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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1951
Page
7
Dorothy Gish says the industry lacks the fun and collaborative spirit of its early days. She admires D W Griffith for letting a single creator shape a film and criticizes front office control and assembly line production. The 50 year old star enjoys tramp steamers and Europe travel with her Pekinese Rover.
A Japanese registration shows 40 582 motor scooters and motorcycles marked made in Japan now registered there.
New York report shows wholesale price index at 7.07, unchanged from last week, up 18.6 percent vs year-ago week before the Korean War. Hams cheese sugar eggs potatoes raisins hogs rose. flour wheat corn rye oats barley lard butter coffee cottonseed oil steers lambs fell. The text notes a white stork migrates seasonally from Africa to Europe.
Two Chicago men, Kenneth Gordon and Kenneth MacLeod, were each sentenced to ten years in federal prison for receiving twelve thousand dollars worth of stolen film. Judge William J. Campbell denied motions for a new trial. Gordon called one of Chicago's biggest fences, and prosecutors tied the case to two shooting incidents involving government witnesses.
The Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea are noted as a famous breeding ground for fur seals with about three million animals present each summer. Seals migrate southward during winter.
Twenty two youths from The Davenport Times The Capitol Times and a Madison Journal earned a trip to Washington by selling new subscriptions. They toured landmarks like the Lincoln Memorial Mount Vernon and the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Senator Hickenlooper and Tom Martin greeted them on the senate steps. Bertrand Goderstad praised the Pan American building visit. Chaperons included Harry Boden and Charles de Frates.
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau provides readers with fact answers. Topics include Patton death details from a 1945 accident near Mannheim, Martha Washington's first husband, the handfasting form in Scotland, and the Berlin airlift decoration. Also covered are subway ridership figures, early human growth rates, and James Hoban’s White House prize.
The 1951 almanac answers questions on measurement earth shape U S area and weather prediction. A 48 page government sourced reference is available for twenty five cents from the La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau. Enclose a nickel or dime and request a copy.
Washington report says three members of the new court of military appeals were sworn in on Wednesday. The oaths were taken by Robert Emmett Quinn of Providence Rhode Island attorney George W Latimer a former Utah supreme court justice and Paul William with the ceremony detailing the formation of the court.
Brosman, a native of Albion Illinois and attorney in Louisiana, will earn $17 500 annually.
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle says five correctly placed atomic bombs could ruin Britain's economic life in London. A note mentions yak hair fly whisks in India with tails mounted on silver handles.
A government order aims to curb speculative scrip use by the U S armed forces and the public, with about $100 million banned from circulation. Officials warn the conversion plan will deter black market activity and stabilize exchange in the Philippines and other areas.
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