City Plans Bonded Debt Reduction Through 1948
La Crosse plans to reduce bonded debt to 395000 by year end with nine years of repayments listed. The article outlines proposed capital projects and grants for 1948 including schools street work sewers and airport facilities used to justify bonding. Citizens will vote in a poll to rate projects for a long range city planning program.
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City
la Crosse
City Planning Commission
Council
Hogan, Jefferson and Franklin
North Side
Bath House
South Side
Throuch
Plan Commission
Crosse
Italian Communists show tentative shift on Marshall Plan aid
In Rome Italy's Communist leaders hint at an about face on American Marshall Plan aid after a crushing election defeat. Labor chief Giuseppe di Vittorio signals possible independence from Moscow stance, seeking a country by country decision while Christian Democrats lead with broad parliamentary support. The move suggests potential labor realignment and emphasizes American aid's political sway amid a divided left.
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Rome
Italy
Cam
Ign
Christian Democrats
Parlament
Giuseppe di Vittorio
General Confederation of Labor
Moscow
Chamber of Deputies
Cest
Popular Front
Senate
Alcide de Gasperi
di Vittorio
Confederation of Labor
World Federation of Trades Unions
WFTU
Russia
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Europe
Showdown Ahead on Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill
Washington Senate backers and foes clash over Cain amendment to strike 500000 government owned public housing units from the Taft Ellender Wagner long range housing bill. Debates span four hours with no vote as memorial services loom. McCarthy backs two housing provisions while planning to vote for Cain's amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Cain
McCarthy
R-Wis
Taft
Bogota Rebellion Death Toll Put At 1500 by Red Cross
Red Cross officials reported 1,500 killed in Bogota rebellion begun April 9, with 1,200 inside the capital and 300 outside after the assassination of Liberal Leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan. Authorities say 2,500 injured and damage runs into millions of dollars.
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Bogota
Colombia
Red Cross
Jorge Eliecer Gaitan
Tractor Kills Gratiot Farmer In Ditch Accident
Wisiom Shel don Bauden, 51, a Gratiot Township farmer, died yesterday when his tractor left County Trunk KK near his farm and overturned into a ditch pinning him beneath the heavy machine.
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Gratiot
Wisiom
Sheldon Bauden
Gratiot Township
Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Fair and warmer tonight with a low near 40. Thursday brings increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions with a high around 80.
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la Crosse
Fair End
UAW Chief Reuther Wounded in Detroit Shooting
Walter P. Reuther, head of the CIO United Auto Workers, was gravely wounded by a shotgun blast in his Detroit home. Doctors said he would live and saved his right arm. Police launched a citywide manhunt, offering a $10,000 reward, later raised by the UAW to $100,000. A red sedan seen fleeing the scene is the key clue.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Auto Workers
Harry S. Toy
Gwen Martinson
United Auto Workers
Martinson
Oaidadee
James N. McNally
Jack Harvill
Windsor
Uaw-Cio
Mil Mazey
U.S. Seeks UN Action on Palestine Truce
The United States asks the United Nations Security Council to back a Palestine truce. It proposes a UN truce commission and considers forming military forces to support the commission.
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Lake Success
United States
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
U. S
Queenie the mare wrecks Viroqua parlor during spring mood
Queenie a medium weight sorrel horse belonging to William Clements bolted from a garden plow effort and smashed through a Cox house hedge door and living room wall entering the parlor. The animal later settled in an easy chair after a sedative from Dr. George W. Minshall.
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Viroqua
Wis
William Clements
William Muller
Harvey Cox
Clements
Queenie
Cox House
Emily Post
George W. Minshall
Early McLoone Murder Solved Hint Emerges
New clues over 72 hours point to an early solution in the Nov 14 murder of Dr James E McLoone. District Attorney Coleman says a investigators conference is called as state crime lab chief Wilson may rejoin the probe. Four 38 caliber bullets struck the doctor as he was visiting a patient at St Josephs Home.
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James E. McLoone
John S. Coleman
Roy Lapitz
Chicago
Coleman
Dr. McLoone
St. Joseph's
Bush urges universal wartime draft bill for national service
Dr. Vannevar Bush recommended legislation for universal wartime service to put every man into government work as needed. Maj. Gen. Dahlquist estimated 1 842 million armed forces by July 1 with 730 thousand drafted or volunteered. Bush called the draft a temporary step and urged strong reserves and expanded research amid growing congressional debate.
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Washington
Vannevar Bush
House Armed Services Committee
John E. Dahlquist
Dahlquist
National Guard
Bush
Congress
House
Armed Services Committee
Rep. Bishop
R-Ill
Rep. Engel
R-Mich
Taft and Stassen Vie for Ohio Delegates in 1948 Race
In Columbus today Senator Robert Taft and former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen campaigned across Ohio to win delegates for the Republican presidential nomination. Stassen races through Dayton Toledo Akron and Cleveland while Taft tours northeastern districts and Ashtabula Jefferson Niles Youngstown and Warren. Taft cancels Washington trip to focus on May 4 primary.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Buckeye
Stassen
Dayton
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Taft
Stasserh
Ashtabula
Jefferson
Niles
Youngstown
Warren
Hamilton
Middletown
Toledo
Akron
Canton
Cleveland
Washington
Aldo Leopold Killed in Grass Fire at Wisconsin Home
Aldo Leopold, long time member of the state conservation commission and UW faculty, died today from burns suffered while disposing of grass on his Baraboo Wisconsin property. He maintained a summer home there and details were not immediately released. First reports said the burns occurred at his residence burn site.
Accuse Two Women Of Selling Babies
Two middle aged women were jailed on suspicion of buying babies from unwed mothers for 200 dollars and selling them to married couples for up to 1200 dollars. Marie Chaplin 51 was arrested near Glendale Community hospital and Idabel Drucker 53 was later booked. both denied wrongdoing.
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Los Angeles
Marie Chaplin
Glendale Community Hospital
Idabel Drucker
Glendale
Activate New Airborne Division In La Crosse
Capt. William T. Whittington said the 84th Airborne Division headquarters and headquarters battery in La Crosse has been activated by Fifth Army orders. The unit will be inspected for potential expansion to class B at 10:30 a.m. May 2 at the Armory, 707 South Sixth Street.
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William T. Whittington
Army Reserve Office
84Th Airborne Division
la Crosse
Fifth Army
South Sixth Street
Gas Oil Mixup Triggers Citywide Fuel Warning
In La Crosse a gas mixup prompted a search after Arnold Holter bought stove gas instead of fuel oil at Lim station on Ninth Street. Police, aided by a radio warning, searched for the unknown buyer who had earlier requested fuel oil for a Hudson car. Holter drained the stove gas at his home to prevent an explosion.
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la Crosse
Arnold Holter
Lim
Ninth Street
South Avenue
Lambert Grulkowski
Grulkowski
Donald Phillips
WKBH
Ben Hobelsberger
West Avenue
Hobersberger
Holter
East Avenue South
Mother's Heartbreaking Dilemma In Fire Tragedy
In Manchester Maine a mother chose to save her three year old son Joseph after re entering a burning home to reach her baby Sadie Jean. Sadie Jean died of asphyxiation as firefighters could not reach the second floor.
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Manchester
John L. Childs
Sadie Jean
Joseph
Philadelphia Students Live On Starvation Diet Week
Four teen Philadelphia school children and five teachers will endure a week long starvation diet starting Saturday to study how many European children currently live. The plan aims to show the effect of limited food on daily life and education.
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Philadelphia
County board lacks power to create mining inspector post
Wisconsin Attorney General John E. Martin ruled the Iron County board cannot create the office of mining inspector or appoint a post, and cannot order an election for it. In a second opinion he said appeals from county school committee orders may go directly to the circuit court, skipping the superintendent of schools.
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Madison
Wis
John E. Martin
Aia
Martin
J. C. Raineri
Iron County
F. G. Loeffler
Marathon County
Jews and Arabs clash in Haifa port battle opens
In Haifa Palestine fighting erupts as Jews and Arabs battle for control of the port city. Gunfire is heard along Mount Carmel and in mixed Jew ish Arab districts while British security forces withdraw from most areas.
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Haifa
Palestine
Mount Carmel
Hadar Carmel
Jumping Rubber Aims To Transform Nation’s Tire Spotlight
A new synthetic rubber named Alfin, unveiled by MIT professor Avery A Morton, could revolutionize automobile tires. The fast forming catalyst allylsodium and sodium isopropoxide enables rapid rubber creation, though milling challenges remain. Further research aims to ease integration with treads.
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Associated Press Science Reporter
Chicago
American Chemical Society
Avery A. Morton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Morton
Dr. Morton
Pension Plan With $100 Monthly Pensions Challenged in Court
In Washington a court suit challenges John L. Lewis and Senator Styles Bridges over a $100 a month pension plan for United Mine Workers aged 62 with 20 years of service. A Taft Hartley injunction blocks further coal strikes as Ezra Van Horn seeks to halt pensions pending legal review.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Ezra van Horn
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
U. S
Bridges
Martin
R-Mass
van Horn
UMW
Goldsborough
Taft-Hartley
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PA Fae
John P. McKnight
T-E
Thc
Walter Reuther
Cio-Uaw Union
UAW
Canadian
Lonp Lee Reuther
McLoone
Highway 16
Monegan
Engel
Encel
Truman
Bishop
Rep.Short
R-Mo
Short
H. H. Daugherty
Aldo Leopold
State Conservation Commission
Tolleson
Ariz
Phillips
Martin Rules County Board
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