Caution With Surplus By Aldermen
City Clerk Fred Kramer warned the common council must curb unbudgeted spending as the 1950 budget nears final. Surplus use for 1949 exceeded estimates, and the council tapped more than 178 778 from surplus to support the 1950 budget while expecting a little over 300 000 by year end.
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Fred Kramer
Kramer
West Avenue
Houska Park
Pettibone Park
Avon Street
Green Island
Dian Hill
Local Weather Clears and Turns Colder Sunday
Sunny spells give way to a chilly afternoon with a high near 36 degrees. Clear skies and light winds bring a brisk finish to the weekend.
Five Day Week Hinted For Big Sandy Coal Units
A Pikeville union official said 34 Big Sandy area truck mine coal companies may switch to a five day work week after this week once contract terms are set in Washington with United Mine Workers chief John L Lewis and operators. Lewis has ordered three day weeks starting Monday.
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Pikeville
Big Sandy
Washington
United Mine Workers
John L Lewis
Lewis
UMW
Tom Raney
Raney
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Pikeville Group
Moody
National Coal Association
Chiang May Vacate China As Reds Push Into West
Hong Kong report notes a rapid Communist advance in China's west threatens Chiang Kai shek with evacuation to Formosa. Nationalist forces retreat, Pai Chung-hsi shifts to Hai nan, and Li Tsungjen leaves for the United States as officials weigh retreat from the mainland.
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Chiang
China
West
Hong Kong
Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
Gen Pai Chung-hsi
Chengtu
Pai
Hainan
Red
Powebeper Sing Tao Min Po
Kwangsi
Nanking
Li Tsgun-jen
United States
China Mail
US protests Chinese warship attacks on American vessels
The United States demanded that the Chinese Nationalist government warn its warships to stop illegal firing on American vessels along the China coast. The note, delivered to Foreign Minister George Yeh in Hong Kong, targets the Monday attack on the Isbrandtsen line ship Sir John Franklin as it entered the Yangtze toward Shanghai.
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Washington
United States
China Coast
State Department
George Yeh
Hong Kong
Acheson
Shanghai
Isbrandtsen Line
Sir John Franklin
Yangtze River
China
Unmarked Police Cars to Watch Michigan Highways
Michigan state police will deploy unmarked cars to catch traffic violators. Commissioner Donald S. Leonard said plain cars observe far more violations, and the plan will supplement marked patrols rather than replace them.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Donald S. Leonard
Leonard
CIO nominates 20 candidates for Wisconsin CIO council
Milwaukee amid convention 20 nominees chosen for 11 general vice presidents and three candidates for secretary-treasurer. Albert Schumacher Janesville Stanley Prideaux Madison Leo Spanjers Racine Winand Jult Kenosha John Schultz Sheboygan Jen Thurman Beloit Elker Zarnott Oshkosh Leroy Tibbitts Eau Claire Laverne Koenen La Crosse Aldrich Revell Madison Joseph Johnson La Crosse Florence Tarver Eau Claire. Constitutional changes establish full time state CIO president salary 5000 yearly from December 1950. President Herman Steffes Milwaukee to serve full time for rest of term. pay set by executive board. Irene Jult Kenosha elected council auxiliary president.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Cio Council
Albert Schumacher
Janesville
Stanley Prideaux
Madison
Leo Spanjers
Racine
Winand Jult
Kenosha
John Schultz
Sheboygan
Jen Thurman
Beloit
Elker Zarnott
Oshkosh
Leroy Tibbitts
Eau Claire
Laverne Koenen
la Crosse
Aldrich Revell
Joseph Johnson
Florence Tarver
State Cio
Herman Steffes
Irene Jult
Congressional probes launched on Hopkins uranium air shipments
Senator McMahon ordered the joint atomic energy committee staff to investigate a radio claim by ex Army Captain G Racey Jordan that Harry Hopkins aided Russia by airlifting uranium and bomb powder from the United States during World War II. Jordan tied his statements to 1943 44 lend lease work at Great Falls Montana. Major Gen Junius W Jones said he has no recollection of the incident.
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Washington
Harry Hopkins
United States
Senator McMahon
D-Conn
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Army
G. Racey Jordan
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Jordan
Great Falls
Mont
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert E. Sherwood
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Stephen T. Early
Defense
Newsmen Hear Talk By Chief Milwaunie Press Chief
Alan J. Gould executive editor of the Associated Press told the Wisconsin Associated Press Managing Editors Association that the world situation requires expert news reporting to cut through propaganda and inform the public about significant events. He praised cooperation with AP members and noted censorship challenges facing reporters worldwide.
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Milwaukee
Alan J. Gould
Associated Press
Gould
Wisconsin Associated Press Managing Editors Association
AP Managing Editors Association
Wallace Lemoe
Milwaukee Journal
Grants Awarded to UW and Minnesota in NIH Medical Research
The National Institutes of Health granted funds to 61 institutions for medical research. Wisconsin received eight grants totaling 52 444 dollars and Minnesota received one grant for 5 011 dollars. The total across all institutions was 835 770 dollars for 105 projects.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Minnesota
National Institutes of Health
Star Of Bethlehem Lights Bethlehem Steel City Display
The 81 foot electric Star of Bethlehem shone over Bethlehem PA on Saturday night. It will stay lit through January 2 as a Christmas season beacon for visitors setting against South Mountain.
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Bethlehem
Steel City
South Mountain
Etna Rumblings Subside After Weekend Activity
Volcanic shocks rocked Mt Etna with lava flows from cracks reaching 6 000 feet high on the 10 758 foot peak. Most fissures ceased by Saturday night and the main lava stream slowed, easing threats to farms near Catania and Maletto in eastern Sicily.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Maletto
Murray Defends CIO Hearings Against Outsider Panel
President Philip Murray refused to turn over the CIO investigation of ten left wing unions to outsiders including John L. Lewis. Left wing leaders argued hearings on Communist leanings would be biased if run by rival right wing unions. The first hearings target Abram Flaxer and James Durkin unions with Emil Rieve leading the investigating committee.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
John L. Lewis
Nnyody
Murray
Abram Flaxer
United Public Workers
James Durkin
United Office and Professional Workers
Fred A. Vinson
Law School
Flaxer
Durkin
Emil Rieve
Flaxer and Durkin
Harry Bridges
International Longshoreman’s
The
Marine Cooks and Stewards
American Com
Pension for May In Prison Or After Life, $280 Monthly
Former Representative Andrew J. May will receive about $280 a month for life whether in prison or after release. While he awaits trial, J Parnell Thomas faces eight years before pension eligibility at about $290 monthly under the 1946 civil service pension law. May began drawing early in 1947 after a lump sum payment. Thomas cannot draw while a member and must be 62 to collect, with contributions estimated at $5,000 to $6,000.
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May
Washington
Andrew J. May
J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas
Beth May
Ashland
House
Kentucky
Congress
Denies Strong Defense Plea For Exclusion
In Milwaukee Circuit Court two key rulings favored the state in the Arnold O. Larson murder case. Judge Roland J. Steinle allowed testimony from Phyllis Fraser about Larson’s visit to Minneapolis physicians in late September 1949 regarding a rhino plaster nose operation. The proceedings included questions by Chief Ivan Wright of La Crosse County.
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Arnold O. Larson
James McLoone
Roland J. Steinle
Milwaukee
Phyllis Fraser
Minneapolis
Physicians and
Uncertain Timing for Nola Larson Appearance as Witness
No definite report on when Mrs. Nola Larson will testify as a state witness. Indications pointed to possible Monday or Tuesday appearance. Her claim about a husband confession to murder has been repeatedly challenged by the defense.
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Nola Larson
Jury to decide admissibility of Larson trial testimony
The court ruled the issue of Larson's silence and related testimony a jury question based on trial facts. Defense protested admission of statements by Mrs. Fraser and Miss Merck about a plastic surgery appointment and Wright’s questioning in the Minneapolis jail. The crowded courtroom reflected public interest as objections and discussions filled the afternoon.
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Way Traffic Department
Larson
Hennepin County
Minneapolis
Classified ads draw tenants for rooms and sales
La Crosse readers welcome free or low cost advice in Tribune Classifieds. An ad boasting a three room house with bath found a tenant, with contact 1827-M. The call to action features low 4 and 7 day rates and the Result Number 3680.
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la Crosse
Tribune
Bath
Call
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