Truman Acknowledges Succession Reform And Calls For Election
President Truman urges a constitutional change to replace the current cabinet-based line of succession with a system enabling an elected president and vice president. He argues the tariff of 1797 1886 rules fail to ensure proper selection and stresses wartime continuity and democratic legitimacy as guiding concerns. Congress is urged to act and align with the public will for a forthcoming election.
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House
Truman
Senate
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
White House
Congress
Highway funds segregation to boost Wisconsin road program
The West Wisconsin highway plan gains from segregated funds totaling about 36 million dollars annually, backed by motor fuel and truck taxes. James Law, new highway commissioner, vows to push for a comprehensive state plan, improving western Wisconsin and aligning maintenance and expansion with federal postwar programs.
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Milwaukee
Seaboard
Wisconsin
Highway Commission
James Law
la Crosse
Law
The
Japan Prepares Defenses Like German Fortified Coastline
The piece notes Japanese propaganda claiming impregnable fortress defenses with vast underground fortifications and ammo depots. It suggests American forces should expect dug in positions, caves, tunnels, and rugged terrain favoring defense as invasion looms, predicting heavy losses like Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.
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France
Japan
Pacific
Saipan
Iwo
Okinawa
Labels for writers and publishers spark a bold idea
A reader advocates tagging authors and publishers with labels to reveal positions and biases. The writer cites Westbrook Pegler and Hearst, imagines labels like By Hot wind Blower, and notes how clear tags could clarify debated issues from Russian politics to wartime actions. The piece ends with a quip about American invasions in the Pacific.
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Mr. Pegler
Vienna
Ella Winters
Reds
Westbrook Pegler
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Change In Succession Could Put Speaker As President
James Marlow surveys the 1886 law entrusting cabinet members to succeed a dead president if no vice president exists. He notes Truman’s warning against a president naming a successor and explains Congress could choose the speaker, possibly a nonmember of Congress, if party control shifts.
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Washington
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Truman
Roosevelt
Congress
House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Repub
White House
Wisconsin Progressives gain from Republican split dynamics
In Wisconsin, the Progressive Party benefits from GOP internal divisions after seven years of Republican power. The piece notes potential ballot positioning with Goodland’s influence, factional tensions, and the Democrats largely sidelined as Progressives gain visibility ahead of next year’s elections.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
GOP
Progressive Party
Progressives
Gov. Goodland
Goodland
W. T. Bvrne
LaFollettes
Em P
Milwaukee official delays building to spare Boy Scouts garden
Wisconsin federal housing administrator Thomas King honored a contractor’s request to delay a two month building priority. He learned a Boy Scouts victory garden occupied the lot, so he redirected the priority to another lot to keep the contractor busy until the garden harvest is complete.
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Milwaukee
Thomas King
Wisconsin
King
Then and now items from La Crosse tribune history
Ten year ago notices list Miss Josephine Hintgen sailing from Los Angeles to Hawaii for a summer course at the University of Hawaii and a return to La Crosse in August while Thomas Clark heads to Wheeling to join a dam project. Twenty years ago E F Frisch earned prize money at the North American Skat league and E P Gates led a state Christian Endeavor convention. Thirty years ago George Henning and Mrs Henning were elected state officers of United Spanish War Veterans, Emma Schaefer and others attended a weekend party, and Howard Kinney married Minnie Christopherson. Forty years ago La Crosse sent four graduates to the state university and old officers of the La Crosse and Onaaska Street Railway were re-elected for the coming year.
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Josephine Hintgen
West Avenue South
Los Angeles
Hawaii
University of Hawaii At
Honolulu
la Crosse
Thomas Clark
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
E. F. Frisch
Milwaukee
E. P. Gates
United Society of Christian Endeavor
George O. Henning
United Spanish War Veterans
Marinette
Henning
Department
Auxiliary
Emma Schaefer
Mildred Retzlaff
Esther Peters
la Crescent
D. A. Wetchen
Howard Kinney
Campbell
Minnie Christopherson
Onalaska
Kinney
State University
Edna Laura Tarbox
Civic Historical
Willis D. Perkins
Webber Sands Russell
Edward F. Ziegleman
Pharmacy
la Crosse and
Onaaska Street Railway Company
S. Y. Hyde
S. W. Nicholds
W. W. Schall
La Crosse Tribune Leader Press Staff Directory
The La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press publish from La Crosse Wisconsin with T Burgess as publisher and L Bangsberg as managing editor The paper notes its ownership by the Tribune Co and its affiliations with the Associated Press and Lee Newspaper Syndicate.
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la Crosse Tribune Co
4Th and
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
the Beautiful
T. Burgess
Ll. Bangsberg
A. W. Rice
Tribune and Leader Press
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Associated Press
San Francisco Charter Clash Over Trustee Annexation Clauses
A critical look at San Francisco’s trustee annexation plan questions how constitutions will apply to colonies and mandates. The article notes that nations may annex or administer territories under league oversight, with roles for the United States in Pacific islands and possible ambiguity for Alaska and India.
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San Francisco
New League
Pacific Islands
League
United States
Pacific
Japan
Hawaii
Puerto Ric
Virgin Islands
Alaska Wani
India
Philippines
Farouk
Egypt
Answers to reader questions from The La Crosse Tribune
The Haskin Service offers a question and answer column with responses about 1934 Dust Bowl shelter belts seven tree species. civilian army insignia sale limits. Lewis Carroll’s time to tell Alice in Wonderland. path width of the July 9 total eclipse. 1944 total retail sales of 69.3 billion with 78 cash 19 charge 3 instalment. and veterans small business advice from the commerce department offices in Washington and 26 field offices.
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Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Law Book on Rules of Order by Information Bureau
A compact compilation of rules of order for deliberative bodies. It covers forming temporary and permanent organizations, model constitution by laws minutes and officer duties. Includes a coupon for 15 cents postpaid to The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau Washington DC.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
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Washington, D. C
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V-Mail
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Indiana
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Knutson
J. M. Roberts, Jr
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