Truman's fact finding board seeks coal dispute explanation
President Truman's Taft-Hartley board, led by David L. Cole, called on John L Lewis and soft coal operators to explain the 10 month dispute. Witnesses include Dr. James Boyd and Cyrus S. Ching as the panel probes stockpiles and stalled talks.
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Washington
Truman
High Speed Factve
John L. Lewis
Lewis
David L. Cole
United Mine Workers
Cole
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Cyrus S. Ching
McGrath
Boyd
Paterson, N. J
William W. Wirtz
Northwestern University
John T. Dunlop
Harvard University
Federal Mediation Service
Long Coal
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. The low tonight is 25 in the city and 18 in the country, while Wednesday's high reaches 38 in the afternoon.
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la Crosse
Strauss resigns from AEC after nine years service
Lewis L. Strauss quits the atomic energy commission. President Truman accepts the resignation effective April 15. Strauss cites desire to return to private affairs after long public service, leaving two AEC posts to fill and Lilienthal’s vacancy still open.
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Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
White House
Strauss
J. Truman
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Wall Street Banking House
Original
Energy Commission
Robert F. Bacher
W. W. Waymack
Sumner T. Pike
Commission
Lilienthal
Four Gunmen Rob Morgan State College Of Fees
Four gunmen robbed Morgan State College in Baltimore seizing 16000 dollars in cash from the registration desk at the library. They held 16 people at bay for about three minutes before fleeing in an automobile. Six students were briefly detained and later released.
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Baltimore
Morgan State College
College For Negroes
Polish Women Drafted Into Army For First Time
Warsaw reports the Polish diet approved a conscription act ordering military training of women in ground forces air force navy and anti aircraft units marking the first such draft in Polish history.
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Warsaw
Poland
U S Joint Chiefs Inspect Guam Base Welfare
Gen Omar Bradley headed a JCS inspection of Guam on a western Pacific tour. He stressed welfare and housing for personnel on the typhoon battered island, calling Guam an important U S base.
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Guam
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Central Pacific
Omar Bradley
U. S
Committees Meet All Committees of the Common Council
All committees of the common council will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in session to discuss agenda items and prepare for the next council meeting.
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Common Council
Board of Education
Unemployment Highest Since September Forty One
The census bureau report shows 1,609,000 fewer job openings last month and unemployment rising to 4,480,000, the highest since September, with 56.9 million civilians and 1.4 million in the armed forces employed. Weather and seasonal curtailment boosted joblessness while factory work remained relatively steady.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Milwaukee Hiawatha crash inquiry underway in Saukville
Milwaukee road officials questioned crew members and passengers in a company inquiry into Thursday night’s speeding Hiawatha crash at Saukville. One dead and many injured as a steel rail snapped under the Chippewa Hiawatha. cars derailed into a ditch. Trainmaster R. C. Jones and others expected to testify. ICC representatives observed.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Saukville
G. E. Crippen
Blind mother of two receives televised cornea transplant
Mrs. Mary Ella Sams, 33, nearly blind since infancy, underwent a corneal graft from a stillborn baby in Grady hospital. The operation was televised to about 1,000 doctors from the municipal auditorium with sponsors Smith Kline and French labs and CBS equipment on WSB TV. Doctors expect results in two to three weeks and note partial vision after grafts can be miraculous.
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Atlanta
Mary Ella Sams
Southeastern
Sams
Grady Hospital
Municipal Auditorium
Smith, Kline and French Laboratories
Columbia Broadcasting System
Atlanta Journal
Wsb-Tv
Operating Isle School Funds Sought by La Crosse Board
The La Crosse city district board of education seeks a supplemental appropriation of 9 812.04 for operation of the French island school districts added to the city system. They plan to cover debt retirement 790, operation 1700 and tuition loss 7263.47 with funds from the city budget and island district receipts.
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French Island
Common Council
la Crosse City
Logan
Logan High School
Chamber of Commerce Banquet on February 8
The Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual banquet at Hotel Stoddard at 6 30 p m on Wednesday Tickets remain at the chamber office and sales end Wednesday noon The program includes the Man of the Year award for civic duty and a speech by Robert Buchanan Chicago advertising executive
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Chamber of Commerce
Liberty Top GOP Plank For 1950 Platform
Republicans named liberty against socialism as their main 1950 campaign issue in a 2000 word policy statement. They urged a balanced budget, spending cuts, repeal of wartime taxes, Taft Hartley reform, farm price supports, and expanded social security, while pledging cooperation and checks on foreign commitments. They warned of Communist influence and criticized the Truman administration’s planned economy.
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Washington
Yalta
Potsdam
Alger Hiss
Klaus Fuchs
Securit
Senate
House
Party
National Committee
Europe
Dilweg to Run for U S Senator as Democrat
GREEN BAY Wis Atty Gerald Clifford announced that LaVern R Dilweg former representative from Wisconsin s 8th district and a Marquette football star would run for U S senator on the Democratic ticket Clifford a former partner said Dilweg would return from Washington soon to begin his campaign
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Green Bay
Wis
Gerald Clifford
LaVern R. Dilweg
U. S
Dilweg
Clifford
Wisconsin
Marquette
Green Bay Packers
Ilweg
Washington
British red tape hinders FBI pursuit in Fuchs case
Lawmakers accuse Britain of slow procedures delaying access to confessions and records in the Klaus Fuchs atomic leaks case. Hoover told senators he lacks full British details, risking suspects fleeing the United States. Bricker calls 1943 Quebec agreement public for potential security implications.
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Fuchs
Washington
Klaus Fuchs
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Scotland Yard
Hoover
Capitol Hill
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Bricker
Ohio
Congressional Atomic Committee
Quebec
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Canada
United States
U.S
At 72 He Ends 34-Year Stay Away From Home
Edward Williams, age 72, returned to his Warrington family after 34 years abroad to seek a birth certificate and pension. He was jailed for three months for overdue maintenance of 12 shillings weekly agreed by court 34 years earlier. his wife said only the first payment was ever made.
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Warrington
England
Edward Williams
Bethlehem Stockholders Approve Pension Plan
Bethlehem Steel stockholders in Wilmington Delaware voted to approve a $100 a month pension for eligible retirees, while rejecting a shareholder proposal to cap executive pensions at 25 000 a year. The voting totals showed strong support for the plan across common and preferred shares.
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Wilmington
Del
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
GOP Captures Jersey Election
In Hackensack New Jersey Republican William B Widnall won the special election in the 7th district for the jailed J Parnell Thomas seat. Widnall defeated Democrat George T English by more than ten to one in a traditionally GOP district. Thomas resigned after a six to 18 month sentence and a 10000 dollar fine for payroll padding and kicking backs. He is incarcerated in Danbury Connecticut.
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Hackensack
N. J
William B. Widnall
New Jersey
J. Parnell Thomas
House of Representatives
Widnall
George T. English
English
East Paterson
N. J Thomas
House
An American Activities Committee
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Conn
Minister Edson Allen Dies at 87 in Milwaukee
The Rev. Edson Duane Allen a retired Methodist minister who served 13 Wisconsin churches before retiring in 1931 died Monday in Milwaukee. Funeral services will be held in Green Bay on Thursday with surviving family expected to attend.
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Milwaukee
Edson Duane Allen
Wisconsin
Green Bay
House Hits Car On Market Street Collision Feat
At 9 28 am Tuesday a 12 by 42 foot houseboat mounted on a Swanson's Heavy Movers trailer uncoupled and rolled down Market street striking a car on Wood street and the Northern Plastics Corp building. No injuries reported. The trailer driver William Stelter had no damage. the car owner Edward McLourine reported $50 damage. Earlier at Third and Grove a Flor Mart panel truck driven by John Boldt collided with Albert McLaurine's car causing about $100 damage.
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Market Street
Swanson’s Heavy Movers, Inc
Edward Ee
Wood Street
Northern Plastics Corp
Market Streets
William Stelter
South 19Th Street
Flor-Mart Co
John Boldt
Weston Street
Third
Grove Streets
Albert L. McLaurine
Onalaska
McLaurine
Third Street
Grove Street
Boldt
Arepo Boldt
New Deadline Set for Settlement in Bell Strike
The CIO CWA postponed a nationwide Bell telephone strike to 6 am February 24 to allow more time for conciliators. Union President Beirne said the executive board voted to delay the walkout of about 100000 workers in Western Electric Pacific Southwestern and Mountain States Bell systems amid wage and benefits disputes. A separate Wisconsin injunction request to halt picketing was denied by Circuit Judge Steinie.
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Washington
CIO
Cyrus S&s
Ching
Joseph A. Beirne
King
Beirne
Bell Telephone
Western Electric
Pacific
Southwestern
Mountain States
New Jersey
Miners Stand Fast Against Taft Hartley Move
Coal output dropped as nationwide strike by soft coal miners widens unemployment fears. About 372,800 workers in 14 states walk out over a new contract and five day week. Railroads and utilities warn of further furloughs and power shortages as PMW members in Illinois protest on Hartley act use.
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Associated Press
John L Lewis
United Mine Workers
Truman
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Duquesne Light Co
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Illinois
Progressive Mine Workers
John Marchidado
PMW
Ilinois
Monkey
Tuesar
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Sarah Nicol
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Liberty
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