All Teaching Posts Filled At Public Schools
All teaching posts in the public schools are filled, Supt. Batho told the board. Three new teachers were confirmed: Beatrice Brenner, Daniel Hoyt, and William Stephens. Central High remodeling contract awarded to Frank Schwalbe Son for 3169. Storeroom bids due Wednesday at 2 pm. Summer hours set 8 30 to 4 30. Recreation committee revises department name to division of municipal recreation and school extension. Pool admission prices set morning free for under 18, others five to 20 cents.Committee includes Brenner Hard and recreation superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall G. Batho
Board of Education
Beatrice Brenner
Daniel B. Hoyt
William Stephens
Central High School
Frank R. Schwalbe and Son
Recreation Committee
Recreation Department
Division of Municipal Recreation and
Memorial Field
Swanson Field
Common Council
A C Announces Expansion Plan At Oxnard Plant
Allis-Chalmers plans a 250000 expansion at its Oxnard California facility led by W A Robe executive vice president for the tractor division. The project adds a 40000 square foot manufacturing building plus an office building foundry and an additional engineering building on 15 acres. A prior fall program totaled 100000 and included steel cutting building 800 feet of track and 240 feet of craneway. Construction will begin once contracts are let and employment impact depends on demand for deep tillage implements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Oxnard
Calif
Tues- W. A. Robe
W. A. Kaan
Roberts
Aliis-Chalmers
House Vote Near On Vast Federal Housing Bill
The House pressed toward final action on a sweeping housing bill led by administration forces with Speaker Rayburn predicting a substantial margin. A race issue amendment to bar segregation in publicly owned housing surfaced from Rep. Marcantonio, while other substitutes to scrap or alter the bill failed. The plan would fund up to 308 million dollars annually for 40 years to build 810,000 public dwellings and a 262.5 million program for farm housing loans with grants in select cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rayburn
Dtex
Spence
D-Ky
Marcantonio
Al-Ny
House Banking Committee
Senate
House
Davis
D-Ga
Coudert
R-Ny
Truman
Lemke
R-Nd
Tax hike defeat splits Wisconsin Senate over welfare funding
In Madison the Republican led Wisconsin Senate voted down a proposed state income tax increase while considering a cigarette tax plan to fund welfare buildings. Senator Jess Miller led delays and argued against new taxes, urging cutting expenses instead. The session adjourned after Miller's remarks as opponents held firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Senate
Jess Miller
Richland Center
Miller
Rennebohm
Assembly
Knowles
New Richmond
Coleman Quits As Republican Strategist
Vice chairman Thomas E. Coleman resigned from the GOP strategy committee accusing National Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr. of failing to move the group forward. He criticized delays in appointing members and said the party has won in 1950 without the strategy panel. Scott planned to present the matter on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas E. Coleman
Republican Strategy Committee
GOP
Hugh D. Scott
Coleman
Wisconsin
Republican Finance
Scott
GOP National Committee
Omaha
City Officials Plan Meeting On Bus Rates
The La Crosse common council in committee session plans a Madison trip with Mayor Henry Ahrens City Attorney Fred Steele and three aldermen to discuss a proposed bus rate hike with the Public Service Commission. They seek to verify the carrier's figures and may file opposition as needed. The council also moved to pay for John Schneider property improvements only after all tenants relocate and heard bids for city disposal plant survey ranging from 600 to 6250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Henry Ahrens
Fred Steele
Madison
Public Service Commission
la Crosse Transit Co
Steele
Court House
Calmer Brown
Transit Co
Brown
Steeele
John Schneider
South Third Street
J. Donohue Engineering Co
Sheboygan
Exin
Judge Albert Twesme Dies Of Heart Attack
Trempealeau County judge Albert Twesme died after a heart attack during a La Crosse County Bar Association meeting at Maple Grove Country Club near West Salem. He collapsed on the sixth tee while golfing. He had served as Trempealeau County judge since 1946 and was active in promoting mental health, child welfare, and local civic projects. Masonic funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Galesville Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Trempeareau County
Albert T. Twesme
la Crosse County Bar Association
Maple Grove Country Club
West Salem
Twesme
Albert L
la Crosse
Tri-County Bar Association
Goedecke
la Crosse County
Lars Twesme
America
Norway
Judge Twesme
and Gale College
University of Wisconsin
State University Law School
Trempealeau
John C. Gaveney
Twelme
Marinuka
Lunetta Burns
Betty Godward
Inona
Minn
Lewis
Alfred
Helen
Bertha Sylvester
Galesville Presbyterian Church
Harold Wisner
Pine Cliff Cemetery
Bendix Strike Ends After 70 Days at South Bend
Washington officials announce a settlement between Bendix Aviation Corp and the United Auto Workers ending a 70 day walkout tying up South Bend Indiana engine production. President Walter Reuther notes the parties recognize urgent air force needs as they resume production and review wage and production schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Symington
Bendix Aviation Corp
South Bend
Ind
United Auto Workers
S. Symington
Walter Reuther
UAW
Air Force
E. Ferguson
Bendix
Symington
John W. Gibson
Arthur C. Vint
Federal Mediation Service
United Automobile Workers
Weather Forecast for La Crosse and Vicinity
For La Crosse and vicinity. Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Cooler tonight. Low tonight 60 degrees, high Wednesday 65 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Water Safety Warning for Non-Swimmers at Beaches
Non-swimmers are cautioned to stay out of small boats and avoid easily capsized canoes and rowboats. Those unable to swim should remain in protected beach areas as small boats can be as deadly as loaded guns in the water.
Supreme Court casts doubt on historic quorum rule
The five to four ruling reverses Harold R. Christoffel’s perjury conviction, citing an absence of a clear quorum in the House labor committee during his testimony in 1947. The decision prompts discussion that Congress may need to change long standing quorum practices dating to George Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Congress
George Washington
Harold R. Christoffel
CIO
United Auto Workers
House Labor Committee
Christoffel
Hiss Questioned on ties to International Juridical Association
U S Attorney questions Alger Hiss about links to the International Juridical Association described by a House committee as a Communist front. He admits writing articles for the group in 1932 33 and is unsure of the office location. The interrogation references Mrs Carol King and Mr Polier with Polier named as editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alger Hiss
International Juridicial Association
House
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
State Department
Hiss
Carol King
Murphy
Speedboat Severely Injures Two California Girls
A speedboat struck two 13 year old swimmers at Lake Tahoe, severing Imogene Wittsche's foot and injuring her companion Janet Lutz. The vessel fled the scene as deputies investigated. Imogene required immediate medical amputation of one foot and the other foot remained partially attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Imogene Wittsche
Janet Lutz
Roseville
Calif
Lake Tahoe
F. W. Brenzel
Janet
Imogene
Union SUed by Its Former President
Edward J. Brown, ex president of the AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, sues the union for 100000 dollars in a civil action in U S district court seeking reinstatement in good standing. He says he is barred from holding office or attending meetings and that the ban bars him from employment in the electrical industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward J. Brown
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
U. S. District Court
Brown
Germantown
Wis
Liberals Win Overwhelming Canadian Election Victory
Liberal party under Prime Minister Louis St Laurent won a landslide in Canada’s national election, capturing 193 of 262 seats and leading in most provinces. The Progressive Conservatives took 42 seats, Social Credit secured 10 in Alberta, and independents, Socialists, and others filled the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Liberal Party
Louis St. Laurent
Liberals
Canada
Democrats
House of Commons
Alberta
Progressive Conservatives
Commons
House
W. L. MacKenzie King
King
St Laurent
George Drew
Ontario
Social Credit Party
Socialists
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Marks Early Victory For Administration
The Senate rejected a straight out proposal to keep Taft Hartley law injunctions against national emergency strikes in a 54 to 37 vote. It represents a preliminary win for the Truman administration in a parliamentary fight over labor policy with further hurdles possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
Holland
D-Fla
Taft
Ohio
Taft Plan Survives Senate Test On Emergency Strikes
The Taft plan to handle national emergency strikes through court orders and plant seizure survived a Senate test by two votes. Senator Lucas failed 46 to 44 in an attempt to remove the court orders from Taft's double-barreled proposal. The Senate then rejected a straight Taft-Hartley injunctions measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Senate
Lucas
D-Ni
Rohio
Senate battle over Taft plan probes injunction and seizure powers
As a crucial vote nears, the administration moves to strike injunction provisions from a Taft proposal, leaving seizure powers. Senators Lucas OConor Barkley Holland race to gather support amid illness absences and heated lines on executive authority versus emergency health measures.
May Reported As Big Strike Month
The U S Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday that more strikes began in May than in any month since spring 1947, indicating a surge in labor actions across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Coziest Plunge of the Year
A man fell three floors down an air shaft and landed in an easy chair in a tale of unlikely safety. The piece then pivots to advertising tips for renting a room and selling articles quickly at the front door.
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J. B. Brenner
Ae Hard
A-C
Rancis M. LE May
By Arthur Bystrom
William F. Hughes
Josephine
Washington, D. C
Secret Service
White House
Elaine J. Spradlin
Keith
105Th Street
Cleveland
Serice
J. J. Cassaday
Albert Twesme
Judge Twelme
George Reay
Ettrick Township
Jack Adams
Justice Murphy
Bee Congress
U.S
Quizzes Hiss
Ben Bassett
Taft Motion
Illinois
O’conor
Europe
Barkley
Los Angeles
Stennis
D-Miss
Smith
R-Nj
Dfla
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