Start of tax season signals $15 billion harvest
The government projects a $15 billion tax take over the next three months as corporations pay final 1948 taxes this Thursday and individuals face 1949 taxes ahead of the March 15 deadline. Key dates include January 1 social security increases, January 15 estimates and farmers reporting, January 31 W-2 forms, February 15 deposits and information returns, and March 15 for 1949 payments and 1950 declarations.
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Washington
Ship Corps Explodes Out East of Miami 16 Missing
A coast guard search plane found the burning Corps 300 miles east of Miami with sixteen men missing after an explosion and fire. Eight were rescued. cause undetermined. Debris scarce. four coast guard planes and other vessels aided in the search. The chief engineer said the captain and seven others likely perished.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Dutch Motorship Corps
PBM
St. Petersburg
Air Force
MacDillfield
Tampa
Cast Guard
Mocoma
Corps
New York
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
WMH
Baltimore
Sparrows Point
Explosion at Swift & Co. plant in Sioux City kills dozens
An explosion leveled the main office building of the Swift & Co. packing plant in Sioux City Iowa. Early estimates place deaths between 25 and 35 with up to 200 injured. Gas leak suspected as emergency crews including national guard and naval reserve rush to the scene.
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Sioux City
Swift & Co
Charles Grahl
Iowa National Guard
Des Moines
Walter W. Lindgren
Public Safety
Lindgren
al Wright
Swift
Company
Walter Krebs
Howard Jensen
Sioux City Police
Naval Reserve
National Guard
Department
Naval Reserve and
Deep Freeze Sets New Wisconsin Cold Records
The Associated Press reports sub zero readings across Wisconsin with Superior at 14 below, Wausau and Eau Claire near two below, and Land O Lakes at 12 below. Southern areas stay mostly above zero with Oshkosh Beloit and Madison around four to two above.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Howard Thompson
Superior
Wausau
Eau Claire
Land O'Lakes
Mercury
Oshkosh
Lone Rock
Madison
Beloit
Cold snap grips La Crosse with frost and flurries forecast
Mercury fell to two degrees above zero in La Crosse as meteorologist A. D. Sanial warned the cold spell would hold through Thursday noon. He said temperatures would rise Thursday afternoon with more clouds and only light snow flurries possible later, versus snow promised earlier.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Cold snap grips central region with record lows feel
The article notes sub zero and double digit cold across the Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska and Wisconsin with record lows in Bismarck Jamestown Minot Lemmon and Duluth as bitter weather persists into Thursday. Chicago reports its coldest reading of the season while rain affects the southeast and mild snow flurries appear in the Great Lakes.
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Milwaukee
Superior
Northwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Bismarck
N. D
Jamestown
Minot
Lemmon
S. D
Duluth
Min
Weather for La Crosse Area Cool and Dry Tonight
Local forecast for La Crosse and vicinity calls for fair skies and continued cold tonight with the city low near zero and country readings around five below. Thursday will be partly cloudy and warmer with daytime highs from 22 to 25.
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la Crosse
Engine failure cited before DC-3 crash into Potomac
Investigators reviewing a crew report that the DC-3 lost engine power just before plunging into the Potomac River near National airport in fog. Four dead including pilot and co-pilot, 19 survived. Flight attendant Buell, Jr. described a 300 foot climb then the starboard engine sputtered and quit as the aircraft spun left.
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Washington
Potomac River
Civil Aeronautics Board
National Airport
Joseph W. Buell, Jr
Inquest Planned Into Powers Car Crash Deaths
An inquest will be held at 10 a m Friday into the deaths of Mr and Mrs B Powers of Appleton from a highway 16 head on collision seven and a half miles west of Sparta on Thanksgiving day. Dr George Reay county coroner will preside with witnesses in Sparta hospital. The jury will hear testimony in La Crosse then adjourn to Sparta for final ruling.
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B. Powers
Appleton
George Reay
la Crosse County Court House
Sparta
Powers
Susan Powers
Hannah Ritchie
Edwin T. Phillips
West DePere
Wis
la Crosse
University of Iowa Murder Suspect Sought Psychiatric Advice
Iowa City, IA. Robert E. Bednasek, 24, a psychology senior, faced a first degree murder charge in the death of Margaret Anne Jackson after she met him for a date. County Attorney Jack White confirmed Bednasek had visited a psychiatrist weeks earlier citing homicidal and personal crisis impulses. A campus psychologist Edward J. Shoben Jr. also advised Bednasek, and may testify if subpoenaed. Rites for Jackson were held in Burlington. Defense seeks a full prelim hearing on December 21 with evidence challenging claims of a one sided romance.
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Iowa City
Robert E. Bednasek
University of Iowa
Jack White
Bednasek
White
Edward J. Shoben, Jr
Shoben
Burlington
Margaret Anne Jackson
Den
Miss Jackson
Admiral Jones Commissions Navy Reserve Center In La Crosse
After three years of planning the La Crosse navy reserve unit will commission its training center at 22nd and Green Bay streets at 5 p m Wednesday. Rear Adm J Cary Jones will lead the ceremony with Capt F L Riddle and Capt R W Wood among the accompanying officers.
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Admiral Jones
Navy Reserve Training Center
City
la Crosse
Navy Reserve
Green Bay Streets
J. Cary Jones
Ninth Naval District
Navy Reserve Division
Cmdr
Robert S. Knowles
Black River
Clinton Street
Naval Reserve Division
Fourth
Vine Streets
Civic Center
Riverside Park
Myrick Park
la Crosse Naval Reserve Division
Jones
F. L. Riddle
Naval Reserve
R. W. Wood
R. E. Hart
A. W. Ferron
Navy
Green Bay
Oshkosh
Kenosha
Racine
Sheboygan
Madison
Milwaukee
L. R. Borst
Robert Catt
$20 Billion Seen As U S Security Cost
The Committee for Economic Development estimates national security will cost at least 20 billion dollars annually for years ahead. It urges civilian leadership, balanced security spending, and cautions against overreactive loyalty probes and a drift toward a garrison police state.
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Republic
Arnold Larson Murder Trial Costs Revealed
An incomplete expense estimate from Court Clerk Larry Schaefer shows the state owes $1,300 for witness fees in the Arnold O. Larson murder trial. Hotel La Crosse charged $434.35 for jurors and meals at Nick and Bee totaled $665.50. Jurors fees for per diem and mileage are pending final figures.
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Arnold O. Larson
Larry Schaefer
Hotel la Crosse
Nick and Bee
Schaefer
Freighter Runs Aground On Last Trip Of Season
The 450 foot freighter William Fitzgerald carrying 7 500 tons of coal ran aground in Green Bay eight miles from the Fox river mouth on Wednesday morning. A Reiss Coal tug attempted to free it while the Woodbine coast guard cutter worked to break ice around the vessel. The Fitzgerald owned by Gartland Steamship of Chicago was delivering the season’s final coal load to Northern Paper Company mills and was en route from Toledo.
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Green Bay
Wis
William Fitzgerald
Fox River
Reiss Coal Company
Coast Guard
Woodbine
Fitzgerald
Gartland Steamship Company of Chicago
Navy Awards P5M-1 Seaplane Contract for Submarine Warfighting
The navy awarded Glenn L. Martin a production contract for the P5M-1 seaplane designed to hunt submarines and operate from rough sea conditions. It features advanced submarine-detection electronics including a bow radar scanner, twin Wright engines, and a seven-man crew.
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Washington
Navy
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Wright
Parolees Captured After Oshkosh Farm Incident
Two state paroled men sought after a farm assault and robbery near Waupun. William Barnes 27 and Floyd Jones 26 were involved in a taxi theft and tavern robbery, injuring a driver and stealing cash. Barnes was captured first. Jones was found hiding on a Charles Foote farm.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Husky
Harry E. Zarling
Kenneth King
Floyd Jones
Charles Foote
Here
William Barnes
Jones
Fond du Lac
John Hargrove
Waupun
Beaver Dam
Wayne Smith
Hargrove
Barnes
Milwaukee County
Carol Groups To Start City Tours Monday
Junior Chamber of Commerce carolers will begin residential visits for shutins and elderly from December 19 to 23 under Armand W. Muth. Readers may call 2729-J with names of visit recipients through December 17. This year carolers carry lighted candles, candles made by Boy Scout Troop 20 of Roosevelt School led by Bernard Osborne.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Shutins
Armand W. Muth
Muth
Jaycee Earolers
Boy Scout Troop 20
Roosevelt School
Bernard Osborne
King Tackles Office Work On 54th Birthday
King George VI observed his 54th birthday in London, appearing fit and hearty. He marked the day with a 41 gun salute from Hyde Park and the Tower of London, recalling a year ago when he was ill with a dangerous circulation ailment and feared possible amputation.
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London
George VI
Hyde Park
Tower of London
GOP Strategists Urge Clear Choice for 1950 U.S. Race
Republican leaders meeting in Chicago urged shedding me-tooism and offering a clear, positive program for 1950. Arthur Summerfield said the party must present a distinct policy set, while Guy Gabrielson planned a policy-drafting panel by January with a February outline.
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Republican Party
GOP
Arthur E. Summerfield
Michigan
Summerfield
Guy Gabrielson
Gabrielson
Gy Group
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