Housing split headlines a major campaign issue
Washington reports a wide Republican split over housing legislation. Rep Walcott of Michigan promotes a substitute bill critiquing Taft Ellen der Wagner provisions, arguing socialism fears while Democrats push to attach omitted sections to the Taft-Wagner bill. Banking hearings continue as parties spar over home mortgage guarantees and veteran housing support.
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Washington
Rep. Walcott
Michigan
House
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Wolcott
Elliender
Wagner
Michigan House
House of Socialism
GOP to Endorse Slate at Wisconsin Primary Convention
The Wisconsin Republican Party will endorse a slate of state office candidates at its annual Milwaukee convention. Leaders including Harvey Higley and Thomas E. Coleman back a move toBoost party function with no incumbents in state office. Endorsements may favor Acting Gov. Oscar A. Rennebohm as nominee and winner.
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Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
Harvey Higley
Marinette
Thomas E. Coleman
Walter S. Goodland
Julius P. Heil
Oscar A. Rennebohm
United States Backs London Plan for Western Germany
Secretary of State Marshall announced U S acceptance of the London conference proposals for western Germany calling it a major step toward solving German problems. The plan would create a federal government granting home rule and pledges occupiers to withdraw forces by mutual agreement. Marshall said the London program will stand the test of experience and aid economic recovery and political stability in Europe.
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Washington
Marshall
Germany
London
Western Germany
United States
Fifteen Killed In Plane Crash Near Pichucalco
Reported fatalities rose to fifteen after a Servicios Aereos de Mexico plane crashed during a forced landing at La Perla ranch near Pichucalco. Unconfirmed figures listed thirteen passengers plus the pilot and co-pilot among the dead as wreckage was sighted from the air. Communications gaps in the region delayed details.
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Tuxtla Gutierrez
Mexico
la Perla Ranch
Pichucalco
Servicios Aereos de
Weather outlook for La Crosse area turns warmer tonight
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with a low near 60. Thursday brings considerable cloudiness with the possibility of afternoon showers locally.
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la Crosse
Court Martial Overhaul Contested in Senate Vote
The senate voted 44 to 39 to overhaul army and air force court martial procedures. A bid to add a race segregation rider was blocked by a voice vote. The measure also limits the selective service term to two years and allows 25 000 aliens to serve with possible citizenship after five years.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Maybank
D-Sc
House
U. S
Gurney
R-Sd
Council votes to reopen Market Square for food sales
A Tuesday night council vote clears the way to reopen Market Square to fruit and vegetable sales in season and winter poultry and eggs. Residents of the 21st ward oppose, while farmers push for a farmer market and sanitary rules. A separate 12 to 5 vote favors creating a light industrial district along the La Crosse and South Eastern rail line between 15th place and 16th street, despite ward objections about park impact and noise.
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Common Council
Beier
Emil Schultz
Schultz
Edmund Abicht
la Crosse
la Crosse and South Eastern
15Th Place
16Th Street
21St Ward
High Court Overturns Ruling on Utility Anti-Strike Law
Wisconsin Supreme Court vacated a Dane County circuit court decision that Dairyland Power cooperative was not subject to the 1947 utility anti strike law. The court sent the case back for trial court proceedings to determine if the cooperative is a public utility under the statute.
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High Court
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Iieg
Danes County
Reis
Dairyland
Eau Claire
Wee Court
Coal Operators Offer No Wage Increase Plan With Pension Proposal
Soft coal operators proposed a contract with no wage rise but a welfare fund pension plan for miners. John L. Lewis demanded a $100 monthly pension and retroactive benefit payments if talks fail by July 1, with five days to suspend the plan. The miners’ welfare fund holds about $50 million from 10 cent per ton payments, with 50 percent proposed for pensions, while operators keep current 10 cent tolls.
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Washington
Miners’ Welfare Fund
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Wis
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Richmond Elects Negro To Council
Richmond Virginia voters elected Oliver W. Hill a 41 year old Negro attorney to the city council the first such appointment in many years. Hill a World War II veteran and member of the new nine member council will represent the city in its governance.
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Richmond
Oliver W. Hill
Vandenberg Criticizes House Cuts in Aid Funds
Senator Vandenberg denounces the House reduction of ECA aid as a cynical back door cut that guts Europe’s recovery against communism. He testifies before the Senate appropriations committee urging full funding for a 12 month program, arguing political and strategic stakes for the United States.
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Vandenberg
ECA
Washington
Mich
House
Europe
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Rep
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Not Eggs-Actly A Job For The Police
Bangor police refused to investigate a woman’s call about a setting hen that deserted its eggs. Officers advised consulting a poultry expert instead.
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Bangor
Flood Strain Deepens As Columbia Fraser Dikes Fail
The Columbia and Fraser rivers erode soggy dikes across the flood front from Portland to British Columbia. Puget Island drowned as 21 days of rain saturate earthen barriers. Death toll rises with four confirmed in the Memorial Day disaster at Vanport.
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Portland
Columbia
Fraser
Pacific Northwest
Puget Island
U. S. Army
Canadian Navy
Lulu Island
Veddar Canal
Pitt Meadows
British Columbia
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Vanport
Seek Singers In Centennial Pageant Here
Singers are sought for the La Crosse centennial ballad finale July 15 16 and 17. A mass 150 to 200 voice choir will premiere a piece by Wayne R Bohrnstedt now at Bowling Green State University. Rehearsals start Monday 7 30 pm Washburn Auditorium with two weekly sessions. Bohrnstedt to direct with a symphonic orchestra and Johannes Fossum guiding the orchestra. For details call Bohrnstedt before 7 pm at 2735 W or 3576 R.
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la Crosse
Wayne R. Bohrnstedt
Bohrnstedt
Bowling Green State University
Ohio
la Crosse County
Washburn
Bohrnsted
Johannes Fossum
GE Wage Offer Studied by CIO Unions
General Electric proposed an eight percent wage rise for its 125000 CIO workers. Union officials were reviewing the offer today to determine acceptance terms and potential impact on labor negotiations.
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New York
General Electric Company
Demos May Compromise On Rights At Convention
Senator McGrath heads the Democratic National Committee and says southerners may not walk out at the Philadelphia convention over civil rights. Southern delegates threaten to reject anti lynching poll tax and anti discrimination measures as Dixie Democrats meet in Jackson Mississippi. Senator Francis J Myers of Pennsylvania is chosen to lead the platform committee, signaling a possible compromise approach.
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McGrath
Senate
GOP
Congress
Philadelphia
Taft
Ohio
House
Joseph Martin
Mass
Washington
Truman
Jackson
Miss
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Myers
Truman says current Congress worst since first one met
President Truman in Spokane denounces the Republican controlled Congress as the worst since the first, urging Americans to use the November 1948 vote if they oppose the Taft Hartley act. He tell civic celebration at Monahan Square the remedy is the ballot.
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Spokane
Wash
Truman
Congress
Monahan Square
Seminar outlines VA hospital care for veterans
The La Crosse VA office held a second public seminar on veterans affairs detailing neu ropsychiatric treatment at Tomah Veterans Hospital and its future, hospital eligibility and admission, and the role of regional offices. Other talks covered re employment rights, Camp American Legion, and the need for more nurses to support expanded diagnostic work and treatment centers.
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Tomah Veterans’ Hospital
la Crosse VA
Tomah Hospital
G. D. Rice
A. A. Hosinski
H. M. Baxley
Milwaukee
Willard Hield
U. S. Department of Labor
Chicago
Camp American Legion
James F. Burns
American Legion Service
Rice
Red Cross
Hosinski
Loren F. Wood
la Crosse
Guy S. Williams
Leslie V. Dix
C. A. Beranek
John W. Barber
Ex- Po
Bernadotte’s Nine Point Plan Averts Fighting Truce
Arab and Jewish leaders accepted the UN mediator’s four week armistice proposal. Israel and Trans Jordan voiced unconditional acceptance while Egypt warned of heavy casualties from renewed bombing in Cairo. Bernadotte outlined four week limits on troop movement and immigration with UN observers to monitor compliance.
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Cairo
United Nations
Palestine
Tel Aviv
NBC
Israel
Moshe Shertok
Fawzi Pasha Mulki
Trans-Jordan
Amman
Folke Bernadotte
Paris
Chaim Weizmann
Fawzi Pasha
Bernadotte
Anadotte
Jefferson Patterson
Shepheards
Washington
State Department
Nab Light Flasher In Reuther Case
Detroit police arrest Charles Kurgan 46 after he flashed a flashlight at the Walter P. Reuther home. Reuther, CIO United Auto Workers president, was gravely wounded by a shotgun blast through a kitchen window last April 20. Police say they have not yet fully checked Kurgan's story.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
Harry Laschen
Special Investigation
Charles Kurgan
Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Oconto Clubhouse Gutted By Fire
Early morning blaze at the Oconto golf club clubhouse caused 7000 to 8000 dollars in damage. Fire Chief John Reed said merchandise coin machines and members equipment were lost. Firefighters used water from a nearby water hazard due to no hydrant.
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Oconto
Wis
Oconto Golf Club
John Reed
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Texas
Rayburn
Patman
D-Tex
McCormack
Veterans’ Cooperatives
T-E-W Bit
U.S
Western Reich
Jeronimo Remorino
Remorino
Oscar Ivanissevich
Texas and
Oklahoma
Burkburnett
Tex
Market Square
Gross Brothers Transfer Company
Wisconsin Rapids
Trane Company
Council
By Oliver W. DE Wolfe
Economic Cooperation Administration
Helena
Mont
Far West
Columbia River
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