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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
9
Dr. Carl N Neupert warns mothers to guard infants during the diarrhea season. Advice stresses boiling formula and utensils, clean hands, vitamin intake, and protecting babies from flies with mosquito netting. He cites Wisconsin data showing infant deaths from diarrhea.
The U S civil service announces permanent federal positions as property and supply officers in Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin under regional director Joseph A Connor. Salaries range from 2980 to 4300 dollars annually with a 14 percent increase after July 1. duties include supervision of procurement custody of equipment and contracts. Applications must be filed by June 27 with forms available at post offices.
The Office of Price Administration announced a small average rise of one cent per pound for apples this year to offset higher production and packing costs. The increase applies to the 1945 season and targets housewives buying fruit.
Four year old Sally Moment nicknamed the Lightning Girl appears unscathed after a lightning strike pierced her room at home. The blast left a hole in the wall and damaged plaster while melting needle tips and breaking crib legs, yet Sally slept through it.
A special session of Wisconsin State Medical Society delegates is called for June 22 in Madison. The council ordered the call after a petition from 22 delegates, with participants from 52 county societies. The meeting will review the Milwaukee county surgical care plan and medical economic issues, plus a veterans care proposal aligning with federal Veterans Administration rules.
Veterans at the nine State Teachers colleges of Wisconsin show higher grades than other students and than before their induction. The survey notes greater maturity and seriousness among former service personnel, who make up about one third of spring enrollment of 4,800, with more veterans anticipated in fall. Housing limits are being addressed with emergency housing plans.
The Toastmasters club met Tuesday night at the YMCA with speakers Arnold Kahler Roy Fiebig George Larson and Casey Gregorich. Harold Cram served as toastmaster and critics were Ray Gilson Marshall Olson Armor Gunnison and Robert Pitsch. Robert Lindmark led table topics on housing shortage and Ray Ping was grammarian while Stanley Callicott acted as general evaluator. The final meeting will be a ladies night at Carrolls at 7 pm June 2 with George Hemingway as the next toastmaster.
A Siberian variety called creeping apples endures 32 below zero winters and produces over 150 pounds of fruit per tree. The Panama Canal is wider and deeper than the Suez but only half as long, highlighting scale differences between the two routes.
The Wisconsin Taxpayers alliance reports total taxes levied or collected by federal, state and local governments in the 1945 fiscal year ended June 30 rose to 1,185 million dollars, the second straight annual new high. Income tax receipts dominated, with federal income taxes surpassing combined state and local taxes for the fourth straight year. The alliance notes property taxes still fund local governments, even as the share of income taxes grows.
The Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association offers two $400 scholarships to recent graduates of approved medical schools. The six week program covers Saranac Lake study and Columbia University instruction on diseases of the chest. Applications due June 20 1946.
John Altmeyere aged 51, a Milwaukee Road machinists helper for 35 years, was found dead in his kitchen by his wife. The Milwaukee county medical examiner ruled the death accidental.
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