Profits Probe of Shipbuilding Proposed in 1947
Rep. Fred Bradley announces a House Merchant Marine Committee probe into wartime ship construction. He says the inquiry should begin early next year and will follow a GAO report noting disparities in costs and accounts. Bradley stresses avoiding a smear and aims to uncover facts with committee support.
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Maritime Commission
Merchant Marine Committee
General Accounting Office
Housing Units Finished in La Crosse Veterans Projects
Oscar F Grothe, project engineer for federal public housing in La Crosse, handed over ten more living units to the city on Saturday. The additions lift total veterans housing in the city and State Teachers college projects to 34 units, with 14 at 16th and Vine for the college, 12 at Green Bay and 22nd streets, and eight on the north side. Six families occupy Green Bay Street and four occupy the north site, with the remaining units assigned.
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CIO Labor Groups Schedule Weekly Meetings and CIO Delegates Named
Labor union units Local 396 UAWA Local 14 UAWA stewards plan a week of meetings including Labor Advisory Committee to OPA Tuesday Legislative and Educational Committee to the La Crosse County Industrial Union Council Wednesday Local 448 URWA Thursday Local 448 FTA and AWA and Local 316 URWA Saturday Local 1424 Allis Chalmers Special Pioneer Labor Hall meeting Monday Night Delegates to the State CIO Convention in Wausau December 13 14 15 from Local 14 UAWA Oscar Harebo Joe Johnson John Johnson and Fred Kraft Alternates Lenore Ness Ernest Aumock Local 395 sends Merrit Gibson Herbert Payne Austin Straight William Ibson James Cody Harold Wright Don Colby The city employes wage raise of 360 is debated with calls for economy and tax fairness The national CIO convention message warns against anti union forces and urges unity for peace and improved living standards.
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OPA
la Crosse County Industrial Union Council
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AWA
URWA
Allis- Chalmers
Wausau
Oscar Harebo
Joe Johnson
John Johnson
Fred Kraft
Lenore Ness
Ernest Aumock
Merrit Gibson
Herbert Payne
Austin Straight
William Ibson
James Cody
Harold Wright
Don Colby
Candied Breath A Winter Breath Candy For Film Scenes
An expensive pill form candy used by actors in early film to simulate visible breath in cold scenes. The dissolving candy releases vapor, creating convincing winter atmosphere on set.
Moon count to match sun’s light would be half a million
A scientific note states that it would take about five hundred thousand moons to produce illumination equal to the sun’s output. This comparison emphasizes the vast difference in brightness between the sun and natural satellite bodies.
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High-Riding GOP Still Gets Second-Rate Senate Offices
Senate Republicans, despite a 51 to 45 majority, must accept limited office choices on Capitol Hill as seniority dictates first pick. Senator McKellar of Tennessee retains first choice. Capper of Kansas second due to decades of service, with Vandenberg among the top ten Republicans. Byrd chairs the rules panel and Taft leads a steering subcommittee to allocate space.
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Congress
Taft
Ohio
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Illinois
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Capper
Kansas
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Prize Cowboy Boots To Cost $3,000 Pair
Milwaukee report notes a steer hide valued at 44 375 dollars at the American Royal Livestock Show. Acme Boot Co of Clarksville Tennessee buys T O Pride hide for 4100 dollars. Albert Trostel Jr will tan the hide to fashion about six boots at three thousand dollars each.
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T. O. Pride
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Ida Grove
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