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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1950
Page
5
New York columnist Darel Hal Boyle recalls how strangers reveal private truths. A widow explains how she killed her abusive husband for insurance, then hides the name of the woman who told the tale. The moral: let your wife open the garage door.
The article presents a reader information column from The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau offering answers to factual queries. It covers veterans benefits administration by the War Claims Commission in Washington and provides figures on 1948 US coal production and consumption, plus notes on the size of the South magnetic pole region surveyed by a navy Antarctic expedition.
AP analyst Dewitt Mackenzie describes Maine fishing and hunting camps near the border. He profiles Jack Williams at Pine Lodge on Grand Lake and Pete Spencer at Greenland Cove Camps on East Grand Lake, noting their deep knowledge of the Maine woods and waters.
Pete and his wife Betty started from scratch to build and equip a camp on Moosehead Lake shore. Pete excels at trades and entertained a visitor by shooting pebbles with a .22 rifle, never missing. Betty is also a marksman and a skilled cook. Want Ads For Results.
House monopoly investigators under Chairman Celler will probe foreign interference in newsprint supply and pricing. He cited Canada and its timberlands as key sources and announced hearings beginning Monday with industry representatives from Inland Daily Press Association, American Newspaper Publishers Association, and Western Newspaper Union. No Canadian witnesses were listed.
Johan Schonfeldt of Chipinga Southern Rhodesia stopped a charging python by stepping into its path and striking with an axe, killing the reptile and saving nearby natives from harm.
A kidney from a deceased woman was transplanted into a Chicago patient at Little Company of Mary hospital. Dr. Richard M. Lawler led the operation begun after donor death and completed within 90 minutes. The recipient, Mrs. Ruth Tucker 49, is reported in good condition with normal functioning and has spoken with her husband.
Smokers can evaluate Camels by smoking them for 30 days in their Throat and Taste zone. The ad promises Camel cigarettes show mild flavor and steady taste after trial, encouraging readers to compare by consistent, long term use.
An old advertisement proclaims in a compact slogan the mildness of a cigarette, linking throat comfort and taste to attract readers with a plainspoken pitch.
A nationwide survey of 113597 doctors across all states shows more doctors smoke Camels than any other brand. Doctors from every branch of medicine were asked what cigarette they smoke and Camel was named most often.
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