When Red Satellites Might Crack Says Marshall Plan Chief
Paul G. Hoffman told the US Chamber in Washington that the Soviet satellite system could crack suddenly under growing internal tensions. Dewitt Mackenzie notes mixed views among experts, cautions about timing, and highlights lingering discontent under strong-arm control in the satellites.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Hoffman
Soviet Union
Europe
Bumper Baby Crop Increases Teachers Load
Washington reports a third annual study on teacher supply and demand. It shows a record number of graduates will enter teaching but elementary staffing remains unsolved. The nation will need at least 100000 elementary teachers, with 22460 graduates set to join.
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Washington
Ray C. Maul
Emporia, Kans
State Teachers College
Ralph McDonald
National Commission On Teacher Education and Professional Standards
McDonald
Retired Banker Ends Life With Army Pistol
Chestertown Maryland July date reported Col Hiram Staunton Brown a former New York investment banker utilities executive and theater man died by self inflicted gunshot with a World War I era .45 at Godlington Manor his Maryland retirement home He had been treated for a nervous condition Medical examiner Dr Frank W Smith ruled death by own action Brown native of Chestertown served as chief of the air corps finance division in World War I He held posts with Lehman Brothers Radio Keith Orpheum Corp Radio Pictures and United States Leather Co through the 1920s before retiring in 1933
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Chestertown
Hiram Staunton Brown
New York
New York Herald
Godlington Manor
Maryland
Frank W. Smith
Kent County
Brown
Air Corps
Lehman Brothers
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp
Radio Pictures
United States Leather Co
Lincoln Statue Cleaned After Whitewashing Prank
Decatur Illinois report that the Lincoln statue on the James Millikin University campus received a vinegar bath Thursday. Cleaning followed a whitewashing prank tied to a Millikin McKendree college track meet.
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Decatur
Ill
Lincoln
James Millikin University
Millikin-McKendree College
Death of a stream and the Clements barge fishing tale
Outdoors writer Dion Henderson reflects on how streams die after forest clearing and floods, contrasting a prime trout stream with a ruined bed and dust. He notes Pat Clements’ barge near Genoa dam hosting anglers for Mississippi boundary water fishing and remembers his family. Also lists events: Watukesha Gun club trap shoot, Wisconsin Amateur Field Trial retriever trials at Eagle, spring trials for pointing dogs by Northeastern Wisconsin Kennel club, and a 125-pound tarpon caught by Mrs. R. A. Stehr in Florida.
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Clements
Genoa Dam
Pat Clements
Pat
Byron
Herschel
Watukesha Gun Club
Vic Reinders
Lewis
Wisconsin Amateur
Eagle
Kewaskum
Northeastern
Wisconsin Kennel Club
Federation Faults Price Support Plan For Lazy Farming
The National Milk Producers Federation condemns the 4 billion dollar farm price support program saying it makes farmers and processors lazy. It urges a system where farmers cooperatives and private processors handle buying selling and storing with commodity boards financing surpluses through equalization fees. The plan would curb overproduction by tying fees to surplus size and redirect funds to low price uses relief channels or exports.
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Washington
National Milk Producers Federation
Federation
General Caldwell Assigned To Lead Lowry Air Force Base
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Caldwell formerly chief of staff of the Air Force Training Command at Scott AFB Illinois has been named commanding general of Lowry AFB Denver No replacement named Caldwell replaces Brig. Gen. Warren R. Carter who becomes deputy commander of flying at the Air Training Command Scott AFB
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Washington
Air Force
Charles H. Caldwell
Air Force Training Command
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Caldwell
Warren R. Carter
Air Training Command
Our Presidents and Their Wives booklet offer
Our Presidents and Their Wives is a 56 page feature with portraits of every president and first lady. It provides essential historical facts and a condensed political history of the United States from Washington to Truman. Order now for 25 cents postpaid by enclosing coin and sending to The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau in Washington DC.
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Washington
D. C
Truman
United States
Washington, D. C
Poor Man's Philosopher On Frogs And Birth Control In Walsett
Hal Boyle recalls Bert Thomas of Walsett Lumber Co in Walsett Oregon a small isolated town where 72 inches of rain fell in the first 90 days of 1950. He notes the company built 185 homes for loggers near a swamp where frogs kept residents up at night. After draining the swamp lumber additions dropped, illustrating a practical folk solution and highlighting a tree farm program and long timber harvest cycles with a 80 to 100 year maturation for Douglas fir trees.
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Walletz
Ore
America
Bert Thomas
Bert
Walsett Lumber Co
Boyle
United States
Pacific Northwest
Dr Bunche In Tribute To Count Bernadotte
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, United Nations mediator, praised Count Folke Bernadotte for brilliant diplomatic feats including the Holy Land truce. He noted Bernadotte achieved a Palestine truce within two weeks of arriving, calling it unmatched in diplomatic history.
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Madison
Wis
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Bunche
Holy Land
Count Bernadotte
Palestine
Bull's-eye sales boast Tribune Want Ad pickup line
A Tribune Want Ad promises fast buyer response and brisk sales for listed items, urging callers to dial 2-8040 to place or inquire about advertisements.
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Tribune
City Trio Named in ROTC Navy Reserve Selection
Three La Crosse men Saul Schoenenberger Richard G Yost and Arnold J Kessler were named by the bureau of naval personnel among 1 800 successful candidates for the naval reserve officer training corps They were chosen from 25 000 applicants who took the naval college aptitude test last December State quotas were set by male high school graduate percentages for 1948 The program also selected 200 fleet candidates in addition to the 1 800 civilians
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la Crosse
Saul Schoenenberger
South 22Nd Street
Richard G. Yost
Park Avenue
Arnold J. Kessler
South 25Th Street
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
Naval College
Boy Admits Auto Theft In Burlington Incident
A 14 year old boy admitted to police that he stole a car last Thursday, drove it about four hours, and abandoned it at the Vogue tavern at 1820 George street. The car owned by Ker mit Cummings of 20242 Liberty street was taken from the Burlington railroad roundhouse and recovered by police at the tavern shortly after. The youth was turned over to the probation department.
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Vogue Tavern
George Street
Kermit Cummings
Liberty Street
Burlington Railroad
Probation Department
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