Farm policy clash pits Brannan against major farm groups
Washington text outlines a bitter struggle between Secretary Brannan and leading farm organizations including the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Grange over the Brannan plan. Farmers and Congress face a choice as future farm programs and who represents farmers hang in the balance.
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Washington
Brannan
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Farmers’ Union
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Farm Bureau Federation
Bones Possibly From Mauston Fire Child Identified
Two bone particles may belong to four year old Jean Bryant from the Mauston home fire. Sheriff Myles Clark sent samples to Madison for identification expected Wednesday. The child disappeared after the fire while her grandmother and others escaped. The family lost all belongings with no insurance. The Truck Drivers club and community groups raised aid for the Bryants.
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Mauston
Wis
Jean Bryant
Myles Clark
Juneau County
Madison
Casper Halverson
Manston
Truck Drivers Club
New Lisbon
Bryant
Red Cross
Jerry Eldred
Florida
Bryants
Charles Jacques
Jean
Cold Invades Coulee Area Weather Update
King Winter sends an advance of colder air and light snow. In La Crosse the temperature fell from 41 Tuesday to 17 by 6 30 a m Wednesday with a 24 degree drop. Meteorologist A D Sanial notes a slow fall and a mostly cloudy Wednesday forecast.
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King Winter
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Hazardous Driving Alert Covers Five-State Area
The U S weather bureau issued a special warning of hazardous driving conditions for a five state area due to freezing rain and sleet. Glazing of highways reported in southeastern Iowa Wisconsin northern Illinois and Indiana and lower Michigan with the worst in southeastern Iowa and Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
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Chicago
U. S. Weather Bureau
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Weather Bureau
Cold snap grips upper plains to pacific coast
The forecast calls for day night and Thursday with intermittent light snow and very cold temperatures. City lows near 14 and county 10 while Thursday highs reach 22. Duluth dropped to eight below zero after a brief warm spell. International Falls hit 22 below. Arizona hit 31 below in Phoenix and New Mexico 25 below at Albuquerque.
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Duluth
International Falls
Minn
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
Albuquerane
Burbank
Calif
Los Angeles
Reds Bow In Adulation To Stalin
World communists celebrated Stalin on his 70th birthday with lavish tributes and gifts. Moscow decorated with massive portraits and hailed him as the greatest man and defender of peace. The Soviet Union announced annual Stalin peace prizes of 100 000 rubles, while Yugoslavia was the outcast in the Cominform.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Moscow
Stalin
Supreme Soviet
Yugoslavia
Georgi Malenkov
Communism
V. M. Molotov
Pravda
Tito
Parking Meters Looted Across City After Break-In
Police report 30 meters were broken into before midnight with an average 75 cents taken per unit. Damage occurred on Market Square Sixth Street Fifth Avenue Jay Street Fifth Avenue and King Street Lower Main Street and Second Street. A motorist spotted broken meters on Market Square at midnight prompting wider investigation. Clarence Koblitz notes the method and amount per meter.
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Clarence Koblitz
Market Square
Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Jay Street
King Street
Lower Main Street
Second Street
Reds walk out of four power council over Japanese repatriation
In Tokyo on Wednesday Russia angrily left the Allied four power council after a clash over repatriation of Japanese prisoners. Gen. Derevyanko accused the group of having no business debating the issue, as MacArthur cited 374041 Japanese deaths in Soviet camps and U S and Japanese authorities pressed for more returns.
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Tokyo
Russia
Fourpower Council For
Japan
MacArthur
Council
Kuzma Derevyanko
United States
Britain
China
William J. Sebald
White
Derevyanko
U. S
Communist Party
Sebald
Council Chamber
Local Weather for La Crosse Area
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with intermittent light snow. Colder air moves in with lows around 14 in the city and near 10 in the county. Thursday highs reach about 22 degrees.
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la Crosse
Egg Prices Hit New Low In Local Market
Egg prices have fallen about 50 percent in a month with no current government buying support. La Crosse county agent L A Davis and Wisconsin official Walter F Katterhenry say the government may resume buying after year end, but no future price or program is set. Prices dropped from 46 53 cents to 25 cents for top eggs with others at 20 and 18 cents as producers fear losses amid heavy supply and rising feed costs.
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Congress
Brannan
L. A. Davis
la Crosse County
Walter F. Katterhenry
Wisconsin Production and Marketing Administration
Madison
U. S
Katterhenry
Middle West
Commission House
Seaboard
la Crosse Commission
George Kohlmeier, Jr
Grandad Bluff
Three Children Die in Wisconsin Farm Fire
A flash fire in a two story rural home west of Wisconsin Rapids killed three children Nancy seven months Gary two and Robert fourteen while five siblings and both parents escaped. Kenneth nine was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Fire officials say lacquer spilled into a lit stove sparked the blaze.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Frank Sonheim
Nancy
Gary
Robert
Kenneth
Earl Kess
Kess
December Solstice Confusion Over Shortest Day
Washington observers debate the exact moment of winter arrival at 10:24 p.m. CST Wednesday, noting only a few seconds separate December 21 and 22 as the shortest day. Factors like Earth's tilt and time zones shift the date between regions.
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Washington
S. Naval Observatory
Jury Finds Woman Sane In Mate Killing
Riverside Calif A jury found Sophie Petrillo 35 sane when she shot husband Peter Petrillo 35 in their Palm Springs apartment on September 19. She screamed at the verdict and was carried from the courtroom. She had been convicted of second degree murder last week on an insanity plea and given a second trial on innocence by reason of insanity.
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Riverside
Calif
Sophie Petrillo
Peter
Palm Springs
Milton Button Resigns as Wisconsin Agriculture Chief
Milton H. Button, director of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, submitted his resignation and asked the state board to accept it. The board will meet January 9 to name a successor, while Button plans to enter another field after a physician ordered rest. He has led the department since 1943. Donald C. McDowell was recently named assistant director.
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Madison
Wis
Milton H. Button
State Department of Agriculture
Button
State Board
Richland Center
Suc
Herman Shole
Neenah
Donald C. McDowell
Waukesha
Ira Inman
Beloit
Washington and Dane County
Clark Gable Weds Widow in Surprise California ceremony
Hollywood reports that Clark Gable married widow Lady Sylvia Stanley in a late Tuesday ceremony at a Santa Barbara area ranch. The couple, who have been friends for years, plan a swift Hollywood return and a honeymoon voyage on the Lurline.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Sylvia Stanley
Douglas Fairbanks
Santa Barbara
Calif
Honey
Dynamite Plot Against CIO UAW Headquarters Fails
Unknown plotters placed a large dynamite charge at the CIO United Auto Workers headquarters in Detroit but it failed to detonate. Police removed 39 sticks wrapped in Christmas paper from a stairwell. entryways were sealed and officers warned of further acts in a campaign against the union. A $25,000 reward was offered for information. The incident is linked to past attacks on Walter and Victor Reuther, with authorities calling it part of anti-labor plots.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
General Motors Research Laboratory
Emil Mazey
Reuther
Walter Reuther
Victor Reuther
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