Mary E Sawyer Auditorium Decision In La Crosse
City council to choose site for Mary E Sawyer Auditorium funded by an estate bequest. If the April 6 bond referendum passes, the council must fund 875000 for an auditorium at the chosen site. Sawyer funds may be used only on the council selected site or added to the bond total. La Rowe trust draft seeks termination with a $10000 annual life payment.
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J. C. Bunge
Lees and Bunge
la Crosse
Wisconsin
City of la Crosse
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Fred E. Steele
Fairgrounds
Sawyer
Frank la Rowe
Steele
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Commerce Department Refuses Condon Loyalty Records
The Commerce Department again refused to hand over loyalty records on Dr. Edward A. Condon to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Secretary John L. Towne said the papers would be prejudicial to the public interest and declined to answer questions, as Harriman seeks a broader review. The controversy centers on Condon, director of the National Bureau of Standards, deemed a weak link by the committee.
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Washington
Commerce Department
House UN Americanctivities Committee
Edward A. Condon
John L. Towne
S Harriman
House
Mackinnon
Rminn
Hoffman
R-Mich
Rich
R-Pa
American Activities Subcommittee
Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Standards
un-American Activities Subcommittee
Ment
Ae Board
Dr. Condon
Harriman
Civil Service Commission
House Committee
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
UN- American Activities Committee
Clark
Local Weather for La Crosse and Surroundings
Cloudy tonight with light snow starting tonight and extending to early Saturday morning. Generally fair conditions Saturday afternoon with rising temperatures. Low around 12, high near 32.
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la Crosse
Princess Yoshiko Kawashima Seeks Private Execution
Peiping reports Princess Yoshiko Kawashima, called the Mata Hari of Asia, sentenced for espionage asked to be executed in private to avoid great embarrassment. She requested a private shooting with no fanfare. No execution date has been set.
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Peiping
Yoshiko Kawashima
Mata Hari
Asia
Red Cross Drive Plans Run Sunday House to House
Sunday drive signals for a Red Cross fund campaign are ready with house to house canvassing from 1 to 5 p m. Volunteers will report to center points at North side fire station Liberty street 1526 central office room 104 federal building and South side fire station 1220 Denton street. Bank tellers Carlton Prinz Harry Blair and Arthur Johnson supervise. Canteen workers serve coffee and doughnuts at check in.
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North Side
Liberty Street
Central
Federal Building
Southside
Denton Street
Carlton Prinz
Harry Blair
Arthur Johnson
Ammonia Tank Blast Kills Man at Denholm Packing
In Pittsburgh one man named James Beil about 45, a stationary engineer, died when an ammonia tank exploded at Denholm Packing Co. Five others were injured as about 100 workers were in the plant. Some escaped fumes by climbing down ladders. damage estimated at $15000.
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Pittsburgh
Denholm Packing Co
James Beil
William Davis
Christoffel Sentenced to 2 to 6 Years for Perjury
Harold Christoffel former CIO union officer in Milwaukee was sentenced by Judge Edward Curran to two to six years in prison after being convicted on six counts of perjury for denying under oath Communist ties. The court struck the second count alleging Communist political association.
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Washington
Harold Christoffel
CIO
Milwaukee
Christoffel
Edward M. Curran
O'John Rogge
Ogg
Uni Auto Workers
Allis-Chalmers Company
House Labor
Ftee
Communist Party
Curran
Rogge
Communist Political Association
High State Birth Rate Forces Need For More Schools
Wisconsin faces school expansion as 1947 births reach 84 076, up 13 percent from 1946. The six to thirteen age group, about 400 000 now, could rise to 483 000 by 1953 with 10 600 more first graders projected for 1948 and 1949 and large increases through 1953.
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Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Paul Weis
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Weis
Arcadia Man Heads Co-Op Managers Group
Gene Thornton of Arcadia was elected president of the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Managers association. John Groenier of Iola was named vice president and M. L. Olson of Centuria secretary treasurer.
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Arcadia Man Heads Co-Op Managers Group
Madison
Wis
Gene Thornton
Arcadia
Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Managers’ Association
John Groenier
Iola
M. L. Olson
Centuria
Only Truman Exit Could Heal Dixie Civil War Rift
Democratic peace talks report stalled as Southern lawmakers demand Truman withdraw from the November race. Chairman McGrath and Sec Lab Schwel lenbach acknowledge no compromise beyond vague 1944 civil rights plank while Truman vows to run. Alabama Senator Hill and Louisiana Senator Ellender criticize the anti job discrimination measure as aiding communism and inviting sabotage.
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Washington
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Labor
Schwellenbach
McGrath
Here
Hill
Dala
Ellender
D-La
Delay Strike In Bomb Plant at Oak Ridge
AFL unions delay planned walkout at Oak Ridge Tennessee atomic bomb plant by two weeks after President Truman invokes Taft Hartley act. He names a board of inquiry to report by March 19 with possible injunctions by attorney general to extend the postponement. About 900 workers represented seek 18 cents an hour raise and 3.43 cents elsewhere.
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Washington
AFL
Truman
Oak Ridge
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Cyrus S. Ching
National Armies Move Toward Isolated Mukden in Manchuria
Progovernment dispatches claim relief forces pushing northeast along the Mukden Peiping railway neared Sinmin about 30 miles west of Mukden. The drive aimed to reopen the crucial southwest corridor to the isolated city as National Armies press the Communists.
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Manchurian
Mukden
Mukden-Peiping
Sinmin
Injunction Hearing in ITU Trial Extends Likely Into Next Week
In Indianapolis the government's bid to restrain the AFL ITU from actions including press hiring discrimination continues. Witnesses from both sides expected as three week recess ends and Judge Swygert weighs how much evidence to admit. The NLRB seeks proof of Taft Hartley violations before a final ruling.
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Indianapolis
AFL Internacional Typographical Union
John F. O'Keefe
Chicago Newspaper Publishers Association
Chicago
Robert A. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
ITU
Winthrop Johns
Denham
Luther M. Swygert
Gerhard van Arkel
Henry Kaiser
Woodruff Randolph
NLRB
Swygert
van Arkel
Kaiser
Gandhi's Assassin Faces Trial In Coming Weeks
A senior police official said Narayan Vinayak Godse is expected to stand trial within weeks for the murder of Mohandas K. Gandhi on January 30. Godse is detained in Bombay, seen as the center of the Gandhi assassination conspiracy.
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Narayan Vinayak Godse
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Godse
Bombay
Gandhi
McVeagh Nominated U S Ambassador to Portugal
President Truman nominated Lin coln McVeagh of Connecticut to be ambassador to Portugal in Lisbon. He would succeed John C Wiley, who recently moved to Iran after serving as ambassador in Lisbon and Greece.
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Lincoln McVeagh
Connecticut
Greece
Truman
Portugal
John C. Wiley
Lisbon
Wiley
Iran
Parks Car To Help Cops Chase Gunman
SAN FRANCISCO state agent Ray McCarthy aided a street pursuit by parking his car and joining the chase. On returning, his car had been towed for illegal parking but the judge excused him after his account. The gunman also escaped.
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San Francisco
Ray McCarthy
McCarthy
Stassen Opens Wisconsin Primary Campaign Tour
Harold E. Stassen announces he is out front in the Wisconsin primary and begins a nine two day state tour by bus. He starts with a women’s luncheon in Milwaukee then 4 p.m. Fort Atkinson 8 30 p.m. Beloit. Saturday includes breakfast at Eugene hotel Monroe 3 p.m. Lake Geneva 4 p.m. Burlington and 8 15 p.m. Kenosha Eagles hall.
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Harold E. Stassen
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Fort Atkinson Municipal Auditorium
Beloit College
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Monroe
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Burlington
Eagles
Style Shows Planned Here For Spring Fashion Fantasy
La Crosse hosts Spring Fashion Fantasy on March 9 with two vocational school shows at 2:30 and 8:00 pm. Ticket chairwoman Mrs Russell Hetland says only 140 tickets remain for the evening performance. The event co sponsors include the Jaycettes and The La Crosse Tribune and feature The Mystery Woman and fashion election results.
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la Crosse
Russell Hetland
Jaycettes
la Crosse Tribune
Fran
Special Fashion Edition From The La Crosse Tribune
A special fashion edition partially in color will be published by The La Crosse Tribune on Sunday. Extra copies can be ordered by calling The La Crosse Tribune to keep La Crosse women in the know from head to toe.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Charm editor Sheridan to appear in two performances
Verity Ann Kotinek of La Crosse known as Snow Queen will join the Charm show wearing her St Paul winter carnival ski suit. The La Crosse Tribune fashion editor noted she is flooded with ballots for the style show votes and urged readers to participate.
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Cgene Sheridan
Midwest
Charm
Miss Sheridan
Verity Ann Kotinek
la Crosse
St. Paul
la Crosse Tribune
Murray Uses Oleo-Milk In Margarine Tax Hearing
Rep. Reid Murray of Wisconsin plans to deploy oleo-milk and oleo-cheese as props during next week’s House Agriculture Committee hearings on repealing federal margarine taxes. He argues the dairy industry must be protected, calling cows the foster mother of the human race and challenging experts to tell oleo products from real dairy.
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Washington
Reid Murray
Wis
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Rebecca
Rep. Mitchell
R-Ind
Natchez Towboat Sinks After Collision on Mississippi River
In Greenville Mississippi the 180 foot towboat Natchez rammed a bridge and sank after crashing into a swollen Mississippi River current. Thirteen of 26 crew known survivors with two bodies recovered and a dozen more unaccounted. Survivors treated for shock at Kings Daughters hospital.
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Miss
Natchez
Mississippi
St. Louis
Sohia-Latonia
Louis Keeling
William A. Howell
Sohio-Latonia
Kings Daughters Hospital
Walter Haas
Clem A. Collins
Cairo
Collins
Peter Fanchi
Federal Barge Lines
New Orleans
Howell
Haas
John Browinski
Finland Near Decision on Red Bid for Ties with Russia
The Finnish government weighed accepting closer ties with Russia as Premier Stalins treaty proposal drew responses from political parties. Meanwhile in Italy campaigns split along lines of Communists and anti Communists ahead of the April 18 parliamentary elections with 21 parties and a two bloc system.
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