Ex-Convict Named as Brink's Planner Called Faker by Police
Boston police labeled ex-convict Al fred A. Gagnon a liar as he claimed to have helped plan the $1 219 000 Brink's robbery. Authorities say Gagnon was nowhere near Boston during the 1949–50 period and cite FBI and state police checks. O'Brien, named by Gagnon as a co-planner, was shot to death in front of his home in a gangland killing.
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Brink
Boston
James F. Daley
Alfred A. Gagnon
Gagnon
Pawtucket
R.I
Carlton M. O’brien
Warwick
Joseph F. McGinnis
Rhode Island
O’brien
Daley
Rhode Island Atty
William E. Powers
McGinnis
Crowley
Kelly
State House
Retailers Given Selling Subject at Chamber Luncheon
June Huskinson of Minnesota Paint Company urged Chamber of Commerce retailers to plan and sell efficiently. He described selling as a human constant, emphasized time as the key asset, and urged firms to promote themselves, their story, and service while asking for orders.
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Chamber of Commerce
June Huskinson
Minneapolis
Minnesota Paint Company
Huskinson
Stoddard
Pravda Charges U.S. Plans Murders at Koje Island POW Camp
Pravda the Soviet Communist party organ accuses the United States of preparing new murders of war prisoners at Koje Island. The paper says artillery has targeted the POW camp and predicts more bloodshed, citing about 800 women and some children present.
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Pravda
U.S
Koje
Yroscow P—Pravda
Koje Island
Communist Party
Wesley Foundation Members Present Annual Spring Concert
The Wesley Foundation of La Crosse State College offered its annual spring concert featuring sacred music by the Wesley Methodist choir under Mrs. John Otten and organ by Mrs. George Nixon. Soloists Helmut Braunlich Barbara Haupt-Stummer and Werther Haupt-Stummer performed violin viola and piano works, including Corelli La Folia Ries Perpetual Motion Schubert Arpeggione and Handel Passacaglia.
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Wesley Foundation
la Crosse State College
Wesley Methodist Choir
John Otten
George Nixon
Sergei Taneev
Helmut Braunlich
Marjorie Smith
Werther Haupt-Stummer
la Crosse
Corelli
Ries
Barbara Haupt-Stummer
Franz Schubert
Handel
Braunlich
Haupt-Stummer
Wasdience
Pauline Abel
Aeaoe
Dolores Barrymore Fairbanks Divorced From Thomas Fairbanks
Dolores Barrymore Fairbanks daughter of John Barrymore won a divorce after testifying her husband would not support her and said only peasants work. The couple lived on money from his father and Fairbanks was ordered to pay $100 monthly support for their year old daughter Hillary and a baby expected.
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Los Angeles
Dolores Barrymore Fairbanks
John Barrymore
Thomas A. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Hillary
Martha Mine in Waihi Ends After 72-Year Run
The Martha mine near Waihi New Zealand ends after a 72 year operating life producing about 56 million dollars in gold. The closure marks the end of an era for the mine and the Waihi region.
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New Zealand
Waihi
House Rejects Social Security Benefit Increase Bill
The House voted 98 to 41 with 1 independent in favor and 99 to 51 against to reject a proposal to raise social security benefits by 300 million dollars annually. Supporters warned beneficiaries, about 45 million, would lose relief, while opponents cited fears of socialized medicine and empowered federal medical reviews. The measure, sponsored by Chairman Doughton, failed to achieve a two thirds majority needed for passage amid AMA lobbying and partisan debate.
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Washington
House
Daniel A. Reed
AMA
Oscar Ewing
Federal Security Administrator
Rep
Kean
R-Nj
Former Game Warden Johnson dies at 78 in Whitehall
Theodore J. Johnson 78, longtime Trempealeau County game warden, died Monday in Whitehall. He retired in 1946 after about 25 years service and earlier worked as custodian at Nelson-Dewey State Park. He held barbering jobs in several towns and is survived by his wife Clara, two children Lee and Lila, three grandchildren, and a sister. Funeral Wednesday at Johnson Funeral Home and Thursday service at Our Savior's Lutheran Church.
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Whitehall
Wis
Theodore J. Johnson
Trempealeau County
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
O. G. Birkeland
Lincoln Cemetery
Johnson
Nelson-Dewey
Prairie du Chien
Crosse
Independence
Hixton
Pilgeon Falls
Osseo
Madeira
Minn
Lewis Johnson
Clara Hanson
Lee
David
Lila) Levine
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Chris Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
Johnson Funeral Home
Chimpanzee Closer Relative to Humans than Monkeys
Zoological fact notes that a chimpanzee is closer to humans than to monkeys. The statement highlights evolutionary relationships among primates.
La Crosse Tribune Postal Second Class Notice
The La Crosse Tribune is entered as second class matter at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office on June 23 1904 under the Act of Congress of 1879.
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la Crosse
Wis
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