Scenic Groups Form Joint Committee for Tourist Promotion
Representatives of the Southwest Wisconsin Scenic association and Hiawatha Valley association met in La Crosse to form a joint committee. The panel, including leaders from both groups, will coordinate tourist promotion after the 1949 season for 1950. Cities from Wisconsin and Minnesota were represented. Honduras has frozen city rents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Wisconsin Scenic Association
Hiawatha Valley Association
Crosse County
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Arnold Hatfield
Wabasha
Minn
A. J. Anderson
Winona
H. W. Cary
Lancaster
Ellis A. Lee
Richland Center
Prairie du Chien
Platteville
Viroqua
Wisconsin
Red Wing
Lake City
Minnesota
Hastings
Southwestern
Wisconsin Scenic Association
Vernon
Crawford
Grant
Richland
Iowa
la Fayette
Gordon H. Feinberg
James Durland
Harry Newburg
E. P. Hartl
D. J. Byers
Peter G. Pappas
Lightning Strikes Twice At Willard Mack Farm Ettrick
In Ettrick Wisconsin a lightning strike damaged the Mack farm kitchen wall and telephone near June 12. Mrs. Mack and her son John ten escaped unharmed as insulation likely shielded a fire. A May 5 storm had already damaged the barn cupola and injured nearby resident Silas Brenengen when a garage wall collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Willard Mack
Assembly names panel to study Petenwell power project
Madison Wis four assembly members Romell Brooks Lynch and Stadker named to study Petenwell project in Adams and Juneau counties with senate appointees Leverich Laird and Padrutt. Committee will probe public service commission and Wisconsin River Power Co over flooding debris and lake conditions. Reconsideration of rent controls measure and 40 hour work week for state employees discussed. adjournment noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Assembly
Iol
Sparta
Adams
Juneau
Romell
Brooks
Green Lake
Lynch
Green Bay
Stadker
Owen
Leverich
Rsparta
Laird
Marshfield
Padrutt
Chippewa Falls
Senate
Doyle
First Recorded Use of Gunpowder in Battle
The date when gunpowder first saw artillery use in battle is uncertain but is believed to be in 1331.
Ernest Cardinal Sheen warns on crisis choosing sides
Msgr. Sheen warns in a broad sermon that in a crisis people will flock to extremes aside from the indifferent and that modern souls must seek truth through the Cross. He rebukes Communist propaganda and urges soul to soul dialogue with Russians to win hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Msgr. Sheen
United States
Intelligentia of America
U. S
Europe
Msgr
Sheen
America
Trial Continued After Discovery of Pierced Body
The proceeding resumes after the alleged assault and murder of Pat’s 16 year old daughter. Pat’s body, weighted with concrete, was retrieved from the river on March 20, indicating a possible link to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
West Allis
Patricia
J. H. Mathews
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Babich
Kathleen
Joseph Jerney
Mathews
Pat
Taft-Hartley changes spark Senate fight over labor law
Senator Humphrey called Taft Hartley changes a betrayal of American workers and urged repeal with amendments. Senate leaders plan another Democratic conference to push labor legislation while rival plans seek injunction limits and selective seizures under a revised Wagner Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
Morse
Truman
Witness Esther Chambers Confused Over Key Dates In Case
Mrs Esther Chambers wife of Whittaker Chambers faced a five hour cross examination as she recalled her testimony with memory gaps. The Maryland housewife weighed credibility as she altered several points she had previously given in support of her husband in the government’s espionage case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
Hiss
Stryker
Whittaker Chamber
Esther Chambers
Maryland
Senate Passes District Bill in Bitter Reapportionment Battle
In Madison Wisconsin the Senate backed a plan to create a reapportionment committee if the legislature fails to act after a federal census. The measure, amended by the House, returns to the Assembly for final action with limits on county lines and a restored constitutional membership rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Assembly
House
Supreme Court
Senate
Schlabach
R-La Crosse
Milwaukee
San Franciscans Visit In Holmen
Mr. and Mrs. William Fear from San Francisco arrive in Holmen to visit the Hoffma and Carson households for two weeks. Mrs. Fear is the former Jennie Hoffma who once lived in Holmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmen
Wis
William Fear
San Francisco
Jacob Hoffma
Harry Carson
Fear
Jennie Hoffma
Coal strike looms as UMW and industry seek terms
The Times reports that secret negotiations point to Harry M. Moses as industry coordinator to achieve permanent stabilization of the bituminous coal industry amid a looming miners walkout. With the UMW contract expiring June 30, miners plan a 10 day vacation starting June 26 and a one week warning period, while pickets patrol pits and violence erupts in Alabama and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Moses
Carr
Times
Harry M. Moses
UMW
West Virginia
Alabama
Clarksburg
W. Va
Wilsonburg Tipple
Birmingham
Ala
U. S. Steel
Lotus plant at Kew Gardens germinates from 200-year-old seed
A lotus at Kew Gardens in London has germinated from a seed collected more than two centuries ago. The striking event highlights seed longevity and historic plant exchanges within the garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew Gardens
London
England
Midwestern Farm Income Drops in Early 1949 Totals
Farm income for January to April 1949 fell across the Midwest versus the same period in 1948. Iowa led with 731.35 million dollars in cash receipts, followed by Illinois at 541.995 million. California and Texas ranked third and fourth, with Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan further back. Crop receipts remained near 1948 levels and about five percent above 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Illinois
California
Texas
Middle West
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
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Honduras
Carl D. Peerson
Calvert Reserve
San Antonio, Texas
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
Petenwell
Max’s Auto Wrecking CO
North Third Street
la Crosse, Wis
State Department
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Samuel J. Kaufman
Barron
Batiste
Ashes
Shortie
al He-Man Ipathetst
Tes
Patrick Henr
FOX Deluxe Brewing CO
Grand Rapids, Mich
Motorola
Bess
Terry
Friendly Dealings
Hamilton
Elgin
Dad
the Reynold
Jewels
Aim
le Crosse
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