Reuther predicts end to escalator pay clauses in GM contract
UAW CIO leader Walt Reuther says the union will likely refuse escalator pay clauses when the GM contract expires next year. He pushes to wipe out factionalism, raise dues, and set up a strike fund enabling up to ten thousand dollars in emergencies.
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Milwaukee
Uaw-Cio
General Motors
UAW
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Ford
CIO Electrical
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Republicans Plot to Oust GOP Chair Hugh Scott
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports about 25 Republican National Committee members met in Pittsburgh to push Rep. Hugh Scott from the national chairmanship. Taft and Stassen supporters set a Tuesday deadline. if he refuses, a full committee vote may be demanded. Attendees include Hallanan Kelland Craeger Reece Spangler Kennedy Brown Gates Jackson Gabrielson and others.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Republican National Committee
Hugh Scott
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Taft
Stassen
The
Post-Gazette
Scott
National Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Pennsylvania
Joseph R. Grundy
G. Mason Owlett
Post- Gazette
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Clarence Anon
Kelland
Arizona
Col. Co. Craeger
Texas
B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Harrison Spangler
Katherineennedy Brown
Iowa
Ralph Gates
Indiana
John Jackson
Louisiana
Gabrielson
New Jersey
the Post-Gazette
Cool dry air eases heat over plains and Midwest
A mass of cool dry air moved from the Pacific across the Dakotas Nebraska and Minnesota into the upper Mississippi valley bringing relief after a week of stifling heat. Forecasters expect continued heat in the south and east with only the northwest and Midwest benefiting.
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Associated Press
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Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Middle West
New England
Howers
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
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Huron
Bemidji
Minn
Duluth
Fort Worth
Texas
Cleveland
Detroit
Boston
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Gulf
Washington
Oregon
Georgia
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Atlantic
Maine
Davenport
Harold Balmer
Ault
Colo
Malheur National Forest
Siskiyou National Forest
Local Weather Update for La Crosse Vicinity
Local weather report notes fair conditions Sunday with light cooling. Highs near 0 degrees and cooler evenings expected across La Crosse and surrounding areas.
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la Crosse
La Crosse County Allocates 50000 for Highway 14 Right of Way
La Crosse County has expended about 50000 dollars to acquire 74.63 acres for the No 14 highway project south of the city. The La Crosse Coon Valley road re routing will remove three sharp curves and eliminate hazards at Blumers Millis Roesler farm and the 10 mile house. More than 40 property owners are affected with some residences and sheds to be removed. Temporary surfacing bids are set for July 21 with permanent top to follow.
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la Crosse County
la Crosse-Coon Valley
State Highway Commission
Blumer’s Millis
Roesler
Earl Niesen
Jahnel
Martin Roesler
Clara Mundstock
Kenneth Roesler
Kramer
la Crosse
Plane Crash Kills Three in Roanoke Illinois
Charles H Morse 52 a Fairbanks Morse executive and two Chicago men died when a company plane crashed near Roanoke Illinois on a farm one engine failure cited. One survivor reported being catapulted clear as others were trapped in the wreckage.
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Roanoke
Ill
Charles H. Morse
ITI
Chicago
Here
Morse
Fairbanks-Morse and Company
Jack Hadden
Vivar
W. E. Watson
St. Louis
Watson
Col
Robert H. Morse
Fairbanksappara
Marie
Rosalie Hightower
Allen H
Owen Hosmer
Robert
Mine Operators Vow to Fight Three Day Week Indefinitely
George H. Love of the Consol coal firm pledged the industry will oppose John L. Lewis by any means in response to the three-day work week ordered in soft coal mines east of the Mississippi. Love said the plan to extend the week may continue indefinitely and declined to specify methods.
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Pittsburgh
George H. Love
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mississippi
Pi Consolidation Coal Company
Love
Night club holdup ends with mob as gunman seized
In Warren Ohio early Saturday a gunman and companion robbed Rancho Villa and Paradise cafe of over 600 dollars. Patrons mobbed Wasser and police captured him while Golias fled with about 300 dollars. Both men jailed on armed robbery charges.
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Wasser
Golias
Rancho Villa
Paradise Cafe
Young Wasser
DeJacimo
Mary Kelly 90 Dies After Short Illness
Mary Ellen Kelly 90 lifelong La Crosse resident died in a local hospital after a short illness. Survived by four sons and several daughters and grandchildren. Funeral set for Tuesday with services at Dwyer Funeral Home and St. Mary's Church. Burial in Catholic cemetery. rosary Monday evening.
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Mary Ellen Kelly
Cass Street
la Crosse
E. J. Kelly
Mason City
M. J. Kelly
Miami Beach
Fla
James E. Kelly
Glendale
Cailif
J. A. Kelly
East St. Louis
Ters
E. Kroner
Tre D. F. Larsen
Navy Patrol Plane Crashes in Canal Zone
A U S navy patrol plane crashed in flames during a test flight over the sea near Coco Solo in Balboa Canal Zone. Nine aboard, one body recovered. rescue boats and a rescue plane with a raft searched the area, while naval authorities withheld names.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
U. S. Navy
Coco Solo
U. S. Naval Air
Wisconsin Extends FM Network Into Western Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Senate approved an assembly backed bill to authorize 175000 dollars to extend the state government FM network into western Wisconsin. Two regional stations likely in the La Crosse Sparta and Eau Claire Menomonie areas would be served by WHA from Madison. Governor Rennebohm remains skeptical of the state radio program.
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Madison
Wis
Rudolph M. Schlabach
la Crosse
Wisconsin Senate
Wisconsin
la Crosse-Sparta
Eau Claire-Menomonie
Sen. Schlabach
Rennebohm
WHA
University of Wisconsin
Fifth of bourbon fetches $25 in Geary county sale
A fifth of bourbon whiskey sold for 25 dollars in the first legal liquor sale in Geary county in seventy years. The auction at the county courthouse opened with confiscated beverages by Sheriff Carl Gardner. Harold Henning of Junction City was the high bidder. He obtained autographs of county officials on the bottle and a note that it was legally sold liquor in Geary in seven decades. The remaining 1,564 bottles brought moderate prices.
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Junction City
Kas
Geary County
Carl Gardner
Harold Henning
Geary
Begin Service At Post Office Branch In City
The north side post office branch at 1351 Caledonia street will start Monday with 10 carriers assigned. Peter Nonstad is named temporary supervisor as mail from the north side will be sorted and delivered from the new branch totaling 1,800 square feet.
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North Side Branch
Wenzel M. Dvorak
Caledonia Street
Dvorak
North Side
Dvorank
North Side Rmail
Peter Nonstad
Unexplained Russian Truck Ban Spreads to Soviet Crossing Points
In Frankfurt Germany an unexplained ban on truck shipments from Western Germany to Berlin spread to four Soviet zone crossing points by Saturday night. Soviet orders from the zonal headquarters in Karlshorst were cited as the reason for the action.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Berlin
Karlshorst
Wisconsin Solons End Session Halt Recess Till September
The Wisconsin legislature recessed Saturday after six months of work. The Senate adjourned at 4:30 p m and the Assembly at 5:10 p m to reconvene in the fall to address vetoes and appointments. The Senate killed a conservation deer hunting bill and about 200 other measures by unanimous consent.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
Conservation Department
Knowles
New Richmond
Highway Patrol
of State
Public Service Commission
Rescue man clings to capsized boat six hours in Lake Erie
Fishermen rescued 35 year old Harry K. Getchell of Harbor Creek after he clung to the edge of his capsized boat for six hours in Lake Erie. His bride of a week and two others perished in the storm. He was prostrated and shocked but saved by the Alice L.
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Erie
Lake Erie
Harry K. Getchell
Harbor Creek
Alice L
Telephone Company Expects Dial System Tuesday Arrival
La Crosse Telephone Corp moves toward dial conversion with automatic equipment arriving from Federal Telephone and Radio Corp Clifton N J. by Tuesday. McDougall says conversion will occur early 1950 with 7500 lines in La Crosse and 300 in Onalaska, as crews splice cables and install dials.
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la Crosse Telephone Corp
Federal Telephone and Radio Corp
Clifton
N. J
la Crosse Company
W. G. McDougall
McDougall
la Crosse
Onalaska
Alaska
la Crosse Telephone Corporation
Jay Street
William Olive Released by Communist Authorities in Shanghai
U S Vice-Consul William M Olive, 32 of Ironton Missouri, was released after three days in jail following brutal beating by Shanghai police during a mass parade. Consul General John Cabot says Olive was handcuffed insolent by force and coerced into signings confessions and an apology. Diplomatic protests were filed as Olive's injuries were documented and seven charges reduced to four, with three days punishment already served.
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Shanghai
U. S
Wiliam M. Olive
John Cabot
Communist Liberation Daily
Olive
Liberation Daily
Cabot
Hs Poan
Ironton
U. S. State Department
State Department
Oliver
Tribune For Sale Ad Sells Store Using Found Aid
An old Tribune classified ad touts selling a store via a for sale listing. The piece mentions an apartment size gas range and contact details for buyers. The dramatic line about a third story fall is included as a cautionary hook.
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Tribune
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Ropes
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Young Gunman
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