Rampaging Root River Isolates Farm Families
Root River flooding in Minnesota isolated several families near Peterson and Hokah as an ice jam blocked highways and cut off access. Basements flooded while travel by car resumed on main streets as waters receded. Nearby towns reported varying levels with no immediate fear of another rise as region recovers from weekend storms.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Peterson
Minn
Highway 16
Brownsville
Hokah
John Woolley
John von Arx
Joseph M. Lorenz
Leslie Sheehan
Althea
Gays Mills
Crawford County
Viola
Kickapoo
Soldiers Grove
Trempealeau County
GE Fights CIO Pay Demands in Nationwide Labor Disputes
General Electric plans to oppose CIO wage demands as inflationary while contract talks open with 100 000 UEW employees. Labor tensions flare in New York Wall Street Oak Ridge Tennessee and Erie Pennsylvania amid broader national negotiations and union actions.
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Associated Press
General Electric Co
CIO
New York
Wall Street
Atomic Energy
Oak Ridge
General Electric
UEW
Electric Corp
Gwilym A. Price
AFL United Financial Employes Union
New York Stock and Curb Exchanges
David M. Keefe
Leap Year Babies Born At Local Hospitals In La Crosse
Eight Leap Year babies welcomed Sunday across La Crosse area hospitals. First at 5:40 a.m. at St. Ann's, then a 7:15 a.m. daughter Barbara Kay Colwell at La Crosse hospital. Additional births include three at St. Ann's by 12:55 p.m. and two at La Crescent cabins, plus a 2:45 p.m. daughter at Lutheran hospital and a 6:33 p.m. son Gene Alan at Grandview. Parents include Gullickson, Colwell, Halverson, Knoblauch, Dittman, Zurn, Melde, and Cottrell families.
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la Crosse
Grandview
Lutheran
St. Ann's
Robert L. Gullickson
State Street
Mary Lewis
Minneapolis
North Eighth Street
Ruth Ann Korpal
Mary Carol
Charles Dittman
Caledonia
Minn
Rose Murray
Lutheran Hospital
Kenneth Zurn
Winnebago Street
Eleanorth
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Cloudy with occasional light rain tonight and Tuesday. Warmer Tuesday with a high around 34. Tonight low near 24.
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la Crosse
Ex-convict admits killing Portage man near Wisconsin
An ex-convict, Calvin Reynolds, 23, confessed to police that he killed Adolph Miller, 25, a truck farmer, in his truck on route 135 near Portage, Wis., last week and stole $125. Reynolds, arrested in a raid on a Negro woman's apartment, had been released from Waupun prison in 1946 after prior offenses.
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Calvin Reynolds
Waupaca
Wis
Portage
Chicago
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Wisconsin
Adolph Miller
Reynolds
Miller
Waupun
Sulllivan
Senate Panel Approves Entry of 100000 Displaced Persons
The senate judiciary committee approves legislation to admit 100000 displaced persons to the United States. The measure moves to the senate where any senator may seek debate. The term refers to war displaced Europeans unable or unwilling to return home, with some hindered by Russia control of their former residences.
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Washington
United States
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Europe
Russia
Democrats Strive to Deflect Heat Toward Wallace Third Party
Truman aides push the Wallace third party as a way to blunt southern opposition to civil rights reforms. Senator McGrath and Senator Connally spar over anti lynch and anti poll tax laws, while Republicans hope to capitalize on the rift as Taft warns Wallace could draw up to 10 percent of the Democratic vote.
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Washington
Truman
Henry Wallace
Wallace
National Democratic Organization
Senator McGrath
Rhode Island
New Administration
Indianapolis
McGrath
Suprs
Connally
Senator Connally
Texas
Raleigh
N. C
GOP
Taft
Cleveland
Eight Major Glass Companies On Trial In Anti-Trust Action
Eight flat glass firms and 14 executives face trial in Toledo on charges of a 1928 anti trust conspiracy to curb competition in plate glass window glass and safety glass. Libbey Owens Ford and Pittsburgh Plate Glass are accused of domination since 1935 and controlling up to 96 percent of plate glass sold in the United States. Other defendants include American Window Glass Corning Blue Ridge Glass and national distributors group.
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Toledo, O
Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass Co
Toledo
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Pittsburgh
Libbey- Owens-Ford
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
United States
American Window Glass Co
Fource Glass Co
Roland Glass Co
Clarksburg
W. Va
Franklin Glass Co
Butler, Pa
Blue Ridge Glass Corp
Kingsport
Tenn
American Sec
Four Reds Held for Deportation Begin Hunger Strike
Four men detained at Ellis Island for deportation hearings refuse meals and threaten a hunger strike, per the Justice Department. They are Gerhard Eisler John Williamson Ferdinand C Smith and Charles A Doyle all in custody without bond for exclusion proceedings.
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Washington
Ellis Island
Justice Department
Department
Gerhard Eisler
John Williamson
Communist Party
United States
Ferdinand C. Smith
National Maritime Union
Charles A. Doyle
CIO Gascoke and Megas Union
Niagara Falls
Death of Jacob Fuchs in Milwaukee crash
Jacob Fuchs aged 79 died from injuries suffered February 17 when struck by a car at Third and Brown streets in Milwaukee. The accident occurred yesterday and authorities report no further details at this time.
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Milwaukee
Jacob Fuchs
Third and
Brown Streets
Finns Study Stalin's Bid For A Treaty Of Mutual Aid
Helsinki reports say discussions within the Finnish government focus on Prime Minister Stalin's proposal for a Finnish Russian treaty of friendship and mutual assistance. President Paasikivi is said to favor signing, with major parties to decide this week.
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Stalin
Helsinki
Juho Paasikivi
K. L. Kulo
Socialist Unity Party
Popular Democrats
Communists
Mauno Pekkala
Pekkala
Ejino Kilpi
Paasikivi
Moscow
Soviet Union
Finland
K. A. Fagerholm
Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Huge Pulp Supply Blaze Near Green Bay
A 17 hour fire at Northern Paper Mills in Green Bay destroyed a 10 000 cord pulpwood pile valued at over 200 000. Flames rose 50 feet and smoke stretched six miles while the city fought to save portions and keep streets clear.
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Green Bay
Wis
Northern Paper Mills
St. Vincent's Hospital
Civilization Take It Away: Three Shot at Manhattan Bar
In Manhattan a juke box playing Civilization repeatedly led to three people shot in a bar. Victims include 20 year old Josephine Ostoloco, a 47 year old bartender Nemesio Callasen, and a sailor Filipe Torres 30 who shot the woman and bartender then was wounded in a police gunfight on a subway platform. All were reported in serious condition at Roosevelt hospital.
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New York
Manhattan
Josephine Ostoloco
Nemesio Callasen
Filipe Torres
Torres
Roosevelt Hospital
Truman avoids discussing candidacy amid war talk
President Truman refused to discuss his 1948 candidacy and blamed politics for delays in solving foreign and domestic issues. He spoke at a palm-shaded yard of a submarine base vacation site and declined to answer questions on Western Europe alliances or U S troop deployment to Palestine while noting daily talks with Secretary Marshall.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Palestine
Marshall
State Department
Europe
United States
Sam Semingson Dies Of Heart Attack On Liberty Street
Sam Semingson, 70, of 1541 Liberty Street, died of a heart attack on Monday morning on the sidewalk in front of 1551 Liberty Street. Deputy coroner Ivan A. Wright announced the death. Firemen from No. 4 station transported him to the station where a respirator was summoned. He was pronounced dead at 9:50 a.m. Semingson was a former Burlington railroad engineer who began with the railroad in 1903 and rose to engineer by 1910. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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Sam Semingson
Liberty Street
Ivan A. Wright
No. 4
Semingson
Burlington Railroad
Roundhouse
House Group Seeks Tying Funds to Equal Rights
A House appropriations subcommittee backed cutting substantial federal aid to states that deny equal employment and education opportunities to people of all races. The move targets unemployment compensation vocational education and medical aid, and could affect funding unless states provide equal facilities for both races.
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Washington
House
Full
Appropriations Committee
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Keefe
R-Wis
Vandenberg urges quick European aid to thwart communism
Senator Vandenberg warns the Senate as debate opens on the 5.3 billion Marshall plan. He calls Europe’s recovery vital to stop aggression and warns against delaying aid while Congress mulls a single package for Europe China Greece and Turkey. He notes administration funding and predicts swift approval after a brief debate.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Greece
Turkey
Congress
Moscow
Atlantic
Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Urge Special Fashion Voting For Tuesday Election
The Old Look and the New Look claim victory in the special fashion election. Voters may clip and mail the ballot by March 8. Results announced at the Spring Fashion Fantasy on March 9. A Dairyland Power Office poll shows 17 for Old Look, 14 for New Look, one undecided. Mayor Beranek promotes the vote as fashionable.
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la Crosse
la Crosse Tribune
Dairyland Power Office
C. A. Beranek
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