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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1952
Page
8
The board of public works recommends construction of a playground playfield in Schuh Addition southeastern city on land formerly Sal zer Airport. It is platted and expected to be graded immediately with surfacing for playground use, possibly blacktop or a semi permanent surface to be designated later.
Six men attempted a robbery at the Glen Playtorium in Newport, Kentucky. A bandit, Michael Anthony Angelo Trapiano, was killed and the club owner's son, Robert Schmidt, was wounded in the left shoulder during the exchange of shots. Police indicated the suspects may have come from Detroit, with identification found on the slain man.
The official opening of the Waukon Golf Club will be held with a family picnic on Memorial Day May 30. South India's exports of pepper exceeded 1 million pounds during a recent three month period.
Servicemen earn 214 days of leave per month on active duty except when AWOL or under a court martial. Leave carries full pay and allowances with a 60 day cap. Unused leave may yield a cash settlement on honorable discharge. forfeited with certain discharges. Emergency leave is possible for overseas or morale reasons and generally lasts 30 days, extendable in emergencies. Transportation on leave within the U.S. not provided by the government. reduced rail and bus fares apply for uniformed travel.
AP News notes Lt Gen William Hood Simpson born May 19 1888 in Weatherford Texas. A West Pointer 1909 he led the 9th Army into Germany and served with Pershing in Mexico earning the Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Croix de Guerre Legion of Honor.
In Bremerhaven uninvited Communist support helped the Socialists retain a Bundestag seat. Philipp Wehr won 51.3 percent in a by election to replace a deceased Socialist. The line up underlines Socialist opposition to rearmament and alignment with the West. The Reds backed the Socialists without fielding a candidate, seeking to oppose the West by any means.
Welfare Aides from La Crosse will attend the 79th annual National Conference of Social Work in Chicago May 25 to 30. Gov Adlai Stevenson will address the opening session May 25, and Nelson Rockefeller will close the convention May 30 with remarks on building the economic base for better living worldwide.
All 96 Senators invited to a closed Armed Services Committee session to question Gen. Matthew Ridgway about the Koje Island incident. The Eighth Army said a board of inquiry finished its look into the seizure and release of Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd by Communist POWs, with findings sent to Gen. Mark Clark for transmission to Washington. Ridgway is en route to Europe to take over Eisenhower's NATO command.
The Common Council received a Public Works report detailing municipal fleet activity in March. Vehicles traveled 45 715 miles using 8 539 gallons of gasoline costing 1 479 36, 141 gallons of oil, 225 pounds of grease, and 14 gallons of anti-freeze. Departments listed include health police engineer sewer water park and highway trucks with respective mileages. On March 31 stock on hand included 4 124 gallons gasoline valued 714 47, 98 gallons oil 68 65, 275 pounds grease 41 38, and 40 gallons anti freeze 33 47.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. had a benign lesion removed from the back of his neck and has returned to his Park Avenue home after a brief hospital stay. He entered New York Hospital on Thursday and departed Saturday night.
Tile stoves, popular across Europe, were in use in Germany as early as the 14th century, reflecting historical heating practices and architectural heritage.
Former Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas told reporters after addressing the opening session of the American Assembly in Harriman New York that extravagant public spending since 1933 and unwise WWII financing caused current inflation pressures. He cited fiscal mismanagement in Washington as worsening the situation.
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