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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1935
Page
3
The board’s decision to cancel the Inter-State Fair in La Crosse ends a long-running annual exposition begun in 1899. Editors urge hope for revival, note waning public support, and critique local appreciation, stressing the fair’s true community value beyond midway glamour.
As the Inter-State Fair premium book shrinks it highlights nine pages of 4 H club premiums and prompts a community debate over whether to discontinue or reorganize the fair. Directors have built the grounds and fostered regional ties, while supporters urge preserving the tradition with adjustments to fit modern views. A yearlong decision looms for the public to reimagine the fair’s future.
The piece argues that parliamentary France shows extreme governmental wheeling due to rapid shifts in public opinion, contrasting it with the United States’ four year term. It notes cabinet turnovers since 1917, including Bouisson's three days and 20 hours, and Herriot's 43 hours. It then contemplates the impracticality of either system if transplanted, concluding that too much flexibility can be worse than rigidity. It ends with a note that American flag sales have mysteriously risen, with radio patriots not needing to pull from pockets.
New York Day By Day surveys an era of impersonations from Helen Kane to Eva Tanguay, noting imitators flood stage radio and film. It recalls fashion obsessions in shoes ties scarves and extravagant gifts, and recounts a near tragedy on Central Park West and a Paris toy shop mystery.
Ten years ago today La Crosse County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy at Onalaska was sold to the city for 35000 dollars. Rain totaled 2.06 inches yesterday afternoon and evening. One hundred sixty two La Crosse high school students graduated last evening led by valedictorian Sylvia Hall and salutatorian Alta Eckholm.
Washington reports the American Federation of Labor backs a federal license bill for all firms handling interstate commerce. The draft requires licensees to accept federal labor standards including working days and wages, with exemptions for certain sectors. Constitutional disputes loom as critics cite limits on federal authority per the NIRA and Schechter rulings.
A collection of enduring statements from public figures. Representative Triax of Ohio advocates term limits for federal judges including the Supreme Court amid debates over salaries. Herbert Hoover praises boundless thought and discovery as vital to human happiness beyond the west. Nicholas Murray Butler argues youth is a mindset shaping character at any age. Harry H. Woodring calls for greater public service opportunities. Charles F. Kettering notes practical knowledge can trump diplomas in decisive action.
Joseph Whiting travels to Toronto for rest but his nerves flare as he notices five identical brunettes in red spangled dresses entering the banquet hall. A doctor diagnoses a nervous breakdown and invites Whiting to a birthday party hosted by five quintuplets named Marie Annette Yvonne Emelie and Cecile Dianne, promising a grand eighteenth birthday celebration.
Milwaukee—A woman and two men were sentenced by Judge F A Geiger at a federal court session after pleading guilty following months in jail. Mrs Margaret Chambers 26 New York state received two years in Leavenworth for passing counterfeit money. James Konkell 32 held on 2500 bond on similar charges. Donald Gray 44 North Riverside NL got three years for conspiracy to violate the Dyer auto theft law and alleged involvement in hijacking livestock trucks in Winds Milwaukee. Frank Kalinowski 21 Milwaukee four months in the house of correction for stealing a $25 check sent to a neighbor's by her CCC camp-employed son.
Capt Theodore Kalsler longtime Milwaukee police department member named chief of Waukesha police. Clinton Breeze of the Waukesha police and fire commission announced the appointment on Tuesday. Kalsler will take over from Chief Bernard Enders who resigned and begins July 1. He previously led Milwaukee's sixth precinct.
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