Governors wary of endorsing conduct of state department
Governors at a conference dodged endorsing the state department and its chief under Secretary Acheson. A resolutions panel drafted state problem oriented items and avoided direct reference to the department amid debate led by Governor James H. Duff of Pennsylvania.
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State Department
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Acheson
Governors’ Conference
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
Conference Resolutions Committee
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Earl Warren
California
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Duff
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Secretary of State
Hay
Department
Office of War Information
Office of Strategic Services
Greenbrier Hotel
Switchmen Set Sunday Strike Across Five Railroads
The AFL switchmen union announced it will strike Sunday on five Western and Midwestern railroads, including Great Northern and Chicago Great Western lines. Railroads warned of broader action by trainmen and conductors unions, while a presidential board’s 40 hour week and 18 cent pay rise proposal was rejected.
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Chicago
AFL Switchmen’s Union
Brotherhood of
Order of
Switchmen’s Union
North America
Arthur J. Glover
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Rock Island and Pacific
Denver
Rio Grande Western
Western Pacific
Glover
Senate Passes Civil Rights Debate Clouds Draft Extension
The senate backed a bill to extend the peacetime draft while a civil rights clash over a Russell amendment seeks unit segregation by race. Opponents argue the move undercuts President Truman’s order for equal treatment in the armed services. The house had only a two year extension. the senate wants three.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lucas
Saltonstall
R-Mass
GOP
Armed Services
Knowland
Calif
Armed Services Committee
House
Congress
Negro Citizens Seize Vote Opportunity in Southern Elections
In Columbia South Carolina the pace of black enfranchisement grows as barriers fall. The piece notes Alabama Boswell amendment repeal and federal court victories enabling participation in primary elections and city council races in Winston Salem Richmond Chattanooga and Nashville. Editor John McCray of The Lighthouse and Informer argues change is driven by federal action and voter pressure, predicting race may loom less in upcoming South Carolina ballots.
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Boswell
Alabama
South Carolina
Mississippi
Winston-Salem
N. C
Richmond
States Rights Democrats
John McCray
the Lighthouse and Informer
McCray
Congress
South
La Crosse Area Weather Outlook With Warm Thursday
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with a chance of local afternoon thundershowers. Warmer on Thursday with a high near 80 and low around 55.
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la Crosse
Japanese Fishmonger Profits From Flies Over Fish Supply
In Okayama Japan sanitation officials paid bounties for dead house flies at city hall. A fish peddler turned in 18000 dead flies worth 1800 yen, then another with 35000 flies earned about 5 dollars. Investigators found both hatch flies in rotting fish behind their homes, proving each earned more from flies than fish.
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Okayama
Japan
Sanitation
Gundersen clinic to add 150000 expansion with rear wing
Preliminary excavation began for a 150000 addition to the Gundersen clinic. Plans by Molzahn Sons include a 58 by 38 foot rear wing with basement two floors and new X-ray and urology labs plus corner front wings for waiting rooms and offices. About 60 workers presently on site with staff increases planned.
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Gundersen Clinic
M. P. Jonsrud
Theodore J. Molzahn and Sons
La Crosse Concert Band to Play Riverside Park Program
The La Crosse Concert Band offers its first full-length Riverside Park concert at 8 p m on Wednesday under director D R Wartinbee with Alf Modahl and Stanley Muenkel as soloists. Page 14 contains the program details.
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la Crosse
Riverside Park
D. R. Wartinbee
Alf Modahl
Stanley Muenkel
Social Security Benefit Comparisons Under Senate House Bills
Tables show estimated monthly retirement benefits at age 65 under the Senate bill, versus present law and a House-passed bill. Figures rounded to the dollar, with scenarios for five and forty years before retirement and parentheses noting reduced coverage scenarios.
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Washington
Senate
House
Law House
Fireworks and Pageant Highlight La Crosse Fourth of July
Fireworks worth more than 1000 dollars and an elaborate five act patriotic pageant will anchor La Crosse's Fourth of July celebration at Inter-State Fairgrounds. The event is sponsored by the La Crosse Zoo Development association with A H Schubert as president. Rehearsals for the pageant are under Howard Fredricks with assistants John Sullivan John Zimmerman and E P Hartl. Edward Keefe chairs the pageant for the Zoo association. The production depicts the development of freedom and independence in America written by Mauree Applegate Irna Rideout Ellen Fowler Mrs Robert Luxford Mrs John Alexander and Mrs Arthur Hebberd. The Rev Rudolph Meschenmoser 78 former Jesuit instructor and spiritual director at Campion high school Prairie du Chien died Tuesday in a La Crosse hospital Funeral services set for Thursday at 9 30 a m at Our Lady of the Angels chapel at Campion.
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la Crosse
Edward Keefe
The
Zoo Association
America
Mauree Applegate
Irna Rideout
Ellen Fowler
Robert Luxford
John Alexander
Arthur Hebberd
Rudolph Meschenmoser
Campion High School
Prairie du Chien
Our Lady of the Angels
Campion
Father Meschenmoser
Prankish Shriners Quiet Down to Business
After three days of parades and pranks, 135000 Shriners at the 76th imperial council in Los Angeles settle to business. The main task is electing imperial outer guard with two candidates Dr. Clayton F. Andrews and George A. Mattison Jr. Detroit delegates depart after midnight Wednesday. A five hour parade in a blaze of Oriental colors featured 14000 marching and mounted participants from 67 temples.
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Los Angeles
Imperial Council
Imperial
Clayton F. Andrews
Sesostris Temple
Lincoln
Neb
George A. Mattison Jr
Zamora
Birmingham
Ala
Detroit
Shrine
United States
Hawaii
Canada
Memorial Coliseum
Harold Lloyd
Madison
Wis
Mama Camel
Near Record Pork Supplies Seen For 1950
An Agriculture Department report forecasts near record pork supplies for spring and fall 1950, with a larger spring crop of 60,079,000 hogs and a fall crop of 39,000,000. Combined 1950 output would reach about 99,079,000 hogs, up from last year and above the 10-year average, signaling potential price declines from summer highs.
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Washington
Nearrecoi
Agriculture Department
Thirteen choruses to compete in district SPEBSQSA meet
Thirteen chorus groups have confirmed attendance for the La Crosse SPEBSQSA district contest Sunday at Memorial Field at 2 p m. Participating groups hail from Appleton Ashland Sparta Eau Claire Madison Menomonie Milwaukee Sheboygan Sturgeon Bay Wausau West Bend Wisconsin Rapids and La Crosse with potential expansion to 20. The Sparta chorus may number 70 members Milwaukee 65 La Crosse 100 and the event aims to attract over 1 000 out of town attendees with a publicity drive reaching at least 2 500 people.
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la Crosse
Spebsqsa
Memorial Field
Appleton
Ashland
Sparta
Eau Claire
Madison
Menomonie
Milwaukee
Sheboygan
Sturgeon Bay
Wausau
West Bend
Wisconsin Rapids
Senate backs plan to roughly double old age pensions
The Senate approved a measure by a wide margin to roughly double benefits under the social security old age and survivors program, extending coverage to about 10 million more people and easing qualification rules. A conference to reconcile differences with the House is later.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Conference Committee
Butler
Cain
Taft
Ohio
Summer Arrives As Warm Weather Returns
Summer officially enters at 5 37 p m Wednesday with temperatures around 74 degrees mid morning and rising to near 78 in the afternoon. Warm air moves from the Dakotas and Montana into Wisconsin by Thursday with rain expected, as La Crosse reports a tenth inch fall and other areas see heavier showers.
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A. D. Sanial
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cedar Chest
Dakotas
Montana
Wisconsin
Samal
la Crosse
Coulee
Vacation reading and daily home delivery offer
The La Crosse Tribune promotes vacation reading with comics including Boots and Her Buddies. Readers are urged to call the circulation department at 2 8040 to arrange daily mail delivery to a vacation address during the trip.
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la Crosse Tribune
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