Truman to address Congress on long range European recovery aid
President Truman plans to deliver a message this week on long range European recovery aid. Leaders from both parties met with him to discuss adjournment plans and the push to speed aid measures through Congress before the special session ends.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Giance
Capitol
Demos Stop Passage Of GOP Inflation Bill
Embattled Democrats defeated a GOP substitute in the House. The vote fell 202 to 188 as party lines held. no Democrat supported the GOP measure while Republicans hoped for reconsideration before adjournment. Debate ran 40 minutes with limited amendments.
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Demos
Washington
waewVeyveliy Varrey
GOP
Congress
Truman
Iowa Girl 14 Marries Ex GI in St Ansgar
A 14 year old Iowa girl, described as mature looking, married an ex GI in St Ansgar on a Saturday. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kittleson, consented after she refused to return to school. the couple plans to live with the girl’s parents as the former serviceman relocates. The article notes she was born May 13, 1833.
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Maxine
St. Ansgar
Boride
Ben Kittleson
Weather Outlook for Le Crosse Area Tonight Through Tuesday
Cold tonight with occasional snow flurries before clearing by Tuesday morning. Generally fair and continued cold Tuesday with lows around 5 above in the city and near zero in rural areas. Highs Tuesday between 20 and 25 degrees.
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le Crosse
Pfc Stephan Rites Planned for Soldier Killed in Action
Pic Oswald C Stephan died in France on July 27 1944. He will be brought home to La Crosse for burial with services at Dwyer Funeral Home and Holy Trinity Church. Survived by his mother four brothers and three sisters. Burial in Catholic cemetery following a rosary service.
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Oswald C. Stephan
France
la Crosse
Camp Wolters
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Camp McCoy
Maneuvers
Louisiana
United States Military Cemetery
St. Laurent-Bayeaux
Elizabeth Stephan
Adams Street
John
Peter
George
Albert
Carl
Mary) Krause
Viroqua
Joseph
Ann) Serres
Brownville
Minn
Timothy
Catherine) Wall
San Jose
Calif
Four Die As Ships Collide
Four people die as two ships collide near Willemstad Curacao. Reports say both vessels were aflame and crews were being rescued as the British motorship San Eliseo stood by to aid.
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New York
Willemstad
Curacao
Coast Guard
Big Four Meet Ends In Complete Failure
The Big Four talks on Austria and Germany closed after 17 sessions starting Nov 25 with a 45 minute extension. Russia proposed shaping the Austrian treaty to win two thirds of Austrian oil output. Ministers' deputies will study the matter. no future date set.
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Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Broad Labor Front Presses for Wage Hikes Across Industries
AFL unions outside New York City vote on a Christmas strike, 50,000 Western Union workers seek 15 cent hourly raises, CIO sees 1948 terms by Dec 31 with 2,500 communications employees threatening a strike against Mackay Radio Commercial Cables and Western Union cables. ALPA eyeing strike authority as 900 flight officers vote. Taft Hartley era wage gains noted with inflation risk. Typographical union strike in Chicago nears one month with demands of 100 weekly for day work and 106 for night shifts. =
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AFL
New York City
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
The
Electrical Workers
Hal Swann
AFL Tech Employes’ Union
CIO Communications
New York
Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company
Commercial Cables Company
Cables Division
Western Union Telegraphy
United Air Lines
AFL Air Lines Ts’ Association
David L. Behncke
ALPA
National Foremen's Institute, Inc
Ident Truman
Economic Advisory Council
Edward G. Nourse
International Typographical Union
Chicago
Weckler Case Chronology Includes Sennett Search Efforts
A Wisconsin chronology tracks the Buford Sennett search and related leads from May through November. It notes Georgia Jean’s disappearance on May 1, rewards offered by George Weckler, false clues, and later investigations including lie detectors, bone findings, and a dramatic 15 hour siege at a Clark county farmhouse.
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Waupun
Georgia Jean
Oakland Center School
George Weckler
Wecklers
Jefferson County
Viroqua
Fort Atkinson
Weckler
Lake Michigan Beach
Manitowoc
FBI
Carl Carlson
University of Wisconsin
University of Michigan
Madison
Carlson
Blue River
Sennett
Robert Winslow
Clark County
Dies Suddenly Of Heart Attack Wilts Jimmie Gill
Carl W. J. Gillmeister known as Jimmie Gill and leader in industrial unions dies at 45 in Shore Acres after a heart attack at Seventh and State streets. He had just planned to meet his wife at the Cargill house. He served on the Wisconsin housing authority advisory board and led local UAWA, with a boxing past and recent referee work.
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Shore Acres
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Wisconsin
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Ee D. Reay
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la Crosse County
Oscar Rennebohm
UAWA
Indusae Union Council
Northern Engraving and Manufacturing Company
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Industrial Union Council
Clio
Stalin Moves to End Rationing and Revalue Ruble
The Soviet government issued a decree signed by Stalin to end rationing of food and industrial goods and to revalue the ruble. Banks will exchange rubles at 10 old for 1 new between Dec 16 and 22, with varying rates for deposits and bonds, while cash loses out. Prices for bread drop 12 percent, cereals and macaroni fall 10 percent, but some items rise from unrationed stores. Citizens greet the move with joy as Moscow braces for a new economic era.
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Stalin
Council of Ministers
Communist Party
Washington
Robert Lovett
Russia
Woman Dies Of Injuries In Wisconsin Auto Crash
Hillsboro Wisconsin Special report Mrs Mary E Wilson 67 of Webster township died ten minutes after a highway crash on state road 33 near Vernon Juneau line Sunday. Her son Rodney drove the car which skidded on ice causing a rollover. Wilson and her children David 4 and Nathan 2 were in pursuit as Susie Beng stopped to help. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Webster Township
Vernon-Juneau County
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Wonewoe
Wilson
David
Nathan Eugene
Subera
Ing Beng
Kera
Gervice
Clayton
Elton
la Farge
Floyd
Cashton
Milton
Kendall
Harold Welch
Boaz
Occupation Troops Withdraw From Italy
The last American occupation troops left Italy aboard the transport Admiral Sims, ending the Salerno operation begun September 9, 1943. One graves registration unit and a small number of liquidation administration personnel remained, about 300 men, to care for war dead and send home bodies upon request.
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Italy
Admiral Sims
U. S
Salerno
Buford Sennett Transferred for Blue River Slaying Case
Buford Sennett, inmate at Waupun State Prison, was moved under heavy guard to Blue River Wisconsin to aid authorities in locating the body of eight year old Georgia Jean Weckler.
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Blue River
Wis
Buford Sennett
Georgia Jean Weckler
Waupun
Jefferson, Wis
Francis Garity
Fort Atkinson
Garity
Sennett
University of Wisconsin
Estimates 1600 Deer Killed in Necedah Special Hunt
MADISON Wis. W F Grimmer chief of the game management division estimated about 1600 deer were killed in the Necedah wildlife refuge special hunting season which ended yesterday Early reports say fewer than half of the 6000 hunters with permits hunted Dec 6 14 A Juneau county ban failed but officials say no arrests were made Most deer were does at a three to one ratio to bucks with snow over 10 inches and signs of winter hunger observed
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Conservation Department
Necedah Wildlife Refuge
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Juneau County
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