Contempt Plea Aimed at Bilbo Aide Over Missing Funds
Senate war investigating committee seeks contempt charges against Edward P. Terry former Bilbo aide for refusing to disclose $15 900 from a New Yorker used in Bilbo battle in Mississippi. Perjury charges urged as Terry testified he received funds from Simon Liberman of New York and later returned them when no opponent emerged.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Edward P. Terry
Bilbo
D-Miss
Terry
Federal District Attorney
Senate
Mead
D-Ny
George Meader
Simon Liberman
New York
Liberman
Ferguson
Poplarville
Miss
Warren Smith
Rick
Edward Stokes
Smith
Emil O. Schultz
la Crosse
Sheboygan
Schultz
Postal Crews Work Sunday for Holiday Deliveries
Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak announced that parcel post drivers and carriers will be on duty all Sunday delivering parcels Christmas cards and letters. Receipts for Friday totalled $2 06.50 with an excess of $273.14 over 1945. Total cancellations through Dec 20 reached 1,162,005, up 77,721 from last year.
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Post Office
Wenzel M. Dvorak
7500 Applications For Gl Farm Loans
Milwaukee veteran loan program reports more than 7500 applications in Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota. Thomas C Schmidt says the Farmers Home Administration has lent over 38.3 million dollars to nearly 4000 veterans across the three states despite farm availability challenges. Wisconsin and Michigan each show 2.5 million dollars loaned and Minnesota records 3.3 million.
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Milwaukee
Thomas C. Schmidt
Farmers Home Administration
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Schmidt
Plan Diver Search Of Sunken Tugs
The coast guard planned a dive search of two sunken tugs to locate the bodies of five sailors believed missing after the vessels sank near Jacksonville Fila.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Coastguard
Richland Cooperative Gets $60,000 Rural loan
Washington reports Rural Electrification Administration approved a loan of $60 000 to the Richland Cooperative Electric Association based in Richland Center Wisconsin to support local power services.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Richland Cooperative Electric Association
Richland Center
Wis
Weather outlook for La Crosse area clears tonight
Local forecast for La Crosse and vicinity calls for clearing late this afternoon with partial cloudiness tonight and Sunday. Temperature remains steady with a low around 25 tonight and a high near 32 on Sunday.
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la Crosse
Scio Potteries Boss Gives 827 Workers 705686 Christmas Bonus
In Scio Ohio 827 long time pottery workers receive Christmas bonus checks totaling 705,686 from L P Reese with 3500 maximum. Reese outlines wage raise and 1 per hour minimum for unskilled workers while rewarding 10 year veterans. average bonus 852.50, smallest 10 for new hires. Reese plans new American Legion home and notes his wartime gains funded the bonuses.
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L. P. Reese
Scio, Ohio
Scio
Scio- Ohio Pottery
Scio Bank
William Hughes
Reece
Reese
American Legion
UN Atom Veto Is Argued At New York Meeting
Delegates to the United Nations atomic energy commission debated approval of a United States proposal to remove the big power veto on enforcement actions for atomic energy violations. The Baruch plan won initial support in principle, but Soviet Russia and others contested key points including the veto and alignment with the assembly’s arms reduction resolution.
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New York
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Commission
Russia
U. S
Bernard M. Baruch
Andrew G. L. McNaughton
General Assembly
Assembly
Security Council
V. M. Molotov
Andrei _A. Gromyko
Keep Off Lagoon Warns by Park Department
Skating on Pettibone park lagoon is risky until colder weather. Park superintendent Henry Streicher said Saturday there is some ice but not enough to support skaters. The department will perform frequent ice tests and announce when it is safe to skate on the winter playground.
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Pettibone Park
Henry Streicher
Streicher
Park Department
Charge police spying at a C MILWAUKEE strike
UAW-CIO official R J Thomas accuses Milwaukee police of spying on pickets at the Allis-Chalmers strike in West Allis. Inspector Dax cited a plainclothes officer at a Local 248 meeting amid claims of incitement to violence. Company officials call the union’s proposals a smokescreen.
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Milwaukee
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio International
Milwaukee Police Department
Thomas
The
International
Dax
U S Ambassador Sees Early Base Accord With Philippines
U S Ambassador McNutt on Saturday predicted an early and satisfactory conclusion to negotiations for American military bases in the Philippines He declined to discuss details and offered no timetable or specifics.
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Manila
U. S
McNutt
United States-Philippines
Republic
CIO Opens Fight For 347 Million Back Portal Pay
The CIO launches nationwide suits seeking back pay under the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act totaling hundreds of millions. In Detroit, leaders forecast claims approaching a billion dollars from area employers, with $60 million aimed at Briggs Manufacturing and $270 million at Ford. Multiple cases are filed in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, St Louis, and Chicago against steel and auto firms.
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CIO
Detroit
U. S. Supreme Court
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Richard T. Leonard
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Cleveland District Court
Pittsburgh
Midwest
Paul Jones
Cleveland
United Steel
Springfield
General Steel Castings Corporation
National Enameling and Stamping Company
Granite City, Ill
St. Louis
USW
Laclede Steel Company
Chicago
Ford Motor Company
South Bend
Ind
United Farm Equipment Workers
Oliver Corporation
Shelbyville
Charles City
United Steel Workers of America
Republic Steel Corporation
American Steel and Wire Company
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Wisconsin State Chamber Meet Program Outlined in Madison
The 17th annual Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce meeting in Milwaukee January 13 announced by William J. Petersen. Speakers include labor expert Robert J. Watt and Milwaukee financier William J. Grede at a labor-management symposium. Maxwell E. McDowell of Standard Oil speaks on taxation. State Senator Hipke outlines financial issues for lawmakers meeting in Madison. Boston Chamber of Commerce president William K. Jackson delivers the banquet address.
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Madison
Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce
Milwaukee
William J. Petersen
Robert J. Watt
Washington
American Federation of Labor
William J. Grede
Wisconsin Manufacturers’ Association
Maxwell E. McDowell
New York
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Ge Hipke
R-Stanley
William K. Jackson
Boston
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Messersmith Leaves Argentina For The U S
U S Ambassador George S Messersmith departed Buenos Aires for Washington on Saturday to report to Secretary of State James Byrnes on six months of his mission. President and Mrs. Peron and two cabinet ministers saw him off at the airport. Observers suggest the trip may set a clear North American policy toward Argentina and include submitting his report.
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Bubos Aires
U. S
George S. Messersmith
Washington
James F. Bryrnes
Argentina
Juan Peron
Messersmith
Georgia Gov Elect Eugene Talmadge Dies in Atlanta
Georgia Governor elect Eugene Talmadge dies at 62 in Atlanta after a stomach hemorrhage and liver inflammation. He had been in Piedmont hospital in a coma since last night. Funeral services were tentatively set for Monday in McRae.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Piedmont Hospital
Talmadge
McReae
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Jacksonville
Fla
Herman
Bill Kimbrough
Charles Smyly
Campbell Town Board Posts 200 Dollar Reward in Slaying
Questioning of 20 to 25 residents continued as Campbell officials propose a 200 dollar reward for information leading to the killer of 35 year old Mrs. Bessie Moore shot to death at Web's tavern near La Crosse. Funeral set for Cashton Lutheran church Monday at 2 PM.
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Bessie Moore
Frederic W. Crosby
Web
la Crosse
Crosby
Sheriff's Department
Stanley Olson
Campbell
Nelson
County Board
Cashton
Two Families Lose Home In Racine Duplex Fire
Racine Wisconsin. A duplex fire Saturday left two families homeless. four children in one unit and three in the other lost their Christmas gifts amid undetermined cause. The blaze began on the first floor and spread to the roof, destroying furnishings in the homes of Mr and Mrs Harold E Ferg and Mr and Mrs Clarence E Bar ney. Relatives provided shelter.
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Racine
Wis
Harold E. Ferg
Clarence E. Barney
Milwaukee fatality toll rises to 84 this year
Andrew P. Anderson, 73, died at Mt. Sinai hospital from injuries suffered December 11, marking Milwaukee countys 84th traffic fatality of the year.
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Milwaukee
Andrew P. Anderson
Milwaukee County
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Goat Causes Housing Turmoil For Veteran In Ridgewood
War veteran Harry Schefers and his family face a housing snag after a landlady promised an apartment if he owned a goat. The city threatens action over a possible ordinance violation as the son’s bacteriology experiments rely on the animal.
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Ridgewood
N. J
Harry Schefers
Schefers
First Day Of Winter Brings Longest Night And Snow
Light snowfall blankets the area with four tenths of an inch in La Crosse and above normal temperatures. The winter solstice arrives at 4 54 a m Sunday as earth reaches maximum tilt away from the sun and days begin to lengthen slowly. Travel disruption from weather persists across the east and midwest while western regions enjoy clearing skies.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
East
South
Middlewest
Associated Press
Plains
Rocky Mountains
Dakotas
Eight Men Hacked To Death In Poland
Police report an underground NSZ band hacked eight men to death with axes after attacking a truck near Sokolow and abducting workers party members into a forest east of Warsaw. Two Polish soldiers were also killed in the same attack.
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Warsaw
NSZ
National Armed Forces
Sokolow
Nocturne club hosts Central high home card evening
CPUs the shoe Nocturne club of Central high school directs the Junior Chamber of Commerce program with Alvin Mikel son leading. Visitors listed include Mrs Emil Hanson and many residents from Market to Island streets in a community gathering tonight.
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Nocturne Club
Central High School
Presbyterian Church Choir Performs Seasonal Pieces
The Presbyterian Church choir leads a Saturday concert at 7:30 PM with 32 voices under Mrs Eugene A Toetel performing carols and older English pieces including What Child Is This and O Come All Ye Faithful. A second program at 8:00 PM features 40 voices directed by Alvin Mikelson with selections from Christmas lullabies and Handel.
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Eugene A Toetel
Sentitionel
Jeaneatte
Isabella
Bethlehem
Satiate
Coventry
Liza Lehmann
Gruber
Alvin Mikelson
Nine New Policemen Approved by Council
Committees approved adding nine police officers while a proposal for 12 new firemen stalled. Budget resolutions already authorized nine policemen and 12 firemen, with debates over staffing tied to shortened fire and police work weeks. Chiefs Rick and Hanson urged continuing manpower, citing safety and enforcement concerns through ongoing council discussions slated for January.
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Common Council
Lambert J. Kaiser
Herman F. Rick
George Hanson
Japan Quake and Tidal Waves Ravage Southern Islands
A violent earthquake and six tidal waves devastate more than 50 000 square miles of southern Japan. Initial tallies report 500 dead 612 injured 43 missing and nearly 28 000 homes destroyed or flooded with 500 fishing vessels lost. Osaka reports 14 dead and heavy damage while Wakayama and Kochi suffer severe impacts.
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Tokyo
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Wakayama Peninsula
Shimoda
Honshu
Kochi
Shikoku
Tanaka
Watayama
U. S
Kure
Kushimoto
Kyushu
Shizuoka
Kyodo
Osaka
Kyoto
Nara
Kobe
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Mississippi Street
Clifford Lee
South 22Nd Street
J. R. Wolford
Cass Street
N. A. Matson
South 19Th Street
Clara Salter
King Street
John Hougen
Peter Hovind
North 22Nd Street
Dorothy Mateju
North 24Th Street
Frank Lansing
Pine Street
Dan Rose
St. Cloud Street
John Boldt
Island Street
Elizabeth Smith
Liberty Street
Mary Smiseck
C. J. Nicks
Presbyterian Church Choir
OUR Savior’s Lutheran Choir
Col. Newton Bush
Camp McCoy
Kansas
Joseph Donndelinger
Pacific
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