Swanson Field Center Sought By 3 Groups
Three north side groups press for Swanson field development as a combined baseball football site with a bath house. Alderman Buchmann notes a $160 cost obstacle to the beach plan, while a committee led by Rodney Martin will map the field layout and first steps include filling and cyclone fencing.
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Swanson Field
North Side
Charles Buchmann
Fred Timm
Logan Athletic Boosters Club
Arthur Tabbert
la Crosse Business Men’s Club
Robert McCann
Range Sletten
Caledonia Street Merchants Association
Oscar Harebo
Carl Schnick
R. M. Larkin
James Durland
Buchmann
Donald E. Field
Logan High School
Rodney Martin
Logan
Martin
John Barth
Swanson
Chrysler May Not Reopen By Monday
Chrysler, after settling a 100 day strike with the CIO United Auto Workers, warned it may not reopen 14 Detroit plants Monday due to Dodge local No 3 picketing. Pickets blocked access for maintenance and tied up interplant transport, delaying production while 11 other plants planned to restart under a contract granting pensions and wage increases.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Dodge
Dodge No. 3
UAW “Io
Chrysler
1,500,000 Germans Still Missing in Soviet Ranks
Bonn Chancellor Adenauer demanded the Kremlin account for 1,500,000 Germans said missing in the Soviet Union after Moscow announced most war prisoners had been repatriated. He spoke before parliament as Tass listed 1,939,163 returned and 9,717 condemned for war crimes remaining.
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Adenauer
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Tass
Russia
Schumacher
Berlin
Scouts Hold Three Day Mystery Rendezvous in Coulee Region
Boy Scouts of the Gateway council plan a three day mystery event traveling through the Coulee Region Friday. They will camp in four areas Friday night and unite Saturday, with secret camping locations mailed to leaders. A giant council fire will start the main blaze Saturday and torches will light seven district fires. Sunday morning B W Ingli will mix batter with a cement mixer for a 1000 boy pancake feast as services are held at the campsite.
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Gateway Council
Coulee
B. W. Ingli
Budenz Ties Amerasia Case to Communist Ties Explored
Ex Communist Louis Budenz suggests senate investigators may link the Amerasia case to the Communist party by questioning Robert W. Weiner. Six arrests were made in a wartime raid on Amerasia offices, with many secret documents found. McCarthy accuses Amerasia of collecting atomic secrets for Russia while the Justice Department says no evidence of disloyalty was found at the time.
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Washington
Louis Budenz
Senate
Amerasia
Communist Party
Robert W. Weiner
Justice Department
McCarthy
Arerasia
Russia
Budenz
Daily Worker
Weiner
Senate Foreign Relations
Truman
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
AmeraSia Magazine
Weather Update for La Crosse and Vicinity
Strong shifting winds this afternoon and tonight with local showers early tonight then clearing. Cooler tonight with a low of 42. Partly cloudy and cooler with wind Saturday, high near 50.
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la Crosse
Gas stations in La Crosse raise prices briefly
Gasoline prices at some La Crosse filling stations rose from nine tenths of a cent to three cents a gallon Friday. Distributors reported no increase to dealers. Drops in retail prices for regular and high test occurred over a month ago, then leveled off and stayed several cents below normal.
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la Crosse
Royal Station Assumed By Siamese King
Boston born Phumiphon Aduldet became Rama IX of Thailand in a lavish coronation with 101 guns. The 22-year-old monarch succeeded Ananda Mahidol, and he soon plans to travel with his bride Sirikit to study in Switzerland.
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Bangkok
Boston
Phumiphon Aduldet
Rama IX
Thailand
Siam
Phumiphon
Ananda Mahidol
Switzerland
Labor holds edge in by election near Huddersfield
Labor's majority in the house of commons rises to six after a narrow Thursday victory by a Labour candidate in a local by election near Huddersfield England. This marks the third by election win for Prime Minister Clement Attlee's party since the February 23 general election that returned it to power.
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Huddersfield
England
Labor
House of Commons
Labor Party
Here
Clement Attlee
Elm Grove annexed to La Crosse school district plan
The La Crosse county school committee ordered annexation of Elm Grove school district No. 4 to the La Crosse district for school purposes only. The effective date is midnight June 30, with city district affairs starting July 1. Fourth to sixth graders will be bused to Hogan school. younger children remain under city operation. seventh and eighth graders will attend Longfellow junior high on a tuition basis. No new elementary will be built this year. growth requires future planning and an elementary building in the far southeastern city area. About 200 new homes are rising in Elm Grove. A population survey is sought, with funding requests to the common council and county board.
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Elm Grove
Shelby
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Hogan
Longfellow Junior High
Road funding blamed as highway system called a hodgepodge
T F Fitzgerald of New London told La Crosse Taxpayers association that money is not the root of highway woes, urging elimination of county veto power and budgeting by need. John G Moss urged organized taxpayer action and a U S Hoover report approach to curb rising costs. Five counties represented at the conference.
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T. F. Fitzgerald
New London
Wisconsin Citizens Public Expenditure Survey
la Crosse Taxpayers Association
Fitzgerald
John G. Moss
Milwaukee Business and Tax Authority
la Crosse County
City and Prairie City Officials Split Over Villa Louis
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin City leaders, Wisconsin Historical Society officials, and Bigelow Foundation representatives met for four hours over Villa Louis ownership. Mayor Carroll rejects deed transfer claiming the city deserves repayment of 90 000 spent on improvements, while others favor transferring control to the state society. Carroll offered to continue negotiations before court action.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Villa Louis
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Bigelow Foundation
St. Paul
Prairie
William D. Carroll
The
Historical Society
Mississippi River
Midwest
Col
Hercules Dousman
Carroll
Bigelow
Car Valley
Valley
65 Mile Wind Strikes La Crosse Storm Floods Basements
A Friday storm centered on La Crosse brought 65 mph winds at Brice Prairie, causing sewer backups and 18 inches of water in Lincoln Junior High boiler rooms. A Sears window shattered, floods hit Rivoli Building, and a power cut affected fairgrounds after a night of heavy rain and lightning.
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Fourth
State
Lincoln Junior High School
Forrest Edwards
Sears
Samal
Rivoli
French Island
Northern States Power Co
Fairgrounds
Stand Collapses Onalaska Boy Hurt
Onalaska first grader Larry Mahlum, six, was seriously injured when a grandstand collapsed at the Onalaska school ball park at 12 30 p m. Roof lifted by high school boys to free him. He was taken to a La Crosse hospital by Bert Mahlum and Charles Hermann. Winds had struck the field. bleachers and grandstand were wrecked.
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Onalaska
Larry Mahlum
Henry Tall
Larry
la Crosse
Bert Mahlum
Charles Hermann
Tall
None Of 31 Injured As C-46 Crashes At Wold
MINNEAPOLIS An air force C-46 twin engine plane with 28 passengers and a crew of three crashed shortly after takeoff from Wold Chamberlain field. No one was seriously injured, airbase headquarters reported. The craft carried 28 University of Minnesota ROTC students bound for Ames Indiana to participate in a rifle drill meet at Iowa State College. The left engine burst into flames after passengers and crew escaped. The air force said the plane was in the air about a minute when it crashed in the woods at Fort Snelling.
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Minneapolis
Airforce
Wold Chamberlain Field
University of Minnesota Rotc
Ames
Iowa State College
Air Force
Fort Snelling
Mosinee Mayor Ralph Kronenwetter Remains Critical
WAUSAU Wis Pi The condition of Mosinee Mayor Ralph Kronenwetter in St Marys hospital remained critical Friday Hospital attendants said little hope for recovery and there was no improvement since Thursday evening The 49 year old mayor was hospitalized after an illness or injury.
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Wausau
Wis
Ralph Kronenwetter
Mosinee
St. Mary’s Hospital
Auto-Lite to Bring 350 Workers Back Monday
Electric Auto-Lite Co in several assignments will reinstate 350 workers on Monday and another 350 on Tuesday, announced by general manager John R. Padesky. The rest of about 1,200 laid off due to the Chrysler strike will be recalled gradually. notices were mailed Friday. The plant employs roughly 2,200 people.
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Electric Auto-Lite Co
John R. Padesky
Chrysler
Peesky
Auditorium plans outlined from Sawyer bequest
The mayor’s auditorium committee reviewed rough building sizes and costs from two architectural firms tied to Mrs. Mary E. Sawyer’s $650000 bequest. Estimates ranged from 5800 permanent seats at about 600000 to a 125 by 300 foot layout at 735000, with options for ice rink equipment and balconies. Site assessments include Burns park valuation 44125 and Ninth street parking 19500. Myrick park spans 20 acres with debate over La Crosse street side placement.
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Henry Ahrens
Mary E. Sawyer
Sawyer
Carl Schnick
Oscar
Mayor's Auditorium
Burns Park
Ninth Street
Main
State Streets
Myrick Park
la Crosse Street
Elizabeth Taylor Weds Nick Hilton In Hollywood Wedding
Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad Nichol son Nick Hilton Jr. wed at the Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd Beverly Hills in a high style ceremony attended by 600 guests. The gown by Helen Rose used 25 yards of satin and seed pearls with a halo crown and long veil. A Bel-Air reception followed, with a planned honeymoon and a May 24 Queen Mary voyage to Europe.
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Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Conrad Nicholson
Nick Hilton, Jr
Elizabeth
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
Stevens
Chicago
Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd
Beverly Hills
Patrick J. Concannon
MGM
Trousseau
Helen Rose
Bel-Air
Detroit
New England
New York
Europe
Reds accused of flouting obligations in Baltic plane incident
The United States charged Russia with flouting international obligations after a Baltic Sea incident. A new note delivered in Moscow rejected the Soviet claim that the missing American plane violated Latvia. The State Department said Moscow has no intention of meeting international law duties, signaling an impasse in the dispute with 10 Navy personnel aboard.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Moscow
State Department
Soviet Socialist Republics
Union Soviet Socialist Republics
Latvia
U. S
Allan G. Kirk
Baltic
Plane Wreckage Found Off Lithuanian Coast
Aftonbladet reported that burnt wreckage from an airplane was found in the Baltic Sea about 25 miles west northwest of Klaipeda on the coast of Soviet occupied Lithuania. A Swedish fisherman located the debris and alerted authorities.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Aftonbladet
Baltic Sea
Klaipeda
Memel
Lithuania
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Villa Louis At Prairie
Onalaska Boy
Wold
Auto-Lite
Nick Hilton
Plush
By Gene Handsaker
Reds
Lithuanian Coast
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