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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1949
Page
1
Thirty-one high schools enter bands choruses orchestras and glee clubs for a judged solo ensemble festival in La Crosse led by Viola junior high girls twirling. The parade starts at 2 15 p m through downtown with Burns park as a gathering point before judging teams on marching ability.
President Truman signals possible concessions to repeal the Taft Hartley act while pursuing new labor legislation. He warned Congress and suggested a later nationwide push, as House actions leave room for a revised bill containing concessions.
Clearing and cooler tonight with a low around 50. Saturday will be partly cloudy and colder with a cautious outlook for the afternoon.
Charles Sawyer observed his first anniversary as secretary of commerce and notes his long service relative to four of his cabinet colleagues. He says he will stay as long as President Truman wants him, or leave at his command. Friends doubt he will be away from his business interests long.
MINNEAPOLIS April 1949. Prospects for settlement of the nine day old strike of Northland Greyhound bus line employees remained dim Friday. The 1300 workers, serving 13 Midwestern states and Canada, struck over a half cent a mile raise for drivers. Non operating workers seek 25 cents more per hour. current wage is 1.52. Company says no negotiator progress. Workers are AFL Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Em ployes union members.
Seven local men were arrested after raids connected to illegal baseball tickets and other gambling. The arrests followed evidence presented by District Attorney John Coleman and two state officials, with hearings set for May 13 to May 25. Bond was set at $500 each, and the operation involved city detectives, police, and a highway-transport to move seized items.
The Veterans Administration plans to discharge 8000 employees and shut 42 contact offices in 23 states to meet a 1950 budget. Hospitals and essential medical services remain protected, with 30 day notices to affected workers. Chicago office among closures.
Mrs Herman Wolf of 324 South 10th Street La Crosse died Friday morning at home aged 69. A longtime Red Cross leader she served as La Crosse county chapter chair 1929 to 1946 and helped establish a dental clinic for underprivileged children. Born in Guelph Ontario she trained as a nurse in Chicago before moving to La Crosse over 40 years ago.
All officers and directors of Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co were re elected at the annual stockholders meeting. Directors voted the regular quarterly dividends on common and preferred stock payable in June.
The Coulee Region celebrates peak apple bloom with 1600 acres in Gays Mills La Crescent and Galesville as warm weather shifts the festival to May 8. Routes along La Crescent ridge road and Pine Creek area offer views of 800 acres, with blossoms 10 to 12 days early and optimism for the 1949 crop. Galesville reports the heaviest bloom in 15 years near Little Tamarack.
Industrial labor leaders in the CIO and allied unions press for higher wages with added pensions and health benefits. United Steelworkers seek a fourfold raise plan plus a pension and welfare package for about 1.1 million members, aiming to fund through per hour cost estimates. UMW may push up coal royalties and seek shorter work weeks. UAW targets pensions as top objective with a wage boost to restore 1946 purchasing power, while the Electrical Workers union considers a $500 annual package including wage, pension, and health improvements pending local approval.
FCC chairman Wayne Coy told the 19th Institute for Education by Radio that television will dominate broadcasting within five years. He said the FCC video freeze would stay for three to four more months due to interference issues and estimated 600 to 800 TV stations could be on the air in five years.
The legislative procedure committee introduced two rent control bills in the Wisconsin senate. One offers local option on decontrol with gubernatorial approval of terminations. the other enacts immediate 15 percent base rent hikes and state controls through next March, with hotels exempt. Local option on decontrol remains in both, and eviction notices drop to 60 days under the second bill. Bubolz said the committee prefers the second plan but presents the first for Senate choice.
Police arrested a youth, believed linked to the outlawed Moslem Brotherhood, in connection with a hand grenade attack on Hamid Gouda, president of the chamber of deputies, as grenades were thrown at his car in a Cairo suburb. Gouda escaped unharmed.
Dr. Ed win P. Hubble says six months of final polishing on Palomar's 200 inch Big Eye mirror will remove a 18 inch edge flaw and improve sensitivity by about 10 percent. Director Ira S. Bowen confirms the plan, forecasting enhanced reach beyond prior limits into deep space as operation resumes in fall.
Temperatures plunged into a cool snap as a weekend storm swept the Coulee Region. Trempealeau and nearby communities reported wind damage and a man injured when a garage roof collapsed on Silas Brenengen, 31, of Ettrick, leaving multiple fractures and head injury. he was transported to a La Crosse hospital. The Brenengen farm and a nearby shed also suffered damage from the same storm.
A multi day storm dumped nearly six inches of rain across northern Wisconsin, flooding streets and washing out bridges. One fisherman, Arthur Maki, 56, drowned off Lake Superior when his boat capsized. The Nemadji River bridge at Superior toppled, isolating parts of the city while traffic rerouted. Lake Superior seas remained high and shipping halted as authorities rushed repair work and warned of more rain.
Employers attract over 1500 applicants for an English firm’s steeplejacks ad promising an exciting trade and top position. The notice warned of harsh conditions and required well educated men. A Tribune ad helped Mrs Severson find a reliable child caretaker.
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