Allen to Testify in Standard Gas Probe
Philadelphia reports the securities and exchange commission will question George Allen former presidential adviser and new Standard Gas and Electric board member in a probe into the company shakeup. Leo T. Crowley remains president until the annual meeting while Christian A. Johnson denies ambitions to head the utility. SEC actions involve a possible inquiry into a reorganization committee and stock authorizations.
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Standard Gas
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Securities and Exchange
Standard Gas and Electric Company
George Allen
Standard Board
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New Board
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Crowley
SEC
Johnson
Alfred Berman
Berman
Aid To Europe Aid Faces House Demands For Slashing
The $597 million stopgap Europe aid bill passed the Senate 83 to six but faces House pressure to cut about $67 million. The House seeks to remove $60 million for China, arguing Washington did not request China aid and Senate already limited aid to Italy, France, and Austria. The plan funds cereals, foods, coal, petroleum, fertilizer, medical supplies, and cotton with most for France.
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Patent House
Truman
China
Italy
France
Austria
GOP
Martin
R-Mass
Congress
Ma- Tern
Moore
R-Okla
O’daniel D-Tex
Robertson
R-Wye
Taylor
Idaho
Europe
State Department
UN Eyes Palestine Council Action Amid Partition Tensions
The UN considers calling on the Security Council to act if peace is threatened after the General Assembly approved partition. Meanwhile a five nation commission is being organized to prepare for a mission to Palestine and will depart soon for the Holy Land.
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Devels
General Assembly
Holy
Sparta Unit 32nd Division Cavalry Inspection Heads
The 32nd division cavalry unit based at Camp McCoy prepares for inspection by Chicago action team. Phases include personnel administration services supply training and equipment adequacy for drill and armory uses.
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32Nd Division Cavalry
Chicago
Camp McCoy
McCoy
Good News For Japs TOKYO
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Weather Update for La Crosse and Vicinity
Cloudy with occasional rain or snow tonight and Wednesday. Little change in texture. Low tonight 26, high Wednesday 38.
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la Crosse
Report Finds Lost Plane Near Bitche France
U S air force officials said an unconfirmed report indicated a Dakota transport may have crashed near Bitche, France, in connection with a missing Pisa to Frankfurt flight carrying 20 aboard. French agency claimed an American transport crashed today near Bitche. authorities seek definite confirmation of one or two planes down.
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Bitche
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Pisa
Italy
Strasbourg
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Kaden
City Budget Tonight Deliberations Ahead at City Hall
City Aldermen meet at city hall to hear a report on the 1948 budget and mill rate. The Ways and Means Committee may back bonding for capital projects such as street work and the north side bathing beach and suggest using the unexpended balance. Four city employee unions press for a $360 wage increase in a Labor Temple session.
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Ways and Means
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Meyers Labeled Piece of Human Vermin in Hearing
Senate banking panel and war investigations focus on Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers amid wartime air force bond speculation. Senator Tobey described Meyers as a piece of human vermin while questioning witnesses and probing Meyers alleged air force subcontracting profits.
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Truman
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Washington, D. C
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Senate
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Dayton, O
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Army Air Forces
Mildred Lamarre
Lamarre
Lemarre
Thomas E. Readnover
Dayton
Clark
Marshall Accepts Lunch Invitation With Molotov
Secretary of State Marshall accepted an invitation from Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov for lunch on Friday for private talks on U S and Soviet issues. The pair last discussed matters at the Moscow meeting earlier this year.
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London
Marshall
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
U. S
Moscow
Stalin
Bevin
Schwellenbach Urges Action On Living Costs
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach urged immediate congressional action to cut living costs and warned of a new postwar round of wage boosts if Congress delays. He backed Truman’s economic controls plan as Republicans pressed for concrete anti inflation measures and sharper proposals. He proposed a wage oversight board to monitor pressures and prevent price increases.
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Schwellenbach
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J. O. McClintock
Chicago Board of Trade
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Wherry
R-Neb
Philadelphia
Taft
Ohio
House
Potter Introduces His First Bill In Congress
Rep. Charles E. Potter of Michigan's 11th district introduces a bill amending the terminal leave pay act. The measure would require terminal leave payments to go to a deceased veteran's estate to satisfy creditors even if no survivors are alive.
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Washington
Charles E. Potter
Congress
Michigan
Terrific storm drowns 174 off Portugal coast
Lisbon dispatches report 174 fishermen and sailors believed drowned in the worst storm in modern times off the coast of Portugal. The casualty figure is based on Porton and other agencies.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Porton
Picket claims boss hypnotized him at Detroit plant
Detroit protester John C. Moser charged that Olaf Nilson, tool and die shop operator, used prolonged eye contact to hypnotize pickets during a strike. Moser sought an injunction as Judge Maher set December 10 for a hearing on the complaint.
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Detroit
John C. Moser
Moser
Olaf Nilson
West Side
Tool and Die
Ernest Goodman
Nilson
Thomas F. Maher
Judge Praises Law Officials Over Dr Mc Loone Murder
Circuit Judge Robert S. Cowie lauded La Crosse law officers at a noon luncheon calling the Mc Loone murder one of the county’s worst and urging robust reward advertising. He credited police and sheriff’s departments and District Attorney John S. Coleman and stressed that rewards are for information, not officers.
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James McLoone
la Crosse County
Robert S. Cowie
Brighter leads in McLoone murder probe noted
Police Chief Herman F Rick said investigators were checking on several brighter leads in the murder of Dr James E McLoone. No further official comment was provided.
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Herman F. Rick
James E. McLoone
Judge Warns on Accessory After the Fact in La Crosse Murder
Judge Cowie denounces the danger of withholding information in a La Crosse murder case and says accessory after the fact could carry the same life sentence as the principal. He cites crime waves, juvenile delinquency, and urges officers, lawyers, and citizens to aid in solving the case.
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Cowie
la Crosse
U S Plans Hidden Atom Tests On Isolated Enjewetok Atoll
The Atomic Energy Commission revealed the United States will covertly use Enjwetok Atoll, 1,500 miles from large land, as a closed proving ground for research on new data. The aim is to advance peaceful and military atomic applications, with UN Security Council notified under trusteeship agreements.
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New Guinea
Italian Strike Pressure Eases
The United States senate approved a 597 million dollar interim aid package aiding Italy and France as strikes eased though France faced continued disruption with 2 million workers idle. Paris subway service resumed after police cleared sit down strikers and a 10 hour Communist filibuster ended. Italy averted a nationwide city employee strike by funding wage increases, while Milan saw protests quelled by the interior ministry.
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National Assembly
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Interior Ministry
Forecast Rain Snow In Area Tuesday Weather
Forecast calls for rain or snow with a mix possible in the area. At 11 a.m. Tuesday La Crosse reported 34 degrees with a mid afternoon high around 38 to 40. Two inches of snow remained, expected to melt by Wednesday. lows Thursday near 15 to 20. Freezing air has retreated south to the Atlantic states.
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A. D. Sanial
Mercury
South Atlantic States
Florida
Trial Postponed for Graziani on War Collaboration Charges
Rome reports the trial of Marshal Rodolfo Graziani on war collaboration charges was postponed indefinitely due to illness. Graziani is said to suffer from heart disease.
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Rome
Rodolfo Graziani
Graziani
CIO Seizes Control of Turbulent AC Local 248
The CIO United Auto Workers executive board placed Local 248 of Allis-Chalmers workers under administratorship, naming Duane Greathouse as administrator and removing top officers. The six point plan aims to win back bargaining rights, launch a 90 day membership drive, waive fees, and press a national labor relations board case to regain recognition. Former President Buse and Vice-President Dombeck were ousted after resignations and prior investigations by a federal grand jury regarding Communist party membership.
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United Auto Workers Executive Board
Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
Duane
Pat
Greathouse
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
International Union
Buse
Dombeck
Robert Buse
Joe Dombeck
Harold Christoffel
House Labor Committee
Communist Party
Christoffil
We Want War Cries Across Middle East Over Palestine Split
Arab protests sweep Jerusalem and Cairo with calls for arms as the United Nations partition plan triggers deadly clashes. Three Jews killed and dozens injured in Palestine. British forces brace for further riots amid a curfew in Jerusalem.
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Middle East
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Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Seven-Nation
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League of Palestine
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Iraq
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Russia
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Britain
Queens Meet This Evening for Snow Queen Contest
Girls entered by merchants and civic groups gather at the La Crosse Tribune building tonight at 7 30 p m for judging photos and final preparations. Harold Ellickson will brief on portrait photography for a unique judging feature.
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la Crosse
St. Paul
Garbage truck backs over 5 year old in Twin Lakes death
Five year old Gerald Kinney was killed instantly when a village garbage truck backed over him near his home in Twin Lakes Wisconsin. The driver said the boys had been playing near the vehicle and ignored cautions to stay away.
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Wis
Gerald Kinney
Gerald
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