Wisconsin Pedestrian Control Bills Move To Cities
The legislature signed by Governor Rennebohm authorizes Wisconsin cities to enact ordinances curbing unsafe pedestrian behavior. Jaywalking and crossing against signals may be outlawed. The La Crosse Junior Chamber campaign reduced pedestrian indifference, and city councils now may adopt a pedestrian control ordinance to improve orderly street and intersection flow.
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Rennebohm
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Common Council
Stalin Health Reports Ignored As Rumors Grow Of Heart Attack
The Health Estate department says it has no knowledge of Stalin suffering a heart attack, though rumors persist as the Soviet leader nears seventy. The piece recalls Lenin’s 1924 death and the ensuing power struggles involving Trotsky, Zinoviev, and Kamenev, and tracks Stalin’s elimination of rivals through to their expulsion or execution.
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Joseph Stalin
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Lenin
Trotsky
Soviet Union
Zinoviev
Kamenev
Communist Party
Moscow
Quality and Values Drive East Coast Builders on Prices
A major East Coast builder reports construction costs and finished house prices falling with no fear of profit squeeze. He notes lower material costs in good supply, workers maintaining wages, and a buyers market for small houses. He expects fall cost savings to offset current self-imposed reductions.
Hunters Outpaced by Birds and Animals in Latest Reports
Latest hunting reports show more game being shot than hunters, signaling a higher take of birds and animals than human harvesters. The data highlights increased wildlife activity and hunting pressure across regions.
Postwar Germany faces nationalist currents after Paris talks
Peter Edson analyzes how the emerging west German state may balance Social Democrats and Christian Democrats while facing powerful youth groups and millions of refugees. He warns that nationalist outfits could tilt the new state and tests Western powers’ cooperation under the Marshall Plan and de facto disarmament. Russia’s role remains uncertain as new European alignments unfold.
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Washington
NEA
Social Democrats
Germany
Christian Democrats
Europe
Schleswig
U. S
Hitler
Frankfurt
Soviet
Russia
Dean Acheson
Paris
John Foster Dulles
New York
Council of Foreign Ministers
Brave pilot Joe Crosson dies in Seattle office
Joe Crosson, famed pilot who flew across Alaska delivering aid and transporting bodies from Point Barrow to Will Rogers and Wiley Post, died in his Seattle office. Over 500000 miles of flight he never lost a plane or a life entrusted to him, a calm and brave man who served humanity on frigid frontiers.
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Milwaukee Journal
Joe Crosson
Alaska
Point Barrow
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Fairbanks
Joe
Seattle
Perle Mesta Named U.S. Minister to Luxembourg
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes Mrs. Perle Mesta is named U.S. minister to Luxembourg, making her Washington’s top party giver and the third woman diplomat after Daisy Harriman and Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde. It suggests she will boost Luxembourg’s profile with grand, castle era soirees.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Luxembourg
Washington
Perleee
U. S
Uchy
Truman
Daisy Harriman
Norway
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde
Denmark
Mesta
Truman “Bess
Perle
Thirteen To Go In Ratification Of Two Term Amendment
The 80th Congress proposed a two term limit for the presidency in 1947. By March 1947 twenty three states approved and seventeen remained to reach thirty six. Southern states resist as broader reluctance to alter the U S government and only 21 amendments have passed in over 150 years.
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Lincoln
Nebr. Star
Congress
Deep South
Fdr
Withal
America
Senate Leader Jess Miller Shapes Wisconsin Tax Debate
In Madison Wis veteran Sen. Jess Miller Richland Center is credited with derailing the Rennebohm tax plan by backing a substitute school aids proposal led by Sen Frank Panzer His calm deliberate style and long rural experience give him influence on floor votes, even as he ages past 65 and remains a conservative force in Wisconsin politics
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Madison
Wis
Jess Miller
Richland Center
Rennebohm
Senate
Richland
Sen. Miller
Frank Panzer
Miller
Wisconsin
Answers to Questions From The Haskin Service
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau provides questions and answers on a range of topics. It covers citizenship loss on long foreign residence, cloud types, tall animals, barnacle drag on ships, corn yields per acre in 1911 and 1948, Newton measuring sound speed by echo, foods with high fuel value, odds in rummy, and the origin of the word stentorian.
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Department of Agriculture
Charles Parker
Hertford County
United States
Carroll Brown
Rose Hill
Isaac Newton
Trinity College, Cambridge
Children’s Animal Picture Book offer from Washington DC
The booklet covers mammals with their appearance and habits and explains why some are friends or enemies. Illustrations from the American Museum of Natural History showcase familiar woodland and park animals. Order a copy for children, 20 cents postpaid using the coupon from La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau.
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American Museum of Natural History
Zoological
la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington 2
D. C
Clark Protects Innocent People in FBI Files Case
Washington news notes Attorney General Clark faced the issue of public release of FBI files listing individuals connected to the Coplon case. He chose openness despite concerns that naming innocents could unjustly smear them. Clark cited Justice Jackson on the risks of disclosing sensitive investigative material.
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Washington
FBI
Atty
Clark
Judith Coplon
Coplon
Re O
Miss Coplon
Justice Jackson
Jackson
Congressional
Letter to Tribune Reader Objects to Violent Comic Strips
A Tribune reader signed Grandmother of Twenty criticizes the paper for publishing murder and violent content in the funny papers. She argues such material harms children and urges replacing it with better literature, mentioning Alley Oop and Bugs Bunny.
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Tribune
Beggar Allegedly Finds Hidden Jewels Near Pyramids
Policed traced 80 000 in jewels stolen from Nahas Pasha, wife of a party leader, to a beggar named Bahluk who claimed he was told to hide them. After a chicken dinner, he admitted receiving the jewels but did not open the cloth. He was released.
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Cairo
Nahas Pasha
Bahluk
Scientists Hope To Uncover First Man Skeleton In Cave
South African researchers hunt a complete skeleton of the first man believed hidden in a Transvaal cave. They date the fossil to about 500000 years ago after a rockfall trapped early humans and their family outside the cave.
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Transvaal
Buck
Cape Town
Louisiana’s Long comeback quiets Huey era Still bred
Washington column marks ten years since Louisiana scandals exposé. Earl Long governs calmly while Russell, Huey’s son, serves as U S senator. Old Long associates stage discreet returns. Seymour Weiss and others rebuild, while Monty Hart dies by his own hand. Earl touts higher taxes on oil, free lunches, boosted Negro teachers pay and farm life.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Louisiana
Richard Lewhe
Huey Long
Long
Huey
Earl
Russell
U. S
Earl Long
New Orleans
de Lesseps Morrison
Seymour Weiss
Roosevelt Hotel
Seymour
Leche
Covington
J. Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Angola
Doc Smith
Baton Rouge
Abe Shushan
Monty Hart
Governor Long
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Ten years on, Finley wins both titles in Cliff Wood Open
The Tribune files recount Dick Finley’s double victory at the Cliff Wood Open on Teachers College courts with a singles title in the morning and a doubles win with Bob McDonald. Bob Faas wins the junior crown and Dorothy Becker claims the women’s title.
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Dick Finley
Teachers College
Bob McDonald
Bob Faas
Dorothy Becker
John M. Coughlin
Patricia
Loretta
Wood Street
Fort Peirce
Fla
Billie Bruce Schultz
Madison Street
Washington, D. C
W. W. Howes
Lovers Reunited After 50 Years apart in Pomona California
In Pomona California a 72 year old retired copper smelter worker and his fiancée of nearly 50 years ago plan their first wedding anniversary. Amanda Bean 71 and Robert Hart 72 were married April 7 ending a long lovers quarrel that began in Lordsburg New Mexico in 1900. Hart was widowed and located by Mrs Sarah Clark of Pomona who reunited the couple after a six month courtship. The story notes a separate statistic that Americans aged 65 and older have nearly doubled in the last half century.
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Pomona
Calif
Amanda K. Bean
Robert Lee Hart
Redlands
Capid
Hart
Lordsburgh
N. M
La Crosse Tribune Publisher Staff Notes and Rates
Editorial and city desk staff names and roles listed for La Crosse Tribune with publication details. Circulation and advertising departments named. delivery and mail subscription rates provided for La Crosse area.
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W. T. Burgess
R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
Alfred W. Rice
G. G Moriarity
Ed. Keefe
E L. Burgess
Ass’t. Bus
A. E
Fourth
Cass Streets
la Crosse
Wis
Act of Congress
The
Tribune
Lee Newspaper Group
Associated Press
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Cheyenne
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Mississippi Valley Powerboat Association
Moline
Ill
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