Truman Extends Rent Control Eight Months
President Truman signs the Housing and Rent Act of 1947 extending federal rent controls eight months while allowing voluntary 15 percent increases for leases through December 31, 1948. He calls the measure a step backward and warns tenants face higher rents without controls. La Crosse Rent Office will answer questions about the act.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
la Crosse
Monroe
Winona
William A. O'Neil
Rent Control
O'Neil
Mines Back to Operators as Government Relinquishes Control
The government ended operation of more than 2,500 soft coal mines seizing May 1946 and returns them to private owners. A fresh contract dispute with John L. Lewis remains unsettled, threatening a new strike when the 10‑day vacation ends July 8. Secretary Schwellenbach will mediate to avert a wider walkout as miners and operators resume bargaining after a year of wartime control.
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Washington
Mpty
John L. Lewis
Coal Mines Administration
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Wis
Secretary of the Interior Krug
Uncle Sam
Lewis
Krug-Lewis
Krug
Spr
Local Weather for La Crosse Area Clears Tonight
The forecast calls for clearing skies and a cooler night with a low around 58. Tuesday will be fair with little temperature change, highs near 78 to 80.
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la Crosse
Alma
Prairie du Chien
Trempealeau
A. D. Sanial
West Salem
Mississippi
Fountain City
Lynxville
Sanial
State Highway Commission
Viola
Readstown
Coon Valley
Viroqua
la Farge
Ministers' Paris Parley Ends in Impasse Over Aid Plan
The third session of Britain France and Russia foreign ministers in Paris ended without agreement. Russia opposes an all embracing European economic program and rejects a joint international committee to administer aid, signaling potential collapse of talks over Marshall plan funding and control.
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Paris
France
Britain
Russia
Europe
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bithe
United States
Marshall
Moscow
America
Tass
Crocker dies longtime head of Northern States Power
Theo dore D. Crocker aged 66 president of the Northern States Power Company since 1943 and longtime associate since 1912 died Sunday after a brief illness in Northwestern Hospital. He leaves a widow, a daughter Mrs Emerson Walling of La Crosse Wisconsin and a son Thomas of Minneapolis. Crocker earlier worked in Milwaukee and rose from assistant to the vice president in 1918 to assistant general manager in 1923 and vice president in 1931.
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Minneapolis
Theodore D. Crocker
Northern States Cam Company
Northwestern Hospital
Emerson Walling
la Crosse
Wis
Thomas
Crocker
Milwaukee
UNRRA Ends European Aid Campaign After War Relief
UNRRA closes out its extensive program in Europe on Monday marking the end of relief operations that began in 1943. The agency has spent or committed $3,670,799,021 in aid to war ravaged nations transitioning from chaos to peace.
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Washington
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
UNRRA
Senate Panel to Hear Oil Shortage Claims in July
Washington Chairman Malone announces two day hearing by the Senate public lands sub committee on July 14 to ascertain facts about reported oil shortages.
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Washington
Malone
R-New
Senate Public Lands
River Reaches Record Peak As Levee Battle Intensifies
The Mississippi in St Louis hits 39.25 feet amid fears of levee breaches along North St Louis and nearby districts. An earthquake adds stress but causes no reported levee damage. Red Cross sets up shelters as 1,000 residents become homeless.
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ST. Louis
U. S
Missouri River
Illinois
East St. Louis
Chester
Harry F. Wahlgren
Mississippi
Red Cross
Dike Chouteau Island
Granite City
Two Vehicles Collide In Chicago Intersection
Police report a collision at King Seventh streets at 12 06 Satur n involving Henry W Hicks of Chicago and Mrs Muriel Bartz of 320 North 13th street. Estimated damage totals about 120 dollars with no injuries.
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Henry W. Hicks
Chicago, IL
Muriel Bartz
North 13Th Street
King _ Seventh streets
Saturn
Hicks
Bartz
Flying Saucer Talk Continues Across Regions
Eyewitnesses and skeptics alike keep debating the flying saucer phenomenon. Frank M. King of San Leandro reports a gleaming oval object seen from his backyard while Ray Taro of Everett argues the disks are aluminum scraps turned airborne by heat and wind. Kenneth Arnold’s Boise sighting sparked the controversy, noting speeds of about 1200 miles per hour.
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Seattle
Wash
Texas
Canada
Frank M. King
San Leandro
Calif
Ray Taro
Everett, Wash
Iron Works
Kenneth Arnold
Boise
Idaho
Washington
Judge Will Delay Chandler Sentence
Douglas Chandler a 58 year old former Baltimore newsman convicted for wartime propaganda broadcasts must wait at least two weeks before sentencing. Federal Judge Francis J Ford will review the case after a short reflection period following a 12 man jury verdict of guilty on all ten treason counts.
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Boston
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
Francis J. W. Ford
Chandler
U. S. Marshal’s Office
East Cambridge
Stolen 1937 Chevrolet Car Reported On Pearl Street
Police seek vehicle stolen from the 200 block on Pearl Street. The two door black 1937 Chevrolet had Wisconsin plate 11-31722 and was last seen Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
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Pearl Street
Wisconsin
Coon Valley Officials Blame County for Flood Damage
Coon Valley Wisconsin officials estimate flood damage near five thousand dollars after Saturday night rain. They blame a county wing dam built parallel to Coon Creek and four culverts for redirecting water, and say it worsened park damage ahead of the Fourth of July events. Community crews clear silt and debris while a lawyer prepares to gather evidence against Vernon County highway commission.
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Coon Valley
Wis
American Legion
Theodore R. Dreves
W. S. Spriggs
Park Board
Board of Heath
Wing
County Highway Commission
Drewes
Vernon County Highway Commission
Rockland
Middle Ridge
Paul A. Hartwig
Melvina
Dutch Creek
Readstown
Soldiers Grove
Gays Mills
Gays Millis
Black Maquis Plot to Oust French Republic Uncovered
Interior Minister Edouard Depreux announced a widespread Black Maquis plot to overthrow the French republic and install a military dictatorship. Gen. Guillaudot and Maj. Jean Loustauenau Lacau linked to anti-Republican circles. four generals and civilians implicated. plan reportedly set for this month.
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Louis Nevin
PARIS
Edouard Depreux
Black Maquis
Depreux
Guillaudot
Jean Loustauneau-Lacau
Coal Shortage Forces 16,000 Layoffs Across Steel Plants
A growing coal shortage idled more than 16,000 steel and railroad workers as the U S government returned soft coal mines to owners. Mines had been operated since 1946 after a 59 day strike. Layoffs hit Carnegie Illinois Steel 10000, Youngstown Sheet and Tube 4000, with Republic Steel Sharon Steel and Wheeling Steel also sending workers home. Reports said UMW wage talks with Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co. might resume.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Pittsburgh-Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Republic Steel
Sharon Steel
Wheeling Steel
United Mine Workers
U. S. Steel Corp
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
UMW
Storm Warning Issued for Lake Michigan Small Craft
The weather bureau issued a small craft warning for Lake Michigan on Monday. Forecast calls for variable winds 10 to 15 mph, rising to 25 to 35 mph during afternoon and evening thunder squalls.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Weather Bureau
Two Farm Boys Drown Near Mormon Coulee
Sunday afternoon at Mormon Coulee creek east of the 10 Mile House two farm youths, Gerald Fortun 16 and Clarence Starch 19, both swimmers, drowned after entering swollen water following a rain deluge. Coroner Dr Reay said Fortun called for help, Starch went in after him, both then disappeared. Bodies recovered later. Fortun survived by parents and sister Gloria, Starch by parents and siblings. Funeral arrangements set in Coon Valley and Mormon Coulee areas.
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Mormon Coulee Creek
10 Mile House
Gerald Fortun
Henry Fortun
Clarence Starch
Fred Starch
Coon Valley
R. J
George
Reay
Fortun
Starch
Reuben Starch
Clarence
Eugene Biihorde
Brinkman Ridge
Upper Coon Valley Church
Ivar M. Gjelistad
Hellwig- Morris
Reformed Church In
Mormon Coulee
E. Rodell
Marilyn
Edwin
Earl of
Take Tribune Along On Summer Vacation
Notify the circulation department to mail Crosse Tribune copies to a vacation address at no extra cost. The service wraps and mails the papers. supply the vacation address and call 3680 to arrange.
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Crosse Tribune
Tribune
Barns leveled as storm floods area south of city
Muddy waters and heavy winds from a weekend storm battered Sparta Coon Valley and Vernon and La Crosse counties. Five barns and five tobacco sheds were knocked down near Newton on the Bad Axe river. La Crosse river rose threatening Sparta homes while highways and bridges sustained damage across the region.
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Sparta
Coon Valley
la Crosse
Brice Prairie
Newton
Bad Axe
Vernon County
Coulee
Cow Valley
Coon Creek
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Harold Hovland
Dave McFall
Walrath Street
Farmers Valley
Harold W. Ward
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
George M. Humphreys
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal
Bee Lewis
Bulletin
Power Firm
East Carondelet and Dape
Degognia
Cape Girardeau
Iowa
Missouri
Des Moines
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French Republic
Interior Ministry
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