War Contract Scandal Sparks Senate Drive for Probe
Washington lawmakers vow full inquiry into World War II contract fraud involving army officers government staff and civilian contractors. Comptroller General Warren reports irregularities totaling over 11.5 million dollars in a sample of 1.165 billion in settlements with hundreds of millions more potentially at issue.
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Washington
Lindsay Warren
McClellan
D-Ark
Hoey
D-Nc
Warren
Congres
General Account Office
GAO
Comptroller General
Congress Sees New Arms Plan Rewritten for Europe Aid
The administration sent Congress a revised arms for Europe bill totaling 1.45 billion dollars. It lists NATO members Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines and removes powers granting the president authority to extend aid to other nations. The cost remains the same and the measure drew bipartisan criticism. Secretary Acheson and Defense Chief Johnson approved the rewrite presented to Senate Foreign Relations Chair Connally and House Foreign Affairs Chair Kee. President Truman signaled he does not seek wider presidential authority but pressed for full funding.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Kee
Dwva
Foreign Affairs Committee
State Acheson
Defense Johnson
Hts Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Acheson
Johnson
Newson
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Ted States
Wisconsin county jails hold 28 644 persons in 1948
Madison reports 28 644 inmates in Wisconsin county jails during 1948 with Milwaukee leading at 7 242 inmates. Dane 1 504 Brown 1 202 Fond du Lac 1 061 Outagamie 1 014. 26 679 men and boys were shelved long term and 1 965 held briefly, per the department of public welfare.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Department of Public Welfare
Milwaukee County
Dane
Brown
Fond du Lac
Outagamie
Houston County Girl Stricken With Polio
In Caledonia Minnesota Irene Ranzenberger twelve year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Ranzenberger is the first polio case in Houston county for the summer months and is receiving treatment at a La Crosse isolation center with a favorable condition and no great paralysis. By year to date there have been three polio cases in the county in 1949 including two earlier in the year.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Irene Ranzenberger
Henry Ranzenberger
la Crosse
Army Seeks to Retain Draft Law Amid Rising War Threat
The national military establishment says extending the draft will be considered by the joint chiefs of staff. They plan to ask Congress to retain the draft as the nation faces mounting tensions and a potential outbreak of war.
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Washington
Army
National
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Beloit pool discrimination case eyed but not pursued by state
Wisconsin Attorney General Thomas Fairchild said the state is unlikely to pursue legal action to block a repeat of alleged racial discrimination at Beloit's Turtle Creek pool. He cited lack of municipal segregation laws, no aggravated conduct, and possible obituary of enforcement. The complaint was filed by Doris La Bundy of Beloit Socialist.
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Madison
Wis
Beloit
Thomas Fairchild
Fairchild
Turtle Creek
Doris la Bundy
Beloit Socialist Organization
Wisconsin School Lunch Funds Cut For 1949 50
Madison Wis dated article reports reduced reimbursements for federal lunch program in Wisconsin for the 1949 50 school year as more schools and pupils are expected. New rates are seven cents for Type A lunches four cents for Type B lunches and one cent for Type C lunches. About 1 261 309 dollars allotted with 1 002 000 to public schools and 259 309 to parochial schools. If funds permit a supplemental reimbursement may be paid at term end.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
U. S. Department of Agriculture
G. W. Gunderson
Federal Rent Office Closes in Wisconsin Transfers Planned
William A ONeil director at torney in charge announces closure of the federal rent control office in the 204 federal building. Five staff will close files this month and transfer to the county clerk. Counties under La Crosse office shift include Winona to Rochester due to Minnesota lacking state rent controls. Decontrolled counties are Monroe Dunn Buffalo Pepin. La Crosse, Chippewa, and Eau Claire remain under La Crosse office. Office has operated since 1943. rent directors were Frank Grover Blake Hadden and ONeil. Others discharged include L B Raymond Clarence Gercke Mrs Hulda Anderson and Mrs Robert Hayek.
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William A O'Neil
Federal
Federal Building
O’neil
Winona County
Minn
la Crosse
Rochester
Minnesota
O'Neil
Monroe
Dunn
Buffalo
Pepin
Chippewa
Eau Claire
Frank Grover
Blake Hadden
Boscobel
Wis
L. B. Raymond
Clarence Gercke
Winona
Hulda Anderson
Alaska
Robert Hayek
Meteor Fireball Seen Across Southern Wisconsin Split in Two
Residents of the Coulee Region report a bright meteor seen over La Crosse and Winona, described as splitting in two. A. D. Sanial notes calls despite Moonlit skies, while Edward A. Halbach of Milwaukee Observatory says the event was unusual and may have struck the earth. Skywatchers are advised Venus and Jupiter remain visible after sunset.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
A. D. Sanial
Winona
Illinois
Edward A. Halbach
Milwaukee Astronomical Society
Venus
Sixteen Japanese Drown as Pleasure Boat Capsizes
A pleasure craft capsized on Lake Kawaguchi near Mount Fuji with 44 aboard, far exceeding its capacity of 22. Sixteen people drowned on Friday in the accident.
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Tokyo
Lake Kawaguchi
Mount Fuji
Open Pin From Stomach Of Tomah Baby
Surgeons removed an open safety pin from the stomach of 10 month old Donna Carol Snider of Tomah Wisconsin after a magnet failed. The pin had been swallowed July 25 and traveled down the esophagus before lodging in the stomach. The child was reported in good condition at Ravenwood hospital after the operation at 10 a m Friday.
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Chicago
Donna Carol Snider
Tomah
Wis
Ravenwood Hospital
Donald Snider
Increase Bus Fares In City
City buses on La Crosse Transit Co lines will raise token fares to three for a quarter starting Saturday morning. The state public service commission approved the fare increase, issued Wednesday, with cash fares unchanged at 10 cents for adults and 5 cents for children. School tokens remain five cents.
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la Crosse Transit Co
William A. Robertson
State Public Service Commission
Wednesay
Gabrielson Elected Republican National Committee Chairman
Washington reports Cyrus L. Philipp and Mrs. George G. Town of Wisconsin voted for the winner Thursday as Guy G. Gabrielson of New Jersey was elected the new chairman of the Republican National Committee. Michigan figures Arthur E. Summerfield and Mrs. Rae C. Hooker supported Axel J. Beck of South Dakota.
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Washington
Cyrus L. Philipp
George G. Town
Wisconsin
Guy G. Gabrielson
New Jersey
Republican National Committee
Michigan
Arthur E. Summerfield
Rae C. Hooker
Axel J. Beck
South Dakota
Racine Officials Tour La Crosse Airport Visit
Racine city officials business representatives and state aviation authorities received a hearty welcome and data on La Crosse municipal airport during stop two of their Wisconsin Minnesota airfield inspection tour. McGuire noted Racine may buy Horlick field, and Muth outlined costs contracts and freight volume as copies were provided for study. The visit followed Madison and precedes stops in Winona Eau Claire Wausau and Land O Lakes.
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Racine
la Crosse
French Island
Wisconsin-Minnesota
Henry J. Ahrens
Raymond C. Rice
City Aviation Board
Emil H. Erickson
Walter Roth
Virgil Arneson
Henry Rebhan
Frank W. Sisson
Chamber of Commerce
Everett Woehrmann
Robert Cline
Frank Muth
Larosse
Winona
Minn
Richard P. McGuire
Horlick Field
McGuire
Horlick
Muth
Northwest Airlines
Madison
Minneapolis
Eau Claire
Wausau
Land O’lakes
Clin
Senators Seek Brannan In On New Farm Plan
Washington reports senators invited Secretary Brannan to review a long-range price support model including hired labor costs. The Anderson measure proposes 75 to 100 percent parity supports for basic crops and flexible nonbasic supports, plus perishable crop payments, amid debate on a 1950 farm program.
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Washington
Brannan
Anderson
D-Nm
Truman
Senate Agriculture Group
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Full Agriculture Committee
Thomas
Congress
House
Iron Lung Mother Dies After Polio Birth in Illinois
Mrs. Floyd Wilson of Bogota in central Illinois, an iron lung patient, died Thursday night of bulbar polio at age 23. She had been admitted to the Centralia state emergency polio center Tuesday, and her baby son Michael arrived 12 hours later.
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Centralia
Ill
Floyd Wilson
Bogota
Illinois
Michael
Republican National Committee Elects Gabrielson As New Chairman
The Republican National Committee elected Guy Gabrielson of New Jersey as chairman by a 52 to 47 vote over Axel Beck. The vote realigns party leadership with Taft supporters gaining influence, replacing Hugh Scott with a Dewey and Taft era mix in the internal power structure.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Guy G. Gabrielson
New Jersey
Gabrielson
Axel J. Beck
South Dakota
Congress
Beck
A. T. “Bert” Howard
Nebraska
National Party
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Scott
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Taft
Dewey
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Reece
Harrison Spangler
Iowa
Walter Hallanan
West Virginia
Col. R. B. Creager
Texas
Party Old Guard
U S Aids Chinese People Policy Outlined
Secretary Acheson denounces Chinese Communists as Russian tools and pledges U S help for China to gain true independence. He reviews China relations after a State Department report decrying the Nationalist government as a total failure and sets five basic principles guiding U S policy.
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Truman
Acheson
Soviet Russia
State Department
Wedemeyer
China
United States
United Nations
Chiang Kai-shek
Knowland
R-Calif
U. S
Washington
Russia
U. S.china
Five Weeks of Effort Behind US China White Paper
Ambassador Philip C. Jessup and about 80 aides completed a five week effort for the State Department’s White Paper on China. The paperback volume titled United States Relations With China weighs nearly three pounds and runs to 1,054 pages.
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Washington
Philip C. Jessup
State Department
China
United States
Sally Rand Fans Stolen at Tampa War Time
World War II scarcity of ostrich plumes left Sally Rand in a bind when enthusiasts snagged her fans in Tampa Florida. A paid news ad later drew broad attention, with Clarence Leibel of Onalaska praising strong results from the classified offer.
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Sally Rand
Tampa
Fla
Sally
Clarence Leibel
Onalaska
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