Beginnings Of Orderly City Planning In La Crosse
Mayor Henry Ahrens and Quincy Hale of the city plan commission urged full time supervision to launch a master city plan. The session in the mayor’s office, with M. W. Torkelson and J. N. Albers from the state planning board, produced the most constructive municipal planning discussion yet.
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Henry Ahrens
Quincy H. Hale
City Plan Commission
Ahrens
M. W. Torkelson
J. N. Albers
State Planning Board
la Crosse
City plans progress through new assistant engineer
Mayor Ahrens commits to appointing an assistant engineer for full time city planning. He will receive periodic progress reports to ensure steady action with Mr. Torkelson and Mr. Albers assisting, aiming to break the previous stalemate and secure ongoing development of the master plan.
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Ahrens
Torkelson
Albers
Master Plan Aims Long Range Municipal Growth
The article argues for a structured master plan guiding long term municipal development and financing. It emphasizes pre set locations for future offices, a city hall auditorium, schools, parks, and recreation centers to avoid chaotic, ad hoc growth.
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Envisages Zoning Beyond City's Fringes
The plan calls for zoning inside the city and three miles beyond, with orderly growth aligned to a major street plan. Project leaders Ahrens and Hale mark a starting point, promising engineering services and progressing toward planned municipal development rather than ad hoc growth.
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Ahrens
Hale
Wallace backlash clouds Rubenstein run in New York vote
In New York special election, Dr. Annette Rubenstein of the American Labor party finished last in a field of four, winning just over 6 percent of 80,872 votes while Roosevelt’s victory shadows debate over Henry Wallace and Truman policy. Rep. Marcantonio backed Wallace. The piece closes with a biblical aside.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Congress
Henry Wallace
Labo Party
Annette T. Rubenstein
Wallace
Truman
Roosevelt
United Nations
Rep. Marcantonio
Dr. Rubenstein
Russia Must Yield at Paris Four-Power Talks
After one week in Paris the four power foreign ministers face widening gaps as both East and West set higher demands. Western delegates refuse minor Soviet concessions to save face, insisting on substantial terms. If progress comes, someone must yield, with the West currently in the bargaining position.
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ISE
Paris
West
Russia
Suburban Property Sale Halted by Cold Weather
Cold weather kept many potential buyers away from a salesman's suburban property showing, curtailing travel and interest in the listing.
Charge Bad Ethics in Truman Era Aircraft Contracts
Rep. James E. Van Zandt accuses President Truman and Louis Johnson of ethical breaches over Consolidated Vultee contracts. The House Armed Services Committee orders investigation into B-36 and related deals, including transfers, cancellations, and funding shifts worth hundreds of millions. Allegations connect Curtiss-Wright and Northrup contracts, with Odlum claims of campaign funding ties to Vultee during 1948.
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Washington
Truman
Louis Johnson
James E. van Zandt
Pennsylvania
House Armed Services Committee
van Zandt
House of Representatives
Consolidated Vultee Corporation
Johnson
Convair
Consolidated-Vultee
Northrup
Consolidated Vultee
Curtiss-Wright
Curtiss
Floyd Odlum
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Odlum
Democratic Party
Wey
Democrats Smell an Issue in Dane County Lobby Probe
Madison Wisconsin observers describe Dane county DA Robert Arthur a Democrat ally and former lobbyist critic as leading a probe into legislative lobbying. The drive spurs debate over pursuit costs political gain and potential fallout if no violations are found.
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Madison
Wis
Dane County
Robert Arthur
Capital City
Arthur
W. T. Bvjne
Evjne
Capitol
Norris Maloney
Edwin Wilkie
Wisconsin
Public Debate on Rail Rates and Postal Subsidies Sparks Dispute
A letter from Lloyd A. Wilsey questions railroads receiving 1948 mail pay totaling 189,625,396 and argues lobby groups push for higher rates, while a second column urges readers to observe Shut In Day on Sunday June 5 1949 and visit homebound neighbors.
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Tribune
David Lawrence
Drew Pearson
Air Power League
Hart
ICC
CAB
Wero
Coulee
Shakespeare
Chester Bigsbee County Infirmary
Furcolo
Sutton
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Guard dogs guard Mackinnon Road military store in Kenya
A guard of 20 police dogs has been placed to deter thefts at Britain's Middle East military store on Mackinnon Road in Kenya, with losses pegged at about 4000 pounds weekly.
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Britain
Great Middle East
Mackinnon Road
Kenya
Drama unfolds in congressional atom hearings with Hickenlooper and Lilienthal
The long awaited atom age drama plays out as Senator Hickenlooper accuses AEC chair David Lilienthal of mismanaging the atomic program. Lilienthal defends with pleas for accountability while Chairman McMahon promises a broad inquiry amid shifting personnel and policy questions.
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Washington
Senator Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Lilienthal
Acontee McMahon
Connecticut
Congressional Committee
Wesley foundation treasurer elected in Madison
Tribune notes ten years ago Paul Thomasgard son of Mr and Mrs Ben Thomasgard of 542 Wood Street was elected treasurer of the Wesley foundation executive committee in Madison. Also reported: William G Garbers and Hulda on a motor trip east, and C M Simonson elected grand counselor as United Commercial Travelers conclude state grand council in Marshfield.
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Paul Thomasgard
Ben Thomasgard
Wood Street
Wesley Foundation
Madison
William G. Garbers
Hulda
Madison Street
Gene Hoeschler
South Eighth Street
San Francisco Fair
United Commercial Travelers
Grand Council
Marshfield
C. M. Simonson
la Crosse
Truman rewrites citation praised for Gen Clay sparks dispute
In a Washington column, President Truman reportedly criticized the army proposed citation for Gen Lucius Clay as asinine and rewritten it himself. The piece also traces political tensions over defense leadership, the British American stance on China, and a dramatic pay raise vote fight led by Rep Furcolo and Rep Sutton that blocked a military pay hike.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Truman
Army
Gen
Lucius Clay
Bradley
Clay
Eisenhower
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Ran Cala
Nau Yark
Ran
J. Edgar Hoover Foundation
Sycamore Arabian Stud Farm
Midlothian
Ill
Nureddin II
Sawyer
Curtis Calder
Electric Bond
Share
Louis Johnson
Calder
America
Johnson
Shanghai
Kuomintang
Mao Tse-Tung
Louie Johnson
Defense
Pentagon
Dillon
Jim Forrestal
Forrestal
Navy
National Defense
Air Force
Agriculture Department
House
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Foster Furcolo
Massachusetts
Pat Sutton
Tennessee
Congress
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
Furcolo
Sutton
Questions and Answers from The Haskin Service
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau answers readers questions on taxes in 1948 with per capita tax comparisons for the United States United Kingdom and Canada. It covers eyeglass styles trifocals insects citizenship and Marine Corps promotion policy in peacetime.
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United States
United Kingdom
Canada
La Crosse Tribune Masthead andsubscription rates
Editorial staff and departments listed for the La Crosse Tribune with publishers editors and city state editors. Publication details include circulation contact numbers and mail subscription rates for various zones and durations.
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W. T. Burgess
R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
Alfred W. Rice
G. G Moriarity
Ed. Keefe
E. L. Burgess
T. Bus
A. E. Teachout
Luther Wilkins
la Crosse Tribune Company
Cass Streets
la Crosse
Wis
the Tribune
Lee Newspaper Group
Associated Press
Tribune
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la Crosse County
John Wyngaard
Walter Goodland
Oscar Rennebohm
Rennebohm
Democrats
Ben Franklin
Lloyd A. Wilsey
James Marlow
AEC
McMahon
F. H. Scofield
New York Life Insurance Co
Brooklyn
Conn
Carlos C. Rawlison
First Congregational Church
Westfield
F. L. Nuffbauer
New York City
B. C. Scott
Secretary of State
Thill and Lapitz Plumbing and Heating Co
Thill- Manning-Whalen Co
J. J. Kavanaugh
Doerflinger’s
New Syrian Church
Hadleh Addes
Anin Abraham Asfour
North
Egypt
Scotland
Wheat
David VS. Goliath
Haskin Service
la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
D. C
W. S
S. A
Smedley Butler
Marine Corps
Coules
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