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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1949
Page
3
AP columnist Dewitt Mackenzie reflects on Gen. Lucius Clay and other leaders who favor fishing as a stress relief and self discovery. The piece recalls presidents Truman Hoover Roosevelt and Roosevelt era anecdotes about big trout and camaraderie, ending with a note that ordinary people also gain rest and joy from fishing.
A study at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute agricultural experiment station shows lack of vitamin E can cause fatal lung hemorrhage and liver damage in rats. Young rats on a vitamin E deficient diet died after about 53 days, while litter mates with vitamin E supplement did not develop the lung bleeding or liver damage.
Lansing reports on 38 year old G. Mennen Williams known as Soapy Williams the Michigan governor and potential future White House contender. He describes a Republican dominated legislature undermining his New Deal program and vows to take it to the people while planning possible re election and a long tenure. Williams is tall affable and popular with Republicans though they view him as well meaning. The piece compares him to FDR and notes his ascent from Detroit suburb wealth to state leadership.
Harold Evjen was named head of the county board finance committee by chair Wil liam Van Loon. The committee re elected members and discussed a raise in per diem from five to ten dollars and a raise from five dollars in the coming fiscal period. The group reviewed the county gasoline contract and a land purchase matter near the county hospital for West Salem residents. The institutions committee is set to meet at 4 pm Wednesday.
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