Lansing Bridge Action Ties to Wisconsin Iowa Cooperation
Iowa Senate backing restoration of the Lansing bridge prompts Wisconsin highway officials to study joint ownership and toll-free operation. The structure, out of use since March 1945, would shift costs and tolls, with traffic potential guiding decisions amid postwar growth and inter-state needs.
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Take Heed and Bear No Burden on the Sabbath Day
A biblical line from Jeremiah admonishes readers to observe the Sabbath and refrain from heavy burdens entering Jerusalem gates. The verse emphasizes spiritual restraint and sacred time.
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Romy Hammes Nominated for National Chamber Directorship
The Kankakee Chamber backs Romy Hammes as a candidate from Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa Sixth district joining H F Johnson Racine and Robert H Walker Keokuk. Hammes is praised as a successful La Crosse area business leader with diverse interests and proven enterprise.
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Cats Prohibited From Running Loose on Private Florida Beach
Notice warns that cats are not allowed on a private Florida beach and outlines enforcement. The statement emphasizes pets must be kept on leashes or under restraint to preserve beach access and safety.
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Illinois Judge Rules Kissing in Car Is OK
An Illinois judge rules that kissing a girl in an automobile is legally permissible. The decision sparks debate over personal conduct and local morality standards.
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Illinois
Lenten Editorial From Local Church Federation
A Lenten editorial submitted by the La Crosse Area Federation of Churches in cooperation with the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America reflects on penitence, charity, and unity among congregations during the season. The piece urges reader engagement in communal prayer and service.
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Maker Of Heaven And Earth Faith Prayer Sermon
A religious meditation on God's creation and human dependence. It emphasizes humility before the Creator, rejecting self-made ideals, and invites prayer for renewal of heart to follow Christ. The sermon roots beings as creatures of God and ends with a prayer for clean hearts.
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Christ
The Senate Rules Fight and Civil Rights Issue
Opinion piece arguing the civil rights debate is a cover for federal police power over states. It challenges the administration and party blocs for manipulating Senate rules to block open debate, urging discussion on civil rights on its merits. It criticizes both parties and Northern leadership for politicizing the issue.
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Hiring And Firing A Babson Park Perspective
A John Babson excerpt critiques high trainee turnover citing a 1167 trainee survey showing 42 percent unsatisfied or leaving within a year. The piece argues fault lies with inadequate hiring and training programs, not schools, urging clearer job analyses and cautious use of aptitude tests avoiding remote mail order assessments.
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Filia
Robert N McMurray and Company
Notes From The Statehouse In Madison Wisconsin
Madison notes from the statehouse report lawmakers must seek new tax revenues to balance the budget. Speaker Alex Nicol and the finance committee discuss rising appropriation demands as party activity grows. a publicity push aims to show a GOP controlled legislature in a favorable light.
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Haskin Service Answers Reader Questions in Tribune
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau provides concise answers on topics from enlistment rules for ages 19 to 25 to the Magna Carta language and Joe Miller jokes. Entries cover military service, literature, photography retouching, weasand snuff, congressman title, window garden soil, moth wings, and Enoch Arden lore.
Children’s Book coupon offer from Washington Bureau
Young readers can obtain a children’s book packed with stories poems and games including infant Moses and Pharaoh's daughter and Robert Louis Stevenson My Shadow for 15 cents post paid. Send coin wrapped in paper with coupon to The La Crosse Tribune tion Bureau Washington D C.
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Truman Group Appears to Suffer Democratic Rift
Washington report outlines a split within the Democratic Party as Trumanites clash with southern Democrats and Republicans over civil rights and policy votes. It notes Senate and House majorities, party defections, and a fragile political coalition amid pushback on Wallgren and rent control.
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Mystery Baron X heads anti Russian underground tales
Washington reports that a mysterious American, variously named Edward F. T Kach and Baron X, leads the Frei corps of Barbarossa an anti-Russian underground in Poland and the Soviet zone. He is linked to arms smuggling fundraising and has no U S government ties. His wife in Hillman Minnesota says he travels to New York and Germany.
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Call Scooters Motorcycles in Minnesota Law
Minnesota lawmakers define motor scooters and motorized bicycles as motorcycles under a 1949 law. Drivers must have licenses, be 18 or 15 with guardian consent, and scooters must be registered as motor vehicles.
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Driver Permits Extended To Four Months In Minnesota
Minnesota lawmakers by law extended instruction permits to four months from sixty days to align with longer driver training in schools. Applicants must pass vision, reading, sign comprehension, and traffic law exams. Permit holders must be accompanied by a licensed driver when driving, and after completing instruction may take the road test for a license.
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Girl Saves Sister in Fire Rescue Honor
Bery Belcher, 12, of Wokingham England, won the Guide silver cross for displaying presence of mind and bravery by rolling her sister in a rug and extinguishing flames when her nightdress caught fire. The story mentions aborigines and a gruesome detail about skulls later in the text.
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Wokingham
England
Guide
Hackett named head baseball coach at Central High School
Lawrence Hackett former Whitewater State Teachers College star and Hillsboro High School multi sport coach is appointed head baseball coach at Central High School. He teaches in the commercial department and history. Longfellow school to open at 19th and Denton streets in La Crosse after board study of name proposals. Completion by end of 1939 with occupancy likely in the 1939 40 second semester.
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Larry) Hackett
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Miss Viola Nedvidek to lead coast to coast dancer tour
Twenty years ago Miss Viola Nedvidek left her mother Mrs E Nedvidek's home at 620 Cameron Avenue to take charge of a 12 dancer company in the Public eater circuit. She will manage the group and train the dancers before an eventual coast to coast tour. Mrs Robert G H Fritz and sons Arthur and Leonard of 607 Pine Street left Saturday for a West trip with Seattle and Los Angeles ahead.
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Cameron Avenue
New York City
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Soong
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Seattle
Los Angeles
Working Way Through College Waking People
In Inglewood California Les Raley starts a novelty service to help students stay awake for class He calls at a set time each morning and says Good morning for a dollar a week or three dollars a month If the caller sounds sleepy he follows up with additional calls to encourage attendance and punctuality
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Calif
Les Raley
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