Administration Seeks Labor Law Over Taft Hartley
The administration asked Congress to enact a one package labor bill to repeal Taft Hartley and restore Wagner Act with improvements. Secretary Tobin will testify Monday while emergency fact finding boards would replace inquiry groups.
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Cyrus R. Ching
Council of Europe forms with cabinet and advisory parliament
London reports a new council of Europe emerging as a postwar European unity effort. Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg will form the core cabinet and ministers committee with Italy likely invited to join. An advisory assembly will meet publicly while a future single parliament is envisioned.
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Italy
Reds Fire Threats Backed by Artillery Near Nanking
Communist gunners on the Yangtze north bank east of Nanking warned the government to stay put for peace. Nationalist cabinet members were largely absent from Nanking as Li Tsung-jen’s request for a stay was seen as unclear. Reds were within five miles, turning the New Year mood tense as shells or threats loomed.
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Snow Delays Tribune Carriers But Service Survives
The La Crosse Tribune reports only one of 73 towns was missed due to heavy snow. Eastman in Crawford County was cut off, but extra vehicles aided routes, tractors recovered ditches, and all trucks reached Fourth and Cass by 7 30 p m. Credit goes to teamwork across departments and dedicated carriers who kept papers flowing despite weather.
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Snowbound Wisconsin and Iowa Dig Out Amid Deep Cold
Tri state area around La Crosse faced an eight inch snow. temperatures plunged to 12 to 17 below zero. State highways were open but slippery. county trunks in western Wisconsin limited. In northeastern Iowa many farm communities remained snowed in as crews opened trunks and roads.
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Iowa
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North Atlantic Pact seen as British American plan for war
Soviet foreign ministry denounces the North Atlantic Pact as a British American scheme to dominate the world and isolate the Soviet Union. Moscow calls it a step toward a new war and a link in a broader Anglo American plan to control the United Nations and global affairs.
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Bee Defense
Appeals filed to challenge La Crosse county school order
City officials plan appeals to circuit court to test the validity of attaching two French Island districts to La Crosse for city schooling. City officers and Home Owners Union residents argue over legal responsibility, funding, and voting rights while district directors decline to appeal.
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French Island
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Board of Education
Honor Local Eagle Officer Fred Flemmer to be honored
The Fraternal Order of Eagles in La Crosse will honor long time treasurer Fred Flemmer in a special initiation ceremony on Saturday. He will receive the President's certificate, believed to be the first high honor awarded to a Wisconsin Eagle. State officers and aerie leaders from nearby areas are invited to attend Our Fred's Night.
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Check Accuracy Of Vote Machines In Last Election
Senate investigators pursue Senator Vandenberg's push to verify Michigan voting machines. He argues a accuracy check should negate the need for a statewide recount. Ferguson defeats Hook in a close race, with notes on campaign outcomes and party lines.
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Senate Rules Committee
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Frank Hook
Drive To Wipe Out Smuggling Campaign Assigned
Berlin United States Commander General Lucius D. Clay said he assigned Brigadier General H Norman Schwarzkopf to head a drive to end smuggling in western Germany. Clay estimated about two hundred million dollars of the region's industrial output is illegally drained each year across borders to Czechoslovakia and western Europe by air and road.
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Schwarzkopf
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Czechoslovakia
La Crosse Area Weather: Cold Tonight With Slow Rise
For La Crosse and vicinity the forecast calls for fair skies and continued cold conditions tonight with a low near 32. Winds light. Tomorrow should bring a gradual warming trend.
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Taft Urged to Step Down by Rival GOP Senator
Senator Flanders of Vermont, a Republican critic of party leaders, urged Taft of Ohio to relinquish his post as Senate Republican policy chair. He argued Taft harms his re election bid by stubbornly steering the party and shows qualities least suited to his future goals.
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Taft
Ohio
Senate
Flanders
Ferry Free After 15-Hour Delay In Icebound Voyage
The icebound ferry departed Frankfort Michigan on Wednesday but stalled 45 mile per hour winds and thick ice. Captain M E Roen says the vessel will wait for better weather before returning to Frankfort.
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M. E. Roen
Frankfort
Burglar Attempt Fails At Cedarburg Lumber Yard Safe
In Sheboygan County Wisconsin burglars tore at a 100 pound safe from a Cedarburg Lumber and Coal office. They moved it, chiseled the lock, and fled leaving cash inside but the door remained mostly intact. Supervisor Marvin Vander Jogt assisted to upright the safe as manager Orville Soerens reviewed the scene. Police investigated.
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Cedarburg
Orville Soerens
Cedarburg Lumber and Coal Company
Harold Roll
Marvin Vander Jogt
Soerens
Police Plan Would Add 12 Men To Force
A police department reorganization plan by Chief Herman F. Rick gains general approval at a special steering committee, proposing 12 new officers and two new ranks, increasing strength to 72. The plan aligns with Hanson and envisions four squad cars, one motorcycle, and shifts expanded to 19 17 and 17 with reduced off days.
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Church Burns At McGregor
McGREGOR Ia Special One of the town s oldest structures the 89 year old Congregational church was gutted by an undetermined fire Saturday afternoon. Fire departments from McGregor Monona and Prairie du Chien could not control the blaze. Damage estimate not given but expected high. Cause not confirmed but believed to have started from an overheated furnace. Church janitor Walter Lavineness had built the fire shortly before noon and returned to battle the flames at 2 p m.
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Century-Old Lincoln Witness Mrs. Kuechenmeister Dies
West Bend Wisconsin resident Mathilde Kuechenmeister 100 who saw Union troops in review before President Lincoln during the Civil War died Friday at St. Joseph’s hospital She moved from France to Wisconsin in 1852 living first at Port Washington then in Waukesha County Her school days in Chicago included the Lincoln review scene.
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Dutch Defy UN Again in Batavia Detentions
In Batavia two Indonesian Republican press officers were arrested by Dutch authorities amid ongoing UN mediated tensions. W Latumeten and Sastrosuwignjo were jailed with documents and office equipment seized as the UN calls for the release of leaders detained during the December opening of the Dutch police action and a restoration of the Republican government.
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Bob Hope to Remain with NBC, Says Reporter
Bob Hope announced he will stay with NBC, expressing commitment to continue as the network’s lone radio and film comedian. The veteran entertainer indicated he plans to maintain his exclusive association with NBC in the near future.
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Fire destroys Thompson home. relief aid organized
About 100 friends and relatives mobilized to help the Thompson family after a January 16 fire on the William Isbel farm between Ettrick and Melrose. Melrose businessmen arranged a trailer house for Percy Thompson, his wife, and two children, moved to Mrs. Hilda Tjerstad’s residence for a relief shower.
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William Isbel
Melrose
Thompson
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Hegg
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Thompsons
Appeal for House for Strait Family Urgent Shelter Needed
An urgent appeal seeks a home for the Oney Strait family of six five victims on Green Island. The parents and four children need housing, can pay moderate rent, and will care for the home. Neighbors assist as in the Krajewski fire case. Catholic Welfare bureau provided clothing and coats for the Strait children and parents.
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Krajewski
Brother Testifies In Tomah Murder Case
In Sparta Wisconsin Lionel Jackson 20 testified at a two and a half hour preliminary hearing for his brother James Jackson 21 charged with the murder of their father Earle Jackson 60. Lionel described hearing a gunshot and finding James with a deer rifle. authorities said James was bound over for trial on a first degree murder charge.
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Sparta
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Hale
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James
H. R. Biegel
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Biegel
Truman Moves Swiftly To Aid Staggered West
President Truman authorized use of military funds for blizzard relief in the West and asked Congress for a 500000 supplemental appropriation. Maj. Gen. Philip Fleming will coordinate federal relief in the disaster area as Nebraska reports rising cattle losses and worsening hardships amid cold, snow, and a severe winter crisis.
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Russian Embassy Clerk Falls to Death in London Hospital
Anatoly Kapitkin a 39 year old Russian embassy clerk died after plunging from a third floor window at Hammersmith hospital Friday night Delirium followed an iron forgene broke away from a nurse and ran to the window hospital officials reported This tragedy occurred amid tensions surrounding consular staff in the capital.
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