House Debates Extending Wage Price Controls Through 1953
Congress weighs two bills to extend expiring anti inflation controls. Senate measure would extend eight months to February 28 and add year long credit checks. House bill proposes one year to June 30 1953 and ends all consumer and real estate credit restraints art conflicting with Senate version. House banking panel backs the measure 15 to 3 amid minor changes.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Banking Committee
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
Truman
Senate House
Banking Committee
Funeral services held for Mrs Clara C Curtis in Florida
Funeral services were held in Florida for Mrs Clara C Curtis 72 of Arcadia former La Crosse resident who died after several months illness. She is survived by grand nephews nieces in Bangor and two cousins Frank Grover and Mrs J H Haigh of La Crescent Minn. Her husband Summerfield Curtis preceded her in death formerly in charge of cotton exports for the Port of New York. Burial believed in Arcadia Florida.
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Florida
Clara C. Curtis
Arcadia
Fla
la Crosse
Bangor
Frank Grover
J. H. Haigh
la Crescent
Minn
Summerfield Curtis
New York
Bicycle Frame Found In Field ID’d As New Bike Stolen From Theater
A bicycle frame found Thursday night in an alfalfa field near Ward Avenue and Highway 14 has been identified as part of a new bike owned by Jim Markos of 211 Pearl Street. The theft occurred in front of the 5th Avenue Theater Tuesday. Deputy Sheriff Mark Hewitt investigated after Ralph Kronberg reported the frame. The bike was stripped of wheels fenders handlebars and other equipment while the frame remained.
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Ward Avenue
Highway 14
Jimmy Markos
Pearl St
5Th Avenue Theater
Mark Hewitt
Ralph Kronberg
S. 20Th St
Thieves Enter Krueger's Grocery Through Basement Window
Detectives report Krueger's Grocery at 2744 George St was entered Thursday night through an open basement window. An attempted break through a plaster board door on the first floor failed, with a board punching holes in the door. Nothing else was disturbed. the window entry occurred between 10 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday.
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Krueger
George St
Home Owners Union Elects 1952 Officers at Lang Home
The Home Owners Union held a directors meeting at 1830 South Ave. electing Charles Lang as president George Will as vice president Mrs Ann Shedesky as treasurer Angeline Maltrasio and Charlotte Miller as secretaries A Myrick Park picnic is planned for the last Sunday in ?
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Home Owners’ Union
Charles Lang
South Ave
George Will
Ann Shedesky
Angeline Maltrasio
Charlotte Miller
Myrick Park
City approves flood control and street improvements plan
Aldermen endorsed six flood district proposals including raising streets and installing storm sewers with catchbasins and manholes in northern emergency zones. Condemnation orders target six parcels near Mary E Sawyer Auditorium and surrounding sites for park use and Salvation Army property, while extending St James Street and grading blocks to stay above flood stage. Residents urge opening streets west and east with walkways and playfield grading, and officials seek vehicle-use compensation for Fire Chief Kessel and Park Supt Schick. A Fourth Street arterial proposal was returned to the traffic commission for review.
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Gorder
Mary E. Sawyer
Salvation Army
Vine Street
Pine St
6Th St
King and
Cass Streets
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
St. James Street
Indian Hill
Board of Public Works
Liberty Street
Ald
Oscar Harebo
Coulee
Schuh
Adolph Kessel
Harold Schick
Fourth Street
Cass Street
South Avenue
The
Traffic Commission
Third Street
Deaths Continued Details on Camp McCoy Murder Probe
La Crosse pathologist and jurors from Wisconsin assisting the Army in the Corporal Robert L. Jinks murder inquiry. Investigators press the probe at Camp McCoy under Brig Gen Eugene L Harrison. Jinks found dead June 2 in an empty barracks. robbery suspected. A separate Monroe County shooting case at the August Kinghammer home involved a spent bullet. authorities question Kinghammer's identification of a suspect, with alibi corroborated by five witnesses.
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Fifth Army
Chicago
Wisconsin Crime Laboratory
Camp McCoy
Robert L. Jinks
Eugene L. Harrison
McCoy
Cpl
Jinks
McCoy Barracks
Wilson
Lrime Laboratory
Angelo
Monroe County
Dist. Atty
W. J. Gleiss
Chris Hendricksen
Kinghammer
Wisconsin Windstorm Claims Two in Wausau and Dorchester
A mid day violent storm lashed Wisconsin with 50 mph winds, killing Mrs. Anna Usadel in Wausau and Mrs. Henry Beisner near Dorchester. The storm damaged barns, downed trees, blocked lines, hit Jim Falls hydro plant, and left Milwaukee in darkness with widespread destruction and livestock losses.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Anna Usadel
Wausau
Henry Beisner
Dorchester
Monroe
Chippewa Falls
Jim Falls
Chippewa County
Cornell
Stanley
Beisner
Medford
Asadel
Edgar
Arena
Milwaukee Journal
N. Fourth St
Buses Change Stopping Points In La Crosse
La Crosse transit buses began loading and unloading at far corners of downtown intersections rather than near corners. The change, approved by the common council in May, follows a city traffic commission recommendation to improve traffic flow, especially for right turning vehicles.
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la Crosse Transit Company
City Traffic Commission
Common Council
Traffic Commission
Convention debate highlights push for area based redistricting
The convention favors area and population redistricting and Rennebohm’s possible political comeback is drawing attention. Harvey Higley is floated as a dark horse if the convention stirs, with endorsements for the September primary likely to follow. Campbell objects to bypassing the state central committee as alternates are approved. One note adds that the Red Cross reports one in ninety Americans volunteers.
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Hood
Rennebohm
Harvey Higley
Marinette
GOP
Sel- Wight Sion
Es Nees
William J. Campbell
Oshkosh
State
Republican Party Organization
Campbell
State Central Committee
Hibbard F. Johnson
Racine
Fred Hartley
Kenosh
Hartley
Chicago
Play for Endorsement Heats Up At Convention
The draft notes suggest Rennebohm could disrupt the line as Kohler and Senator McCarthy seem poised for endorsements with limited opposition. Yet a reapportionment dispute could derail the orderly convention endorsements if the governor presses the issue, creating a volatile, potential explosion.
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Rennebohm
Kohler
McCarthy
Kohier
Republican gathering names district committee members
At the Third District meeting delegates elected committee members for permanent organization Alex Nicol and Blanch Goldsmith, credentials G E Alderson and Mrs Harridan, platform Foster Porter and Lucy Strong, and rules and order of business A Latter and Emerson Walling. Hood chaired the convention with Peter Pappas presenting voting rules.
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Carrie
Donald Morgan
Richland County
G. E. Alderson
Lafayette County
Charles Harridan
Sauk County
Foster Porter
Grant County
Lucy Strong
Iowa County
Rules and Order of Business
Crawford County
Emerson Walling
Land County
Western Big Three seek terms for talks with Moscow
Washington notes three Western powers Acheson British and French ambassadors discuss a possible Big Four meeting with Moscow while insisting on prior agreement on free elections and an impartial inquiry. Russia calls for a four power session to address German unification and peace.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Acheson
Moscow
Germany
United Nations
Paris
London
Taft Seeks Rapid Korea Armament Pause and Germany Policy
Taft told delegates in New York that the United Nations should pull troops from Korea once South Koreans are adequately armed and urged delaying Korea talks until arms output is sufficient. He rejected Eisenhower's budget-cut idea, saying deficits should stay near 55 billion, and urged rearming Western Germany with a strong police force to match Eastern Germany.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
Taft
Eisenhower
New York
United Nations
Korea
Ohioan
U.S
Germany
Eisenhower Dominates April Primary With 863 785 Votes
Delegates and party members from New Jersey questioned Eisenhower in New York after he led the April 22 presidential preference ballot. He received 863 785 votes on a ballot listing only his name and Harold E. Stassen, while Taft got a write in vote.
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Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
New Jersey
New York
Germany
Berlin
Truman
Matthew Ridgway
Sean
Yalu River
China
War Powers Extended to June 30 by Senate Vote
The Senate adopted a House-passed resolution extending the President's war powers until June 30. Without this action, presidential emergency powers would have expired Sunday. Negotiators are drafting a bill for a one year extension of a limited set of powers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ten B-29 crew missing after ditching near Kwajalein
Ten crewmen of a B-29 Superfortress are unaccounted for after a ditching 17 miles west of Kwajalein. The incident involves shark infested waters and ongoing search efforts.
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Honolulu
Kwajalein
Livestock and grain markets summary from Swift and Co
Swift and Co reports hours 9 to 4 Monday to Friday 8 to 12 Saturday. Hog prices mix lower across weights with thin finish discounts. Cattle market steady with prime to common ranges listed. calves and lambs also noted. Chicago cash grain shows no wheat, varied corn and soybean quotes. livestock at Chicago and South St. Paul described with prices for hogs cattle and calves.
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Swift & Co
Chicago Livestock Chicago
USDA
Choice
South ST. Paul
SOUTH
J. I
Nat. Cent
Heileman Br
Cater. T. Pi
Nat
Dairy Home Insurance
Ches. & Oh Nat
Steel Mass. Inv. Tr
N.W
N. Y
Cleveland Clift
Cities Soc
No. Amer, Co
Chicago Mold P
Comp. Edison
Nov. Pac
Hamilton
Cong. Nairn
Ohio Oil
Int Cellucotton
Con
Edis Owens Ill
James
Con. N. Gas
Packard
McQua
Pan. Am. W. Airn
National Tool Co
Pa Coal & C
Nekoosa
Crane Co
Phelps Dod
Inland Steel
Tel & Tel
Studebaker
Am Tobacco
Texas Co
Nick
Timk
Armco Steel
Int
Tel & Tel 1742
Transamer
Armour & Co
Jewel Tea
UN. Carbide
Atchison
Johns Many
UN. Pac
Avco Mfg
Kennecott
Unit
Air
Bendix Av
Kimb. Clark
Airc
Beth, Stl
L-O-F Glass
U. S. Rubber Borden
Lib
U. S. Steel
Borg. Warn
Marsh. Field
West UN
Tel Briggs Mfg
Montg. Ward
West
Elec
Budd Co
Nash Kely
Woolworth
Canad. Pac
Nat. Bisc
Zenith Rad
Speed and violation docket from La Crosse police court
La Crosse police court records detail fines for speeding red-light running stop signs and driving without licenses. Notable cases include Thor Romstad cited for exceeding night speed on Highway 53 and Kenneth Mahnke fined for indecent exposure in La Crosse.
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Thor J. Romstad
St. Cloud
Minn
Onalaska
George Abts
Arcadia
Arthur Casberg Moe
Holmen
Holland Township
Thomas Davison
Camp McCoy
Burns
Clifford Gardner
N. 3Rd St
Dogs House
Kenneth Mahnke
North Salem Road
la Crosse
Dwayne A. Becker
Onalaska Ave
4Th
Main Streets
Donald Hoesley
Cass S&j
Mtd. R
French Island
John McCune
State St
James L. Delagrave
Madison St
Main Street
Ruth Jones
Vine St
Robert D. Broihier
S. 10Th St
Jerry Ferrier
S. 16Th St
East Avenue
Virgil Lee Berg
La Crosse Tribune Staff and Subscription Rates
The La Crosse Tribune lists its editorial and production staff including W. T. Burgess and Alfred W. Rice. It details home delivery and mail subscription rates for La Crosse and surrounding areas with annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly options and advance payment requirements.
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W. T. Burgess
R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
Alfred W. Rice
Age G. Moriarity
Ed Keefe
Howard Colvin
A. E. Teachout
Luther Wilkins
E. L. Burgess
la Crosse Tribune
4Th
Cass Streets
la Crosse
Wis
the Tribune
Lee Newspaper
Associated Press
Tribune
Steelworkers' wives seek bargains as steel output slows
Stores show slow sales of luxury steel items while essentials move. Many idle steelworkers take vacations or perform home tasks. One Pittsburgh butcher notes wives shopping cautiously, pricing carefully and avoiding premium meats amid tighter budgets.
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Pittsburgh
Entry as second class mail mat er June 23 1904
The notice records the entry of mail matter as second class at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office on June 23, 1904 under the 1879 Act of Congress.
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THE
Koje Island POW resistance deemed broken by UN
Brig Gen Haydon L Boatner announced that Koje Island prison camps show reduced defiance as 30,000 prisoners are moved to smaller stockades or elsewhere. Six of seventeen stockades emptied, 3,350 North Korean officers moved from compound 66, while inmates in compounds 60 and 62 offer to follow orders.
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Koje Island
Korea
iGen
Haydon L. Boatner
United Nations Authority
Kose
Boatner
Robey
Francis Dodd
Koje
Shoemaker School of Dancing Recital Friday June 13
Locals are invited to a Shoemaker School of Dancing recital on Friday June 13 at 8 p.m. in Washburn School auditorium. Dr Kenneth Ducke’s office at 1522 State St will be closed until June 30.
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Roth’s Flor-Mart
Shoemaker School of Dancing
Washburn School
Kenneth Ducke
State St
Weather Outlooks for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
The forecast reports considerable clouds and showers for Wisconsin with thunderstorms tonight and Saturday and no major temperature change. Minnesota sees partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and storms in the far east and little temperature change. Iowa should have mostly fair conditions with a few widely scattered showers in the extreme northeast and west, with continued warmth and humidity and a cooler spell in the west Saturday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi River forecast from Hastings to Guttenberg
Over the weekend the Mississippi and main tributaries will rise due to recent rains. Tailwater gauges show notable increases with Genoa dam near 1 foot, La Crosse about 0.4 foot, and other stations averaging around 4 feet.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Mississippi
Genoa Dam
la Crosse
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Hyde Ave
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Hillview Ave
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