City Airport awaits state study on aid for terminal upgrades
The La Crosse municipal airport could gain state and federal funding for terminal improvements after a public hearing. The Ohio commission will decide after reviewing briefs. the council must approve any program if aid is recommended. Cost is estimated at 325000 with city share about 123000.
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la Crosse Municipal
State Aeronautics Commission
T. K. Jordan
Commission
Jordan
Emil Schultz
Emil H. Erickson
Aviation Board
Samuel L. Allen
Brice Prairie
CAA
Irwin Schnittgrund
Burhoff
Chicago
la Crosse
Onalaska
Allen
Schnittgrund
Bee
Weather outlook for La Crosse area
Mostly cloudy and milder tonight and Saturday with occasional light snow possible on Saturday. Tonight's low about 23 with Saturday's high near 39.
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la Crosse
House Sends Inflation Curb Bill To Truman
The House sent to President Truman the Senate bill for voluntary pricing agreements to curb living costs. Democrats failed to modify it, blocked by a swift, gagged procedure backed by Republicans as Congress neared adjournment. The measure passed after two hours of debate with limited amendments.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Congress
Banking Committee
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Allen
Rules Committee
Halleck
Indiana
Halt in U S Oil Pipeline Work Amid Arab Tensions
Arab hostility over American support for Palestine has halted work on the western end of the trans-Arabian pipeline. Defense Secretary Forrestal called the line vital to U S interests, but construction stops extend through Trans-Jordan Syria and Lebanon while Saudi sites show limited progress.
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Cairo
Palestine
Defense
James V. Forrestal
U. S
Saudi Arabia
Trans-Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Frorce
Gulf of Persia
Sidon
Mediterranean
United States
Saudi
Warmer Temperatures Forecast On Saturday
Forecaster predicts a milder Saturday with light snow possible in scattered areas. The thaw is expected to melt snow and ice creating slushy mush on streets as a cooler air mass moves into the eastern states.
New Reserve Office Opens for Air Corps in Eau Claire
Capt William T Whittington head of the Army reserve unit in La Crosse announced a new air corps reserve office in Eau Claire. He urged air corps reservists to write the Eau Claire office direct on matters related to the air corps while his third floor federal building office continues to handle individual reservist problems.
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William T. Whittington
Army Reserve
la Crosse
Air Corps
Eau Claire
City Hall
Federal Building
Lie Detector Here Wilson Resumes Probe
Dr. James E. McLoone murder investigation resumes with Wilson bringing in a lie detector. Wisconsin crime laboratory director Charles M. Wilson returns at district attorney John S. Coleman’s request as authorities heighten questioning of several unnamed persons. Rewards for information now total 2450 dollars.
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James E. McLoone
Charles M. Wilson
Wisconsin Crime Laboratory
la Wilson
John S. Coleman
Wilson
Ivan Wright
Eau Claire
State Crime Laboratory
Robber Of St Paul Store Fails To Identify Suspect
H. J. Rudolph, a St Paul grocer robbed on Dec 16, failed to identify a suspect held in St Paul Thursday. Detective Sgt. Leo Kihm said the man’s alibi is questionable. Rudolph’s sighting helps sketch the armed man who robbed the La Crosse store. The description: about six feet three inches, 160 to 170 pounds, shoddy grey tweed topcoat, dark complexion.
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H. J. Rudolph
Denton Street
St. Paul
Leo Kihm
Rudolph
la Crosse
Pope Pius XII to Publish Christmas Encyclical
Vatican sources say the Christmas encyclical inviting all Catholics to pray for peace will be released tomorrow.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Grand Jury Indicts Meyers in Perjury Case
A federal grand jury indicted Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers on charges of perjury and inducing others to swear to falsehoods. Lamarre, 35, faces three counts of perjury related to testimony before the Senate War Investigating Committee. The case stems from Meyers wartime business deals and claims about Aviation Electric Co. of Dayton.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Bleriot H. Malarre
Senate War Investigating Committee
Meyers
Lamarre
Senate
Aviation Electric Co
Dayton, Ohio
Senate Appropriations Bill Expands Foreign Aid Totals
Senate appropriations panel presented a $570 million stopgap foreign aid bill, $61 million above the House. It adds $41 million for France Italy Austria and $20 million for China, restores $260 million of a House cut in occupation costs for Germany Japan Korea, and faces swift adjournment with limited debate in a rush to finish before holidays.
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Washington
Appropriations Committee
House
France
Italy
Austria
China
Administration
Senate
Germany
Japan
Korea
Congress
Await Verdict In Satira Trial
Havana Hispaniola trial ends after half hour closing arguments as Patricia Satira Schmidt faces a murder charge in the yacht shooting of Chicago naval veteran John Lester Mee. Verdict not expected for days. she exits chamber in tears and thanks the judges for a fair trial.
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Havana
Patricia
Satira) Schmidt
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Audiencia Court
Evatt Calls Allied Nations to Draft German Peace
Australian foreign minister Herbert V. Evatt proposed a meeting of all Allied nations to write a peace for Germany. The announcement came in Sydney and outlined a collaborative postwar framework among principal combatants.
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Sydney
Herbert V. Evatt
Germany
Marshall Returns With Report On London Conference Collapse
Sec Marshall returned from London and met with President Truman to relay the failure of the Big Four foreign ministers talks. Truman invited him to the White House for a Friday cabinet session and a planned radio address outlining a plan to aid 16 Western European nations.
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Washington
Marshall
London
Truman
National
White House
Mr. Truman
Congress
Marshall Godspeed
Truman Veto For Tax Cut Measure
Washington report on Rep. Knutson pushing a tax cut claiming veto proof status while President Truman again opposes any tax reduction now. Debate centers on debt relief priority and the distribution of relief between incomes under and over four thousand dollars. The measure could be an early House action when the session begins.
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Washington
White House
GOP
Rep
Kautson
R-Minn
Truman
Knutson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mumps Outbreak Cancels Easton Santa Visit
Health officials in Easton report mumps cases among children at the home prompting cancellation of Santa Claus visitation and the annual Christmas party. Distributions of presents will be handled by the home's junior auxiliary.
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Easton
Santa Claus
Skating Planned on All Rinks Saturday
Weather permitting skating will be available on all rinks Saturday except Lagoon and Emerson. Henry Streicher, park department superintendent, announced Friday.
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Lagoon
Emerson
Henry Streicher
Park Department
Step by Step Table Shows Truman Marshall Plan Outlay
A step by step table outlines President Truman’s Marshall Plan outlay estimates. It lists deficits in trade with the western hemisphere and Germany, credits and loans, and total U.S. treasury needs ranging from 15.1 to 17.8 billion, with 17 billion as a final figure.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Germany
Western Hemisphere
U. S.-British
World Bank
U.S. Treasury
House OKs Revealing Grain Speculator List
The House voted to authorize Secretary of Agriculture to publish names of grain speculators in commodity markets. The measure, backed by President Truman, allows disclosure at his discretion or on request of a congressional committee amid an inquiry into insiders profiting from official data. A separate tax-returns proposal failed 88 to 41.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Anderson
Congressional
Senate Appropriations Committee
White House
Truman
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hoffman
R-Mich
Secretary of the Treasury
Halleck
Gotemane
Secretary of Agriculture
Pays $16.75 to Get Her Own Christmas Cards Back From P.O.
In Huntington West Virginia a matron placed her Christmas cards in an empty carton for mailing. The errand boy left them at the window causing a clerk to misclassify the package. A postman collected 16.75 for COD before the error was corrected by Acting Postmaster Fred B Lunsford.
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P.O
Huntington
W. Va
Fred B. Lunsford
La Crosse County Drive Nearing $5,800 Goal
The La Crosse county drive for the Sister Kenny Institute and its fight against infantile paralysis shows $4,432.73 reported to treasurer Everett H. Woehrmann. Donations from Bangor Holmen West Salem Onalaska and county Homemaker clubs plus strong union support mark steady progress toward the $5,800 target.
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la Crosse County
Sister Kenny Institute
Everett H. Woehrmann
C. M. Simonson
Bangor
Holmen
West Salem
Onalaska
Simonson
Greenwich man dies with 1.7 million estate in safe
Oliver Cooper a Brooklyn clothing merchant died at 77 in Manchester Vermont leaving no will. Probate listed his estate under 10 000 but appraisers found about 1.7 million in a Greenwich safe deposit box. Cooper had lived in a 10 a week room during seven years in Greenwich.
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Greenwich
Conn
Oliver Cooper
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cooper
Manchester
Postmaster Reports 176,763 Cancellations Thursday
Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak cites 176,763 cancellations at the post office on Thursday, 36,614 more than Wednesday and the year's high to date. December totals reach 1,025,445 cancellations.
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Wenzel M. Dvorak
Divers Search For Body In Wisconsin River
Divers planned to probe the Wisconsin river for Georgia Jean Weckler amid reports of a large object beneath the surface. Buford Sennett, 22, confessed to abducting and killing the Fort Atkinson girl and discarding her body from a bridge. He also admitted tossing the body of Carl Carlson, 25, into the river after killing him and raping Carlson’s sister-in-law. Sennett and Robert Winslow, 24, are serving life terms for Carlson’s murder. Carlson’s body was recovered.
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Blue River
Wis
Wisconsin River
Georgia Jean Weckler
Fort Atkinson
Buford Sennett
Jefferson County
Francis Garity
Carl Carlson
Superior
Carlson
Robert Winslow
Hindu Moslem Violence Shocks Ajmer and Delhi
New Delhi reports say Hindu Muslim clashes left 55 dead in Ajmer over ten days of rioting near a major Moslem shrine. Police also report a fatality in New Delhi during the initial flare up since the September riots.
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New Delhi
Sardar V. Patel
Ajmer
UAW-CIO to Lead Wage Hike Push, Reuther Says
Walter P. Reuther told a National Press Club luncheon that the UAW-CIO will take the initiative in wage negotiations within months. He criticized government and industry for inflation and warned high unemployment if steel goals remain low. He also cast doubt on Henry Wallace forming a third party and distanced labor from any new candidate.
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Uaw-Cio
Reuther
Washington
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
National Press Club
Labor
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Truman asks congress to approve 17 billion European aid plan
President Truman urges swift action on a 17 billion recovery program to be spent over 4.25 years, backed by a plan to defend free nations against totalitarian pressure. He proposes a central administrator, a deputy, an ambassador, and a large personnel cohort, with a mix of grants and loans.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
America
House Committee On Foreign Aid
United States
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