Cotton price up again as OPA signals more rises
The OPA raises cotton garment prices about two and a half percent at mills, predicting another retail rise of one to two percent as raw cotton costs climb. This fourth increase since March lifts basic fabric prices over 30 percent, with monthly reviews and further hikes possible to reflect cotton parity. Meat price ceilings to be set soon, and enforcement prepared against black market activity with 2,500 agents.
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Washington
OPA
Lvestock Jury of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Irving Gruber
Gruber
AFL Seeks Employer Book Access for Bargaining
Washington reports the American Federation of Labor calls on employers to open financial books to unions to aid collective bargaining. AFL cites profit ranges in some industries and deficits in others, arguing workers need facts to set realistic wage demands within price ceilings and prevent strikes.
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Washington
American Federation of la
Walter Reuther
CIO Auto Workers
General Motors Corporation
AFL
Labor
Luther League convention sessions in Waukesha
Luther convention sessions continued in Waukesha with about 150 delegates and visitors in attendance. A banquet highlighted Thursday night events as the meeting progressed.
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Waukesha
Wis
Luther League
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Fair to night and Saturday with temperatures rising slowly. Low tonight and high Saturday around 75 degrees.
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la Crosse
Crack German Spy Ring Busted in Germany
American authorities announce the capture and confession of a German spy ring with Soviet ties. The ringleader allegedly supplied the Russians information on American troop movements and a former member allegedly served with the American military government. The ring is believed active on a large scale across the American British and French zones in Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Europe
Free Germany
Russia
Usser
Droachin
Stuttgart
Kazmarek
State Department
No Drawdown Of River Pools Next Winter
U S army engineers will not pursue plans to draw down nine foot pools on the upper Mississippi this winter. The move, opposed by sportsmen and the Walton League, would have reduced Alma Genoa and Lynxville pools to aid navigation. The five state committee had adopted the plan amid protests and criticism of river resources.
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Chicago
Ill
U. S. Army Engineers
Kenneth R. Reid
Izaak Walton League of America
St. Louis
Reid
Army Engineers
Mississippi River
Cain
Upper
Mississippi
Dubuque, Ia
St. Keate
Alma
Genoa
Lynxville
Dubuque
Clark Kittrell
Army Engineer
Wisconsin
Mississippi Valley
Badger State Sportsmen's Club, Inc
la Crosse
Minnesota
National Walton League
Chinese Reds Make Demands
The Communist leadership pressed U. S. envoy Marshall with demands before participating in peace talks. They require Chiang Kai-shek to issue a cease fire once a coalition government begins, and to state that clearing out five key areas will not block the cease-fire. Meanwhile Chiang’s forces entered Chengteh, Jehol province, and the Communists claimed a major Yangtze victory.
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Nanking
U. S
J. Leighton Stuart
Committee of Five
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chengteh
Jehol
Yangtze
Chou En-lai
George C. Marshall
Chiang
Generalissimo
State Council
Russians seek UN survey of Allied troops abroad
Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko asked the United Nations Security Council to require member states to report within two weeks on the location and strength of Allied troops and air and naval bases outside former enemy territories. The move followed Greece related border incidents and British troop presence in Greece during the plebiscite campaign.
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Security Council
Portugal
Ireland
Trans-Jordan
U. N
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Sweden
Iceland
Afghanistan
General Assembly
United States
Britain
Andrei Gromyko
China
Gromyko
United Nations
Council
Alexander Cadogan
Great Britain
Ukraine
Greece
Mrs Ursula King dies at 92 in Sparta Wisconsin
Mrs Ursula King aged 92 dies at her daughter Han nah Duedy’s home in Sparta. She was born in Davoes Switzerland and is survived by two daughters, a sister, five grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral services by Rev Parsons of Bangor Sunday at home 1 30 p m and Plummers Funeral Home 2 p m. Burial in Fairview cemetery Bangor.
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Sparta
Wis
Ursula King
Hannah Duedy
Dick Bong Day Proclaimed in Wisconsin
Gov. Goodland proclaimed September 12 as Dick Bong Day for the Poplar Wis. World War II ace who died in a California crash. The Richard Ira Bong Foundation, Inc. urges state residents to honor Bong and other Wisconsin veterans September 12–20.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
Dick Bong
Poplar
California
Richard Ira Bong
Federal board urges wage raises for Western Union workers
A federal fact finding panel today recommended a 16 percent hourly rise for telegraph workers and 10 cents an hour for Western Union messengers. Separate reports covered 50,000 AFL union members and 7,000 CIO affiliated workers. The board urged resumed negotiations using its findings as a settlement basis.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
AFL
National Coordinating Board
Cio-American Communications Association
Western Union
Schwellenbach
ACA
AFL Coordinating Board
Fleet Burglar Is Sentenced At Kenosha
Kenosha Wisconsin August 1 1954 Edelstein a 56 year old Alton Newfoundland leader of a police chase through alleys and streets after officers surprised him in the Western Union office He pleaded guilty to burglary in the nighttime while armed and possession of burglar tools He received concurrent sentences of one to eight years and one to two years respectively The pursuit ended when the suspect fell from a driven car and was knocked unconscious
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Kenosha
Wis
Isadore Edelstein
Alton
Western Union
Yestern
Edelstein
Edward J. Ruetz
Johnny Britton
Britton
Air Force Colonel Joins Beloit Faculty
Beloit Wisconsin Col Gus tav E Johnson on terminal leave from the army air forces is named dean of men and assistant professor of history at Beloit College Carey Croneis president announces Herman Conwell remains dean of the college Col Johnson previously taught at the University of Chicago and served 18 months in the China Burma India theater organizing historical sections
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Beloit
Wis
Gustav E. Johnson
Army Air Forces
Beloit College
Carey Croneis
Herman Conwell
Col. Johnson
University of Chicago
China-Burma-India
Driver Burned In Gas Truck Crash Refuses Rescue
In Durham a large oil transport truck and a car collided. The truck overturned and caught fire trapping driver Johnnie R. Johnson, 30. He shouted to onlookers to back away, insisting it was better for one man to die than for many others as flames engulfed the cab.
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Durham
N. C
Johnnie R. Johnson
Suit Pinch To Last 2 Years More
Washington reports a civilian production official says men will still lack suits for 1946 and until 1948. Shirt shortages persist for a year, shorts 6 to 12 months, while women gain early garment profit. Styles limited by order L-85 with skirt lengths and sleeve sizes fixed.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Burnett County Road Workers End Strike
Burnett county highway employees, on strike since last Saturday, are back on the job after a wage dispute. An agreement raised all workers by 15 cents an hour, replacing earlier increases of 10 or 5 cents.
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Grantsburg
Wis
Burnett County
Vets Office Opens Sept 9 in La Crosse
The Veterans Administration opens a sub regional office in La Crosse on September 9 in the former USO building at 408 South Fourth Street. Russell K. Healy will lead about 80 staff handling insurance collections with office hours 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Medical services will follow as staff and space are upgraded.
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Veterans Administration
la Crosse
John P. Cullen
Milwaukee
USO
South Fourth Street
Cullen
Russell K. Healy
Buffalo
Trempealeau
Monroe
Juneau
Adams
Vernon
Richland
Crawford
William C. Liefert
Hangar Work Here Started at Municipal Airport
Concrete footing for the first of eight T-hangers began on Thursday as the aviation board announced. Structural steel for the T-hangars was shipped August 22 from Evansville Indiana. Rye seeded as a nurse crop on the airport will net about $1,500 after harvesting and a grain sale offer of two dollars a bushel F.O.B. Winona was received.
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Aviation Board
Evansville
Ind
F.O.B
Winona
Molotov Forces Greek Interference Charges at Peace Talks
Russia accuses the United States and Great Britain of meddling in Greece's upcoming elections and predicts a return of King George II. Molotov claims foreign troops and warships influence Greek politics as the peace conference weighs Greek Albanian border disputes and reparations.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Balkan
George II
V. M. Molotov
Italian Economic Commission
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Molotov
Greece
Epirus
Albania
Byrnes
Council of Foreign Ministers
France
Belgium
Norway
Dais
Foreign Ministers Council
Balkans
Ing
Nash-Kelvinator bids for partial Kenosha factory property
Nash-Kelvinator Corp spokesman today announced a 1 033 million bid for government owned Kenosha Wisconsin property. The bid covers an assembly building test cells pump house and 11 acres of land but excludes 26 million worth of machinery. If accepted the company would use the plant for automotive vehicle production.
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Detroit
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Kenosha
Wis
Nash-Kelvinator
Motorcycle Crash Fatal in Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac Wisconsin David A Dean 21 was killed yesterday when his motorcycle veered off Highway 23 seven miles west of Fond du Lac, side swiped a fence and struck a tree.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
David A. Dean
Highway 23
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