Tucker and 7 Aides Indicted in Grand Jury Probe
Tucker and seven associates face 31 federal counts including mail fraud and SEC violations over a car promotion scheme. The grand jury cited $28 million spent on promo and franchise deals, with bail set at $25 000 for top defendants and $10 000 for others.
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Chicago
Perston T. Tucker
Securities and Exchange Commission
John P. Barnes
Tucker
Tucker Corporation
Harold A. Karsten
Avraham Karatz
North Hollywood
Calif
Minneapolis
Floyd D. Cerf
Robert Pierce
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cliff Knoble
Chrysler Corp
Barnes
Cerf
Pierce
Karsten
Ypsilanti Machine and Tool Company
Grand Jury
Hudson Motor Co Resumes Work After Third Delay
Hudson Motor Car Co. restarts production in Detroit after a third weekly interruption. The company laid off 15 000 workers for a day citing a wildcat strike by a small group of assembly workers.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Co
Hudson
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Saturday. Low tonight 60. High Saturday 82.
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la Crosse
Girl 11 asks Chicago mayor about ridiculosis in lice fight
Maryann Tkocz, 11, at a luncheon by the Commerce Association, told the mayor Chicago battles pests with a tone of pride and humor. She declared in our neighborhood they have swatted flies, brushed spiders from basements, and moths from fur coats, then asked why pediculosis remains.
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Chicago
Maryann Tkocz
Maryann
The
Commerce Association
Swift Union Here Strikes Local 175 at Swift Plant
Members of local 175 UAWA CIO walked out at 7 am after wage talks failed. Don Yolton, international representative, cited rejection of a 10 cent hourly increase and six paid holidays as the dispute's core. Company officials declined comment beyond noting a strike in progress and no mediation.
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UAWA
CIO
Swift
Don Yolton
Yolton
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chicago
The
Swift Co
Assembly balks at Senate rent measure in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Assembly rejects the Senate plan for 15 and 30 percent rent hikes. It backs a substitute bill continuing federal rent control and lets local boards end controls after hearings. The 47 to 39 vote keeps the issue alive for final passage next week, with a potential conference if the Senate sticks to its 15-30 percent framework.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Senate
Ex Commander Rastikis Works as DP Mechanic in California
Former Lithuanian army chief Gen Stasys Rastikis toiled assembling airplane hydraulic valves at Hartwell Aviation in Culver City California. He and wife Helen Marie arrived as displaced persons after persecution by Russians and Germans. One daughter reportedly dead. two others missing in Siberia. Rastikis hopes for peace amid global tensions and recalls a long struggle from Czarist days to Lithuanian independence.
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Culver City
Calif
Stasys Rastikis
Hartwell Aviation Co
Helen Marie
New York
Siberia
Hartwell
Gen
Rastikis
Ruastikis
Hitler
Germany
Lithuania
U. S
Wisconsin Republicans plan convention officers in La Crosse
Wisconsin Republicans convene in La Crosse with a one day session at the Vocational school auditorium. Temporary officers for Saturdays convention were chosen by the executive committee at a Hotel Stoddard luncheon. U S Senator McCarthy Appleton arrives early Friday. Senator Wiley Chippewa Falls to speak Friday night. Brewster Maine arrives Friday. Milwaukee county delegation of about 600 arrives Saturday morning by special train. Harvey Higley Marinette party chairman expects most county and district officials to reach La Crosse by Friday afternoon.
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Republican Party
Stoddard
Wayne Hood
la Crosse
Tribune
Phote
John Rouse
Madison
Alfred R. Gandrey
Milwaukee
Peter Pappas
la Crosse County
Harvey Higley
Marinette
Wisconsin Republican Party
U. S
Joseph McCarthy
Appleton
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Wiley
State Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
VFW
Third
Division Streets
John W. Byrnes
Green Bay
Glenn R. Davis
Waukesha
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee Railroad
la Gane
Joes
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
Joe Stokke
Russia seeks new Big Four conference within three months
Paris reports say Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky asked the four occupying powers to convene a new Big Four within three months to draft a German peace treaty. He proposed withdrawing troops a year after a treaty is signed, while Berlin talks on East West trade stall amid a rail strike.
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Paris
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Germany
Britain
France
United States
Vishinsky
U. S
Berlin
Austria
Bills Would Aid Housing in Verdota Addition
Senator Jo e McCarthy of Wisconsin toured La Crosse to gauge housing needs and inspect Verdota addition projects. He said housing legislation could pass this session, easing guaranteed loan terms, extending amortization, and allowing $500 in appliance inclusion within a 95 percent loan. He emphasized efforts to help people buy homes.
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Congress
Verdota Addition
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Senate
House
McCarthy
Senate preps for Taft-Hartley clash over emergency strikes
Washington reports that the senate moved toward a major test of Taft-Hartley amid calls for national emergency provisions. Key figures Humphrey Murray and Neely weigh amendments as John L. Lewis schedules a coal strike, with Truman pushing for limits on court orders and the act’s immunity provisions. The National Coal Association urged stronger labor laws and reconsideration of anti trust immunities, while lawmakers remain divided on emergency powers and plant seizure.
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Washington
Senate
Humphrey
D-Mina
Murray
D-Mont
Neely
DW Va
John L. Lewis
Congress
Truman
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Taft
Ohio
Douglas
D-11
National Coal Association
John D. Battle
Battle
Wisconsin Republicans Set Saturday Session On Endorsement Rule
The Republican Party of Wisconsin plans a Saturday rally in La Crosse to decide on amendments to its constitution and an endorsement rule for candidates. Debate centers on free primaries versus machine influence, with Higley seeking an official endorsement policy for the 1950 campaign and district leaders to be chosen.
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Republican Campaign Organization of
Wisconsin
Republican Party of
Higley
Marinette
Milwaukee
GOP
Socialists
Labor
la Crosse
Thomas E. Coleman
Madison
Wll
Eet
Coleman
Angler Rescued From Lake Neshonoc
Charles Hagenbarth age 59 of La Crosse was pulled from Lake Neshonoc and taken to a hospital after his boat sank 50 feet from shore. Rescuers Warren Whitlock and the Rev. Filkens performed artificial respiration after entering the lake. Hagenbarth was in the water about 20 minutes.
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Charles Hagenbarth
la Crosse
Neshonoc Lake
Hagenbarth
Otto H
Vern Lamp
la Crosse Tribune
Warren Whitlock
West Salem
Filkens
Oak Park
Whitlock
Six USAF Men Die When Fire Hits Ship
Six U S airmen and a Japanese died when their 63 foot rescue boat caught fire off the east coast of Japan six miles off Sendai north of Tokyo. The blaze trapped the crew and access to emergency gear was cut off as they abandoned ship in rough seas.
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Tokyo
U. S
Japan
Air Force
Sendai
Duster Plane Crashes Near Theresa Wisconsin
A crop dusting plane crashed after hitting a tree during takeoff near Theresa. Pilot William Conrad, 30, of St. Paul Minnesota, escaped with severe burns and was taken to St. Agnes hospital in Fond du Lac in fair condition. The wreckage burned between a farmhouse and a garage.
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Theresa
Wis
William Conrad
St. Paul
Minn
St. Agnes Hospital
Fond du Lac
Conrad
Grimm Out Frisch In As Cub Manager
Chicago Cubs hire Frankie Frisch as manager for three years replacing Charley Grimm who moves to the front office as vice president. Frisch, former St Louis and Pittsburgh manager, returns to baseball after radio work. Wrigley cites need for an experienced baseball man and notes a poor recent stretch.
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Boston
Philip K. Wrigley
Frankie Frisch
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Frisch
Chicago
Cubs
Charley Grimm
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Wrigley
Charlie Grimm
Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs hearing in big school consolidation
Madison Wis The Wisconsin supreme court agreed to decide later Friday whether to hear arguments in a fight over the largest school consolidation in the state affecting 35 square miles in Oneida and Vilas counties The case asks the court to take original jurisdiction to consolidate eight districts into one joint district Walter F Kaye Rhinelander for school committees asks for jurisdiction Leonard Schmitt Merrill for taxpayers opposes saying court may act only in emergencies He notes consolidation could proceed after a referendum and lower courts could hear the case if jurisdiction not taken.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Oneida
Vilas
Walter F. Kaye
Rhinelander
Leonard Schmitt
Merrill
Supreme Court
Legislature Names Committee For Petenwell Investigation
The Wisconsin Senate named three members for a Petenwell dam probe to begin late next week with Melvin Laird chairing. Speaker Nicol will appoint four Assembly members next Tuesday. The panel will report to the current Legislature and move quickly before adjournment within a month.
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Madison
Wis
Juneau
Adams
Capitol
State Senate
Alex Nicol
Assembly
Senate Itellnntens
Melvin Laird
Marshfield
Earl Leverich
Sparta
Arthur Padrutt
Chippewa Falls
Laird
Leverich
Spon
Sored
Wisconsin River
Public Service Commission
Wisconsin River Power Company
State Fatilities Commission
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An offer promotes fast affordable results with a toll free feeling. The ad mentions a price deal of four days for the cost of three and directs readers to call 3680 for access.
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Colummmbus
Walnut
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