Sparta School Faces Overcrowding Amid Enrollment Surge
Franklin R King state school superintendent reports 344 children enrolled, almost double six months prior, citing housing shortages and war aftermath as causes. Overcrowding strains facilities and staff as no quick fixes exist. Foster home supervisor Miss Gertrude Deniger says expansion of placements is underway, but intake exceeds capacity.
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Sparta
Franklin R. King
King
Gertrude Deniger
Foster Home Service
Kenosha Tug Adrift For 10 Hours
The fishing tug Cheerio from Kenosha Wisconsin drifted ten hours in high seas fourteen miles north of Benton Harbor Michigan. Captain Theodore Muhlen and two crew members improvised an emergency anchor by deploying a net hoisting engine with a rope which held the vessel off shore until coast guardsmen from St Joseph towed it into the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Harbor
Mich
Cheerio
Kenosha
Wis
Here
Theodore Muhlenback
St. Joseph
Agencies Seek Daniel Hayes in Fire Tragedy Case
Red Cross and police search for Daniel Hayes who registered at the Hotel Canfield in Dubuque before a disastrous fire. Hayes told friends he would travel to La Crosse to visit a former fellow soldier from the China Burma India theater. Authorities seek any information on his plans or movements, including a La Crosse contact whose last name starts with R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Daniel Hayes
Canfield
Dubuque
Hayes
la Crosse
U S Vatican Envoy To Remain Until Peace
President Truman announced at a news conference that Myron C. Taylor will continue as the United States ambassador to the Vatican until after world peace is secured. He said he had informed Protestant clergymen that Taylor would stay until the peace treaties are written.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Truman
Taylor
Flames Fly From Catcher During League Game Row
In Iola Kansas a Kansas Oklahoma Missouri league clash erupted as Miami Oklahoma catcher Dave Dennis sparked a bench burner episode. A cigarette in his chest protector caused flames to erupt during a dispute with the umpire George Carney and his battery mate, drawing flames and quick action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola
Kas
Dave Dennis
George Carney
Miami
Okla
Boat stolen after tree is chopped down in Racine
A. J. Niemiec of Milwaukee found his 14 foot rowboat missing from Norton's lake shore after a weekend fishing trip. Sheriff Robert Matheson said the boat was chained to a medium sized hickory tree which was later chopped down, taking the boat with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
A. J. Niemiec
Robert Matheson
Niemiec
Milwaukee
Norton's Lake
Fisherman’s 20-Pound Pike Outwits First Try
Virginia resident Harold Lakoskey duped by a big catch returns to Hoodoo lake and lands a 20 pound northern pike. He shows the original hook and tackle as proof, leaving friends astonished by the successful second attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Minn
Harold Lakoskey
Hoodoo Lake
Kenny Urges Stress On Rural High Schools
Delbert J. Kenny of West Bend, a Republican governor candidate, urged equal educational opportunities with emphasis on elementary and high school education in rural areas. He supported extending University of Wisconsin divisions so war veterans could study at home during the housing emergency. He opposed a proposal to send GI students to military camps for education. Circuit Judge Joseph R. McCarthy, a GOP U.S. Senate hopeful, told the Vernon county bar association that electing his party’s candidates would restore sanity in government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert J. Kenny
West Bend
Kenney
University of Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
Appleton
United States
Vernon County Bar Association
Senate Conferees Seek Revisions to OPA Bill
After a Senate defeat the administration targets a revised OPA bill by the Senate House conference group. Democratic Leader Barkley hopes for a more satisfactory measure and warns President Truman would veto a House passed version. He declines to judge whether the Senate bill is better or worse than the House.
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Truman
Senate
Senate-House
Barkley
House
How They Voted On Price Control Extension
In Washington the Senate rejected a bid to end most price controls immediately by 51 to 21. Sen. La Follette voted with the majority while Wiley Van R Mich Ferguson were not recorded on parts of the roll calls. A substitute by Sen Pepper would have kept current price controls until next Feb 1 with presidential decontrol at his discretion. The final vote on the amended extension saw Wiley Vandenberg not recorded and La Follette Ferguson marked as not voting but favoring the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
la Follette
Senate
Thomas
D-Okla
Wiley
R-Wis
Van
R-Mich
Ferguson
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pepper
Dfla
House
Sens
Wiley and
Vandenberg
Union and CIO clash over La Crosse Allis-Chalmers contract talks
Officials of Allis-Chalmers La Crosse and local Union No. 1424 CIO exchanged telegrams on resuming bargaining for a new contract amid a 46 day strike. Union president Ludvik and Works Manager Papenfuss asserted readiness to negotiate through the U S conciliation service while criticizing delays and questioning the West Allis pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Allis-Chalmers Manufacting Company
CIO
F. J. Papenfuss
U. S
Robert Ludvik
Harold Storey
West Allis
Allis-Chalmers
la Crosse Works
George A. Sarazin
LIU No. 1424
Sarazin
National Relations Board
NRLB
Uaw-Cio
West Allis Works
Papenfuss
Scouts Perform Complex Page 1 Show Across Multiple Troops
Boy Scouts from Webster and 32 other troops stage a multi-scene display in La Crosse area venues. The program runs from primitive signaling to modern signaling and camping works with 24 troops represented. Counties in the Gateway Area council include Buffalo Trempealeau Vernon Crawford La Crosse Jackson Juneau Monroe and Houston Minnesota.
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Webster School
Black River Falls
la Crosse
Gays Mills
la Crescent
Glen Bowman
Harold Fletcher
Carroll Weigel
M. W. Giese
Arcadia
R. J. Gunning
Melrose
Frank Smith
M. Witmer
Fountain City
Milo Galvin
Manston
James Fraser
Tomah
Robert Lux
Sam Kresky
A. Bliese
Elroy
Kenneth Groves
Viroqua
Malta
Hillsboro
Walter Raeder
George Halverson
H. C. Smith
Edward Hammer
Kenneth Lintelman
Edward Schipper
Robert Bec
Robert Tremain
New Lisbon
R. J. Kraft
Gus C. Bell
Whitehall
Robert Mills
Gerhardt Houge
Houston
Minn
Mavericks
New Boys
L. R. Smith
O & E Committee
Scout Drum and Bugle Corps
Webster Cub Pack
Dick Meyers
Gateway Area Council
Buffalo
Trempealeau
Vernon
Crawford
Jackson
Juneau
Monroe
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Manager Arrested in Norwood Plant Disorder Case
R. W. Davis, general manager of the Allis-Chalmers plant at Norwood, was arrested on three warrants filed by two strikers accusing him of removing automobile parts and maliciously destroying property. He posted a $3,000 bond. The charges relate to the plant seizure of two cars allegedly parked by pickets to block non striking workers. Britain needs 1,000,000 houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
R. W. Davis
Allis-Chalmers
Norwood
Ursday
Davis
Charles W. Fritz
Alilis-Chalmers
Maj Bowes Famous Amateur Hour Conductor Dies
Maj Edward Bowes famed radio impresario dies on eve of 72nd birthday at his Rumson estate. Cardinal Spellman administers last rites. Bowes built the Amateur Hour into a nationwide platform with 20 million weekly listeners and spurred auditions across the U S before retiring. Interment planned at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Tarrytown N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. Bowes
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
Capitol
Capitol Theater
New York
Bowes
Chrysler Corporation
Cardinal Spellman
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Tarrytown
N. Y
Milwaukee Insurance Executive Dr Charles E Albright dies at 79
Dr Charles E Albright a Milwaukee insurance executive died at his home at 79 after resigning from Allis Chalmers board for health reasons. He led Wisconsin insurance sales for 30 years and served as director of multiple Milwaukee and national firms including Globe Steel Tubes and Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual Life and held key posts in several companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Charles E. Albright
Milwaukee Insurance
Albright
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Bush Medical College
Chicago
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Dr. Albright
Globe Steel Tubes Co
Milwaukee Forge and Machine Co
Wisconsin Bankshares Corp
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co
Majestic Realty Corp
Hoberg Paper Mills, Inc
Green Bay
Cuban-American Sugar Co
New York
Wisconsin Securities Company of Delaware
Old Ben Coal Corp
U. S. Sugar Corp
Clewiston, Fla
Baruch license and international control step plan outlined
The text explains Baruch's license by the international control body and details a proposed setup path if the American plan is adopted. It would move from the commission to the Security Council, then the General Assembly, and finally to member nations as treaties for ratification. It notes the 1924 act extending citizenship to all Indians in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Security Council
Council
General Assembly
United States
Congress
Identify Body Found In Prairie Rail Car
The bruised body of a woman found in a Prairie du Chien rail box car was identified in Cook County as Marcella Smith 38 of Chicago, a former shoe model missing since May 4. Her mother Mrs. Howard C. Jones identified the body at the morgue after authorities traced the box car's location to Cook County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Howard C. Jones
Marcella Smith
Cook County
Treaty signed to redraw frontier along Amu Darya and Pyandzh
Izvestia reports Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov and Afghan ambassador Sultan Ahmed Khan signed a treaty changing the Russo Afghan frontier from the river banks to midstream. The adjustment shifts control of river islands previously Russian to Afghanistan, altering the 73 year old boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Izvestia
V. M. Molotov
Sultan Ahmed Khan
Russia
Afghanistan
Amu Darya
Pyandzh
Five New Diesel Locomotives Enter Milwaukee Road Service
Milwaukee Road has received five new two unit 4 000 hp diesel electric passenger locomotives ordered over a year ago. They are now used to augment diesel powered passenger service on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis route and to inaugurate diesel service on the Chicago Omaha line. President H A Scandrott announced the development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Close Boston Slaying Probe
Boston police closed their investigation into the slaying of William A. Whitcomb of the Great Northern Paper Co. after a captain said E Hardy of Westfield New Jersey likely shot the magnate. Commissioner Sullivan said Hardy’s left thumbprint matched one found on an unsigned contract on Whitcomb’s desk bearing the name George E Hardy. Whitcomb was shot twice in his downtown office Monday morning.
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Boston
William A. Whitcomb
Great Northern Paper Company
E. Hardy
Westfield
N. J
Thomas E. Sullivan
Hardy
Whitcomb
George E. Hardy
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BoamDine
Hoople
Major Feiters
Twiggs
Alames
Orenge & Grepefruit
Tevensons
Bill Monsoor Grocery and Meat Market
ST. Andrew Street
Nola
Kenny
Union
Answers Papenfuss
Boy Scouts
Blessed Sacrament Church
Ross Connor
Federation of Churches In
Britain
San Francisco
Emergency Relief Bureau
Officers Reserve Corps
Adjutant General's Office
Major Bowes
Town Taxi
Yellow Cab CO
Baruch
Prairie
The
District of Columbia
National Silver Company
Main Street
GEO. B. Rose, Inc. Jewelers
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