Truman Weighs Lucas Plea In Coal Tieup
President Truman considered Senator Lucas plea to restore full five day coal production as winter weather worsens shortages. Lucas urged action to end the three day week, while Republicans argued the administration should invoke emergency powers under Taft Hartley. Lucas said he would press the issue in the Senate if no progress is made.
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Norman Walker Washington
President Truman
F&n
Senate
Luas
Illinois
White House
Truman
John L. Lewis
Trurman
Congress
Republican Congress
Lewis
Jenner
R-Ind
Lucas
John R. Steelman
United States
Steelmen
United States Senate
National Labor Relations Board
Runaway Kills Houston Bay Boy in Tractor Spreader
Eugene Botcher 11 son of Arthur and Mrs Botcher Houston farmers died when a runaway team of horses threw him beneath a spreader he was operating. Funeral Monday at South Ridge Evangelical United Brethren church with Rev Howard officiating. Survived by parents four sisters Colleen Carol Diane and Barbara and brother Gordon. Eugene oldest child.
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Houston
Minn
Eugene Botcher
Arthur Botcher
South Ridge
Nationalists Claim Sinking Of Red Ships
Nationalists report they sank about half of a 1,000 junks fleet during an attempted invasion near Hainan. Warplanes attacked as Nationalists declare martial law in Hoihow, with nonessential locals leaving. Civil Air Transport halts Hong Kong to Nationalist routes amid transfer plans to Civil Air Transport, Inc.
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Seymour
Hong Kong
Lukchow Peninsula
China
Hainan
Run Strait
Hoihow
Britain
Peiping
Claire L. Chennault
Cvil Air Transport, Inc
Delaware
Two North Western Trains Suspended in ICC Order
Two Chicago and North Western trains serving La Crosse Nos 501 and 50B between Elray Wisconsin and Mankato Minnesota were temporarily suspended Saturday. The suspensions are part of a broader ICC ordered reduction in North Western schedules due to the coal situation.
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Chicago and North Western Railroad
la Crosse
Elray
Wis
Mankato
Tree Limb Bruises Man In Liberty Farm Incident
Manitowoc Wisconsin reports Joseph Schiegg a 42 year old Liberty farmer was critically injured Friday when a tree limb fell on his head. He remained unconscious at Holy Family hospital.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Joseph Schiegg
Town of Liberty
Schiege
Holy Family Hospital
Midwest Flood Threats Rise Across States
Weather across the Midwest and Dixie triggered floods and ice storms that caused millions in damage. Hundreds displaced, heat outages, road closures, and several deaths followed as rivers like the Wabash and White overflowed, prompting Red Cross emergencies and army prep in Indiana, Kentucky, and neighboring areas.
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Midwest
Middle Dixie
California
Arizona
Canadian
North Dakota
Minnesota
Fort Knox
Vincennes
Ind
Wabash
Terre Haute
Ilinois-Indiana
White River
Indiana
Logansport
Delphi
Highway 41
Attica
Forth
West
Indi
Schumacher Says Reds Boring Into German Rightist Parties
West German Socialist leader Dr Karl Schumacher said Communists are beginning to gain footholds in some rightist parties of West Germany. He did not name the parties but said his own party remains unaffected. He noted some influence comes from outright Communists and fellow travelers as Eastern Communists seek to spread their doctrine westward.
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Schumacher
Thomas A. Reedy
Berlin
West Gemany
Karl Schumacher
West Germany
Germany
Schumache
Contempt Case Dropped Over Juror Note at Larson Trial
Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Roland Steinle announced that contempt charges against Edith Martinson would not be pursued. An examination in La Crosse found she is mentally ill, and doctors questioned placing her in a mental institution. Martinson, a restaurant dishwasher, dropped a note to jurors as they left, claiming to have crucial information for the defendant in the James E. McLoone murder case. Jurors did not see the note, and Larson was acquitted.
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Edith Martinson
Arnold ©. Larson
Circuit Court
Roland Steinle
Milwaukee
Steinle
Martinson
Larson
James E. McLoone
Fire Strikes New Church At Viroqua
Fire Friday evening threatened the Lutheran church in Viroqua caused by an overheated third floor stove. The blaze was stopped by local firemen saving the $250,000 edifice with rafters and roof smoke damaged. Construction workers planned to resume Saturday as the new building, to replace the Christmas 1946 structure, is expected to be completed in summer. damage insured.
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Viroqua
Wis
Lutheran Church of
Henge
Alben Tolleffson
Tolleffson
Odean Ellefson
Alfred Tryggestad
M. Kleven
Surance
Your Newspaper What Makes It Great Series in Tribune
Readers will see on page 5 of the La Crosse Tribune the first of 26 advertisements titled Your Newspaper What Makes It Great. Elmer A Hiller of Charlotte NC explains a living room drama of a newspaper based on a Charlotte Observer study. The series, offered by General Features corporation, aims to readers six days weekly until completion.
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la Crosse Tribune
Elmer A. Hiller
Charlotte
Nacth Carolina
Lawrence College
Appleton
Wis
Charlotte Observer
Hiller
General Features Corporation
New York
The
Approval Of Pact Defense Is Awaited
Washington officials awaited President Truman’s approval of a new Atlantic pact defense plan to trigger a $1,000,000,000 arms program to Western Europe. Only $106,000,000 has been spent so far as North Atlantic Council members, led by Secretary of State Acheson, endorsed the plan, with full funding contingent on integration of Western European defense and production facilities.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Witte House
Congress
America
North Atlantic Council
Acheson
United States
Western
Britain
Half Million Dollar Fire Destroys Dayton Block
A downtown Dayton fire Friday night destroyed a business building, with damage estimated above 500000. About 5000 onlookers watched as 27 firefighters were overcome by smoke and Charles Ward was reported in serious condition. The blaze threatened an entire block for seven hours before being brought under control.
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Dayton
Charles Ward
Local Weather for La Crosse Tonight and Sunday
Generally fair and colder tonight with lows near minus five in the city and minus ten in the country. Sunday will be fair and very cold with a high around sixteen.
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la Crosse
Dairy State Senators Draw Battle Lines In Oleo Fight
Wisconsin lawmakers rally to attach a wartime excise tax repeal to an oleomargarine measure. The Wiley Gillette substitute would repeal quarter cent per pound tax and a 10 cent tax on yellow oleomargarine, with a ban on interstate commerce of colored product. An early vote is eyed for January, with broader repeal aims including furs jewelry and bulbs.
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Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
Gillette
Senate
Gillette-Wiley
House
Trainer Bites Nose Off In Circus Lion Attack
In Rome a circus trainer from the United States, Oscar Konyet, thrust his head into the lion Saida’s mouth. The lion clamped down, tearing off the trainer’s nose and much of his chin while spectators screamed. Konyet was taken to safety in grave condition. this marked a second incident after a prior injury in Naples.
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Rome
Saide
Saida
Oscar Konyet
Konyet
Naples
Tax Collector Fined 1000 in Wisconsin case
Milwaukee, Frank J. Kuhl, former Wisconsin internal revenue collector, was fined 1000 for accepting political funds from department employees. Judge Michael L. Igoe dismissed a second conspiracy charge against Kuhl and eight other current or former internal revenue staff. Indictments dated May 1948. government claimed no evidence of misused funds.
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Milwaukee
Frank J. Kuhl
Internal Revenue
Wisconsin
Kuhl
Grand Au
Michael L. Igoe
Chicasgo
Democratic Party
U. S
Timothy T. Cronin
Fire kills three children in Medway blaze
In a snowstorm blaze at a Medway rural dwelling at least three children died and three others are missing while six family members were injured with burns. Mrs. Grace Jones, 51, jumped from a second story window as her clothing burned. Missing are George eight Thomas four and Henry six Jones siblings. Stillman 15 Milton two and Delores Jones died in the fire.
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Medway
lWj
I Grace Jones
Albert J. Gulesian
James Carey
Belle Rhods
Stillman Jones
Milton
Delores Jones
Increase In Trane Co. Stock Dividend Voted
Directors of Trane Co. declared a quarterly dividend of 62 percent per share on common stock to be paid Feb. 1 to stockholders of record Jan. 14. This marks a 125 cent increase over the 50 cent quarterly dividend paid in 1949. Dividends of $2 per share were paid during 1949. Trane manufactures heating cooling and air conditioning equipment.
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One Trane Co
Trane
Ham radio plan to cheer sick Milwaukee boy reaches Nantucket
Nantucket Mass ham operator Jerry Rex organizes a nationwide card drive for Armand Schultz a nine year old with a rare blood disease. Rex says operators from Alaska to Rhode Island will send picture postcards to the boy who may have only months to live.
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Nantucket Island
Mass
Milwaukee
Armand Schultz
West Loyd Street
Jerry Rex
Fellows
Alaska
Rex
Armand
George Brown
Pawtucket
Brown
Tragic Fire Traps Mental Patients at Mercy Hospital
In Davenport Iowa a blaze at St Elizabeths ward of Mercy hospital killed and injured many patients. Coroner Wildman reported 31 women dead with 37 others hurt or missing as flames blocked exits and barred windows. Firemen fought the three hour blaze, while survivors recalled screams and heroic rescues amid melted iron beds and burning debris.
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Davenport
C. HM
Wildman
H. C. Wildman
Mercy Hospital
Lester Schick
Mary Annunziata
Sisters of Mercy
Mary Ruth Fuinnerty
Ottumwa
Josephine O'Toole
Ravenwort
Miss O'Toole
St. Elizabeth's Ward
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George) Thomas
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Pearl
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Trane Co
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