Senate approves revised OPA bill for next week vote
The Senate Banking Committee endorsed a heavily trimmed extension of price controls. The bill would extend authority one year beyond June with major curbs on meat and dairy controls and new limits on subsidies and reconversion items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Banking Committee
Chamber
Wagner
N-Y
House
Chester Bowles
Secretary of Agriculture
OPA
Face-Lifting Main Street Urged By La Crosse Mayor Verchota
Mayor J J Verchota urged cleaning up Main Street from Third to Sixth streets as part of a larger civic revival. He outlined city plans including a civic center area with city hall court house and auditorium and discussed financing major projects with bonds. He noted La Crosse has an assessed value around 59 million dollars and less than 400 thousand dollars in bonded debt by year end.
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Third
Sixth Streets
J. J. Verchota
la Crosse
Main Street
Fifth Avenue
Aviation
Madison
Bernard Zahn
R. L. Bangsberg
The
la Crosse Tribune
Congress Faces Clash Over Teen Draft Extension
The Senate backed continuing draft age rules to May 15 with 18 and 19 year olds eligible, while the House opposed teen inductions and set an earlier end date. A conference committee must bridge age, extension, and pay gaps before the current law expires on June 30.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Holstein-Friesian Association Elects Officers
The Holstein-Friesian association concluded its annual meeting with W. S. Moscrip of Lake Elmo, Minn re-elected president for the third year. Sarah Van Housen Jones of Rochester Michigan was elected vice president succeeding Mrs W S of Derby Connecticut. Directors for three-year terms include John Wurnethrich of Greenwood Wisconsin.
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Rockford
Holstein-Friesian Association
Sarah van Housen Jones
Rochester
Mich
W. S
Derby
Conn
W. S. Moscrip
Lake Elmo
Monn
John Wurnethrich
Greenwood
Wis
County Clerk Appeals to Check License Numbers for Plate Titles
Esther Domke county clerk urges residents to verify license numbers 68-529 and 63-637 to determine holders of series two plates. Titles are missing and use of licenses will stop until the motor vehicle department in Madison confirms titles. Mrs Domke’s court house phone is 175.
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Esther Domke
Motor Vehicle Department
Madison
Miss Domke
Court House
Milwaukeean Frank Greusel elected Rotary District governor
Frank W. Greusel, president of Greusel Distributing Corp. of Milwaukee, was elected governor of Rotary International's 144th district covering 44 Wisconsin clubs, succeeding William L. Ainsworth of Fond du Lac.
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Atlantic City
X. J
Frank W. Greusel
Greusel Distributing Corp
Milwaukee
Wis
Rotary International
Wisconsin
William L. Ainsworth
Fond du Lar
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with a low around 64. Local thundershowers expected Friday with continued mild conditions and highs near 65.
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la Crosse
Two Cars Collide at Fourth and King Streets
At 5 18 p m on Fourth and King streets Mildred W Erbst of 1006 South Fourth street and Marie B Hammes of 119 North 17th street collided. Erbst turned left from King onto Fourth and struck the Hammes car on its left front side. Damages were about 63 dollars. No injuries reported.
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Mildred W
Erbst
South Fourth Street
Marie B. Hammes
North 17Th Street
Fourth
King Streets
King
Hammes
Governor appoints William C Roe Adams County Sheriff
Gov Goodland announces William C Roe of Friendship appointed Adams county sheriff to replace the resigned Frank Malinowsky. Roe, a veteran of World War I and II, served as a captain in World War II and brings 20 years of police experience.
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Madison —i
Goodland
William C. Roe
Friendship
Adams County
Frank Malinowsky
Roe
Jap Youth Planned To Pretend Killing General MacArthur
An 18 year old Japanese youth Tenmari Arai reportedly planned to join the Communist party and pretend to kill General MacArthur to discredit the party. He said he would not actually injure the general but would pretend to kill him and hoped to influence public opinion.
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General MacArthur
Tokyo
MacArthur
Communist Party
Tenmari Arai
Arai
Flour Shortage Leaves La Crosse Bakers With Three Week Supply
City bakers report flour on hand will last about three weeks amid the nation’s wheat drought. Production cuts of up to 35 percent strain supplies as households deplete stock and most bakers expect no relief soon. Some optimism arises from bumper Texas and Oklahoma winter wheat crops and a possible shift of foreign relief wheat to hard-pressed markets.
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la Crosse
Herman Steen
Federation
Texas
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
New York
Fire rages through La Salle hotel lobby in Chicago blaze
Chicago investigators opened inquiries into the La Salle hotel fire that killed 58, with 55 identified. Evacuation of the 22 story ruin affected over 1,000 guests. The blaze prompted closings of two theaters and five night clubs and a blue ribbon inquest jury of 11 experts was convened.
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la Salle Hotel
Chicago
Louis Marco
Emil Landsnes
la Salle
Madison Streets
Loop
The
Shubert
Great Northern
Edward J. Kelly
Congress Group Works To Dodge Maritime Bolt
Thousands of AFL seamen walked off ships in American ports threatening a nationwide maritime strike. Congress moved to prevent disruption, with a House labor subcommittee hearings planned and CIO AFL tensions mounting as union leaders clash over when to strike. President Truman urged collective bargaining while warnings of government action lingered.
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Congress Group
Dodge Maritime Bolt
Washington
AFL
Harry Lundberg
AFL Seafarers International Union
San Francisco
CIO
CIO National Maritime Union
George M. Kekiche
Seattle
Coleagues
NMU
House Labor Committee
A. B. Kelley
D-Pa
Kelley
Great Lakes
New York
West Coast
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Pacific
Sailor Union
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Capitol Hill
Truman
Labor Department
Harry Lundeberg
Lundeberg
Labor
Schwellenbach
Austin Named U N Delegate to United Nations Security Council
Senator Warren R. Austin of Vermont was named by President Truman to succeed Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as American representative on the United Nations Security Council. The $20 000 a year post places immediate responsibility on Austin to advance U S foreign policy in the council.
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Washington
Warren R. Austin
R-Vt
International Peace Organization
Truman
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United National Security Council
United Nations
Charles G. Ross
United States
Byrnes
Austin
Senate
Six Month Sentence For Wearing Army Uniform
Reinhold Frese, 28, of Kenosha, was sentenced to six months in federal prison for illegally wearing an army uniform. Judge F Ryan Duffy also fined him $100 after a prior related six month sentence in 1945.
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Milwaukee
Reinhold Frese
Kenosha
F. Ryan Duffy
Frese
Royal Jewels Stolen From Castle Used By U S Officers
German authorities report the loss of $1.5 million in royal jewels from Kronberg castle in Frankfurt. The items, stored in the basement for nearly two years, disappeared after a container was moved last November 6 while the castle served as an American officers recreation center.
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Frankfurt
Germany
House of Hesse
Kronberg
Orlando and Bonomi Top Candidates for Italy Chief
Rome reports Queen Maria Jose sails to Portugal aboard the Duca Degli Abruzzi as Vittorio Emanuele Orlando and Ivanoe Bonomi emerge as likely presidential contenders for Italy's new republic. Umberto II plans exile after a 12.7 million vote. two million margin confirms republic victory.
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Orlando
Bonomi
Italy
Rome
Maria Jose
Portugal
Republic
House of Savoy
Umberto II
Royal
Savoy
Duca Degli Abruzzi
Naples
Gaeta
Umberto
Egypt
Vittorio Emanuele II
Two Inmates Escape From Wisconsin Prison Farm
Two men from La Crosse County escaped from a Oneida prison farm yesterday after turning over horses to fellow inmates. David Jenkins, 20, serving a one to five year term for auto theft, and Ralph Swenningson, 25, awaiting rape sentencing, fled into nearby woods. Jenkins is 5'9" 155 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. Swenningson stands 5'10" 175 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.
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Madison
Wis
State Department of Public Welfare
Wisconsin State Reformatory
Green Bay
Oneida
David Jenkins
la Crosse County
Ralph Swenningson
la Crosse
Jenkins
Swenningson
St. Paul
State Blue Book Delayed To August With 703 Pages
Howard Ohm legislative reference librarian said the 1946 state Blue Book will be issued two months late due to labor disputes and material shortages. It will appear in August instead of June and contain 703 pages.
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Madison
Howard Ohm
Legislative
Streamliners Crash Head-On In Oregon injuring fifty
An eastbound Union Pacific passenger train failed to take a siding at Hot Lake Oregon and crashed head on into the westbound City of Portland streamliner. A brakeman died and about 50 people were slightly injured in the collision near La Grande.
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LA .Grande
Ore
Union Pacific
Hot Lake
Here
City of
Portland
Chicago
Superior Man Shoots Wife and Self Before Children
William Helbacka 40 of Hubbell Michigan shot and killed his wife then killed himself on a secluded road near Superior as five small stepchildren watched. The wife was shot while seated beside him in the front of their parked car. the children were in the back seat.
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Superior
William Helbacka
Hubbell
Mich
Andy Borg
Borg
Near Agreement Reported on Pennsylvania Coal Strike
New York leaders of the AFL United Mine Workers and anthracite operators were reportedly closer to a contract to end the strike by 75,000 Pennsylvania hard coal miners.
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New York
AFL
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
127th Inf Reunion Plans in Manitowoc
A victory reunion of the 127th Infantry Division from World Wars I and II will be held in Manitowoc Friday through Sunday. A banquet and memorial service will highlight the program.
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Manitowoc
127Th Infantry Division
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Verchota
Bangsberg
Civic Improvements Committee
Common Council
R. H. Heinecamp
Traffic Bureau
Leonard Hohman
Glenn Williams
Minneapolis
Nickle Plate Railroad
American Puppeteers’ Association
Arthur Tausche
Milwaukeean District
Rotary
Food Distributors Association of Finds
Jess B. Smith
Associated Millers of Kansas Wheat
Kansas City
Gdkeasan
Henry Eckhardt
Eddie Kowalske
U.N
U. S
Ivanoe Bonomi
la Crosse Court
Oregon
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