Bevin Links Dollar Crisis to U S Farm Prices
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons that high US farm support prices fuel Britain’s dollar crisis. He argued welfare-state costs in both nations affect balance of payments, with Cripps planning Washington talks on credits or gold price terms. Commonwealth leaders plan a temporary 25 percent cut in dollar-area purchases.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United States
House of Commons
Industr
Bevin
House
Commons
Cripps
Stafford Cripps
Washington
U. S
Australia
New Zealand
India
South Africa
Pakistan
Ceylon
Canada
Florists Hear Top Speakers At Wisconsin Convention
Florists hear executives urge growth through cooperation and better advertising. Robert Roland stresses prices in displays and aggressive salesmanship while David Puerner cites Milwaukee cooperative ads as proof of success. Efforts to improve window displays and coordinated promotion are outlined by H F Hale and Erwin Hemme as the convention proceeds.
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Robert Roland
Society of American Florists
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Roland
Florists
Milwaukee
David Puerner
Milwaukee Florists Publicity Association
Cooperative Advertising
Milwau
H. F. Hale
Hale
Erwin Hemme
La Crosse area forecast with cooler temperatures
The La Crosse region calls for a fair and cooler night with a low near 56 degrees. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with a high around 82. Water temperature at the municipal pool on Tuesday measured 1 degree.
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la Crosse
Ot Municipal Swimming Pool
Justice Frank Murphy Dies Of Heart Attack
Justice Frank Murphy of the United States Supreme Court died in Detroit at 6 45 am Tuesday from a coronary occlusion He was 59 and had served on the high court since 1940 A devout religious man and Democrat his career included governor general of the Philippines U S attorney general and mayor of Detroit He was known for liberal dissents and his public life spanned Michigan the Philippines and Washington D C
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Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Murphy
Philippines
U. S
Detroit
United States Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Henry Ford
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The
United States
Roosevelt
Committee Refuses To Probe Judge Kaufman Case
The House Judiciary Committee remains reluctant to initiate a congressional inquiry into Judge Samuel H Kaufman in the Alger Hiss perjury case. Chairman Celler would likely disqualify himself due to past work for the judge. No rush to start formal probes into claims of bias and jury failure to reach a verdict.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Alger Hiss
Congress
Celler
CNY
Samuel H. Kaufman
Hiss
State Department
The
United States
Sparta Air Spraying Postponed Again to Wednesday
Sparta Wisconsin postpones the air spraying project to Wednesday morning after pilot Arthur Aldrich of Air Spray Inc. Milwaukee failed to appear Tuesday. Mayor H. H. Williams Jr. said the plan now targets 5 to 8 a m Wednesday with DDT.
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Sparta
Wis
Specia
H. H. Williams, Jr
Arthur Aldrich
Air Spray Inc
Milwaukee
Ulrich
Wiliams
Aldrich
Kids Ready for First Fishing Contest at Lagoon
Youngsters aged five to seventeen prepare for a Wednesday fishing contest at the Lagoon with divisions for 5 to 9, 10 to 14, and 15 to 17 year olds. Prizes include rods reels baits and hooks donated by local stores Fairs director helps register contestants and supervises weigh in while playground directors provide numbers for back displays.
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Fellows
Badger Club
Mississippi
Huck Finn
Badger
Wisconsin Highway 14 Detour Planned For 5.8 Mile Project
The Wisconsin Highway Commission announced a $371 308 project closing U S 14 from the Five Mile Hill to Brinkman Ridge with a detour via Highway 33 to Cashton and Highway 27 to Westby. Henry Raemisch Co Middleton will relocate and grade the right of way and lay a gravel base. the long term plan calls for concrete paving. Governor Rennebohm signed the contract July 7. Mindoro Construction Co West Salem will work on 7 miles of county trunks Mather to Beaver Creek for 1058. Fletcher Construction Co Menomonie awarded 9 142 miles of U S 53 from Pigeon Falls to Osseo for 392 753.
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Five Mile Lines
Brinkman Ridge
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Commission
Fifth Division
la Crosse
Cashton
Westby
Oscar Rennebohm
Fifth Division Highway Office
Henry Raemisch
Coon Valley
Westby Ridge
Mather
Beaver Creek
Jimeau County
Mindoro Construction Co
West Salem
Fletcher Construction Co
Menomonie
Pigeon Falls
Osseo
County Board Holds Special Meeting On Machinery Funds
County supervisors focused on money as they met to hear an application by the highway committee to transfer 45000 from the surplus to the machinery fund. Officials noted equipment costs and a cost accounting system limit the fund’s ability to finance new machinery. The finance committee recommended further action at the next board session.
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County Board of Supervisors
County Highway Committee
Machinery Fund
Highway Committee
Finance Committee
Gordon Feinberg
la Crosse Tribune
Feinberg
Ee Aan
Paul Hartwig
Terpstra
March
Hartwig
Wisconsin
Ee County Board
Chest Elects 21 Directors
Following the acceptance of the articles of incorporation for the Community Chest and Welfare Federation of La Crosse, 21 directors were elected at a public meeting in the city hall chambers. Seven represent financially participating agencies and labor groups, with the rest elected at large. Term lengths vary by one, two, or three years, to be decided at a Wednesday board meeting at the Chamber of Commerce office. Officers to be chosen, including press, at that time.
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Community Chest and Welfare Federation of
la Crosse
Council
John Sleik, Jr
Boy Scouts
Sigurd Gundersen
Family Welfare Association
Charles Loveland, Jr
Girl Scouts
W. Leo Murphy
En Newburg
Peter Pappas
H. Pearse
Karl Schaettle
A. E. Schiller
Runge Sletten
Chamber of Commerce
Chinese Reds Move On Lienhwa Report
Pro nationalist dispatches say three Communist armies converge on Lienhwa in central China to sever the Hangon Canton railway. The reports claim the objective is to cut the line at Gehyang and Lei yang about 50 miles south of Lienhwa.
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Hong Kong
Lienhwa
China
Hangon-Canton
Gehyang
Leiyang
Polio Cases Grow in La Crosse Area as Death Reported
La Crosse area reports two new polio cases bringing infantile paralysis totals to seven in the city and 21 in the Coulee Region for 1949. A 14 month old La Crosse girl and a 2 1/2 year old Sparta girl remain in isolation. Lindy Showen of Richfield Minnesota is recovering and no paralysis. Trygve Flugstad of Westby dies from polio at 13. Funeral in Westby slated.
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la Crosse
Coulee
Sparta
Lindy
William Showen
Richfield
Minneapolis
Minn
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Owen
C. W. Showen
Air Force
University of Minnesota
Trygve Burton Flugstad
Burton Flugstad
Westby
Viroqua
Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church
Westby High School
Polio Aid Team Arrives to Demonstrate Treatmentapparatus
A polio aid team from Northwestern University Evanston arrives in La Crosse Wednesday morning to demonstrate latest equipment and diagnostic methods. Dr. Emil Hauser leads the group with Dr. Arthur Abt and nurse Lucille Kazawa. 75 to 100 nurses and 60 doctors from the area will attend lectures and demonstrations at St Francis School of Nursing.
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la Crosse
Northwestern University
Evanston
la Crosse Area
Emil Hauser
Arthur Isaac Abt
Lucille Kazawa
St. Francis School of Nursing
Dorothy Anderson
City Public Health
Trempealeau
Vernon
Monroe
School of Nursing
Truman Warns Communism Faces Temporary Triumphs
President Truman told Shriner delegates that communism may have temporary triumphs but will either destroy itself or abandon its effort to force others into its pattern. He outlined a two-pronged crusade: strengthen the American economy and ensure recovery abroad does not stall. The speech was broadcast globally, with no direct Russia naming in the text. He predicted the North Atlantic pact to be ratified and urged continuing aid to oppressed peoples to spread facts for a stable world.
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Chicago
Truman
Mr. Truman
Russia
Kremlin
United States
Senate
Farm bill fights stalled after Murphy death
Washington reports that the farm bill debate stalled as Justice Murphy died in Detroit. The House adjourned in respect and rescheduled the farm debate for Wednesday while Senate action erased hog subsidies from Brannan plan. A coalition opposed to the plan rejected a potato egg and wool compromise, signaling a full battle to kill the Bray bill.
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Washington
Capitol
House
Supreme Court
Murphy
Detroit
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Former City Fireman Dies After Long Service
Peter Ruud aged 69 of 1317 Charles street died Monday night at his daughter’s home at 2216 State. Ruud joined the fire department October 10 1902 served at station 2 transferred to 4 in 1907 and became driver at station 4 in 1920 retiring February 1 1926. He married Grace E. Ploof January 14 1908 and is survived by his wife five daughters a son seven grandchildren three brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Peter Ruud
Charles Street
Allan Schilling
State Street
Ruud
Fire Department
Servirtz
Grace E. Ploof
Allan
Agnes) Schilling
Julius
Marion) Smith
George
Charlotte) Walters
John
Dorothy) Weiss
la Crosse
Leon
Lois) Edman
Fall Church
Thomas
Harold
Carl
Nels
C. O
Clara) Syverson
E. O
Agnes) Syverson
Emma) Houglam
Rygate
Mont
Mildred
Donald
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New York
Steelman
Carroll R. Daugherty
Ill
David L. Cole
Paterson, N. J
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Chest
Dean
Albert Flugstad
H. O. Aasen
Coon Prairie Cemetery
Polio
Arthur Zintek
State Board of Health
Carl N. Neupert
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Garland Weidner
County Medical Society
NFIP
Ernest B. Vaccaro
House Coalition
Aiken
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