Meat price controls spark fears of black market revival
Industry spokesmen warn of a revived black market in meat as price ceilings return while CIO officials call such talk phoney. Congressmen and industry leaders express mixed views on OPA ceilings, with calls for enforcement and concerns about shortages and chaos in an unregulated market.
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CIO
Trol Board
American Meat Institute
Ralph Helstein
CIO United
James H. Elliott
Retail Meat Dealers’ Association
J. E. McDonald
Texas
OPA
Portage Doctor Elected to Supreme Knights of Columbus Board
Dr. C. W. Henry of Portage Wisconsin was elected to the supreme board of the Knights of Columbus at the 64th annual convention in Miami Beach Florida on Wednesday.
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Miami Beach
Fla
C. W. Henry
Portage, Wis
the Knights of Columbus
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Thursday with local showers tonight. Warmer Thursday. Lows around 62 and highs near 86.
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la Crosse
Flowers mark spot where II Duce hung
A bouquet of red and white dahlias was found yesterday tied to the girder of the Milan gasoline station where Benito Mussolini’s body dangled before a crowd after his execution last year. Police arrested several suspects, Milan dispatches said.
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Rome
Milan
Benito Mussolini
Red Regime In Manchuria
Communist leaders in Manchuria announced a separate govern ment while ruling out joining a coalition government until fighting ends. They denied plans for mobilization against Chiang Kai-shek and said reform would follow a cessation of war. Observers noted possible mediation shifts by Marshall and Ambassador Stuart toward a political accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Manchuria
Chiang Kai-shek
General Marshall
John Leighton Stuart
Governor urges united effort for postwar farm production
Milwaukee audience hears Gov. Goodland call the Wisconsin State Fair a display room of agriculture and industry. He urges rural and urban workers who boosted wartime production to unite and travel together on the road to prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Goodland
Meat price ceilings reimposed with dairy spared
Washington reports the price decontrol board will restore meat ceilings around Sept. 3 while dairy products remain free of controls. The panel also kept grains mostly without ceilings and authorized subsidies at June 29 rates, with soybeans and cotton seed products under controls.
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Washington
Decontrol Board
OPA
Agriculture Department
CIO Cost of Living Committee
Paul Porter
Seek Party Unity Goodland Coleman Hold First Conference
Gov. Walter S. Goodland and GOP chairman Thomas E. Coleman met in Madison for their first discussion in about a year. The talks, arranged by Dr. Charles A. Dawson of River Falls, chairman of Pierce county GOP, signal healing of old intra party rifts within Wisconsin Republicans.
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Madison
Wis
Republican Party of
Wisconsin
Walter S. Goodland
Thomas E. Coleman
Republican Voluntary Committee Organization
Charles A Dawson
River Falls
Goodland
Coleman
GOP
Pierce County
Hope for Reconciliation Aims to Unite Republican Campaign
Republican spokesmen report progress toward harmony between the old governor and the campaign chairman as Judge Joseph R. McCarthy met with the governor. The Coleman Goodland visit is linked, suggesting steps to mend factional divides and strengthen the drive against the Democrats in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
Goodland
Coleman Party
McNarney Denies UNRRA Charges Against La Guardia
General Joseph T. McNarney sharply rejects Fiorello La Guardia's claim that American troops block UNRRA aims. He asserts the army supports humanitarian and repatriation efforts and explains a new interzone code of conduct for handling spies and defectors with publicized arrests.
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Berlin
Joseph T. McNarney
UNRRA
Fiorello la Guardia
Unla Guardia
Warsaw
McNarney
la Guardia
Dewey and Bilbo Clash Over Racial Policy Stances
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Senator Bilbo of Mississippi voiced opposing pledges. Dewey vowed no Bilboism in New York while Bilbo warned there will be no Deweyism in Mississippi as long as he lives.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Bilbo
D-Miss
Dewey
Mississippi
AFL
Rochester
Truman Cruiser Heads to Bermuda On Vacation Cruise
President Truman sails toward Bermuda aboard the Williamsburg for a reverse vacation cruise as he reviews a full Yugoslav crisis report. Secretary Byrnes relayed the telephone briefing from Paris while Ross announced the yacht’s Bermuda berth planned for tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Bermuda
State Byrnes
Paris
Charles G. Ross
White House
Williamsburg
Wasielewski to Run as Independent in Fourth District
Milwaukee headlines report Rep Thad F Wasielewski the fourth district Democrat who lost the Aug 13 primary will run in November as an independent. He says the primary result does not reflect the district and accuses Bobrowicz and Brophy of representing special interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Thad. F. Wasielewski
Wasielewski
Edmund W. Bobrowicz
Milwaukee Cio
Bobrowicz
Brophy
Toepel Named GOP Leader In La Crosse County
Eugene A. Toepel a young La Crosse county attorney was named chairman of the county Republican organization at a GOP executive board meeting announced by acting chairman Harry Watkins. Toepel a Bangor native and partner in the Steele May and Toepel law firm has long been active in Republican work including the Young Republican movement. He served as a AAA mobile gun battalion member entering July 1942 and went overseas December 1943 returning January 31 with captain rank and discharge April 21.
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Eugene A. Toepel
la Crosse County
Republican
Harry Watkins
Toepel
GOP
Watkins
J. T. McCallum
Bangor
la Crosse
Steele, May and
Adolph Toepel
Bafigor
Republican Party
Young Republican Movement
England
Normandy
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
U. S
Pentagon Shot Probed in 1942 near miss at desk
Army officials disclosed a 1942 Pentagon near miss involving Maj. Gen. Gladeon M. Barnes who swivelled away as a bullet from a German Luger shattered past his desk on the fourth floor. FBI and Army intelligence traced the shot to the fifth floor but found no clear target remains.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
War Department
Gladeon M. Barnes
Ordnance Department
FBI
Barnes
Soap Prices Stay High As Supplies Shrink
New York reports soap will remain hard to get for months as industry sources say fat shortages, wartime constraints, and uneven demand keep supplies below wartime averages. A spokesman notes fats shortage is unprecedented and price uncertainty worsens the situation.
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New York
Resume Negotiations In A C Strike Here
Negotiations were resumed for a short time Wednesday morning to settle the La Crosse works strike at Allis Chalmers that began April 30. Union and company officials joined A W Kinney of the U S conciliation service at the Hotel Stoddard. Kinney reported no immediate plans for future joint meetings.
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la Crosse
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Company
A. W. Kinney
Milwaukee
U. S. Conciliation Service
Kinney
Stoddard
Band Plans Concert In Riverside Park
The La Crosse concert band will give a concert Thursday evening at Riverside Park starting at 8 p m. with E M Saterbak directing.
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Riverside Park
la Crosse
E. M. Saterbak
Tito Defends Plane Attacks In Strong Talk
Belgrade says Yugoslavia will defend sovereignty and seeks peace not at any price as Tito cites two U.S. plane losses in ten days. He claims eyewitness evidence and a note from Yugoslav authorities describe the Aug. 19 C-47 downing near Bled as a forced landing with possible casualties.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Vienna
Austria
Udine
Italy
Bled
U. S
Ljubljana
City Plans DDT Spraying At Dumping Areas
City health officials announced spraying of dumping grounds with DDT to combat disease bearing insects under the direction of Carl Wahlstrom, as soon as equipment arrives, due to limited staff and facilities. Polio cases rise with six in Monroe county and a Milwaukee total of 25, plus 59 in Kenosha area, as isolation and treatment continue.
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Carl Wahlstrom
A. M. Murphy
Board of Health
la Crosse
Dean Schmalz
Sparta
Monroe County
Herbert Schmalz
Margie Spors
John Spors
Martin Gerke
Ridgeville
Sylvia Wadeptuhl
Wilton
James
Bernard Sorenson
Tomah
Wisconsin
Edward Held, Jr
Port Washington
Socialist Party Wisconsin Picnic to Feature Norman Thomas Speaker
Norman Thomas, national Socialist party executive, will headline the 46th Socialist party of Wisconsin annual Maple Grove picnic in Milwaukee on Sunday. He will meet Wisconsin Socialist leaders before the event to discuss plans for the state campaign.
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Milwaukee
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Socialist Party of Wisconsin
Maple Grove
Thomas
Wisconsin
Jail break fugitive captured after 50 mile chase
Douglas Asbury twenty from Valley Junction was captured in Wyeville after a high speed pursuit by six carloads of officers. He escaped Necedah city jail by forcing a padlock and fled through rural terrain with a stolen revolver not loaded. Authorities pursued him through Monroe and Juneau counties, and he awaits transfer to Juneau for charges.
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Sparta
Wis
Douglas Asbury
Valley Junction
Wyeville
Necedah
Asbury
Juneau County
John Jones
Monroe County
Millston
R. Biegel
Chris Hendrickson
Tomah
Jones
Jerry Collins
Bert O. Johnson
Johnson
Biegel
Hendrickson
Riegel
Yanks Reject Soviet Demands On Dardanelles
The United States rejects Soviet demands on the Dardanelles as part of a carefully planned diplomatic offense. President Truman and key officials affirmed a firm policy, warning that forceful Russian expansion could bring grave trouble to the world.
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Dardanelles
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Middle East
Asia
Soviet Union
Truman
State Byrnes
Acheson
Patterson
Navy
Forrestal
Russia
India
China
Turkish circles in London welcome American Dardanelles note
Turkish circles in London praised the American note to the Soviet Union on the future administration of the Dardanelles. A spokesman said the U.S. attitude was satisfactory from a Turkish point of view and should be welcomed by Ankara.
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London
Soviet Union
Dardanelles
Ankara
US policy on Dardanelles and Turkey stance outlined
A diplomatic official describes how US policy formed on the Dardanelles urging Turkish independence against Russian aims. He says the United States opposes exclusive Russian control but may accept limited special status while warning Moscow there is no bargaining over Ankara's sovereignty. The note to Moscow and broader Cold War tensions frame relations with Russia and Western powers.
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Russia
Yugoslavia
Poland
Tito
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Patterson
Dardanelles
United States
Europe
Soviet Union
Turkey
Moscow
Ankara
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Tribune
Coleman- Goodland
Robert M. la Follette
Oshkosh
la Follette
Appleton
LaGuardia
Geneva
NKVD
Secret Police
Wassily Sokolowsky
Gov. Dewey
Sen
Republican Organization
Yugoslav Foreign Ministry
Jesenice
William Cromble
Long Meadow
Mass
U. S. Army
NEA
Sparta Bay
Will Wirth
Hans
Munich
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