Union Blames Company For Barring Vets
Officials from Local Union No 1424 CIO accuse Vers Manufacturing of barring two WW2 veterans from the office and plant during a strike. They say company managers refused access to identify personnel not on the list provided months ago. The union cites ongoing attempts to obtain a current list of supervisory staff and criticizes management for causing confusion among pickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Vers Manufacturing Company
Robert Ludwik
Arthur Loomis
F. J. Papenfuss
Papenfuss
Norman Davidson
George Horn
Richard Johnson
William Luebke
Ludwik
Loomis
Allis- Chalmers
Wisconsin Labor Relations Board
Chain Belt Company of
Milwaukee
Famine Relief Corn Is Sold Across Nation
CHICAGO Farmers have sold over 10 million bushels of corn to the government in a nationwide famine relief drive. George Bradley of the Mid West CCC office says the goal of 50 million bushels seems assured. The CCC is paying 36 cents a bushel above ceilings for better corn while buying wheat and oats above ceilings. Black market operators reportedly seek a 30 cent mark up to match the government bonus. Bradley notes CCC has bought about 10 million bushels through normal channels and about 2.5 million more since shifting to direct country purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Bradley
Mid- West Commodity Credit Corporation
Agriculture Department
Bradley
CCC
Bradiecy
Weather Update for La Crosse and Nearby
Local forecast shows fair conditions early tonight with improving skies later. Temperatures dip to around 56 degrees tonight with a high near 57 expected Saturday. no decided change in wind or precipitation expected, with pleasant late tonight into Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Chicago Dimout Hits City as Power Rationing Begins
Chicago and two thirds of Illinois moved into wartime dimout as electricity use was sharply curtailed. Businesses scrambled to adjust schedules while the Illinois commerce commission refused appeals to ease the order. Indiana counties including Calumet also enacted similar restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Commerce Commission
Indiana
Calumet
Indiana Public Service Commission
Illinois Commission
Farmer Wounded As Shotgun Discharges In Wisconsin Field
Lynn Hoff a 45 year old farmer near French Creek was seriously injured when a shotgun he carried to shoot crows discharged in the fields while he rode his tractor. Neighbor John Helstad alerted a doctor and an ambulance and Hoff was taken to Whitehall hospital where surgical work was planned. His condition was reported fair after receiving plasma for blood loss overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Lynn Hoff
French Creek
Hoff
John Helstad
Helstad
Holff
Whitehall Hospital
Board Seeks Approval Of Hangar Plans At Municipal Airport
Aviation board chaired by E H Erickson seeks CPA authorization in Milwaukee to fast track hangar construction at the city airport. Two small metal hangars for eight planes and one concrete steel hangar for an air service operator planned, with bids requested for the large unit. Total project cost estimated at 60,000 dollars, with delivery dependent on CPA approval. Erickson flew to Milwaukee aboard a Stinson cabin plane piloted by J W Fanta for authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Erickson
Aviation Board
Milwaukee
R. R. Valier
Civilian Production Administration
Eeight
CPA
Common Council
Erickson
Stinson
J. W. Fanta
Fanta-Reed Air Service
Soviets Plan Lottery To Finance Huge Loan
London reports Soviet Russia plans a 20 billion ruble domestic loan to fund postwar recovery and five year plan aims. Moscow radio urged 20 year tax free bonds to finance rebuilding and strengthen military and economy, using lottery proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Moscow Radio
Lsken
Arseny G. Zverev
Council of Ministers
Thiel Named Head of Church School
Elmer Thiel was elected superintendent of the church school for the central group at the joint fourth quarterly conference of First Methodist Church Thursday evening. A Sunday vote will decide the new name for the central group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Elmer Thiel
Man Dies of Heart Attack in Spring Grove Drive
Ole Berland about 65 died of a heart attack while driving a car on Spring Grove streets. Houston County Coroner J. W. Potter reported the death as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
Ole Berland
Houston County
J. W. Potter
Plan to cut coal train passenger service by 50 percent
The Office of Defense Transportation ordered a 50 percent reduction in passenger service on coal burning locomotives, effective May 15, with a 25 percent cut from April 1 levels from May 10 to May 15. Railroads were directed to cancel reservations and take necessary actions to enforce the order amid a prolonged coal strike threatening industrial activity. President Truman voiced alarm over shortages, warning the economy could cripple within 20 days if mines stay idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation Today
ODT
J. Monroe Johnson
Truman
Showdown at Wisconsin GOP Convention With Governor Goodland
Gov. Walter S. Goodland heads into the Oshkosh gathering as party factions brace for a clash between regulars and liberals. Delegates totaling 2 220 will decide if the governor maintains control or faces open opposition from Progressives and Young Republicans amid a long, unusual political game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodland
Gop
Oshkosh
Walter S. Goodland
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Madison
Oshah
Truman Curtis News Conference Signals Court Appointment Delay
President Truman sparks a crowded White House briefing with sharp remarks to reporters over questions on the army navy merger and cabinet session. He says no announcement yet on a new Chief Justice, insisting he is still seeking the right man as speculation swirls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O'Neill
Truman
Washington
White House Oval Room
Harlan F. Stone
Supreme Court
White House
Woman Driver Hit By Train Lies On Track In Pomona
In Pomona California Mrs Fern Gonzales 25 escaped with minor injuries after the car she rode was struck by a train and 20 railway cars passed over her She lay face down on the track until the train passed and was helped to her feet by train men She asked to call her family in Ontario to tell them she left the gas stove burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Calif
Fern Gonzales
Escapes From Prison At Camp McCoy
Pvt Robert F Mays of Service Co No 1 Camp McCoy Wis escaped from the stockade between 630 pm Thursday and 6 am Friday His home address is 207 Pearl street La Crosse Wis Patricia Mays is not known by neighbors He is 5 feet 8 inches 140 pounds with a stoop ruddy face blue eyes blond hair and tobacco habit His serial number is 36495127.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Mays
Pearl Street
la Crosse
Camp McCoy
Mays
Patricia
Service Co. No
Wis
McCoy
Schacht Attacks Goering as Immoral Criminal
Hjalmar Schacht labeled Hermann Goering an immoral criminal type whose greed knew no bounds during the international military tribunal hearing. Goering listened with incredulity as U S Prosecutor Robert H Jackson read Schacht’s statement from interrogations about the former Reichsmarshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
Hjalmar Schacht
Hermann Goering
International Military Tribunal
Goering
U. S
Robert H. Jackson
Schacht
U. S. Army
Reichsmarshal
Auto-Lite and Union Sign New Contract Agreement
Auto-Lite Company and Local No. 396 UAW-CIO reached a new contract. Works Manager John Padesky and the union bargaining committee signed the agreement late Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Electrica Company
Uaw-Cio
John Padesky
TWA Airline Strike Set
AFL Air Line Pilots chief Behncke says arrangements made for a system wide walkout at 11:59 p m CST on Tuesday across Trans World Airlines 28 270 miles of route. Pilots will end domestic runs with planes grounded and no new foreign flights will originate after the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
David L. Behncke
AFL Airline Pilots Association
Trans World Airlines
Behncke
Daniel Carmell
Extra Wage Raise Asked by Railroad Unions
Chicago reports three major operating unions demand an additional $1.20 per day wage rise beyond the $1.28 granted by arbitration last month. If not settled, a strike vote will be held. The move follows a recent walkout by two other unions amid wage and rule disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carl J. Goff
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Harry W. Fraser
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
Thomas C. Cashen
Buffalo
N. Y
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Area Music Groups Compete at Wisconsin District Contest
Wisconsin Music Association district contest results show solo and ensemble numbers from 19 high schools. Saturday features 1700 students with concert groups baton twirlers and marching bands competing on campus, culminating in a 4 p.m. parade and 7 30 p.m. awards for American Legion prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Music Association
Teachers College
Everett Edstrom
Winona
Harold Youngberg
Leigh Elder
la Crosse
Curtis Beers
West Salem
Main Street
Third
State Street
Burns Park
Hal Leonard
American Legion
Madison
Marines Use 60mm Mortars To Blast Alcatraz Cell
Marines land 83 men on Alcatraz with 23 more aid, bringing grenades and shape charges to assault a cell tier during the two day riot that left two guards dead and 13 injured. Convicts, led by six ringleaders, are cornered after heavy fighting as munitions from Benicia arsenal arrive to support a roof assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Rock
Grim Island
San Francisco Bay
Benicia
Bay
William A. Miller
Harold P. Stites
Marine Corps
Caught At Cashton A Alcatraz Escape Plot Member Arrested
Bernard Coy, one of the convicts in the Alcatraz mass escape plot, was quietly arrested in a Cashton Wisconsin tavern by an FBI agent. He had held up a Kentucky bank and fled northward. Coy was later returned to Louisville for trial, with a prior prison history including Atlanta and transfer to Alcatraz in 1937.
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Bernard Coy
Alcatraz
Cashton
Wis
FBI
Coy
New Hampton
Bert A. Burch
Attica Prison Riot Flares as Marines Inch Toward Alcatraz
Marines at Alcatraz Island joined prison officers in a bloody cell block fight to trap six ringleaders after rebels seized arms and held hostages for seven hours. Ten hostages were rescued with three in critical condition. guard Harold P. Stites was killed as 23 more Marines joined the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
J. A. Johnson
Harold P. Stites
Alcatraz
Local Man Guard at Alcatraz from La Crosse Steps Away
Joel H Maxwell a former La Crosse resident now guards at Alcatraz Island lived there with his wife and four children. He is the former Catherine Crawford whose parents Bert Crawford and wife at 713 Avon Street expect a telegram from San Francisco. Maxwell worked in La Crosse for Ed Philips and Son before joining Alcatraz in July 1943. His mother Mrs Edward Krause resides at 708 Caledonia Street.
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la Crosse
Joel H. Maxwell
Alcatraz
Maxwell
Catherine Crawford
Bert Crawford
Avon Street
Famly
San Francisco
Ed Philips and Son
Edward Krause
Caledonia Street
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Thiel
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Thomas E. Coleman
Eau Claire
Coleman
Auto-Lite Company
Union Sign Papers
TWA
National (Railway
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Beldon la Bansky
Sparta
Frank Smith
Hans Aleckson
Whitehall
Irwin Doerkr
Luther Olson
Westby
Merton Perry
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