Health Officer Urges Shots For Diphtheria Boosters
La Crosse health officials urge parents to immunize nine month old children and obtain booster doses after age two before school entry. Dr. Garland Ner and Dr. Weidner warn diphtheria protection wanes and call for renewed public interest after rising cases and deaths in recent years.
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Garland Ner
la Cress
la Crosse
Soaebuen & Gaile
Dr. Weidner
City Health Rtment
Barkley Departs Europe for Washington After Eight‑Day Tour
Vice-President elect Alben W. Barkley left Europe for Washington in a U S Army plane after completing an eight day tour. The stopovers included major cities and engagements with allied officials and military leaders.
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Paris
Alben W. Barkley
Washington
Europe
Appointment of Bundy as Milwaukee Road tax commissioner
Bundy a Wisconsin native with Milwaukee road roots succeeds Floyd Williams as tax commissioner effective January 1. Williams retires after nearly 43 years in the road’s tax department, having served since 1941 and prior roles in Seattle and Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
R G
Chicago
Floyd Williams
Bundy
Wisconsin
Unity of Wisconsin Oole Oe
Marquette Law
Montana
Washington
Milwaukee Road
Gdi
Wis
Willams
Greeneville
Roosevelt says wife cut wrist by accident in press reply
Elliott Roosevelt held a news conference in Poughkeepsie after being questioned by District Attorney W Vincent Grady to address accusations and insinuations about his wife Emmerson Roosevelt. He stressed there was no family quarrel and asserted the wrist cut was accidental.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Elliott Roosevelt
Ve Emerson
Roosevelt
Dutchess County
W. Vincent Grady
County Receives Draft Call For 11 Men
An induction call for 11 men to be sworn into service was received Thursday by Selective Service Board No 33 in the federal building at La Crosse. The 11 men will be joined by 10 others whose December call was postponed for the Christmas holiday.
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la Crosse County
Selective Service Board No. 33
Federal Building
Farm Prices and Rural Costs Shift in 1948
Farm data show record highs in mid 1948 followed by declines in prices farmers received while everyday costs stayed steady due to lower food prices offsetting higher feed costs. The tension between falling income and stable living costs signals broad farm sector challenges.
Grandfather Frost Wears Red This Year
Frost, who brings gifts to Russian children, has redesigned his image as red for the holiday season. Russians celebrate a combined Christmas and New Year on December 31 and January 1, due to the Orthodox Christmas on January 7.
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Grandfather Frost
Uni
Counterfeit Ring Busted. Four Arrested in Japan Plant Raid
Secret Service Chief A. E. Baughman announced the arrest of Isamu Honda and three accomplices in Tokyo after a counterfeit operation produced 20 and 50 dollar notes. Authorities seized 10 dies and 13 photostatic copies for printing. The ring was dismantled after two weeks of shadow work.
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Washington
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Nemewees Ts Vn
Arres Ourapanese
Isamu
Fred) Honda
Promises for Better Living at Burtonwood Air Base
Air base morale woes prompted a promise of better living conditions for U.S. and British personnel at Burtonwood England. Secretary of the Air Stuart Symington announced an extra 400 funds and said he would return in February to check on improvements. He urged air officials to back him up as Berlin airlift work continued around the clock.
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U. S&s. Air Force
Burtonwood
England
G.I
Air Force
Air
Stuart Symington
Symington
Thela Snell
Rose Street
Lice
William Kerska
North Ninth Street
Kerska
Ann Johannes
South Sixth Street
Carl Fischer
Hokah
Mina
South Avenue
Lutheran
Soft seats aim to draw new parishioners in Dayton
In Dayton the South Park Methodist church began installing 160 theater style seats with rounded backs and air cushions. The Rev. James Thomas hopes the comfortable benches will attract at least one more attendee next Sunday, prompted by a parishioner who found hard seats difficult during services.
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Dayton
James Thomas
South Park Methodist Church
Thomas
Wainwright denies surrender statement on Bataan
General Jonathan M. Wainwright, retired, rejects a claim that Lieutenant General King surrendered Bataan under his orders. He says Morton and others are misinformed and reiterates that MacArthur ordered no surrender. Wainwright defends King as brave and notes his own Medal of Honor and presidential approval.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jonathan M. Wainwright
USA
Edward P. King
Bataan
Wainwright
Louis Morton
Army
Pacific
Seattle
King
Professor Morton
Philippines
Col
Jesse Traywick
Rock of Corregidor
Ral King
Traywick
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Congressional Medal of Honor
Morton
U.S. Plans Expanded Stop Russia Policy and Aid
The Truman administration outlined a broad stop Russia program including a multibillion dollar military aid package for Western Europe. Plans cover Greece and Turkey at about 350 million dollars next year, plus arms for China this year at 125 million, and weapons for Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Secretary Forrestal warned the program may require hard national choices.
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Washington
America
Russia
Europe
Truman
Congress
State Department
Greece
Turkey
China
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Forrestal
Defense budget balancing act under world strategy pressures
The article describes Forrestal and President Truman trimming $7 billion from a $22 billion security estimate for next year. The joint chiefs projected about $22 billion as ideal security costs, while policymakers seek a balance between military needs, European recovery, and public goods. It portrays the administration managing multiple demands as a team bulders facing Soviet pressure.
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Forrestal
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Army
Navy
Air Force
Truman
Arong
America
U. S
Mr. Truman
Genero Stalin
Kremlin
Eleanor Roosevelt Calls Pegler a Gnat on the Horizon
In a Ladies Home Journal Q and A Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt criticizes columnist Westbrook Pegler calling him a gnat on the horizon. Pegler had labeled her Eleanor the great for her perceived interference in government. Pegler declined to comment on her remark.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Westbrook Pegler
Military Aircraft Seek Missing Plane Over Cuban Coast
A DC-3 carrying 29 Puerto Rican passengers disappeared two days earlier en route from San Juan to Miami. Military aircraft searched hundreds of miles of Cuban coastline after a unconfirmed report of survivors on a beach, but coast guard officials said there is nothing to authenticate the claim.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Rent Control Extension Could Come After Housing Study
Washington sources report Housing Ex spokesman Tighe Woods saying a two year rent control measure is being seriously considered if the current housing supply study shows a shortage. Legislation would not advance until needs are known.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Woods
Chambers Testimony Yields Fresh Leads on Communist Ties
Baltimore Sun reports Rep Mundt and Rep Nixon met with ex Communist agent Whitaker Chambers at his Maryland farm. Under oath Chambers provided new names and more detailed information about towage activities in government during the 1940s. The committee staff pressed for six months of work based on the leads.
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Baltimore
Whittaker Chambers
Mundt
R-Sd
Nixon
Rcalif
Maryland Farm
Goverambert
Baltimore Sun
William Knighton, Jr
Washington
The
Sun
Chambers
House un-American Activities Committee
Robert P. Stripling
Westminster
Knighton
Fire Relief Efforts Underway for Onalaska Family
The Onalaska club advances aid for a three child family as work continues on a new home planned for completion by January 20. Two coal heaters arrive from Mrs. M G Halverson and E T Wilson amid a $50 clothing grant from the Catholic Benevolent Society. Contributions total $1,334.24 with support from Gateway Pythian Sisters and local residents including A C Weir M W Bates Darrell Comeau Mrs James Obrien Adolph Bachman and others.
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Onalaska Club
Agp
M. G. Halverson
Mississippi Street
E. T. Wilson
Main Street
Catholic Benevolent Society
Gateway Pythian Sisters
Onalaska
Perfect Barrel Box Co
George Carr
A. C. Weir
St. Andrews Street
M. W. Bates
North 22Nd Street
Deaths of Noted Figures Across Nations and Institutions
Italian historian Guido de Ruggiero former vice president of the Italian delegation to UNESCO dies. Dr Charles Austin Tidball 67 retired dean of men at Illinois Institute of Technology, born in New York. Guilford College mourns Ezra H. F. Weis head of the music department born in Red Dick, Dl.
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Romf
Guido de Ruggiero
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Winnetra
Charles Austin Tidball
Ilinois Institute of Technology
New York
Guilford College
N. C
Ezra H. F. Weis
Reddick, Dl
Auto makers keep new models under wraps to boost demand
Industry secret tactics build anticipation for 1949 cars. Pontiac Chevrolet press previews in Detroit and Chicago precede public unveilings. Chrysler De Soto Dodge and Plymouth push secrecy while Ward's notes new pontoon styling, varied wheelbases, and distinct body dimensions across makes.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Studebaker
Chrysler
Chicago
New York
de Soto
Dodge
Plymouth
Ward
Singer Margaret Whiting and Hub Bell Robinson Wed
Singer Margaret Whiting married Hub Bell Robinson Jr at the Little Church of the West with Barbara Whiting as maid of honor and Harry Ackerman as best man. It was a first marriage for Whiting and a second for Robinson. They honeymoon in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Margaret Whiting
Hubbell Robinson
Columbia Broadcasting System
Little Church of the West
A. C. Melton
Barbara Whiting
Harry Ackerman
CBS
Miss Whiting
Robinson
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Nile
Wonder Stf
NTT Ag
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Angelfood
David J. Wilkie
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Vienna
Anderson Bros
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Lady Baltimore Cake
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