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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1950
Page
5
A narrator jokes about quitting fishing after a Colorado trip and bacon catching trout, illustrating the caste-like divide among anglers. He explains becoming a sympathetic listener, since no piscatorial prize is worth losing a friend.
In July 1942, from Columbus Montana, engineer Fred Hills and SIGRID ARNE recount an explosive wartime ore venture high in Montana’s Bear Tooth mountains. Ore mining began as roads climbed to 6,000 feet while Fred Gaethke raced to secure two five horsepower motors. On March 1 the mill finally started, crews working nonstop to honor Washington’s deadline.
The Oshkosh Giants edged ahead in the Wisconsin State league after a 15-4 win over Wausau following a 23-14 loss to Wisconsin Rapids. Sheboygan dropped two games while Fond du Lac and Green Bay split, and Janesville won one of two against Fond du Lac.
The bell in the First Presbyterian church rang for the first time in 30 years after a lightning strike disabled the electric chimes installed in 1920. The incident revived the historic bell's sound in Peoria.
A roll of obituaries lists Christoffer Hannevig. Stephen Gwynn. H G Christiansen. Winthrop Webster Benner. Karl F Decehier. Orville Davies. Marion Frank Parker. Harold P Martin. Oghema Niagara. Dr F Patrick Machlier. The piece also poses questions about the Grand Canyon formation and tin can invention with brief historical notes.
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau explains mildew forms quickly in moist crowded spaces and new buildings due to moisture. Molds feed on fabrics wood and papers and thrive in warm damp air. The Mikado staged in Tokyo on August 1, 1946, marking its first Japanese showing after earlier London premiere in 1885.
S. H. A. Jack Jouitte, a Charlottesville resident, is identified as the Revolutionary patriot who rode to Monticello to warn Thomas Jefferson of the British approach, saving him from imminent capture.
In August 1914 the traffic light at East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland was installed and is regarded as the first colored traffic signal in the United States. Earlier floodlight projects in New York and Detroit were not colored.
Experimental cars equipped with sails were tried out on the South Carolina railroad and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to explore sail powered propulsion for trains.
13 cent general wage rise approved by an arbitration board in Washington for 700 laborers and carriers on atomic construction jobs in Oak Ridge Tennessee effective Monday. AFL official Fred Stratton said both company and union pledged to abide by the decision in a dispute over wages from 95 cents to 1.25 dollars per hour. The article notes a wildcat walkout had occurred during the dispute.
Milwa ukee Marquette University awarded honorary degrees to Thomas E Murray J Edgar Hoover Walter Geist and Dr Thomas Parran as 1022 seniors heard that atomic science affirms not denies God Murray warned that misused fission is man’s fault not God’s.
The mock war for control of the Soo locks moved into its second phase as federal forces took command from local units. Saboteur teams attempted air and ground assaults, using smoke bombs, but caused no appreciable damage. Military police from Fort Sheridan and an aircraft warning battalion from Fort Custer joined Fifth Army forces in defense.
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