Government Announces New Rent Ceiling Formula
Washington reports a new yardstick for setting fair rent ceilings under federal control. Housing Expediter Tighe Woods announced the plan aims for a 25 to 30 percent net operating income but provides no immediate guidance on average rent increases or geographic spread. Landlords and tenants will determine increases with local rent offices acting as referees.
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Washington
Congress
Tighe Woods
Woods
West seeks fixed Berlin blockade end date and talks
Western powers pressed for an early definite date to lift the Berlin blockade and begin four power discussions on Germany. An informed source said end of the blockade could come mid next week with talks around May 25 in Paris.
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New York
Berlin
Germany
New York Times
Paris
Britain
Sir Alexander Cadogan
United Nations
Jean Chauvel
Philip C. Jessup
United States
Jakob A. Malik
Russia
Soviet Union
Jessup
Malik
Europe
Douglas Still In Bandage After Trout Fly Injury
United States Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas appeared on embassy steps with a large white bandage covering his left eye after being struck by a trout fly during a fishing trip near Southampton. He faced the press with a subdued smile, the injury occurring about a month prior.
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London
United States
Lewis W. Douglas
Southampton
Four Russian Pilots Decorated for New Aviation Techniques
Moscow reports four Russian pilots were decorated for mastery of new type aviation techniques. The announcement offered no details on the techniques themselves.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Weather outlook for La Crosse area grows clouds and mild
Increasing cloudiness brings mild temperatures in La Crosse and vicinity with a night low near 58. Local showers are expected Wednesday followed by cooler conditions with a peak around 76 in the afternoon.
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la Crosse
One Thousand School Musicians Gather For District Festival
La Crosse hosts the district music festival at State Teachers College with 31 western Wisconsin high schools entering about 2,500 students in bands orchestras choruses and glee clubs. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and concludes with a 7:30 p.m. free concert in the main auditorium.
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la Crosse
State Teachers College
Western Wisconsin
Wisconsin School Music Association
J. F. Rolfe
Burns Park
Alma Center
Clayton Clark
Arcadia
Charles Bart
Bangor
Torlier Holmes
Cashton
Vivan Weber
Ettrick
Frank M. Smith
Fountain City
Fred L. Heyer
Ill
Galesville
Jean Smith
Gays Mills
Arno H. Ross
Hixton
Clarence Speidel
Holmen
Willis Knight
Independence
Phyllis Hanson
la Crosse Aquinas
Agnes Clare
M. Juliana
la Crosse Training School
Marjorie Smith
la Farge
C. L. Wold
Ina Alien
Melrose
Jack Perry
Onalaska
H. C. Amundson
Gwen Borman
Ontario
Howard Hedding
Readstown
Hallie Green
Seneca
Arno Ross
Soldiers Grove
Russell Shannon
Sparta
Arnold Jindrick
Louise Darling
Taylor
C. A. Mundt
Tomah
David Mewaldt
Dora Dittmer
Trempealeau
Roberta
Fred
G Heileman firm starts new building expansion
The G Heileman Brewing Co at 1027 South Third Street began a 1.25 million dollar storage cellar as the fourth stage of a six part expansion started in 1947. The five story brick refrigerated plant adds 89 by 82 feet of space with 45 glass lined tanks for beer storage and fermentation rated to support heavy loads with 40 ton piles.
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G. Heileman Brewing Co
South Third Street
Nordal Nystad
Nustad
Winnebago Street
Second
Third
Nystad
Raymond Concrete Pile Co
New York
Worden- Allen Co
Milwaukee
Hogan School Board Plans Cornerstone Ceremony
The Hogan school addition cornerstone will be laid Wednesday at 1 30 p m with Mayor Henry Ahrens Board Chairman Walter Bigelow and other officials present. The board also seeks a council created independent three member board of education recreation committee to be residents and taxpayers of La Crosse.
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Board of Education
Alf Gundersen
A. E. Teachout
Lonard Kilian
la Crosse
City of
Hogan School
Henry Ahrens
Walter Bigelow
City of la Crosse
Recreation Department
Hogan School Cornerstone Ceremonies Scheduled
The board of education invites parents of Hogan school pupils to Wednesday cornerstone ceremonies at 1 30 p m George De Dakis president of the PTA extends the invitation as the official who conveys the notice.
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Hogan School
Board of Education
George de Dakis
The
Parent- Teacher Association
Babich Murder Gun Found In Milwaukee River
A .22 calibre revolver linked to the death of 16 year old Pat Birmingham was fished from the Milwaukee river. Milton Babich 19 confessed to dumping the body and gun last February 10 and said the death was accidental during a struggle. He is charged with first degree murder and faces a Wednesday preliminary hearing as authorities seek fingerprints and store records.
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Milwaukee
Pat Birmingham
Milton Babich
Dist. Atty
William J. McCauley
Patricia
Kathleen
Babich
West Allis
McCauley
West Milwaukee
Victor Babich
Victor
Senate stalls over local option housing measures in Wisconsin
In Madison on September 8 the Senate faced a maze of parliamentary moves delaying housing bills. Lt. Gov. George M. Smith took two questions under advisement as the assembly rules committee prepared to decide on Gov. Rennebohm's local option housing measure. Rep. Trinke urged delaying veterans housing for a week while veterans groups pressed for a favorable bill. La Fond proposed a substitute combining housing aid with a bonus program.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
George M. Smith
Assembly Rules Committee
Rennebohm
Trinke
Lake Geneva
Laird
Guerrillas Attack Cabanatuan Repelled by Troops
Four hundred Hukbalahap guerrillas attacked the town of Cabanatuan Monday night but were driven off by constabulary troops.
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Manila
Cabanatuan
Acheson Warns West Not to Rest on Early Cold War Gains
Secretary of State Acheson told a U S Chamber of Commerce meeting that the European recovery program marks a turning point in the cold war but urged the Western world to press forward. He called for consolidating gains and extending them into the future amid a looming business recession predicted by Chamber leaders.
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Washington
Acheson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Earl O. Shreve
Shreve
Harry A. Bullis
General Mills, Inc
Minneapois
Harry G. Birks
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Montreal
ABC
Birks
North Atlantic Alliance
Wisconsin voters finish second installment election runoff
Wisconsin voters completed the second installment of the April 5 election. The ballot featured the first runoff for state supreme court justice, pitting Circuit Judge Edward J. Gehl of West Bend against Municipal Judge Elmer D. Goodland of Racine and George E. Watson of Wauwatosa for the seat.
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Wisconsin
Edward J. Gehl
West Bend
Elmer D. Goodland
Racine
Supreme Court
George E. Watson
Wauwatosa
Light Voter Turnout Across City Polling Places
City voters turned out slowly on Tuesday across 21 polling sites. City Clerk Fred L. Kramer urged qualified residents to vote early for state superintendent of schools and a Supreme Court justice. Morning ward totals ranged from nine in Ward One to 87 in Ward Seventeen.
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Fred L. Kramer
State Superintendent of Schools
Supreme Court
State superintendent race wide open as vacancies arise
The contest features Quincy V. Doudna, Stevens Point, for state superintendent. The resignations of Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry and State Superintendent John Callahan created two openings. A large field of candidates formed by the April election as the legislature moves to a plan if no candidate achieves a clear majority.
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Quincy V. Doudna
Stevens Point
Marvin B. Rosenberry
High Court
John Callahan
Durocher Restored as Giants Manager After Inquiry
Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler reinstated Leo Durocher to manage the New York Giants after finding no evidence to support Fred Boysen’s charge that Durocher assaulted him at the Polo Grounds. Durocher can rejoin the team on Wednesday May 4.
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Cincinnati
Leo Durocher
New York Giants
A. B. Chandler
Fred Boysen
New York
Durocher
Giants
Chandler
Boysen
Polo Grounds
Stores Set Summer Hours At Nine To Five
Chamber of Commerce meeting with 33 merchants decided stores will open at 9 a m and close at 5 p m during June July and August, instead of 9:30 a m to 5:30 p m year round.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rutledge Trial Focus Shifts to Hotel Room 729
In Cedar Rapids, the murder trial of Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. centers on what happened in room 729. Prosecutors allege the St. Louis physician fatally stabbed Byron C. Hartman during a dispute over Hartman’s attentions to Rutledge’s wife, as defense attorney R S Milner questions jurors and probes understanding of legal terms.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
St. Louis
Byron C. Hartman
Hartman
Milner
Largest Plane Flies Atlantic With 87
A giant Globemaster C-74 carried 75 air force personnel and 12 crew across the Atlantic from Brookley Field Alabama to England. The flight marked the largest passenger load yet for transatlantic air travel as the aircraft delivered supplies to the Berlin airport.
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Atlantic
Mobile
Ala
England
Air Force
Berlin
Brookley Air Force Base
Dewey Sails Thursday Says No Politics
Albany reports Governor Dewey plans a six week private vacation tour of Europe with Mrs Dewey and Secretary Lockwood leaving New York City on Thursday. He calls the trip strictly personal and not official, while leaving a door open to a future national role.
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Albany
N. Y
Dewey
Paul E. Lockwood
New York City
England
France
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Low Countries
Union Ignores International Strike at Ford Rouge Trigger
Detroit reports that CIO United Auto Workers Local 600 ordered a strike at Ford Rouge plant without international approval. Local 600, with 60,000 members, cites a violated oral agreement to maintain line speed during negotiations. The walkout risks disrupting Ford’s main supply hub and could affect up to 115,000 workers nationwide amid spring bargaining. Bendix and related auto plants face strikes and layoffs as part of broader labor tensions.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Local 600
Ford Motor Co
Rouge
International
UAW
Thomas Thompson
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Hudson Motor Car
Bendix Co
South Bend
Ind
Hudson
Bendix
Kaiser-Frazer Motor Manufacturing Company
Nash and Packard
Nash
Wisconsin
Detroit Packard
Philco Corp
Philadelphia
CIO United Electrical Workers Union
AFL Plans State Organizing Drive
The Wisconsin Federation of Labor executive committee backs a statewide organizing program. President George Haberman says the drive will begin once a complete plan is formulated.
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AFL
Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin Federation of Labor
Wisconsin
George Haberman
Haberman
Merchants oppose split removal of Caledonia street rails
Caledonia Street Merchants association expressed objections at a Monday meeting to the staggered removal of street car rails from St. James to Clinton and Clinton to Sill. They argue blocking the street twice disrupts traffic and favor removing all rails at once. A committee will seek remedies without council action as rail removal by Mathy Construction Co. began April 22 and blocks Caledonia Street.
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Caledonia Street
Mathy Construction Co
New Taft Hartley Compromise From House Debates
Speaker Rayburn predicts House acceptance of a new Democratic labor bill with Taft Hartley features. The plan keeps 80 day injunctions for national emergency disputes, but revises procedural parts. Lesinski signals possible Democratic reluctance amid committee and party debates on a substitute to Wood and Lesinski bills.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
McCormack
D-Mass
Lesinski
Labor Committee
Rep
D-Mich
Wood
D-Ga
Wisconsin assembly eyed oleo tax stamps and more
A bill in the Wisconsin assembly would require oleomargarine stamps like liquor, moving tax payment from retailers to wholesalers. The rules committee also proposed $15,000 for statewide fire prevention education, well and excavation safety rules, and allowing pensioned policemen to work as crossing guards at 75 dollars monthly without losing pension.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Industrial Commission
Eviction notices surge in Canada prompts housing hunt
More than 13 500 families received eviction notices due to rent decontrolling rules. As rents rise, the Tribune notes housing supply is slowly catching up and readers can use Wanted To Rent ads to find homes. A couple seeks an unfurnished house or apartment immediately with no children, phone 3385-W after 5 30 or Sundays, and ads must be placed at the Tribune office.
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Canada
la Crosse
Tribune
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