Hiss Is Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison
Former State Department official Alger Hiss received a five year federal term for perjury in two counts. Judge Henry Goddard set bail at 10000 pending appeal as Hiss plans to appeal to the U S circuit court.
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Alger Hiss
Henry W. Goddard
Hiss
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Goddard
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
United States Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Stanley Reed
Tom C. Clark
Justice Clark
Chrysler Strike Sparks Nationwide Auto Industry Walkout
89,000 Chrysler workers began a strike at 9 a.m. after six months of failed talks over a pension plan. The UAW demands a jointly administered trust fund with company contributions. Chrysler offers pay as you go and a $100 monthly pension, while the walkout affects about 110,000 Chrysler workers in 25 plants and up to 100,000 suppliers and dealers.
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Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
UAW
Walter Reuther
DeSoto
Dodge
Plymouth
Kumm Elected Chamber Head In La Crosse
Roy E. Kumm of Heileman Brewing Co won the presidency of the La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce at the organizational meeting. He moves up from vice president to succeed E. B. Samp of La Crosse Telephone Corp on the board. New officers include John B. Coleman first vice president Robert Farnam second vice president and Ray Wrobel treasurer. Eight new directors joined the board after ballots closed with holdovers and retirees listed.
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la Crosse County
Roy E. Kumm
Heileman Brewing Co
Coleman
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A. L. Christensen
Oren W. Fowler
Alf Gundersen
Carl H. Iverson
Fred Papenfuss
Otto Sands
N. B. Bakkum
William Bonadurer
Orval J. Nelson
Walter G. McDougal
I. B. Newburg
R. E
Free Mississippi bridge project moves to final contract
Gov Rennebohm signed an $825 413 contract to build the Hud son Bay bridge superstructure the largest span yet authorized in Wisconsin. The total cost runs about 3.2 million with Wisconsin paying 454000 220000 federal aid funds. The three cantilever spans four through truss spans and three deck girder spans replace a toll bridge long a key Hudson revenue source.
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Madison
Wis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Hudasam
U. S. Highway 12
Rennebohm
Allied Structural Steel Companies
Chicago
Highway Commissions
State Highway Department
Hudson
John O’keefe
de Pere
Industrial Contracting Co
St. Paul
Coal production urged to avert health crisis, Mine Bureau chief says
Washington reports James Boyd, head of the Bureau of Mines, warned the U S health and welfare is imperiled unless coal output rises. He told the Senate labor committee considering invoking Taft-Hartley to restore full coal production.
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Senate Labor Committee
Truman
75 000 Soft Coal Miners Remain Idle
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a coal strike causing widespread unemployment with 75,000 miners idle and 17,000 others out in railroads and steel. The three day work week continues amid a long labor dispute while government aid and union actions shape the national impact.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Crucible Steel Company of America
Midland
Psilanti
Mich
Boyd
Truman
John L. Lewis
Senate
Snow and Ice Hit Wisconsin Roads With Blowing Winds
Snow totals reach five to ten inches in La Crosse area with 25 to 30 mph winds and near zero lows. Sleet south of the city gave way to snow, creating dangerous driving as highways iced over. North Dakota endures blizzard conditions with drifts and stranded motorists across 7,000 miles of roads.
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City
State Highway Commission
Wisconsin
Mercury
Sanial
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Madison
Plains
North Dakota
State Welfare Chief Named John Tramburg Gets Position
John W. Tramburg of Washington DC is named director of the Wisconsin department of public welfare after a six month nationwide search. He will start around March 1, succeeding A W Bayley who retires. Bayley becomes assistant director under a department reorganization. Tramburg has correctional and juvenile delinquency experience and is a Wisconsin native educated at Carroll College and Whitewater. He previously ran a correctional institution in DC and has ties to the Waukesha youth facility reform effort that spurred the reorganization. He studied at Carroll College and Whitewater Teachers College before coaching athletics at Norwalk and directing an educational CCC camp in Rock County.
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Wis
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John W. Tramburg
Washington, D. C
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Tramburg
Board of Public Welfare
Kohm
Raw Correctional School
National Capital
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Columbia County
Fall River
Carroll College
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Whitewater
Norwalk
Rock County
CCC
University of Chicago
Lansing restaurant operator dies in ice skids crash
John Casey 35, Lansing restaurant operator, died in a single vehicle crash on STH 9 west of Lansing about 2:50 a.m. Wednesday. Sheriff Huffman attributed the death to concussion or internal injury after Casey failed to negotiate a turn on icy roads. Two Lansing youths found the overturned car. no inquest planned. Casey, WWII veteran born Oct 6 1914, is survived by his mother and three sisters. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Casey
Stirn
William Huffman
Allamakee County
Pateman
Tommy Thornton
Lyle Snitker
Huffman
Tom Casey
Harry Foster
Chicago
John Boylan
Flint
Mich
Joe Dunlevy
City Plans Condensed Parking Data Pamphlet
The traffic survey committee approved a plan to issue pamphlet sized condensations of last fall’s parking study. W Barton of Associated Consultants leads the effort with Donald Lyden chairing the panel. A detailed report is promised early February.
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Common Council
W. Barton
Associated Consultants
Leonard Bennett
Second Street
Ramirez Sentenced to Life for Tomah Grandmother Slaying
Ramirez 23 of Ozona Texas convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of 81 year old Mrs. Etta Hoag in Tomah. Judge Cowie sent him to life imprisonment and ordered transfer to Waupun State Prison. Ramirez claimed the drug benzadrine influenced his act and sought mercy.
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Sparta
Wis
Jose Ramirez
Ozana
Tex
Robert S. Cowie
Waupun
Ramirez
Etta Hoag
Tomah
Hans R. Biegel
Willis Young
C. E. Lehman
Stainless Steel Price Hike Considered by Allegheny Ludlum
Washington report says an Allegheny Ludlum official indicated the firm is weighing another stainless steel price increase. Executive vice president E. J. Hanley told the senate house economic committee that the prior four dollar general price rise last month did not cover rising costs.
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Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
E. J. Hanley
Allegheny Ludlum
Senate-House
Fire Victims Fund Reaches 1157 After Brownsville Blaze
Brownsville veterans of foreign wars report the Arnold Forschler family fund at 1157 in less than two days after a January 20 fire that killed two children and their grandmother Mrs Flossie Corcoran and destroyed the home. Salvage of cash hidden in a paper box was impossible. bonds from Gateway Transfer Co may be replaceable. Donations may be left at local businesses and redirected to aid the family for home refurbishing. Forschler cannot resume work at Gateway for about a month due to burns sustained while trying to save his three relatives.
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Minn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Arnold Forschler
Forschler
Flossie Corcoran
Gateway Transfer Co
la Crosse
Forschlers
Hokah
Gateway Tansfer Co
Lampe to Seek 10th District Seat in Wisconsin
Herman Lampe of Winter, chairman of Sawyer county Democratic organizing committee, announced Tuesday his candidacy for the 10th district congressional post now held by Rep. Alvin Jnski of Mercer. A former Progressive, Lampe runs a general store and real estate firm.
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Winter
Wis
Herman Lampe
Sawyer County
Alvin Jnski
Mercer Republican
Lampe
Italian Justice Dies in Rome Cabinet Resignation
Giuseppe Grassi, 65, minister of justice in Italy's cabinet that resigned two weeks ago, died Wednesday. Grassi joined the De Gasperi government in 1947 as one of two Liberal Conservative party members.
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Giuseppe Grassi
Grassi
de Gasperi
La Crosse Area Sees Snowfall Then Clearing Skies
Light to moderate snow continues tonight across La Crosse and vicinity with a shift to partly cloudy skies Thursday. Cold conditions persist with overnight lows near zero and rural areas as low as minus eight. Thursday’s high around 12 degrees.
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