Weather stations loss threatens aviation safety at Brice's Prairie
The article argues that federal weather bureau stations serving Brice’s Prairie and La Crosse airports are being discontinued due to inadequate funding. It emphasizes aviation safety risks from reduced ground contact with aircraft and urges state and municipal actions to secure federal and local support for a new administration building housing a weather observation station when funds become available in 1949.
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Federal Weather Bureau
Brice
Prairie
la Crosse
Northwest Airlines
Fountain City
Frontenac
CAA
Municipal Airport Administration
City delays meters referendum to spring for off street lots
The Common Council gains more time to build the case for parking meters as a path to off street lots. Progress includes buying property at Second and Pearl streets, setting a spending precedent for meter funds. Proponents expect spring referendum to show a well advanced program and paid meter costs.
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Common Council
Second
Pearl Streets
la Crosse
The New York Times backs Dewey in campaign era
The New York Times, a leading U.S. paper, shifts to endorse Governor Dewey this year. Citing Dewey's admin ability and foreign policy stance, it argues Democratic indecision and party disarray make a Truman defeat likely. The Times notes New York's 47 electoral votes as a key factor.
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Truman
New York Times
Dewey
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fdr
New York State
Experts call White House worst fire trap in the country
Public works experts reveal the White House is the worst fire trap in the country and warn it will take one million dollars to make it thoroughly safe, a fact noted with possible reassurance for President Truman and Vice President Wallace.
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Public Works Administration
White House
Truman
Wallace
Crisis in US Russia policy ahead of Marshall trip
Analysis notes tension between campaigns over foreign policy as George Marshall prepares for a White House meeting with President Truman. commentary argues bipartisan unity on foreign policy remains in place despite election dynamics, with Dulles and Austin in Paris guiding a smooth transition and no imminent war risk.
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Russia
United
Paris
George Marshall
Truman
White House
Gary Marshall
Mr. Dulles
Dewey
America
Europe
Dulles
Vandenberg
United Nations
John Foster Dulles
Warren Austin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Tom Connally
What Others Think
The Wisconsin state tax report shows total taxes for the year ended June 30, 1948 reaching 360,299,440 with property taxes at 171,000,000. Income and dividend taxes totaled 76,000,000. motor taxes 48,000,000. the remainder 65,000,000. The property tax remains the largest single source despite calls to cut burdens on homeowners.
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Milwaukee Journal
State Tax Department
Wisconsin
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Sr. remembered as gracious former first lady
The United States has had 33 first ladies since Martha Washington. The widow of the 25th president shaped the White House social life and home for five children. Sagamore Hill remained their home, with three sons dying in war. Friends say her epitaph reflected a life devoted to others.
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NEW York Times
United States
Martha Washington
White House
Washington
Alice
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
Why Reds Tell Such Whoppers
Governor Thomas E. Dewey spoke in Los Angeles urging that Communists misstate America to keep their lies hidden behind a wall of censorship. His argument centers on exposing how fear and deception drive propaganda.
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Milwaukee Journal
Thomas E. Dewey
Los Angeles
America
Iowa man attacks former official in Houston
Sioux City Journal notes Henry Wallace’s gratuitous attack on Jesse Jones, a former cabinet officer, in Houston. The piece argues Wallace is vindictive, cites Jones not seeking office, and highlights Wallace’s long opposition to the third party candidate.
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Sioux City
Henry Wallace
Jesse Jones
Houston
Jones
Socialistic theories require police state methods says GM president
E. Wilson of General Motors argues that large scale socialism collapses without dictatorship, resulting in loss of liberty and opportunity and mass degradation, reflecting a harsh view of socialist policies.
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Cneres E. Wilson
General Motors
Wisconsin party platforms hurriedly written mock declarations
Madison observers criticize state party platform conventions for rushed drafting and reading of platforms. Delegates left quickly with little understanding, and the document largely mirrored Carl Thompson's Democratic statement, prompting calls for preconvention drafting and copies for delegates.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Renne
Identifies Self As Crash Car Driver In Neenah Case
William Gilbert age 27 of Neenah admitted he was the driver of the car that hit two bicyclists near Neenah Sunday night. He said he had been drinking and did not know he struck anyone until reading reports. the injured youths Marvin Akstulewicz and Leo Johnson suffer a leg fracture and a pelvic fracture respectively. Gilbert appeared at the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office with his attorney Lewis C. Gilbertson and was released in technical custody pending investigation.
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Oshkosh
Wis
William Gilbert
Neenah
Gilbert
Winnebago County
Clarence Smith
Lewis C. Gilbertson
Marvin Akstulewicz
Leo Johnson
Menasha
Akstulewicz
Johnson
Gilbert Paper Co
Marines to Train Specialists Under New Program
About three of four one year enlistees will receive four to nine months of formal specialist schooling after boot training. The program assigns men to technical depots within the United States and to specialized posts after recruit school, per T Sgt John M in charge of recruiting for the Cross area.
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Marine Corps
John M
E Crosse
United States
Italian Navy Booty Deal Talks Falter in Rome
Rome reports faltering Italian negotiations with the Soviet Union over naval war booty due for return. An official statement on Thursday noted the talks faced complications amid ongoing diplomacy and regional tensions.
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Rome
Direct N
Soviet Union
Italy
Ten Years Ago Bowman Perfect Game Marks Local Bowler
Tribune recalls George Schneeberger Sr achieving his first perfect 300 after thirty years in bowling at Arcade alleys on a Friday night. The note places the event among a sequence of retrospectives on anniversaries and local figures spanning decades.
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George Schneeberger
Arthur Donald Houska
C. A. Houska
North 14Th Street
Estelle Stephens
W. O. Stephens
Amarillo
Tex
Thom- Angeles
Calif
Hugh G. Corbett
Cass Street
Appleton
Kenneth
Spare the Perking In Making Relocated Coffee
Instruction on coffee making warns to allow percolation briefly after water colors, only 5 to 10 minutes, to avoid bitterness from over-percolating.
A-Bomb Debate at United Nations Deepens
A U N atomic control clash pits the United States against Russia over international oversight. The five power commission failed after 220 meetings, leaving the issue in the General Assembly. Canada and the U S push for condemnation while Russia proposes a new plan decried by Washington.
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Washington
United Nations
United States
Russia
Hiroshima
General Assembly
Atomic Energy Commission
Special Atomic Commission
Commission
Nable
Assembly
Assem
Board Fails To Reach Railroad Settlement
Chicago report details the national mediation board failing to resolve the wage and hour dispute between 16 non operating railroad unions and the nation’s railroads. With 1,000,000 employees affected, an emergency fact finding board is to be appointed by President Truman within days, as required by the railway labor act. The mediation board withdrew after unions rejected arbitration and direct talks collapsed on September 17.
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Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Truman
Railway Labor Act
Navy Seeks Radio Petty Officer for Reserve Unit
Navy seeks a petty officer radio rating of first second or third grade for local reserve division. One two hour drill weekly with one day’s pay. Contact Lieut W W Smith at the Navy Reserve Training Center corner Green Bay Street Losey Boulevard.
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Emmett Ford
Navy Reserve Division
Ford
W. W. Smith
Navy Reserve Training Center
Green Bay Street
Losey Boulevard
Montgomery Takes Key European Command Amid France Criticism
DeWitt MacKenzie notes Monty wins vital defense post spanning land air and sea units. France obj ects to command centered in England as Europe braces for another war. Eisenhower calls Montgomery one of the great soldiers, while Churchill quips about fitness and Cromwell comparisons.
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England
France
Uncle Sam
Montgomery
America
Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyrhaps
Winston Churchill
Winston
Churchill
Cromwell
Public Debate Letters on Veterans Bonus and Local Issues
A reader criticizes the Veterans Allied stance on a World War II veterans bonus funded by a sales tax. He argues against bonuses, urges support for elderly pensions, and questions taxation fairness. The letter also discusses Public Debate topics on streetcar rails, termites, and roadway improvements, urging a four lane causeway and cautious infrastructure decisions. Edwin H. Sackmaster signs from 1169 Cunningham Street.
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Tribune
Cosse
CITI
Questioning Communists by the House Committee
Editorial editorializes that the House Committee on un American Activities will struggle to identify communists as many subjects refuse to answer about past or present membership citing constitutional rights fearing self incrimination and degradation while under questioning.
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Tribune
House UN American Activities Committee
Hemp Mill Sale Shrinks Illinois Plant Network
The war surplus hemp mill near Galesburg is sold leaving 3 former mills for sale in the Chicago region. Illinois had 11 near-identical plants with 42 built to support rope stockpiles as eastern hemp sources were cut off.
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Chicago
Galesburg
Illinois
WAA
Blooming Prairie
New Richland, Minn
Ripon
Wis
Advertising and publication details for La Crosse Tribune
Advertising department names and roles, printing and distribution details for the La Crosse Tribune in Wisconsin. Includes office addresses, publication schedule, AP affiliation, circulation desk hours, and mail subscription rates.
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la Crosse Tribune Company
4Th
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wisconsin
the Tribune
Lee Newspaper Group
Associated Press
AP News
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