State Group Holds Labor Hearing Here
The state legislative council committee on labor held an open hearing at the county courthouse in La Crosse to discuss unemployment compensation law issues. Senator Gordon A. Bubolz chaired the session, noting questions on employer representation, administration efficiency, and potential improvements while emphasizing the value of a state administered system over federalization.
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State Legislative Council
Committee On Labor, Industry
Gordon A. Bubolz
Appleton
la Crosse
Bubolz
Wisconsin
Senate Democrats balk at GOP control of anti Communist bill
Senate Democrats refuse to let Republicans dictate which anti Communist measure is brought up and say the decision will rest with the majority. Senators Mundt and Ferguson insist on a maneuver to attach their Communist control proposal to a home front mobilization bill, which the Senate plans to vote on Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Sern. Myers
D-Pad
Mundt
H-Spd
Fergusan
R-Mich
Livestock Prices Mixed at South St Paul Auction
At South St PaulMinn cattle and calves showed mixed bids with feeders steady and cows, bulls and steers uneven. Heavy hogs around 900 pounds improved slightly while lighter feeder pigs held firm. Chicago potatoes and produce markets also reported steady to weak tones with varied regional prices.
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South ST
PAL Livestock
South ST. Paul
Minn
UPI
TUSDA
Ant Belfers
Medum Glasiers
Chicago
USDA
Idaho
Texas
California
Froduce
Chicago cash grain prices and soybeans report
Chicago cash grain values list bids for corn and wheat by grade with No 1 yellow 0.55 to 1.884 and No 2 yellow 1.55 to 1.554, white and heavy white corn varying by class, plus soybeans showing Won and related figures, reflecting market quotes and grains activity.
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Chicago
UN to Aid South Korean War Refugees in Korea
The United Nations plans a relief organization to care for about 1.5 million South Korean war refugees. Col Alfred G Katzin, UN secretary general envoy in Korea, submitted details from Pusan after weekend arrangements under General MacArthur.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Alfred G. Katzin
Korea
Pusan
General MacArthur
Esser Co La Crosse Files Articles of Incorporation
The T C Esser Co La Crosse division files articles of incorporation with Register of Deeds Charles Wachs from the secretary of state's office. Purpose is to deal in paints varnishes glass wallpaper and related materials for painters artists decorators and glaziers. Capital stock is $200000. Signers are A W Esser J H Fritz and R A Morrison.
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Uodes
T.C. Esser Co
la Crosse div
Register of Deeds
Charles Wachs
Secretary of State
Jin
A. W. Esser
J. H. Fritz
R. A. Morrison
Bottles of Pop Stolen From Service Station
Police found the top of a soft drink vending machine at Willer’s Standard Service Station on 1982 Caledonia Street opened early Friday. Investigation shows all bottles were removed. La Crosse Tribune records the incident as local crime report.
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Willer
Standard Service
Caledonia Street
Arrest 2 Soldiers On Charge Of Girl
Sheriff Hans Riegel and Monroe county authorities report a 17 year old girl was taken from a private car by two servicemen and raped on the military reservation near Camp McCoy. Two soldiers were held at the Monroe jail in Sparta after a 2:20 am arrest. Authorities consider FBI involvement and have not filed specific charges due to the act occurring on a military reservation.
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Sparta
Wis
Hans Riegel
Monroe County
Camp McCoy
Kenneth Middleton
Oasis Club
FBI
Senator Leverich Hospitalized After Heart Attack in Sparta
State Senator J. E. Leverich Angelo is hospitalized in Sparta after a heart attack. His condition is not serious.
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Sen. Leverich
Angelo
Sparta
Wis
J. E. Leverich
Coal contracts awarded to two lowest bidders
Announcement by Joseph P. Riese chairman of the buildings and grounds committee to the board of supervisors on Thursday. Successful bidders were the Cargill Coal Co. at 11.27 dollars per ton and La Crosse County cooperative at 11.10 dollars per ton.
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Joseph P. Riese
Board of Supervisors
Cargill Coal Co
la Crosse County Cooperative
Obituary notices for Betty Risberg and Irwin Tryggestad
Betty Risberg formerly of La Crosse died in Philadelphia PA on August 8 after long illness. Burial in a Philadelphia cemetery. Survived by brother of Lakewood Ohio sister from Flint Michigan and two sisters in Murray Hill New Jersey and Philadelphia. Irwin Ray Tryggestad three year old son of Mr and Mrs Leyton Tryggestad Genoa died in a local hospital Friday. Survived by parents siblings grandparents and great grandparents. Funeral Monday at 1 30 p m at Bad Axe Lutheran Church with burial in church cemetery.
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Betty Risberg
la Crosse
Philadelphia
Brathare
Iiar
Lakewood
Lara Old
Flint
Mich
Paul Vreeland
Murray Bill, N. J
Herman O. West
Irwin Ray Tryggestad
Leyton Tryggestad
Genoa
Andrew John
Marla Lee
Ray Tryggestad
Irwin Stillwell
Andrew Tryggestad
John Erickson
Retreat
Bad Axe Lutheran Church
Nesheim
Weather Forecasting Through Moon Earth Ties And Gravity
A fragment explains how the moon orbits Earth and Earth orbits their common center of gravity with the sun’s gravity perturbing the moon’s path. It notes mountains seas and lands alter forecasts and hints at presenting the math behind weather prediction.
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Earth
Moon
U S Argues Madsen Conviction Was Legal
Government lawyers contended the German occupation court had authority to convict Yvette Madsen of murdering her husband at Rhine Main air base. They argued the trial was not exclusively a general court martial. Her habeas petition before Judge Ben Moore seeks release from Alderson Federal Reformatory.
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Charleston
W. Neer
Yvette Madsen
Germany
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Ben Moore
West Virginia
Moore
Brunette
Andrew E. Madsen
Rhine-Maine
U. S
Madsen
Racine
Wisanne
Surplus Goods Freeze Ordered By Government
The government ordered a freeze on sale of surplus property to reassess for defense needs. The freeze covers war plants, supplies, equipment, material, civilian and military assets, with disposal authority paused. Affected private range land in Utah is largely sagebrush covered.
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Washington
Ulab
Camp McCoy to Hire 600 Civilian Workers
Camp McCoy Wisconsin plans reactivation of the A branch employment office in building 2117 to hire about 600 civilian employees for technical services, hospital, ordnance, shops, coal yards and laundry roles. Hiring begins Monday August 22 with a progressive onboarding period. B C Polshaw leads the Civilian Personnel Office.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
McCoy
B.C. Polshaw
Camp McCoy Civilan
State Fair Opens Tonight in Milwaukee for Nine-Day Run
Wisconsin's 100th state fair opens with Friday night ceremonies and a Saturday morning parade featuring Virginia Peterson 16 of Union Grove as Dairy Queen Alice in Dairyland. Entries for junior fair swine top last year, cattle entries exceed 1949, and $250,000 has been spent on fair ground improvements. The commerce building becomes a women s building for home economics displays. A show dairy barn will host major breed cows. Saturday showcases drum and bugle corps and harness racing, plus horseshoes and livestock judging.
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Bouthern Paettlens
Abbott Lab
Spiegel
Alted Chemical
Biapiard Brands
AM Allied Storesta Gs
Northern Ry. Pr
Standard Oil
Ala-Chalmers Mtg
de Greyno
Standard Oi
Ind
Am. Can
Pal
Homestate Mining
Am. Car & Piry
Ama ‘Oud
Hersheiz Sterling Drug
Arn. Gas & Elec
Ant ‘Hudson Motor
Twiness Central
Brudebaker Corp
Bwitt & Co
Power & Lt
Inland Steel
Teresa Go
Rad. & Bt
Inspiration Copper
The
Betting BO
Int
Harvestey Xn Timken-Det
Azle
Steel Armour & Co
Kimberly-Clark
Western Union
Adh. T. & GF
Ford Glass
Weslinghouse Ziec
Aveo Bi
Libby, McN. & L. Wes Woolworth
Baldwin Loromotive
Marshall Field
Zenith Radio
Bendix Aviation
Montgomery Ward
Bethlehem Briel
Nash-Belvinalor
1Morden Co
Nacional Bixcast
Ark
Borg-Warner Oe
National Container
Briel mi
National Dairy
I. Bond & Shrike Bude
Iee
Central
No. Am
Aviation
Ste G. Helleman
Chesapeake & Ohio
American Co
Chicago Fe
Nwity Northern Pacafic
Mass
Chicago
Drip
Chrysler Corp
OwenvItl
Glass Btss
States Power Com'wearth Edison
Packard Motor
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Republic Steel
Ollgear
Eaton
Scott Paper
Paragon
Elan
Roebuck
Prentina-Wabere
TAOS
General Foods
Almmons Gp
RV Ratway
Genert Mors Ao Binelair
Genert
Winona
Witt & Pany
Associated Press
Brocka
Avestock
Girmas Steern
MeNeras Srpt
Bologna
Enoice Springs
Jan Owen Tigh
Wes
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Racine
Virginia Peterson
Union Grove
Alice
Jack Reynolds
Commerce
Tighten Controls On Exports To Russia
The commerce department tightened export controls to Russia and its satellites. Effective immediately 14 countries require licenses for shipments from a list of 1100 controlled items, regardless of amount. The action, aimed at small shipments, is not expected to have a heavy impact but tightens overall controls.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Russia
Albania
Bulgaria
China
Czechoslovakia
Estonia
Germany
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Manchuria
North Korea
Poland
Romania
U.S.S.R. Department
Hurricane shifts course. Florida safe from severe storm
A severe hurricane altered its path and moved northward over the Atlantic. Floridians breathed easier as no part of the state remained on alert and danger to the U S mainland lessened hourly.
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Mlaml
Fla
Reuss challenges GOP pair to start John Doe action
Milwaukee Democrat Henry Reuss urged Republicans Walter Kohler Jr and Vernon Thomson to begin John Doe proceedings to probe alleged corrupt practices by Wisconsin Democrats. He argued the statute allows complaints to be filed with a magistrate and warrants issued if evidence exists, while charging Republicans with debates and fiscal issues in the campaign.
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Reuss
Gop
Rreser
Walter Kohler, Jr
Vernon Thomson
Henry Reuss
Milwaukee
Thomson
Thomas Fairchild
National
Wisconsin
Fred Zimmerman
Kohler
Staintes
John
Doe
West Bend
Len Schmitt
Merrill
Schmitt
Sheboygan
Racine
LaVern
Dilweg
Green
jBay
United States Senate
Wiley
Dilwee
Senate
Ja Ts
Ben Marcus Fined $100 in Chippewa County Court
CHIPPEWA FALLS Wis A state motor vehicle department director Ben Marcus was fined 100 in county court on a charge of criminal contempt. Judge Orrin H Larrabee granted 30 day execution of sentence after Marcus failed to obey a court order regarding an occupational driver's license. The maximum penalty is 250 fine or 30 days in jail. Attorneys Grady and Honeck discussed possible appeals or an injunction to halt the sentence.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Ben Marcus
State Motor Vehicle Department
Orrin H. Larrabee
Marcus
Larrabee
Chippewa
Daniel Grady
Portage
Stuart Honeck
Grady
Rennebohm
Honeck
State Supreme Court
Wherry and Truman Clash Over Korea Policy
Washington report notes an exchange of sharp words between President Truman and Senator Wherry as they blame each other for Korea policy. Wherry charges Acheson blundered the U.S. into war and perhaps more, while Truman calls Wherry's remarks contemptible, with Taft adding a criticism of the administration’s lack of a clear plan.
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Washington
Truman
Wherry
R-Neb
Congress
White House
Senate
Korea
State Acheson
Taft
Ohio
West Europe Told It Must Work Harder For Own Defense
Washington officials say Western Europe must bolster its own military defense before any American troops are pledged. France pressed for a supreme commander and five divisions, but top military officials state the United States will not commit beyond urging Europe to share the burden. An officer said, We will fight in Europe if necessary just as we are fighting in Korea. The reply relies on official channels rather than press statements.
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Washington
Western Europe
United States
Atlantic
Department of Defense
France
U. S
Europe
Korea
Truman Nominates Flack as Ambassador to Poland
President Truman named Joseph Flack, 55, a career diplomat and current ambassador to Costa Rica, to be ambassador to Poland. Flack’s nomination comes as Washington continues to position senior envoys amid Cold War tensions and shifts in European diplomacy.
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Washington
Truman
Joseph Flack
Poland
Flack
Costa Rica
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