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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1949
Page
2
The House rejects Senate amendments to its rent control bill sending the measure to a conference committee. A compromise is sought as rent controls may expire in about a week with no final plan, while Truman urged stronger, longer protections.
Witnesses describe rear impact by a heavy truck and Gateway van in La Crosse on March 19 that killed Mrs. Traff. Police and medical examiners note blunt force injuries and a high alcohol level for driver Klees, with inquest showing prior drunken driving conviction.
In Tomah court Hale argued James Jackson acted while temporarily insane after a night of drinking at taverns and pool halls. Gleiss detailed premeditation from a loaded 30 06 rifle and described the family misreporting to police. jurors toured the Jackson home scene.
Detectives questioned a couple found at their room, later revealed as persons of interest in Patricia’s murder. Patricia and Milton knew each other well, with Patricia acting as peacemaker amid disputes. Milton admitted a February 10 date with Patricia, who vanished after a planned meeting in Milwaukee. Her body was found with two bullet holes and a concrete block.
La Crosse Junior Chamber of Commerce plans Beautify La Crosse week from April 25 to 30. The program aims at salvage, cleanup, paint up and fix up efforts with a window display contest for local merchants along the Beautify La Crosse theme.
Merchants may win senate plaques by promoting city beautification with window displays April 25 to 30 and judging on April 29 led by William Sauer Jaycee director. Applications will go out to merchants and follow ups will ensure wide participation in the housecleaning drive.
A city wide power outage during breakfast hour stalled work across La Crosse facilities. The La Crosse Telephone Corp switchboard failed to switch to battery, delaying operators and morning routines. Hospitals reported delayed deliveries and elevator service while some units ran on emergency systems. Newspapers and manufacturers faced production losses estimated in the thousands of man hours as machines and conveyors halted for up to an hour.
The chamber moved to continue the draft with Teague leading a sequence of votes. An initial strike of the enacting clause failed 169 to 158 on a standing count, a teller vote later passed 171 to 168, and final roll calls showed 151 Democrats and seven Republicans supporting returning the bill to committee versus 100 Democrats, 106 Republicans, and one American Laborist opposing. The flow followed earlier off the record shelving and reversals in three days of debate.
Mrs. Pierce Newell shared personal travel experiences from Venezuela with seventh grade Longfellow students on Thursday. She described the country’s culture resources imports and people to an interested school assembly.
President Lewis issued an executive order directing 463000 idle miners east of the Mississippi to return to work on Monday March 28 as a memorial period ends and production resumes. The move follows eight days of stoppage that cost miners about 30 million dollars in wages and layoffs of over 70000 railroad workers.
The Chilean government imposes a ban on the consignments of alcoholic beverages and tobacco to reserve cargo space for essential goods amid a severe shortage.
A legislative debate centers on repealing oleomargarine taxes amid talk of farmers' milk use shifting to butter and whether removing the tax would lower oleo prices. Assemblyman John M. Blaska questions price reductions if manufacturers do not cut costs, with the speaker predicting consumer protests if prices stay high.
The state department asserts Russia blocks outside contact to hide failed Soviet living standards. It cites postwar student and publication exchanges as limited and calls Moscow wary of free idea interchange. The report accompanies a New York cultural conference opening with 21 Russian and Eastern European delegates admitted. The Philippines note on bird life closes the piece.
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