Sawyer Seen As Stable Force In Truman Cabinet
Business leaders rate Charles Sawyer highly as secretary of commerce citing his push for a balanced 1951 budget and tax cuts. He toured the country 15,000 miles last year meeting officials and business groups, advocating flexible prices and voluntary codes with Snyder Steelman and Pace guiding policy. He backs a large master transportation agency and argues legitimate business fears little from the Truman administration.
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Bree Sawyer
Truman
Commerce
Washington
Sawyer
Roosevelt
Treasury
John W. Snyder
John R. Steelman
Frank Pace Jr
Rayburn and Truman Discuss Proposed Tax Shifts
House Speaker Rayburn and President Truman met at the White House to talk tax policy. Rayburn floated that higher business taxes could offset cuts in excise levies on luggage, furs, and telephone bills. Other topics included rent control and continued draft law action with no adjournment date set.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
Truman
House
Congress
White House
Barkley
Senate
Lucas
Ill
McCormack
Mass
Local Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with local showers or thunderstorms. Warmer tonight with a low around 65. Highs reach about 86 in the afternoon.
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la Crosse
Looted cars at Isle bathing beach prompt police reports
Theft reports describe multiple items taken from cars parked at Isle la Plume bathing beach over the weekend. Donald Betz values losses at clothing, watches, money, and papers from his car, with two companions also missing items. Lois Onsrud and Jean Onsrud report watches and rings taken, while George Aumock loses trousers and a $15 billfold from a locked car with an open vent.
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Isle la Plume
Donald Betz
Market Street
Betz
Lois Onsrud
Jackson Street
Jean Onsrud
Arcadia
George Aumock
Onalaska
Jerusalem Problem Up Again Before UN Unit
United Nations trusteeship council revisits Jerusalem control issue at the Geneva winter meeting. Delegates doubt a statue for UN administration will work amid Israel and Jordan拒 absolute refusal to accept it.
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Lake Success
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Jerusalem
UN Assembly
Geneva
Israel
Jordan
Kohler Endorsed for Wisconsin Governor Nomination
Walter J. Kohler Jr., 46, Milwaukee industrialist, wins Republican endorsement on first ballot at state convention. Daniel Higley trails, Gordon Bubolz abstains from backing Kohler. Endorsement tightens Kohler's path to September primary. other candidates include Ervin Benjamin and Carl Thompson potential Democrat. Governor Rennebohm not seeking re election due to ill health. Kohler appeals for party support to win in November and nationally in 1952.
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Milwaukee
Walter J. Kohler, Jr
Republican Party of
Wisconsin
Kohler
Wis
Harvey V. Higley
Marinette
Higley
Gordon Bubolz
Bubolz
Ervin Benjamin
St. Croix Falls
Harold Stassen
Carl Thompson
Stoughton
Thompson
Rennebohm
Eau Claire
Jaffe to testify in Amerasia papers case inquiry
Senatorial probes focus on Philip Jaffe editor of Amerasia who faced conspiracy charges after confidential government papers were found at Amerasia in New York. The matter ties to Forrestal and Truman decisions, with Hoover denying any intent to stop arrests and noting orders to proceed after May 31 1945.
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Washington
Amerasia
Philip Jaffe
Jaffe
Senate
Amerasia Magazine
New York
Congress
Senate Inquiry Committee
James V. Forrestal
Milwaukee Sentinel
Forrestal
Justice Department
Russia
San Francisco
Truman
FBI
Hoover
Milwaukee
Primitive Brazilian Tribes Contact Report
Dr Kalervo Oberg of the Smithsonian said two tribes the Nambiguara and Terena in the Amazon have been contacted by white men for the first time. He noted they guard military secrets and hide bows and arrows when strangers approach. The tribes practice elaborate ceremonies and wear feathered headdresses with red and black body paint.
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Washington
Kalervo Oberg
Smithsonian Institution
Amazon Jungles
Oberg
Amazon
Senate rejects bid to shelve rent control bill
The Senate voted 44 to 25 to refuse moving the rent control measure to the banking committee. The motion, led by Senator Wherry, aimed to kill the bill which would extend federal rent controls through year end with a six month extension for local option. Democratic and most Republican senators backed sending it back, while Cain argued the housing emergency did not exist and vowed to block final passage.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Banking Committee
Cain
Donnell
Hendrickson
Langer
Millikin
Cole
Saltonstall
Mass
Maybank
D-Sc
Lucas
Yale Honors Its Retiring President
Yale in a surprise ceremony awarded Dr. Charles Seymour a doctor of laws degree during its 249th commencement in New Haven. Seymour, 65, retires June 30 after 13 years as Yale president, with the event outdoors on the old campus.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Charles Seymour
Seymour
Exodus From Oklahoma Farms Shrinks State Population
Preliminary census figures reveal large farm-area losses in Oklahoma with a potential state population drop over 250000 and possible reduction of congressional seats. Data show districts 7 6 and counties like Seminole Okfuskee and Wewoka losing thousands as farms consolidate and rural residents move to cities.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Chambers of Commerce
Roy J. Turner
Federal Agriculture
U. S. Agriculture Department
K. D. Blood
Seventh Congressional District
Seminole
Wewoka
Okfuskee
Russia and Satellites Boycott UN Technical Aid Meet
Russia and its satellites boycott a United Nations conference on technical assistance to backward areas held at Lake Success. The bloc shunned the meeting and did not take seats at the oval table, amid ongoing protest over Chinese Nationalist participation in UN organs since January 10.
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Russia
General Assembly
Manitowoc County Population Gains in Preliminary Census
Manitowoc County shows a 4,990 increase to 66,607 residents in preliminary figures. The city of Manitowoc rises by 3,040 to 27,444, while Two Rivers falls by 415 to 9,890.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Minntowoc
Two Rivers
Wisconsin
Eighteen Horses Die In South Philadelphia Stable Fire
A fire at Hurwitz Inc stables in South Philadelphia killed eighteen mail wagon horses used for parcel post. Firemen saved twenty six other horses and residents fled as flames raged for two hours before dawn. A passerby spotted the blaze around 3 am with no cause yet identified.
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Philadelphia
Hurwitz, Inc
La Crosse Tribune Amateur Snapshot Contest Opens
The La Crosse Tribune begins its fourth annual amateur snapshot contest. Entries received by noon Thursday qualify for the first week’s cash prizes. After six weeks, grand prizes will be awarded and winning photos entered in the Newspaper National Snapshot Awards with $10,000 in cash.
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la Crosse Tribune
Cabin Cruiser Goes Over Dam Tragedy near Pittsburgh
Four perish and four survived after a 25 foot cabin cruiser went over an Allegheny River dam 15 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Rivermen rescued the four survivors after a seven hour nightmare as divers airlift attempts failed. Hull Wright, 50, died after helping pull others from the cruiser.
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Pittsburgh
Hull Wright
Wright
James Woffenden
Woffenden
Hull
William Fisher
Carol Kreig
William Lahey, Jr
James McHugh
Charles Reilley
Jack Kreig
McHugh
Lahey
Chicago
Kreig
Wolfenden
Mafia Ties Suspected in Major U S Crime Ring
Senate crime investigators report evidence that the Sicilian Black Hand or Mafia is responsible for much big time crime in the United States. Senator Kefauver confirms the panel is examining Mafia operations with information from narcotics chief H J Anslinger and expects testimony to aid the drive against organized crime.
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Washington
Senate
Black Hand Society
United States
Kefauver
D-Tenn
U. S
H. J. Anslinger
Mafia
Sicily
New Orleans
General Sessions Court
New York
Wage Increase Ordered for Co op Union by Board
A Wisconsin arbitration board ordered Dairyland Power Cooperative of La Crosse to grant retroactive pay raises for about 100 operating employees. Wages will rise seven to 12 cents an hour retroactive to January 1, 1950, with Aug. 1 as the payment deadline. The action, final to Werb, can be appealed to circuit court. Dairyland serves 72,000 customers in northwestern Wisconsin and nearby Iowa and Minnesota.
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Madison
Wis
Dairyland Power Cooperative of
la Crosse
Werb
Rural Electric Cooperative
Arbitration Board
Electric Workers Union
AFL
Dairyland
Wisconsin
Iowa
Miinnesota
Behind the Ugly Gos Sip Campaign, A Teacher’s Turmoil
In the tale, Hilda Sands endures a vile campaign that mars her summer. Bill Jarvis, torn by the cruelty, discovers love for the girl he had planned to marry, the boss’s daughter, risking his career as tensions rise.
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Hilda Sands
Bill Jarvis
Bill
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Edwin Rutt reports the feature begins on Page 2 with coverage of local events. The column notes ongoing developments and highlights key figures in the community.
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Dane
George Smith
Alex Nicol
Sparta
Assembly
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Allegheny River
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Sen. Cain
Manitowoc County
Jim
Emmett Shockley
Shockley
U.S
Co-Op
Edwin Rutt
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