Truman Inauguration Set Amid Citywide Festivities
Washington moves toward Truman’s January ceremony as Congress approves a salary hike to 100000 dollars and his fair deal foreign policy frames the inaugural pageant. The event includes a gala, lunches, parades, and the first vice president oath since 1945 with Senator Alben Barkley at the podium.
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Harry Truman
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
State of the Union
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senate prepares to confirm Dean Acheson as secretary of state
The Senate expected to confirm Dean Acheson on Tuesday as the next secretary of state, with limited opposition. If approved, he will assume office Thursday as George C. Marshall retires. John Foster Dulles predicted less fear of war and backed Western Europe aid, while Acheson faces questions on Russia and defense spending.
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Senate
Overange
Dean Acheson
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations
Acheson
George C. Marshall
Vandenberg
Michigan
Russia
Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
U. S. News
Dulles
Europe
Group Studies Police Program Reorganization Plan
A special steering committee of the La Crosse common council met Monday to review police department reorganization. Two plans from William Hanson and Police Chief Herman F Rick were considered, with a compromise proposal to be drafted for Friday. The group favored larger police quarters, possibly the city hall basement, and endorsed a plan that would not dismiss any officers. Attending were Alderman Harold Beg, Harold Nida, George San, J F Berger, and John Kerrigan representing railroad brotherhoods.
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Harold Begn
William Hanson
la Crosse Industrial Safety Council
Herman F. Rick
Police Department
Beg
Wma
Harold Nida
George San
Brotherhood of Railroad
J. F. Berger
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
John Kerrigan
Names of 20 aboard crashed B 29 near Scotland
Smoky Hill air force base released the list of twenty men aboard the B 29 Superfortress that crashed near Kgoilhead Scotland on Monday. No survivors were found. The aircraft from the 301st bomb group based at Scampton England was returning to Salina after three months in England. Col Joe Kelly said no definite word on Pfc Robert W Brown Jr whose father lives in Sheboygan Wisconsin.
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Kans
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Scotland
Kgoilhead
Scampton Field
Lincolnshire
England
Joe Kelly
Smoky Hill
Thempton
Pfc
Robert W. Brown, Jr
Sheboygan, Wis
Thye Warns of Tough Fight to Keep Flexible Farm Supports
Sen Thye predicts a stiff fight to preserve the flexible farm price support program. He argues keeping flexible provisions serves farmers overall interests, warning that rigid 90 percent parity would invite regimentation and require acreage and marketing quotas. He notes the 60 to 90 percent flexible program aims to protect purchasing power.
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Sen. Thye
Washington
Thye
R-Minn
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken Farm School Congress
United States
Largest Single Owner Shipment Of Livestock Sold At St. Paul
The South St. Paul market sold the largest single owner shipment in its history. Ray Jarrett of Newark South Dakota owned 612 cattle and 2719 sheep and lambs. Secretary W P Dolan estimated the sale at 170000 dollars. The stock arrived on a special 50 car train from Britton South Dakota.
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Minn
Ray Jarrett
Newark
S. D
W. P. Dolan
Supreme Court Upholds Cowie 1947 Decision
The U S Supreme Court upholds a 1947 Cowie ruling denying the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board authority to hold a collective bargaining election at La Crosse Telene. The dispute centers on determining labor representation for interstate commerce firms and WERB certification.
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Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
la Crosse Telene Corporation
Robert S. Cowie
la Crosse
New Communication Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
CWA
WERB
Guild
State Supreme
Sunieh
Sig
Atbemmen Bee Court
Groups Seek Early County Board Action
Trempealeau Wisconsin petitions with 673 signatures request joint action with La Crosse County to rebuild the McGilvray road. Leavitt, chairman of a joint Trempealeau village and township committee, says petitions and resolutions will be presented to Trempealeau county supervisors at February meeting.
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Wis
la Crosse County
McGilvray Road
Trempealeau County
McGilvray
Og Leavitt
la Crosse
Bee County
Police and Sheriff Start Check Of Private Revolvers Pistols
La Crosse county police and sheriff announce a complete check of private handguns to be conducted this week. Owners with weapons in the past two years must schedule an examination at the police or sheriff’s office, with details on date of purchase and transfers. Excludes shotguns and rifles.
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la Crosse County
Sheriff's Departments
William Boma
Sheriff's Office
Purof
Nationalist North China Collapse Raises Capital Status Question
Foreign diplomats expected a Nanking dispersal notice as the Nationalist government teeters Tuesday. An authoritative foreign office source said the action is for safety, not abandonment of Nanking as capital while Chiang Kai shek remains.
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Nanking
China
Foreign Office
Chiang Kaishek
Washington House Debates Wage Hike and Taft-Hartley Item
Representative McCormack urged quick action to raise the federal minimum wage with limited hearings. The debate touched on cross state line commerce and aid to private schools but no final votes were taken as a forenoon session ended without action.
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Connell
R-Mo
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Voice
Thomas’ Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
National Science Foundation
Ponzi Dies After Decline in Brazil at 71
Charles Ponzi, the famed swindler behind the 1920 50 percent returns hoax, died in a Rio de Janeiro hospital charity ward at age 71. He was semi paralyzed and partly blind, with most sight lost in his right eye, and his body remained unclaimed in a public morgue. He had been deported to Italy and later came to Brazil around 1930, having spent four years in Plymouth County Jail.
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United States
Italy
Brazil
Boston
Europe
Plymouth
Lawmakers Unknown To The People
Wisconsin readers are urged to know their legislators as many voters cannot name their senators or assembly members. The 1949 legislature includes about 46 newcomers, and officials note mail to and from Washington often confuses state and national representatives. Veterans say constituents remain largely unaware of their lawmakers and their duties.
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Wis
Wisconsin
U. S
Alexander Wiley
Joseph R. McCarthy
John W. Byrnes
Andrew Biemiller
Glenn R. Davis
Merlin Hull
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Biemiller
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Hull
Wiley
McCarthy
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Capitol
Milwaukee
John
Dodge, Wisconsin Buttermaker Leader, Dies at 88
Edward C. Dodge of Lake Mills, former president of the Wisconsin Buttermakers' association, died at a Madison hospital Monday at age 88.
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Madison
Wis
Edward C. Dodge
Lake Mills
Wisconsin Buttermakers’ Association
Pilot recounts speeds of sound travel and X-1 flight
A pilot describes flying faster than sound in the X-1 program from Myra Virginia. He details the cockpit strain, oxygen demands, and data collection during the first self powered takeoff as the craft climbs beyond 60,000 feet and exceeds hundreds of miles per hour above Mach 1.
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Los Angeles
Myra
Earth
Snow Depths Up To 12 Inches Forecast
Heavy storm strikes the east central plains as a sub zero wave moves into the Midwest from the Rockies and north plains. Snow, sleet and freezing rain disrupt traffic in Kansas City and across southeast Nebraska, northeast Kansas, and northwest Missouri.
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Weather Bureau
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Iowa
Minnesota
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Missouri
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Weather advisory asks motorists to limit trips in midwest
Chicago motorists were urged to stay off nonessential travel due to freezing rain and sleet across Illinois and Indiana. Road surfaces will be slippery with reduced visibility and another four to eight inches of snow expected in northwestern Illinois and much of Wisconsin and Michigan.
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Chicago Motor Club
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Bell as Santo Tomas interned journalist to speak here
Don Bell also known as Clarence Beliel hid among Manila internees for three years during World War II. He will headline the La Crosse Jaycees VFW club meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m. as part of this year’s annual service program.
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Philippine Islands
Manila
Santo Tomas
U. S
Philippines
Don Bell
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