Covered Wagon Tour Promotes 1949 Savings Bond Drive
A La Crosse school tour featured the 1949 Opportunity Wagon touring the nation to boost U S savings bonds. John T. Omernick hailed La Crosse rank among similar cities while noting the historic wagon faced bullets in its box. The effort underscores savings as national security.
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la Crosse
U. S
Main Street
John T. Omernick
Milwaukee
U. S. Savings Bond Office
Omernick
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Gronway R. Parry
Cedar City
Utah
Wisconsin
International Harvester Co
Fruehoff Co
Milwaukee U. S. Savings Bond Office
Opportunity
Roger Schmuck
Fred Schimann
Madison
Girl Hitchhikers Reach Khar toum After 16 Nations
Two New Zealand girls hitchhiking completed a trek across 16 countries and arrived at Khar toum in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
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New Zealand
Khartoum
Sudan
Truckers Rap States Laws Criticized By Engineers
Merill C. Horine of Mack Manufacturing told the Society of Automotive Engineers that states often require high legal speeds to keep pace with faster passenger traffic. He cited engines from 300 to 700 horsepower and warned that higher horsepower or lighter loads could force carriers out of business, proposing a simple minimum speed limit as a solution.
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French Lick
Ind
Society of Automotive Engineers
Merill C. Horine
Mack Manufacturing Corp
Horine
Exchange Estate Appraisers Value Sydney Estate at 12 Million
Appraisers for Exchange Estate assessed a vast Sydney property valued at twelve million dollars. They determined the estate had traded hands in a complex exchange, with details of the transaction yet to be clarified.
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Sydney
Australia
Public Printer Laments Record Congress Talkiest Ever
Public Printer John J. Deviny testifies before the House Appropriations Committee that the 81st Congress is the talkingest ever. He cites 116.9 pages daily for the first 65 issues of the Congressional Record and 17 646 pages total for subcommittees.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
John J. Deving
Capitol Hill
Congress
Con
Congressional Record
Deviny
Appropriations Committee
Appropriations
Bill Would Aid Indian Homes
A House Public Lands subcommittee approved a bill to let Indians with government held trust property seek certificates of competency from the interior secretary. If granted they may manage their property, with appeals to local naturalization courts if denied. Indians with competency retain tribal rights and benefits. The panel also approved a bill allowing Indians to buy and use liquor off reservations under state law, while federal liquor laws stay in effect on reservations.
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Washington
House Public Lands
D’ewart
R-Mont
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Affairs Subcommittee
Former French interior minister Louis Jean Mary dies at 74
The Associated Press notes Louis Jean Mary a former French interior minister aged 74 who played a key role in politics after five years in exile amid the sensational 1918 treason trial. In Long Beach California Clarissa M. Noxon 103. former NY stage singer and dancer of Civil War era becomes her father’s dancing partner.
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Paris
Louis Jean Mary
Long Beach
Calif
Clarissa M. Noxon
New York
Wisconsin Assembly approves governor housing plan
The Wisconsin Assembly gave final approval to the governor's housing bill, sending it to the Senate with changes. The measure would allocate most of a $16 million state fund to local housing authorities and remaining funds to individual veteran loans. The Senate may accept, reject, or revise, with amendments affecting farm loans, a veteran service length, and loan eligibility rules.
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Rennebohm
Igor Jan
Assembly
Senate
Aéot
Laird
Marshfield
Lenroot
Superior
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Arthur Edson
Legislative Reference Service
Library of Congress
Luther H. Evans
Librarian of
Evans
The
Associated Press
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Ambles
Chevrolet
Pullman
Gray
Skyway
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Fisher Unisteel
North Third Street
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