Stassen Allies Campaign to Amend Wagner Act in Candidacy
Harold F Stassen announced his 1948 presidential bid from Washington focusing on amending the Wagner Act to curb mass picketing and unfair labor practices. He outlined a liberal philosophy opposing extremes and pressed for a national labor policy, housing, health, and small business support.
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Washington
Harold F Staessen
Minnesota
Stassen
Stawen
Unex
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Blicans
Congress
McCarthy Endorses Stassen for 1948 GOP Nomination
U.S. Senator elect Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin endorses former Minnesota Governor Harold F. Stassen for the Republican presidential nomination in 1948. McCarthy says the party and the world depend on nominating a man like Stassen. He calls Stassen outstanding among potential candidates.
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Milwaukee
U. S
Joseph R. McCarthy
Harold F. Stassen
Minnesota
McCarthy
Stassen
White House
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Areas
Local forecast shows fair weather tonight and Thursday with continued cold. Tonight’s low near zero with a high around 25 degrees on Thursday.
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la Crosse
Koeller Receives British Award for Gallantry in Germany
Capt. Richard H. Koeller of La Crosse Wisconsin received a British decoration for gallantry in action near Sevelen Germany on March 3 and 4 1945. He led Company I 320th Infantry through heavy fire directing night assaults that cleared the town, with 53 enemy killed and 207 captured.
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Washington
Richard H. Koeller
la Crosse
Wis
Koeller
Sevelen
Germany
Co. I
320Th
Junior Chamber conducts La Crosse home caroling tour
The Junior Chamber of Commerce starts its home caroling in La Crosse at 7 30 p m with Our Savior s church treble choir of 25 visiting 14 homes for aged and invalid residents. The group departs from the Linker hotel with JCC member John A. Eide guiding a bus and is directed by Alvin Mikelson. A list of visiting residents and church choirs accompanies this event with a 70 voice performance featuring a string quartet and multiple carols.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
la Crosse
Our Savior’s Church Treble
25 Voices
Linker Hotel
John A. Eide
JCC
Alvin Mikelson
Former Bilbo aide testifies of death threat in 1940s case
Edward P. Terry, former secretary to Senator Bilbo, said A B Friend warned him last April that he would be killed if he spoke about Bilbo. Terry testified at a senate war contracts probe about the dinner threat and ensuing statements by Friend and a Meridian newspaper editor. The hearing also touched on war contractor donations to Bilbo’s campaign and a 1940 election debt.
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Edward Martin
Pennseylvania
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stassen
Washington
Ferl E. Hart
Edward P. Terry
Bilbo
D-Miss
A. B. Friend
Friend
Terry
Mississippi
Senate
Florida
C. Phillip
Meridian
Miss
Phil
Phillips
Quitman
St. Louis
Internal Revenue
Ferguson
R-Mich
Juniper Grove Baptist Church
Poplarville
Michael T. Morrissey
M. T. Reed
F. T. Newton
Bus and train collision kills nine pupils near Newberry
A school bus and a Southern Railway passenger train collided at a grade crossing near Silver Street outside Newberry South Carolina. Nine pupils and the bus driver were killed, twelve other children injured and rushed to Newberry County Hospital. Emergency crews attended the scene and the crash left many in critical condition.
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Newberry
S. C
Southern Railway
Silver Street
Newberry County Hospital
Wisconsin Supreme Court backs board in AC contempt case
Madison reports the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the right of the state employment relations board to initiate contempt proceedings against United Auto Workers Local 248 at Allis Chalmers Milwaukee for alleged order violations. The ruling affirmed the board as the proper party to enforce its orders and its power to seek contempt as part of enforcing judgments.
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Madison
State Employment Relations Board
United Auto Workers Union
Allis Chalmers Co
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Cou
Relations Board
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
CIO Union
Roland Steinle
Employment Board
Allis- Chalmers
West Allis
Wis
Hope Co
James Dewey
Noel Fox
Schroeder
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Court House
Independent Workers of
Allis Chalmers
Walter E. Petersen
NLRB
Petersen
Local 248
W. C. van Cleaf
Severe cold grips Midwest with near zero temperatures
La Crosse residents endured subzero conditions Tuesday night and Wednesday morning as a broad cold air mass settled over the region. Forecasts from meteorologist A. D. Sanial call for continued cold into Thursday with a high near 25, while cities like Bismarck and Duluth reported deep freezes and Chicago saw a low around six above. The cold is expected to ease into Friday as temperatures moderate from the western plains toward the Mississippi Valley.
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la Crosse
Weather Bureau
A. D. Sanial
Midwest
Bismarck
N. C
Duluth
Madison
Minneapolis
Chicago
Western Plains
Mississippi Valley
Friay
Negro to Die in Electric Chair for Society Murder
Ward Beecher Caraway, 22, a Black butler, was sentenced in Mineola, New York, to be executed the week of January 27 for the murder of Marjory Church Logan, a 52-year-old Long Island society matron. He allegedly raped and shot her 26-year-old daughter Marjory Jeanne Logan in the home near Plainview last July 24.
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Mineola
N. Y
Ward Beecher Caraway
Butler
Marjory Church Logan
Long Island Society
Logan
Planme
Caraway
Spinach Supply To Increase This Winter Across States
The agriculture department says spinach output will rise this winter with Texas sending about 100 carloads daily next month. California and Louisiana are also major producers.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas
California
Louisiana
Wisconsin Supreme Court Refuses Integrated Bar
The Wisconsin supreme court declined to require an integrated state bar for all attorneys, ruling it would undermine voluntary association virtues and burden the court with censorship and audit duties. Justice J Ward Rector did not participate. the court was unanimous aside from that. The decision favors strengthening a voluntary bar, urging broader support among members.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
J. Ward Rector
Bar Association
Bar
Government ends coal era controls on gas utilities
The Office of Temporary Controls revoked the final order from the soft coal strike era. The civilian production administration division had required gas utilities to cut service when fuel stocks dropped to a three week supply, ending those restrictions now.
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Washington
Office of Temporary Controls
Civilian Production Administration Division
OTC
Stores Ablaze In Watertown
Firemen from six departments battled a blaze in sub zero temperatures in Watertown Wisconsin that gutted the Tetzlaff pharmacy and damaged adjacent buildings on Second and Main Streets. Firefighters said the second floor walls were eaten through and the upstairs ruined while the Keck Furniture store remained mostly intact. The cause and final damage estimate were not known.
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Watertown
Wis
Tetzlaff
Eiuiatan
Kern
Keck Furniture
Harry Schleuter
Oconomowoc
Ixonia
Johnsons Creek
Fort Atkinson
Jefferson
German V-2 Rocket Reaches 111 Miles Over White Sands
A German V-2 rocket soared to a record 111 miles above White Sands proving ground ending its ascent 27 miles north of the launch site. At 14 tons it established a speed of 5350 feet per second and broke the prior altitude record of 104 miles as cameras across 300 stations tracked the flight for meteorite analysis.
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White Sands
N. M
New Mexico Ordnance Proving Ground
Woman 102-Year-Old Hurt After Fall at Coal Office
Edna Larson of 1026 South 13th Street suffered a compound fracture of the right wrist when she fell Tuesday as she left the Tenneson Coal Company office at 1802 West Avenue South. She was taken to a hospital by police ambulance.
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Edna Larson
South 13Th Street
Tenneson Coal Company
West Avenue
Baruch Denies Wallace Story In Lewis Negotiations
Bernard Baruch releases a letter to Henry A. Wallace calling a New Republic report false that Baruch aided the government against John L. Lewis. He says he never spoke with the president on the matter and demands a correction as Wallace awaits the letter.
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Baruch
Wallace
Lewis
New York
Bernard M. Baruch
Henry A. Wallace
New Republic
John L. Lewis
New Republican
Truman
Clark Clifford
George Allen
Bernard Baruch
Woman Shot Dead In Taverns Sealed With Five Bullets
Mrs. Bessie Moore was slain at Web's tavern on old highway No 16 near Medary northeast of La Crosse. Five 32 caliber bullets struck her chest while she carried dough for Christmas cookies. The tavern robbery netted about 136 dollars. Bloodhounds traced tracks as Sheriff Olson and others investigated. Moore was five months pregnant and separated from her husband.
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Bessie Moore
Stanley Olson
Frederic Crosby
Olson
Arnold Retzlaff
Web
Medary
Mrs. Moore
Onalaska Avenue
Old Highway No. 16
la Crosse
George Reay
la Crosse County
Ivan Wright
Tragic Deaths Strike Pfingsten Family in War Veteran Line
Milo Pfingsten 26, World War II veteran, died July 1 after an overturning vehicle on highway No. 27 near Westby. An inquest found the driver negligent and placed on parole. Pfingsten was thrown from the car and suffered a broken neck, dying instantly. four Pfingsten brothers all served in the military.
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Pfingsten
Pfingsten Brothers
Pursuit of Gunmen Fails as Tracker Dog Loses Trail
The pursuit by Sheriff Olson Chief Wright and Coroner Dr. George Reay among others ends when the tracking dog loses the scent near Livingston and Onalaska avenues after a long chase through North La Crosse. A hitchhiker seen near the tavern remains under police watch as investigators seek the gunmen.
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la Crosse
Brooks
Olson
Wright
George Reay
Marsh
Gillette Street
North la Crosse
Prospect Street
Gohres Street
Loomis
Livingston Street
Avenue
Onalaska Avenue
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L. F. Easton
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Sam Johnson
Division Street
Charlotte Emery
Cass Street
William Skari
Moore
Snodgrass
Seymour Meister
South Seventh Street
Anha Mutch
Hodsworth
South 10Th Street
Henry Havey
North Ninth Street
Clara Larson
Badger Street
Allen
North Eighth Street
Woelke
North 11Th Street
H. Hodson
Farwell Street
Julie Novak
North 16Th Street
Aquinas High School
M. Agnes Clare
String Quartette
Infantee
Jeanette
Adeste
Fidelis
Christ
Herald Angels
Williams
Gruber
First Congregational Church Choir
Harold Youngberg
Judea Fair
Black
Frank Tillman
E. Ganshow
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