Barkley’s Stand Dims Vice President's Senate Role
The vice president’s bid to press civil rights and back cloture on a senate rules change has eroded his influence. Barkley’s stance on racial equality clashed with southern Democrats and others, sidelining him as the administration’s key senate ally. He now faces a diminished, ceremonial perch.
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Senate
Barkley
Capitol Hill
Kerr
Oklahoma
Hayden
McFarland
Arizona
Chapman
Kentucky
Congress
Truman
Key West
Scott Lucas
Dixie
Lucas
White House
Proverb Wisdom Highlighted by Wise Preacher
A preacher aged in wisdom taught the people knowledge and set in order many proverbs as Ecclesiastes 12 9 reflects on thoughtful instruction and guidance.
Milk price slump hits Coulee Region farmers hard
A federal state crop report shows milk prices plunged to 3.14 per hundred pounds last month from 4.26 a year earlier, with La Crosse area at 3.40. Farmers face steeper declines than the national average as prices for goods they buy fall only 2 percent, signaling a widening economic reverse for Wisconsin farms.
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Wisconsin
Coulee Region
la Crosse
Loneliest Thing in America Is a Decision
AL Boyle writes in AP style that Americans avoid making choices preferring to wait for events. He notes a shift from decisive action to passivity and a fear of being wrong or right, tracing a wartime habit of passing the buck and dismissing the old motto I’d rather be right than president as outdated.
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AL Boyle
the Tribune
America
Henry Clay
Jobless Engineers Question Hoover Commission Plan
Senator McClellan and former Congressman Manasco oppose transferring civilian functions of the army corps of engineers to the interior department. They warn increased labor costs and weakened wartime readiness, noting flood control and harbor work support development and peacetime training.
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Hoover Commission
McClellan
Arkansas
Manasco
Alabama
Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
Interior Department
Corps of Engineers
Minnesota man arrested for poking wife in eye
A Minnesota man was arrested after poking his wife in the eye. The wife served as the key eye witness to the incident and provided the testimony leading to the arrest.
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Minnesota
Lenten Editorial by La Crosse Arch Federation
A Lenten editorial submitted by the La Crosse Area Federation of arches in cooperation with the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America reflects on religious observance and ecumenical concerns within the community. It discusses fasting, charity, and unity across denominations.
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la Crosse
Everlasting Christ Presence Guides Daily Life
A devotional reflection cites Matthew 28:20 and John 15 11, contrasting Weymouth’s translation. It emphasizes Christ’s constant companionship from Galilee to today, likening his daily help to the sun’s rise and asking for strength through his presence and grace.
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Weymouth
Christ
Galilee
Labor unions press for Taft Hartley repeal via conference drive
Labor union chiefs control administration supporters and aim to replace the Taft Hartley act with a near verbatim Wagner act via labor committee reports. They expect to push amendments at floor votes, seek a conference outcome closely resembling the house bill, and pressure senate ratification by May with broad support.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Joint Conference Committee
Conference Committee
Should we send our children to college
A Fairmont Sentinel piece argues college offers more than job training. It cites a University of Minnesota study showing life skills, homemaking, citizenship, and leisure activities as major benefits beyond vocational preparation, noting modern work leaves more time for nonwork life.
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Fairmont Sentinel
Institute of Child Welfare
University of Minnesota
Yesteryear
Taft Hartley Law Has Benefited Labor Says Ives
Senator Irving M. Ives of New York argues the Taft Hartley Law contains more good than bad and that its favorable provisions have aided labor while not harming it.
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Irving M. Ives
New York
Clyde Hoey
North Carolina
Ernest Howard
RFC
Walter Winchell
Hooper Survey
Grover Whalen
Delray
Fla
Fuller Warren
Hassett
Navy
Arthur Goldberg
CIO
Wash
D. C
Taft
Senate Labor Committee
Wisconsin Capitol Notes on GOP Legislature and Utilities Regulation
Madison notes highlight a narrow assembly vote killing a Democratic sponsored bill to abolish the public service commission and a later reconsideration. The piece discusses the Griffenhagen survey’s forgotten relevance, a sneaky gasoline tax maneuver, and Sen. Olson’s pessimistic view on anti pollutions bills. It mentions H J O Leary potential PSC seat and A J Biemiller as a possible Democratic challenger to Senator Wiley.
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Madison Wis
Capitol Press
Assembly
Pub Service Commission
Rennebohm
Utilities Regulation Agency
H. J. O'Leary
Public Service Commission
O'Leary
Commission
Biemiller
A. J. Biemiller
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Democratic Party
Alexander Wiley
Answers to Questions from The Haskin Service Readers
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau offers fact answers by mail for three cents postage. Topics cover identical twins fingerprints, adoption of the electric chair with dates 1888 1889 and first execution 1890, frost depth in warm spells, and wartime rationing of five packs per day with weekly punched ration cards.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
Washington
2. D
State of
New York
William Kemmler
Auburn Prison
Soldiers' wartime cigarettes ration and sales details
The Army reports that combat theaters issued cigarettes free as part of the post exchange ration along with gum candy toothpaste and matches. Rations averaged seven to ten packs weekly and small cigarette packs were included in K rations with about four cigarettes per third of a ration. At war end remaining stock was sold through post exchanges.
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Department of the Army
ITS traces missing families for IRO in Arolsen
The Internat Refugee Organization ITS in Arolsen holds records on about three million people from over 30 nationalities and works to reunite separated families. Many missing are children.
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B. Gy Nations
ITS
Internaet Tracing Service
International Refugee Organization
IRO
Arolsen
Uncle Sam's Almanac Coupon Offer Promoted
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau advertises Uncle Sam's Almanac with monthly planting and weather forecasts, priced at 25 cents postpaid. Send coupon and 25 cents to Washington DC address. Name field included for subscribers.
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Sam
United States
la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eve St
Washington 2
Two Key Sections of Atlantic Pact Described
The La Crosse Tribune outlines the pact's two main provisions on self defense and mutual aid. Article 3 commits parties to maintain and develop capacity to resist armed attack, while Article 5 allows allies to help a attacked member “as each deems necessary,” raising questions about commitment and possible wartime actions.
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Washington
Senate
Eip
Truman
Congress
Acheson
Linen Maker Salvages Iron in Pueblo
Eugene Untermayer, 63, a Bavarian linen maker who fled Germany in 1940, now runs a large iron salvage operation at Colorado Fuel and Iron in Pueblo. He supervises six miles of slag dumps, uses blasting and bulldozers to expose scrap, and sends pieces to the mills for steelmaking. Multilingual metallurgist says America is land of opportunity with any man able to learn.
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Pueblo
Colo
Eugene Untermayer
Bavaria
Germany
New York City
Colorado
U. S
Camp Hale
Leadville
Untermayer
New York Metal Salvage Company
Minnequa Stée Mills
Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp
New York
Untermeyer
CF and I
America
Anti Bird Plan Uses Mothballs in New Zealand
Auckland reports the New Zealand state hydro electric department may test mothballs and smelly oil to deter birds from nesting near installations. Readers from St Louis claim mothballs on porches deter birds, while another suggests crude oil as a repellent after a Missouri town cleared 10 000 blackbirds by greasing machinery under trees.
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Auckland
New Zealand
E. P. Palmer
St. Louis
Missouri
New Zealand State Hydroelectric Department
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Eisenhower
al Wedemeyer
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Alden Waitt
Chemical Corps
Army
Pearl Harbor
Holland
State Department
Bell Syndicate
Birthday cake marks John Comerford's 100th in Killean ey
John Comerford of Killean ey Ireland celebrated his 100th birthday with a cake bearing one candle. He joked that he wants to forget his first century and concentrate on the second.
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John Comerford
Killeaney
Eire
Madame Rita Forde Wins South African War Medal
Belgian war widow Madame Rita Forde receives the South African medal for war services for raising over 7200 dollars for war funds by expert fortune telling during wartime.
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Rita Forde
Army Navy Shake Up Could End Traditional Training
Washington report outlines possible plan under new secretary Louis Johnson to abolish Annapolis and West Point as exclusive schools. Officers from all services would train together for two to three years before branching into air force, army, or navy, aiming to reduce rivalries and foster joint service culture.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Louis Johnson
National Defense
Johnson
Congress
Annapolis
West Point
Timate Annavisers
Were
Annapolis-West
Air Force
James Conant
Harvard
Secretary of
Louise Gruber to visit son in La Crosse ten years ago
The Tribune reports Mrs Louise S Gruber formerly of La Crosse will arrive from Boston Sunday for a 10 day visit with son John Gruber and daughter in law at 704 Division street. Also noted are a regional life convention trip, local bowling records, Easter return of Ebner's Coulee student, accreditation news for Logan high, and a Pearl Harbor era peace opening in La Crosse fashion.
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Louise S. Gruber
la Crosse
Boston
Mass
John Gruber
Division Street
John Hoch
J. C. Gillispie
de Soto
Wis
T. F. Keegan
del Monte
Calif
New World Life
San Francisco
Pete Wais
Wais
Heileman
George Schneeberger, Sr
George Doherty
John F. Doherty
Ebner’s Coulee
Wharton School of Commerce
University of Pennsylvania At
Philadelphia
Logan High School
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
D. E. Field
Marjorie Platz
Max F. Platz
South 15Th Street
Mary Louise Holley
H. K. Holley
North Eighth Street
Connecticut College
New London
Conn
Charles Smith
South 16Th Street
Dorothy
William A. Dietrich
Boulder
Colo
Denver
la Crosse County
West Salem
County Board of Supervisors
Keefe
E. L. Burgess
Associated Press
AP News
Tribune
Durban man bans radio to keep family around piano
P F Conway of Durban South Africa says expressing through music would reduce neurosis. He forbids a radio at home and leads his family to spend evenings around the piano, using music as a social discipline and emotional outlet.
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P. F. Conway
Durban
South Africa
Coventry executive's son finds bicycle care habit abroad
The Coventry England bicycle company heir reports West Indies natives routinely keep bicycles at night and polish them nine times daily, reflecting local devotion to their machines.
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Coventry
England
West Indies
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South Wayne
Senate Conservation
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Haskin Service
Weather Bureau
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Washington, D. C
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James Marlow
Optimist
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Chicago
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