Better Equipment And Real Sales Pitch Might Save Milwaukee Road
La Crosse stakes its future on the Milwaukee Road's plan to drop the Minneapolis to Seattle Olympian Hiawatha west of Minneapolis. The article notes the train links Chicago and Minneapolis and competes with the Empire Builder and North Coast Limited, urging improved equipment, service, and advertising to keep the line viable.
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Milwaukee Road
Waukee Road
Minneapolis
Seattle
Chicago
la Crosse
Twin Cities
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Great Northern
Olympian Hiawatha
United States
Empire Builder
Milwaukee
Northern
Pacific
West Coast
Cities dominate the world as urban growth accelerates
At the turn of the century only ten cities housed over a million people but now sixty one do. Two in ten people live in cities with more than twenty thousand inhabitants and projections say about half the population may live in such cities by century’s end. Some fear this trend though historians say humanity has adapted to change, suggesting resilience.
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Carol Black
Ann de Leo
Middletown
N.Y
Daily Record
Bette Eliott
Meredith Council
Raleigh, N.C
Times
Beverly Morales
Pompano, Fla
Sun-Sentinel
Margaret W. Claiborne
Charlotte, N.C
News
Edee Green
Fort Lauderdale
Fifa
Terence Reese
West
East
Terence
Dummy
Declarer
South
Michigan's Fiscal Crisis Under Williams Alarmed Republicans
Michigan faces a $64 million deficit as Gov. G. Mennen Williams pursues a large welfare program and a soak the corporations tax plan. Republicans fail to unite against the administration, leaving the state in a grim financial portrait.
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G. Mennen
Soapy
Williams
Grandi
Michigan
Martin Co ends airplane era to focus on missiles
The Martin Company, a pioneer in aviation, has built its last airplane and will concentrate on missile and space work. Older residents recall pre aircraft days, while younger generations anticipate further space conquest.
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Martin Co
Sign Of Times Job Survey Projects Engineering Growth
Northwestern University data forecast an about six percent rise in engineering graduate employment next year while nontechnical diploma holders face roughly a 3.2 percent contraction. The Bible verse Proverbs 16 9 is cited.
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Northwestern University
INEZ ROBB Newspaperwomen Win Honors In Competition
Journalists celebrate a landmark awards event for women in the newspaper field. The first national J C Penney University of Missouri Journalism Awards honor women editors and writers, with top prizes of 1000 dollars and a Paris trip for fashion writing.
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J. C. Penney University of Missouri Journalism
Santa
Western Union Messenger
Paris
Eleni Epstein
Washington Star
Washington, D.C
Endsville
Penney University of Missouri
Gag In Havana From Newsweek
A satirical note from Newsweek mocks Cuba as the largest country with misstatements about Havana Moscow and Americans. The passage jokes about travel circles and defines a bachelor as a man overly confident about marriage while commenting on men’s suit payments.
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Newsweek
Cuba
Havana
Moscow
United States
Review of the News in Years Past 1940 to 1930 items
A compiled look at past La Crosse events from 1940 to 1910 including bombings on the French coast by Britain, a New Year spectacle at Grandad Bluff, peculiar marriage loss suits, floodlit stores, notable deaths, accidents, fires, and civic notes such as educational reforms, Elks activities, and local business milestones.
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French
England
Grandad Bluff
Maud Hill
Chicago
Guy Ballard
Los Angeles Court
Tillman Furniture Store
la Crosse
Alfred J
Ollie) Miller
Lehman
Tire
Winifred Hess
S. 6Th St
Gene Mankey
State St
John Tikal
Aaron Sanford
Roy Franklin
Roy Sampson
Capellam Lee
S. 7Th
Frank Mondery
Pine St
Herman Rick
Central Board of Education
Elks Lodge
North Dakota
Bismarck
Burns
la Crosse Rubber Mills
Stoddard
D’annunzio
Fiume
Elks
King Boreas
Roberge
Charles Field
la Crosse Plow Co
Kiwanis Club
Myron Locke
George
Portraits John C Metcalfe Lost Garden
A garden by a gate once thrived with profuse flowers cared for by a soft gentle hand. Seasons change, walls stand firm, yet the garden no longer grows as the lady of this land rests in the ground. Field Enterprises, Inc. 1960.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
Javelin Run Distances and Historical Dueling Laws
Q and A style summaries cover javelin approach runs behind marks and measurement from the throwing line. They explain that many entrants use about a 100 foot run before a hop throw. The piece notes laws on duels in the 1800s and how penalties varied by state.
The Eleventh Commandment in Palatine School
C Raymond Long shares a Palatine Illinois report about Barbara Winters a 23 year old teacher blind since birth hired by the Palatine junior high. Superintendent Marian Jordan praised her talents over disabilities noting employers gain as much as students from employing the handicapped and urging broader opportunity.
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Gene Fowler
C. Raymond Long
Elgin
Ill
Daily Courier-News
Palatine
Barbara Winters
Illinois State Normal University
School System of
Barbara
Marian Jordan
Jordan
Reorganizing Federal Commissions and Boards
Abstract discussion on how federal commissions mix administrative and judicial roles and the push for reform. Landis and a House staff report urge better qualified appointees and occasional reorganizations to curb lobbying influence, with calls for a clear line between executive and judicial functions and specific investigative offices in the White House.
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Washington
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Kennedy
James M. Landis
House
Congress
Commissions
Landis
White House
Herbert Hoover
F.D.R
Federal Trade Commission
Supreme Court
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Wisconsin Property Tax Reform Seen As Long Shot
The Wisconsin Tax Revision Commission urged eliminating about two thirds of personal property tax, shifting revenue to a broad sales tax and lowering real estate levies. Officials warn a sales tax faces business resistance and the plan is unlikely to become law soon. A minority opposed relief, citing discriminations, while observers doubt enactment this session. Terence Reese analysis of a bridge hand closes the piece with game insight.
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Wisconsin
La Crosse Tribune Rates and Delivery Details
The La Crosse Tribune outlines home delivery and mail subscription rates for La Crosse area including Onalaska and La Crescent. Rates cover various terms from one month to one year with different prices inside and outside a 75 mile radius. Subscriptions are payable in advance and available where carrier delivery is not maintained.
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la Crosse
Wis
la Crosse Tribune
Lee Enterprise, Inc
Associated Press
Tribune
Jann & Kelley, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Atlanta
Onalaska
la Crescent
Carrier Bay
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Harry Southoff
Madison
Lawrence J. Brody
Cashton
Mike B. Olbrich
Bangor
John Dietz
Cameron Dam
Panama Canal
Pittsfield
Mass
John Gasper
Barbers’ Union
John Buchholz
N. Birnbaum
John Kemp
Fred Ender
George Geisenheimer
J. Kratzer
Fred Beth
E. Rossberg
L. E. Williams
E. Williams
Otto Albrecht
Labor Council
Andre Nevins
S.C
Clara Rose
St. Paul
Clara Semingson
Charles
Carl Olson
James M. Lienlokken
E. H. Jackel
North Side
Black River
John C. Metcalfe
A.R
R.U. A
R.L. A
Paracelsus
Celsus
Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim
Rold T. Hyman
David Lawrence
Lawrence
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Power Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cial
John Wyngaard
Governor's Tax Revision Advisory Commission
Wyngaard
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Leut Muibue
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Howard Colvin
Maxine Kahler
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