Draft Extension Hears 31-0 Vote By Armed Services Panel
The House Armed Services Committee voted 31 to 0 to extend the military draft for two more years with Congress deciding timing of inductions. The measure would require all men 18 to 26 to register and be examined, bar inductions until a national emergency is declared, curb presidential power to mobilize industry, and allow active duty for 21 months for reserves after a declared emergency.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Vinson
D-Ga
House
United States
Defense Johnson
Army
Pace
State Department
George Kennan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs
Truman says cold war not alarming. eyed lower defense budget
President Truman dismissed fears of an imminent cold war clash and said he expects a smaller defense budget for the year beginning July 1, 1951. He contrasted current tensions with 1946 and noted optimism for peace after a Rotary Club question about Senator Tydings’s warning of a possible accidental war with Russia.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Senator Tydings
Rotary Club
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russia
Truman to Speak on Brannan Plan in Midwestern Tour
President Truman's upcoming cross country tour may signal whether the Brannan farm plan remains a top campaign issue. Congressional farming leaders push for a slower push on Brannan and opposition grows among midwestern lawmakers. Truman is expected to address farm policy in Lincoln Nebraska Monday night with reconciliation efforts led by Brannan and Cooly to resolve plan differences. A revised approach explores price insurance for perishables funded by premiums, preserving price freedom while aiding consumers. Brannan and Cooley seek a lower government cost while retaining key Brannan elements and production payments. Sources close to Brannan decline to predict Truman's midwestern message but expect reaffirmation of support for the plan's price flexibility provision.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Brannan
Lincoln
Neb
Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Brannan and
10 Cent Package Claimed By Union
Union members claim a ten cent package in a labor dispute report by Glenn Engle. Details on the location and parties involved are scarce in the readable text.
Chrysler Strike Ends with 89,000 Return to Work
The 99 day Chrysler strike ends with 89,000 workers at 25 plants returning to work by Monday and supplier plants resuming. Union claimed gains in pensions and medical benefits from the 10 cent an hour package. Electric Auto-Lite and La Crosse division curtailments noted as remaining issues.
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Detroit
Chrysler
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Electric Auto-Lite Division
John R. Padesky
Auto- Lite Management
la Crosse
UAW
de Soto
Dodge
Plymouth Assembly
Walter Reuther
Chrysler Corporation
Herman L. Weckler
Kokomo
New Castle
Evansville
Ind
Woman's Body Found In River At Green Island Home
The body of 42 year old Mrs George D Sheire was found floating in flood waters near her Green Island home. Coroner Dr George D Reay ruled accidental drowning. Police noted a pail of water on a central board walk suggesting she left for water and fell in while returning. Husband worked at Trane Co plant No 2. A paper boy, Tom Sebranek, found the body. The watch stopped at 6 37 likely the drowning time.
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George D. Sheire
Green Island
George D. Reay
Trane Co
Tom Sebranek
New Witness To Be Heard In Red Probe
Senator McCarthy claims a witness can testify that Amerasia associates helped transmit atomic secrets to Russia in 1945. He named Frank Bielaski, ex OSS agent, while Bielaski is being questioned behind closed doors by the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee.
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Washington
McCarthy
Senate
Amerasia Magazine
Russia
Wisconsin
State Department
Soviet Union
Japan
Frank Bielaski
Office of Strategic Services
Bielaski
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Study Building of New Church in La Crosse
A seminar on church architecture in Minneapolis drew La Crosse attendees led by Rev F W Hyslop to discuss plans for a new First Congregational church at Seventh and Main. The 80 year old structure was damaged by recent storms. experts including Robert G. Cerny and William Kincaid Newman offered guidance on modern trends and financing.
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First Congregational Church
Seventh and Main Streets
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Frank Purgess
Russell Aldrich
Hubert Austin
H. K. Holley
Paul Younedale
Welter Wendt
A. W. Bartheld
Arthur Jordan
Carl Schubert
Harold Strobel
J. Weigel
F. W. Hyslop
Robert Hackner
Boyum
J R. Johnson
Fred Madson
Wesley Bertelson
Ian MacAulay
Kenneth Dahl
Russell Smith
Mark Andrews
W. B. Rasmusen
MacAulay
Committee On Christian Education
Cargill House
Weather forecast for La Crosse and vicinity
Partly cloudy with occasional light showers tonight and Friday. No important temperature change. Low tonight 48 degrees. High Friday 64 degrees.
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la Crosse
Beer Whisky Taxes To Stay
Washington reporte: The house Ways and Means Committee voted against any cut in federal taxes on whisky and beer. Proposals to lower liquor tax from $9 to $7.50 a gallon and cut beer tax by 50 cents a barrel were rejected, preserving revenues. No wine import tax changes were proposed.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Bus Drivers Strike Delays Service to Jacksonville
Nashville dispatch reports Southeastern Greyhound drivers began a strike early Thursday over the discharge of two Chattanooga maintenance workers. Services from Nashville to Jacksonville, Florida were affected with strikes noted in Chattanooga as the dispute arose.
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Nashville, Tenn
Southeastern Greyhound
Here
Jacksonville
Fla
Chattanooga
Tenn
I Will Come Ailing Doctor Seeks Unpaid Fees
An elderly Forsyth County physician, Dr. R H Bramlett Sr, appeals in the Forsyth County News for patients to pay outstanding bills before his planned operation. The 63 year old has practiced since 1911 and says patients owe about 25000 dollars. His son notes he has delivered over 4000 babies.
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Atlanta
R. H. Bramlett, Sr
Forsyth County News
Dr. Bramlett
R. H. Bramlett, Jr
Cumming
Forsyth County
North
Georgia
Bramlett
Watson Seeks State Support for School Facilities
Wisconsin faces a heavy duty to fund schooling as thousands of children enter new grades. State Superintendent George E. Watson urged an audience of 500 at Hogan school dedication to broaden state aid, reassess assessments, and stretch dollars for expanded districts. He praised Hogan’s building and pressed for public will to place structures where children number most. Local PTA leaders stressed home school links and civic duty as essential to better education and communities.
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Hogan School
George E. Watson
Madison
Center
Wisconsin
Hogan
Watson
Hogan District
City of
la Crosse
Boards of Educations
N. George DeDakis
Hogan Pta
PTA Council
Mothers’ Club
PTA
Supt. of
Marshall G. Batho
Henry Ahrens
Walter H. Bigtlow
Board of Education
Batho
First Presbyterian Church to Build $220000 Sanctuary
An overflow audience at the First Presbyterian church voted unanimously to fund a $220,000 sanctuary to be built on the Cargill property north of the Cargill house on West Avenue. The project, designed by Land and Raugland with Austin Lange, will use Lannon stone and Manitowoc trim, and construction is slated to begin May 8 after final presbytery approval.
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First Presbyterian Church
Mark L. Andrews
Cargill
West Avenue
Lannon
Mankato
Tri- State
Presbytery of
la Crosse
McCoy Seeks Housing for Summer Camp Trainees
At Camp McCoy Maj. Charles A. Sanders appeals for temporary housing for summer encampment trainees. He requests landlords to list available apartments rooms or houses with details on number of rooms facilities and rental charges either in writing or by telephone.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Charles A. Sanders
Buried bombs tear through Catania killing fourteen
A buried deposit of heavy caliber aerial bombs exploded near Catania on Thursday, killing at least 14 people and injuring three, two seriously. The blast rocked the city of about 245,000 and opened a 25 foot deep crater.
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Catania
Sicily
Racing News Profits Told By K C Pair
Kansas City witnesses testified their racing news business grossed about 40 000 a year from 7 500 investment. They refused to answer about a 34 500 000 gambling racket, citing possible self incrimination. Osadchey and Lococo led a Senate inquiry into a wire network feeding bookmakers. The panel approved a special crime inquiry by 36 to 35, with VP Barkley casting the deciding vote. final approval was 69 to 1.
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Washington
Kansas City
Tano Lococo
Eddie ‘Spitz’ Osadchey
Standard News Service
Charles Gargotto
Senate Commerce
Senate
Osaddhey
General News and Publishing Co
Chicago
Western Union
General News Service Bureau of
Continental Press Service
Cleveland
Continental
Senate Judiciary Committee
Barkley
Special Committee
Harold M Wilkie dies at 59 former UW regent
Harold M Wilkie 59 Madison attorney and former president of the University of Wisconsin board of regents died Thursday after years of poor health. A Fond du Lac native, he served as regent 1931 1939 and as board president 1934 1939. Survived by widow two daughters five sons all of Madison and a Fond du Lac sister. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Madison
Wis
Harold M. Wilkie
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Wilkie
Fond du Lac
Ripon College
Wisconsin
University Law School
Edwin M
Horace
James M
John A
Harold W
W. I. Cole
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Walter H. Bigelow
Tribune
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