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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1949
Page
5
In Wausau Wisconsin a fire started in a first floor restaurant kitchen at 1 30 p m burning out in half an hour before reigniting at 2 30 p m spreading through the brick veneer building. No injuries were reported and unofficial losses exceed 50000 dollars covering the tavern basement restaurant and a dress shop with damage to multiple sections.
Los Angeles jury acquits 26 year old dancer Vicki Evans friend of Robert Mitchum of conspiracy to possess marijuana after a summer raid. Mitchum actress Lila Leeds and Robin Ford are convicted with Mitchum and Leeds sentenced to 60 days. Ford awaiting sentence.
Welcome Wagon housewarming visits resume in La Crosse as Mrs. Carlin Dahler begins calling on new residents. She will deliver a letter from Mayor Beranek and information from health, library, churches, schools and civic groups, backed by local sponsors.
The Soviet authorities in their sector of Berlin issued an order declaring the death penalty for economic sabotage with imprisonment up to 15 years for offenders in serious cases. German Reds blamed Western acts of sabotage for industrial inefficiency and transport problems.
An officially sponsored party of botanists surveys Australia for drug plant species with known or potential value. The expedition aims to identify native flora with medicinal or industrial relevance and assess their prospects for research and utilization.
Con Severson announced his candidacy for 10th ward alderman in La Crosse. A former brewery worker and five year vice president of Brewery Workers Union No 81, he cites high taxes and says he will oppose funding for an air field fairgrounds and a proposed golf course. He touts past undertakings including alley cleanup street lighting and curb upgrades and notes his previous 12 years as alderman.
In San Antonio a war developed oxygen valve called the oneophore is offered for treating polio and respiratory diseases. Manufacturer reports experiments show vast potential in inhalational therapy and chest ailment treatment by breathing drugs like penicillin dust.
Frederik IX born March 11 1899 at Sorgenfri castle near Copenhagen is the fourth Danish monarch of the Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg line. After a varied youth and travels he succeeded Christian X on April 21 1947.
Officials in the Diocese of La Crosse planned a 1949 campaign ending March 27 to raise funds for war victims in 62 ravaged countries. A Sunday collection will occur in all parishes as NCWC war relief reports 274,174,000 pounds of supplies worth over 131 million dollars have been sent in five years.
Boyd Morris of the U S Bureau of Mines says a shale deposit near Rifle Colorado could become the world’s largest mining operation. He estimates a potential of about 350 billion barrels of crude oil, roughly ten times all wells drilled to date in the United States. The project now operates on a small scale and converts shale into crude oil while giant caverns could host underground industries in wartime.
A Birmingham factory exhibit shows a mechanical hen that lays eggs in sequence. It lays one egg then walks away, then repeats two more times, but makes no cackling sound.
A Senate committee warned that outlawing basing point pricing could raise consumer prices and threaten military security. A bill to legalize the method in nonconspiracy cases was endorsed for study, while action to block FTC bans was urged. The system fixes prices across distances by absorbing freight costs. The Supreme Court had found a cement industry conspiracy to fix basing point prices.
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