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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1950
Page
21
Mechanically inclined and reliable men are invited to train for positions in Teacies and Deena industry. Earn better than $70 a week or write for free facts with no obligation. Training and placement sets are being arranged in the area. Write to Tractor Training Service, Box W-49 Tribune.
Girl Scout leaders met at the office to form a Brownie leaders club with Mrs. Lewis Bailly as president and officers including Mrs. Eileen Kramer, secretary, and Mrs. Fred Herman, treasurer. The meeting featured crafts ideas, field trip plans, outdoor skills practice, and a trail hunt with refreshments served by Mrs. A E Thomas and Mrs. G C Sylvester.
Washington announces a national goal of 653,950,000 dollars for the May 15 to July 4 savings bond drive. Leon J. Markham, director of sales in the treasury savings bond division, disclosed the target.
The piece explains that each product carries a brand name identifying its manufacturer. Buyers learn to seek brand names to ensure the exact product they want, and to keep manufacturers responsible for quality. Brand names drive progress as makers improve products to protect their reputations.
A Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, woman cashed a $2000 fruit jar loan offer after a man in army uniform claimed United States government loans paid six percent for 15 years. She received a note from "Michael Thorpe" and was told to contact U S Loan service in New York. Undersheriff Arthur Boll seeks similar victims state wide.
Mrs Elsie Wrosch 45 was granted $25,000 bail at a preliminary hearing adjournment in Milwaukee. Judge Harvey Neelen noted possible bail review Friday after defense cited an 85 year old ruling that first degree murder defendants may be bail eligible. Police found arsenic in the deceased husband Barnhard Wrosch 70 after a cancer death last August.
In Lanett Alabama police capture 26 year old Jack Tucker after a 10 hour chase. He protests innocence claiming he is the wrong man. Two white women, Ella Barrow 68 and Sara Barrow 35, lie critically ill in a West Point Georgia hospital after an electric iron attack. Officials urge restraint by armed locals.
Mud rain swept Danville Virginia on Wednesday leaving pedestrians with mud spattered umbrellas and raincoats as gusty March winds stirred a dust-laden atmosphere and caused muddy droplets to fall.
The La Crosse Tribune lists its publisher W T Burgess and editors for news photo city state, with departments for circulation advertising production. The paper notes Home delivery and mail subscription rates including 35 cents weekly and annual rates of 8 dollars.
AP News notes Joe Cook born March 29 1890 in Evansville Indiana stage comedian for 35 years retired orphaned young took foster parent's name started in vaudeville in 1907.
The La Crosse State Teachers college Newman club screened You Can Change the World on March 26 for about 30 students. The film features Bing Crosby Bob Hope and Loretta Young and promotes the idea that little people can make a difference. Regional Newman convention in Appleton is slated for April 21 22. five official delegates will be chosen at the April 2 meeting Day of Recollection at Aquinas high school with Father Roemer as guest speaker.
U S Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson arrived in Amsterdam to participate in a gathering of defense ministers from the twelve Atlantic pact nations. They will meet at The Hague to discuss an integrated Western Europe defense plan after approval by the chiefs of staff.
The record notes fair and cold in Wisconsin and partly cloudy warm in Minnesota with a northwest wind. It warns shippers to protect Duluth and Minneapolis shipments and describes river rises near flood stages due to ice, with further changes in the Mississippi and regional weather patterns across the Northwest and Great Lakes.
Wisconsin River Power Co offers an 800 acre tract four miles south of Nekoosa as a game refuge to compensate for habitat loss from Petenwell reservoir clearing. Lease set at $1 yearly with advisory conservation input. Refuge lies near Ten Mile creek and Wood-Adams line with water and marsh areas. no hunting permitted on refuge.
Madison report notes the governor's human rights commission asked resort owners on March 6 to comply with Wisconsin's equal rights law. The letter urged hospitality to all visitors, regardless of race color or creed, to avoid court action and foster a harmonious vacation state.
A Milwaukee road crossing near Avon Street saw a La Crosse Transit bus rear end a car driven by Earl Meyers. Laura Meyers, 53, suffered a neck injury and was taken to a clinic after the 4:53 p.m. collision that damaged the car $45 while the bus remained unscathed.
Frankfurt based report states West Germany plans to be represented at the Chicago international trade fair opening August 7. A German arrangements committee said 140 business firms have announced intentions to participate with exhibits ranging from chinaware to cameras and machinery.
Dolly the circus elephant was executed at dawn in Sarasota after killing five year old Edward Schooly. The decision followed protests by telephone telegram and letter to Winter Quarters. Dolly was given cyanide at 5 am, buried after collapsing in the pit.
Otto Sperling and his wife and two workers in Berlin once received a CARE package from Nelson F. Hopper in 1947. Sperling later called Ithaca to report a two week stay at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations as one of 19 German labor experts brought to the United States by the State Department.
Obituaries note the deaths of Tepe and Baa Gore in the 1960s era. Reports highlight their notable local ties and brief biographical details.
Multiple obituaries from Wisconsin and Minnesota report deaths in La Crosse region De Soto Decorah Mabel Sparta La Farge and Spring Grove. Included are Lena Jacobs of Viroqua and Frank Hickok, plus Sayre and others with survivors, funeral details, and burial plans.
In De Soto Wisconsin Thomas Michael son of Nes and Marie Yttri was born at a Crosse hospital March 22 and died March 24 Survivors include his parents one brother Allen three grandparents Mr and Mrs Sam Yttri and Mrs Ojai Wanburg all of De Soto and other relatives Funeral services were held Monday March 27 at the home with Reverend O J Nesheim Lutheran minister officiating Burial was in De Soto Lutheran cemetery
Mrs. Gustav T Gilbertson died March 18 at 86. Funeral services were held March 23 at Trinity Lutheran Church Spring Grove with Rev Oscar Mikkelson officiating. Burial followed in Trinity Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Gilmar Muller Spring Grove and six sons Gerhard Henry Teman Spring Grove Clarence Flaxlie Mont Peter Preston and Oscar Austin.
The piece notes Trygve Lie and U. S. Secretary Acheson pursuing peace efforts while the omnibus appropriations bill faces a cut of about one billion. Republicans and Democrats favor economy moves, with committee members leading votes. Mint director Nellie Tayloe Ross opposes new coin changes and high costs.
In Racine Wisconsin the Racine County Bar Association hosts its monthly dinner. Justice John Mann of the state supreme court was introduced as the principal speaker but was not asked to speak after a mix up at the Racine Hotel event.
Advertises refinishing and upholstery services plus packing and shipping for furniture. Mentions radiator cleaning and repair, enterion painting and wall washing with phone numbers 286 and 3520R for contact.
Advertisements announce bids for a snack bar exit project at Teachers College Lacrosse Wisconsin with bid opening April 17 1950. Notices include probate claims for the Lindgren estate La Crosse County names attorneys and court dates. Also listed are a zoning hearing April 6 1950 and name change applications Carl Schmidt Leonel Schmidt in La Crosse Circuit Court.
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