May Is National Car Safety Month Plan Emphasizes Vehicle Upkeep
Jecal McKenzie, a Janesville dealer and safety committee member, announced May as National Car Safety Month with the theme Check Your Car Check Accidents. The campaign has broad support and aims to reduce rising Midwest highway fatalities. He notes mechanical failure is not the main cause but deserves attention as more cars share the roads. Twenty five percent of cars are over 12 years old, prompting voluntary inspections urged by dealers.
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Chevrolet Dealers Association
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Midwest
Woman Taken To Hospital After Illness
Mrs. Ann Larson, 72, of 215 South 21st Street, was rushed by police ambulance to a local hospital after she fell ill at 11 07 a m Wednesday.
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Ann Larson
South 21St Street
Logan High A Cappella Choir at La Crosse Club Luncheon
Logan High School under James Coates presented a three part program for La Crosse Business Men's Club at the noon luncheon. Sacred selections included Salvation Is Created Land of Degradation and Beautiful Savior. Secular pieces featured You'll Never Walk Alone and Peasant and His Oxen. A boys quartet performed Old MacDonald Had a Farm I Had a Dream Dear and Dry Bones. Principal Field praised music in school noting bands and choirs sizes. A Badger Boys State sponsor motion was proposed for board action. Banquet plans for May 25 at the VFW hall were outlined. A playground field meeting was set for Thursday night and June 1 committee members were named. New member Walter Becker joined Modern Laundry.
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Logan High School
James Coates
la Crosse Business Men’s Club
Knights of Pythias
Tschnekoff
MacGimsey
Christiansen
Donald Johnson
Ronald Cotton
Bud Cole
James Gutzke
McDonald
Donald E. Field
Herman Tietz
Badger
George DeDakis
Gridiron
Business Men’s Club
VFW Hall
H. W. Hunt
Arthur Tabbert
Palmer Hanson
Reed Horder
Thomas Hott
Walter Becker
The
Modern Laundry
West Defenses Topic of Big Three Acheson
Secretary of State Acheson said the big three foreign ministers conference in Europe next week will discuss moves to bolster the Western lineup. He will join French and British foreign ministers in London to coordinate policies and assess world developments since their last meeting. Acheson will attend the North Atlantic Council meeting opening in London May 15.
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Washington
Acheson
Europe
Schuman
Bevin
Britain
London
Belgium
Netherlands
North Atlantic Council
Fiery Bus Crash Kills 12 in Rio de Janeiro
A bus stalled in a heavy rainstorm caught fire Friday in Rio de Janeiro, killing 12 people and injuring 20. The disaster occurred as passengers tried to escape, with authorities investigating the cause of the blaze and urging caution for travelers in severe weather.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Logan high school presents Nancy Ann three act comedy
The senior class of Logan high school presented a three act comedy Nancy Ann on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. John M. Harlan directed with Samuel French of New York. Dorothy Lowell starred as Nancy Ann, others included Richard McCown Dan Dennis Tom Zunker Sidney Brian and Elwood Harebo Mr Capper. Cast and crews covered painting makeup production, with advance ticket sales by Bert Smith and Walter Ranis and house management by Carl Matthusen. Music by Lenore Haefner and Barbara Herried.
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Logan High School
Nancy Ann
John M. Harlan
Samuel French
New York
Dorothy Lowell
Richard McCown
Dan Dennis
Tom Zunker
Sidney Brian
Elwood Harebo
Mr. Capper
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Edith Warner
Miss Dexter
Barbara Herried
Angeline
Jeannine St
James Moe
James Gutzke
Melvin Germanson
Thomas Barton
Merle Barton
Richard Larson
Donald Plapp
Roger Lapham
Jean Haas
Carolee Smith
Benneda Mason
Charlene Widener
Beverly Roach
Herman Allmaras
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Korean President Pleads For Planes
President Syngman Rhee urged continued American military aid at a Seoul news conference stating that North Korea may have 195 air force planes, mostly Russian built, and that with more planes South Korea would feel safer.
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Seoul
North Korea
Syngman Rhee
South Korean
Organize New Insurance Club Organize New Insurance Club
Thirty-one fire casualty and surety agents in La Crosse county attended a dinner at Hotel Stoddard where Urban Krier of the Wisconsin Association of Insurance Agents urged organization. Officers elected: L. V. Weisensel president, Harry Curtis vice president, Kirk Saltz secretary treasurer. The group aims to promote integrity, oppose bad practices, discuss insurance issues, reduce fire waste, and cooperate with authorities on enforcement and prevention. A La Crosse regional meeting is planned with topics on fire and accident prevention.
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Stoddard
Urban Krier
Wisconsin Association of Insurance Agents
la Crosse
County of la Crosse
Krier
Ency
Isconsin
National Association of Insurance Agents
United States
Department of Commerce
Wisconsin Association
Lake Geneva
Madison
Appleton
Wausau
Hayward
Churchill's Daughter Signs Movie Contract
Churchill's daughter Sarah Churchill aged 36 has signed a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to star as the romantic lead opposite Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding. Principal photography starts next month.
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Hollywood
Sarah Churchill
Winston Churchill
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayers Studio
Fred Astaire
Schaefer Improves as Clinic Restricts Visitors
Schaefer Improving as physician says district clerk Larry Schaefer recovered from a heart attack on April 25. The attending doctor notes no visitors are allowed to see the county official while he remains in care.
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Larry Schaefer
Schaefer
Famed Patent Attorney Dies in Milwaukee at 86
George Washington Young, 86, renowned Milwaukee patent attorney and head of Young and Young, died after months of illness. Born in Waco, Texas, he came to Milwaukee in 1885 and filed patents for Evinrude outboard motors, Harley and Davidson motorcycles, Harnischfeger cranes, and Allis-Chalmers saw mill machinery. Survived by daughter Mrs. Donald Bartley and three sons Casanawe, Joseph, and Parke Young.
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Milwaukee
George Washington Young
Young
Middle West
Nation
Young and Young
Waco
Tex
Washington, D. C
Ole Evinrude
Harleys
Davidsons
Harnischfeger
Allis-Chalmers Co
Donald Bartley
Casanawe and
Joseph
Parke Young
Eagle River
Wis
La Crosse Tribune Classified Start Notice
The La Crosse Tribune is presented as a second class matter at the La Crosse post office with filing date June 23, 1904 under the 1879 act.
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la Crosse
Wis
Corporations See Profits Rise Amid Chrysler Settlement
New York profits are expected to boost corporate totals in early 1951 with Chrysler strike settlement aiding gains. National City Bank reports 525 firms totaling 993 million dollars in earnings for Q1, down slightly from 988 million last year. 54 percent show profit increases, 46 percent decline. aircraft and parts up 65 percent, drugs and cosmetics up 53 percent, and various industries up 40 to 23 percent.
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New York
Chrysler
National City Bank of New York
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