Airport Road to La Crosse Airport Demands Bold Plans
The La Crosse county highway department reviews three highway options to reach the municipal airport, urging a permanent direct route. Officials warn against makeshift fixes and stress that the airport will attract major traffic and economic growth beyond a whistle stop. Northwest Airlines and state air lines are eyed, signaling a large, modern facility.
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la Crosse
la Crosse Municipal
Northwest Airlines
Twin Cities
Chicago
French Island
Not Too Late For Victory Garden Planting This Year
This article urges late starters to begin Victory garden planting now with peas lettuce spinach scallions and other crops. It notes snap beans tomatoes eggplant and root crops as good options and predicts harvests by mid August with continued effort yielding food as shortages persist.
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Gardner
Must Stop Politics in Wartime Policy Debates
Washington commentary argues against partisan cuts to war agencies and warns that congressional battles over spending could delay demobilization and the Pacific war effort. Elmer Davis’s OWI leadership is praised for building a functional wartime information program despite disagreements.
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Washington
Congress
Elmer Davis
OWI
Davis
Japan
House Committee
Europe
Pacific
DWT
Congress salaries and costs under scrutiny and reform calls
A column argues that U S lawmakers earn about four thousand dollars yearly after expenses while other jobs pay more with less strain. It urges raising congressional pay to attract capable citizens and reduce outside subsidies, noting tax treatment and the demanding workload. Attlee quote placed at end.
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Congress
Senate
Board of Tax Appeals
Truman
Washington
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Vic Victory Garden Helps Family Diet And Budget
Food is costly, but a late Victory garden can greatly aid the family diet and stretch the budget.
Population shift shows fewer men as war toll rises
Washington census figures illustrate a growing female lead in the population, with males outnumbering females until recently. Projections to 1980 show the gap narrowing but remaining, while deaths from heart disease and accidents contribute to higher male mortality. The era's war toll and changing birth rates shape future marriage prospects.
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Washington
United Ee
La Crosse Delegation Named For Tribune Ten Years Ago
Tribune notes from ten years ago list La Crosse delegation members Claire Iverson Louise Neely Viva Nichols Louise Welch Grace Markham and Anna Young. plus mentions of Lake Forest academy graduation honors for Charles Gelatt and the first issue of La Crosse Business publication announced by A W Fagerstrom.
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la Crosse
Claire Iverson
Louise Neely
Viva Nichols
Louise Welch
Grace Markham
Anna Young
Charles Daniel Gelatt
P. M. Gelatt
Cass Street
Lake Forest Academy
Lake Forest
Ill
la Crosse Business
Chamber of Commerce
A. W. Fagerstrom
Report $450 Million In Cancellations And Cutbacks Since V-E
CHICAGO Defeat of Germany has allowed cutbacks and cancellations of Chicago ordnance district contracts totaling about $450 million since V-E day. Col. John Slezak, district chief, said the district covers northern Illinois and Indiana, the northern Michigan peninsula, and all of Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Despite terminations the district still places substantial new business with contractors. May contracts totaled over $145 million, while new business contracted in May fell $169 million from April. May contract value reached $146,747,000 in fighting materials, down only $7,911,000 from April. Most terminations since May 8 will show effects later this summer.
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Chicago
Germany
John Slezak
Illinois
Indiana
Michi
Iowa
Wisconsin
Innesota
North
South Dakota
Slezak
Col. Slezak
Ashland Man Dies in Highway 13 Collision
Edward Meyers aged 73 from Kavaeia Wisconsin was killed in a vehicle crash on Highway 13 between Ashland and Washburn last night.
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Ashland
Wis
Edward Meyers
Kavaeia
Washburn
Wisconsin Thinks On Making Legislature More Efficient
Wisconsin political leaders consider trimming sessions and speeding lawmaking. Tom Coleman proposes an interim legislative council with a budget and staff to work between sessions, preview bills, and ease the heavy load on lawmakers.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Coleman
Tom Coleman
Theater Manager Climbs Chimney To Boost Bond Sales
Milwaukee theater manager Arnold Brumm scaled the chimney to promote war bond sales. He stayed aloft about a day until bond purchases rose to meet the theater's quota.
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Milwaukee
Arnold Brumm
Brumm
Milwaukee Woman Questioned in Infant Find
Kenosha police stated a 21-year-old Milwaukee County woman would be questioned by the county district attorney in the baby found inside a parked car in Kenosha. The suspect, mother of another child, was traced via a blanket tag.
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Kenosha
Wis
Milwaukee County
Kenosha County
Frida
Plan for Full Employment Urges Postwar Cooperation
Rep Biemiller of Wisconsin told a Camden postwar planning conference that the wartime labor management and government cooperation should be used to build a full employment economy after the war, to meet productive demands.
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Camden
N. J
Biemiller
D-Wis
La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press masthead notice
The La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press published daily and Sunday editions in La Crosse Wisconsin lists Burgess as publisher and Bangsberg as managing editor with Rice as city editor. The paper notes second class matter status since June 23 1904 and AP news dispatch rights.
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la Crosse Tribune Co
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
the Beautiful
W. T. Burgess
R. L. Bangsberg
A. W. Rice
Associated Press
Former Crandon man shot by FBI agent in Chicago scuffle
The FBI said Russell Marvin Stamper 26 alias Woodrow Willie Wilson a former Crandon Wisconsin resident and deserter was killed after a confrontation with FBI Agent B Scott Reardon at a Chicago truck terminal Stamper seized Reardon’s gun and forced him into a car before the weapon fired twice Stamper was pronounced dead at Bridwell hospital.
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Chicago
Russell Marvin Stamper
Woodrow Willie Wilson
FBI
Crandon
Wis
Stamper
Ft. Sheridan
Ill
Richard Hosteny
B. Scott Reardon
D. Ray Quinn
Louisville
Ralph Leoni
Leoni
Reardon
Colla
Bridwell Hospital
Russia’s stance on peace talks and foreign affairs debated
An analysis of Russia's opposition to a broad assembly charter and its approach to Yugoslavia Poland and other states. Observers note mixed motives toward peace, concern over international spheres, and evolving openness to outside criticism amid U S reflections on past conflicts.
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Russia
San Francisco
Europe
Assembly
Questions and Answers From The Haskin Service Column
A reader asks for facts answered by the Haskin Service questions. The responses cover franked mail, billiard shot counts, political areas, armed guards at ships, military police fines, stepfather credits, coin design changes, and common World War II era Women’s Army Corps shoe sizes.
Whittier as a nature poet and Chihuahua weight snippet
The text notes Whittier’s nature poetry with references to about forty flowers and near thirty birds among thirty tree species. It then asks about Chihuahua weight, stating the breed weighs from one to six pounds, noting smaller dogs are more valued.
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Whittier
Clarifications on Coal, Justice Retirement, and War Questions
The text answers several queries: anthracite is usually costlier to mine due to irregular beds. Supreme Court justices may retire on full pay after age 70 with 10 years of service, but no mandatory retirement age. furloughed soldiers are not affected by European surrender unless notified. Abbreviations Det A HQ Sq 9th BAD A means Detachment A Headquarters Squadron, 9th Base Air Depot. Marines participated in Africa and Sicily landings handling ships.
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Russia
Hasan
America
United States
War Department
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Europe
B.A
L.R.F. A
9Th Base Air Depot
Army
U. S
A. Marine Corps
Africa
Sicily
Food Problem Home Canning and Preserving Guide
The notice promotes a guide on year round dieting through home canning and preserving. It claims to show what to do and how to do it to fill cupboards with fruit and vegetables now available for purchase. A request form and fifteen cents are included for a copy.
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Neal
la Crosse Tribune Informtion Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington, D. C
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Second Wisconsin Cavalry
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D. S. Riley
Frank Morton
Philadelphia
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18Th
23Rd Streets
Aiken and Raymond
V-E
J. R. Williams
John Wyngaard
LA Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Pudding
Yugoslavia
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Haskin Service
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University of Illinois
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