Paris Peace Meet Convenes Amid War Dedication and Open Talks
The Paris Peace Conference opens at Luxembourg Palace with 1500 delegates as France seeks clear postwar settlements. Bidault named provisional chairman after Byrnes pushed for fully open negotiations. US France Britain and Russia weigh public release of treaty texts affecting Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria and Finland.
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Paris
Luxembourg Palace
Europe
France
I. Ae
Bidault
Russia
U.S
James F. Byrnes
Berk Prem
Byrnes
Depen
Britain
Tomorow
Italy
Rosaeres
Hungary
Bulgaria
Foreign Ministers Council
London
Tashington
Moscow
Caledonia Group Seeks Hearing on Milwaukee Road Abandonment
The Caledonia Commercial club requests a hearing with the Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission on the Milwaukee Road plan to abandon its washed out Caledonia to Reno route. President George Bissen says an early hearing is sought and no special meeting was called. Cities affected include Caledonia Mabel Spring Grove Canton Harmony Freeburg Reno and Preston with eastern service via La Crosse disrupted if approved.
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Caledonia
Minn
Spe
Celedonia Commercial Club
Minpesotea Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Milwaukee Road
Reno
George Bissen
Commercial Club
Mabel
Spring Grove
Canton
Harmony
Freeburg
Preston
le Crosse
Homicide warrant issued in Wisconsin case
A warrant charging Jack O’Leary with negligent homicide cites a July 7 collision in Sparta. O’Leary allegedly struck a stalled car and another vehicle, injuring occupants. Tomah man Thompson died from injuries. O’Leary is to be arraigned Friday before Justice Rex Gondrezieck in Tomah.
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Sparta
Wis
Jack O'Leary
O'Leary
Tomah
Thompson
Vic
Rex Gondrezieck
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered thundershowers. Continued warm conditions with a low near 67 and a high around 80 degrees.
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la Crosse
Tomight
Mellerdrummer The Story Of Susie Life
A curious feature piece titled Mellerdrummer follows Susie through key moments in life and reflects the editor's playful note about the author possibly appearing at readers dinner tables soon.
House approves deficit bill funding GI furlough pay and OPA
A $5.43 billion GI furlough payment allotment and a $26 million OPA fund head a $2.48 billion deficit bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee. The measure covers overtime pay for government workers, use of AEC funds for the Manhattan Project, and military aid to the Philippines, with provisions on bonds vs cash for pay and a trimmed furlough payoff estimate.
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Washington, D. C
House Appropriations Committee
OPA
Manhattan
Atomic Energy Commission
War Department
Philippines
House
Navy
Senate-House
Senate
Price Control Agency
Congress
Police Guard British Consulate After Bomb Threat
More than 100 New York City police were deployed in lower Manhattan after an anonymous caller threatened to blow up the Cunard building, a 25 story site housing the British consulate. Officers searched the building from top to bottom, with guards left at key points for the day.
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New York
Lower Manhattan
Cunard
Gertrude Salt
Thomas Hammill
Guard Tightened After Heirens Suicide Note Found
A jail cell guard was intensified after Sheriff Mulcahy reported a note found in William Heirens cell hinting at suicide. Heirens, 17, faces charges in Degnan and Brown killings as defense lawyers plan court steps and possible confession proceedings.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Michael Mulcahy
William J. Tuohy
Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
Roland Towle
Defense
Mom
Pop
Mulcahy
Chicago Daily Times
Degnan
Brown
Malachy Coghland
Wisconsin Legislature Sets Emergency Hearings on Salary Grants
Madison Wis special session marches through two executive bills one to raise teacher salaries and support state employees the other to empower veterans housing funding lawmakers plan rapid adjournment amid hotel shortages and a $1 150 000 emergency appropriation to fund unforeseen needs through March 1 1947 the governor cites three factors driving the emergency board finances and officials outline proposed boosts for normal schools and staff bonuses.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Goodland
Department of Public Welfare
Assembly
Joint Committee On Finance
Senate
Joint Veterans’ Committee
Fred Zimmerman
Frank Graass
Bureau of Personnel
Wisconsin State Employes Association
Graas
Congress
Gov. Goodland
Emergency Board
Edgar Doudna
State Board of Regents For Normal Schools
vVoudnes
Rain briefly lowers heat in city with scattered storms
Local meteorologist A. D. Sanial notes rainfall of 1.40 inches by 2 p m cooling temps briefly. He predicts a return to near 86 degrees this afternoon with partly cloudy skies and possible thundershowers tonight.
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A. D. Sanial
Sanial
Brice Prairie
Samal
Chippewa River
Ask Withholding Of All 1946 Cotton Crop
Atlanta authorities report State Agriculture Commissioner Tom Linder will host a meeting next Monday to urge cotton farmers to withhold the entire 1946 crop from the market. He accuses the Agriculture and State departments of withholding export information to push prices downward.
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Atlanta
Tom Linder
Linder
Department of Agriculture
Department of State
Wisconsin Fishermen Told Licenses Required on Minnesota Side
Wisconsin anglers must hold a resident $1 fishing license to fish from the Minnesota side of the Mississippi River, per the county clerk. Those staying on the Wisconsin side using only one pole without a reel are exempt, but any Wisconsin anglers with rods and reels need licenses.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mississippi
NLRB Orders Election For Plantation Packing Workers
The National Labor Relations Board ordered an election to decide if employees of Plantation Packing in Milwaukee want representation by the United Packinghouse Workers of America CIO.
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Washington, D. C
Plantation Packing Company
Milwaukee
United Packinghouse Workers of America
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Plan Consumer Council In City
Representatives of labor fraternal and religious groups will meet at city hall to form a consumers council to combat rising prices. Malcolm Lloyd chairing said letters went to nearly 100 groups seeking representation. The council may be activated later to curb price rises or monitor black market activity.
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Consumers’ Council
Malcolm Lloyd
CIO
Lloyd
OPA
Public Lands Offer 241 Vet Homesteads This Year
Washington announces 241 new western homestead farms for war veterans this year per Rep. Case. Veterans may file on public lands to establish farms under the program.
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Washington
Case
R-Sd
City Clerk Extends Office Hours to Sign Voters
City Clerk Fred Kramer announced the clerk’s office at City Hall will stay open until 9 p m Tuesday to assist voters who have not registered for the August 13 primary. Only two days remain until the Wednesday 5 p.m. deadline. all voting sites will also run 12 noon to 9 p.m. Thursday to train eligible voters on the new voting machines at all 21 polling places.
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Fred Kramer
Kramer
Law rules out Cass Street for Route 16 in La Crosse
Wisconsin highway chairman James R. Law denies Cass street as the U S highway 16 route. He cites established bridge routing and says a city petition for rerouting is being studied with a possible decision soon after division engineer findings. Local leaders await the commission's next move.
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Cass Street
James R. Law
Wisconsin Highway Commission
la Crosse Tribune
the Tribune
Law
la Crosse
State Highway Commission
Wabasha
J. J. Verdota
Highway Commission
Hitler Aide Seen in Munich Sparks New Manhunt
American intelligence officers report Martin Bormann, Hitler’s deputy, seen in Munich last week as a house to house search resumes. The missing Nazi leader is on trial in absentia before the International Military Tribunal. A disgruntled former chauffeur, Jakob Glas, implicated after saying he was certain the man seen was Bormann.
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Mernberg
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Berlin
Munich
Bormann Long
International Military Tribunal
Bormann
Election on representation at Arrowhead Bridge Co in Superior
The 18th region of the National Labor Relations Board announced that a vote to determine if Arrowhead Bridge Co employees in Superior Wisconsin want IBEW representation will be held there tomorrow. Alan Bruce, acting director of the NLRB region, disclosed the decision.
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Minneapolis
Arrowhead Bridge Co
Superior
Wis
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Alan Bruce
National Labor Relations Board
Hoan pushes liberal party to reform Wisconsin politics
Democratic governor candidate Daniel W. Hoan calls for a second liberal party in Wisconsin to curb big business and end reactionary rule. He vows three more Democrats in Congress to back the Truman administration and discusses a potential write-in candidate in the third district.
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Wisconsin
Daniel W. Hoan
la Crosse
Hoan
Eau Claire
Democratic Party Committee
Union
Democratic Party
William H. Stevenson
Collision Collapses Ferry Tow Boats On Mississippi
Muddy Mississippi search for bodies after a ferry struck two oil laden barges near Caruthersville Missouri. Ten or more missing, thirteen saved, 20 to 30 aboard as the ferry overturned dumping cars and passengers into the river. River pilots and officials report the flames and wreckage as investigators head to the scene.
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Caruthersville
Mississippi
Ere
Missouri
Tennessee
Charles E. Hendrix
Jerry Vickers
Jennings
Mount Vernon
Ind
Fred B. Zigler
G. B. Zigler Towing Co
E. W. Rogers
Vicksburg
Miss
Rogers
Roger
Pierce
Memphis
Veterans Charged With Charity Status At GOP Picnic
At a Milwaukee county Republican picnic yesterday Joseph McCarthy declared war veterans are being treated like charity clients and that care for veterans and their dependents is closest to his heart. D. J. Kenny and Herman C. Runge also spoke on the platform.
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Milwaukee
Joseph McCarthy
U. S
D. J. Kenny
West Bend
GOP
Herman C. Runge
Sheboygan
Appleton Jurist
Lightning Ignites Ashland Plant Fire
Ashland Wisconsin fire destroyed the two story Scott and Taylor Co. building, a furniture and wood products maker, after a lightning strike. Fire Chief Harry S Lundberg estimated the loss at 100000 dollars as the blaze smoldered for hours before bursting into flames and triggering an alarm.
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Ashland
Wis
Scott & Taylor Co
Harry S. Lundberg
Lundberg
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