Navy ships to China proposal shocks Congress
Washington reports a Navy plan to transfer excess U.S. warships to the Republic of China drew surprise from lawmakers. Chairman Carl Vinson and Rep. Sheppard voiced questions and opposition while noting a surplus of major combat ships after postwar needs. Forrestal urged broad authority to send officers to aid China's prewar navy as it rebuilds.
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Washington
Republic of China
Navy
Forrestal
Rayburn
D-Tex
Capitol Hill
Carl Vinson
Dga
House Naval Committee
Vinson
Naval Committee
China
Forrestal P
Japan
Policeman Diddles White Farm Burns Fire Call At Monroe
Monroe Wisconsin scene reports Officer Herbert J Bolliger at Monroe police desk answers a fire call to stop a stovepipe blaze at a nearby farm. An attempted bell switch failed then rope broke as he tried to summon a crew and the siren was finally used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Wis
Herberts J. Bolliger
Bolliger
Heiress Wins Divorce On Amended Complaint
Mrs. Alice Murdock Lyons, 45, Indiana traction heiress, wins divorce on amended complaint. The original suit, brought by Lyons, was upheld by a fact finding jury after a 10 day trial in superior court. The decision awards $100,000 in furnishings.
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Chicago
Alice Murdock Lyons
Indiana Traction
Horace R. Lyons
Lyons
Superior Court
Attend Vets' Meeting Day to Aid Educational Opportunities
A call to attend the veterans meeting day to assist in advancing educational opportunities for service members. The event seeks volunteers to support programs, outreach, and guidance for veteran students pursuing further education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ser
ANTIPHLOGISTINE Moist Heat Eases Chest Cold Symptoms
A damaged patient note reports moist heat from ANTIPHLOGISTINE poultice easing chest tightness and muscle soreness from a cold. It claims relief for sore throat and swelling in the chest area with use of the preparation.
No Housing Problem Bothering This Milwaukee Couple
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Atkinson of Milwaukee solved their housing problem by becoming live in houseparents at a dormitory when the former air corps captain returned to Lawrence College with his wife to continue his education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton, Wis
Fred Atkinson
Milwaukee
Air Corps
Lawrence College
Anderson Urges Conference On National Goals
Chicago secretary of agriculture Anderson urges a national farm labor industry conference at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 27th annual convention to discuss unified planning for prosperity. He cites exact acreages and devices needed to feed the country and meet obligations abroad, advocating concrete industry and agriculture production plans. Federation president Edward A. O’Neal adds the priority is setting our house in order and curbing inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Anderson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
Italy plagues by crime wave sweeping railroads nationwide
A massive crime wave grips Italy with bands up to 300 men raiding rail routes from Sicily to the Swiss border, robbing trains, killing, kidnapping, extorting, and fueling a black market. Authorities blame war aftermath, unemployment, and weak transport. Romans joke about nightly violence despite Rome’s lights.
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Rome
Italy
Sicily
Mussolini
Carabinieri
Obituary of Vernon W. Knudson of West Salem
Vernon W. Knudson 36 formerly of West Salem died Thursday in Ashland Kentucky after returning to work at the federal correctional institute. He leaves wife Leona Parmenter Knudson three children Diana Douglas and Mary Kay his mother Mrs Alilda Knudson a brother Anker Knudson and parents in law Mr and Mrs Ray Parmenter. Services Thursday 2 p m at Our Savior's Lutheran West Salem with burial at Neshonoc cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday evening at the funeral home.
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Vernon W. Knudson
West Salem
Ashland
Department of Federal Correctional Institute
United States Navy
Leona Parmenter Knudson
Diana
Douglas
Mary Kay
Alilda Knudson
Anker Knudson
Ray Parmenter
Bangor
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
O. T. Haaland
Neshonoc
Rested Funeral
Mrs. Carrie Engebretson Dies at 79 in La Crosse
Carrie Engebretson, a longtime La Crosse resident of 315 South Seventh, died after a brief illness. Survived by son Lloyd of Des Plaines and five daughters, two sons, sisters, five grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Nelson funeral home with Dr. Carl O. Pederson officiating. Interment Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening.
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Carrie Engebretson
South Seventh Street
la Crosse
Lloyd
Des Plaines
Ill
Theodore
Mae) de Raniiz
Leslie
Cora) Derr
Marcus
Laila) Pratt
Allo
Cornelius
John Davis
Blair
Wis
Joseph Crowley
Obituary for Mrs. Josephine Mosser
Mrs. Josephine Mosser age 92 of 619 street died Tuesday morning. She is survived by three daughters Mrs Emma Abicht and Mrs Frances Klein of La Crosse and of La Crosse and John of Oconomowoc, one brother John Berger of San Jose California, one sister Anna Sheridan of Winona Minnesota, 18 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Her husband Charles died November 1 1930. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Josephine Mosser
Obituary: John H. Gibbs Dies After Lingering Illness
John H. Gibbs age 75 of 126% North Third street died Monday morning at a local hospital after a lingering illness. He is survived by one daughter Elizabeth of La Crosse. Funeral services will be at Dwyer funeral home Wednesday at 2 a.m. with Rev. A J Niebruegge officiating. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday between 7 and 9 p.m.
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John H. Gibbs
North Third Street
Elizabeth
la Crosse
Dwyer Funeral
A. J. Niebruegge
Oak Grove
Tuesay
Nazi Leaders Fail to Stand Trial Amid Medical Crises
Ernst l charges were interrupted as he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and possibly returned to a military hospital. Kaltenbrunner, absent due to severe headaches, showed a second hemorrhage in spinal fluid tests. He had first hemorrhage two days before the trial and joined the prisoners’ box only yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
Ernst l
International Military Tribunal
Kaltenbrunner
Dismissal of Draft Charge for Vilas County Indian Chief
U S District Court in Madison dismissed the selective service charge against 21 year old Andrew Johnson a Vilas county Pottawatomie tribe member and self proclaimed chief after DA Babbleitch recommended dismissal Judge Stone noted the recognition of Johnson as chief in Vilas county and the case was stayed with a requirement to report in November while no exemption law was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U. S. Western District Court
Andrew Johnson
Vilas County
Patrick Stone
Johnson
U. S
Robert Bablitch
Not Killed Overseas, His Friends Shocked
Gary Ind. Hugh C. Brewer a U S Army veteran says friends were shocked to see him alive after rumors of his death overseas. He was discharged after being wounded not killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Hugh C. Brewer
United States Army
Pfc
Hugh Brewer
Brewer
Shanghai to switch traffic to right side on Jan 1
Municipal police said Shanghai traffic will shift from left to right on January 1. As drivers adjust progress, the speed limit drops from 15 to 12.4 miles per hour.
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Shanghai
Judge rejects jury trial in Furton Brothers case
Federal Judge F Ryan Duffy refuses a jury trial for Furton Brothers Construction Co of Menominee Michigan in a suit against Menasha Wisconsin for 100 900 dollars over alleged extra costs from mistaken city bed rock depth specs. Attorney William B Rubin says of appeal to the federal circuit court in Chicago.
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Milwaukee
F. Ryan Duffy
Furton Brothers Construction Co
Menominee
Mich
Menasha
Wis
William B. Rubin
Duffy
Federal Circuit
Chicago
Weather Record Shipper's Forecast for Jh?
U S Department of Commerce issues a shipper's forecast covering a 150 mile radius over 36 hours. Northern routes face extreme cold of 18 to 29 below zero risk, while southern and eastern shipments handle around 10 degree conditions.
River Forecast for Hastings to Guttenberg Sections
River readings predict no material change in stage over the next 36 hours across Hastings, Guttenberg, and surrounding towns. Expect stable water levels with no notable flooding or rapid rises in the district.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Unseasonably cold spell grips upper Midwest and plains
Frigid air persists across the upper Mississippi valley and northern plains with high pressure over the eastern Dakotas. Wisconsin reports 1 to 18 below and Minnesota 13 to 20 below. Snow belts stretch from western Montana southeast into the east Gulf states, with rain or snow in Louisiana and Alabama. Temperatures gradually moderate along the Rockies east slope as La Crosse looks for warmer weather by Wednesday or Thursday.
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Mississippi Valley
Plains
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Montana
East
Gulf States
Central Plains
Iowa
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
Texas
Rockies
Wyoming
la Crosse
Stalled Car Blocks Tracks. Driver Escapes as Train Hits
In Ashland Ohio a stalled car refused to start and a passing motorist began pushing it toward a street. The vehicle stopped on an Erie tracks and the driver, Irvin Routsong, escaped before a train plowed into the car, causing destruction.
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Ashland
Irvin Routsong
Erie Railroad
Good Samaritan
Routsong
Parish In Holmen Plans Yule Services
Holmen Wisconsin parish announces Christmas season services led by Pastor Kenneth R. Torvik. Programs include a Sunday evening tree and program in Lewis Valley church and candle-light service at 11 p.m. Christmas Eve. Christmas morning festival at 9:30 in Lewis Valley, then Halfway at 11. A Christmas night tree and program at Halfway at 7:30 with Mrs Melvin W Knudson overseeing and Elvern Erickson assisting. A Holmen tree and program is set for Wednesday evening at 7:30 with Sunday school attendees participating.
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Holmen
Wis
Kenneth R. Torvik
Lewis Valley
Doris Moen
Evelyn Johnson
Virginia Brudas
Alda Mahlum
Melvin W. Knudson
Elvern Erickson
Fort Worth Woman to Translate Sermons for Memphis Deaf
Fay Osborne of Fort Worth, a sign language expert and Baptist seminary student, will interpret weekly sermons for the deaf at the First Baptist Church in Memphis for the next nine or ten months. She learned the language early and communicates by signing in front of the congregation. Her deaf parents live in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Memphis
Tenn
Osborne
Fireman John Misun Wants His Helmet Back
Milwaukee fireman John Misun kept his cool while racing to a blaze clinging to a hook and ladder. His new $11.50 helmet fell off and a motorist picked it up, leaving him unable to recover it during the rush. He has just returned from the armed forces.
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Milwaukee
John Misun
Misun
Funeral Rites Held for John Konter at Waumandee
Independence Wisconsin funeral services for 65 year old John Konter were conducted Tuesday morning at St Boniface Church Waumandee with Father Michael presiding. Konter died Saturday in a La Crosse hospital. He was born August 12 1880 in Buffalo County and spent his life farming there. Survivors include eight children and a number of brothers and sisters.
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Independence
Wis
John Konter
St. Boniface Church
Waumandee
Michael
Konter
la Crosse
Buffalo County
Ralph
Alphonse
Emil
Clarence
Norbert
Clara) Pie
Kai-Shek Returns to Nanking After 1937 Flight
Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai shek arrived in Nanking today, returning from exile in Chungking where they fled in 1937 amid Japanese advances. A semi official dispatch reported the homecoming.
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Chungking
Chiang Kaishek
Nanking
Presses Roll War saw in face of censorship growth
War saw press expands with five dailies fifteen weeklies and twenty monthlies in six months. Eighteen more titles appeared irregularly despite government censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Winona Livestock Reported By Swift Company
Swift and Company reports livestock movements from Winona Minnesota with cattle and hog figures summarized for the local market. The report notes arriving stock in midweek trade and price ranges for selected categories.
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Swift & Company
Winona, Minn
Chicago market mixed cattle hogs and sheep move
Salabie hogs total 31 000 active with steady prices. barrows and gilts at 14 85 ceiling with under 180 and over 300 pounds scarce. Cattle and calves totals 9 000 and 1 000 with steers and yearlings steady. heifers weak. Cows steady to weak. vealers scarce. Sheep 7 000, market steady. Montana bucks present. western lambs at 14 60 to 14 75. yearlings 12 25. two year olds at 10 25. Early bids 7 00 down on slaughter owes.
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Chicago
USDA
Montana
Meat market prices and ranges for livestock in Milwaukee
Milwaukee market report shows hogs steady with prices 14.50 to 14.70 for 150 lb plus. sows 13.75 to 13.90. stags 12.00 to 13.75. boars 8.00 to 10.00. Cattle 1100 head steady. steers and yearlings 16.00 to 16.75. yearling heifers 12.50 to 16.00. dairy bred heifers 7.50 to 12.00. cows 11.00 to 12.00. cutters 7.75 to 8.50. canners 6.50 to 8.50. bulls 9.00 to 11.75. calves 2400 head steady. weanlings 12.50 to 14.75. culls 7.00 to 11.00. Sheep 600 head steady. ewes and bucks 4.00 to 5.00.
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Bologna
Milwaukee
Nancy
Chicago live poultry and butter prices hold steady
USDA market report from Chicago shows receipts of 20 trucks and 1 car for live poultry with prices for various fowl including turkeys and roasters. Butter receipts total 216 545 with market unchanged. Eggs receipts 10 387 steady to firm with dirties 35 to 37 percent and checks 35 to 37 percent. other market unchanged.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Potatoes Trade Report
Chicago potatos arrivals 44 on track 96 total U S shipments 515. Supplies light trading light market slightly stronger Idaho Busset Bur banks U S No 1 3 35 Nebraska and Wyoming Bliss Triumphs U S S No 1 2 70 3 00 North Dakota Cobblers commercial washed 2 20
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Idaho
Burbanks
U.S
Nebraska
Wyoming
Bliss Triumphs
U. S&s
North Dakota
Coyotes Replace Wolves Near Mountain Home
War era concerns about wolves at Mountain Home airfield fade as base closes. Now sheepmen report renewed coyote attacks on sheep and poultry after bombers no longer strafe the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Home
Idaho
All in Natural Gas
A compact definition explains natural gas as a mix of methane and other gases including ethane and propane, each composed of carbon and hydrogen in varying amounts.
Chicago Grain Table Shows Mixed Wheat and Corn Totals
Chicago grain notes show wheat prices with December at 180 close 140 May 1.80 July 1.77 Sept 1.74. Corn December close 1.18 with May July Sept at 1.18. Oats December 78 and May July Sept around 70s to 76. Rye December open 1.78 close 1.82 May 1.67 July 1.44 Sept 1.39. Barley December close 1.22 May 1.22 July 1.17. Chicago cash grain lists No 2 red wheat at 1.79 ceiling and various barley and seed prices among other items.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Lieut Commander Olsen Visiting Family in Ettrick Wisconsin
Lieut Commander Axel Olsen M D brain surgeon at a naval hospital in Portsmouth Va visits his mother Mrs A K Olsen wife and two daughters and sister Erna Olsen in Ettrick Wis He served with the naval reserve on Saipan and other southwest Pacific islands and returned home about a year ago after illness with asthma A brother Sgt Borge Olsen with the combat engineers was reported still in Germany at last word
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Ettrick
Wis
Axel Olsen
A. K. Olsen
Caughters
Erna Olsen
Olsen
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Naval
Saipan
Pacific Islands
Astama
Sgt
Sgt. Borge Olsen
Combat Engineers
Germany
Racer's Speed Cited in Racine Fatal Car Crash
A coroner's jury ruled that excessive speed caused the December 9 crash in Racine that killed 19 year old Marvin Anderson, a sailor. Witness Kenneth Benesine said the car may have reached 70 mph before careening out of control and flipping six times.
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Racine
Wis
Marvin Anderson
Kenneth Benesine
Anderson
Missing Keys Free Girl After Hours in Cuffs
Indianapolis policewoman Ona Duncan loses her house keys leading to her daughter Barbara Duncan aged 17 being placed in handcuffs for hours. Barbara’s seven-year-old brother Ronald unties his sister by snapping his mother's manacles, freeing Barbara only after hours.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Barbara Duncan
Barbara
Ronald
Ona Duncan
London considers memorial plan after heavy bombing
The Institution of Chartered Surveyors says London cannot be rebuilt as a city of boulevards and vistas. They deem such a plan impractical and destructive of historic ties and propose a memorial area near St Pauls for the war dead.
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London
Institution of Chartered Surveyors
St. Paul's
New Zealand Committee Unseaworthy Tow Hire Returns Safe
New Zealand's Parliamentary Committee on Local Government spent three hours adrift in the Bay of Islands when the launch engine failed on a Wellington to Marsden Cross trip. The vessel drifted near rocks before commercial fishermen towed the party to safety, ending their peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Parliamentary Committee On
Bay of Islands
Wellington
Marsden Cross
Co-Op requests higher butter price to boost milk supply
William O. Perdue of Pure Milk Products Co operative said the board sent a resolution to the OPA in Washington seeking an immediate price ceiling increase for butter. The group argues rising price would restore milk flow to butter makers and allow public access to butter, warning little production is expected without reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-Op
Fond DU Lac
Wis
William O. Perdue
Pure Milk Products Cooperative
OPA
Washington
House Group Approves Palestine Legislation
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved Senate passed legislation urging the government to use its good offices with Great Britain to permit free entry of Jews into Palestine. Chairman Bloom said the committee adopted the resolution unanimously at a closed session, identical to the Senate measure, clearing the way for House action before the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Great Britain
Palestine
Bloom
D-Ny
House
Three Sisters and Brother Die in Summit Fire
In Summit a fire on a sub freez ing day killed three sisters and their brother. The parents escaped by leaping from a bedroom window as flames consumed the two story bungalow. The Jacques children were trapped in their rooms as the blaze spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Summit
Albert Jacques
Order revoking newsprint controls nears final approval
A high government official said an order to revoke newsprint controls by year end has cleared all but one hurdle awaiting approval from Re conversion Director John W Snyder. The Civilian Production Administration prepared the plan and will announce it once Snyder signs off. two industry recommendations supported revocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. Snyder
Civilian Production Administration
Snyder
CPA
Newspaper Publishers Industry Advisory Committee
Declaration excerpts read at court martial defense
Long passages from the American Declaration of Independence were read today during the closing defense argument before a general court martial. Three former members of the British Indian Army face treason charges for involvement with the Japanese sponsored Indian National Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Indian National Army
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Joan W. Gibbs
Ferne M. Michel
Caledonia ST. Super Market
West Ave. Meat Market
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Duluth
LA Crosse Airport
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T.W
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Kai-Shek
Terry
Sleep
Penacy al. Chem
Foods
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Allied Kid
Gen. Motors
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Allis-C
Goodrich
Phelps Dodgesay
Am Can
Philips Pew
Northern Pure Oil
Am Loco
Greyhound Radio Corp
Pew
Hudson Shell Union
Ole's
Am Radis’ Illinois
Cen
Simmons Co
Inland Steel
Sinclair Ou
Labs
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Westing
Elec
No. Am. Aviation
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Container
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Youngst
Northern Pac
Crane
Ohio Oil
Owens-Ill
the Ark
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Packard
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Auto-Lite
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Winona Livestock
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Coyotes
Wolves
Lieut. Comdr. Olsen
MK and
Main LA Crosse, Wis
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Cine Kodak
Paramount Photo Shop
Main St
House Group
Brother Perish
Stransteel
A. Grams
South Front Street
Es Ease
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
National Steel Corporation
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