City Advances Auditorium Site Survey
The common council committees recommended a $3,700 engineering survey to decide the Mary Sawyer auditorium location funded by city bequest funds. Two proposed sites north of the post office and at the fairgrounds are debated, with downtown location favored for transportation, tax impact, and economic benefits. The bequest now totals over $650,000, and a Thursday meeting is set to prepare for the Friday council session.
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Mary E. Sawyer
Henry J. Ahrens
Mary Sawyer
City Plan Commission
Q. H. Hale
Commission
Ooe
Fairgrounds
Hale
St. Paul, Minn
Minneapolis, Minn
Coal Talks: Truman Board Seeks Quick Pact
President Truman's coal fact finding board won agreement from John L. Lewis and the coal operators to renew negotiations on a new contract. The sessions with board observers were expected to yield progress within hours, though operators showed less optimism and Lewis accused a spokesman of lying by the clock.
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Lewis
Washington
President Truman
John L. Lewis
David Cole
Love
Nce
Cole
Board of Inquiry
Harry Moses
Local La Crosse Weather Outlook With Light Snow
Clearing and colder tonight after very light snow. Thursday generally fair with a low of 26 and a high near 30. Local vicinity forecast for La Crosse and surrounding area.
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la Crosse
AFL's Green Doubts Coal Miners Would Obey Injunction
William Green president of the AFL doubts coal miners will heed any Taft Hartley injunction to end the strike. He cited John Lewis ties and noted Lewis paid 1410 in fines for a prior similar action. Green spoke as the AFL criticized Taft Hartley and outlined political plans and union recruitment targets in a ten day winter meeting.
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AFL
Green
Miami Beach, Fla
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis
Tobin
Spain
Russia
International Association of Machinists
Slippery Western Wisconsin Roads After Night Rain
Light rain and sleet left icy patches on highways across western Wisconsin. Northern division streets still held old ice with Vernon county roads rated most dangerous. La Crosse area expected 1 2 inches of snow with a clearing, colder night and fair Thursday.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
State Highway Commission
Vernon County
A. D. Sanial
Wausau
Post Office official fired over stamp investment scheme
Harold F. Ambrose, special assistant in charge of public relations, resigned after investigators probed a deal involving commemorative stamps. Postmaster General Donaldson said the case is under inspection. about $400,000 was invested with some investors losing over $200,000. Ambrose, in his late 30s from Winchester, Massachusetts, had denied profiting, and no government funds were involved.
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Washington
Donaldson
Harold F. Ambrose
Thest Office
Ambrose
Senator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Post Office Department
O'Mahoney
O’mahoney
Poeta
Winchester
Mass
Virginia
Explosion Blasts Eau Claire Home Injuring Five
An explosion at the Neil Horswill residence in Eau Claire injured five people Tuesday night. Gladys Horswill, 19, is in serious condition with burns. Neil Horswill and Alice Horswill, 17, had minor burns and were hospitalized. Police officers Amundson and Wold also suffered burns but were treated and released. The family reported a gas smell after reviving Alice, though the home has no gas line. Fire Chief Oliver Books opened an investigation into the blast.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Neil Horswill
Gladys Horswill
Neil
Alice
Gerald Amundson
Harris Wold
Horswill
Anderson
Wold
Gladys
Amundson
Wolf
Oliver Books
Miners aided by USW funds in labor solidarity appeal
Pittsburgh CIO United Steel Workers donate 500000 to United Mine Workers to aid striking miners and families. Philip Murray urges 2200 USW locals to contribute more while seeking broader labor coalition for a united war chest.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Orkers
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
Steelworkers Executive Board
Murray
USW
John Owens
UMW
John L. Lewis
AFL
William Green
Seven year old dies after sledding accident in Stanley
Seven year old Donald Morgan died at Victory hospital from injuries in a sledding accident. He was sliding down a hill on county trunk MM when the sled struck a Medford driver George Nuendorf on highway H at the MM intersection.
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Stanley
Wis
Donald Morgan
Victory Hospital
James Morgan
George Nuendorf
Medford
Vernon County Board Delays Court House Addition Plan
Vernon county supervisors met in Viroqua for a one day session. They postponed a decision on adding to the courthouse and heard rival cost estimates for stone and brick construction. A rear addition and a separate annex were discussed but no action taken. The board created a committee to study conditions of poor and infirm residents not in the county home and hospital and voted to buy a new ambulance. Educational committee members will be paid plus travel.
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Wis
Verdon
Suce
Viroqua
Paul Dah
Court House
Lester Wood
la Farge
New Addition
Madison
Vernon County
Clyde Brewer
Vernon County Educational Committee
Dvorak Appeals for Polio Drive in La Crosse
La Crosse polio drive records show 15 current hospital cases and ongoing cases under supervision from past years. Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak notes a heavy county burden even as this year’s contributions total 9 500 dollars, 2 000 less than last year. Drive chairman F H Griffin says many dime folders remain unreported and urges residents outside the city to return coin cards and report the 3 400 cards sent to outlying areas.
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la Crosse
March of Dimes Committee
Wenzel M. Dvorak
la Crosse County
F. H. Griffin
Drive
Chamber of Commerce Banquet Sells Out at Hotel Stoddard
The 1950 Chamber of Commerce annual banquet is sold out with over 200 attendees planned for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hotel Stoddard. Executive secretary Everett Woehrmann noted the event exceeded last year’s turnout. Robert Buchanan of Chicago will speak and the Chamber’s Man of the Year bronze will be presented.
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Chamber of Commerce
Stoddard
Everett H. Woehrmann
Robert Buchanan
Chicago
New Yorker Named Sole Heir to 5 Million Estate
Hollis Powers Gale, a 58 year old New York businessman, was ruled Tuesday as the sole heir to the 5 million dollar estate of Mary Bullock Powers. The 72 year old recluse died without a will after 20 months of isolation in a midtown hotel room. Gale, a first cousin once removed, faced 173 claimants including two alleged illegitimate sons. Estimated inheritance taxes exceed 2 million dollars. Gale is married with one child.
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New York
Hollis Powers Gale
Gale
Mary Bullock Powers
Miss Powers
William T. Collins
Urey Warns of A-Bomb Delivery by Tramp Ships
Atomic scientist Harold C. Urey urges defense planning against atomic bombs carried to U S harbors on tramp steamers. He testifies before the Senate subcommittee on delivery risk and urges Atlantic powers to form a federation to unite free nations against communism.
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Urey
Washington
Harold C. Urey
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Russia
National Advisory Council
Truman
New Statute Wins Approval Of Committees
La Crosse committees approve an ordinance to permit an eight story 103 apartment building and back a plan to reserve 200 low rent units with the federal housing authority. The program seeks a $70 000 preliminary loan and a 90 percent federal loan for a two year project.
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Commons Council
la Crosse
Eighth and
Cass Streets
Frank Hoeschler
Bunsy
Bee Housing
Five Arrested In Brink Case At Detroit Detention
Five suspects including John Gach and Dora Green Gach were arrested in Detroit with 37500 in cash in a paper bag. Investigators said the money matched bills used in the Brink’s inc. holdup in Boston on January 17 and are probing connections to a separate Hotel Statler robbery. Federal agents joined the investigation and a fire is also being examined.
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Detroit
Brink’s Inc
Boston
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Secret Service
Statler
Brink
Walter Wyrod
John Gach
Harry Fleischer
Dora Green Gach
of Gach
Merico Depietto
Grand Rapids, Mich
Steve Settas
Steve Vitale
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