Waterfront safety first steps approved by council
The La Crosse common council approved half of a Lions club six point plan for waterfront safety at a $1875 cost. Plans include 50 warning signs 30 life preserver stations and 10 emergency sirens to deter drownings following recent local fatalities.
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Lioms Club
Jack Evans
Conniff Brothers
John Kelmer
la Crosse
Walter Wittich
Teachers College
Red Cross Water Safety Committee
Alfred W. Rice
Badger State Sportsmen's Club
Wittich
Truman Vetoes Wool Measure
President Truman vetoed the wool price support bill saying it would harm international relations. The proposal would keep government wool support at current levels and allowed tariffs or import limits if foreign wool pushed domestic prices down. He warned the move during a Geneva United Nations conference would trigger economic isolationism and harm U S leadership.
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Washington
Truman
Geneva
Currency Takes Dive in Shanghai on Dollar Alarm
China's yuan slumped to a new low near 53,000 per dollar amid market jitters. Unconfirmed reports in Shanghai finance circles said the government may revise its official rate of 12,000 to one this weekend.
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Shanghai
China
Shanghai Financial Circle
Weather sketch for La Crosse area
Local forecast for La Crosse and nearby area calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with local thundershowers possible late tonight or Thursday morning. Temperatures remain steady with lows around 6 and highs near 85.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Assembly approves 40 percent surtax for schools
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a 40 percent surtax on individual and corporate income to raise about 16 million for elementary and high school aid for the 1947-49 period. The bill, 78 to 15, also alters normal tax distribution to counties cities and towns and increases state school funding by about 15 million over 1945. The Senate followed with related university and state employee pay provisions.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Senate
Wisconsin Senate
Rennebohm
Amien
University of Wisconsin
Assembly
State Employment Relations Board
Wisconsin
Tax Cut Bill In Senate House Backed By Polls
Washington reports circulated on Capitol Hill that informal polls show a two thirds majority in both houses in favor of enacting the rejuvenated four billion dollar tax slash measure. Speculation holds a senate filibuster could delay the cuts until January one, if Republicans press another showdown. President Truman vetoed the original bill last week, arguing it was the wrong type of tax cut at the wrong time.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Truman
Molotov Arrives as Paris Talks Open. Attlee Reports Progress
Russia's Molotov arrived for the three power conference in Paris while Britain and the United States report broad, general conclusions on European recovery. British leaders including Bevin and Attlee discuss the Marshall plan with Molotov and Bidault as Moscow signals cautious openness despite skeptical Soviet press coverage. Almost all European nations back the plan except Spain and Portugal.
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Paris
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Europe
London
William L. Clayton
Lewis B. Douglas
Washington
Attlee
Bevin
Molotov
France
George Bidault
U. S
Arshall
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Moscow
Spain
Portugal
Plea halts murder trial in Plymouth case
Bertha Cote pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of her husband Rene 34 and was sentenced Thursday to three and a half to six years in a reformatory.
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Plymouth
Mass
Bertha Surprise Cote
Rene
Murphy elected governor at Badger Boys State
Joseph W. Murphy of 1309 State Street won the Badger Boys State gubernatorial post at the American Legion camp on the Ripon College campus. He ran on the Nationalist ticket and was chosen after the balloting on Thursday afternoon. Charles W. Teichen of Milwaukee stood as the Federalist candidate.
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State Street
Badger Boys’ State
American Legion
Ripon College
Murphy
Charles W. Teichen
Milwaukee
Architects Back Plan To Cut Building Costs In La Crosse
Start toward reducing home building costs by 20 percent was announced by Howard Dehl, chairman, after talks with local architects. They endorsed the plan for Salzer airport land, offered to draft plans at no charge, and discussed variations to fit different incomes. Mayor Beranek cited W P Kercher of Portland, who plans to bring data and affordable home designs to La Crosse, aiming for houses not exceeding 5000 dollars to aid wage earners.
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Howard Dehl
Salzer Airport
Dahl
C. A. Beranek
la Crosse
Ation
W. P. Kercher
Portland
Ore
Kercher
Steel Industry and Railroads Begin Widespread layoffs
Pittsburgh report notes coal stoppage triggers job cuts across steel mills and railroads. 222,000 idle miners vow a 10 day vacation as wildcat strikes grow, with Alabama and Pennsylvania showing large shutdowns. Union officials split on returning to work while the government monitors orders.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Youngstown
Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Federal Coal Mines Administration
Utah
Geneva Steel Co
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Morgantown
Kentucky
Illinois
Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
Indiana
Colorado
Afl-United Mine Workers
Afl-Anthracite
Progressive Mine Workers Union
Ind
Moscow Decree Diversions Youths Into Industry
A June 19 decree from the Supreme Soviet's president orders mobilizing youths for industrial training. Ages 14 to 17 for crafts and railway schools, 16 to 18 for factory schools, and 19 year olds for underground coal mines and metal and oil work, shifting from military training.
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Moscow
U.S.S.R
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Plane Ground Loops At La Guardia No Injuries Reported
An Air France Constellation arriving from Paris with 31 passengers grazed a shack and ground-looped 700 feet injuring no one. It landed safely at La Guardia field despite damage to its right landing gear and tipped onto its right wing with a 10 member crew aboard.
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New York
Air France
Paris
la Guardia Field
iConstellation
Judge Orders Curley Jailed
Judge James M. Proctor refused to suspend the six to 18 month mail fraud sentence for James M. Curley of Boston and ordered immediate imprisonment. Curley’s attorney sought clemency from President Truman while noting his serious health, but the judge dismissed the plea and indicated the case is over for the court. Curley, indicted in 1942 and convicted in 1946, had arrived from a Massachusetts hospital where he was treated for diabetes and high blood pressure.
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Washington
James M. Curley
Boston
Truman
James M. Proctor
Curley
James Leahy
Re Rs
U. S. Marshall
Procter
James M. Procter
Proctor
Massachusetts
Cohasset
Mass
Engineering Group, Inc
Supreme Court
Phillips To Allocate Petroleum Products Among Distributors
Phillips Petroleum Co announced it will allocate its petroleum products among present distributors and dealers in a fair and equitable manner. The plan follows Standard Oil Co of Indiana's Midwest allocation and aims to ease increased Midwest demand on Phillips outlets.
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New York
Phillips Petroleum Co
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Midwest
Phillips
Approval of Pullman sale to 57 railroads group
A U.S. district court approved today the sale of the Pullman Company operator of sleeping cars to a buying group of 57 railroads. The decision finalizes a major consolidation affecting rail travel and rolling stock services across the nation.
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Pullman
Philadelphia
Pullman Company
U.S. District Court
Diplomat Gutsierrez to Speak at Rotary International Day Event
His Excellency Gutierrez of Costa Rica arrives in La Crosse for International Day at the Vocational School auditorium at 8:00 p m speaking on the United Nations structure and aims. He notes UN progress on Iran and Palestine and praises Pan American Union collaboration.
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United Nations
Costa Rica
Rotary Club
League of Women Voters
Larry Engelhard
Rotary
United Nations Assembly
la Crosse
Lake Success
N. Y
Palestine
Gutierrez
A. H. Schubert
M. S. Venkata Rama Rao
M. K. Shivole
A. R. Khan
India
Herzl Weizmann
Ronald Gutierrez
Wisconsin
Chicago
Midwest
Flood Strikes Des Moines Capital and Levee Break
Des Moines river breaches a mile-long levee near the city center flooding 63 blocks and forcing about 1,800 evacuations. Crests from Des Moines and Raccoon rivers neared confluence as floodwaters surged through the area with three feet of water reported and the levee waterlogged.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Scott Street
Red Rock
Eddyville
Ottumwa
Keosauqua
Raccoon
Charles Slade
David Liddle
Red Cross
Raccoon River
Liddle
Iowa
Missouri
Campaign to force retirement of Wausau city leaders opens
In Wausau Wisconsin a campaign to recall Mayor Herbert Giese and all but one city council member began with petitions circulating for a recall election. Spokesmen cited council actions extending official terms from two to four years and a $1 million school bond issue without a referendum as grounds. The recall against the mayor cites him for fostering term extensions and aiding the bond issue while alleging neglect of duties by subordinates and a missed public notice for an impending school board election.
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Wausau
Wis
Herbert Giese
Emil Muelver
Arthur Carney
Giese
AFL Plans Court Fight Over Taft Hartley Law
AFL President William Green rejects calls for a general strike and says the federation will challenge the Taft Hartley act in U S courts. He calls AFL 105 unions to a July 9 conference in Washington and announces a broader plan to mobilize against the law.
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Washington
AFL
William Green
Green
Executive Council
Congress
Truman
Joseph A. Padway
Padway
Strikes Across Industries Rock U S Labor Wave
Strikes hit Coustly AL UMW 230 900 diggers out of pits as repairs surge. East coast shipyards report 40000 workers walking out. Omaha stockyards halted packing as CIO handlers strike. St Louis bus streetcar strike cripples city transit. Ford foremen out with CIO UAW weighing a policy strike.
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Coustly
UMW
East Coast
CIO
Omaha
St. Louis
Ford
Cio-Uaw
House splits over what unions can do under new bill
Republican leaders clash over how to handle John Lewis and the soft coal labor dispute as 200,000 miners resume work after a 10 day vacation. Talks to revive coal contract falter while Taft-Hartley legacy complicates government seizure authority.
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John Lewis
Rep
Hartley
R-Nj
Truman
Lewis
R-Ind
United Mine
Congress
UMW
John O'Leary
Union Welfare and Retirement Fund
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