Post Office Expedited Parcel Post for Christmas Rush
La Crosse prepares for a 30 percent rise in parcel post deliveries with 24 staff working round the clock. A temporary station at the fairgrounds opened November 25 and runs through December 30 to handle trainside arrivals and sorting for street addresses and businesses.
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Wenzel M. Dvorak
Fairgrounds Poultry Buildings
Dvorak
Fairgrounds
Lester Koblitz
Koblitz
Post Office Parcel Post Department
Bemel Proposes Marsh Fill Plan for La Crosse
Bemel asks the La Crosse common council to approve filling a city marsh east of Copeland avenue and west of the Burlington tracks with the city paying about 100000 toward street and highway costs. He argues the project would create valuable commercial sites, reduce an eyesore, and unite north and south parts of the city over roughly ten years of added tax revenue.
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Bemel
Common Council
Hale
Skemp
Nietsch
Copeland Avenue
Burlington Railroad
Burlington Tracks
Standard Oil
Monitor Street
Avon Street
Presidential Candidates Roasted At Gridiron Club Dinner
President Truman and 500 guests watched satire at the Gridiron Club dinner lampooning Republican presidential hopefuls and the European recovery program. The show depicted Eisenhower as a feared nominee while Dewey Stassen Taft Vandenberg and Speaker Martin attended.
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Washington
Truman
Gridiron Club
OPA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
Vandenberg
Martin
Gridiron
Eisenhower
Truman warns on Italy as Yank troops depart
President Truman cautioned Saturday night that if Italian freedom is threatened the United States will consider appropriate measures. The statement accompanied the departure of the last American troops from Italy and followed reports the U S may supply modern arms to Italy under the peace treaty.
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Washington
Italy
Truman
Sature
United States
United Nations
Russia
Britain
France
Trieste
Gene Darmes
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Blood in Holy Land clashes leave many Arabs dead
In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem violence erupts as Hagana forces attack Al Yahudiya village and Arab districts. About 21 Palestinians die and nearly 100 are injured, with several Jews also wounded. toll across the region rises as clashes escalate.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Palestine
Middle East
Hagana
al Yahudiya
Change Hours For Officials At City Hall
City offices will open 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m on weekdays with no noon closing and 8 30 a m to noon on Saturdays. Mayor C A said the schedule aims to give better service and convenient times for citizens to transact business, with noon hours provided as an accommodation.
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City Hall
de Nents
C. A
Disaster Death Toll Doubles in 1947 Across the United States
Washington reports that the 1947 disaster death toll through December 1 reached 1,266, more than doubling the previous year. The figure reflects fatalities from fires floods floods and other calamities nationwide.
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Washington
United States
Oldtime Newsman Stoddard Dies at 86
Stoddard, a noted newspaperman and author in the area, died Saturday at age 86. One of the era’s outstanding political reporters, he knew every U S president since Garfield and covered Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba, the Blaine era, Kent Grant’s illness and death, and Coolidge’s final interview.
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Stoddard
Autchor
United States
Garfield
Theodore Roosevelt
Cuba
Blaine
Kent Grant
Coolidge
Son of Chicago shooting victim missing reported by police
The eight year old son of one of four men killed in a Chicago shooting spree is missing. Police at Marquette station said Thomas Kuesis, son of John Kuesis, is unaccounted for after the bloodiest burst since the St. Valentine’s Day killings.
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Chicago
Marquette
Thomas Kuesis
John Kuesis
Two Die In Crash Of National Guard Plane
In Williamsport Pennsylvania a national guard twin engine attack plane crashed on a farm half a mile west of Howard after four crew members parachuted to safety. The aircraft was from the 175th fighter squadron based in Sioux Falls South Dakota.
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National Guard
Howard
Sioux Falls
S. D
Marine veteran found guilty in niece murder case
George Neill, 22, a marine combat veteran, was convicted of first degree murder in the killing of his 11 year old niece Isabelle Mallon. The jury of nine women and three men sentenced him to death by electric chair.
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Philadelphia
George Neill
Isabelle Mallon
Courtesy Doesn t Always Pay This Man Can Prove It
In Tampa Charles Johnson swerves to avoid a parked car with an open door and stops to inspect for damage. A bystander punches him as he explains the incident to the seated woman, who denies contact. Johnson seeks hospital treatment.
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Tampa
Fla
Charles Johnson
Johnson
Rome Assembly Rejects Probe Into Police Action in Strike
The constituent assembly voted 216 to 111 to reject a Communist move to investigate police handling during a two day general strike in Rome province. Debate featured shouting and a suspended session led by Communist president Umberto Terracini. Police presence reached 67,000 in the Rome area as labor ended the strike at midnight.
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Constituent Assembly
Umberto Terracini
Gian Carlo Pajetta
Deam
Vatican City
L’osservatore Romano
Giuseppe di Vittorio
General Confederation of Labor
L’unita
Giornale D'Italia
Ike Receives Gold Medal for Distinguished Service
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower was awarded the gold medal Saturday night for distinguished achievement. The event took place in New York with dignitaries in attendance honoring his military leadership and contributions.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Compromise Finalizes Foreign Aid Act After Senate House Talks
A compromise foreign aid act of 1947 emerged from a senate house conference authorizing 597 million dollars for stop communist aid to France Italy and Austria with China included as House demanded. The bill sets a 597 million ceiling and directs the president to retain 150 million bushels of wheat in stockpile unless March 1 decision reverses this. It also drops anti communist clauses and lets the president cut aid without naming Russia. The measure heads back to both chambers for swift action and Truman readiness to sign.
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Senate-House
China
House
France
Italy
Austria
Senate
Joint Conference
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Truman
Europe
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Vanden Z
Communist Party
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Russia
Negro Gunman Robs Train on Chicago Route
A lone armed Black thief boarded a New York Central passenger train at Englewood station in Chicago on Saturday night. He robbed the headwaiter of 196 dollars and 20 cents in company money and then loot ed rear-car passengers, including at least three judges and a University of Minnesota professor, before leaping off near 35th Street as the train neared La Salle Street terminal. Police counted more than ten victims in the two and a half mile stretch.
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Chicago
New York Central
South Side
Englewood Union Station
35Th Street
la Salle Street Terminal
University of Minnesota Essor
AP Commodity Index Sees Sixth Straight Weekly Gain
The AP composite of 35 wholesale commodities stood at 206.03 on Dec 12, the sixth consecutive Friday-to-Friday advance. It rose from 204.98 on Dec 5 and 165.12 a year earlier, with textiles grains and cottons at new 1947 highs while livestock gained. Industrials and food fell, non ferrous metals unchanged.
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New York
Associated Press
Gen Gill Named Acting President of Colorado College
Maj. Gen. William H. Gill, wartime commander of the 32nd Red Arrow division, assumes acting presidency of Colorado College during Thurston J. Davies illness absence. The 32nd formed with Wisconsin and Michigan National Guard units.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
William H. Gill
32Nd
Red Arrow
Colorado College
Thurston J. Davies
Wisconsin
Michigan
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