CIO Elects Right Wingers Lloyd La Crosse New State VP
In Wisconsin the CIO elected right wing leaders after a bitter convention battle. Herman Sieaes of Nash-Kelvinator Local 75 in Milwaukee won the presidency by acclamation while John Soren of a steel workers union became secretary treasurer. Malcolm Lisyd of Le Crosse was elected vice president and William Netzer of La Crosse was named a brewery workers representative on the executive board. The right wingers gained a strengthened majority on the executive board as the old officers and many incumbents were swept out. The convention adjourned after a tumultuous three-year session. The new slate faces ongoing efforts to establish democratic procedures and unify labor actions across Wisconsin.
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Wausau
Wis
State
CIO Council
CIO
Herman SieAes
Milwaukee
Nash-Kelvinatoran
Local 75
T W Cio
John Sorena
Steel Workers
Malcolm Lisyd
DAW
le Crosse
William Netzer
la Crosse
Brewery
United Public Worker
UPW
Steffes
Harvey Kitzi Mn
Uaw-Cio
Go. 7
Gase Co
Racine
Robert Buse
Stelfes
Local Weather for La Crosse Tonight Snow and Cold Snap
Moderate snow tonight accumulating 3 to 4 inches by morning. Snow flurries Tuesday. Cold wave tonight and Tuesday with temperatures rising? falling to 5 to 8 above by Wednesday morning. Strong shifting winds.
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la Crosse
Moderate Snow and Cold Wave Forecast for Area Tonight
A winter storm threat spreads across the region with snow expected by evening and a drop in temperatures to five to eight degrees above zero. Officials warn hazardous road conditions, move landing crews to action, and forecast three to four inches of snow by morning. Gusty winds and drifting snow are reported in the upper Mississippi valley with colder temperatures continuing into Wednesday.
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Sanial
Ivan A. Wright
T. M. Reynolds
State Highway Department
A. D. Sanial
Valles
Mississippi Valley
South Dakota
Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Wisconsin
One-Man Civil Unrest in Murfreesboro Ends After Siege
In Murfreesboro Tennessee a Black man identified as Tobe Haynes barricaded himself in a house and opened fire after being questioned about a theft. Officers wounded two others and he was removed from the house apparently unharmed as a 150 to 200 strong white crowd surrounded the building during a drawn out siege.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Inter
Tobe Haynes
Voley
Daughter Born To Polio Victim Dies
A premature but normal baby, born to Mrs. Rita Kohlmeier, 19, La Crosse, died Monday morning in a La Crosse hospital. The mother, confined to an iron lung since September, had given birth at 10 a.m. Sunday. Attending physicians reported the infant was a polio victim.
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Rita Kohlmeier
la Crosse
Kohlmeier
Bilbo hearing cites diverted political contribution
Meridan contractor B L Knost testified before the Bilbo investigating committee that a $3 750 donation he and a partner made to a Mississippi campaign fund in 1941 was not forwarded to the campaign leaders. He said he gave the money to Edward P Terry then Bilbo's secretary for use in the failed bid to elect Wall Doxey to the Senate.
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Washington
B. L. Knost
Meridan
Mich
Bilbo
Mississippi
Edward P. Terry
D Miss
Wall Doxey
United States Senate
Robert Gandy
Forrest Jackson
Doxey
der Bilbo
Lewis J. Valentine Former N Y Police Commissioner Dies
New York mourns Lewis J. Valentine 61 a former police chief who rose from Brooklyn beat to head the New York Police Department resigning in 1945 after 11 years in office He later aided Japan's civilian police system and returned to popular crime fighting with the Gang Busters program He began on the force in 1903 facing demotions and exile before being named commissioner by Mayor La Guardia in 1934 firing 200 policemen and disciplining thousands over six years of service.
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New York
Lewis J. Valentine
Brooklyn
Long Island College Hospital
Valentine
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Tammany Hall
Fiorello la Guardia
UN Council Gets Monumental Arms Program
The United Nations assembly handed the 11 member security council the task of launching a world arms reduction program. After an eight week session the 54 nations pledged to curb armed forces and prohibit atomic weapons, with a plan to hold a special session in six months to approve a detailed framework. The session saw rare Soviet Western cooperation and praised James Byrnes for disclosing troop positions, while approving a draft constitution for an international refugee organization and a $160 million first-year budget.
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John A. Barris, JR
New York
United Nations Assembly
Security Council
Flushing Meadow Park
United Nations
Russia
U. S
James F. Byrnes
U.N
Austin
Warren R. Austin
Associated Press
Europe
U.S
United States
Assembly
France
Britain
Spain
Francisco Franco
India defies Britain Nehru on new sovereign state
London dispatches quote Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru saying India will declare itself free from the British empire within days and form a constituent assembly resolution declaring India a free sovereign country. The Times of India notes Congress aims to solve own problems without London and that Muslim leaders have boycotted the assembly. Officials seek clarification amidst India’s communal unrest.
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London
Future of
India
Bombay Dispatches
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress Party
Times of India
Bombay
Nehru
Benares
Constituent Assembly
The
Times
Congress
House of Lords
Nehyu
New Delhi
House of Commons
Britain
Ruling Sought On Sale Of War Pipelines Muscle Shoals
Washington plans for disposing of the 145 million dollar Big and Little Inch pipelines, nicknamed the Muscle Shoals of World War II, move toward two Attorney General Tom Clark rulings. The issue: would permanent natural gas use of the 24 and 20 inch conduits create a monopoly in the gas industry. A House surplus property committee report backed gas transport. The lines run from Text to New York and Philadelphia. Robert M. Littlejohn, wartime assets administrator, signaled the disposal problem of oil versus gas would go to Congress.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Teasorite
House
New York
Philadelphia
Robert M. Littlejohn
War Assets Administrator
Bas
Congress
Aussie Beheaded Survivor Crawled From Grave in War Crimes Trial
Testimony from Colin Fleming Brien, a Sydney resident, details being beheaded then buried in a jungle grave near Singapore in 1942. He crawled out after dislodging earth and wood, survived to reach Singapore and later was imprisoned by Japanese until war’s end. Prosecutor Mansfield names Tojo and 11 others as responsible for wartime abuses.
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Tokyo
International War Crimes Tribunal
Colin Fleming Brien
Sydney
Brien
Singapore
Australia
Alan James Mansflied
Queensland
Hideki Tojo
China Communists Capture Chungyang After Long Siege
PEIPING reports Chinese Communists seized Chungyang in central Shansi after a 15 month siege and a two week final assault. Defenders, out of food and ammunition, radioed alarming claims of atomic bombs as government forces claimed victory at Pulantien in Manchuria with about 6000 Communists routed.
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Peiping
Chungyang
Shansi
Yenan
Manchuria
Pulantien
Kwantung Peninsula
Blum Names New Cabinet
Paris reports Leon Blum formed an all Socialist cabinet with himself as president premier and foreign minister. Andre Le Troquer received the post of national defense while Edouard Depreux became interior minister. Pierre Olivier Lapie was named undersecretary of state for foreign affairs. The cabinet awaits a confidence vote and first meeting tonight.
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Paris
Pierre Olivier Lapie
Lorraine
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Blum
National Assembly
Court To Hear Lewis Appeal Arguments Set For January 14
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a ten point appeal by John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers against their contempt conviction and $3.51 million fine from the 17 day coal strike. Arguments are set for January 14 on questions including constitutional limits of injunctions and the power of the district judge to issue restraining orders in labor disputes. The government argues the Norris La Guardia and Clayton acts do not apply to the government in this sovereign action.
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Paul M. Yost
Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Union
U.S
Galdsborough
Norris- la Guardia
Clayton
Japor
Dixion
Department
Green Bay chosen for second annual WWII veterans convention
OSHKOSH Wis May 9-11 set for the second annual state convention of the American Veterans of World War II. The event was decided by the group's executive board meeting in Milwaukee led by Junior Vice Commander Kenneth Kunde who announced the dates and site.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Kenneth Kunde
Tragic Child Dies After Fall From Moving Car
Ann Marie Meyer twelve dies in a local hospital after being hurled from a moving car driven by her father Arthur F. Meyer. The back-seat fall near West Salem followed a door opening and guard rail impact. Surviving family includes parents, one brother Arlan Meyer, and grandparents. Funeral set for Meyer farm home and St. John’s Lutheran Barre. Two Lanesboro men held in Preston jail in a hit-and-run near Chatfield that killed Mary Jane Hanson, 75, as she crossed Highway 52 by Chatfield High School. Inquest reveals extensive injuries and possible alcohol involvement. no charges filed yet.
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Ann Marie Meyer
la Crosse
Arthur F. Meyer
West Salen
West Salem
Irother
Arlan Meyer
Henry W
Barre
Henry Paustian, Jr
Church
Lanesboro
Minn
Preston
Mary Jane Hanson
Chatfield
Miss Hanson
Chatfield High School
Teman
Merle Johnson
Glen Sawyer
Johnsons
Sawyer
Boetzer Funeral
Victor Wuebels
Clarence Reishus
J. P. Nebring
Johnson Brothers
Reishus
Truman limits floor space for new residences
Washington reports the Truman administration plans a major shift in housing policy to boost non residential construction, curb floor space limits on new homes to about 1,500 square feet, and expand private sector role while removing price ceilings and inspections. Veterans retain a one year occupancy right, and officials foresee a vigorous rental emphasis amid materials restrictions.
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Washington
Truman
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Weerion Long
Nice
Holtee
Frank W. Cortright
National Association of Home Builders
Cortright
Philly Conductorette Decorates Streetcar For Christmas
Philadelphia a conductorette named Mrs Martha Kashner decorates her trolley with Christmas bells evergreen boughs red ribbons and poinsettias. She serves 850 to 1,000 passengers daily and notes most smile since she started decorating last Monday. Candy bars dangle by her booth and a mistletoe sprig hangs over the exit spreading festive spirit.
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Philadelphia
Martha Kashnyer
Mrs. Kushner
Salem Child Injured Crossing Street in West Salem
Joan Woody of West Salem, reported in favorable condition after a collision while crossing the street around 12 05 p m Friday the 14th. She ran behind a heavy van and was struck by an oncoming car driven by 16 year old La Verne Buel of West Salem. The child was taken to a La Crosse hospital by county highway police.
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Joan Woody
West Salem
Joan
la Verne Buel
la Crosse
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Phil Smith
Electrical Workers
Winand Kenosha
National Cio
International Union
Atlis-Chalmers
Chicago
N.Y
UN Council
Robert W. Lincoln
Brockton
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Corp
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Indianapolis
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Perkins
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the Tribune
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