City and county spar over site for auditorium in La Crosse
A spirited Hotel Stoddard dinner meeting gathered state, county and city planning officials to discuss two La Crosse area projects. Officials debated selling county land on Fourth and Vine for the auditorium, possible voter referendum on bonds, land offerings, and timing for condemnation proceedings to secure funds. continuation noted on page 10.
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Fourth and Vine Streets
la Crosse
Vine Street
Mary Sawyer
Quincy Hale
City Plan Commission
Hale
Plan Commission
War Waifs Airlifted To Island Sanctuary
Nearly a thousand Korean street orphans age six months to 11 years were airlifted to a sanctuary island in Operation Kiddie Car. Fifteen American transports moved 964 children from Seoul to safety, with 80 attendants and evacuation nurses aboard, while chaplain Lt. Col. Blaisdell oversaw intake amid illness and starvation.
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Seoul
South Korea
Kimbo
R. L. Blaisdell
Hyfield
Chaplain Blaisdell
Grace Chicken
Buffalo
MacArthur Imposes Network Censorship On Korea News
Tokyo headquarters announced a new censorship policy requiring news dispatches and photos from Korea or Japan to undergo military screening before transmission. The move, described as security clearance, tightens reporting on Korean operations, effective immediately, with no stated penalties for violations.
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Tokyo
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Col
M. P. Echols
Korea
Japan
Associated Press
Hungnam
Koea
Rep Walter Brehm Indicted on Seven Counts
Rep Walter E Brehm is indicted by a federal grand jury on seven charges of illegally taking political contributions from two former employees Clara Soliday and Emma S Graven totaling 1380 dollars. The indictment cites kickback allegations and seeks penalties under section 208 of the U S criminal code. Brehm claims innocence.
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Washington
Walter E. Brehm
R-O
Clara Soliday
Emma S. Graven
Brehm
Senate approves Wilson for defense mobilization post
Senate confirmation of Charles E. Wilson as director of defense mobilization was recommended unanimously by the Senate Banking Committee. Chairman Maybank said hearings were waived due to the urgency of the situation as Wilson resigns as president of General Electric to take the mobilization post at President Truman's request.
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Washington
Senate
Charles E. Wilson
Senate Banking Committee
Maybank
D-Sc
Wilson
Solon Proposes Industrial Tax to Fund Defense
Washington source says House Democratic leader McCormack proposed a broad manufacturers excise tax to raise billions for a pay as you go defense. He noted existing excises on refrigerators radios TV sets tobacco and whisky and suggested expanding them. Senate debate centered on the excess profits tax bill as new Congress nears January.
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Washington
House
McCormack
Congress
Senate
Milwaukee Brewery Workers Offered Final Raise
Milwaukee six major breweries proposed a final voluntary raise of 1715 cents an hour to 6000 hands. If approved by CIO United Brewery Workers Local 9, retroactive to Dec 1, the extra pay would add $7 weekly and boost annual payroll by $2,184,000.
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Milwaukee
CIO United Brewery Workers Union
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area Tonight and Thursday
Increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures tonight. Cloudy Thursday with some light snow. Low tonight five degrees in the city, near zero in the countryside, high Thursday twenty four degrees.
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la Crosse
Germans want more for joining pact
Coon Valley Wisconsin special report. Joseph Hanson 54 died after being struck by a station wagon driven by Eric Schee 42 of La Crosse Tuesday night at 11 43 near highway 14 and county trunks west of Coon Valley. Inquest set for Wednesday morning at Coon Valley. Hanson born Hamburg Wisconsin resident survived by wife four daughters and one son. Funeral home Gilberto? Funeral arrangements incomplete. Vernon county officials including District Attorney Martin Gulbrandsen Coner Ole Jackson and Officer Ben Ammerman expected to attend.
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Coon Valley
Wis
Joseph Hanson
la Crosse
Eric Schee
South Seventh Street
Shee
Tom
Westby
Hanson
Highway 14
Ellsworth Hanson
Schee
Hamburg
William O' Neil, Jr
Genoa
Harold Strangstaken
Mary Lou
Jacqueline
Donald
Gilbertson
Vernon County
Martin Gulbrandsen
Ole Jackson
Ben Ammerman
Bomb Case Probes Charge After Holy Trinity Device Found
City police and postal authorities await state crime laboratory results on a home made bomb found behind Holy Trinity church. Investigators focus on possible maker identity as two devices, mailed to an unidentified man 40 miles away, are studied for design and contents. Msgr Plecity alerted police after Christmas wrapped package drew suspicion.
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State Crime Laboratory
Holy Trinity Church
George Long
la Crosse
Msgr
Victor Plecity
Plecity
Red Embassy Installs Fire Hoses Amid Air Raid Prep
Washington reports the Soviet embassy is installing 75 foot fire hoses as a defense precaution against possible air raids on the capital. CIO official James B. Carey says non union plumbers were hired, calling it evidence of the embassy favoring organized labor. the embassy declined to comment.
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Washington —i
James B. Carey
CIO Electrical Workers
Carey
Tax Group Urges Local Stamp Tax On Autos
The Wisconsin legislative council tax committee urged municipalities to levy a stamp tax on automobiles not exceeding 10 per year. It also backed optional county real estate and personal property assessments for towns and smaller cities, changes to personal property tax laws, and further study of income tax statutes while opposing state level tax hikes.
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Madison
Wis
The
Legislative Council
Wisconsin
Wisconsin preps two letter license plates for cars
The Wisconsin legislative council approved a bill to issue new plates of two letters and four digits monthly starting next July. The first letter marks the month, A for January, the second letter covers numbers up to 9,999 per month, and inserts will show the year. Also approved were bills on fire hose protection and stricter financial responsibility laws, with an ongoing $50,000 highway fund grant to advertise vacation land. Bills on driver examinations by state officers and siren use by volunteer firefighters were killed.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Legislative Council
Conservation Department
Two La Crosse Men Face Court Bonds on Burglary Charges
Bonds totaling 10000 were set in county court for Joseph Dolan and Lloyd Copus on breaking and entering and larceny counts. Dolan pleaded guilty to larceny from Terminal Express Co. trucks and breaking at Freddie's Market Fritzs beer depot and Bert's One Stop. Copus pleaded innocent with prelims set for Dec 27 at 2 p.m. Both men held in county jail. A third party is sought in the looting.
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la Crosse
Joseph Dolan
Fifth Avenue South
Terminal Express Co
Freddie's
Liberty Street
Fritz
Mt. Vernon Street
Bert
Lloyd C. Copus
Copus
Dolan
Express Company
Freddie
Endersheriff
Roy Sampson
Superior
Wis
Protective Fire Helps Allies Hold Beachhead
U S 10th corps troops defend a shrinking Hungnam beachhead in northeast Korea as artillery and naval gunfire shield a planned withdrawal. Marine and navy pilots report 24 enemy concentrations and about 1300 casualties on Chinese and North Korean forces.
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Tokyo
U. S
10Th Corps
Hungnam
Korea
Hungnam Harbor
Edward M. Almond
Yonpo
U. S. Eighth Army
Chunchon
Seoul
Eighth Army
Mine Accident Claims Life Of Ex City Man
Armour L. Stanley 33 of Minneapolis former La Crosse man died from crash injuries after a mine equipment demonstration in Virginia Minnesota. He was district manager for Harmo Har nischfeger Milwaukee. Funeral services set for Minneapolis Colonial church and Oak Grove cemetery La Crosse.
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Virginia
Minn
Armour L. Stanley
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Stanley
Harnischfeger Corp
Milwaukee
Scottish Rite
Shrine
University of Minnesota School of Civil Engineering
Doris Nieland
Sheila
Robert
Earl R. Stanley
Colonial Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Ex Mayor Jailed on 36 New Charges in Beaver Dam
Verne H. Knoll, 34, former Beaver Dam mayor, jailed after court appearance on 36 counts totaling over 150000 in missing funds. Bail set at 200000. District Attorney says total charges may reach 120 with shortages exceeding 270000.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Justice Court
Verne H. Knoll
Dist
Clarence Traeger
Knoll
Tighter Newsprint Supplies Hamper U.S. Publishers
United States publishers face tighter newsprint supplies and higher costs. Consumption rises 6.5 percent since 1949 while production grows 2.8 percent, draining stocks and forcing papers to limit advertising and raise subscription prices. Newsprint costs have climbed to about 106 per ton in New York, with some producers raising by 5 to 10.
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New York
United States
Great Northern Paper Company
Canada
American Newspaper Publishers Association
West Germany to be offered role in Atlantic defense plan
West Germans pressed for equal participation in Western defense as Atlantic pact decisions set Eisenhower to head a 1,000,000 strong international army. Berlin and Bonn expect talks with Chancellor Adenauer while Benelux nations align joint planning under the new command.
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Brussels
Belgium
Atlantic Council
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adenauer
The
Christian Democrats
Eisenhower
United States
Canada
Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Norway
Soviet Union
Atlantic Powers
Western Union
Fontainebleau
Viscount Montgomery
Atlantic Nations
Montgomery
Pact
Eisenower
Draft Call in La Crosse County Set for January Fifth
La Crosse County announces its fifth draft call since the outbreak of Korean hostilities scheduled for January 5. Induction notices reach 25 men via board No. 33 and were mailed to the recipients late Tuesday.
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la Crosse County
Board No. 33
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Ruth Nixon
Immanuel
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St. Thomas More Choir
Oris G. Feuling
Clarence O. Hoch
Lincoln Junior High School
Frank Italiano
the Herald Angels
Little Town of Bethlehem
Manger
English Lutheran Church Choir
Elvin M. Saterbak
Solon
Smet
By Arthur Bystrom
Melvin R. Laird
Marshfield
University of Wisconsin
W. D. Knight
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