Jury Returns Death Verdict in Moore Slaying Case
The jury found the unknown slayer fired five shots from a .32 revolver into Mrs. Moore. County coroner Dr. George Reay urged county officials to capture and convict the killer, while officials pursued the case amid a crowded county court room.
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George Reay
Bessie Moore
Moore
Arnold Retzlaff
Avenue
Jerome Brieske
Stanley C. Olson
Ivan A. Wright
Lawrence Lennox
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Fair and colder tonight with lows around 15 to 18. Wednesday looks partly cloudy and a bit warmer with a high near 32.
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la Crosse
Christmas Mass Broadcast From La Crosse Cathedral
La Crosse churches host Christmas services with choir carols and midnight masses led by St. Joseph’s Cathedral officials led by Bishop John P Treacy. The Pontifical High Mass will be broadcast at 11 30 PM with a 20 minute choir performance and procession details follow.
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St. Joseph's Cathedral
John P. Treacy
la Crosse
Chester Wrzaszczak
Peter Pape
Robert Agnew
Michael Mertens
St. Charles
Filka
Filke
Totzer
St. Iles
Yilke
Panis Angelicus
Cesar Frank
Haendel
Joseph Kranzfelder
Harmer Root
St. Mary's
St. James
St. John’s
Bricker ends presidential bid backing Taft for 1948
The Columbus Dispatch reports former Gov. John W. Bricker will not seek the GOP nomination in 1948 and will support U. S. Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Bricker, elected to the Senate in November, plans no delegates in Ohio or other states. a January formal announcement is expected after a Taft conference.
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Columbus Dispatch
John W. Bricker
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dispatch
Bricker
Taft
Washington
GOP
U. S. Senate
Axis Sally Freed After War Court Release
Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally is released from U S army custody along with two other Americans Herbert Burgman and Donald Day who broadcast from Germany during World War II. They were released on instructions from the justice department and had been held for inquiry into wartime radio activities.
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Frankfurt
Mildred Gillars
Sally
Germany
Tony Freed
Miss Gillars
Portland
Herbert Burgman
U. S
Berlin
Donald Day
Chicago Tribune
Finland
United States Department of Justice
Counter-Intelligence Corps
North Africa
Europe
United States
Filibuster Threat Looms Over FEPC Bill Debate
The new senate faces a potential filibuster as FEPC legislation is revived. Chal mers and Randolph announce a draft revised after wartime experience, while Senator McClellan predicts another long fight and a possible two thirds vote to cut off debate. Millikin will present a factual survey on FEPC and anti poll tax.
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Washington
Senate
Allan Knight Chalmers
A. Philip Randolph
Cochairmen
National Council For
FEPC
McClellan
Millikin
Cole
Republican Steering Committee
Japan to spend 1 billion yen on quake relief efforts
Kyodo reports the government will allocate 1 billion yen for earthquake and tidal wave relief. Ten hardest hit prefectures will discuss aid measures in Osaka with ministers from home welfare commerce industry agriculture and communications in attendance.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Osaka
Muroto Point
Easter Shikoku
Kochi
Muroto
Argentine airliner crash near Rio leaves twenty dead
Rio de Janeiro authorities report 20 killed and one injured when an Argentine Fama Line air transport, en route from London to Buenos Aires, crashed near the city. The sole survivor, Claudio Mendonca Rios, 27, a Peruvian air force technician, is in good condition. Unusual mist blamed for the crash atop Pico Do Papagaio about 30 miles from downtown Rio.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Fama
London
Buenos Aires
Claudio Mendonca Rios
Rios
Pico Do Papagaio
Olympian Crashes Freight Near Waubay Injuring Sixty-One
A Milwaukee Road Olympian passenger train collided head on with a fast freight a mile east of Waubay South Dakota injuring 61 of 450 Christmas travelers. Twenty were hospitalized as the eastbound Tacoma to Chicago train paused for a clear track.
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S. D
Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Tacoma
Wash
Two Die and Four Hurt in City Car Crash
A Christmas Eve wreck on 21st and Main streets left Russell G. Schultz 24 of 929 Fifth Avenue South and Helen Kessel 17 of 703 South Fourth Street dead from fractured skulls. Four others were injured, one seriously, when the car carrying six people jumped a curb and struck a tree at 1:26 a m Tuesday near the downtown area.
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Sien Vir
Russell G. Schultz
Fifth Avenue South
la Crosse
University of Isconsin
Helen [Kessel
South Fourth Street
Decorah
Bernard Hilke
Jackson Street
Delbert Redman
South Ninth Street
Robert Zischke
Main Street
George Reay
Schultz
Miss Kessel
Redman
Sugar export explains war shortage plan and refiners gain
The agriculture department says about 460000 short tons of Cuban sugar leaving refineries for Canada and Europe this year were not U S supplies but part of the Cuban crop allocated to shortage areas. Refiners would gain work refining it here, with plans to continue the world sharing through 1947. Separately, a serious accident on Main Street leaves several injured and possible inquest looming.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Cuba
United States
Canada
Great Britain
France
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
La Crosse Tribune Follows Christmas Day Recess
Announcement states no edition of the La Crosse Tribune will be published on Christmas Day. Readers are advised to note the holiday print schedule and return to normal publication the following day.
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Arnall to Quit After Regime Sworn In
Governor Ellis Arnall said he would hold the governor’s office until a lieutenant governor is sworn in and then resign. He vows to relinquish power to Lt. Gov. elect M. E. Thompson, setting the stage for a heated political fight in Georgia as the legislature convenes January 13 and legal battles follow up to the state supreme court.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Talmadge
Georgia
Supreme Court
M. E. Thompson
Arnall
Amnesty for 800000 Germans in American zone news
General Joseph T. McNarney announced amnesty for about 800000 Germans in the American occupation zone reducing prosecutions under denazification from 3 million to about 2 million. Offenders more than 50 percent disabled or minor offenders are exempt. The move aims to clear backlogs and speed justice for major offenders.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
U. S
Europe
McNarney
U. S. Army
United States
McNarmney
Yank Reporters Denied Permits To Leave Ship
Soviet forces in Dairen control the city and its military zone despite a peace treaty pending with Japan. American reporters aboard a U S navy courier were refused entry, revealing a grim, tightly controlled city with scarce heating, inflation, and widespread hunger and unemployment.
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Yank
Dairen
Manchuria
Russia
Japan
Port Arthur
China
U. S. Navy
V. U. Korzhanoff
Russians Deny Allowing American Visitors at Dairen Port
A state department official said Russia acted within legal rights in denying admission to an American businessman and two newsmen at the Manchurian port of Dairen last Friday. The navy vessel carrying them was ordered to depart 20 minutes after arrival. Lincoln White said preliminary reports from China supported the dispatch. The department adopts a hands off stance for now, though this may not be final.
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Washington
State Department
Dairen
Lincoln White
Department
China
William Newton
Scripps-Howard
Combined World Press
Fear and Control in Dairen Under Soviet Rule
Observers describe a city under strict Soviet censorship and intimidation with pervasive propaganda and arrests. A Chinese language paper, daily punishments, and limited freedoms underscore a tense climate where Soviet decisions are vetted by Moscow. General Korzhanoff reportedly ordered the US navy courier to depart port within 20 minutes under threat of consequences.
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United States
Stalin
America
China
Dairen
Moscow
Kremlin
Korzhanoff
U. S. Navy
Postal Work Slowing Despite Holiday Rush
On December 23 postal activity fell behind 1945 levels with 63,600 cancellations, 46,800 more than last year, while receipts reached $1,067.90, $172.90 above 1945 figures.
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