La Crosse School Board Faces Staffing and Traffic Decisions
La Crosse public schools report near normal teacher turnover with about 16 of 20 positions filled by May. Seven elementary and nine high school posts are filled. overseas leaves affect four teachers. Eighth Street closure near Washburn school proposed for child safety. Board also approves duplex site option, Central high remodeling, and coach payment policy.
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la Crosse
Supt. of
M. G. Batho
Board of Education
U. S. Army
Germany
la Vern Hintgen
Longfellow School
Wilma Leide
Washington
Leonard Bennett
Eighth
State Street
Charles and
Gillette Street
Harry D. Newburg
Council Buildings and Grounds
Franklin School
Central High School
Ways and Means Committee
Common Council
Grace M. Hoffman
Emerson Orthopedic Clinic
Draft extension urged as World War II draft law lives on
Gen. Omar N. Bradley urged Congress to keep the draft law alive as hearings opened on a two year extension. He warned that collective tensions from the Baltic plane incident and Soviet expansion threaten global security. Vinson pushed for a two year extension with congressional control over inductions.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Armed Services
Bradley
Arends
R-Ill
Vinso
D-Ga
Defense Department
Vinson
Baltic
Asia
Adriatic
Trieste
Atlantic Defense Alliance
Seneca Bank Director Michael Snell Dies at 82
Seneca Wis Special funeral services for Michael Snell 82 longtime Seneca farmer and bank director will be held Wednesday at St Patrick s church in Seneca. Rev Charles Brady will officiate burial in adjoining cemetery. Snell died Sunday in a Prairie du Chien hospital survived by two daughters Sister Darius O P and Julita and two sons Joseph and Thomas all of Seneca. He was preceded in death by his wife and a son Michael.
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Seneca, Wis
Michael Snell
Seneca Bank
St. Patrick’s Church
Seneca
Charles Brady
Snell
Prairie du Chien
Darius O. P
Sheboygan
Julita
Joseph
Thomas
Michael
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Cloudy with occasional rain tonight and early Wednesday. Occasional showers Wednesday afternoon. Warmer tonight with a low of 40 and a high of 52 on Wednesday.
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la Crosse
Consolidated Dairies Joins Borden in Expansion
Consolidated Dairies Inc. of 716 Hood Street joins The Borden Co. President Erwin H. Perse says all current employees remain and operations will be unchanged. The move provides access to Borden laboratories and technical support while milk sourcing stays with local farmers. The article also covers Mosinee mayor Ralph Kronenwetter's grave condition after a stroke during a simulated Communist revolution, noting public interest and civic response.
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Consolidated Dairies, Inc
Hoodstreet
Borden Co
Erwin H. Perse
Consolidated
Perso
Consolidated Dairies
Borden
Perse
Wausau
Wis
Ralph Kronenwetter
Mosinee
Kronenwetter
St. Mary’s Hospital
Red
Mosinee Reenacts Communist Conspiracy in Civic Play
Mosinee Wisconsin residents witnessed a staged mock revolution led by American Legion officials and ex Red professionals. Seven armed men enacted a takeover of the 2200 population town to illustrate how conspiratorial forces might seize a community.
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Wisconsin
American Legion
Mosinee
Wis
Pepper Smathers bitter race dominates Florida primary
Florida voters pushed to the polls for a high stakes Democratic senatorial contest between incumbent Claude Pepper and Rep. George Smathers amid feuds over FEPC and alleged dirty literature. Turnout was heavy in Miami and across the state as Ohio Indiana primaries drew less attention. Alabama also held state committee races amid a states rights versus national party split.
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Florida
Alabama
Claude Pepper
George Smathers
Miami
Democratic State Committee
Ohio
Indiana
Pepper
Smathers
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Truman
State Democratic Committee
National Democratic Party Organization
States Rights Group
Rennebohm Rests After Asthma Attack
MADISON Wis Gov Rennebohm rests after an asthma attack suffered in Delafield on Monday night. He canceled a Washington trip to testify before a congressional committee on the St Lawrence seaway and was treated by a Delafield doctor before returning to Madison. The governor said past influenza and an allergy aggravate his asthmatic condition.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Delafield
Washington
St. Lawrence River Seaway
Milwaukee
State Street Advancement Association
Negotiators Press On in Chrysler Pact Talks
In Detroit negotiators resumed after a five hour break as the 98 day Chrysler strike enters another round of around the clock talks. UAW and Chrysler officials pledged to finish a new contract to return 89 000 workers to their jobs amid unresolved issues and a growing pension plan that both sides had largely agreed on.
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Vetroit
Chrysler
CIO United Auto Workers
UAW
Court Upholds Wisconsin Utility Anti-Strike Law
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules the utility anti strike law constitutional for railways and other utilities. The decision upholds Judge Sullivan in Milwaukee in a 1949 strike against Milwaukee Transport Co. The ruling reinforces the board of arbitration process and compares companion appeals as it confirmed prior awards.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Daniel W. Sullivan
Milwaukee
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
Milwaukee Transport Co
Sullivan
Grover Broadfoot
High Court
Supreme Court
Roland Steinle
Transport Co
Wisconsin employment __ relations board
WERB
Steinle
United Gas, Coke and Chemical
Dedication Of Hogan School Addition Open To Public
The board of education invites the public to attend the dedication and open house of the Hogan school addition at 18th and Winnebago streets. The event begins Wednesday at 8 15 p m with the gymnasium entrance on 18th street used for the ceremony. State superintendent George E. Watson will speak.
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Hogan School
18Th
Winnenbago Streets
Board of Education
18Th Street
George E. Watson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lattimore Denounces Budenz Testimony as Hogwash
In Washington a Senate committee hearing on McCarthy charges features Louis Budenz accusing Owen Lattimore of Communist ties, while Lattimore calls Budenz a liar and urges the panel to expose McCarthy’s fraud. The La Crosse Community Chest reports robust progress meeting with 100 attendees, outlining budgets, planning, and future fundraising goals.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Louis Budenz
Communist Party
Budenz
Senate
Lattimore
McCarthy
Wis
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Wisconsin
Freda Utley
Utley
la Crosse
Progress Report
Louis Pitzner Elected President of Police and Fire Board
Louis Pitzner was elected president of the board of police and fire commissioners at the annual reorganizational meeting Monday night. He succeeds W. Leo Murphy who recently resigned. Clair Meighen was chosen vice president to succeed Edward Newburg, and Earl Knutsen was elected secretary succeeding Frank Schneider.
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Louis Pitzner
Hillview Avenue
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
W. Leo Murphy
South 15Th Street
Edward Newburg
Losey Boulevard
Clair Meighen
South 23Rd Street
Earl Knutsen
Gillette Street
Henry Ahrens
Frank Schneider
Cass Street
Principal Resigns From Madison Central High
Leonard Waehler resigns after 18 years as Madison Central high school principal. His notice to the Madison city board of education cites ill health and its effective date of June 15.
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Madison
Wis
Leonard Waehler
Madison Central High School
City Board of Education
Waehler
Committee Seeks Public Help in Auditorium Site Picks
La Crosse mayoral committee of 10 asks organizations to send ideas on auditorium type and location to Robert A. Farnam City Hall. Farnam seeks broad input to avoid overlooking options and to allow all groups to be heard. He hopes for unanimous committee decision.
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Robert A. Farnam
City Hall
la Crosse
Farnam
Five Soldiers Killed in Camp McCoy Crash Near Tomah
Five soldiers stationed at Camp McCoy were killed instantly when their car collided with a Clark Transport auto carrier on U.S. 16 west of Tomah. Driver Donald Bellman of Winona Minn., escaped with a cut above the eye. Names of the victims released later by Coroner M. J. Lanham are Edward R. Bohrer Eugene Watts Wesley W. Mohr Harold R. Hill and Duane Galup. The accident occurred Monday night as the soldiers’ 1936 Chevrolet struck the left side of the truck cab. The bodies were taken to Lanham’s mortuary in Sparta awaiting next of kin notification and funeral arrangements.
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Tomah
Wis
Camp McCoy
Clark Transport
U.S. 16
Milwaukee
Sparta
Donald Bellman
Winona
Minn
Biegel
Monroe County
Readstown High School
Lanham
Next of Kings
Labor Wins Narrow Commons Vote on Minor Motion
The Labor government survived a one vote margin in a House of Commons committee showing fragile confidence. James Milner cast the deciding vote in favor of the government as Conservatives pressed a 1,000 pound cut proposal.
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London
House of Commons
House
Alfred Barnes
Laborite Committee
James Milner
Attlee
Laborites
The
News Chronicle
Fire Sweeps Weirton Steel Plant in West Virginia
Fire destroyed the tin plating processing unit at the Weirton Steel Co electrolytic plant in Weirton West Virginia. Fire Chief John Ferguson said a ruptured oil line started the blaze and preliminary damage could exceed $100000 to the world’s fastest tin plating unit.
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Wierton
W. Va
Weirton Steel Co
John Ferguson
Ferguson
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