McKellar Urges Sharp Cut in ECA Western Europe Aid
Senator McKellar of Tennessee joined Republicans and Democrats calling for a meaningful reduction in ECA funds for western Europe. He cited Sen Vandenberg and Hoff man and said the time has come to determine the amount after hearings and expert input. The ECA aid budget this year totaled 3.778 billion. lawmakers expect a likely cut of about 1 billion next year.
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Washington
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoffman
Paul Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Tennessee
Vandenberg
Michigan
Europe
U. S
ECA
Appropriations Committee
McKeltir
Second Queen Entry Sally Kennard In La Crosse Pageant
Sally Kennard is the second queen entry in La Crosse snow queen contest held at Walt's restaurant. Dale Waterman, junior chamber chairman, notes entries close December 30 with coronation set January 21. All candidates will be photographed and judged by a Hollywood star. winner and princesses reign over winter sports activities and the queen earns a free trip to the St Paul winter carnival.
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Sally Kennard Witl T Walt
Dale Waterman
la Crosse
St. Paul
Mayor Seeks Homes For Two City Families
Mayor Henry J. Ahrens asked La Crosse residents to provide housing for two families facing eviction around January 1. One family, a widow with two teenage sons, can pay up to 35 dollars monthly. The other, a couple with five young children, can pay about 40 dollars monthly.
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Henry J. Ahrens
la Crosse
Ahrens
Generous Nation Spreads Christmas Aid From Maryland Town
In Shallmar Maryland the drought of work and hunger ended as trucks brought six and a half tons of clothing and food. Residents distributed hot lunches and gifts to nearby families while toys were repaired for distribution. The town of 200 sent aid across the mountain region as Christmas neared. The total gifts surpassed three thousand dollars in hand to fund meals and stockings for children in Shallmar and neighboring Maryland and West Virginia communities.
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Shallmar
Shalimar
Maryland
West Virginia
Shalimer
Mother and four children die in Texas shack fire
A Houston fire killed Claudia Holcomb and four of her children, aged 10, nine, five, and two, in a flame shack. Four other children were burned.
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Houston
Tex
Claudia Holcomb
Lillie Mae
Floradene
Louise
Willie Lee
Repeal Still No. 1 Goal Of Truman
President Truman keeps repeal of the Taft Hartley act as his top labor goal though Democratic leaders in Congress expect the law to remain through 1950. Administration aides say efforts for repeal or major revision are unlikely at the January 3 session, forecasting a contentious 1951 fight amid Senate and House elections.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
Guanes
Taft
Ohio
Cleveland Transit walkout cripples city as strike ends toll
An AFL Transit Union strike by about 4 000 workers shut down Cleveland Thursday stranding thousands and snarling traffic. The 496 to 287 vote approved the walkout after late votes and calls for 96 hour paid vacations. City taxi firms were overwhelmed as 50 000 Christmas shoppers were affected and downtown congestion surged.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Transit System
AFL
Transit Copy
John R. Sammon
AFL Transit Union
Magnet May Steer Bombs Of The Future
Washington reports military scientists explore covert methods to guide missiles to targets using radar beams reflected from illuminated cities or factories. A pamphlet from the defense department outlines semiactive homing and celestial navigation as ways to steer rockets across vast distances, with pathfinder planes and onboard targeting to resist jammed radar.
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Washington
Defense Department
Research and Development Board
Lord Stanley Divorce Told In Gable Nuptial
Clark Gable's fourth wife Sylvia Hawkes was divorced in London on June 15 1948 by Lord Stanley of Alderley on grounds of desertion. She did not obtain the divorce herself as previously reported by AP.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Sylvia Hawkes
London
Lord Stanley of
Alderley
Associated Press
Christmas Is Near He Beats Auto Charge
Rhinelander Wisconsin A charge of taking a car without consent against Thomas W. Mc Donald 25 Lake Geneva was dismissed because Christmas is near. Mrs Janet F Thompson owner of the car asked the charge dropped saying he has learned a lesson and Christmas is near. The car was borrowed after his own car failed to be returned.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Thomas W. McDonald
Lake Geneva
Janet F. Thompson
H. F. Steele
McDonald
New Egg Support Prices May Bring Early Relief
Washington announced a 1950 national average egg price support of 37 cents a dozen, about eight cents below this year. Local dealers expect modest relief and a market boost with nest-run ungraded eggs near 27 cents a dozen next year, while output may rise 2-3 percent.
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Washington
la Crosse Commission
Agriculture Department
Army Reserve Training Cut
NEW YORK 4 Drills and other training for army reservists will be reduced sharply beginning Jan 1. The retrenchment approved by the Army Department will affect both enlisted men and officers. Cutback orders are being sent to reserve commands nationwide amid active recruiting. The action stems from insufficient appropriations to cover training pay for the reserve force. Present funding provides 22 400 000 for drill pay for the year ending June 30.
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New York
New York Times
Washington
Department of the Army
Eason
ARMY
Child Fatally Scalded In Wisconsin Washboiler Incident
Sandra Ann Bader two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Bader of Chicago visiting maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Herman Rogge in Lyndon Station fell into a washboiler of hot water in a kitchen. She was rushed to Baraboo hospital where she died shortly after arrival.
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Lyndon Station
Wis
Sandra Ann Bader
Frank Bader
Chicago
Herman Rogge
Sandra
Baraboo
Better Outlook For Consumers Seen In 1950
Sign of a happier year for consumers with more money in circulation and easier installment terms. Expect record peacetime pork supply and eggs 8 to 10 cents cheaper per dozen. Federal Reserve notes easier borrowing terms and expanding money supply next year, aided by government outlays financed by bank loans. Taxes likely stable. steel and coal prices may rise, offset by tax cuts under discussion.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Mrs Anderson Welcomed by Danish King Warned on High Society
Americas first woman ambassador Mrs Eugenie Anderson met King Frederik IX in a 12 minute audience in Copenhagen. Danish paper Information warned her to avoid elite society, saying it drains time and tests loyalty while noting a historic US Denmark alliance. Thousands watched her four horse coach ride to Christiansborg Castle.
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Mrs. Anderson
Copenhagen
Denmark
America
Frederik IX
U. S
Eugenie Anderson
Information
High Society
Per
Christiansborg Castle
Count Schulin
John
Amelienborg
Ingrid
FBI Intervenes in Detroit Dynamo Plot Against UAW CIO
The FBI moved to investigate a dynamite plot targeting the CIO United Auto Workers in Detroit, marking its first formal intercession in the UAW CIO troubles. Police had few solid leads on the origin of the bomb planted at the union headquarters while guard duties and rewards rose to nearly a quarter million dollars.
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United Auto Workers
Detroit
FBI
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Howard McGrath
Uawcio
Union
UAW
Walter Reuther
Victor
Wilmington
Del
Manu
The
Detroit Times
Themington, Co
Much Colder Weather After Snow in Wisconsin
Wisconsin faces a plunge in temperatures Thursday night with snow flurries near Lake Michigan. Three inches of fresh snow were recorded at Green Bay with lighter amounts in Oshkosh Superior Wausau and Madison as snow and sleet moved through parts of the state Wednesday.
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Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
H. J. Thompson
Green Bay
Oshkosh
Superior
Wausau
Madison
Rees Ailway
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Clearing and much colder tonight with temperatures near zero in the city and five below in the country. Winds diminish. Increasing cloudiness Friday with continued cold and a high near 22.
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la Crosse
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