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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1946
Page
3
Wisconsin drivers licenses numbered 180001 to 210000 were called for renewal in May. Motor vehicle department urged renewals within 30 days of notice. The staggered schedule continues monthly up to March 1949 with ranges 210001 to 240000 in June 240001 to 270000 in July 270001 to 300000 in August and then every four years.
The United States Eighth Fleet under Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher arrived at Chaguaramas Navy Base in Trinidad for a several day stay. Mitscher paid a courtesy call on Governor Sir Clifford, who visited his flagship the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard the port.
The USO Travelers Aid bureau in the Skemp building in La Crosse closed on Tuesday. Miss Frances Meador, director, cooperated with the city housing authority and the citizens emergency housing committee to set up a housing clearance center and housing information desk. The committee praised her work and noted her role in expanding services to veterans and displaced families as the office transitioned to local housing duties.
Washington report notes Sen. LaFollette of Wisconsin sided with the majority as the senate approved 49 to 32 to send to the White House a measure authorizing a 500 million dollar, seven year airport construction program. Sen. Wiley of Wisconsin voted against. Sen. Ferguson of Michigan voted in favor, with Vandenberg of Michigan not stated and Connally of Texas in support.
Liberty Missouri reports coeds at William Jewell College conducted a campus poll among 174 ex service men and 513 students across 20 states. Results show 66 coeds say veterans are better lovers, 31 say no, 23 undecided. Overseas experience cited as adding refinement or power by many. Some say veterans are smoother yet less delicate.
The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan will be staged Thursday and Friday by the Central high school choir and orchestra at the La Crosse Vocational school auditorium. The production features art department members under Miss Adele Wallin, with a lengthy list of students and staff in roles from stage crew to makeup and ticket sales, led by coordinators D. R. Wartinbee, C. H. Stahl, and Olive Cook among others. The event showcases student talent across departments with ticket sales and ushering managed by Merriam MacLachlan and associates.
The Peter Reiss, after discharging a coal cargo last week, sits at a Green Bay dock with no nearby place to sail. Typically routed to Duluth or Superior for coal, iron ore or grain loading, no grain is available now and ore and coal are tied up by mine strikes.
Sen Brooks R Illinois announced he will vote against the 3 750 000 000 British loan calling it a worldwide WPA project that will lower American living standards He said he is in good company with Jesse Jones Leo Crowley and Bernard Baruch who share his views as opponents plan a parliamentary move to bypass a vote.
Madison Wis state department of public welfare announces parole applications from 340 inmates in Wisconsin penal and corrective institutions will be heard by the state parole board during its sessions this month. The batch includes 116 applications from men sentenced to the state prison at Waupun.
Lieutenant Ikegami faces trial in Yokohama tomorrow on charges of beating and starving and causing the death of American prisoner Elbert H. Knox from Cubs City Wisconsin. Knox died while a prisoner during the war.
Boston born dancer Ray Bolger rose to fame in musical comedies after early work in insurance, vacuum cleaners, and banking. His versatile talents and stage charisma made him a defining figure in mid century American theater and film.
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