Trane Firm Led Growth Of Air Conditioning Industry
Torrid weather spurred complaints and a new billion dollar industry in air conditioning. The Trane Company of La Crosse helped nurture a movement from industrial roots to commercial and residential installations over about fifty years, with potential expansion if home units drop in cost. Judges 9:10 11.
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Trane Company of
la Crosse
Sam Dawson
Associated Press
Brooklyn
Dawson
Weigh Delegates Impartially Before Republican Convention
Six days before the Republican Convention, the National Committee opens hearings in Chicago on seventy two disputed Southern delegates. The Texas contest stands as the core issue, while Louisiana and Georgia disputes test party alignment and perceived fairness. Public opinion urges impartial judgment, warning that self-interest could taint outcomes and damage the party’s moral standing.
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Vention
Chicago
Supreme Court
National Committee
High Court
Louisiana
Georgia
General Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower
State Committee
Republican National Committee
Texas
Top GOP Issues Vying in 1952 Campaign
In this study of Republican stance the main issues are Korea corruption communism foreign policy prices and taxes socialism and the need for change. Republicans split on Korea with varied views on war powers and negotiations while corruption mends and McCarthyism rages.
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John Gunther
Republican Party
GOP
Korea
United States
Truman
Congress
MacArthur
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Dewey
Doctors Lobby Commands Washington Scene In 1952
Drew Pearson reports the AMA led Doctors Lobby to brand pensions exam clauses as socialized medicine causing fury in Congress. Key moments include AMA telegrams, Kean backed clause, and threats to campaign against dissenters. Ferguson pressed Chapman on leaks as column probes sources.
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Washington
Prohibition
James Cannon
Methodist
Capitol
Labor Unions
Roosevelt
Veterans’ Lobby
Congress
Doctors’ Lobby
American Medical Association
AMA
Pearson
Federal Security Administration
Robert Kean
New Jersey
Congressman Kean
Winston Churchill
Kean
Oscar Ewing
Joseph S. Lawrence
Doctors
Ways and Means
Dan Reed
New York
Veterans Administration
Frank E. Wilson
Chicago
Wilson
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Wilbur Mills
Mills
FSA
Atlantic City
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Michigan Republican
Chapman
Tidelands
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ferguson
Drew Pearson
Warren Magnuson
Washington Democrat
Magnuson
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Report From Around Town on Gypsy Bands in Wisconsin
Wisconsin news notes gypsy bands camped east of Sparta limited to two trailers by law. They faced a night parking challenge with many license plates from multiple states. Other items include elderly couples dodging a police stop, a hobo-turned-news seller, and reactions to a Marshfield parish cost breakdown plus La Crosse in a Rivoli dialog audience cheer.
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Sparta
Wisconsin
Four Corners
Melrose
West Salem
Washington
Colorado
Mississippi
California
Knora
Deeny
St. Patrick’s Parish
Marshfield
Lighter Side of World News and Military Views
A Svenska Dagbladet piece notes canned Lapland music aiding soap sales in North Africa and Tangier, then shifts to George Fielding Eliot on the limits of military history for leaders. It argues Greece and Korea show ground force and local defense needs, with air and sea support aiding eventual success. Also brief quips on suit pockets and rusty razor blades.
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Svenska Dagbladet
Stockholm
Sweden
Lapland
North Africa
Eliot
Greece
Korea
Home Guard
Navy
Questions That Bothered Songsmiths
A nostalgic feature surveys timeless song prompts from 19th and early 20th century tunes. It recalls famous queries like Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight and Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder, noting their enduring appeal and humorous edge.
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Bill
Finnegan
Mistress Murphy
Kelly
Moriality
O’reilly
Joe Sullivan
Harrigan and Hart
Irving Berlin
John
Moses
Bad Wolf
Rip van Winkle
Jerome Kern
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Trane Company
Stevenson
Kefauver
Coolidge
Harding
Will Rogers
Republican High Command
Joe McCarthy
State Department
McCarthy
America
U.S
Gus
Anna Steig
Whitehall
Canistota
S.C
Onalaska
Rodger Dodge
Ben
Hobo) Benson
King of
Britt
Omaha
Neb
Denver
Colo
New York City
Tangier
Straits of Gibraltar
Sahara
Red Dunes
Arctic
George Fielding Eliot
Pat
Korean
Japan
U.S. Far Eastern
Korean Peninsula
Pusan
Frank Tripp
William Bailey
Bill Bailey
Ager
Sally
Tin Pan Alley
Caro
Old New Hampshire
General Features Corp
Aftonbladet
Rapid Beauty
Sydney
Townsville
Champ
Samedi Soir
Paris
France
Sylt Island
German Friesland
la Crosse Tribune
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