Three Die in Minnesota Town Board Shootings
Three Elmer town board members were killed in a meeting by a man denied a beer license. The shooter, wounded while fleeing, killed another man at a nearby home before dying. Police issued a pickup for Joe Contanzi, an Elmer storekeeper, as a possible accomplice.
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Minnesota
Duluth
Minn
Elmer
Frith
Meadowland
Frank Svoboda
Emil Makela
Sam Owens
St. Louis County
Joe A. Contanzi
Meadowlands
Ringhoffer
Teachre
Note Decline Of Money In Public Hands
Washington economists report the money in the hands of the public fell by over a billion dollars since Christmas the steepest such drop in a short period. They warn it may reflect higher living costs driving people to spending from hiding places or a seasonal post holiday reversal. If the trend lasts through February it signals rising living costs as the main cause. Total money in circulation stood at 28.086 billion, down 179 million from a year earlier, with many people still avoiding bank accounts and relying on cash hoards.
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Washington
Truman Appeals For Limitation On Grain Use
President Truman urged whiskey makers to curb grain use to 2.5 million bushels a month, matching January quota, as wartime allocation powers expired. He urged Congress to grant a nine month extension and called for voluntary restraint by distillers and ethyl alcohol producers to protect food supplies.
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Washington
President Truman
Truman
Congress
The
Distilled Spirits Institute
Secretary of Agriculture
Secrtary
House Banking Committee
Senate
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Banking Committee
Vehicle Goes Into Ditch Near Brownsville
Charles Neumann 26 Lois Link 17 and Barbara Link 4 all of Freeburg Minn died when their truck left state highway No 3 west of Brownsville and crashed into a ditch at 230 pm Saturday. Fire followed but cause unknown with no survivors. Neumann wife Eileen Link and Everett survive. Lois and Barbara are daughters of Gregor Link with three brothers listed as survivors.
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Tribune
Freeburg
Sage Neumann
Lois
Barbara Ink
Brownsville
Minn
Charles Neumann
Lois Link
Barbara Link
Neumann
Eileen Link
Everett
John Neumann
Crooked Creek
Gregor Link
Donald
Cletus
Terry Link
MacArthur Await Move in Republican Nomination Debate
Washington reports Gen. MacArthur did not commit to a presidential bid and kept overseas assignment. Eisenhower urged soldiers not to seek office. Wisconsin primary on April 6 features eight delegates and potential Dewey and Stassen challenge. Draft efforts linger with Tobey affirming Ike interest but not action.
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Washington
Wer
cArthur
MacArthur
Tokyo
Supreme Commander of Allied Forces
Japan
Eisenhower
Pair add little milder Sunday bigs temperature
A brief note indicates a milder Sunday with warmer afternoon temperatures around 28 degrees. The casual forecast suggests a small rise in daytime highs and light conditions for outdoor plans.
Colorado Man Is Driver Of The Year
Veil Langford of Buena Vista Colorado named Driver Of The Year by the American Trucking Associations for a record of safe driving and a life saving effort in sub zero weather. The 40 year old war veteran, a transportation corps corporal with 39 months service in Luzon and New Britain, ran seven miles in 10 below zero weather last March to obtain help for an injured motorist.
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Washington
Veil Langford
Buena Vista
Colo
American Trucking Associations, Inc
Transportation Corps
Luzon
New Britain
Langford
Capital Chuckles at Senate Conference By Morse Twist
Washington Senator Morse of Oregon joked during a Republican conference about the party’s meetings. Asked if he was ill he replied that the conferences tend to lay him low.
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Washington
Morse
R-Ore
John Torrance Dies Saturday
John W. Torrance age 64 of La Crescent Minnesota died in a local hospital after a short illness. He was chief assessor from 1927 to 1934 and worked for Allis-Chalmers for five years. He is survived by wife Rose Cenny Torrance and sister Mae Torrance of San Bernardino California. Funeral services Tuesday at 8:30 am at Dwyer funeral home and 9 am at St Joseph's Cathedral with burial in Catholic cemetery. Rosary Monday 8:15 pm at the funeral home.
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John W. Torrance
la Crescent
Minn
la Crosse
Torrance
Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Rose Cenny Torrance
Mae Torrance
San Bernardino
Calif
Groundhog Day Prediction Cited In La Crosse Weather Talk
Meteorologist A D Sanial forecasts no shadow on February 2 as light snow and overcast skies persist. If correct, mild weather follows and La Crosse may avoid further cold waves though Samal remains skeptical of the tradition. The myth traces to British and German immigrants with German badger lore shifting to the groundhog.
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A. D. Sanial
Samal
la Crosse
America
Great Britain
Germany
Cutter Woodbine Leads Tugs Toward Racine Harbor
Coast guard cutter Woodbine abandoned an attempt to clear a path into Waukegan Illinois for the icebound fishing tug Julia M and steered toward Racine Wisconsin harbor. The Julia M could not reach port due to Lake Michigan shore ice. three crewmen were supplied by air drop from Waukegan News Sun.
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Chicago
Coast Guard
Woodbine
Waukegan
Julia M
Racine
Wis
Grand Haven
Mich
Lake Michigan
Reds Study Hugo Budget
Moscow reports a proposed 1948 Soviet budget totaling 387.9 billion rubles in expenditures and 428.0 billion rubles in revenue, about 77.6 and 85.6 billion dollars respectively, with Stalin present as the supreme Soviet debates the plan. The armed forces budget is 66.0 billion rubles, 17 percent of total spending, and a 2.5 billion ruble cut from 1947. Russia revalued currency in December to eight rubles per dollar for diplomats, shifting from 12 per dollar.
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Moscow
A. G. Zverev
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Stalin
Molotov
Zverev
U. S
Kremlin
Russia
Truman
U. S. Congress
Washington
Fail To Find Downed Plane Near Tiptonville
The Tennessee highway patrol reported a crash near Tiptonville but three search parties found no wreckage. Capt. Ben Gore said he saw a plane in trouble. no overdue aircraft were listed. Searches ended at 9 p.m. with no confirmable sighting of a wreck.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Tiptonville
Ben
Red) Gore
U. S. Engineers
Lake County
Kentucky Point
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mississippi River
Municil
J.C. Jaynes
Hartzell Kimes
New Madrid
Cross Withdraws From Illinois Gubernatorial Race
Lieutenant Governor Hugh W. Cross withdrew from the Republican nomination for governor in Illinois stating he had not received the financial and moral support needed to continue.
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Springfield
Hugh W. Cross
Air Force negotiates with Lockheed and Douglas on military Constellation DC-6
The Air Force is negotiating with Lockheed and Douglas for small batches of military transport versions of the Constellation and the DC-6. The aim is to support manufacturers and assess how these planes could meet military transport needs.
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Washington
Air Force
Lockheed
Douglas
Gandhi cremated on sandalwood log pyre in India
Indian authorities announce Gandhi’s cremation is complete after a night vigil as sandalwood logs burn low. Soldiers guard remaining ashes while crowds pass the scene amid past mob scenes and pain, with police and troops keeping order and reporting numerous nonfatal casualties.
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New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Madras Regiment
Devadas Gandhi
Indian Army
Talks For First Time In 15 Years
Mrs Edna Beeler a Knoxville Tennessee 21 year old woman spoke aloud for the first time in 15 years after two operations at Jefferson Hospital to remove a growth from her vocal cords She had whispered since a bad cold at age six and also regained the ability to sneeze aloud.
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Philadelphia
Edna Beeler
Knoxville
Tenn
Oil reserves seen unable to sustain war effort two weeks
Rep. Dewey Short says U S military oil stocks are dangerously low and could not support a major war for more than two weeks. He chairs a house armed services subcommittee studying the oil picture and warns dependence on Middle East supplies would jeopardize rapid conflict.
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Washington
U. S
Dewey Short
R-Mo
Short
House
Armed Services
Seven Day Curfew Imposed in Bombay Riots After Gandhi Assassination
Police declare a seven day curfew in parts of greater Bombay to curb rioting following Mohandas Gandhi s assassination. Processions and public assemblies banned as Hindu Muslim riots continue. 13 killed in knife attacks since Gandhi s death.
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Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
New Delhi
Bangsberg Elected Boy Scout Mayor For Civic Day
In a close Civic Day election, Harry Bangsberg Eagle Scout of Explorer post 13A Our Savior's Lutheran church was named mayor for a day. Richard Meyer of Troop 9 was runner up as the city clerk candidate with George Kupferschmidt of post 113A also serving as clerk.
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la Crosse
Gateway Area Council
Harry Bangsberg
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Richard Meyer
George Kupferschmidt
Bangsberg
Clarence Golemski
St. Michael's
Stassen Claims 230 Delegates On First Ballot
Harold E. Stassen aides say the former Minnesota governor would have at least 230 delegates on the first ballot at the national convention. He targets 17 of 30 delegates in three New England states and cites Maine Connecticut as strong regions. He expects to win most of New Hampshire’s eight delegates on March 9.
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MacArthur
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
New Hampshire
Dewey
Stassen
Portland
Minnesota
New England
Vermont
Maine
Connecticut
McNutt Says He Would Be Proud To Run With Truman
Paul V. McNutt former Indiana governor and New York resident said he would be proud to be running mate to President Truman if he seeks reelection He also noted he is available as a candidate for Democratic national convention delegate from New York and stated he would accept if asked by the head man.
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New York
Paul V. McNutt
Truman
McNutt
Indiana
Dr Cornelius A Harper Honored for Public Health Service
Dr Cornelius A Harper, 83, longtime Wisconsin health officer and public health leader, was feted at a testimonial dinner in Madison. Tributes came from Dr T B Rice of Indiana State University, Dr F C Beelman of Kansas, and Wisconsin officials, honoring his 45 years of service.
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Madison
Wis
Cornelius A. Harper
Wisconsin
Midwest
America
Harper
T. B. Rice
Indiana State University
F. C. Beelman
Kansas State Board of Health
Wisconsin State Medical Society
State Board of Health
State Department
AFL Seeks $800 Annual Raise for Letter Carriers
The AFL urged Congress to grant an 800 dollar yearly pay increase for letter carriers and other federal workers, arguing they are harmed by inflation and deserve relief.
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AFL
Miami, Fla
Congress
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Doc) Selmo
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Selma
Tribune Pheote
Hugo
Cross
Illinois
Gandhis
G. Milton Kelly
Carroll Weigel
Archie Burke
St. James Catholic Church
Ralph Orcutt
Blessed Sacrament
Clayton Wiggert
Wesley Methodist Church
Darrell Ferris
Wallace Hammersberg
Explorer Post
Burleigh Keller
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Frank Miles
Charles Huber
Hogan School
B. W. Inell
Paul McNutt
Dr. Harper
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