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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1948
Page
7
In Tokyo the preparation of Hideki Tojo’s war crimes verdict requires about six weeks of isolation for more than 100 clerical staff and guards. Barbed wire barricades and floodlights are being installed around two large houses as 85 typists translators cooks servants and military police begin work and will not be released until the verdict is announced.
Rome Italy's largest union movement began a one day general strike in Turin led by the Communist headed labor council. The stoppage started at 6 a.m. to protest conditions.
Labor leaders accused police of occupying the Lancia Automobile works causing a stoppage. All workers, aside from hospital staff and those in prime necessities, remained idle.
The phrase the Great White Way as a synonym for Broadway is said to have been coined in 1901 by O. J. Gude, an advertising man. The claim notes Gude’s role in linking neon lights with the street’s theater district.
Radio Spotlight features Over the Rainbow with Dinah Shore Harry James and Johnny Mercer at 7 00 pm on WKBH The Eddie Cantor finale with Ozzie Nelson Harriet Hilliard and Lena Horne runs 8 00 pm Then Corliss Archer with Janet Waldo debuts at 9 00 pm Tonight On the Record 11 pm to midnight draws callers and NBC News outlines a Republican convention turnout plan with delegation chairmen providing first ballot instructions
Eighteen television stations join the GOP national convention broadcast plan extending from Boston to Richmond. NBC CBS and ABC coordinate pool coverage with four cameras inside and a fifth outside the convention hall. NBC also tests a college by radio education program starting June 21 at the University of Louisville.
The article explains how zebras and ostriches rely on sight, hearing, and smell to detect lions, with zebras having keener senses. It notes group living near lions, the ostrich’s taller head aiding range, and a farmer’s donkey zebra incident ending in death and confinement. Zebras are kept in zoos and were briefly tested as horse substitutes in Europe.
A notice offers a free illustrated leaflet titled The Story of China. Readers may send a self addressed stamped envelope to Uncle Ray in care of this newspaper to obtain a copy.
Bogota the capital of Colombia has seen its population double since 1928 reaching 440000. The figure highlights rapid urban growth in the capital as it modernizes.
Hollywood fashion expert Bert Bacharach, out to reform screen male wear, critiques trousers, socks, and hats worn by stars from Gable to Walter Pidgeon. He urges better dress, calls for industry surveys, and notes hats are misused on screen.
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