28 Nov 1920
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1920
Page
1
A fragment from a period piece recounts a YMCA youth conference in Madison praising wholesome civic goals and service at church school and home. It surveys Armenian and Turkish tensions, national leagues, and U.S. stance on arms and treaties, with notes on Germany France and Haiti, plus business outlooks and policy debates.
A government exhibit on the United States role in World War II’s context is assembled for France. It includes arms models, vehicle miniatures, and illustrations valued at 300000 dollars. Cooperation spans Red Cross American Legion Daughters of the American Revolution and several welfare groups. The permanent display will sit in the Palace of the Invalides in Paris. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt donates her portrait of the former president for a prominent position. Images of Quentin Roosevelt and Lieut William Fitzsimmons of Kansas City will be included as noted.
The article reports that farm organizations are exempt from anti trust prosecutions under the Clayton act. It covers statements by Nebeker and Barrett about efforts to withhold crops for price targeting, and outlines legal limits on prosecuting agricultural co operatives. It notes extensions of conservation efforts and the pending budget bill in Congress.
Paris reports the government will issue a decree empowering officials in major cities to bar the use of fresh milk and cream in hotels restaurants and similar premises to conserve milk for children as the country faces a shortage.
Milwaukee bakers association plans to meet on December 13 to reduce bread prices, aiming to lower the price by one cent per loaf. President Topepl Pooltmann says the move will affect most city stores and bring large loaf prices down from sixteen cents.
Mrs Caroline F Conant, long time La Crosse resident, died last Wednesday in Goffstown New Hampshire at age 91. She lived 50 years at 520 King Street, helped by church and library circles, and is survived by daughter Mrs Morse who resides in New England.
Miles, a longtime Ashland attorney and member of the city council, a prominent figure in Wisconsin history, was fatally struck by a train Saturday night and died instantly.
The Wisconsin delegation hears constant requests to ease immigration from Germany as Ellis Island arrivals rise. Lawmakers push a bill to limit immigration to blood relatives and rely on European officials to judge qualifications. Wisconsin figures like Edward Voigt and James Monahan maneuver in Washington for potential roles. Colonel Guy D. Goff, appointed to the Shipping Board, vows to prosecute violators as district attorney.
Major Marlborough Church US chief of the military intelligence division arrived unofficially in Geneva to study the League of Nations assembly. He may report to Washington on his visit while observing the military commission and allied intelligence activities. The scene at Geneva reflected broader interest in the United States joining the League and potential future military implications.
The American Legion pressed officials Saturday to consolidate the War Risk Insurance, Vocational Education, and Public Health Service bureaus into a single unit. Legion delegates warned that splitting the agencies risks hampering veteran services and demanded a plan that preserves efficient operation while streamlining coordination. They proposed appointing an assistant secretary in the Treasury to oversee the veterans affairs work of all three bureaus.
The biggest haul of rough fish this season was landed by George Holzhammer between 18 000 and 20 000 pounds of carp and buffalo sold from the river off Isles Flume. Carp bring seven cents a pound and buffalo 12 cents. Holzhammer estimates the haul worth 1400 to 1500 dollars, described modestly as just an average eater.
The chamber of deputies in Rome approved the Hapallo Adriade treaty by 221 to 12 with 40 abstentions. The vote depicted a divided chamber amid debates on the Adriade issue, signaling legislative backing for the accord with Jugoslavia.
A La Crosse woman donated to the Salvation Army Maternity and Rescue Home after recounting her daughter’s past ordeal. She recalled, tearfully, that the girl found help there and later started a family, praising the home’s work and promising ongoing support for Wisconsin’s maternity rescue efforts.
British and French premiers reached a plan to stagger plebiscite voting in Upper Silesia to thwart a German attempt to pack the province. Voters would be grouped by residence and vote on different days. if the German effort failed, the Allies would void the plebiscite. The leaders planned to resume talks with Italy and Sforza, delaying discussion until Count Sforza arrived.
The Yamato Shimbun reports police uncovered a Stowaway agency secretly shipping emigrants to the United States in violation of the Japan United States gentlemen's agreement. Agency reps confessed they worked with officers to smuggle passengers aboard disguised as crew for a voyage of 1,806 tons.
Nov 27 reports from Tokyo state the army budget for 1921 totals 245,000,000 yen, a 50 percent increase from last year. Forty percent of the total will fund defense schemes and a service in the army’s enstry branch will drop from three to two years. In Duluth Minnesota, Max Mason, the first of seven black defendants, was convicted for attacking a young white girl on the night of June 4. A sentencing date will be set.
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