City Grocers Would Receive Beer Licenses
City grocers face a lengthy council debate over granting beer licenses. Officials weigh licensing criteria and potential business impact as recommendations from committees are discussed.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
1
Grocers Seek to Continue Beer Sales in La Crosse
La Crosse common council committees favor allowing grocers to keep selling beer for off premises consumption under stricter future regulations. Other items include a potential ban on beer sales outside taverns, a parking and traffic plan, and a zoning measure near the municipal airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Covered wagon visits La Crosse for Opportunity savings drive
One of the original 1849 gold rush wagons tours La Crosse on Thursday from 12 30 p m to 9 p m as part of the 1949 Opportunity savings bond drive. The wagon will be met by police escort and visit Roosevelt Jefferson Vocational Washington Central Longfellow Hamilton streets before Main Street. No bonds are sold from the wagon. sales continue via payroll deductions and banks or schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far West
la Crosse
Gysbert van Steenwyk
Larosse County
U. S. Savings Bond Committee
Opportunity
Land of Opportunity
Highway 16
Roosevelt School
Jefferson School
Vocational
Washington School
Central High School
Longfellow School
Hamilton
Main Street
Fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Independence
Truman
Wausau
Gronway R. Parry
Cedar City
Utah
van Steenwyk
Weather outlook for La Crosse area turns cloudy and warm
Increasing cloudiness and milder tonight with a low of 54. Mostly cloudy and warmer Thursday with scattered showers in the afternoon or at night, high near 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Ask Additional Ruling In County School Case
A supplemental opinion by Judge Steinle of Milwaukee upholds the county school committee order attaching two French Island districts to La Crosse. City Attorney Fred E. Steele says the common council may seek an appeal to the state supreme court if the supplemental ruling does not resolve personal liability of the city clerk and treasurer for funds used on the French Island schools. Steele seeks a stay to delay the transfer until all issues are clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Chojnacki
Representie Grocers
Herman Rick
Idlewild
Herod Gorsage
Gorsage
Ben Winters
Fred Steele
Patrick Stone
Council
Sixth Street
Vine
Pine Streets
Gerald Hemmer
City Plan Commission
Land Steinle
Milwaukee
French Island
la Crosse
Fred E. Steele
Common Council
Steele
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Board of Education
Woii
City of la Crosse
Steinle
Bhea Island
Dean O'Sullivan Receives Boston College Doctor of Letters
Dean J. L. O'Sullivan of Marquette University College of Journalism was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by Boston College at its commencement. He urged graduates that writers should pursue truth over wealth and fame as Archbishop Richard J. Cushing presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
J. L. O'Sullivan
Marquette University College of Journalism
Boston College
Milwaukee
Richard J. Cushing
It Was A Cold Night In Land O Lakes Wisconsin
The Associated Press reports a record cold night in Wisconsin with Land O Lakes recording 23 degrees, the coldest June temperature since records began five years ago. Other lows included 36 at Park Falls and Plymouth 37 at Janesville Madison and Lake Geneva 38 at Watertown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
H. J. Thompson
Land O'Lakes
Thompson
Park Falls
Plymouth
Janesville Lake Era
Madison
Watertown
Prairie du Chien
Zonenanens
Chambers says five sources fed him documents in Hiss trial
Whittaker Chambers testified that five government sources supplied documents when he acted as courier for a pre war Soviet spy ring. He named Julian Wadleigh as one source and said Hiss gave 47 original department papers used to make two film strips while denying mental illness claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Chambers
State Department
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Julian Wadleigh
Hiss
House Committee On un-American Activities
Richard M. Nixon
Rcal
Wisconsin legislators urged state aid for rural hospitals
Viroqua leaders spoke to the joint finance committee seeking state funds to cover one third of hospital costs, complementary to federal grants. The Vernon county effort would back a 50 bed facility with local and county contributions and a favorable referendum, while other rural reps highlighted access gaps in rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Viroqua
Wisconsin
Legislative Joint Finance Committee
A E. Smith
John R. Temte
Vernon County
Temte
Vernon
Isotopes Shipments Raise Senate AEC Clash
Senator Hickenlooper charged the Atomic Energy Commission with a serious breach of responsibility for shipping radioactive isotopes to Norway France and Finland for non medical use and for potential national security risks. AEC chairman David Lilienthal denied any law violation and urged a full public hearing on case A amid ongoing hearings on AEC policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Norway
David E. Lilienthal
AEC
Lilienthal
Senate-House
U. S
France
Finland
Industria
Truman
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Congress
FBI
Wisconsin Senate Advances Sweets Bill And More
The Wisconsin senate nears final action on a bill permitting certain sweetening agents in ice cream when labeled and with at least 21 percent milk solids and 13 percent milk fat. It also approves a $6.50 annual sportsmen license and several conservation measures including license fee rationales and airport project oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Assembly
Senate
Conservation Department
Wisconsin
State Athletic Commission
Milwaukee County
Amateur Logician Wins His Case
Ramirez Miguel, 39, an amateur lawyer and logic expert, wins his first case before Magistrate Abner C. Surpress. He argues sleeping in subways was not prohibited by any sign and prompts lenient action as the judge suspends sentence for Miguel and 11 others with a warning to stay awake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ramirez Miguel
Miguel
Abner C. Surpress
Boy Hurt Riding In 1926 Model T Auto
Sixteen year old Fred Bak kum of 517 North 13th street sustained head cuts and leg pain when the 1926 model T he rode in was struck by a second car at 16th and King streets. Driver William E. Howard, 16, of 916 Washington avenue, was the other vehicle’s operator. The other car owner O I Flugstad of 1415 Farwell street faced $40 damage, and the Model T $35 setback. An ambulance took Bak kum to a local hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bakkum
North 13Th Street
16Th
King Streets
Bakkum
William E. Howard
Washington Avenue
Bakum
O. I Flugstad
Farwell Street
Move To End Deadlock In Big Four Meeting
Western officials report progress toward breaking the stalemate in negotiations on Germany and Berlin within the four power foreign ministers council. Britain temporarily pulled its first team from the conference, signaling shifting dynamics at the talks in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Berlin
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Britain
Talks on U S Steel coal talks set for June in Philadelphia
John L Lewis announced U S Steel will begin new coal mine contract talks June 13 in Philadelphia with H C Frick Coke and Southern Coal Producers at Bluefield W V. The pending talks follow a long stalemate and risk a July coal strike as miners seek wage changes while U S Steel cites captive mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
U. S. Steel Corp
Philadelphia
Lewis
Harry Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Company
U. S. Steel
United Mine Workers
Steel Corporation
Bluefield
W. Va
Southern Coal Producers Association
Southern
UMW
John Owens
Big Northern
Start Trial Of Babich Start Trial Of Babich
Milton Babich 19 faces first degree murder charges for allegedly shooting Patricia Birmingham 16 during a failed attempt to silence her about her sister Kathleen 17 who was pregnant Babich pleaded innocent and says the shooting was accidental He returned from a honeymoon with Kathleen after eloping to Kalamazoo and Patricia was found dead in Milwaukee River with two bullet wounds and a concrete block secured to her feet Legal delays pushed the trial date multiple times and he remains jailed in Milwaukee County
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Patricia
Kathleen
Milton
Kalamazoo
Mich
Minneapolis
Dist. Atty
William McCauley
McCauley
Acheson Demands Five Day Berlin Blockade Deadline
U S Secretary of State Acheson urged the foreign ministers council to set a five day deadline for a complete end to the Berlin blockade. Vienna sources note continued control disputes over Berlin between the four power mandature and Russian aims for greater veto power. Deadlock in East West talks persisted as ministers discussed a path to a German peace treaty and an Austrian settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Bevin
Labor Party
Blackpool
Paris
Berlin
Russia
Dean Acheson
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Acheson
West Berlin
SED
U. S
Foreign Ministers Council
Vienna
Kommandatura
Deadlock
Tegge Calls Meeting Of Young Republicans In La Crosse
Lloyd Tegge state chairman of the Young Republican federation called a meeting of the executive committee in La Crosse Friday night. The group will choose eight delegates to the Young Republican national convention in Salt Lake City Utah June 23 25. Eddy Milwaukee may seek national chairman. Plans will be made for a state wide campaign to consolidate county units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Wis
Lloyd Tegge
Young Republican Federation
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Salt Lake City
Utah
Loyal Eddy
Milwaukee
Tegge
Sympathetic Committees Aid Riverside Goose Happiness
At Riverside golf club, a despondent old goose on the 12th hole now thrives after two rival committees quietly intervened. Clare Crandall swapped in four live goslings, while Keith Evans led a separate effort with fertile eggs. The gander hatched early, and the goose returns to a nest of happy hatchlings, ending the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Riverside Golf Club
Clare Crandall
Oak Park
Keith J. Evans
Crandall
Evans
Crandal
Bitter Tieup Shrinks Hawaii Employment and Trade
Hawaii endures a 39 day water front strike as CIO longshoremen demand 32 cent hikes to 1.72 dollars an hour, while employers offer 12 cents. Navy deliveries ease health and safety needs as talks break down, with a looming sugar strike and heavy business contraction across the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
CIO
U. S
Harry Bridges
Wesernational
Pla Cally
ILWU
Ingram M. Stavick
Hawai
Navy
Experts Study Locust Horde Near Portage Wisconsin
A locust invasion near Portage, Wisconsin, prompted a survey by entomologist E H Fisher and a state forestry representative to count locusts and eggs and assess control steps. Five to 10 acres of oak trees west of the city were stripped, with wings making noise heard a mile away. County Agent M J Framberger said cooler weather slowed movement and the state entomologist E L Chambers urged calm, calling the situation not alarming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
Wis
E. H. Fisher
University of Wisconsin
State Forestry Department
M. J. Framberger
E. L. Chambers
Veterans Ad Says Wanted With Short Message For Car
A wartime veteran in a Pennsylvania town posted a brief bullseye Want Ad seeking a used car. He wrote Walked in infantry would like to ride now Dial 28252. A Tribune Want Ad can similarly reach buyers. a Pontiac Master 4 door was sold via such an ad for 150 dollars, phone 337614 North 18th St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaster
Tribune
Ed Pontiac
18Th St
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la Crosse Tavern League
Paul Jorgenson
Foravern League of Wisconsin
Jorgenson
Beck Light
Fourth
State Streets
No. 1
Seventh
State Highway Commission
Gillette Street
Rose
Caledonia Streets
King Street
Bond
Dean O'Sullivan
The
Associated Press
Tribune Madison Bureau
By Oliver W. DE Wolf
McMahon
D-Conn
Constitution
Wold Chamberlain Field
Boy Hurt
By Joseph E. Dynan
U.S. Steel
By Doug Lovelace
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