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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1949
Page
3
Sam Dawson analyzes Britain's dollar shortage postwar, noting limited U S purchases, high prices, and balancing choices. He cites heavy borrowing around 1946, Marshall aid, austerity measures, and the debate over devaluing the pound to boost trade and dollars.
Walter E. Arwhler, 84, an itinerant now in Dupage Memorial hospital, is accused by federal authorities of using his claimed ability to control heartbeats to fraudulently obtain care at Veterans Administration hospitals. FBI Chicago chief George R. McSwain cited 21 cases of people with such control in medical history. Arwhler allegedly claimed veteran status from the War with Spain and World War I and used it to secure VA hospital treatment without qualifying service records.
Arrangements are made to resume issuing United States money orders for payment in the American British and French zones of Germany and the western sector of Berlin on July 1. Postmaster Wenzel M Dvorak announced that payment will be made on the original order instead of a card order used before the 1941 suspension. The order will be sent to Germany with certified lists and drawn in dollars and cents. conversion to German currency will occur in Germany.
Sugar shipments from the Dominican Republic are being sent to Britain by tanker ships. The operation highlights ongoing trade in sugar with maritime routes active between the Caribbean and Europe.
In West Palm Beach a 14 year old, Lewis Sterrett, disabled since seven and using a wheelchair, completes grammar school with home study help. School officials visit Boynton Beach to present his diploma. Rev D M Obenshain delivers the address and Miss Beals performs a violin solo.
Postmaster Wenzel M Dvorak announced on Wednesday that effective July 1 the surface parcel post weight limit for France including Monaco rises to 44 pounds. The rate remains 14 cents per pound for regular parcels and six cents per pound for gift parcels.
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