Two Men Die In Sunday Plane Crash Near La Crosse
Budd William Cole 31 of French Island and Roy E. Gage 57, Cole’s uncle, died when a Skyways plane lost a wing tip and crashed between La Crosse and La Crescent. A district CAA inspector investigated. no inquest was planned.
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Martindale
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Budd William Cole
French Island
Roy E. Gage
Cole
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Rochester
Minn
Houston County
John Potter
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Skyways, Inc
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Expect Reluctant Truman To Sign GOP Measures
The White House stayed silent on President Truman's plan for the 80th Congress. Republicans pushed housing and inflation bills he may sign but criticize as inadequate. Democratic leaders urged action while calls for price controls intensified amid a looming lame duck session.
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New Mexico
Democratic Campaign Speakers Committee
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Illinois
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Samuel
Wherry
Mystery Witness Mum on Red Connections in Spy Hearings
London born witness Alexander Korale appeared before the House Committee on un American Activities and refused to say if he knew Elizabeth Bentley or any courier linked to a Russian spy ring. The session followed testimony from Victor Perlo who claimed wartime secrets and the Bentley group connections were run by Perlo and Silvermaster.
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Alexander Kora
House
American Activities Committee
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Miss Bentley
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Koral
Justice Department
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Perko
Rep. Mundt
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Kora
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Victor Perlo
Vassar
Perlo
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Silvermaster
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Perio
Miss
un-American Activites
New York City
Misslizabeth T. Bentley
Governa
War Board
Pate
Soviets Dig Trenches and Mount Rockets at German Border
Telegraf reports Russian forces strengthening border defenses along the Soviet occupation zone and western Germany. Claims trenches watch towers fencing and road barricades are under construction with German wartime labor aiding. American officials say they cannot confirm but note ongoing border activity.
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Telegraf
Germany
Devel
United States
Local Tuesday 80 Temperature at La Crosse Pool
The La Crosse area weather bulletin notes a municipal pool reading 68 degrees on Tuesday. Residents are advised to check local forecasts for any changes and stay warm around water facilities.
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la Crosse
Racine Day at Wisconsin Centennial Exposition
Wisconsin marked its centennial with Racine Day at the West Allis exposition. Attendance reached 105 480 while 40 percent of cars came from outside the state. Rice of Delavan led Racine delegations and Mayor Wendt spoke to the grandstand crowd.
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Wisconsin
West Allis Fair Grounds
Racine
Federal Forecasters See Big Cotton Crop
The Agriculture Department forecast this year's cotton crop at 15 169 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. This is 3 318 000 bales above last year's 11 851 000. Census data show 258 928 running bales ginned before Aug 1, with 193 638 a year ago and 171 641 two years ago.
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Census Bureau
Three Injured In Collision Involving Three Cars
Three people were injured in a three car collision at Highway 33 and Losey Boulevard around 1 a m Sunday. Frank H. Collins Marinette. Lloyd V. Potts 1019 Adams Street. John Olson Viroqua. Potts suffered third degree burns and others sustained cuts and a broken kneecap. Police ambulances transported the injured to a local hospital.
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Lloyd V. Potts
Adams Street
Frank H. Collins
Marinette
Wis
John Olson
Viroqua
la Crosse
Potts
Park Avenue
Collins
Olson
Ed Lonkoski
State Street
West Avenue
Charles Schmikla
South Ninth
State
Stanley Revels
French Island
Eviction Case Continued to September 1 in Housing Debate
Unsentful detainer actions against 11 tenants on Fifth Avenue and Cass Street are held in abeyance until September 1 after a defense and city housing experts agreed. The move follows the council’s informal recommendation to condemn the property for a housing development.
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Johnson Motor Company
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van O. Johnson
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Albert Wolfe
Varco
C. A Beranek
Leslie Burch
CIO Industrial Union Council
Alvin Daniel
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State Political Front Active As Candidates Start Drives
The People's Progressive party candidate for governor, Henry J. Berquist of Rhinelander, challenged Maj. Gen. Ralph M. Immell citing his lack of commitments. Berquist touted vows for better highways, state aid for education, labor support, and reform of public service laws. Governor Rennebohm, a Republican, defended highway construction and noted Wisconsin’s highway contracts near 25 million in six months. Democratic candidate Horace Wilkie blasted Congress for insufficient inflation and housing remedies, accusing Republicans of capitol intrigue and a spy scare.
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People’s Progressive Party
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Berquist
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Ozaukee County
Starburg
Walter S. Goodland
Wisconsin
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
Wilkie
Congress
Horace Wilkie
Madison
GOP
Rennebohm To Address Wisconsin Food Dealers Banquet
Governor Oscar Rennebohm will address the Wisconsin Retail Food Dealers association banquet at the Avalon ballroom tonight at 7 p.m. It is the 46th annual convention opening Sunday with talks by A. O. Malmberg and other industry officials. The event runs to 1 a.m. with stage attractions and additional sessions featuring national and state grocers leaders.
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Wisconsin Retail Food Dealers Association
Avalon Ballroom
Rennebohm
Food
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Donut Corporation of America
George Gillespie
National Association of Retail Grocers
M. van Dyke
Oo Pete
James Black
Company
Dean F. H. Eicell
University of Wisconsin School of Commerce
Arthur Molke
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la Crosse
VFW
Ray
Western Wisconsin
Ralph Larson
Western Wisconsin Retail Dealers Association
Kiefer
R. J. Fred
Harb
East West Talks Persist Amid Berlin Blockade Tensions
In Moscow diplomats from the United States Britain and France met with Foreign Minister Molotov for over three hours in the Kremlin to discuss the Berlin blockade and other East West rifts. U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith and British envoy Frank Roberts joined Molotov after a morning session, with further talks anticipated.
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France
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Ernest Bevin
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Action Proposed Against Kenosha Home Operator
Madison reports the state Department of Public Welfare has asked Kenosha County District Attorney Urban Zievers to pursue charges against Edna West operator of a private home for mentally deficient children at Camp Lake. A May inspection closed the home and removed its children. it later operated conditionally after parental oversight, though lack of information on staff and progress in improvements raised concerns.
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Wis
State Department of Public Welfare
Dist
Kenosha County
Edna West
Camp Lake
A. W. Bayley
Zievers
Miss West
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