Coroner Plans Murder Inquest Into Mrs Moore Death
Coroner George Reavy said an inquest will be held into the death of Mrs Bessie Moore murdered at Webs tavern near La Crosse. Authorities delay the inquest a few days to gather more facts while Sheriff Stanley Olson and District Attorney Frederic Crosby meet with locals and pursue leads about a hitchhiker and a suspected shooter. The victim’s body is at her mother’s Cashton home and funeral services are set for Sunday.
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Bessie Moore
George Reavy
North la Crosse
Stanley Olson
Ivan Wright
Cashton
Web
Moore
Hellwig-Morris
George Phingston
Mild Weather Forecast Across Christmas Shopping Weekend
Weather outlook remains mild with clear to partly cloudy skies. Friday night may see light snow flurries with a low around 28, while Saturday peaks near 38 degrees. Temperatures ran 8 to 10 degrees above normal in the north central states with a high 36 in La Crosse yesterday. No severe cold returns per the weather bureau.
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A. D. Sanial
North Central States
la Crosse
Far Northwest
Weather Bureau
State Phone Guild Seeks $6 Million Increases
MILWAUKEE four Ray F Dryer secretary of the Guild of Wisconsin said wage increases totaling about 6 000 000 would be sought for about 6 000 Wisconsin Telephone Co employees in talks to start after the first of the year. He called for elimination of wage differentials between Wisconsin and national areas with top weekly rates for skilled workers at 69 versus 81 in New York. If talks fail strike notices would be filed locally by Mar 1 and national negotiations would be attempted then. A breakdown would mean a telephone workers walkout about Apr 7.
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Milwaukee
Ray F. Dryer
Guild of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Dryer
Wisconsin
New York
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse and Vicinity
Cloudy skies with occasional light snow tonight. Low around 28. Saturday partly cloudy and milder with light winds.
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la Crosse
Dr. L W Ender Dies Suddenly at 53
Dr Louis William Ender, 53, retired after 17 years of dental practice, died suddenly Friday morning in a local hospital. He was born March 10 1893 in Nelson Wisconsin and active in civic affairs including work with OUg people.
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Louis W. Ender
Louis William Ender
Ender
Dr. Ender
Nelson
Wis
Onalaska
Bilbo Denies Narcotics Payoffs in Senate Hearing
The Senate war investigating committee heard Theodore Bilbo deny knowledge of payments to him by Dr. A J Podesta for a narcotics permit. He said any money received was donated to Juniper Grove Baptist church parsonage fund, with no corresponding bank record found.
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Theodore S. Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate War Investigating Committee
Natchez
Miss
Bilbo
Mead
D-Ny
Ferguson
R-Mich
Mississippi
A. J. Podesta
Vicksburg
Church
Juniper Grove Baptist Church Parsonage Fund
Christmas carol tour continues in La Crosse by Junior Chamber group
The third night of Christmas caroling through La Crosse residences continues Friday. Girl Scouts join the Junior Chamber of Commerce led event in the loop with a scheduled program featuring Logan High School Seventh Grade Chorus and the Provincial 13th Century Brass Ensemble, plus Viterbo College Vocal Ensemble.
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la Crosse
Loop
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kohn
Johnson Street
Richard Kerska
Herman Schroeder
West Avenue
Bruhnke
Fact Finding Plan Rejected By A C Chiefs
Milwaukee readers learn U S labor department conciliators plan to fly to Washington to discuss a new plan to end the Allis Chalmers strike A C leaders reject a UAW CIO move to seek a presidential fact finding board Union leaders accuse government intervention of avoiding real bargaining The company asks the state labor relations board to limit picketing while the West Allis police keep order and Wisconsin peace statutes are cited in a pretrial case decision pending.
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Milwaukee
Washington
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
U. S. Labor Department
Noel Fox
James Dewey
Departments
Conciliation Service
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio International
Truman
Thomas
Allis-Chalmers
W. C. van Cleaf
van Cleaf
State Labor Relations Board
West Allis
John L. Waddleton
Wisconsin
Aldermen Consider Reducing Fire and Police Staffing
City committees will meet at city hall Friday to weigh proposals to trim the planned addition of 12 firemen and nine policemen set for 1947. Chiefs warn staffing cuts could reduce public safety while aldermen push for shorter work weeks and budget-aligned changes.
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Common Council
Emil O. Schultz
Herman F. Rick
George Hanson
Governor elect Eugene Talmadge Illness Update
Eugene Talmadge, governor elect, was reported critically ill with a stomach ailment but said his condition was “a little easier” as he underwent testing.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Medley Dies In Chair After Fourth Desperate Appeal Denied
Joseph D. Medley 45 died in the District of Columbia electric chair after his lawyer failed to obtain a delay. The Supreme Court refused to intervene for a lunacy hearing as Medley walked calmly to the chair with jail chaplain present. Three other inmates also died in the same session.
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Medley
Washington
D. C
Joseph D. Medley
Supreme Court
David O’connor
James J Aughlin
Chambers
Laughlin
High Tribunal
Curtiss Reis
Court of Appeals
William Copeland
Julius Fischer
Washington Cathedral
District of Columbia Electric Chain
Boyer
Nancy Boyer
New Orleans
Chicago
Fisher
Copeland
Truman
Tomah Veterans Hospital Opens with Elaborate Facilities
The Tomah Wisconsin veterans hospital opens its doors with a four and a half million dollar facility intended for neuro psychiatric war veterans. It will employ about 650 people and house 1 172 patients at full capacity on 600 acres northeast of Tomah. Construction began in 1945 after delays and the complex includes ten buildings with steam baths electric therapy and treatment rooms. Dr. C D Rice lauds the center as extravagant yet necessary for veterans care.
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Tomah
Wis
Veterans Hospital
C. D. Rice
Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin
Gov Goodland names new executive aide in Madison
Timothy Brown of Madison was named executive and pardon counsel to Gov. Goodland today, succeeding Francis Lamb who resigned to pursue private practice. Brown, set to assume duties January 6, previously served as counsel during the 1945 legislative session while Lamb was on leave.
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Madison
Timothy Brown
Goodland
Francis Lamb
Brown
Lamb
Battle in Hanoi as Viet Namese fire erupts after power cut
An AP dispatch from Hanoi reports Viet Namese forces opened heavy firing throughout the city five minutes after a blackout ended power service. Correspondent Michel Moutschen notes Viet Namese used field guns mortars and machine guns and that immediate French counter action was expected.
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Singapore
Associated Press
Hanoi
Indo-China
Michel Moutschen
Holiday Mail Here Heavier This Season
Post office receipts for December 19 rose 2 829 75 over 1945. Cancellations for the first 19 days topped one million, totaling 1 065 005, up 84 047 from 1945. Daily total reached 134 000, 7 000 above last year. Receipts for the day were 39 278 74, up 2 829 from 1945. Extra parcel post windows were briefly out of operation. they will stay open until 6 p m Saturday for late mailing.
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Post Office Department
Wenzel M. Dvorak
Immng
Dvorak
Mail reaches Postmaster General after city news help
Miami Beach report says Postmaster General Robert Hanegan delayed by unknown lodging. City News Bureau located his address and the mail was delivered promptly yesterday, ending the postal wait.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Robert Hannegan
City News Bureau
Postal Service
News Bureau
Two Pants Suits and Vests Legal Again
Washington reports the wartime ban on three wardrobe items is lifted by the Office of Temporary Controls. Two pants suits and all vests under double breasted suits are now legal again as fabric-saving measures are deemed unnecessary due to current production levels.
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Washington
Office of Temporary Controls
OTC
UN Approves U S Atom Plan In Principle
The United Nations atomic energy commission endorsed in principle the U S control plan after Andrei Gromyko withdrew from voting. The vote 10 to 0 allowed final wording to be set by a committee. Poland abstained and Russia’s tally was uncounted at Gromyko’s request.
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U. S
United States
Poland
Russia
Gromyko
Commission
Mail via air allows Christmas cards to reach any address
The Post Office Department said on Friday that Christmas cards mailed this weekend will be delivered anywhere in the country by Christmas if sent by air mail.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Settlement Delayed as Coal Operators Split Over Negotiations
A split among soft coal operators over negotiating with John L. Lewis delays a national contract. Major producers ready to talk at any convenient date, while the Southern Coal Producers association remains aloof until court rulings on Lewis. Western owners lean toward the southerners, and a Supreme Court decision on Lewis’s appeal is anticipated around February.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Southern Coal Producers Association
Far Western
High Court
Lewis
UMW
Southern Association
National Negotiating Committee
Steel Company
Wis
Split second pilots save 85 in midair collision
Two Miami bound airliners collided near Aberdeen Maryland at 2 000 feet in clear weather. Eastern Airlines DC 4 with 56 passengers and Universal Airlines C 47 with 22 passengers and three crew escaped disaster after quick evasive action by the pilots.
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Aberdeen
Here
Eastern Airlines
Universal Airlines
Eastern
R. Brown
Miami
J. B. Kuhn
Brown
Universal
National Airport
Washington, D. C
New York
Newark
N. J
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