Treasury Supervision Over Government Lending Urged
Hoover commission urges closer treasury oversight of major lending agencies like the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Export-Import Bank. It calls for removing political appointments, reorganizing the treasury, shifting the narcotics bureau to the Justice Department, and elevating the treasury as the government’s fiscal center.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Hoover Commission
Congress
Department
Internal Revenue and Customs Collectors
Herbert Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
U. S
Export-Import Bank
Commission
Senate
Narcotics Bureau
Justice Department
Labor Officer Endorses City Parking Meters
Bernie Gunderson of Paints local No. 374 endorses city parking meters as a convenient solution. He urges workers to vote yes in the April 5 referendum, noting meters ease downtown parking and benefit the working man by reducing lengthy searches for spots.
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Bernie Gunderson
South 17Th Street
Gunderson
Weather outlook for La Crosse area turns partly cloudy
Local forecast shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with a cold night. Lows drop to 16 in the city and 14 in the countryside. Friday brings a warming trend with rising afternoon temperatures.
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la Crosse
Mother hears daughter's death in New York gunfire tragedy
In New York two men and a woman were killed in a gunfire blaze after Emory Holt, 32, shot his wife Norma 34 and David Whittaker 32 before turning the gun on himself. A Hollywood mother, Mrs Isse Thomas, listened by telephone to her daughter's dying screams and alerted police.
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New York
Emory Holt
Hollywood
Norma
David Whittaker
Isse Thomas
Whittaker
London Terrace
Thomas
Pedestrian Killed in Downtown Green Bay Collision
Lloyd Grimm 30 of Two Rivers died after being struck crossing a downtown street. His wife and young son were shopping nearby. The driver did not stop. Francis Kennedy 37 of Denmark later claimed a motorist confessed striking a man and said he felt a jolt. Police planned further questioning with no charges yet.
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Green Bay
Wis
Lloyd Grimm
Two Rivers
Grimm
Harry Bultman
Bultman
Francis Kennedy
Denmark
Kennedy
Butter Forces Victorious In First Round
Washington reports the butter bloc pressing for repeal of all federal taxes on oleo margarine. In committee action 24 to three approved a bill repealing oleo taxes but barring interstate sale of yellow oleo. Rep Poage vows to offer a substitute bill as next step.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Committee
Filibuster Headed for Showdown In Senate Clash
Democratic leaders rely on Vice President Barkley to gag debate with a two thirds vote as southern filibuster blocks civil rights legislation. Senator Lucas signals possible Friday vote while Eastland supports continuing the obstruction and Republicans report rising support for the ruling.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Eastland
D-Miss
Hayden
D-Ariz
Wherry
R-Neb
Dreath
Hayden-Wherry
Byrd
D-Va
Knowland
R-Calif
Representative Gardner Leads Dairy Win in Oleo Vote
In the house agriculture committee a 14 13 vote rejected a tax repeal bill that would remove the ban on yellow margarine in interstate commerce while keeping the ban on colored oleomargarine. The measure would require restaurants to mark margarine as such. Withrow noted the committee approved bill mirrors his earlier proposal.
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Rep
Poage
Rep. Granger
Utah
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
Andresen
Tribune
Washington Bureau
Gardner Withrow
la Crosse
House Agriculture Committee
Withrow
Wisconsin Methodist Bishop visits La Crosse on Sunday
Bishop H. Clifford Northcott, newly appointed to Wisconsin Methodism, will preach at Wesley church 9:30 and 10:45 a. m. Then he will address a Metho dist Youth rally at Asbury church after a 6 o'clock fellowship supper. He leads 100,000 Methodists across 500 churches and related institutions with staff and lay support.
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H. Clifford Northcott
Methodist Church
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Wesley Church
Eighth
King Streets
Asbury Church
19Th
Redfield
Madison
Bishop Northcott
Indianapolis
Ind
First Methodist Church
Champaign
Army Brass Visits Camp McCoy in Planned Summer Training
Brig. Gen. Charles S. Ferrin of Michigan military district Col. Walter R. Hensey of Fifth Army and Lt. Col. Breckenridge from Washington DC inspect Camp McCoy Wisconsin as preparations for a summer training season peak of 17 000 men proceed. Thirty five civilian employees join March 14 to aid in camp readiness. First regular troops due June 1.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
McCoy
Charles S. Ferrin
Detroit
Michigan Military District
Michigan
Walter R. Hensey
Chicago
Fifth Army
Breckenridge
Washington, D. C
Washington
Col. Hensey
Ohio
Onty
Miners End Sitdown Strike at Argyle Coal Co Mine
In Gallitzin Pennsylvania sixty Argyle Coal Co miners at the Bennington mine ended a brief sitdown strike. After leaving the shaft Monday to protest work distribution they returned to work by Wednesday night following a vote to resume duties.
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Gallitzin
Argyle Coal Co
Bennington
Expectant Fathers Learn The Ropes At Milwaukee Hospital
St Joseph's hospital in Milwaukee offers six hour long classes for expectant fathers starting Tuesday. The course covers infant care feeding growth and development and also provides information on caring for mothers to assist women during the new baby period.
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Milwaukee
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Wisconsin mayors urge home rule amendment
Madison reports that the League of Wisconsin Municipalities and city officials urged the legislature to strengthen local home rule. They argued against state bills forcing local spending without matching revenues, warning of a financial squeeze as city net incomes lag 1930 levels while costs rise. The group compared municipal finance scrutiny to tighter state controls and pressed for constitutional change.
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Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
League of Wisconsin
Fox River Valley
Superior
League
Wisconsin
Robert Roemer
Appleton
John R. Scanlon
Menasha
F. N. McMillin
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
William J. Deegan
Ager
MacMilin
Deegan
Cold Weather to Persist Then Thaw Expected Friday
La Crosse forecast from meteorologist A. D. Sanial calls for cold air to linger through Thursday night with a low of 16 in the city and 14 in the county. Highs near 35 are expected Friday as previous temps dipped to 32 during the day and 18 overnight. The Mississippi River level is reported stationary at 5.5 feet.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Mississippi
Ice fishermen face $160000 loss after March Marinette floe break
In Marinette Menominee area Wisconsin and Michigan, wind broke up Green Bay ice causing about $160000 in losses as 67 fishermen abandoned gear on a giant floe. Some nets were retrieved but ice remains too thick for tugs and too thin for autos cutting profits amid a late start and higher express rates.
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Associated Press
Marinette
Wis
Green Bay
Marinette- Menominee
Mich
Plan Inquest In Car Death
A coroner's jury is drawn to hear testimony in the death of Rudolph Werner aged 62 of 922 Johnson street. Dr George D Reay La Crosse county coroner said the inquest will begin at 10 am Friday Werner died Monday night in a local hospital after being struck by a police squad car.
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Rudolph Werner
Johnson Street
George D. Reay
la Crosse County
Werner
Cardinal Spellman cites grave strike at Calvary Cemetery
New York Cardinal Francis Spellman says the strike that left more than 1,000 bodies unburied may be settled soon. He notes that seminary students and young priests dug graves at Calvary Cemetery in Queens as striking gravediggers shift unions from CIO to AFL. He calls the strike unjustified but finds the union switch heartening.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Calvary Cemetery
Queens
CIO International
AFL
Danish Minister Visits Washington on Pact Talks
Denmark's foreign minister Gustav Rasmussen traveled to Washington to gather data on joining the projected Atlantic alliance. Denmark's strategic position with Greenland enhances the importance of its potential adherence as eight nations Iowa aligned for signatures. The alliance includes the United States Canada Britain France Belgium Holland Norway and Luxembourg.
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Denmark
Washington
Greenland
North America
Gustav Rasmussen
United States
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Luxembourg
Soviets Open Session in Moscow Hints on Kremlin Plans
Moscow diary reports the Supreme Soviet convening for key sessions that could reveal Kremlin aims. International observers await possible clues as lawmakers meet to debate pressing questions.
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Moscow
Russia
Kremlin
Jury weighs Sally's fate in Axis Sally treason case
The jury in Mildred Gillars Axis Sally treason trial resumes deliberations after a night under guard. Gillars, 48, is brought from the DC jail as jurors, seven men and five women, including six Negroes and six whites, decide her fate.
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Washington
U. S
Mildred E. Gillars
District of Columbia
Calcium treatment saved soldier from 600 bee stings
A 25 year old officer in Kauai Hawaii survived a swarm attack after 600 stings with calcium gluconate. Doctors reported rapid recovery with improved breathing speaking and swallowing by the third day after immediate calcium treatment.
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Frank Carey Washington
Michael F. Koszala
Veterans’ Administration Center
Wood
Wis
U. S. Army Medical Department
Koszalka
Kauai
Hawaii
Train Robbery Duo Arrested After Martinsburg Heist
Two young gunmen robbed the Ambassador express near Martinsburg West Virginia shooting a chef and wounding one officer. Vivian Ramsdell 23 and George Llewellyn Ashton 21 confessed as police closed in in a Washington pawnshop. Police recovered $290 on Ramsdell and about $700 on Ashton. Federal charges filed soon after.
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Washington
Martinsburg
W. Va
White House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Vivian Ramsdell
Ohio
George Llewellyn Ashton
Youngstown
Baltimore and Ohio
Ambassador
Ramsdell
Ashton
John E. Winters
Winters
Elwood Lomax
Leesburg
Jesse James
Lords Hear Of Spy Work In England From Vansittart
Lord Robert Vansittart urged the Labour government to take decisive action against conspirators after informing the House of Lords that Communist spies and terrorists are active in England. The veteran diplomat warned Wednesday night of ongoing espionage threats.
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London
House of Lords
England
Robert G. Vansittart
Labor
Wanted to Rent Ad Signals Missing Home Comfort
The Tribune prints a want ad seeking a rental, drawing on a quip attributed to Benjamin Franklin about a house lacking woman and firelight. The text playfully contrasts having a woman but lacking a home and warmth with finding a solution through the ad.
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Benjamin Franklin
Tribune
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
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