Lewis Readies For Contract Talks In Soft Coal Dispute
John L. Lewis heads toward direct talks at the Greenbrier hotel after a six week stalemate. He aims to push for a shorter work week higher pay and a larger 20 cent per ton welfare fund royalty as stockpiles dwindle. Talks shift to Bluefield as soft coal production slows and futures remain uncertain.
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White Sulphur Springs
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Greenbrier
Ael
Mississippi
Bluefield
W. Va
Tat Lewis
UMW
Southern Coal Producers Association
SCPA
Set Highway Shop Auction on Saturday in La Crosse County
La Crosse county highway shop property at 19th and Jackson streets will be sold at public auction Saturday at 10 a.m. Bids may be on land only, building only, or land and building. Building must be removed within six months of title transfer. Zoning remains local business. bids previously ranged from 2100 to 6000 and were rejected as too low.
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la Crosse County
19Th
Jackson Streets
Frank Check
Board of Supervisors
Feldman Defends Actions Amid Five Percenters Inquiry
Senator McCarthy warns of personal attacks as Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman testifies about sharing army buying plans with James W. Hunt in 1947 and arranging contact with Hunt. Feldman insists he did nothing wrong and will justify his actions.
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Washington
Herman Feldman
James W. Hunt
Hunt
Senate
Touc
White House
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Feldman
Army
Francis D. Flanagan
Wayne R. Allen
Allen
Quartermaster Corps
Los Angeles
Senator McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Brannan Sees Realistic View On Grain Abundance
Bloomington Illinois Secretary of Agriculture Brannan addressed a farmers program noting the Midwest corn crop's record size and its storage marketing and use challenges He warned against expecting future crops to shrink to previous levels and advocated farm aid and stabilizing measures including cooperative tax discussions with Rep Mason (R-Ill) as a cited figure.
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Ill
Brannan
America
Midwest
Pantagraph
Congress
Illinois
Rep
Mason
Senate Groups Approve Arms Aid for Five Nations
The combined Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees approved 239.01 million dollars in arms aid for Greece, Turkey, Iran, Korea and the Philippines. Allocations include 211.37 million for Greece and Turkey and 27.64 million for Iran, Korea and the Philippines. Committees will decide remaining aid later this week.
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Washington
Senate Committees On Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philines
Connally
D-Tex
Reece
Philippines
House
Atlantic
Smith R-Nj
United Tes
United Nations
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Tonight
La Crosse and vicinity expect mostly clear skies tonight with local showers possible. Cooler temperatures with a low around 64 and a high near 78 on Wednesday.
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la Crosse
Drive to cut wartime excise tax rates faces hurdles
Washington reports a new push in Congress to reduce wartime excise taxes by Christmas. House Speaker Doughton and others doubt a cut this year due to a looming $5 billion deficit, while Republicans press for pressure to push changes in 1950. A study of possible revisions is ordered for next year, with potential offsets by higher other taxes.
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Congress
Doughton
Tax Framing
Houe
Ways and Means
Eton
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Multer
New York
Davenport
Pennsylvania
Coughton
Senate Finance Committee
Fire damages city residence on Hayes Street
Fire at 1620 Hayes Street damaged a five room frame house owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Murphy. Gasoline used to clean hats spilled from a pan onto a stove, igniting and spreading through the interior, destroying most furnishings. Murphy received first aid for minor arm burns. damage estimated in the thousands.
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William Murphy
Hayes Street
Murphy
British Merchant Ship Turned Back From Shanghai Blockade
Nationalist China naval headquarters stated a British merchant ship tried to enter Shanghai under blockade but was ordered to turn back to Hong Kong. The vessel’s name was not released and the incident occurred near Formosa Taipei.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Beardful Peddler Wins By Whisker in Lottery Case
In Boston a court acquitted Aaron Zideman 65 on charges of peddling lottery tickets after evidence of tickets found under his bed contradicted police claims of discovery under his whiskers. Judge Frank W. Tomasello called the verdict won by a whisker.
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Boston
Aaron Zideman
Zideman
Frank W. Tomasello
Weigh Union Gas Proposal Aims to Ease Chicago Shortage
AFL Teamsters Local 705 proposes 1600 striking truck drivers supply 350 to 400 independent Chicago gas stations with 60 to 70 percent of normal fuel needs. Major company affiliated stations would not receive fuel as wage demands remain unmet.
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Chicago
AFL Teamsters Union
Release Two Indian Tribes From Governmental Control
The Interior Department freed the Saginaw Chippewa Indians of Isabella county Michigan and the Stockbridge Munsee tribe of Wisconsin from federal wardship. Each tribe has about 500 members and the action follows a policy to return authority to the tribes. The Munsee voted 186 to 102 in July last year for termination.
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Great Lakes Area
Interior Department
Isabella County
Mich
Wisconsin
Department
Stockbridge-Munsee
Klamath In
Cool Weather Forecast For Coulee Region
Wisconsin drivers see a cool stretch with highs in the 70s and 80s and a top reading of 89 in Menominee. Madison reaches 84 and Green Bay 82 as skies mix sun and storms. National forecast calls for showers in Blair and western areas, with cooler temperatures on Wednesday.
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Menominee
Madison
Green Bay
Howard Thompson
Milwaukee
Thompson
Blair
Rapid City
S. C
Havre
Mont
Pueblo
Colo
Plains
Great Lakes
la Crosse
Coulee Region Showmen Dominate Wisconsin State Fair Exhibits
At the Wisconsin State Fair junior and senior divisions Coulee Region youths earned top Jersey, Brown Swiss, and Poland China ribbons. Albin Peterson Jr and Oscar Remington led Jersey class wins, Carter Thompson captured a Brown Swiss junior heifer calf championship, and Kenneth Kopp earned reserve junior champion in Poland Chinas. Donavon Glennie claimed two ribbons in the swine and Gorge McDonald won a Dark Cornish bantam cock. Arvid Evenson also scored in Poland Chinas with two fourths, while Paul Zube and Henry Kopp earned multiple Shropshire and overall showmanship honors.
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Coulee Region
Albin Peterson
Viroqua
Oscer Remington
Manston
Carter Thompson
Kenneth Kopp
Galesville
Poland
Donavon Glennie
West Salem
Gorge McDonald
la Crosse
Peterson
Kopp
Glennie
Arvid Evenson
Paul Zube
Henry Kopp
Lee
Ewe
Lamb
Ram
American Shropshire Registry Association
Hampshires
English Schoolboy Starts Channel Swim
English schoolboy Philip Mickman, 18, began swimming the English Channel from Cap Gris Nez as of Tuesday morning with no progress reports yet. Earlier, Dutch student Dick Shermer, 21, abandoned his attempt after four hours and forty minutes due to the cold water.
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Cap Gris Nez
France
Philip Mickman
Dick Shermer
Explosion at Takao Port Kills and Wounds Hundreds
The Chinese central news agency reported about 500 killed or injured when an ammunition ship Chungli exploded while unloading in Takao harbor southeastern Formosa. The blast shattered windows, darkened the city, and left the waterfront area in ruins. Takao, a major Japanese naval base, is a key Nationalist port on Formosa.
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Canton
Takao
Formosa
Chungli
40 Acre Island Swept By Flames
Fire overwhelmed a 40 acre island of tamarack and peat moss in Lake Beulah near East Troy Wisconsin destroying the island off shore from summer cottages. Firemen stood by Monday night fearing wind could push the blaze toward the cottage area across the water.
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East Troy
Wis
Lake Beulan
Dixie Democrats Face Possible Expulsion Over States Rights
Louisiana national committeeman William H. Talbot warned he will return home to fight if the Democratic national committee expels him. Talbot and other States Rights supporters face ouster amid party leadership efforts to remove States Rights backers from the 1948 ticket.
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Washington
William H. Talbot
Louisiana
Democratic National Committee
Talbot
National Party
National Committee
South
State Democratic Committee
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Leander Perez
Lousiana
Canyon Fire Burns Ranches and Livestock Near Fallbrook
A sweeping canyon fire in De Luz north of Fallbrook destroyed three small ranches and killed hundreds of livestock. Over 1,000 acres burned as strong winds drove flames toward the De Luz post office, prompting evacuations of all canyon residents to Fallbrook, ten miles away.
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San Diego
Calif
de Luz Canyon
Fallbrook
Canyon
de Luz
Deer Canyon
Steel Statements Are Insult To President Murray Claims
Philip Murray CIO Steelworkers president denounces steel executives before the fact finding board as insulting to the president. He rebuts Inland Steel chief Clarence Randall while urging a 30 cents an hour package with pension and insurance. Randall accuses Truman of implied political alliance and government intervention. A three man board reports by Aug 30 with a nonbinding set of recommendations ahead of the Sept 14 truce end.
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Murray
New York
Philip Murray
CIO Steelworkers Union
United States
Steel
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel Company
Randall
Steel Industry Board
CIO
the Murray
Truman
White House
Trio Of Youngsters Boost Polio Toll To 91
Three more youngsters were diagnosed with polio and admitted to a La Crosse isolation hospital, raising area totals to 91. New cases are Ann Petersen five from Sparta R1 Ronald Harmon seven from Sparta R J and Jack Bolden eight from Ontario.
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la Crosse
Ann Petersen
R. 1
Sparta
Ronald Harmon
R. J
Jack Bolden
Ontario
Harmon Boy
Sharp aid for flats and fast relief ads
A compact cylinder of compressed air to fill 4 or 5 tires is pitched as a safety valve for emergencies. Tribune want ads promote quick relief by selling or renting idle belongings and spare rooms, with a garage for rent near 9th and Market and a contact phone.
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