Credit Buying Regulations Are Relaxed
Washington policymakers welcomed a government order easing installment limits on items from cook stoves to automobiles. The rule cuts down payments, extends terms to 71 months, and keeps auto down payments at one third, sparking praise from some lawmakers and criticism from Rep. Patman who seeks longer terms and broader power for vetoes.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve Board
Nction
Faw
Edgar Kialser
Bonseral
Kaiser-Firater Corp
Patman
D-Tex
Man Atep
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate-House Economic Committee
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Rep
House
Small Business Committee
Bess
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Truman
Escapees from South Dakota school caught in Wisconsin raid plan
Three escapees from the South Dakota school for boys were arrested by Oconomowoc police Tuesday night. They stated they planned to raid a local filling station in Oconomowoc.
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NAB
Waukesha
Wis
Escapora
Sou Dakota School For Boys
Oconomowoc
La Crosse Tribune Delivers Daily Across Six Trucks
The La Crosse Tribune operates six daily and Sunday delivery trucks traveling over 4000 miles weekly. Deliveries reach a wide area via railroads seven bus lines school buses post routes and private cars ensuring dependable service to hard to reach locations.
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la Crosse
Tri-State
la Crosse Tribune
Tribune
la Crosse Tribunes
Post Office Star
Weather outlook for La Crosse and vicinity
Cloudy conditions tonight with a chance of mist. On Friday expect partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with a low of 34 and a high of 45 degrees.
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la Crosse
Barbed wire enclosures guard Russian repatriation post
U S army engineers blockaded the Russian repatriation mission with barbed wire and floodlights to prevent smuggling and ensure Russians report to authorities before leaving. A cryptic police explanation noted trees on the estate might hide what could occur. A Russian officer accepted a newspaper from First Lieutenant Edward L. Covak as the siege continued.
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Richard A. O'Regan
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Army
Edward L. Covak
Duluth
Minn
Mission House
Stars and Stripes
Covak
Sian
Cal. Sterling A. Wood
Missing shotgun shells reported from Lang Red Arrow Delivery
Ralph Lang operator of Lang Red Arrow Delivery reported to police that a case of 12 gauge Remington shotgun shells was missing from the wardhouse at 209 State Street.
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Ralph Lang
Lang Red Arrow Delivery Service
Wardhouse
State ‘Street Street
Motor Corps Aids Volunteers In Sunday Red Cross Campaign
A four hour Sunday drive to raise funds for the Red Cross will be led by Russell E. Aldrich with volunteers calling at county residences from 1 to 5 PM. The goal is a $20,610 quota. Aldrich and aides will pick up volunteers on request. Local chapter officials urge contributions from businesses and residents, noting Red Cross services for servicemen veterans and hospital care provided by trained Gray Ladies and other programs including Home Nursing.
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Motor Corps
Red Cross
Russell E. Aldrich
Rudolph Horschak
Aldrich
B. Sump
Joseph Callaway
Funt
Veterans Administration
Veterans Administration Hospital
Tomah
AED
Lucky Lady II Crew Ends 23,452 Mile Nonstop Flight
The Lucky Lady II crew, the first to circle the world nonstop, landed at Carswell AFB after 94 hours and 1 minute, having crossed seven seas and four continents and refueled four times. A B-29 missing in northern Luzon had refueled the mission but did not return.
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Fie
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort
Worth
Tex
Air Force
Fort Worth
Carswell Air Base
Manila
Luzon
Jared V. Crabb
Clark Air Base
Chance
James Galligher
Azores
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Philippines
Hanaii
43Rd
Baby Rushed by Air to Honolulu Hospital
A six weeks old infant was flown from Midway to Honolulu for an emergency operation after a Wednesday medical crisis. The transfer involved fast medical response to provide life saving care for the patient.
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Honolulu
Midway
Nuzum Elected President of Wisconsin Lumbermen
Viroquan business leader and Nuzum Lumber Co. chief oe R. E. Nuzum was elected president at the 58th annual Wisconsin Retail Lumbermen’s convention in Milwaukee. Other officers named include D. S. Montgomery secretary and DE Richardson treasurer. Directors named were Hamilton Tomah Krause Green Bay Kneale Lindsay Manawa Roderick Broadhead Muenl Miss Campbell Superior Forrell Wells Mich.
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R. E. Nuzum
Nuzum Lumber Co
Wisconsin ‘Retail Lumbermen'’s Association
Milwaukee Sudstorium
Nuzum
D. S. Montgomery
Milwaukee
de. Richardson
Sheboygan Fales
John Hamilton
Tomah
A. D. Krause
Green
Bay
Kneale
Lindsay
Manawa
H._ Roderick
Broadhead
H. FE. Muenl
Surview
D. Allen
Walen
Miss Campbell
Superior
M. Q Forrell
Wells
Mich
Resignation Talk Ignores Rural School Consolidation Debate
A Madison hearing on a bill to consolidate rural districts drew about 1000 attendees with 800 registration against and 190 for. Rural proponents led by Kostuck and Joseph Walsh urged local control, while opponents warned against loss of one room schools and state aid cuts.
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Madison
Assembly Education Committee
Assembly
Arthur May
Assembly Chamber
State Education Commission
Kortuck
Walsh
Capitol
Assemblyman
Kostuck
Stevens Point
Joseph Walsh
Wisconsin Rural School Association
Wisconsin Farms
Kosluckainin
M. G. Toepel
Toepel
Education Commission
Ocr
Milo K. Swanton
Wisconsin Council of Agricultural Cooperatives
Office of
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
A. W. Zellmer
Wisconsin Rapids
Quincy Doudna
Florence Peterson
Wisconsin League of Women Voters
Edwin Thompson
Wisconsin Federation of Music Clubs
Trail of Five Stolen Guns Links Omaha Crimes
A La Crosse youth and an accomplice linked to five stolen 22 caliber automatic pistols taken from La Crosse Trailer Co. On Feb. 25 in Omaha an attempted burglary led to a fatal gunshot when Tack Gatchell died after an accident with a pistol. Leo Brown, held in Omaha, admitted AWOL from Ft. Knox and stealing the guns and a .45 automatic from the same autoridade linked to the naval reserve.
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la Crosse
Omaha
Neb
la Crosse Trailer Co
Omebe
Leo Brown
Kane Street
Nebraska
Tack Gatchell
Ia Hammer
Granville Smith
Brown
Omaha Oolice
Ft. Knox
Denver
Colo
Naval Reserve
Trailer Co
Killer Pair In Shadow Of Electric Chair
GRAND RAPIDS Mich The shadow of New York's electric chair hung over Ray mond Martinez Fernandez and Martha Beck as they sat in the jail cell here. It remained to be determined whether the two alleged lonely hearts killers would be tried locally or sent to New York for trial.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
New York
Raymond Martinez Fernandez
Martha
Beck
Nassau DA seeks return of MINEQLA murder pair to face charge
Nassau County district attorney says Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck will be brought from Michigan to face a lonely heart murder charge. Conviction for first degree murder in New York carries the death penalty, and a death warrant was requested to speed their return.
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N.Y
Mineqla
N. Y
Nassau County
Raymond M. Fernandez
Martha Beck
Michigan
New York
James N. Gehrig
Michigan trio to face justice over three murders
Hawaiian born Fernandez and Mrs Beck, both held without bond after waiving examination in Michigan, face two murders there and admit a third in New York. Prosecutors say they killed Delphine Downing and her 21 month old daughter to cover frauds, and admit killing Janet Fay in New York.
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Michigan
New York
Fernandez
Stout
Beck
Delphine Downing
Roger C. McMahon
Aho
Janet Fay
McMahon
Swartthy Fernandez
Child's Leg Broken As He Runs Into Car
Harold Viner age seven suffered a broken leg after running into a moving car on 16th Street near 18th and Ferry. The vehicle was driven by John J. Anderson. Police reported the boy was chased by another boy when he collided with the rear fender. A separate crash on George Street saw La Verne Elland lose control and hit a parked car owned by Adolph Lunseth, causing about 40 dollars damage to the Elland vehicle and 3250 to the Lunseth car.
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Harold Viner
Ferry Street
16Th Street
John J. Anderson
Pine Street
18Th
Ferry Streets
la Verne K. Elland
Wood Street
George Street
Adolph Lunseth
Lunseth
Stays Ordered in Jackson Examination Case
A circuit judge stayed a proposed mental examination for James Jackson, 21, of Tomah, charged with first degree murder of his father Eavi. A Madison hospital examination was planned, but the stay prompted a Saturday hearing in Black River Falls to decide on a psychiatric commitment.
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Black River Falls
Wis
James Jackson
Tomah
Eavi
jCircuit
Bruce Beifuss
Robert S. Cowie
William J. Gleiss
Monroe County
Hans Biegel
Jackson
Madison
Beilfuss
Cowle
Xt Ge
Family Of Nine Seeks House In La Crosse Area
La Crosse city and county officials appeal for help to house a family of nine facing eviction. The parents and seven children have lived in the same home for six years and were served eviction after the property was sold. Mayor C A Beranek urged anyone with a rental to contact city hall to aid the family.
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la Crosse
C. A. Beranek
Louis Johnson Poised For Defense Post Amid Forrestal Exit
Washington sources say President Truman will accept James V Forrestal’s long pending resignation as secretary of defense and name Louis A Johnson of West Virginia to the post. Johnson, a World War I veteran and former assistant secretary of War, would be the first West Virginia holder and a former Democratic campaign leader. Symington to stay as Air Force secretary. Army head Royall expected to depart later.
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Washington
Truman
James V. Forrestal
Defense
Louis A. Johnson
West Virginia
White House
Forrestal
Roosevelt
Navy
Johnson- Jong
Essistant
Democratic Fi
Army
Kenneth Royall
la Symington
Air Force
W. Stuart Symington
Trueman
Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
American Legion
Truman Forrestal
State
Adler Services Will Be Friday In Davenport
Funeral services for Emanuel Philip Adler 76 Davenport Ja president of the Lee organization of newspapers will be held Friday in Davenport at 2 30 p m Temple Emanuel with Rabbi Abram Eugene Mannheimer of Congregation B n ai Jeshurum Des Moines Ja officiating Burial will be in Mt Nebo cemetery Dayen nart All mechanical operations in the newspapers of the Lee organization including The La Crosse Tribune will cease at 2 29 mt Friday for a two minute tribute to Adler.
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Emanuel Philip Adler
Davenport
Lee Organization of Newspapers
Hites
Temple Emanuel
Abram Eugene Mannheimer
Congregation B'nai Jeshurum
Des Moines
Buria
Mt Nebo
Dayen
Nart
Lee Organization
la Crosse Tribune
Adler
Cardinal Spellman Leads Priests to Dig Graves at Calvary Cemetery
Francis Cardinal Spellman supervised about 100 priests and seminarians from St. Joseph's seminary Yonkers as they dig 600 graves at Calvary Cemetery amid a seven week strike. Pickets offered no direct interference but called the action strikebreaking.
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B. R. Young
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Calvary’ Cemetery
St. Joseph's Seminary
Yonkers
Cardinal Spellmen
Ed Ruggieri
Tribune Want Ad Sparks Family Move
A Tribune want ad helps Paul Osborne find a new home for his family after posting the notice. The message invites readers to respond, offering a contact address and phone number for luck and opportunities.
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Tribune
Paul Osborne
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