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