Senate Opens Debate On Repeal Of Taft Hartley Law
Senate debates repeal of the Taft Hartley Act as Elbert D. Thomas opens proceedings. The measure seeks to replace the labor act with a modified Wagner act and faces divided support among Republicans, Democrats, and Southern members.
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Senate
Sen. Thomas
Washington
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Thomas
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
House
Congress
Soldier Dies In Mishap At McCoy
Pvt. Frank B. Foster of the 21st engineers died from injuries after a military truck crash on the Camp McCoy reservation early Monday. Corp. Arden Garner and another passenger were hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. The truck's driver is believed to have lost control. a Camp McCoy board of inquiries is investigating.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Frank B. Foster
21St Engineers
Camp McCoy Reservation
Foster
Olietta Foster
Keyser
W. Va
Tomah Veterans Administration Hospital
Corp
Arden Garner
Birchtree
M. J. Lanham
Monroe County
Garner
Pvt
Charles Balser
Middlebrook
Bids On Disposal Plant Survey At City Meeting
The public utilities and all committees of the common council meet at 7 30 p m Monday to consider bids for a survey of needs at the sewage disposal plant. Alderman William Roellig states time permitting will allow discussion of storm sewer plans on several streets including Wall street Kane to Gohres and Kane George and Wood streets from Sill to Gohres.
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Public Utilities
Common Council
William Roellig
Public Utilities Committee
Wall Street
Charles Street
Black River
Kane, George
Wood Streets
Sill
Gohres
Market At Lowest Level In 2 Years
The stock market fell to a two year low with declines across most groups except utilities. Major issues including U S Steel General Motors Chrysler Studebaker Firestone Tire and Sears Roebuck led the slide while railway bonds edged down slightly amid broader selling.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
General Motors
Chrysler
Stud
Weather outlook for La Crosse area
For La Crosse and vicinity fair and cooler tonight. Tuesday fair and quite cool. Low tonight 52 high Tuesday 74.
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la Crosse
One Armed Repairman Testifies on Russian Spy Trap
A Buffalo repairman testified to FBI supervised operations feeding information to a wartime Russian agent named Andrei Schevchenko. Documents were delivered from Bell Aircraft Buffalo to the spy via his wife library worker, with Empire State Building postcards guiding meetings in New York. FBI delays and State Department guidance to “appease” the suspect were cited as concerns.
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Washington
Buffalo
N. Y
FBI
State Department
House
UN American Activities Committee
J. Franey
Niagara Falls
Franey
Hooker Electro Chemical Co
Bell Aircraft Company
Franeys
Andrei Schevchenko
Schevchenko
New York
Empire State Building
Scevchenko
Covered Wagon Arrives in La Crosse for Bond Drive
In La Crosse the 1949 Opportunity Bond drive opens with a covered wagon symbol arriving Thursday to promote savings bonds. Kenneth Glass notes county sales exceed 22 million since WWII and outlines a school road show on Main Street.
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la Crosse
la Crosse County
Henry J. Ahren
Kenneth Glass
Savings Bond
Milwaukee Division
Main Street
Fourth
Fifth
Wausau
Highway 16
Roosevelt School
Jefferson School
Vocational School
Washington School
Central High School
Longfellow
Hamilton School
Gysbert van Steenwyk
Glass
United States
Treasury
Appeals Court Upholds Contempt Ruling Against Lewis and UMW
The U S circuit court of appeals unanimously sustains contempt convictions of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for failing to halt a strike over miners pensions. Total fines ordered amount to 1 420 000, previously doubled after earlier rulings.
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Appeals Court
John L. Lewis
Washington
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
United Mine Workers
UMW
Dist
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Inheoentls
Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Test On School Matter Up To Council
City Attorney Fred E. Steele said the decision on the La Crosse area school matter rests with the common council and the board of education after Judge Steinle upheld the school committee order attaching two French Island districts to La Crosse for school purposes. Steele noted potential personal liability for the city clerk and treasurer if future suits arise or if bond issues and board rights are affected.
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Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
la Crosse
French Island
Steele
Offer Free Bus Rides For Local Day Shoppers
Local transit agency announces free bus rides for shoppers on the upcoming holiday. The program aims to boost downtown commerce and ease parking demand. Officials say passes are available at city centers and transit hubs starting Friday.
Dollar Day Free Bus Rides Planned by Merchants Group
The ES cM Merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce announces free bus rides for shoppers to North and South side shopping areas on Tuesday and Wednesday. La Crosse Transit Company schedules are 9:30 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m. on both days.
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Merchants Division
The
Chamber of Commerce
la Crosse Transit Company
LaRowe death releases Sawyer estate funds for city auditorium
Frank LaRowe 82 died May 30 in Bur me according to city attorney Fred Steele. The city of La Crosse now receives the Sawyer estate trust funds totaling 639078.04 as residual beneficiary to fund the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium construction under city officers’ direction.
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Burme
Tee Rowe
Mary E. Sawyer
Sawyer
Fred Steele
Sebastian J. Bellomo
la Rowe
Buffalo
Bellomo
LaRowe
City of la Crosse
Steele
Frank LaRowe
la Crosse
Henry J. Ahrens
Common Council
Teele
Senate Panel Approves Anti Lynching Bill in Session
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved an anti lynching bill introduced by Senator Ferguson of Michigan. The measure, a civil rights milestone, carries up to a $10,000 fine or 20 years imprisonment or both for conspiracy to incite aid or commit a lynching and applies to peace officers and lynch mobs.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Congress
McCarran
D-Nev
Truman Names Woman To Sign U S Currency
President Truman nominated Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark of Richland Kansas as the first woman treasurer of the United States. The 49 year old banker and former Democratic National Committee member fills the $10 330 a year post and will sign all U S currency. Mrs. Clark noted her handwriting is humorously terrible.
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Washington
Truman
Georgia Neese Clark
Richland
Kans
United States
Clark
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
William A. Julian
U. S
Boy Admits Thefts Here
A 15 year old boy confessed to police that he entered five local houses in the past month and took wrist watches a rifle cartridges air guns knives spurs a blanket a camera an electric shaver and about 27 dollars in cash. He was arrested Sunday morning after police found two watches in his possession. He also admitted shoplifting in locals stores on three occasions and was turned over to the probation department.
Hold Immunization Clinic Here Tuesday
The first of three monthly diphtheria and whooping cough immunization clinics will be held at 9 a m Tuesday in city hall. It is open to children six months to six years whose parents cannot afford care from their family doctors. Dr. Garland Weidner urged parents to bring their children so immunization can be completed in these clinics.
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Garland Weidner
Weidner
Batory Crew Cleared As Eisler Escape Scrutiny Eases
New York report says the Polish liner Batory sails at noon Monday once her crew is cleared of any involvement in Gerhart Eisler's escape. The luxury liner had been under close scrutiny since docking Saturday.
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New York
Gerhart Eisler
Batory
Wisconsin GOP delegates set for La Crosse convention
Two thousand four hundred seventy five delegates from Wisconsin’s 71 counties will attend the state Republican party convention in La Crosse on June 11. Delegates are apportioned one for every 250 Republican votes or fraction thereof cast for the GOP presidential candidate in 1948.
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GOP
Wisconsin
Republican Party
la Crosse
Harvey Higley
Madison
Higley
Adams
Ashland
Barron
Bayfield
Brown
Buffalo
Burnett
Calumet
Chippewa
Clark
Columbia
Crawford
Dane
Dodge
Door
Douglas
Dunn
Eau Claire
Florence
Fond du Lac
Forest
Grant
Green
Green Lake
Iowa
Pepin
Pierce
Polk
Portage
Price
Racine
Richland
Rock
Rusk
St. Croix
Saul
Sawyer
Shawano
Sheboygan
Taylor
Trempealeau
Vernon
Vilas
Walworth
Washburn
Farmer Shoots Self While Awaiting Crows
Os hank osk Wis farmer Lawrence Hunter age 27 was shot in the leg when a shotgun he took to shoot crows discharged as his tractor hit a bump while plowing. He was reported in good condition at Mercy Hospital.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Lawrence Hunter
Hunter
Mercy Hospital
Hickenlooper Attacks AEC Over Security Question
Senator Hickenlooper charged that a top atomic reports draftsman once faced suspension after an FBI inquiry found derogatory information. He pressed Lilienthal for testimony and FBI records on security breaches while the AEC faced scrutiny of its personnel and safeguards.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Congress
FBI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Commission
AlIowa
Junk Business Humming Five Years After D-Day at Omaha
On Omaha Beach five years after D-Day only remnants remain as junk dealers salvage prefabricated harbor components. Belgian firm Van Loo organized tank trades with scrap metal, while Walter van den Berger eyes a million tons of salvage worth about fourteen dollars a ton. Guards at the Normandy cemetery recall D-Day memories as veterans describe crowded beaches and ammunition shortages amid ongoing salvage operations.
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Omaha Beach
Normandy
Easy Red Beach
France
van Loo
Antwerp
Omaha
Utah
Walter van den Berger
Richard Roberts
Norton
16Th
U. S. Infantry
Roberts
Robert
George A. Taylor
Young Uncle Saves Child From Drowning Tragedy in La Crosse Area
In La Crosse area on Sunday two boys died while a 12 year old uncle rescued eight year old Judy Misna from a lagoon. Ronald Roberts dived to save her as the boat motor failed. Theodore Fauver Jr. died of a heart attack after being found in a motor boat near his home. Douglas Warren Smith 11, slipped and drowned while wading on French Island. The sheriff’s department fire units and county authorities investigated and treated victims.
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Tribune
Judy Misna
Richard Misna
Pettibone Island
Ronald Roberts
Ronald
Lincoln Junior High School
Junior Optimists
la Crosse
Douglas Warren Smith
Avon Street
French Island
Theodore Fauver, Jr
Shore Acres
Minn
South Pettibone Island
Pine Street
Smith Boy
Granville Smith
Warren Smith
Ed Stevens
Fifth Avenue South
French Island Lake
Sheriff's Department
Ivan Wright
Richard Wilkinson
Albert Lord
Fauver
Theodore Fauver
Jerry Henthrone
Fauvers
Henthorne
Emerson Orthopedic School
Wright
Houston
Richard
Misna
Emma Blasek
Linda Tabbert
Shore
Elizabethan Thumb Rings and Tribune Help Wanted Ad
The article notes wedding rings worn on the thumb in Elizabethan England with portraits as evidence and contrasts modern practices. It then advertises Tribune want ads offering chores like a housekeeper or companion for a lady in an apartment, listing Samuels at 131 South 15th St and phone 376.
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England
Tribune
Samuels
South 15Th St
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Mary Sawyer
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Self
Robert Eunson
Douglas Smith
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