Good Chance Of Ship Strike Averted By Settlement
A government conciliator said there is a good chance for a settlement today to avert a threatened maritime strike. CIO leaders and union officials met with East and West Coast operators as federal negotiators pressed for a deal. Workers on the Pacific coast prepared for strikes while talks continued into the night amid wage and work rule demands.
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Washington
CIO
Gibson
Tepcorter
Grenville Conweyr
Wor
John W. Gibson
Lee Pressman
Labor Department
AFL
United Front
Tors
Curren
Bridges
Committee For Maritime Unity
CMU
Gulf
Atlantic
Pacific
Pacific Coast Management Mega
San Francisco
Frank P. Fossie
Waterfront Employers Association of the Pacific
J. B. Bryen
Pacific-American Shipowners Association
Gregory Harrison
Death of W S Woods Prominent La Crosse Official
Walter Scott Woods 76 longtime La Crosse surveyor city engineer and Masonic leader died Wednesday in Rochester Minn after an operation. He drew Riverside park plans and helped build the Masonic temple. Funeral Saturday at the Masonic temple with Badger lodge in charge and burial in Oak Grove. Survivors include wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Woods
Rochester
Walter Scott Woods
South 14Th Street
Rochester, Minn
Woods
Riverside Park
Eighth
Main Streets
Progressive Association
Board of Trade
la Crosse
Marsh
Standard Oil Company
Mississippi River
Crosby
Oliver S
Verna McIntyre Woods
Black River
Hewitt and Woods
Oods
University of Wisconsin
Burlington Railroad
Masonic Hall Association
Frontier Lodge
Smith Chapter
Smith Council
Badger Lodge No
Milwaukee
Tripoli Shrine
Rotary Club
Erwin
Josephine) Herrewig
Walter Scott
Grand Rapids
Mich
David M
Ralph S
Auburn, Ky
Masonic Temple
Badger Lodge No. 345
Fred W. Hyslop
Oak Grove Cemetery
Temple
Italian King Umberto Flies Off With Party To Portugal
Italian King Umberto departs with a party for Portugal amid exile rumors. City tax officials discuss property valuations and how a 15 percent assessment rise would not necessarily raise taxes if the upcoming budget remains tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umberto
Portugal
Ben E. Stoen
Lambert J. Kaiser
Stoen
Common Council
la Crosse
Stroke Claims Sen Bankhead dies at 73 in Bethesda hospital
Senator John H Bankhead longtime Farm Bill advocate dies after a stroke suffered three weeks earlier. The Alabama Democrat served in the Senate since 1930 and will be buried in Oak Hill cemetery Jasper. Colleagues honor a long legislative career and his role on cotton and farm legislation.
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Washington
Bankhead
Grover Cleveland
White House
John H. Bankhead
Capitol Hill
U. S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Senate
Jasper
Ala
Oak Hill Cemetery
House
Woman Dies After Car Leaves Highway Curve Near Bloomer’s mill
Fern Gilbertson 26 of 2347 Liberty Street died at 12 45 a m in a local hospital from injuries after a car left U S highway 14 near Bloomer’s mill. Driver Bernard Schne decker 23 of 324 North Seventh Street sustained minor injuries. Inquest set for June 18. Gilbertson, a Whitehall native, is survived by her parents. McCarthy campaigns for U S Senate in August primary with a talk heavy schedule.
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U. S. Highway No. 14
Bloomer’s Mill
Fern Gilbertson
Liberty
Bernard Schnedecker
North Seventh
Liberty Street
North Seventh Street
Schnedecker
Gilbertson
George D. Reay
Highway 14
Niedercorn Farm
Pearley Smith
Sneath Garage
Frederic Crosby
Whitehall
Whitehall High School
Ben Pahnke
Emil Torpen
la Crosse
Banking Committee Approves $3.75 Billion British Loan
The House Banking Committee backed the British loan of 3.75 billion dollars by a 20 to 5 vote after hearings. The measure, approved by the Senate 46 to 34, heads to the House floor amid expected partisan debate.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Senate
House
Banking Committee
Congress
Britain
Bretton Woods World Bank and Currency Stabilization Fund
Jesse Jones
Houston
Texas
Commerce
Jones
Spence
Umberto Ends Three Day Cabinet Stand and Exiles to Portugal
In Rome the palace announced King Umberto left Italy for exile in Portugal aboard a Savoia Marchetti plane. Premier de Gasperi obtained interim powers as Italy moves toward a republic after a plebiscite. Riots occurred earlier in Naples and Rome amid the transition.
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Rome
Royal
Umberto
Italy
Portugal
Quirinale Palace
Campino
Lisbon
Pisa
Supreme Court
Alcide de Gasperi
Maria Jose
Vittorio Emanuele II
Egypt
Naples
Taranto
San Rossore
Ministry of Interior
Peitro Nenni
Milan
Chicago Grain Trade Activities Halted
Settlement will be at last market quotation after a board session. A central degree of the board offered clarification of the move as directors remained in session.
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Chicago
Weather Outlook for La Crosse and Vicinity
Clear with bright moonlight tonight as low temperatures fall to 46. Friday brings fair skies and rising temperatures with a high near 69. Overnight and early morning hours remain cool.
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la Crosse
China Battles Despite 15 Day Pact Report
Nanking dispatch says the fifteen day truce between Nationalist and Communist forces is effectively broken. Nationalist troops push in Manchuria and repel attempted landings by the Communists near Tsingtao.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Nanking
Central
Manchuria
Tsingtao
Anti Petrillo Writ Issued in Federal Case
James C Petrillo president of the AFL American Federation of Musicians faces a federal charge for allegedly calling a strike at radio station WAAF to double studio librarians. He vows to test the Lea law before the U S Supreme Court. Conviction carries one year in prison or a $1000 fine or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James C. Petrillo
AFL American Federation of Musicians
Lea
J. Albertoll. Petrillo
WAAF
U. S. Supreme Court
Veterans urged to join Flag Day parade and park program
Elks lodge committees urge World War II veterans to participate in Friday's Flag Day parade forming at the courthouse square at 6 30 p m and marching to Riverside Park. The 7 30 p m park program features Vilas H Whaley of Racine as principal speaker with 1 500 Cub and Boy Scouts joining at Seventh and State for a three day encampment and circus at the Inter-State Fairgrounds.
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Elks’ Lodge
Riverside Park
American Legan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Court House Square
R. V. Ahlstrom
State Street
Seventh
Main
Vilas H. Whaley
Racine
State Department
American Legion
State Streets
Gateway Area
Man Kills Self After Beating Wife Near Mabel Minnesota
Willard Henry Barth 46 beat his wife at a rural highway near Mabel after a 12th wedding anniversary quarrel and sedan trip home. He shot himself with a 20 gauge shotgun as she lay injured. she survived after being found unconscious and taken to a Spring Grove hospital. Authorities note drinking. survivors include three children and a daughter in Hawaii with U.S. forces.
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Mabel
Minn
Willard Henry Barth
Little Fork
Barth
Spring Grove
John Westrup
Lanesboro
Hawaiian Islands
U.S
State buys parcels to expand Peninsula State Park
Gov Goodland approved the purchase by the state conservation commission of two land parcels totaling seven acres in Door county to be added to Peninsula State Park at a cost of 1707.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
State Conservation Commission
Peninsula State Park
Door County
Jet Planes Set 11 Hour California to Maryland Round Trip
Three P-80 Shooting Stars from March Field completed an unofficial 11 hours nine minutes round trip to Andrews Field Maryland covering about 4550 miles. One aircraft diverted at Tinker Field Oklahoma after dropping wing tanks while the group tested pilot fatigue. West to east averaged 478 mph and east to west 414 mph. No other comparable round trip on record.
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March Field
Calif
Andrews Field
Tinker Field
Okla
Kill Bill To Strip OPA
The senate rejected a move to strip OPA price controls nearly entirely. A roll call vote of 51 to 21 defeated Senator Elmer Thomas’s amendment to lift controls on many commodities and products though rents and minerals would remain controlled.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
OPA
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Thomas
Grant elected president of Wisconsin Society of CPAs
Wilbur S. Grant of Madison was elected president Thursday as the Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Accountants closed its annual convention in Appleton.
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Appleton
Wilbur S. Grant
Madison
Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Accountants
Body found in Prairie du Chien sent to Chicago
Detectives identified a woman about 40, 135 to 140 pounds, five feet six, with an abdominal scar and lower teeth plate, found in a railroad boxcar near Prairie du Chien. No cause of death established. a Cicero prescription led to no firm identification. Chi cago and Prairie du Chien officials pursue leads while relatives debate the body's match to missing persons.
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Chicago
James Cunningham
Prairie du Chien
Cunningham
Tichenor
Cicero
van der Bossche
Thomas Farrell
Hazel Caruso
Flag Day Founder Honored in Wisconsin Ceremony
A Friday tribute in Waubeca Wisconsin honors Dr Bernard J Cigrand founder of Flag Day on the 30th anniversary of President Wilsons proclamation The late Dr Cigrand began the Flag Day crusade in 1885 while a rural schoolteacher near Fredonia Wis He died in 1932 The Wisconsin legislature recently appropriated 500 for a flag pole and plaque at Waubeca in Ozaukee County to honor him.
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Madison
Waubeca
Wis
Bernard J. Cigrand
Pres
Woodrow Wilson
Ozaukee County
Cigrand
Missing 75-year-old man William Dansberry sought
Police report William Dansberry age 75 of 1510 Kane Street missing from his home since Wednesday morning. He wears a dark blue shirt dark gray trousers and an old brown hat. He walks with a limp and habitually chews a large cud of tobacco. He has been missing briefly before, say police.
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William Dansberry
Kane Street
Dansberry
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Hollis Bankhead
U. S
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Moscow
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Steen
Wisconsin Tax Commission
Steene
Tribune
McCarthy
Senator
la Follette
Joseph McCarthy
Court House
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Farmer
Wisconsin
Oks
California
Maryland
Bill
CPA
Prairie
Ida Sanders
Louise Carlisle
Benton
Mary DiGitis
Agnes Janson
DiGilis
James Hosek
Sanson
Jack van den Bossche
Austin
Flag Day
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