Telephone firm seeks rate increases for La Crosse Onalaska
La Crosse Telephone Corp seeks Wisconsin public service commission approval to set dial rates for La Crosse and Onalaska and revised manual rates for surrounding exchanges. Billing shifts after dial conversion, with estimated local revenue rises and tax impacts.
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la Crosse Telephone Corp
Hale, Skemp, Nietsch, Hanson and Schnurrer
Lic Service Commission of
Isconsin
la Crosse
Onalaska
Barre Mill
de Soto
Genoa
Readstown
Viola
West Salem
Couny
la Osse
E. B. Lamp
Lamp
Officiel
Acheson Denies Offer to Quit Amid Hiss Case
Secretary of State Acheson says he has not offered to resign nor been asked to do so by President Truman. The remarks follow mounting calls from Congress over the Alger Hiss perjury conviction and linked Communist ties. Hiss, a former State Department official, was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Acheson
Washington
Alger Hiss
Truman
Hiss
State Department
Weather Update for La Crosse and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy with a slow rise in temperature tonight and Tuesday. Occasional light snow is expected. Low around 8 in the city and near zero in rural areas tonight. Tuesday’s high near 20 degrees.
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la Crosse
Area Crashes Total 4 Sunday
Four Sunday motor accidents were blamed on icy roads, including a four-vehicle crash and a two-car collision in Onalaska. A skier, Jack Rieh, was taken to hospital after breaking his leg near the Carl Keppel farm on highway 16. Injuries in other crashes were minor, with multiple occupants treated for cuts and bruises.
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Winona
Jack Rieh
Cunningham Street
Carl Keppel
Highway 16
Pyrl Evenson
Ettrick
Earl I. Nicolai
Jackson Street
Third
Elm Streets
Onalaska
Evenson
Nicolai
John T. Arms
Bangor
John Brazda
Bouska
Raymond Antony
Brazda
Groups Unite to Combat Communism Across United States
New York reports that about 60 national organizations with a combined 50 million members laid groundwork for a permanent anti Communist front at the All American conference. Delegates at the Hotel Astor created a 17 member national steering committee and scheduled a second gathering within 90 days to formalize a unified pro American anti Communist organization. Senator Mundt warned Russia holds atomic devices ready to strike in 90 seconds. George N. Craig emphasized religion in the effort and urged loyal Americans to join.
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New York
United States
American Legion
Hotel Astor
George N. Craig
Sen
Karl Mundt
R-Sd
Russia
Mundt
Freedom” Movement
150 Youths Rounded Up in Italian Dawn Raids
Rome police rounded up 150 youths suspected of Fascist leanings in dawn raids Monday. The operations followed clashes Saturday night between Communists and members of the Italian Social Movement MSI, the avowed Fascist group.
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Rome
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Next Step Up To UMW Chief Observers Feel
White House checked Monday on coal miners at work with reports Truman ready to act quickly if strikers do not return. Charles Ross declined to comment as the three day work week amid a strike appears likely, with about 89,575 miners idle Monday and comparisons to 88,000 the prior week.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles Ross
John L. Lewis
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Governor Rennebohm Appeals for Coal Aid to President
Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm sends a second plea to President Truman urging action on coal supply. He warns the short age is nearing a crisis in Wisconsin cities and fears layoffs and closures of schools and public institutions without more coal.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Pres. Truman
Wisconsin
White House weighs response to coal strike
A White House official said the president could act within 48 hours if miners return to work by Monday. About 88,000 United Mine Workers have been on a three-week strike supporting demands for a five-day contract, with no official UMW authorization. The president's decision could involve invoking Taft Hartley emergency powers or other actions.
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White House
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Dimes Girl Honors Memory of Roosevelt
Eight year old Wanda Wiley of Austin Texas the 1950 March of Dimes girl visited Franklin D Roosevelt's grave in Hyde Park on his 68th birthday. She overcame infantile paralysis and was greeted by Mrs Roosevelt with a wreath from President Truman expected to be placed on the grave later Monday.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wanda Wiley
Austin
Tex
Roosevelt
Truman
Potash Strike Threatens Fertilizer Shortage and Crops
Rufus Poole spokesman for United States Potash Company and partners warned a strike by about 1,500 CIO union workers at Carlsbad mines risks a national fertilizer shortage. He projects a 150,000 ton shortfall by April 1 affecting South and Midwest crops including citrus, sugar, tobacco, cotton, and small grains.
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Carlsbad
N. M
South
Midwest
Rufus Poole
United States
CIO International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
More Men Planes In Air Search For Missing Transport
The largest Arctic search in history continued for a U S air force transport missing with 44 aboard two nations led the effort. Weather remained sub zero as ground crews investigated a lone clue from a forest ranger and air crews swarmed a 1300 mile search zone from Great Falls Montana to Snag Yukon Territory with nearly 50 planes.
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Whitehorse
U. S. Air Force
Snag
Yukon Territory
Alaska
Anchorage
Great Falls
Mont
Mike
Kyle E. McMichael
San Antonio
Tex
Martin Costello
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S
Nations Discuss Atomic Energy Amid Secrecy
United States Belgium and Britain hold talks in Washington under tight state department secrecy about uranium supply from the Belgian Congo and potential price changes. Officials discuss Congo division of output while public debate grows over hydrogen bomb decisions and rival Russian progress.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Belgium
Britain
Belgian Congo
Congo
Truman
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chicago
Harrison C. Brown
Russia
America
U. S
Rep. Elston
Ohio
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Mundt
R-Sd
New York
FBI joins hunt for $49,000 savings loan theft Babylon NY
The FBI joined state police Babylon police and the county district attorney in investigating a Saturday burglary at the Suffolk County Federal Savings and Loan Association across from Babylon police headquarters. Burglar or burglars stole $49,000 in cash and travelers checks, discovered Sunday by Cadman H. Frederick, the association's president.
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Babylon
N. Y
FBI
Savings and Loan Association
Cadman H. Frederick
Suffolk County Federal Savings and Loan Association
County District Attorney's Office
FBL
Funds Reached 2000 Total For Forschler Fire Victims
Brownsville Minnesota reporting a total of over 2000 in funds for the Forschler family victims of the January 20 fire. Insurance covers only a small part of the loss and a new drive begins to build a new home with material and labor pledges from local firms. The VFW post has collected 1300 and the Hokah fire department 335.
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Brownsville
Minn
Specail
Arnold Forschler
Forschler
Flossie Corcoran
Kay
Matt Bissen
VFW
Gateway Transportation Co
la Crosse
Hokah
Forschlers
William Wiedman
Wiedman
Harold Harer
Earth Tremors Noted in Distant Seismic Readings
The Fordham University seismograph recorded two severe tremors at 7 09 50 p m and 7 20 12 p m EST Sunday night about 6000 miles from New York in an undetermined direction.
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New York
Fordham University
Pickets Swell Total Of Idle Coal Miners
Bands of roving pickets swelled the idle coal miner count to 90 575 as the no contract no work strike entered its fourth week. The surge boosted stay at home numbers in West Virginia and spread to Illinois while Kentucky Alabama and other states saw partial reopenings.
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Pittsburgh
White House
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
State Department of Relief
Kentucky
Alabama
Illinois
UMW
Pyramid Coal Company
Lewis
Hugh White
Heart of the
United Mine Worker
Department Store Clerk Wins Advertising Prize
Mrs. Clarence H. Johnson of 2006 South 19th street won the weekly $25 prize for the La Crosse Tribune community survey. Second place goes to Mrs. Wilbur J. Bernsdorf of Hokah Minnesota with $15. Ten runners up receive $1 each, including Mrs. Edwin Thrun and Mrs. Dorothy Boschert among others. Final week entries must be postmarked by midnight Wednesday January 29.
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Clarence H. Johnson
South 19Th Street
la Crosse Tribune
Johnson
Barron’s Men’s Department
Cleveland
Bob
la Crosse
Ohio City
Wilbur J. Bernsdorf
Hokah
Minn
Tribune
Edwin Thrun
South Sixth Street
Dorothy Boschert
South Avenue
John I Resen
Market Street
Harley E. Solberg
North 22Nd Street
Irene Johnson
Copeland Avenue
E. A. Stolander
Viroqua
Arlene Sikorski
South 17Th Street
Vera Ender
South 11Th Street
August Stackowitz
North 10Th Street
Frieda Gardiner
Charles Street
Tomah Farm Wife Admits Shooting Husband After Beatings
Grace Parr, 22, a frail Tomah farm wife, confessed to shooting her husband Francis Marvin Parr with a .32 rifle after alleging constant beatings. The case, tied to a string of local tragedies, followed by a late morning death and an arraignment set for Sparta.
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Tomah
Wis
Hans Biegel
Grace Gene Parr
Francis
la Crosse
Parrs
Clifton Ridge
Justice Court
Parr
Losey Blvd
Melrose
Biegel
William Gleiss
Wallace Brown
Cosanee
John White
Tomahmah
James Jackson
Earl Jackson
Waupun
Jose Ramirez
Tomah Veterans Hospital
Ramirez
Thermometers Dip to Minus Fifty Six in Gordon
Winter weather rips through Douglas county as Gordon residents report unofficial lows of minus 56. The state nursery post recorded a 54. Ashland county Mellen station noted 49 below, while federal log keeper Howard J. Thompson cites 36 below at Rhinelander and Eau Claire.
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Douglas County
Gordon
State Nursery
Ashland County
Mellen
Howard J. Thompson
Rhinelander and
Eau
Cold Wave Continues In Coulee Territory
A deep freeze grips the Coulee region with highs not rising above zero on Monday and a low near five above at night. Light snow is expected from Nebraska to South Dakota as temperatures drop across La Crosse and nearby towns.
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Coulee
A. D. Sanial
Nebraska
South Dakota
la Crosse
Cold Wave Grips Dakotas and Minnesota
Reported temperatures plunge across Minnesota and the Dakotas with Bemidji at 50 degrees below zero and Moose Lake near 48 below as the cold center lingers See WEATHER Page 7 for full details.
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Claire
Bemidji
Minn
Dakotas
Minnesota
Moose Lake
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State Commission
Coulee Region
The
Crosse
Barre Mills
Missouri
Navy
U. S. S. Missouri
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk
Arn
Eld
Eldridge W. Smith
Mark D. Pellowski
Goose Island Road
Rock Island
Spickard
Tribune Proto
C. H. Johnson
Grace Parr
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