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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1949
Page
5
National VFW and auxiliary leaders plan a multi day convention with conferences at the Stoddard Hotel and VFW clubrooms. Events include memorial services dances and a large parade with drum and bugle corps on Saturday open to the public.
Ver non C. Gibson serves as commander of Thomas Rooney post No. 1530 La Crosse with Mrs. Joseph Beranek as auxiliary president. Other post officers include Lawrence Clark and Bernard Mitchell as senior and junior vice commanders, Milo Welch as quartermaster, Ora Fish adjutant, and several trustees and staff. Auxiliary officers include Mrs. Vernon Gibson as senior vice president and many named officers and trustees.
The article explains an extreme method to remove a trapped murkrat skin by rupturing it as one would an automobile tire. This instruction appears as a sensationalized, graphic advisory for handling game.
Social workers face a demanding job selecting foster homes in Wisconsin. Criteria include stable, solid homes with good heat and food supply, clean health records, and a caring environment. Emphasis on acceptance, religious grounding, growth opportunities, and responsible parenting guides the process.
In Rockland Ontario an 83 year old obstetrician Dr W C Tweedie delivering babies for 29 years studied his latest birth pair twins 47 hours apart. A girl and a boy were born to Mrs Lucien Cleroux wife of a Navan market gardener. Dr Tweedie said he suspected twins but the time gap surprised him.
Thomas Rooney post and the ladies auxili ary lead planning under John S. Coleman with co-chairs Ralph V. Steele Milo P. Welch Leslie V. Dix and Robert Jeanis Auxiliary heads include Mrs Elmer Lysaker as chairman and several co chairs. Multiple committee heads named for badges housing entertainment military police registration and more.
The La Crosse Wisconsin VFW convention hosts a booth and plans a Myrick Park picnic for all former Second Division and Second Infantry Division members. The reunion follows the Wisconsin VFW gathering, with eligibility for those who served in World Wars I or II.
The Teachers College Summer session offers a course on present day education issues directed by Mrs. Arthur Hebberd. It spans three two week periods covering public relations school legislation and educational agencies with guest writers from local media and a study of Wisconsin and national bills.
Israeli army officials say a patrol was ambushed in the Judean hills northeast of Jerusalem. One soldier was killed and two wounded in the clash within Israeli territory, marking a rare casualty in the tense no man’s land area.
About 1300 displaced persons from Austrian camps sail to Australia to begin new homes and pursue naturalization after five years. They will become Australian citizens following settlement and integration processes.
The Military Order of the Cootie, a Veterans of Foreign Wars fun group, traces its name to army medics who dubbed a wartime parasite “Cootie.” The article notes its charitable programs, including Cootie field for Eaton Rapids children and a hospital effort, plus a parade schedule during the La Crosse encampment.
Thomas Rooney of the Veterans of Foreign Wars oversees the Wisconsin convention in La Crosse as the national commander in chief, with Lyall T. Beggs of Madison among top officers attending. State auxiliary officers Blanche Schroeder Mary Hahn Rose Schell Dorothy Higgens Mabel Clark join as officers.
CHICAGO Special The United States Savings and Loan league says 138.8 million dollars in earnings will be distributed to about 10 million savers by June 30. Half cash, half credited to buildup. much cash likely saved again. Morto Rodfish predicts record mid year beneficiaries as new savers join and existing funds stay invested in home mortgages.
In 1926 the United States hosted 19 commercial aviation operators, almost all small private enterprises, reflecting a nascent and fragmented industry landscape.
Memorial services at 8 p m Thursday June 23 will open the VFW state convention activities at Riverside park. If rain, program moves to the Vocational school auditorium with bugler presentation and church call. Parish leaders and officers deliver addresses and lay a wreath, with Taps and silent prayer concluding the event.
South West African canneries ship thousands of kabeljou cans to Britain for the first time to ease Britons hunger for canned fish. The kabeljou is described as a close relative of the snake eel and a form of barracuda.
The Military Order of the Cootie and VFW plan a June 23 program led by Charles A. Byrnes and Stanley A. Kotter for La Crosse Pup Tent No 8 and Superior Pup Tent No 2. Events include a 10:30 a.m. council session, 1:30 p.m. meetings, a 9:15 p.m. parade, a 10 p.m. drum corps parade, and a dance with smorgasbord at VFW rooms after activities start at Cameron Park.
America's first colored glass was made by Evert Duycking of New Amsterdam on Manhattan, marking an early achievement in colonial glassmaking.
International conference of newspaper publishers from 12 nations voted to oppose government attempts to curb press freedom. Paul Miller of the Rochester Times-Union led the resolution representing the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Delegates from Belgium Denmark France Finland Britain Italy Luxembourg Norway Netherlands Sweden and Switzerland attended.
Islanders condemn the government owned bus network for replacing the railway citing untrained drivers and poor maintenance as the cause of unreliable service.
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