Stassen to Enter Ohio Primary as Taft Rivalry Grows
Harold E. Stassen announced a May 4 primary bid in Ohio to challenge Senator Taft for national convention delegates. Taft supporters plan an April 13 Nebraska pre primary test, with Stassen noting the differing foreign and domestic views while urging voter input before the June convention. Nebraska’s system endorses candidates February 17, and delegates emerge unpledged but aligned with the leading aspirant.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Nebraska
Ohio
Stassen
Minnesota
Republican Party
Minnesotan
New York
Thomas Dewey
New Yorker
Republicans Prepare Tax Cut Bill For House Vote
GOP leaders aim to push a 6.3 billion tax cut bill through the House with Democratic backing and minimal GOP defections. Debates begin Thursday with a vote planned next Monday. two thirds support is not expected. Democratic whip McCormack and Speaker Rayburn clash over tone as Knutson defends the bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Knutson
R-Minn
White House
Senate
Rep. McCormack
D-Mass
Rayburn
Texas
Bitter Senate Fight Over St. Lawrence Seaway Bill
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin opens floor debate on the St. Lawrence seaway and power bill. The measure would make the river navigable to ocean shipping and create a 2,200 horsepower hydroelectric plant. Wiley says it is revenue producing and self-sustaining, not a treasury drain.
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Washington
Senate
St. Lawrence
Earthquake Returns To Cloilo, Manila Reports 27 Dead
A strong quake struck Iloilo City on Panay island in the central Philippines with aftershocks lasting four minutes. At least 27 people died and many more injured as buildings collapsed and water mains broke. damage was heavy across Panay and nearby islands.
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Manila
Coilo
Philippines
Panay
Gawn Pancay
Fim
Doilo
Manila Times
Jesus P. Ramos
Mother of God
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Iliolo
Fvo
Oton
San Miguel
el Capiz
Iloilo
Arturo Alvarez
The
Philippines Weather Bureau
Philippine Islands
Cebu
Negros
Leyte
Marinduque
Dloilo
Arrow
Trainmen Leap To Safety Before Crash
Springfield Wisconsin report says two Milwaukee Road trainmen escaped from a cab moments before a locomotive crashed into a motionless freight train eight miles east of Elkhorn. Eight cars derailed and the caboose burned after a coal heater toppled, with Rudolph Smerz and Ernest Swanson treated for minor injuries at Lakeland hospital.
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Springfield
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Elkhorn
Lakeland Hospital
Rudolph Smerz
Ernest Swanson
Liweukee
Vanderwall Hired For Forestry Job
MADISON Wisconsin E J Vanderwall former director of the conservation department is named administrative assistant in charge of forestry at a salary of 400 dollars a month.
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Madison
Wis
E. J. Vanderwall
Conservation Department
Loco Weather Forecast For La Crosse Area
Weather brief notes generally fair and colder tonight with the city at minus five and surrounding areas about minus ten. Forecast emphasizes cold overnight with potential wind chill and clear skies.
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la Crosse
City
Formal Bradley Nomination Before Senate
President Truman formally nominates Gen Omar Bradley as army chief of staff to succeed Gen Eisenhower. The nomination goes to the Senate for approval, with Bradley sworn in before taking the duties. Bradley, 54, led the 12th Army Group in Europe and backs universal military training as a major goal.
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Truman
Omar Bradley
Army
Ight
Eisenhower
Senate
Bradley
White House
Columbia University
Veterans Administration
12Th Army Group
Europe
Congress
Former Polish Premier Warns Reds Seek U S Economic War
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, former wartime Polish premier and exiled vice-premier, said Russia aims to win a Communist victory in the United States by deepening economic and class warfare. He warned democracies would not declare preventive war if war became necessary. He spoke during a radio broadcast, news conference, and a civic hall meeting.
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Chicago
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Russia
United States
Oase
Price of Average New House Doubles Since 1939
A government report shows the average price of a new house reached 9060 dollars last November, more than doubling from 4440 dollars in 1939. The rise highlights long term inflation in housing costs and affordability pressures.
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Washington
Department
Tony
La Crosse March of Dimes Drive Totals $1 265 18
Campaign chair R E Nietsch reports La Crosse county contributions to date amounting to 1265 18 dollars for the 1948 drive which runs through January 30.
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la Crosse
Harold Beg
Walter T. Roth
R. E. Nietsch
la Crosse County
Fire destroys Cashton tobacco warehouse and machine shed
In Cashton Wisconsin a fire around 1130 p m Saturday wiped out Frank Hundts tobacco warehouse and machine shed on the south edge of town. The blaze consumed 236 bales of tobacco in a 60 by 24 foot shed and a new truck tractors and farm equipment in the machine shed. The loss is estimated at 20000 dollars and only partly insured. The cause is unknown and Hundt is recovering from surgery. Alfred Schroeder reported the alarm. The Cashton volunteer fire department could not stop the fire despite a favorable wind.
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Cashton
Wis
Frank Hundt
Hundt
Alfred Schroeder
Schroeder
McCormick- Deering
Mines Blast Arab Bus Near Bethlehem in Arab-Jewish Clash
Officials reported three injured when two mines hit an Arab bus near Bethlehem. Jewish sources claimed 12 Arabs injured and one killed when Jews fired on the bus, which overturned after explosions.
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Bethlehem
Anh
Haifa
Judean Hills
United Nations
Holy Land
Referendum Petition Signs Reported By Everett Woehrmann
Everett Woehrmann secretary of the Chambers of Commerce stated Monday morning that the auditorium referendum petitions reached the required threshold. The target was 2 percent of the governor race turnout in the last election, set at 15 percent. Petitions were to be filed with the city clerk Monday afternoon.
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Everett Woehrmann
Chambers of Commerce
Woehrmann
Five State Residents Die In Car Crashes
Five people including two young couples were killed in Wisconsin and Oklahoma crashes over the weekend. Katherine Gronauski, 19, Mount Mary student, and fiancé William Humphreys, 19, died when their car hit a culvert near Fond du Lac. In Whitewater area crashes, William Krecklow and Marion Berg died, William Wolfe was injured. Hiram Olson was killed near Madison on highways 12 and 18. In Oklahoma, Ernest Benjamin and Julia Benjamin were fatally injured near Idabel in a crash caused by their daughter's car slipping on snow.
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Oklahoma
Katherine Gronauski
Mount Mary College
Milwaukee
William Humphreys
Eugene
Ore
Fond du Lac
Humphreys
University of Wisconsin
Two Rivers
John
William J. Krecklow
Whitewater
Marion Berg
Rt. 2
Fort Atkinson
Highway 59
William J. Wolfe
Rt. 3
Jefferson
Palmyra
Hiram Olson
Cottage Grove
Wis
Madison
Ernest Benjamin
Julia
Hayward
Idabel
Okla
Clarisa Ann Lowrey
Valliant
Leonard M. Blankinship
Blankinship
Gunmen Steal Safe Containing $10,000
Four masked men entered Barney's market club in Chicago and forced six employees to the floor. They rolled a 500 pound safe containing $10,000 out to a waiting car as the restaurant was not open for business. The bartender, George Fasules, 51, reported the robbery to police after the heist.
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Chicago
Barney's Market Club
George Fasules
Fasules
Rep J Par nell Thomas Ill At Sea From New York News
Rep J Par nell Thomas of New Jersey fell seriously ill at sea aboard the SS Ancon and was rushed toward Cristobal Panama. The ship delayed by weather carried a doctor and a New York physician aboard to treat the 52 year old congressman with suspected massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
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J. Parnell Thomas
Panama Line
Thomas
House
UN American Activities Committee
Washington
Canal Zone
Christobal
La Crosse Curlers Win National Title
The La Crosse rink skipped by Harry Watkins won the Mitchell Medal event at the Grand National bonspiel in Utica New York defeating Ardsley No 1 of New York 14 to 10 in the final Sunday morning. Team members are Bud Holley Jr Milt Kyseth and Jim Arenz.
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Utica
N. Y
Ardsley No. 1
New York
Harry Watkins
Bud Holley, Jr
Milt Kyseth
Jim Arenz
Andresen Predicts Spectacular Grain Trading Disclosures
Washington reports congressional probes into commodity gamblers among officials. Rep August H Andresen predicts spectacular disclosures in grain trading as investigations move forward on two fronts amid the pursuit of insider-related improprieties.
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Andresen
Washington
August H. Andresen
Oil export ban urged by House committee in war scare
The House Interstate Commerce Committee recommends an immediate ban on petroleum product exports citing strained supplies and war risk. It calls for curbing federal oil use, halting foreign commitments, funding coal and shale oil development, and forming a national fuel policy joint panel. Stassen and Pauley spar over alleged government market manipulation.
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House Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Interior Department
Congress
All City Rinks Open Public Skating This Monday
La Crosse park department announced all city skating rinks will be open to the public on Monday. The notice emphasizes broad access for residents and visitors to enjoy the winter recreation option.
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la Crosse
Kidnaping and Robbery Lead to Wild Wisconsin Car Ride
A gun-wielding ex convict robs a tavern in Marinette County and abducts two patrons. William Leightner drugs none, forces them to drive across snow covered roads to Antigo, then releases them with $5 for gas. Sheriff Donald John reports the incident and ongoing search.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Antigo
Donald John
John
Willam Leightner
Illinois
Joliet
Peter McDonald
Here
Highway 41
Leightner
McDonald
McDonalds
Milkey
Gajewski
Athelstone
Marinette County
Truman urges Congress to authorize Great Lakes Seaway project
President Truman repeated support for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway and power project in identical letters to Senator Van denberg and Speaker Martin. The move came as senate debate opened on the controversial plan with an uncertain outcome.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Martin
St Lawrence Seaway Plan Faces Senate Battle Ahead
Senate debate centers on a Canada U S project to build the St Lawrence Seaway joining in construction and sharing costs. Proponents claim lower transport costs for 50 million people and 2.2 million horsepower of cheap northeast electricity, plus defense value, while critics warn prohibitive cost and economic risk. Senator Wiley expects passage after a stiff fight, while Senator Revercomb labels the plan prohibitive.
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Canada
Wiley
Transportac
R-Wis
Revercomb
R-Wva
St. Lawrence
Congress
Senate
House
Cold Weather Forecast Across Wisconsin and Nation
La Crosse braces for a week of cold waves with 5 below overnight and eight below at the airport as a third wave arrives. Milwaukee meteorologist notes several days of subzero, while Watertown and Columbus report extreme readings. Sanial warns 60 deaths linked to the second blast. California temps reach the 40s, Fresno 44, San Francisco mild by comparison.
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H. J. Thompson
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Wisconsin
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Ohio Valley
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Ohio
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Sanial
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