Coal Operators Weigh Lewis Plan Against Three Day Week
A large bloc of northern and western coal operators met behind closed doors to weigh John L. Lewis proposed shift from no work to a three day week during negotiations for a new pact. A decision could emerge Tuesday at White Sulphur Springs W Va as miners on vacation await contract terms.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Lewis
UMW
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Frederick Wagner Dies in Auto Crash at 40
Frederick Wagner 40 of 421 South 17th street died after his late model Packard left Highway 33 on Irish Hill and rolled. Coroner Dr. George Reay said death due to a broken neck. Wagner, a furniture and interior decorating consultant at a local department store, died en route to a hospital. Survived by wife Mary and son Frederick Jr. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Irish Hill
Frederick Wagner
South 17Th Street
Packard
Way. Wagner
George Reay
Leonard Koenen
Coon Valley
Doerflinger
Claude
Mary
Frederick, Jr
Albert L. Luger
Minneapolis
Ferdinand J. Schumacher
Stanford, Conn
Harold E. Wright
New Orleans
Tribune
Frederick W. Wagner
Hartford Post Wins Contest at Veterans of Foreign Wars Event
Near perfect weather drew a near capacity crowd to Memorial Field for the VFW state convention finale. Hartford post 8834 won senior drum and bugle corps with Elkhorn post 6375 second and Thomas Rooney post 1530 third. Milwaukee posts also featured in band and drill team results.
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Memorial Field
Hartford Post
Elkhorn Post
Thomas Rooney
la Crosse
la Crosse Corps
Milwaukee
Corp
Henry Schaefer
Gross Yaksh Post
Milwaukee Council
Leland Tollefson
Antigo
Cudahy Post
Hartford Drum and Bugle Corps
Larry Burns
Two Die When Coupe Hits Tractor-Trailer
In Gary Indiana two men died when their coupe struck the rear of a tractor trailer at a near city intersection. Victims were Eugene Simon 19 formerly of Minneapolis and Frank Effertz 22 driving the car. Wallace Eatinger 26 Clinton Town the truck driver unhurt. Simon and Effertz were employed by Milo Corp of St. Louis which contracted for a gas line project for Northern Indiana Public Service Co. They lived in a Gary tourist camp. Effertz's home was Weverhouser Wisconsin.
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Gary
Ind
Here
Eugene Simon
Minneapolis
Frank Effertz
Effertz
Wallace Eatinger
Clinton
Simon
Milo Corp
St. 1
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Weverhouser
Wis
Local Weather for La Crosse Area Tonight and Tuesday
Partly cloudy with occasional thunder showers tonight and Tuesday morning. Warm and humid tonight with a low around 7. Cooler Tuesday evening and night. High Tuesday afternoon near 80. Municipal pool reading shows around 7 degrees.
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la Crosse
Municipal Pool
Man Gulps Live Crab On Dare Wins Big
Lawrence Johnson a 34 year old stevedore from Chester Pennsylvania gulped a live one and a half pound hard shelled crab on a dare attracting attention for the stunt.
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Chester
Lawerence Johnson
Appeals Dismissed on French Island School Attachments
A second memorandum by Judge Roland Steinle upholds the county school committee order attaching French island school districts to La Crosse for school purposes only. The appeals, heard for the city by Judge L. G. Schaefer, are dismissed with no costs and the attachment deemed valid and lawful. City officials sought clarifications on voting rights and financial liability for island schools after the order.
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French Island
City of
la Crosse
Roland Steinle
Milwaukee
L. G. Schaefer
Citylerk
John Roop
Fred Kramer
Charles Lang
Steinle
Fred E. Steele
Seaman Falls From Third Floor Apartment Window
Howard Gunderson a 38 year old merchant seaman from Oconto Wisconsin was severely injured when he fell from the third floor apartment of his divorced wife Mrs Florence Quinby 28 in Hyde Park Chicago Police say he had come to visit their three children and relatives saw him return before the fall Gunderson recently left a Great Lakes boat to seek treatment for arthritis at the Marine hospital.
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Chicago
Howard Gunderson
Oconto
Wis
Florence Quinby
Hyde Park
Hansen Named to Lutheran Publishing Board
The Rev. Cornelius Hansen of Racine Wisconsin was appointed to the Lutheran Publishing house board at the closing session of the 53rd annual United Evangelical Lutheran Church convention in Blair Nebraska.
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Blair
Nebr
Cornelius Hansen
Racine
Wis
Lutheran Publishing House
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Argentina Britain Sign Trade Pact
Argentina and Britain signed a five year trade agreement in Buenos Aires in the white salon of Government House with President Juan Peron present. The pact limits U S objections by offering Britain most of Argentina imports and receiving about 300000 tons of meat and cereals in return.
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Buenos Aires
Britain
Argentina
United States
Juan Deron
White Salon
Government House
Former Hoover Cabinet Member Ray Lyman Wilbur Dies
Palo Alto California Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur a noted educator administrator and humanitarian died of heart disease at age fourty four He led Stanford University for twenty six years served as secretary of the interior under Hoover and championed conservation housing Indian care and medical reform He founded the California Physicians Service and held presidencies in major medical associations He directed wartime food administration efforts and earned honors from France Belgium and the Red Cross
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Palo Alto
Calif
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford University
Herbert Hoover
California Physicians’ Service
American Academy of Medaicide
American Medical Association
Wilbur
United States Food Administration
France
Belgium
German Red Cross
Hoover Commission
Baruch Commission On
Masked Gunmen Raid Roadhouse In Chicago Holdup
Three masked gunmen forced 17 patrons to sit on the floor of a Chicago roadhouse early Monday. They collected about $2,000 in cash and $3,000 in jewelry, passing by a basement safe when the night manager did not know the combination.
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Chicago
Fire Destroys Dock on Staten Island
A fierce blaze destroyed the Baltimore and Ohio coal loading dock on Staten Island late Sunday. Damage was estimated at 500000 by a railroad official. One fireman suffered foot burns and six others were affected by smoke. The fire, of undetermined origin, was controlled in about ninety minutes.
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New York
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Staten Island
Two Families in Crash Between Sedan and Truck
In Madera California a collision between a 1941 sedan carrying two Stockton families and a heavily laden vegetable truck left seven of nine occupants dead. Two others were seriously injured. The truck driver Don Alien from Stockton said the car swerved into his lane and was not charged. Wreckage and victims lay along the highway.
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Madera
Calif
Stockton
Don Alien
Jap Prisoners Return From Russian Captivity
Two thousand cheering Japanese prisoners arrived in Maizuru Japan as returnees from WWII captivity in Russia after nearly four years. General MacArthur announced 408 000 Japanese had been held by Russians while Russia claimed 95 000.
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Maizuru
Japan
Repairia
Russia
Gen. MacArthur
Cool Off Before Jumping Into Cold Water
Advice warns overheated individuals to cool down before entering cold water to prevent cramps or heart attack. A gradual cool off reduces risk during strenuous exercise.
Four Power Talks On Germany To Be Revived By Allies Tuesday
The allies will revive four power talks on Germany Tuesday afternoon in Berlin. The move follows a five week rail strike that crippled Berlin. deputies who once formed a coordinating committee will meet at the allied control authority building to discuss trade and transport. The strike cost economic losses and prompted relief payments concerns as Western officials sought to support Paris three power aims.
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Germany
Berlin
Allied Control Authority
Ing
Paris
Anti - Communist Railway Union
UGO
West Berlin
Airift
Benin
Seek To Quiz Blair Man In Arson Case
Blair Wisconsin authorities search for Raymond Hanson a laborer linked to an early Sunday arson at his Blair home He poured gasoline on carpet and floor and started the blaze about 1230 am destroying most furniture Hanson fled leapt from a window and was later spotted in Alma Center before again escaping Police expect arson charges if captured
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Blair
Wis
Raymond Hanson
Trempealeau County
Whitehall
Hanson
Joe Olson
Sheriff's Department
Alma Center
Woman leaps to death from Grandad Bluff
A 21 year old telephone operator, Eileen Gilster of French Island, died after reportedly missing since mid week. Coroner Dr George Reay ruled death by own action, stating a fall of over 100 feet on the northwest face of Grandad Bluff. Two Camp McCoy members found the body and identified it. funeral services were held Monday.
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Grandad Bluff
Eileen Gilster
William Gilster
French Island
George Reay
North 10Th Street
Camp McCoy
McCoy
Michigan University
Garett
Hoffman Trial Set Wednesday
John J. Hoffman a 32 year old truck driver faces trial Wednesday on a charge he beat his wife Mollie to death in their Chicago home May 24 1948. Her battered body was found later at a Manitow trailer camp and Hoffman was later arrested in Canada.
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Chicago
John J. Hoffman
Manston
Wis
Charlies J. Byrne
Hoffman
Mollie
Canada
How They Voted Wisconsin Members of Congress
Washington report catalogs roll call votes by Wisconsin lawmakers. Senate rejected Douglas amendment to Taft-Hartley repeal 55 to 27 with McCarthy opposed Wiley not voting. House passed 293 to 55 on a bill amending the national bank act and Bretton Woods to let banks deal in securities from the international bank. votes listed with party lines.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Congress
Senate
Douglas
D-Ill
McCarthy
Wiley
House
National Bank Act
Bretton Woods
Federal Reserve System
International Bank
Davis
Zablocki
Biemiller
Murray
Smith
Withrow
Keefe
Byrnes
Hull
O’konski
Wisconsin Passes Record $137 Million Biennial Budget
Gov. Rennebohm signed the two year budget into law totaling $137,904,055, about 32 million more than the prior period. The measure reflects legislative proposals with modest deviation from the governor’s initial recommendations and excludes revolving funds and building or school aid appropriations awaiting separate action by lawmakers.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Highway and Conservation Commissions
University of Wisconsin and
Teachers College
Agreements In Strike Ended At Swift Plant
Union spokesman Don Yolton said all agreements with Local 175, UAWA CIO, have been terminated after plant managers were seen together in the plant. He noted no other strike developments since it began June 10 and that no materials have moved since then.
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Swift
UAWA
CIO
Don Yolton
Yolton
P. L. Grange
Young Republicans push for lead role in GOP party
In Salt Lake City the Young Republicans demand full partnership in party affairs. They elect John Tope as chairman and Louise Replogle as co chair, calling for a fixed budget cut and a coordinated policy with a 16 member GOP committee.
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Young Gop
Salt Lake City
John Tope
Detroit
Mich
Old Guard
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Thord
GOP
Robert A.aft
Ohio
Senate
House
Washington
Church Charges Reds Stepping Up Arrests
Communist authorities seize church offices across Czechoslovakia and arrest priests who resist. Read from pulpits, pastors report police charged them with inciting unrest after a pastoral letter denounced gov ernment actions. Archbishops Beran Matocha and others signed the letter.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Church of Christ
Josef Beran
Josef Matocha
Olomouc
Death of Edward Olson From Heat Induced Heart Attack
Edward Olson aged 76 of 419 South 20th Street died at 1 05 pm Monday while working outside at Segelke Kohlhaus Co. Cause listed as a heart attack precipitated by the heat.
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Edward Olson
South 20Th Street
Segelke-Kohlhaus Co
George Reay
Supreme Court overturns perjury conviction over quorum
The Supreme Court split 5 4 overturning the perjury conviction of Harold R. Christoffel former president of CIO United Automobile Workers Local 248 at Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee. The decision held the House labor committee must have a majority present at hearings and that a quorum was not proved. Justice Murphy wrote the majority opinion with Justices Black Frankfurter Douglas Rutledge. A dissent by Justice Jackson followed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Congressional Committee
Harold R. Christoffel
CIO United Automobile Workers
Allison Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Christoffel
House Labor Committee
Murphy
Black
Frankfurter
Douglas
Rutledge
Justice Jackson
Vinson
Reed
Burton
House
District of Columbia
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Company
U. S. Court of Ap
Defeat of Limited Housing Bill Moves Forward in House
Administration backers won an initial test beating 137 to 99 a substitute lacking public housing. Rep. Davis offered the defeated plan for 350 million dollars for slum clearance and farm housing aids but no government housing. Speaker Rayburn said the House will pass a good bill as leaders push to deliver to the White House by Friday.
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Francis M. LE May
Washington
Rep. Davis
DGA
Rayburn
D-Tex
Truman
House
White House
Senate
Rep. Cole
R-Kas
Federal Treasury
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Mull Lewis
Wagner
Reay
Hancock
Ferns
Big Rapids
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Doerflinger's
Martyn Rose
Hartford
Joan Schmaling
Judy Weishar
Racine Post
Karen Perkins
Oshkosh Post
Bernadette Weimar
Katha Krebs
Myrlin Tting
Kay Kirsh
VFW
Seaman
Hoover
Daniel DE Luce
By Jack Bell
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Scott
Tope
Laughlin E. Waters
California
Louise Replogle
Montana
Miss Replogle
Arlene Jones
National Committee
Republic Steel Corp
By Richard Kasischke
Supreme Tribunal
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