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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1949
Page
3
AAA reports 1948 saw 40.566 million breakdown calls, up 9 percent from 1947, driven by severe weather and aging cars. Key causes included flat tires and batteries, with 7,222,000 tow dispatches and 8,012,000 battery-related calls. Average motorist made 1.2 calls that year.
GIs from La Crosse and nearby areas across regular army reserve and ROTC will be honored on Army Day April 6 with World War I and II veterans. The Third Battalion medical platoon will display army medical equipment at Market Square and invite qualified youth to join the army medical corps on a part time basis. Dr. Lou R. Schmidt highlights three guard goals: preventive medicine nutrition sanitation and medical research to support armed forces and national emergencies. Further joining details available at Dr. Schmidt’s Rivoli building office.
Joop Gee sink of Dollywood studios in Amsterdam creates a color advertising doll film. Ceylon aims to develop an oyster industry along its coasts though beds lag due to European demand.
Wisconsin conservation leaders and Izaak Walton league press for restoring funding in the state budget for the University of Wisconsin wildlife management department. The American Wildlife Institute proposes naming the Aldo Leopold department in honor of the late founder. Leopold died in a local accident last year.
Madison Wisconsin special report notes C E Tanke traffic manager at G Heileman Brewing Co La Crosse attended the industrial management institute on traffic management held at the University of Wisconsin in March 1917. The institute is part of an annual series by the university to update management on latest developments in economics industry. Sponsors include the school of commerce and extension division with cooperation from the Wisconsin Manufacturers association.
San Francisco resident J. Humphrey Linares reports a juvenile racket involving a crying five or six year old girl who asks for a dime to buy a streetcar fare. Moments later she reappears with a bag of popcorn and a smile, signaling a possible ruse.
The National Portrait Gallery in London purchased a drawing of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra, created around 1810, preserving an intimate image of the novelist.
Foundations for the county highway shop are completed and inspectors named for construction phases. Paul A. Hartwig reports in March to the board. inspectors include Frank Daily, Frank Gerke, Art Scharpf, George Dengel, Henry Lemb. Town projects cover culverts, bridges, and gravel surfacing across Bangor Burns Campbell Farmington Holland Onalaska Washington and Onalaska city work. Suffolk England held a thatching contest with the oldest competitor at 87.
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