Wisconsin urged to pass Bill 710 A for airport aid
The editorial urges Governor Rennebohm and the legislature to adopt Bill 710 A to add one million dollars to the existing funds, enabling Wisconsin to match federal airport assistance already available and avoid losing nearly a million dollars in aviation aid. It argues state inaction risks hindering aviation progress and calls for timely action.
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Overnor Rennebohm
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
State Aeronautics Commission
la Crosse
God Knows Judging From The Dark Cloud
A religious reflection on divine knowledge and judgment. The text questions how God can discern truth through obscurity, citing Job 22 13 to question divine perception amid darkness.
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Job
Graduates Face Chilly Job Market After War Boom
OMG graduates face a tougher economy as 320000 college seniors and over 1.3 million high school students prepare to enter the labor pool. Demand varies by field with pilots and reporters scarce, while doctors, teachers, nurses, dentists, and skilled trades show openings.
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OMG
FBI
Average words a day claim and a playful question
A skeptical remark cites a 10 000 word daily average and asks if the speaker has an average wife, signaling a humorous or offbeat exchange in casual conversation.
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Mister
Truman's Next 60 Days Set Tone for His Presidency
In a critique of Harry S. Truman, the column argues the president must tell the truth, pursue a balanced fair deal, and resist partisan pressure. It cites James Byrnes’ call for reducing spending and avoiding a welfare state, warning that congressional authority may press Truman to revamp economic policy within two months.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
United States
James F. Byrnes
Washington and Lee University
House
Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Congress
Harry S. Truman
Veterans find farming a strong path for postwar future
A Chicago Drovers Journal report from a Midwest conference finds that war veterans choosing farming plan to own and manage their farms. Officials note 14 million dollars in 40 year loans to veterans this year for farm purchases and on farm training, with veterans proving reliable borrowers.
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Chicago Drovers Journal
Philanthropy and private funding aid psychology grants
The Old Dominion Foundation's $2,000,000 gifts to Yale and Vassar illustrate pressing need for mental studies funding amid rising taxes. Donations once common now rare, and such gifts help safeguard academic freedom while supporting science, scholarships, and college programs.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Andrew W. Mellon
Yale University
Vassar College
United States
Old Dominion Foundation
Doctors Gagging on Words
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the AMA shifts stance as voluntary, government involvement, and health insurance move from controversial ideas to near reality, causing doctors to react to language rather than the changing substance.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
AMA
Washington
Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm Finds Democratic Backing Shift
In Madison the governor enjoys unexpected support from Democrats on veterans housing rent controls and lobby laws. Democrats back his public housing bill and local option for rent decontrol, while Republicans split between party leadership and conservative ranks. The split may complicate election rhetoric and future GOP consolidation.
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Madison
Wis
Maor
Capitol
Rennebohm
GOP
Assembly
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Broken liaison between Rennebohm and GOP legislature
The piece notes a deteriorating relationship between Governor Rennebohm and Republican legislative leaders. It argues the claimed harmony is superficial, with governors efforts at agreement outweighing actions from the legislative leaders and unclear blame for ongoing misunderstandings.
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Rennebohm
Haskin Service Answers Readers Inquiries on Volcanos and More
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau replies to questions on volcanic activity including Paricutin and other eruptions, measures of water content in a quart, aluminum intake safety, snake knot dynamics, Lost Dutchman mine lore, premature graying, and blight resistant Maine Kennebec potatoes.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Wickenburg
Snowbeard
A Jane Wedding Wedding Booklet Listing
A brief notice advertises a wedding booklet titled A Jane Wedding dedicated to five brides and covering preparation etiquette church home or club weddings military ceremonies guest lists invitations best man duties receptions showers trousseaux gifts customs and anniversaries. Order today for 15 cents postpaid.
Coupon request for Wedding Book from Washington agency
A fragment shows a customer enclosing 15 cents for a copy of the Wedding Book to the Coupontion Bureau at 316 Eve St N E Washington. The note specifies careful wrapping in paper for the coin.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eve St
N. E
Washington
Name Street or Rural Route City State
Mail to Washington D C. line appears as a postal instruction. The item notes a street or rural route addressing in a city state with the destination Washington D C. for mail.
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Washington, D. C
Education under pressure in U S schools over communism
Washington confronts a national concern as academics face limits on teaching freedom. The University of California vows loyalty oaths for 4000 teachers, while Harvard resists external policing of faculty conduct amid a broader McCarthy era clash over classroom influence.
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Washington
University of Washington
Communist Party
University of California
United States
Dwight Eisenhower
Columbia University
James B. Conant
Harvard
Public Debate About Housing In Green Island
Mrs Edgar Coleman voices hardship in Green Island over tar papered homes and landlords denying uptown rentals to families with children. She recalls losing two daughters to drowning in 1946 and says tenants will fight for a fair chance while continuing to pay taxes.
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Tribune
Green Island
H. Crow
H. Alexander
Edgar Coleman Green
Cigar Makers Face High Costs in Philippines
Anila reports that high production costs have effectively crippled the Philippines cigar industry, reducing output and threatening local jobs as firms struggle to stay afloat amid rising expenses.
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Philippines
Anila
Chinese Nationalists Pressured To Sign Pact By Soviets
Washington report details alleged U S Soviet Chinese maneuvers in 1948 49 with Chiang Kai shek wavering on a nonaggression pact including a clause against the United States as Moscow urged a coalition with Mao and Canton moved the talks to Canton amid diplomatic friction and warnings from Washington symbols include Roschin Yeh and Wedemeyer.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
U. S
State Department
Chiang Kai-shek
Russia
Nanking
China
Manchuria
White House
Ond Steelman
al Wedemeyer
War Plans Division
Pentagon
Steelman
Yangtze River
Nikolai Roschin
Fussia
Roschin
Mao Tse-Tung
Kremlin
United States
Mao
George Marshall
Chiang
The Tribune Files People Moving and Career Notes
Donald Elston leaves for Concord New Hampshire to work in government forestry. Robert Roberge visits from Boston to stay with his parents for two weeks. Carol and Jane Moe depart for San Francisco for the summer. Clinton D Lueth attends University of Wisconsin commencement where son Clinton graduates and heads to Chippewa Falls for state geological survey work. The column spotlights historic prompts and a non union shift at La Crosse Street Railway Co beginning tomorrow.
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J. G. Elston
Main Street
Concord
N. H
Robert Roberge
Boston
Mass
Arthur J. Roberge
Kane Street
Carol and
Jane Moe
North Ninth Street
San Francisco
Calif
Clinton D. Lueth
Liberty Street
University of Wisconsin
Clinton
Chippewa Falls
State Geological Survey
E. W. de Lautelle
Lincoln
Nebr
la Crosse
F. C. Herrington
Prospect Street
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