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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1949
Page
4
Mrs Herman E Wolf longtime chair of the La Crosse County Red Cross chapter dies after 60 years of service. She led from 1929 to 1946 guiding war time relief and operations in production rooms. Her devotion shaped the local Red Cross into a respected service organization.
Bands from surrounding communities participate in the Wisconsin Music association festival hosted by La Crosse State Teachers College. Thousands line Main Street for the high school band procession with hundreds of students in uniform. La Crosse celebrates the Coulee Region bands and welcomes directors friends and families.
The rent expeditor Tighe Woods says 1500 more staff needed as a new regulation requires landlords to prove low net income relative to gross. Small structures may gain increases if net income is under 25 percent, large structures under 20 percent. The system promises heavy paperwork and higher government costs, reflecting costly control over a major enterprise.
A Washington commentary argues a non radical House majority blocks a labor state path and curbs tax hikes while easing Berlin tensions. It notes reduced war fear should lower armament costs and oppose costly contracts, urging reconciliation to build broad support for restraint and balance in policy.
A Mexican Ledger column argues the United States offers more progress and liberty than most nations. It cites high schools, libraries, hospitals, and per capita luxuries, noting World War II output and democratic strength while warning against foreign propaganda.
AFL carpenters cement finishers and operating engineers refuse wage increases while nine other crafts, laborers, iron workers and construction chauffeurs seek more pay. Costs are high but boom demand insufficient to raise housing costs, aiding industry stability and continued employment.
Madison report notes a quiet legislature with no major liquor trade proposals. No new anti or pro licencing plans emerged, and tavern closing hour bills were withdrawn. Lobbyists watch calendars as beer taxation remains unlikely this year with no strong push from the liquor trades.
Rep. Vito Marcantonio of the American Labor Party led a strategic move in the House to demand an engrossed copy of a labor bill, delaying a final vote. The delay allowed Trumanites and labor allies to rally, and the next day the House recessed then returned to vote 212 to 209 to shelve the bill.
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau answers readers questions on topics from George Westinghouse patents to Audubon Birds of America. It covers Red Cross expenditures, baby color recognition, smoking in baseball, rocket flight, mammal term origin, opal superstition, and electric blanket cost.
The geological survey states that a spring's water ultimately comes from infiltration of precipitation or from streams at higher elevation. In some areas groundwater under artesian pressure may rise naturally to the surface.
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau offers Uncle Sam's Almanac 1949 highlighting government facts and figures from the cabinet to the United Nations, with 1948 election data. Send 25 cents postpaid with coupon to Washington DC address for a copy.
A longtime Fourth Ward resident appeals to parents in the Washburn school district to demand a traffic officer at Eighth and State at noon and in the afternoon until Seventh street is finished. The letter urges supervised playgrounds this summer due to heavy downtown traffic and limited play space.
The Indian Motion Picture Producers Association of Bombay states India now ranks second in motion picture production globally, trailing only the United States. The claim emphasizes India's growing film industry and production capacity.
About 31 percent of Berlin's population resides in the United States sector 36 percent in the Russian sector 19 percent in the British and 14 percent in the French sector according to the report.
The Netherlands plans a gradual shift away from subsidy based ration control toward a free market model aligned with Belgium and Benelux goals, signaling broader economic liberalization.
A four year old Moslem boy in Patna demonstrated remarkable learning by reciting the entire Koran and answering questions on Indian history and current world affairs, showcasing prodigy level memory and comprehension.
Britain lifts controls on woven wool cloth but keeps rationing knitting wool and knitted garments, signaling a shift in textile policy while maintaining limits on consumer knitwear.
Drew Pearson writes a heartfelt letter to his daughter about his mother from Los Angeles to Romansville Pennsylvania. He recalls grandmother’s grave, family roots in Kansas and Ohio, and a spring after Pearl Harbor as he laments not spending more time with his mother.
The Tribune reports TEN YEARS AGO that the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co wholesale branch warehouse opens May 8 in La Crosse at 712 North Third Street. G J Kastner, manager, announces the two story concrete stone and brick building.
A new automatic pilot patent uses true celestial navigation to hold a guided missile on its course. The invention is framed as part of technologies emerging in the so called next war category.
A new collapsible and disposable baby bottle is announced by its producers who claim it will revolutionize infant feeding.
A new Austrian song Ich hab rote Haare becomes a European hit, in demand on radios across Austria Switzerland and Germany with growing popularity reported from Vienna.
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