Wisconsin GOP Opened With Endorsement Call At Oshkosh Meet
Oshkosh hosts about 1600 delegates as Wisconsin Republican leaders launch an endorsement drive. Chairman Thomas E. Coleman urges backing the best qualified candidates while signaling broader battles over governor Goodland and other 1950s GOP contenders. Several names circulates for governor including Law Bubolz Kenny Ammoth and Keefe with possible congressional moves noted.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Thomas E. Coleman
Madison
Coleman
Walter S. Goodland
Goodland
James R. Law
Gordon Bubolz
Appleton
Delbert J. Kenny
West Bend
Ralph Ammoth
Twelve held in Mussolini body theft case
Civil Police Chief Umberto Ferrente said twelve people are under arrest in Milan over the theft of Benito Mussolini’s body. One suspect is alleged to lead a clandestine Fascist movement while others reportedly confess involvement, though none admit actual theft.
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Milan
Italy
Umberto Ferrente
Benito Mussolini
Ferrante
Partito Fas
Dredge Captain Nets 1941 Car Buried in East River
Capt. Harry Matson, a dredge engineer, recovered a 1941 automobile from the bottom of the East River. Police say the idling vehicle had been stolen in 1943.
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New York
Harry Matson
East River
Weather update for La Crosse area tonight into Sunday
Scattered light showers early tonight then fey. Little change in temperature overnight. Low tonight and high Sunday around 65 degrees.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin 3rd District elects GOP committee members
The 3rd District caucus at Oshkosh selected GOP committee members for credentials permanent organization rules and order of business resolutions land and platform. Elected unanimously were Curren Knutson Hicks Hughes Kopp Sias Kartack Vernon Thomson Kenny McArthur. Henry Ringling presided with Yerly ill. caucus extended sympathy to Yerly.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin
Charles Curren
Juneau County
Nellie Knutson
Iowa County
Harley Hicks
Ruth Hughes
Lafayette County
Roy Kopp
Grant County
Ben Sias
la Crosse County
Roy Kartack
Sauk County
Vernon Thomson
Land County
Platform
L. A. Kenny
Monroe County
Andrew McArthur
Iry Watkins
Seems Larkin
Earl Rae
Lafayette
Henry Ringling
Baraboo
Everett Yerly
la Crosse
Ringling
Larkin
Yerly
CPA Considers Hangar Plans For La Crosse Airport
La Crosse aviation board seeks permits from a Milwaukee district committee to build three hangars at the municipal airport. Plans include two steel hangars for eight planes each costing 29000 total, and a concrete steel hangar with offices and repair shop costing 31000, with materials and labor supply locally available.
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la Crosse Aviation Board
Milwaukee
R. R. Walier
CPA
E. H. Erickson
Aviation Board
J. W. Fanta
la Crosse
United States Employment Office
la Erickson
CAA
Milwaukee Republican Otto Werkmeister for Governor
Otto R. Werkmeister of Milwaukee announced his candidacy for governor on the Republican ticket. His platform includes legalized bingo and keno for churches veterans fraternal and other bonafide organizations.
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Milwaukee
Otto R. Werkmeister
Keefe Praises Goodland at Wisconsin GOP Convention
Oshkosh congressman Frank B. Keefe lauded Gov. Goodland as a distinguished Republican leader at the state convention. He argued that intra party disputes have been exaggerated, praised the administration as clean and courageous, and welcomed former Progressives and various party skeptics to join in defending American liberty.
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Oshkosh
Frank B. Keefe
Keefe
Wisconsin Democratic Party
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Tte
Socialist Party
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Coleman
Republican Party
GOP
America
Ike In Manila Arrives After Marianas Flight
General Eisenhower landed in Manila from the Marianas and started a rapid tour of army installations at 6:08 a m. He greeted top officers with a jovial question about their hours as Lt. Gen. W D Styer, commander of western Pacific forces, joined the inspection.
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Manila
Eisenhower
Marianas
W. D. Styer
Western Pacific
Negro Survives Electric Chair in Louisiana
In St Martinville Iberia Parish a 17 year old Black youth Willie Francis survived the electric chair after the switch was thrown. He described it as tickling a little and not hurting much. Governor Davis granted a six day reprieve while authorities decide if a second attempt can be made. Francis spoke of the slain druggist Andrew L Thomas and said he did not know why he shot him.
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ST. Martinsville
Willie Francis
Iberia Parish
New Iberia
Francis
Thomas
Baton Rouge
Fred S. Leblanc
Farm Group Calls for Ouster of Anderson
The national farmers union urged Truman to replace Secretary of Agriculture Anderson with a more pro control policy ally. The drive includes CIO head Phillip Murray and AFL leader William Green alongside farmers union president James A. Patton.
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Washington
National Farmers Union
Agriculture Anderson
Truman
Farmers Union
Anderson
Mr. Truman
Capitol Hill
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm Organization
Phillip Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
James A. Patton
Farmers’ Union
Patton
United States
Tehan Plans To Resign As Wisconsin Democratic Chair
State Sen Robert E Tehan said he asked the Democratic state central committee to consider his resignation as state chairman at a meeting next Friday. He cited heavy party workload and the need for stronger manpower to boost the party before the May 31 filing deadline and pre primary period. A central committee meeting was scheduled for Friday afternoon at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Robert E. Tehan
Democratic State Central Committee
Tehan
Wisconsin
Central Committee
Pfister
Press of Business
Tractor-Trailer Crashes Into Toronto Trolley Car
A runaway tractor-trailer crashed into a crowded Toronto street car on Bathurst Street. The brakes failed, the vehicle exploded in flame, killing one person and injuring about 55 others. Police say 42 were hospitalized.
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Toronto
Bathurst Street
Mystery Plane Circles La Crosse Solved By Army Crew
Residents watched a two engine plane circle La Crosse Friday night with landing lights on. Capt Clifford B Thomas and his crew from Langley Field Va said they circled the city to learn their location before heading to Minneapolis.
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la Crosse
Brice Prairie
Weather Bureau
Ergency Landing Center
City
Clifford B. Thomas
C. C. Thomas
South 17Th Street
Minneapolis
Langley Field
Lieut
Rankin
Stavens
Sgt
Potts
Dimont Easing Coal Pinch in Chicago Area
Commonwealth Edison group said emergency coal conservation order cut consumption by 4400 tons in the last 24 hours. State unemployment compensation division预 prepared for a flood of applications Monday as a
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Chicago
Commonwealth Edison
Northern
Illinois
State Unemployment Compensation Division
Senate Split Over Coal Strike Threaten Insurrection
Senator Lucas D Ill warned the soft coal strike could become an insurrection against the government and urged President Truman to seize idle mines unless John S Lewis concedes. He labeled the 34 day walkout a political strike revolutionary in character and scope.
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Washington
Lucas
Truman
John S. Lewis
Senate
Power cuts hit Chicago area businesses and workers
Industry and retail faced layoffs as restrictions slashed hours and consumption. Commonwealth Edison called a 25 percent drop in power use at 9 a m, below normal, with four hour business days from 2 to 6 p m. The Illinois commerce commission aimed for 40 percent cuts, but experts warn of at least 10 million dollars weekly production losses in Chicago.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Commonwealth Edison
Chicago
Illinois
Commission
Chicago Association of Commerce
State Shifts On Coal Regs Claim No Authority
Wisconsin officials said the governor lacks statutory power to impose coal conservation measures amid the national shortage. A Chicago dairy firm urged coal priorities for its Clayton Wisconsin plant, but state officials said no emergency curtailment of electric power will be ordered due to absent authority.
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Madison
Goodland
Wisconsin
A. Castiglianno Stella Cheese Company
Chicago
Clayton
Polk County
Wis
Washington
Lynn H. Ashley
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
E. J. Roethe
State Department
Son of Late Senator Laird Files Nomination Papers
Melvin Laird Jr., 25 of Marshfield, filed nomination papers with the secretary of state to run as the Republican candidate in the August primary for the 24th district. His father, Sen Melvin Laird Sr., died March 19. Laird Jr. was discharged from the navy last week.
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Madison
Melvin Laird, Jr
Marshfield
Secretary of State
Melvin Laird, Sr
Clark
Taylor
Wood
Cave-in Halts Power in Downtown Narrow Block
A cave-in at Fifth avenue and King street toppled steel sheathing and ruptured a duct and cable of Northern States Power. A 10 block downtown area from Sixth to Eighth streets and Main to Division streets lost power Friday evening. Crews of 20 worked until 8:45 p m to restore service with temporary fixes and continued repairs Saturday morning. A gas main and unused heat main were disconnected in the alley.
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Hoeschler
Fifth Avenue
King Street
Northern States Power Company
Sixth Street
Eighth Street
Main Street
Division Street
Light Showers Forecast Across Midwest
Rain fell in northern Illinois Indiana and southern Wisconsin lowering drought area. Forecast calls for light showers spreading northward across lower Michigan upper Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota with mild temperatures and little change in river levels at 5.2 feet.
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Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Lower Michigan
Midwest
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Union Removes Plant Pickets At Allis Chalmers West Allis
Union No 1424 CIO removed pickets from the Allis Chalmers plant and office on Saturday by executive board order. President Ludvik said no Sunday picketing but plan to resume Monday. Company officials and CIO local 248 met in Chicago with Federal Conciliator Spillane amid talks to end the walkouts begun April 30.
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No 1424
CIO
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Robert Ludvik
Ludvik
Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers
United Auto Workers Local
A-C
Chicago
James J. Spillane
Spillane
West Allis
Reporter Sees No Gunfire As Guards Peer In
A bulletin reports that reporters observed guards watching a scene but no gunfire occurred. Details of location and individuals are not specified in the accessible text.
Alcatraz riot ends as three convicts die in cell block
Warden James A. Johnston announced the removal of three convict corpses from Alcatraz while U.S. Marines and guards withdraw after a two day siege. Reports say 16 guards were killed or wounded and 24 inmates were involved as firing subsided and rescue teams retrieved fallen staff.
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San Francisco
Bernard Paul Coy
Alcatraz
James A. Johnston
U. S S
Alcatraz Federal Prison
Albert Arsenault
Leavenworth
Kans
Rocky Island
J. A. Johnston
Rapids Teacher Elected President of Wisconsin PTA
A. W. Zellmer principal of the Wood County Normal School Wisconsin Rapids was elected president of the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers at the 37th annual convention. He succeeds Mrs. George Chatterton Madison as retiring president. Other officers named include Mrs. D. L. Falk Wauwatosa as first vice president and Mrs. Joseph Born Sheboygan as recording secretary.
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Sheboygan
Wis
A. W. Zellmer
Wood County Normal School
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers
Zellmer
George Chatterton
Madison
D. L. Falk
Wauwatosa
Joseph Born
Parade and concert close college music festival
A college campus event caps a three day Wisconsin School Music Association festival with a 4 p m parade along Main Street to Burns Park and a 7 30 p m concert in the college auditorium. Sixteen high school bands Division A B C D compete for prizes judged by Hal Leonard of Winona. The American Legion color guard leads the parade followed by motorcycle police and district school participants from Bangor Blair Cashton Ettrick Galesville Holmen La Crosse Aquinas La Farge Onalaska Ontario Sparta Tomah Viola Viroqua Westby West Salem Whitehall Wilton.
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Wisconsin School Music Association
Ain
Third Street
State
Burns Park
American Legion
Tomah
John Taylor
Sparta
Fred Stephenson
Viroqua
Emery Nordness
Galesville
H. L. Moore
Holmen
Frank Smith
Onalaska
H. C. Amundson
Blair
L. L. Schwingel
Ontario
Lorraine Schoeller
Viola
Charles Harris
Westby
Norman J. Sellness
West Salem
Curtis Beers
Whitehall
Larry Ernst
Wilton
A. Bergemann
la Farge
Ettrick
Cashton
Victor Lee
Hal Leonard
Winona
Teachers College
T Tomah High School
Rolfe
J. F. Rolfe
Bangor
la Crosse Aquinas
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