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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1949
Page
3
Oil economist John W. Boatwright of Standard Oil Indiana predicts consumer gasoline use will be five to six percent higher by year end 1949. He cites more passenger cars and a re established prewar industry with ample supply and varied demand across sectors.
Mayor Henry J. Ahrens proclaims Saturday May 28 as Poppy Day in La Crosse to honor 300 La Crosse county and all Americans who died in World War I and II, urging citizens to wear memorial poppies from the American Legion and auxiliary.
The Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Co. announced plans Monday to erect a new wood working shop on the site of its former facility, razed by Saturday's fire in Peshtigo Wisconsin.
B W Ingli a Gateway area Boy Scout executive thanked AFL unions for Saturday work renovating buildings for the summer camping season starting June 19. He said George Hall arranges painter and carpenters for next Saturday and Charles Burch coordinates staff to help at Camp Decorah.
The Cleveland board of education, in a unanimous vote, requires all new non hourly employees including teachers to take a non Communist oath. About 5,000 people will be affected. The pledge mirrors the federal oath. No plan announced for current employees who refuse. The action follows a proposal by Charles A Mooney.
Three men convicted last week of spying and treason were executed Tuesday in Prague. Retired Lieut. Col. Josef Hruska Karel Bacil ek and Boris Kovericek were charged with forming illegal groups in February and of collecting weapons and passing information to foreign agents in the Western zone of Germany.
Dr C Stewart Nash outlines five ages where deafness may arise and how each might be treated. From birth to two years marks congenital deafness with no cure. Ages 2 to 12 involve eustachian tube issues treatable if caught within six months. Ages 12 to 20 show inner ear bone changes with limited early options, fenestration offering hope in some cases. Ages 20 to 40 reflect effects of childhood failures, and 40 to 60 relate to aging with vitamin B sometimes slowing decline. Additional causes can occur at any time.
A day at sea is split into six four hour periods, outlining a structured maritime schedule.
The Secret Service and Treasury exposed 189 offenders who stole and forged U S savings bonds yet no bond owner lost funds. A New York case showed Mrs Margie Herrmann posing as a good Samaritan to fleece elderly bond owners, with fraud extending to several bank accounts and deposits.
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