Mob Seizes Cannes Post Office Amid Riviera Violence
Paris dispatch reports a mob seized the Cannes post office as strikes spread. Police replies with rifle butts and truncheons. Government seeks to reopen struck mines and curb violence. Rail traffic in Paris at 80 percent, Mediterranean coast conditions dire with trains stopping at Lyon. Socialist Premier Schuman considers raising public pay. penalties for fraud and violence in strikes tighten. Independent forces draft 80,000 men to bolster police. Local La Crosse recreation planning discusses marsh area auditorium and city facilities.
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LA Crosse Tribune
Cannes
Riviera
Nice
Central Labor Committee
Paris
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Lyon
Robert Schuman
Council of Ministers
France
General Federation of Labor
National Assembly
Armed Forces Ministry
Roe Mength
Hartl
Teachers College
Ward
Court House
Planning Board
State Planning Board
la Crosse
Marsh
Lang Drive
Frederick J. Carr Dies Former Wisconsin Banker Leader
Frederick J. Carr, 78, retired banker broker and former president of the Wisconsin Bankers' association, died at his Pasadena home after a long illness. He had moved to California 18 years ago after retiring as president of the First National Bank at Hudson, Wisconsin, and later worked with three firms here while serving as associate at the California Institute of Technology. Carr led the Wisconsin Bankers' association for 12 years and previously chaired the Wisconsin board of trade and advised the state legislature on financial matters.
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Pasadena
Calif
Frederick J. Carr
Wisconsin Bankers’ Association
Carr
First National Bank
Hudson
Wis
California Institute of Technology
Wisconsin Board of Trade
Wisconsin
Marsh site favored for Chicago auditorium location
The article discusses choosing a marsh site to avoid long walks for attendees and notes Chicago buildings sit on reclaimed land. It cites benefits including a lake for recreation, more residential space, ample parking, and city unification, while contrasting with La Crosse marsh where fills would be harder due to water layers above bedrock.
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Barth
Raymond E. Pamadore
Chamber of Commerce
la Crosse
Fairgrounds
J. N. Cribben
Chicago
Big Boy Sells For $8 A Pound At Livestock Show
The grand champion steer Big Boy, the 1,100 pound Joan Shorthorn, sold at auction for eight dollars a pound at the 48th International Livestock exposition in Chicago. The bid trailed the 1946 top bid by two dollars and fifty cents per pound.
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Chicago
Big Boy
Rumors of Ruble Shift Stir Moscow as Valuations Rise
Reports from Moscow describe shoppers carrying crockery and valuable items beyond means as trains fill with travelers and cafes fill with crowds. Rumors claim a Dec 5 currency change, with ruble limits and possible savings freezes, while price reforms may come by Dec 15. officials dispute such information. Foreign broadcasts cite housewives saying conditions improved, though Soviet officials deny isolation and claim the ruble appreciates.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
State Department
Russia
La Crosse County Home Agent Receives U S Honor
Edith Brevig of La Crosse and Marlys Richert of Waukesha earned national honorary recognition at a National Home Demonstration Association luncheon in Chicago. Brevig organized 50 4 H clubs and aided over 1,000 homemakers in Vernon county. Richert led Green and later Waukesha counties with 87 homemaker groups, 1,600 members, and 55 4 H clubs totalling 975 youths. Both are former state and county extension leaders.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
National Home Demonstration Association
Edith Brevig
la Crosse
Marlys Richert
Waukesha
Miss Brevig
Stout Institute
Hixton
Arcadia
Vernon County
Miss Richert
Mount Hope High School
Green County
Waukesha County
Richert
Wisconsin Extension Workers Association
State Home Agent Association
Lewis Attacks Boyd Appointment As Mine Bureau Head
Washington based dispute centers on Dr. James Boyd, named director of the Bureau of Mines last spring, with John L. Lewis challenging Boyd’s citizenship and qualification. Boyd, former Colorado School of Mines dean, says a typographical error misstates his father’s naturalization date.
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Lewis
Boyd
New Mine Bureau
Washington
John L. Lewis
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Colorado School of Mines
Senate Public Lands Committee
Congress
Senate
Truman
United Mine Workers
Butler
R-Nebr
Australia
R. R. Sayers
UMWA
Forced To Sleep In Hen House Divorced
Otto F. Schultz was granted a divorce by Circuit Judge James V. Bartley after testifying that his wife Sally forced him to sleep on the floor and later in the chicken house. They wed at Crookston Minnesota on October 21, 1946.
Obliging Truman Helps News Photographer Get His Picture
President Truman delayed departure for Florida to pose for a news photographer. As the Sacred Cow plane waited, an eager cameraman shouted for one more shot. Truman, obliging, waited while the flash bulb was installed and the picture was snapped before the plane departed twelve minutes late.
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Truman
Washington
Florida
Mr. Truman
Banner from vestment used in Oberammergau play
Stathern England unveils a new banner crafted from a vestment once worn for the Oberammergau Passion Play honoring local tradition and church history.
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Stathern
England
Oberammergau
Robbers Hit Two Chicago Hotels For 1500 In Cash And Jewelry
Robbers held up patrons and a night clerk at two north side Chicago hotels early today, stealing about 300 dollars from Douglas Raether and 31 dollars from Dewey West at the Fullerton hotel. Victims were ordered into an elevator and told to ride to the top floor before the suspects fled. The report notes the U S Navy Yard at Hampton Roads as the nation’s oldest.
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Chicago
North Side
Fullerton Hotel
Fullerton Avenue
Douglas Raether
Fall Creek
Wis
Dewey West
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