City Airport Facilities Inadequate, State Told
Testimony at a state and federal aid hearing before the state aeronautics commission stressed that the La Crosse Municipal airport has inadequate facilities for passengers and shipments. The city seeks $325,000 for development of the administration area with witnesses from Northwest Airlines, the post office, CAA, and local aviation groups attending.
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States Aeronautics Commission
K. Jordan
State Commission
Zimmerman
Civil Aeronautics Commission
Wendell McElidowney
Chamber of Commerce @ir
Fred E. Steele
Frank Muth
Emil H. Erickson
Aviation Board
Don Rand
Northern Engraving Company
Carl Schubert
Quincy H. Hale
George Hoel
Trane Company
Northwest Airlines
the Post Office
Railway Express
CAA
la Crosse Flyers’ Association
Commercial Flyers’ Association
Common Council
Search Underway for Girl's Body in Blue River
Hydraul ic digging crews, engineers, and volunteers probe a 20 to 30 foot sand area beneath the Blue River bridge in Wisconsin seeking the body of eight year old Jean Weckler. The river bottom, ice water, and shifting sand complicate the high risk operation.
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Reat Jean Weckler
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Tyke
Blue River Bridge
Sennett
Robert Winslow
Carl Carlson
Superior
Beth
Winslow
Weckler
Third Party Backers Split Over Wallace Bid
New York and California PCA leaders split over backing a third party for Henry Wallace. Co-Chairman Frank Kingdon resigned in protest, Bartley Crum followed, and ADA leaders said they would not support a third party to avoid aiding a reactionary isolationist administration.
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Progressive Citizens of America
Henry A. Wallace
PCA
Wallace
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Americans For Democratic Actions
Los Angeles
National
Robert A. Kenny
California
Oregon
Frank Kingdon
New Jersey
Bartley C. Crum
PCA National
San Francisco
Crum
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
Wilson Wyatt
ADA National
Leon Henderson
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Hubert M. Humphrey
See Little Chance For Inflation Act
Washington reports a Republican split and Democratic opposition nearly ensure no cost of living bill passage before Christmas. Taft pushes a voluntary restraint plan while Barkley seeks broader powers. House GOP fears division and delays any action until January. Snyder tightens credit to curb inflation.
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Congress
Taft
Ohio
Budied
Senate
House
Wolcott
Rmich
House Banking Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Synder
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Simon Benson Breaks Up at Sea Near Honolulu
The freighter Simon Benson with a cargo of water soaked rice split in heavy Pacific seas today about 1,400 miles north northwest of Honolulu. About 45 crew members were taken off as Lib erty ship and others aided by Comfort Iroquois Tekesta and Henry Austin.
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Simon Benson
Benson
Comfort
Coast Guard
Iroquois
Tekesta
Henry Austin
Yokohama
San Francisco
Sudden and Christenson, Inc
Portland
Ore
Seek Settlement In Telegraph Dispute
The government will attempt anew tomorrow to avert a strike by AFL Western Union employees. Three AFL groups demand a 15 cent hourly wage increase from an average of 96.7 cents. The walkout is set to begin at 5 a.m. CST next Tuesday.
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Washington
AFL Western Union
AFL
Commercial To Telegraph Workers Union
Telegraph
Weather Summary for La Crosse and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday with occasional snow flurries. Cold tonight with a low of 14. Friday will rise to 28 in the afternoon.
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la Crosse
Hartley to Name Subcommittee for ITU Wage Dispute
Rep Fred Hartley will appoint a house sub committee to investigate the AFL Typographical union and newspaper publishers dispute. A short fact finding hearing is planned likely in Washington and could last about three days after a call with Sen Ball on a possible joint probe.
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Detroit
Fred Hartley
House
AFL Typographical Union
Hartley
Washington
Senator Ball
Chicago
Navy Tests Zipper Bags to Shield Airplanes
The Navy develops a zipper bag concept for airplanes to protect them from rain and weather. Bags use plastic coated fiberglass fabric and require about 30 man hours to fit, remove, and prepare an aircraft for flight as stated in a Navy announcement.
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Washington
Navy
Anderson Appears Before Senate Panel on Grain Speculators
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson arrives in response to a subpoena from the Senate Appropriations Committee seeking data on grain and commodity speculators. The session turns private after Bridges suspends spectators, as aides deliver a large data carton. Jenner urges FBI probe into possible information leaks from the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Clinton B. Anderson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
Anderson
Congress
Agriculture Department
Appropriations Committee
Jenner
R-Ind
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Towboat Cairo Breaks Heavy Ice On Downstream Run
The Towboat Cairo pushed through 12 inch ice on the Mississippi as it travels downstream after a day tied up at a La Crosse area dock. Captain D C Stein notes 1947 may set a late season record for river traffic with a possible winter trip from Dubuque to Genoa. The Cairo, home port Columbia NL, carries 27 crew members and relies on heavy oil from St. Paul for fuel.
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Mississippi
D. C. Stein
Dresbach Locks
Lake Pepin
Helena
Huck Finn
Vicksburg
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Dubuque
Genoa
Columbia
St. Louis
Farm Bureau Elects New President Amid 19 Resolutions
Delegates at the American Farm Bureau's 29th annual convention in Chicago debated 19 resolutions for next year's farm program including price relationships and potential floor bids for a new president to replace Edward A. O'Neal. Allan B. Kline of Des Moines and Vinton, Iowa, was expected to win. A key issue was maintaining the 90 percent parity support price, with other resolutions calling for coordination of government farm agencies and soil conservation service under the extension service.
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Chicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau
O’neals
Allan B. Kline
Des Moines
Vinton
Iowa
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Extension Service
Howard Cooley
H. P. Rusk
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Set New Record For Beef Bull At Milwaukee Exchange
The Milwaukee livestock exchange saw a new price record when Plankinton Packing Co paid 32.50 per hundredweight for a 2,640-pound Holstein owned by Clyman Canning Co of Clyman Wisconsin. The $96.10 jump tops the previous record set Tuesday, as reported by Hug Murray.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Livestock Exchange
Plankinton Packing Co
Clyman Canning Co
Clyman
Wis
Hug
Hig) Murray
Parliament approves 200000 pound annual allowance for Princess Elizabeth
The house of commons backed an annual 200000 pound allowance for Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip despite opposition from a small Labor bloc. Prime Minister Attlee and Chancellor Cripps supported the decision amid austerity pressures.
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London
House of Commons
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Attlee
Stafford Cripps
Executions in Volos and Salonika Convict 21
Twenty one people convicted of subversive activities were executed today in Volos and in Salonika.
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Athens
Volos
Salonika
Elliott Roosevelt Aims to Reform Christmas Tree Dealers
Elliott Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, announced a campaign to “make Christians out of Christmas tree dealers” at his Hyde Park retail lot. He will sell trees from three to 15 feet tall for one dollar each after visiting New York where 15 foot trees fetch up to thirty five dollars. He notes wholesale price at 65 cents per tree and predicts 100000 trees yearly from the Val Kill farm within seven years.
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Elliott Roosevelt
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Roosevelt
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Val- Kill
Arguments In Mandel Case Set For Court Ruling
Attorneys for the Mandel estate argued before Judge R V Ahlstrom in county court over the residue going to La Crosse for a free health clinic named for the deceased and her husband. City attorney Fred Steele had challenged the accounting form and costs. The judge took the matter under advisement pending a future decision.
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Dorothea Mandel
R. V. Ahlstrom
City of la Crosse
Fred Steele
Ahlstrom
Post Office Cancellations Hit Record Pace in December
Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak reported 140,149 cancellations on Wednesday, part of 848,682 total for the first 17 days of December. Tuesday saw 121,072 cancellations, making Wednesday the heaviest day to date.
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Wenzel M. Dvorak
Holy Land Turmoil Marrs Christmas Season As Death Toll Rises
At Jerusalem Jaffa gate Arabs capture and kill a 30 year old Jew trying to reinforce the Hebrew quarter. The death toll in Holy Land clashes reaches 264 as Arab leaders vow to fight the UN partition plan. Nazareth roads, tourist sites, and Christian observances are disrupted amid mounting violence. In Washington a $5.6 billion income tax cut bill aims to purge 7.4 million low income and elderly from the rolls.
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Jaffa
Old City
Hebrew Quarter
St. Stephen's Gate
Holy Land
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Palestine
Arab League
Cairo
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Galilee
Nazarenes
Jesus
Washington
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Killer Sennett Refuses To Be Quizzed On Murder
Oneida County Sheriff confirms lifer Buford Sennett refused interrogation in an unsolved Wisconsin northern woods murder. Undersheriff Krause questioned Sennett at the state prison, but he declined without a court order. The case remains open and a later court order is possible.
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Killer Sennett
Rhinelander
Wis
Buford Sennett
Wisconsin
North Woods
Gordon Taggart
Oneida
Fort Atkinson
Krause
Here
Hazelhurst
Sennett
Senate panel backs off on grain trader names request
The Senate Appropriations Committee debated in a two hour and 35 minute session over naming big grain traders. Anderson offered to provide the names if pressed, but argued public disclosure raises legal and moral questions. The committee voted 11 to eight not to insist, effectively cancelling yesterday's order.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Erary Anderson
Senate
House
Anderson
Subpoena Issue Over Commodity Disclosure in Senate Probe
The Senate committee voted 10 to 8 to subpoena Anderson and demand all papers on commodity speculation. Edwin W. Pauley testified he bought 500000 pounds of lard just before September export allocations. Anderson faced GOP pressure over potential disclosure of traders and government-linked names.
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Ings
Department of Agriculture
Anderson
Senate Gop
Congress
Bridges
Ferguson
Cordon
Oregon
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