Congress Probes Grain Trader Lists For Information Leaks
Two congressional committees vow close scrutiny of lists naming grain traders amid probes into possible leaks of government purchasing policies. Rep. Andresen and Sen. Knowland push for accountability as 711 big traders are published with more lists planned, including up to 8,000 accounts.
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Washington
House
Rep
Andresen
R-Minn
Knowland
Calif
Appropriations Committee
Anderson
California
Tor
Congress
Ten youths sentenced after Voigt Auto riot
Ten of eleven youths arraigned in county court after a near riot at the Voigt Auto Co. Christmas party were sentenced to six months in the county jail by Judge R. V. Ahlstrom who pledged to break up the hoodlum tactics.
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Voigt Auto Company
R. V. Ahlstrom
Jerome Dwyer
William Stouvenel
Donald Hutzenbuehler
Robert Hartley
Robert White
James Alland
Alland
Kammer
White
Geng
Voigt
Ahlstrom
Post Office Receipts Rise in La Crosse December
La Crosse post office receipts for the first 22 days of December show a $7 221.41 rise to $50 140.56 from $42 919.15 last year. On December 22 receipts reached $2 846 vs $1 316.76 in 1946, with 97 cancellations that day and a 22 day total of 1 280 745.
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la Crosse
Wenzel M. Dvorak
Local La Crosse Weather Update Tonight and Wednesday
Fair conditions prevail with little temperature change tonight and the low near 18. Increasing cloudiness is expected Wednesday with a rise in temperatures to a high around 30.
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la Crosse
May Deport Greek Red Deputy U.N. Correspondent
Deportation proceedings against a Greek Communist correspondent accredited to the United Nations were postponed. U S officials weighed possible agreement with the Secretary General that UN staff cannot be expelled without prior UN consultation. The correspondent said he had not been notified in advance.
Three Rinks Open for Skating in City Parks
City park department reports three ice rinks open for skating Goose Green Hogan and Hood with all other rinks flooded to prepare for the season.
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City Park Department
Goose Green
Hogan
Hood
Administration Urges Price Cuts and Real Competition
The White House asks industries to lower prices and curb profits as part of a long range plan for real price competition. The three man Council of Economic Advisers says prosperity without booms hinges on a stable price production balance and urges lower industrial prices and broader consumption, with housing highlighted as a key example. The report, led by Nourse, Keyserling and Clark, stresses broader wage adjustments and sustained demand across lower and middle income groups.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Edwin G. Nourse
Leon H. Keyserling
John D. Clark
Explosions at Regal Brewery Injure Nine in New Orleans
In New Orleans two blasts at the Regal brewery damaged an ammonia tank and injured nine people, two severely. Police and fire officials could not determine the cause or exact severity of the injuries.
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New Orleans
Christmas Letter Soldier Says He Helped Others See
Corp Chester R Perkins, blinded by a land mine in the Battle of the Bulge, recalls writing Santa last Christmas for eyes. Doctors say no transplant possible, yet he believes his appeal reminded people of soldiers maimed in war. He plans to spend Christmas at home with his wife Janet.
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Herb Altschull
Phoenixville
Santa Claus
Corp
Chester R. Perkins
Indianapolis
Valley Forge General Hospital
Ing
Corp. Perkins
Valley Forge
Perkins
Adolphus Perkins
Janet
Panama Assembly Rejects U S Base Lease Pact
Panama’s National Assembly votes 51 to 0 to reject the pact allowing U S lease and use of 14 military and airfield sites around the Panama Canal. The move may push the dispute to the United Nations or international arbitration.
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Panama
National Assembly
United States
Panama Canal
United Nations
Ricardo J. Alfaro
Alfaro
Florencio Arosemena
Japan
MacArthur
U. S. State Department
Washington
Panama Assembly
U. S
State Office Closes La Crosse Office for Holidays
Wisconsin state employment service in La Crosse will close the office for holiday afternoons the week before Christmas and New Year. Manager Norman E. Schulze announced the change on Tuesday.
Bethlehem Star Draws 50 000 Visitors to Steel City
Bethlehem Pa drew some 50 000 visitors with the Bethlehem star and city lights. Cars from 31 states filled the hills bridges and streets as Moravian founders’ legacy and Lehigh University hosted a Christmas spectacle lighting up the Lehigh River area.
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Bethlehem
America
Bethlehem Star
Lehigh River
Moravia
Lehigh University
Cuban dancer may seek presidential pardon in yacht murder case
Patricia Schmidt lawyer said she may ask President Ramon Grau San Martin for a pardon of her 15 year prison sentence for killing her lover John Lester Mee on a Havana yacht last April. The 22 year old dancer from Toledo Ohio appeared broken and faint, taken to Guanabacoa prison hospital after court ordered the term.
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Havana
Cuba
Patricia Schmidt
Ramon Grau San Martin
John Lester Mee
Rene Castellanos
Supreme Court
Castellanos
Toledo
Carmelina Guanche
Guanabacoa
Miss Schmidt
Laura
37 Die In Crash Of German Trains
Thirty seven persons perished and more than 300 were injured when two express trains collided head on at Fahr Irlich Neuwied in the French occupation zone. German police said all casualties were German citizens and feared more bodies in the wreckage, the worst rail accident in Germany since the war.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Fahr-Irlich
Neuwied
Library system to close at 5 p m Wednesday
The main library and north and south side branches will close at 5 p m Wednesday. Muriel Fuller, librarian, announced Tuesday.
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South Side
Muriel Fuller
Taft seeks trimming of long range aid in Marshall plan
Senator Taft warns that American aid to Europe could top 8.0 billion dollars in a year if Congress does not trim Truman's long range recovery proposal. He says 6.8 billion for 15 months may total more than 9 billion, and urges funding limits to cover German food needs and other expected draws from international banks and stabilization funds. Senator Morse backs evidence based modification and cautions against a politically driven bill of goods.
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Europe
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
International Bank
International Stabilization Fund
Ohioan
Morse
Rore
GOP
Orse
Airline implements underwing fueling at municipal airport
Northwest Airlines installs underground gasoline system at the city airport to refuel the Martin 2 0 2 jets at 200 gallons a minute. James Barron, station manager, says a 28 volt DC electric service pit will power heating, lighting and AC blower on the ground. The system includes a four inch pipe from a storage tank to a fueling pit, a seven and a half horsepower motor, a hose reel, and a fuel cell to prevent spills. Refueling time drops to about five minutes.
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Northwest Airlines
Municipal
James Barron
Barron
Supreme Court Reverses Code Ruling In Phone Company Case
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules the state employment relations board has jurisdiction in a labor dispute when the National Labor Relations Board does not act, allowing an election at La Crosse Telephone Corp. and certifying the Wisconsin Telephone Guild as bargaining agent amid cross appeals among the union, the company, and the state board.
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Supreme Court
Madison, Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
State Employment Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
High
State Board
la Crosse
Wis
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 953
AFL
The
Guild
Company
NLRB
National Board
Electrical Union
Cowie
Federal Board
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Floor Stock Liquor Tax
The Wisconsin supreme court unanimously up held the 1947 floor stock tax on liquor and wine as an occupational tax. The ruling overruled Judge Gehl and supports tax proceeds aimed at veterans housing. the law doubles the tax and affects tavern stock held for sale.
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State Supreme Court
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Edward J. Gehl
Gehl
Robert R. Berlowitz
West Bend
Wisconsin
Berlowitz
Fred D. Wright
Wright
Harold H. Persons
Elmer Barlow
Gateway Transfer Co Seeks Reversal of PSC Ruling
Gateway Transfer Co of La Crosse petitions Circuit Judge Alvin C. Reis to overturn a state public service commission decision denying added intra state shipping authority. The firm sought routes Madison to La Crosse Madison to Janesville Beloit via Fort Atkinson and Milwaukee to Racine Kenosha Janesville and Beloit.
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Madison
Wis
Gateway Transfer Co
la Crosse
Alvin C. Reis
State Public Service Commission
Janesville
Beloit
Fort Atkinson
Milwaukee
Racine
Kenosha
Janesvile
Daniel Grady
Portage
Gateway
Commission
Pauley Requests Relief From California National Committeeman Post
Edwin Pauley California oilman and aide to the secretary of the army announced he has suggested he be relieved of his duties as California Democratic national committeeman.
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Harold E. Stassen
Anderson
Edwin W. Pauley
The
Army
Royall
Pauley
Senate Appropriations Committee
California
Los Angeles
Edwin Pauley
Secretary of the Army
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