Understudy Council Prepares for December Night Session
The La Crosse council plans final action on Tuesday committee recommendations at Friday's regular December meeting after approving the 1947 budget. Zoning issues include a postponed ice cream shop plan at West Ave and State St and a proposed rezoning at Lang Drive La Crosse Street to heavy industrial. An unfavorable report was issued on a land grading ordinance and Losey Boulevard's status may be revisited amid requests to place it on the state trunk highway system.
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West Avenue
State Street
Lang Drive
la Crosse Street
Losey Boulevard
Pamperin
County Board
Setting and Lines Echo Father as FDR Jr Presses AVC Conference
Washington AVC press conference by Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. evoked his father’s persona with a staged entrance, familiar facial cues, and the same timing quirks. Reporters, including Mae Craig, observed the resemblance in voice, demeanor, and journalistly ritual.
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Washington
NEA
White House
American Veterans Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
AVC
FDR Sr
FDR Jr
Senior
Washington Daily News
AVC Ternoon
Mr. Roosevelt
President
Roosevelt
Junior
Mae Craig
Maine
Milwaukee Pilot Identified in Arkansas Plane Crash
The pilot of a surplus Army BT-13 plane crash in northwest Arkansas Wednesday afternoon was identified as Theodore Ceskowski of Milwaukee, Wis., by the Civil Aeronautics Administration. A second body in the wreckage remained unidentified. CAA inspector Granville Moore cited stormy weather as the crash cause.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Theodore Ceskowski
Milwaukee
Wis
CAA
Granville Moore
Moore
Collapse blamed on mischievous boys and roof failures at ice plant
The disaster, caused by weakening roof booms during a second blaze, collapsed the ice plant roof and north wall. Nineteen tenement residents and one fireman died. Joseph Arigo was the sole known survivor heard from in the debris after midnight.
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Brophy
Guineen
Joseph Arigo
Wreck continues as Red Cross aids soldiers in crash
Pvt. Chester Harp, 17, of Kenosha Wisconsin, described steam rushing into the first coach as a terrible burn hazard after a crash that sent 75 soldiers into panic. The Red Cross mobilized to dispense coffee and doughnuts while traffic was rerouted via the Pennsylvania line through Columbus and the Baltimore & Ohio through Willard. Soldiers were to take 12 day furloughs before departing for Japan.
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Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio
Willard, O
Chester Harp
Kenosha
Wis
Japan
Injured list from Mansfield train wreck hospitalized
Revised roster details nineteen injured soldiers and civilians from the Pennsylvania wreck. Names include Pvt Carl Herzog 18 Alton Ill eye injury and William Glass 18 Kaukauna Wis finger injuries among others in hospital at Mansfield General.
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Mansfield
Pennsylvania
Mansfield General Hospital
Carl Herzog
Alton
Ill
Miller
Peru
William Glass
Kaukauna
Wis
Walter B. Thomas
Philadelphia
William Steidtmann
Eau Claire
Kenneth J. Myers
Cressom
Nicholas Cimmaraesti
Chicago
John Melius
R. 1
Ardell
Anthony Omernik
Spooner
Wilma Hill
Mason City
Martin Yonan
John Stupak
Sheboygan Falls
Peter Kreel
Gordon
Byron Ercls
Milwaukee
Chester Harp
Kenosha
Gusst Brodsky
Til
Pittsburgh
Stephen Sye
Tts Railroad
Charles Reed
Smithville
J. R. Nowlin
Donald Adams
Danners
E. D. Krautblatt
Crestline
William Jackson
Chippewa Falls
Burns
Carl Sprenger
Rt. 1
Sheboygan
Falls
Bilbo Campaign Threats Highlight Mississippi Nomination
A Mississippi primary episode involved death threat claims linked to Bilbo's Democratic renomination. Terry reported a caller in Meridian vowed to pay with his life over involvement in the Bilbo probe. Quinn was told threats would be used to bar testimony.
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Mississippi
Bilbo
Terry
Quinn
Mead
Meridian
Blind veteran asks Santa for eyes to end sorrow
Corp. Chester R. Perkins, blinded by a land mine in Germany and a Valley Forge hospital resident for 21 months, writes a heartfelt letter to Santa seeking two bright blue eyes. He recalls wartime pain and asks for vision to see Christmas joy again and remember the lost sight of last year.
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Phoenixville
Corp
Chester R. Perkins
Germany
Valley Forge Hospital
Santa Claus
Perkins
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Butler University
Santa
Medical Society Faces Milwaukee Group Over Plan Control
Wisconsin Medical Society moves toward court action on December 19 to decide if Milwaukee County Medical Society can operate its prepaid surgical care plan in defiance of state delegates. Council authorized action to resolve authority disputes between county and state bodies.
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Madison
C. H. Crownhart
Wisconsin Medical Society
Milwaukee County Medical Society
House of Delegates
State Society
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Society
Milwaukee Society
Crownhart
County Medical Society
State Medical Society
LaGuardia Urges Farmers to Back FAO at Northwest Banquet
Former New York mayor and UNRRA director Fio rello LaGuardia told 3000 northwest farmers the FAO is the hope of world agriculture and urged immediate support to counter speculators and the grain market. The Farmers Union Grain Terminal association raised its capital to 25 million dollars as part of a push for farmer control of marketing and distribution of grain.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Fiorello LaGuardia
UNRRA
International Food and Agriculture Organization
la Guardia
FAO
World Agriculture
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
New York
M. W. Thatcher
Northwest
Labor federation debates strike rights and farm price parity
The group favors the privilege to strike organize and bargain collectively rather than a blanket right. A parity price resolution seeks removal of sugar and rice controls and supports government loans to maintain farm prices in line with costs. Tax policy calls for exempting corporations from tax on dividend portions received by stockholders. Directors elected include Frank W. White and Charles B. Shuman. terms two years.
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Midwest
Frank W. White
Marshall
Minn
Charles B. Shuman
Sullivan
Ward A. O'Neal
Allan B. Kline
Distribution of Dog Tags Begins After Licenses Issued
County clerk Esther Domke reported 4,700 dog tags ready for mailing to city treasurers and town clerks. In addition to the 4,700 dog plates, 75 kennel tags are included in the issuance.
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Esther Domke
War time gift swans to be returned to Churchill
Two Australian black swans once placed in the London Zoo by Winston Churchill during the war are set to be returned to him. The exchange marks a gesture linked to wartime ties and diplomatic symbolism amid post war adjustments.
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London Zoo
Winston Churchill
Sheriff, Homeowner Fight Eviction Over Restitution Writ
Sheriff Olson says he obtained possession of 930 Cameron Avenue to use as his home not rental property and evicted tenants to avoid circuit court delay. He claims the Pitsch family caused trouble, rented rooms, and declined to move while promising to vacate, while criticizing critics of his action.
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Charles B. Varco
Justice Court
Olson
Cameron Avenue
Pitsch
Circuit Court
Olsons
OPA
the Tribune
Soviet infant mortality hits new low in 1946
Moscow announced that the Soviet Union finished 1946 with the lowest infant mortality rate in years. A ministry of public health official stated the decline marks progress after wartime losses and aligns with postwar health campaigns.
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Moscow
Ministry of Public Health
Soviet Union
McCarthy Lists Election Costs Across Wisconsin Districts
Senator Elect Joseph R. McCarthy reports 1715.50 in contributions and 2241 in expenditures. Howard J. McMurray lists 135 and 630.30. Wisconsin house races show varied totals by district with multiple candidates and independent runs, including Keefe and Byrnes in key districts and names like Rostrom, Wasielewski, Kersten, Biemiller, Hull, Byrnes, and Oksomski noted in filings.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
Secretary of
Senate
Howard J. McMurray
Wisconsin
House
Clerk of the House
Lawrence H. Smith
John R. Rostrom
Robert K. Henry
W. G. Rice
William H. Stevenson
John C. Brophy
Edmund W. Bobrowicz
Thaddeus F. Wasielewski
Charles J. Kersten
Andrew J. Biemiller
Frank B. Keefe
E. W. Webster
Reid F. Murray
Elmer Fraley
John W. Byrnes
Martin J. Young
Merlin Hull
E. O’konski
Henry J. Berquist
Eugene R. Princeton
Ind
New York Seeks Probe Of Home Insurance Salary Irregularities
New York state insurance department released an examiner report alleging salary irregularities at Home Insurance Co the nation’s largest fire insurer. The document cites President Harold W Smith and former vice president George F Allen now RFC director as involved, with findings declared public record.
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New York
New York State Insurance Department
Home Insurance Co
Harold W. Smith
George F. Allen
RFC
State aviation fund sought to match federal airport aid
Wisconsin state aeronautics commission urged a $2 million appropriation to match federal funds for airport development over two years and proposed a gasoline tax for aviation use. The plan aims to fund up to $10 million in federal airport projects over seven years and would expand to 160 airports, with a $30 million initial cost.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Aeronautics Commission
Thomas K. Jordan
Commission
Jordan
Oscar Rennebohm
Goodland
Carl Reynolds
Sturgeon Bay
Reich Personnel Cut in Germany Planned by July
Berlin Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay said the American military government aims to cut personnel in Germany by about 35 percent by next July as part of the ongoing postwar reduction plan.
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John F. Mullen
Wisconsin Adjutant General
Mullen
Wisconsin National Guard
Air Corps
Berlin
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
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