Adventists Buy Building From Presbyterians
The Seventh Day Adventist church of La Crosse purchased the First Presbyterian Church on Sixth and King for 18000 dollars. Services begin July 6 with Elder T E Unruh preaching at 11 am. The Presbyterian congregation will lease the building for ongoing services while planning future work.
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First Presbyterian Church
Sixth and King Streets
Seventh Day Adventist Church of
la Creme
la Crosse
Seventh Day Adventist Church
T. E. Unruh
Madison
Wisconsin State Conference
Presbyterian Church
West Avenue
J. R. Johnson
Board of Trustees
Clinton and
Liberty Streets
J. H. Meier
South America
Irwin Smith
Synod of
Apyar
F. Smith
Benjamin C. Prentiss
Robert Campbell
South Iith Street
Jay Street
Bee Church
Tribune
First Presbyterian Church, Sixth and King
Seventh Day Adventist
Rail Worker Killed In Milwaukee Road Accident
William Hermann age 61 died after slipping from a caboose rung as a 40 car freight train moved near the Copeland avenue roundhouse in La Crosse Wisconsin. The engine inspector fell while attempting to board and the wheels passed over his chest and head. The coroner reported no inquest. Funeral services set for Friday at noon at McKee funeral home with burial in Onalaska cemetery.
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William Hermann
Liberty Street
Milwaukee Road
Copeland Avenue
Hermann West
G. R. Reay
la Crosse Councoroner
Hermann
la Crosse
North
Anna Schwartz
Freda McRoberts
Vulcan
Canada
John
North Ha
McKee
S. J. Lambrighi
Onalaska
Masome Lodge
Local La Crosse Weather Calls for Fair Skies Tonight
Local forecast for La Crosse and vicinity calls for generally fair conditions and moderate temperatures tonight with a low around 60. Thursday is partly cloudy with possible local thunder in the afternoon, and a warmer high near 84.
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la Crosse
La Crosse Housing Seeks 200 Emergency Units
The La Crosse housing authority votes to apply for 200 federal housing units to ease the city billeting strain. Msgr. Schuh and a committee are to travel to Chicago to sign for the national 22 units ready for shipment while current occupancy and rents rise.
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la Crosse
Ordnance Shop
Housing Authority
Msgr
Schuh
Owen Jackson
L. V. Weisensel
Harry Newburg
Carl Pederson
Chicago Federal Housing Authority
Pederson
Chicago Authority
Msgr. Schuh
Chicago
Ordnance
Green Bay Street
North Side
Swanson
Logan High School
St. Cloud Street
Authority
Federal Housing Authority
Minneapolis
la Crosse Authority
Ohio farmers strike gains momentum in protest
In Columbus a planned statewide action by the Ohio Market Quota Protest Association spreads as 150 Lorain county farmers join. The group claims 17 000 members in 40 counties while master Joseph W Fichter of the Grange says the move should warn Congress amid food supply concerns.
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Columbus. O
Ohio
Master of the State Grange
Congress
Lorain County
Ohio Market Quota Protest Association
Association
OPA
Joseph W. Fichter
The
Grange
Fichter
Grange Monthly
Willington
Loraine County
H. H. Fackier
Plymouth
Girl accidentally shot while sweeping in Alaska
Doris Nesler 17 of R 1 Alaska was sweeping when a .22 rifle propped nearby discharged. A bullet lodged in her left shoulder, shattering the bone, but doctors said her condition was not serious. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin Nesler.
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Doris Nesler
Onalaska
Miss Nesler
Alvin Nesler
Siam King Ananda Mahidol Death May Have Been Assassination
Reports say medical experts from a board of 18 physicians support the theory that 20 year old King Ananda Mahidol of Siam was the victim of an assassination. The king was found dead June 9 and an official claim said accidental self infliction.
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Bangkok
Siam
Ananda Mahidol
Pay Boost in Draft Extension Up for Signature
Congressional panels estimate pay raises totaling about 632 million dollars for the coming year with more than 50 million dollars in a single month. The draft extension would run nine months beyond June 30 and apply to non fathers aged 19 to 45, with no inductions for those under 26. The House approved the two measures 259 to 118, and the Senate acted quickly. President Truman was expected to sign before July 1 to avoid delays.
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Washington
White House
Army
Navy
Marines
Truman
Armed Service
House
Senate
War Department
U S Proposes $465 Million UNRRA Cash Allotment
The House committee recommends a $465 million cash allotment for UNRRA as part of a $726.6 million deficiency bill. The item sparks debate over directing funds to Russian republics with news access restrictions. President Truman says most receiving nations allow reporting. two Soviet republics are excluded. The bill also includes $106.65 million for the Office of Price Administration and $27.75 million for the selective service system to cover current and next year shortages.
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Washington
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
House
UNRRA
Rep. Brown
R-O
U. S
Truman
Congress
Byelorussia
Ukraine
Office of Price Administration
Selective Service
Army Adopts Single Uniform in New Postwar Order
The War Department moves toward a new postwar social order by ending most salutes off posts and merging rank distinctions. Secretary Patterson approves 12 of 14 Doolittle board recommendations to curb caste while maintaining discipline, with July 1 as the date to extend unused leave benefits to enlisted men and begin officer leadership reforms.
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Washington
Patterson
Doolitte “Gripe” Board
War Department
Doolittle Board
James H. Doolittle
Navy Backs Merger Plan in Unified Defense Effort
Navy Secretary Forrestal informs President Truman of full cooperation to achieve the army navy merger goals. He calls the objectives attainable and notes the navy will continue in future development of land based planes for reconnaissance and anti submarine warfare while leveraging wartime lessons. Admiral Nimitz joins in the support.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Truman
White House
Nimitz
Patterson
Bettendorf Arsenal Sold to Case in $1.123 Million Tran sfer
Washington reports the wartime Quad City tank arsenal at Bettendorf Iowa was approved for sale to J I Case Co Racine Wisconsin for 1 123 000 cash by the War Assets Administration The plant covers about 50 acres near Bettendorf and Case says about 1000 workers will be employed to produce farm machinery and implements
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Washington
Quad-City
Bettendorf
J. I. Case Co
Racine
Wis
War Assets Administration
International Harvester Co
Case
La Crosse Concert Band Performs Thursday at Riverside Park
The La Crosse Concert Band will present a summer program at 8 p.m. Thursday in Riverside Park under the direction of D R Wartinbee.
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la Crosse
Riverside Park
D. R. Wartinbee
Nine Farm Workers Die as Train Hits Loaded Truck
Nine killed and 12 seriously injured when a Missouri Pacific locomotive hit a truck carrying Latin American agricultural workers two miles west of Harlingen Texas. Victims and wreckage scattered 150 feet along the right of way. Authorities cited a blind crossing due to freight cars. no train passengers harmed.
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Harlingen
Tex
Here
Missouri Pacific
Marvin Gordon
State Highway Patrol
Gordon
The
Valley Morning Star
Adams Garden
the Star
Federal Charge In Stolen Car Case
Dallas Dee Vickery of Royalton was held in Paxton on a federal charge of violating the national stolen automobile act. A complaint filed in federal court alleges he transported a stolen vehicle from Paxton to Stevens Point Wisconsin.
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Danville
Dallas Dee Vickery
Royalton
Paxton
Stevens Point
Wis
Veto Deadlock at UN Atomic Conferees
United Nations atomic energy committee remains deadlocked between the United States and Russia over control proposals. An atomic working committee, chaired by Herbert V. Evatt, will draft an integrated plan with 12-nation representation and meet Friday. The Security Council convenes to address the Spanish issue on a Evatt Cadogan Lange committee resolution.
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New York
United Nations
United States
Russia
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Security Council
Evatt
Britain
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Oscar Lange
Discrepancies in Degnan murder confession surface
Chicago investigators scrutinize Richard Russell Thomas story claiming he killed six year old Suzanne Degnan in 1947 Phoenix case. Officials question details about dismemberment tools from Barnes Hospital St Louis and instrument disposal in Lake Michigan while probing his past employment and radio work. Police charters have questioned 2,000 people in 600 inquiries across nearly six months of investigation.
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Chicago
Phoenix
Ariz
Suzanne Degnan
Walter Storms
Richard Russell Thomas
Thomas
Ernest Roach
Degnan
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
F. R. Bradley
Thom
Roach
Lake Michigan
Big House Defeat Margin Dooms Plan
Washington reports indicate Senate support for sending the OPA extension bill back to conference is fading after House rejection 221 to 150. Wherry keeps a conference bid alive while Taft and Millikin weigh in, and Bowles and Porter may urge a presidential veto to push for an emergency extension.
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House
Senate
OPA
Chester Bowles
Paul Porter
Truman
Congress
How They Voted OPA Extension in Wisconsin
Two Wisconsin Democrats Biemiller and Wasielewski supported the compromise OPA extension bill passed by the House 265 to 106. They were the only Wisconsin lawmakers to oppose sending the bill to committee with meat and dairy price control motions, which failed 150 to 221. Republicans Byrnes Henry Keefe Murray O Konski and Smith and Progressive Hull opposed recommittal. Stevenson was not recorded.
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Washington
House
Wherry
Nebraska
Lucas
Ill
Senate
Conference Committee
Tribune Washington Bureau
Wisconsin
Biemiller
Wasielewski
Byrnes
Henry
Keefe
Murray
O’konski
Smith
Hull
Stevenson
Two Soviet Republics Lose Autonomy for Wartime Treachery
Moscow reports Crimean and Chechen Ingush autonomous republics of the RSFSR were abolished as units and reduced to provinces. About 1.5 million people lived there but many loyal Russians and Ukrainians were not moved. Exact numbers and resettlement locations were not announced. Debates mark first official wartime treachery disclosures affecting Soviet territorial units.
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Moscow —i
Russia
Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic
Frozyny
Mosdok
Caucasus
Russian
Soviet Federal Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
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Northrop Aircraft Corp
Hawthorne
Calif
Muroc
House Authority
Sve SP Fe Fff
Rivoli
Switzerland
Dusit Hall
Special Inquiry Commission
Twin Bills
Bettendorf Arsenal
Case, Racine
Atom
Poland
U. N
Wherry Maps
Joint Committee
Millikin
R-Cole
Taft
Republics
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