Odom Sets Nonstop Flight Record For Light Planes
Bi Bill Odom, 29, former WWII ferry pilot, landed at Teterboro New Jersey after 36 hours nonstop from Honolulu in a Beechcraft Bonanza Waikiki Beech. Officials await instrument checks as sponsors estimate mileage near 5,000 miles.
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Teterboro
N. J
Bill Odom
North Jersey
Honolulu
Odom
New York City
Hudson River
O@om
New York
John Rodgers
Bulgarian clerics given life terms in spy ring case
In Sofia 15 Protestant churchmen were tried for spying and black market activity. Four received life sentences, others jailed 1 to 18 years. Judges noted emotion as they announced verdicts. Defendants confessed, some sobbing, with property confiscated and civil rights revoked.
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Richard Kasischke
Sofia
Bulgaria
Vassil Ziapkov
Dored
Socialist Republic
el Diven
Alexander Zahariev
United States
Britain
Ziapkov
Wisconsin milk output would feed every resident six quarts daily
Wisconsin produced 14.914 billion pounds of milk in the last year or 7 billion quarts. Sixty eight percent went to manufacturing, 15 percent to other states as fluid milk and cream, six percent to Wisconsin cities, three percent to farm households, with the rest used for calves and other purposes. Production per cow averaged 6420 pounds, up 50 pounds from 1947, a new high.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Weather outlook for La Crosse area cold snap
Light snow tonight ushers in a much colder spell for La Crosse and vicinity. Wednesday clears with continued cold. overnight low 12 and high 23 degrees.
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la Crosse
Becker Seeks Mayoralty Return In La Crosse Vote
Richard Becker, defeated candidate in 1946, announces another bid for La Crosse mayor. He files for the April ballot and pledges an impartial program, opposes tax increases, praises the fire department, calls for fair treatment in police changes, and wants reforms to parks roads and highway drives.
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Richard Becker
South Third Street
la Crosse
Becker
Coast Guard Rescues Over 100 Fishermen From Ice Floes
A coast guard lifeboat rescued the last of more than 100 fishermen stranded on ice floes in Green Bay amid a 44 mph wind. Dozens of planes boats and volunteers aided as a massive ice chunk split and pushed toward open water. Several groups reached land at Little Sturgeon and Gill’s Rock after long waits on fractured ice.
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Menominee
Mich
Coast Guard
Green Bay
Lake Michigan
Upper
Michigan
Keeweenaw Bay
Lake Superior
Frank Korchak
Louis Hall
Arthur Steppe
Little Sturgeon
Door County
Wisconsin
Coast Ae
Washington Island
Frank Teske, Sr
Frank, Jr
Lawrence Weborg
Gordon
Gills Rock
Judge Medina Reduces Trial Hours in Communist Case
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina, fatigued after long hours, shortened trial days for the conspiracy case of 11 U. S. Communists. He ordered sessions from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. as jurors were to be selected, noting the jury choice would likely take at least a week. Previously, court met 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
U. S
Medina
Talesmen
City Attorney to File New School District Case Brief
A circuit court case over attaching French Island school districts to La Crosse for school purposes continues. Judge Steinle extends the temporary injunction delaying the Feb. 1 order and consolidates three petitions. The filing and issues focus on court jurisdiction and the constitutionality of the school committee order.
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New School District
French Island
la Crosse
Circuit Court
Roland Steinle
Milwaukee
Robert S. Cowie
Steele
John
Fred Kramer
Charles Lang
John S. Coleman
Hazel Leicht
Coleman
Recreation Office Control Keeps City Programs Intact
The board of education approved continuing to administer the city recreation program and facilities as long as the current school district exists. A three-member council committee will direct recreation affairs, with potential changes if school district reorganization occurs. New appointments include William H. Spears as Washburn principal and Betty Ickle as secretary to the superintendent.
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Common Council
Board of Education
Lon
Schoo District
E. P. Hartl
Fred E. Steele
la Crosse
Washburn
William H. Spears
Washburn School
Betty Ickle
Roland Larson
Fergus Falls
Minn
Logan High School
Spears
Elizabeth Sarah Anderson
Washington
Marion Jean Wartinbee
Ky Hendrickson
Elaine Jahnke
Alice M. Byrne
Ethel T. Tower
Hamilton School
Lillian G. Showers
Hamilton
Truman Proposes Taxing Military Pay and Retirement
President Truman urged taxing all military pay and requiring service members to contribute to their retirement. The letter to Secretary Forrestal dated March 5 was presented to the House Armed Services Committee during hearings on a bill to raise pay and overhaul the retirement system. The bill would boost average pay by about 14 percent with wide variation by rank.
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Washington
Truman
Secretary of
Defense Forrestal
House Armed Services Committee
Pennsylvanian bill would bar marriage licenses to aid recipients
Harrisburg two Republican lawmakers Albert E. Madigan and Edward W. Tompkins introduced legislation to prevent issuing marriage licenses to men on the state public assistance rolls. Madigan said eligible suitors should support themselves before taking on a wife.
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Harrisburg
Dan Cupid
Pennsylvania
Albert E. Madigan
Bradford
Edward W. Tompkins
Cameron County
Madigan
Hearing Planned on Trempealeau to La Crosse Highway Change
The Wisconsin State Highway Commission schedules a hearing for Thursday March 31 at 2 p.m. in the courthouse to discuss a proposed relocation of the official state trunk highway between Trempealeau in Trempealeau County and Midway in La Crosse County. Public views are invited on the location change from McGilvray road downstream to Beardsley corner Tank creek east of Trempealeau.
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Trempealeau
Trempealeau County
Midway
la Crosse County
State Highway Commission
Court House
McGilvray Road
T. M. Reynolds
la Crosse
State Highway Department
New Amsterdam
Black River
Tank Creek
Towner School
Beardsley Corner
Reynolds
Highway Commission
Seek Budget Boost On Faculty Salaries
University of Wisconsin faculty voted unanimously to ask the legislature to restore funds for salary increases. They cite salary purchasing power lagging since 1940 and propose restoring a 60 percent surtax on individuals to cover the requests.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
University Board of Regents
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
Teachers’ Union Committee
AFL
Milwaukee Road collision injures seven riders at depot
Seven teen passengers and crewmen were hurt, none seriously, when two Milwaukee Road trains collided head on at the depot entrance. The northbound Chippewa struck the southbound Hiawatha on a frozen switch, despite both engineers applying emergency brakes.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Hiawatha
Chicago
Weather Could Swing From Cold To Warm In March
The Associated Press reports March weather remains uncertain with a possible cold wave. Wisconsin saw temperatures not drop below 30 while Land O Lakes hit eight below the prior day. Superior logged 30 above, Madison 35, La Crosse 41, Wausau had light rain and snow flurries as a federal forecasted cold spell looms.
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Wisconsin
Land O’lakes
Howard Thompson
Superior
Mercury
Land O'Lakes
Madison
la Crosse
Federal Weather Bureau
Wausau
Thompson
Fight To Save Io Post Card From Two Cent Rise
Washington lawmakers clash over proposed two cent rate for the penny post card as the post office department runs a half billion dollar deficit this year. Representatives Hall Jenison Halleck defend the card’s place as a tradition while arguing higher rates could hurt the poor.
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Washington
Congressional Friends of the
Post Office Department
Edwin A. Hall
Jenison
R-Ill
Halleck
R-Ind
Congress
De Soto Bank Head 80 Dies in Wisconsin
Albert J Broadhead 80 longtime De Soto State Bank president died Sunday in a La Crosse hospital. He served as Sterling town chairman and county supervisor, was a 32nd degree Mason and member of Zor Temple Madison and La Belle lodge 484. Survived by wife Mabel and three foster children, funeral Thursday with Masonic rites at Retreat church, burial Walnut Mound Cemetery.
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DE Soto
Wis
Albert J Broadhead
de Soto State Bank
la Crosse Hospital
Broadhead
Zor Temple of
Madison
Viroqua la Belle Lodge
Sterling
Retreat
Mabel McClurg
H. O
Lucille) Schumer
Minneapolis
J. J
Mildred) Pierce
A. E
Virginia) Linderman
Caldwell
Idaho
French Leaders Sign Pact to End Indochina War
Paris reports President Vincent Auriol and ex Emperor Bao Dai signed articles Tuesday aimed at ending the civil war in Indochina. The agreement involves Annam, a native kingdom within the French protectorate of Indochina.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
France
Bao Dai
Annam
Indochina
Rail Meet Holds Sessions on Five Day Week
Chicago conferences on applying a five day week to railroads continued Tuesday with a committee of major lines and 16 brotherhoods representing 1,000,000 non operating employees. Meetings have run since early January.
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Chicago —i
Russians Push Into U.S. Coastal Waters Aboard Milwaukee Cruiser
Russian forces arrived Tuesday aboard a lend-lease American cruiser renamed Murmansk and refused to disembark. About 806 officers and men are aboard the cruiser Milwaukee as it remains offshore near Lewes Delaware.
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Lewel
Del
United States
Milwaukee
Murmansk
Chief Eagle Feather Buries Hatchet in Cherokee Dispute
Waverly Tennessee report says Chief Eagle Feather and his wife Princess Silverheels faced assault and larceny charges after a quarrel over scalp and corn. Neighbors intervened as police detained both. charges were dropped after both appeared before Magistrate Joe Parks. The chief planned to relocate west, travel alone, and forbid his wives.
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Eagle Feather
Waverly
Tenn
Trent Westbrook
Silverheels
Westbrook
Joe Parks
Indianapolis
Man Walked With His Head Down Killed By Lice Squad Car
Rudolph Werner a 62 year old unemployed tobacco stripper of 922 Johnson street was struck and killed by a police car driven by Officer Wesley Wells at 10 08 p m Monday as he walked with his head down crossing Adams street east of West avenue. The car cresting icy streets slid after impact carrying the body about 86 feet. Werner died at a focal hospital minutes later. An inquest will be held later this week. Burial is in Oak Grove cemetery with services Thursday at 1 30 p m. Survivors include a son Vance Milwaukee a daughter Eloise Hanson and several siblings.
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Rudolph Werner
Johnson Street
Adams Street
West Avenue
Wesley Wells
Irvin Hinytzke
13Th Street
South Avenue
Wells
Ferry Street
Werner
Focal
George D. Reay
Heliwig-Morris
George Alvilden
Vance
Milwaukee
Eloise Hanson
George Roesler
R. J
la Crosse
Frank
Henry
Bernard
R. J. la Crosse
Edward
Oak Grove
River Barge Controversy Near Settlement in Mississippi Valley
In St Louis a long clash between government and private barge operators moves toward a settlement. The Mississippi Valley association backing private interests endorses a plan allowing federal barge lines to continue and even expand for five years with expansion limited where it harms private lines.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi Valley Association
Plant Worker Injured In Blower Accident
Lloyd Russell of Mt. Morris French Island was rushed to a hospital by police ambulance at 2 20 a m Tuesday after a blower fell on him at Trane company plant No 2. Earlier at 8 32 p m Monday Cornelius Helsapple age 79 of 1013 California Street was carried to a local hospital suffering a heart attack.
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Lloyd Russell
Mt. R
French Island
Trane Company
Cornelius Helsapple
Caledonia Street
Mountains or the Seashore Vacation Tips Via Tribune Ads
Tribune want ads offer a quick way to turn unused items into cash. Bert Edwards of 612 South 8th St. sold his boat house boat and motor, drawing about 75 calls in two days. Boat house boat and motor. Call 3432 R. Just phone 3680 and say Classified please for results.
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Bert Edwards
South 8Th St
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