Cripps Tightens Dollar Purchases Amid Sterling Crisis
Britain's chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps ordered a standstill on dollar-area purchases except for urgent national interest. Sterling reserves fell to about 1.624 billion dollars, with a June quarter deficit of 26 million and a 1.884 billion balance before the drop.
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London
Sir Stafford Cripps
Britain
Cripps
House of Commons
Treasury
Exchequer
Canada
United States
Sudan
Burma
Iceland
Iraq
The
Commons
United Kingdom
Commonwealth
Brittain
Canadian Credit and Recovery Plan
Vandenberg urges ratification of North Atlantic pact
Senator Vandenberg argues the North Atlantic pact shields free peoples from communism and urges a two thirds Senate vote to bind the United States, Canada and 10 Western European nations to resist aggression for 20 years. He stresses the treaty as a security hedge and UN framework aid, with anticipated broad support.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
United States
D-Tex
U. S
United Nations
Canada
Donnell
R-Mo
City Plan Receives No Opposition At Meeting
Major Henry J. Ahrens plan for the city master layout won unanimous committee support for final approval. The plan includes rerouting highways 16 and 53 35, a future civic center, and a broader public works program with a proposed enlarged sewage plant and industrial waste controls. The council also backed a $4 600 traffic and parking survey and the Donohue Engineering bid for sewage study. The old county highway shops at 19th and Jackson streets may be purchased to widen Jackson street and improve visibility.
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Common Council
Henry J. Ahrens
City Plan Commission
State Planning Board
Foundation
J. N. Albers
State Board
Albers
Seventh Street
la Crosse River
Gillette Street
Rose Street
Black River
Mag
North Salem Road
la Crosse
State
Jackson
Green Bay
Gillette
George Streets
West Avenue
Losey Boulevard
J. N. Cribben
Citizen’s Parking
Associated Consultants
Evanston
J. Donohue Engineering Co
Sheboygan
Public Utilities Committee
Donohue
Board of Public Works
19Th
Jackson Streets
Jackson Street
Council
Withrow Fund Case Cleared by Labor Officials
Labor leaders in Wisconsin said congressman Withrow did not misappropriate or misuse labor funds for his campaign. After a La Crosse conference, they defended his 1948 voting record and explained the cashing of few checks to pay for campaign postage as a necessary measure during a close race.
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Gardner Oe
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Withrow
Madison
Wis
Capital Times
George Haberman
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Haberman
George W. Hall
Trades and Labor Council
Gardner Withrow
Congress
George Hall
Weather: scattered thundershowers in La Crosse area
For La Crosse and vicinity the forecast calls for scattered thundershowers tonight and Thursday with high humidity and little temperature change. Tonight's low around 70, Thursday's high near 90. Water at the municipal pool measured 74 degrees on Wednesday.
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la Crosse
Imagine This Man's Embarrassment
A tense union meeting interrupter is found to belong to a different local. The speaker urges focusing on their own union while a visual of the membership book reveals he is from local 300, paperhangers painters and decorators, meeting nearby.
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Boilermakers’ Union
Hiss Attorney Presses Plea in Summation
Lloyd Paul Stryker urged the jury in Hiss trial that the indictment proves nothing and contended the two perjury counts form a single charge. He argued Hiss did not meet Whittaker Chambers after January 1 1937 and that only Chambers can verify the papers in question.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Hiss
Chambers
Stryker
Whittaker Chambers
Woman and infant fall from moving car in St. Cloud street incident
Fourteen month old Paulette Tyler and her mother Mrs Richard Tyler were thrown from a car in the 500 block of St. Cloud street. The right door swung open during a left turn. Paulette was sent to a local hospital and Mrs Tyler sustained bruises to both knees and a right elbow. The baby was reported to be "coming along fine" a day later.
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Paulette Tyler
Richard Tyler
Gohres Street
Three Teens Reprimanded After Pool After-Hours Trespass
Three teenage boys were reprimanded by police after being found in a closed pool around midnight Wednesday. They had climbed the pool fence after hours and could face trespassing charges if seen there again.
Public Health Nursing Staff Depleted and Service Curtailed
Public health nursing staff of the city health department has been depleted so much that only emergency and the most import ant routine calls can be made. Miss Dorothy Anderson, director, cites resignations reducing staff from seven to three and notes difficulty hiring due to high educational standards. She asks for interested nurses to contact the department.
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City Health Department
Dorothy Anderson
Miss Anderson
Set Back Date Of Coal Talks
Pittsburgh reports that John L. Lewis United Mine Workers and northern western soft coal operators have delayed resuming contract talks from July 12 to July 19 Ezra van Horn spokesman for operators said the postponement aims to allow canvassing of mutual problems The soft coal diggers returned to work Tuesday without a contract and some mines in western states were not ready for operation due to anticipated stoppages
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
van Horn
UMW
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Circuit Court Trial Ordered For Hanson
Raymond Hanson 27 of Blair waived a preliminary hearing on an arson charge. Justice P. M. Paulson bound him over to the next circuit term in Trempealeau County with bail set at 5000. Hanson remained jailed as authorities continued to investigate the fire.
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Whitehall
Wis
Raymond Hanson
Blair
P. M. Paulson
Hanson
Trempealeau County
Charles N. Keilholtz
Bert Hanson
Justice Court
Paulson
Sleds Sell Fast In Store Promotion
In Mount Vernon Ohio a store signs sleds at half price drawing crowds as a ten day Mercury heat wave continues. Merchants report brisk sales and the manager confirms all items are moving despite the heat.
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Mount Vernon. O
Hardword
Mercury
U S Highway 16 Re rout ed through La Crosse city streets
Highway 16 officially routed through La Crosse on Cass Sev enth and La Crosse streets after paving and markings. It enters from the Mississippi river bridge at Third and Cass, then heads east on Cass to Seventh, north to La Crosse, and east to the city limits.
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Cass
Seventh
la Crosse
City
Mississippi River Bridge
Third
Cass Streets
Seventh Street
la Crosse Street
Cass Street
State Streets
Green Bay TV Station Application Filed by WHBY Inc
WHBY Inc submitted an application to the communications commission for a new commercial television station in Green Bay Wisconsin on Tuesday. The filing seeks authority to operate a full service TV outlet and expand local broadcasting options.
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Washington
Green Bay
Wis
Whby, Inc
Communications Commission
Teachers Vote Against Communists in Nation’s Schools
The National Education Association with 825000 members adopted a resolution banning Communist party members from teaching in U S schools. Delegates approved the policy by voice vote amid debate sparked by John Norton of Columbia Teachers College and opposition from Rose Russell of the CIO Teachers Union. The action aims to curb disloyalty fears and could raise concerns about political grounds for dismissal.
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Boston
National Education Association
Communist Party
Communist Party of the United
John K. Norton
Columbia University
Teachers College
Norton
Rose Russell
CIO Teachers Union of New York
Russell
NEA Educational Policy Commission
Columbia
Dwight E. Eisenhower
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Commission
Heatwave Persists Across Wisconsin With Scattered Storms
Hot humid weather continues with little relief from the stickiness. Weatherman A D Sanal predicts high humidity and steady temperatures as a 70 degree low and 90 degree high approach. Rain measured briefly in La Crosse, while Blair hit 94 and Superior stayed cool at 60.
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Mercury
Wisconsin
A. D. Sanal
la Crosse
Blair
Associated Press
Superior
Land O’lakes
Soviet Action Alleged in Romania Riches Claim
Belgrade reports Yugoslav officials accuse Moscow of seizing Romania's rich raw materials, signaling a diplomatic flare amid regional tensions.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Romania
Onalaska Establishes 24 Hour Police Beat
Onalaska set up 24 hour police service. Justice Charles Roddle announced Harry Shafer as traffic official and city patrols will continue with Constable Arthur Walker. Traffic violators are brought to justice court each Monday at city hall.
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Onalaska
Charles Roddle
Roddle
Harry Shafer
Arthur Walker
Justice Court
Onalaska City Hall
Wisconsin Rent Control Plan Faces Governor Move
The Wisconsin legislature approved a bill to end rent control by next June and allow a 15 percent increase for landlords. It includes rules for leases and boosts for nonleasing tenants, a 0 day eviction notice, tighter eviction causes, and possible gubernatorial veto by Gov. Rennebohm who favors local control.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Senate
Assembly
Phillies Star Eddie Waitkus Improves After Lung Surgery
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus shows steady improvement after surgery to re-inflate a lung. Doctors at Billings Memorial Hospital report his condition as good and say he cannot receive visitors yet.
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Chicago
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Phillies
Billings Memorial Hospital
Waitkus
Dismissed Time for Religious Education Unconstitutional
Madison Wis state attorney general rules that any plan releasing pupils from public schools for outside religious instruction is unconstitutional. The opinion, requested by the state senate, warns against plans using school time or facilities to facilitate religious instruction. Bubolz says Appleton and other communities have used school time this way and were advised locally it was unconstitutional.
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Madison
Wis
Thomas Fairchild
State Senate
Bubolz
R-Appleton
Fairchild
Appleton
Award Contract For Surfacing 2 Highways
A contract for 126,429 to Rein Schultz Co. of Madison for bituminous surfacing on state trunk highways 27 and 71 between Sparta and Cataract has been approved by the state highway commission. Work is expected to start shortly and be completed by July 1, 1950. Grading and placing the crushed rock base is in progress.
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Rein- Schultz Co
Madison
Sparta
Cataract
Comissi
T. M. Rey
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